C000166355 Fees and Costs — BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2023-05-04

The net expense ratio is 1.32% (2.49% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $50K in broker commissions, 0.2262% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 254%.

C000166355 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000166355. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.00%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses1.47%
Gross expense ratio2.49%
Fee waiver−1.17%
Net expense ratio1.32%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000166355 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000166355, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $957 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.62% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.32%)$139$430$741
Trading costs (broker commissions)$24$74$127
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$25$88
Total costs$162$529$957
Value after costs$10,338$11,048$11,806
Impact on return, per year1.62%1.62%1.62%

C000166355 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.2262%
  • Total broker commissions: $50K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $72.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 254%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000166355 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$8K20.95%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$7K17.01%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$5K13.68%
UBS Securities LLC$4K10.91%
BofA Securities, Inc.$4K10.43%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$4K9.16%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$3K8.05%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2K5.13%
CLSA Americas, LLC$2K4.68%

C000166355 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Blackrock Liquidity Funds - T- Fund$69.7M96.46%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$1.1M1.56%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$804K1.11%
BofA Securities, Inc.$621K0.86%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$11K0.01%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$320.00%
Pershing LLC$10.00%

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.