C000171201 Fees and Costs — iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA Index Fund, Class K

Data updated: 2020-12-28

The net expense ratio is 0.14%: a 0.04% management fee plus 0.47% other expenses, less a 0.38% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $18K in broker commissions, 0.0349% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 105%.

C000171201 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000171201. Prospectus, as of November 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.04%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.47%
Gross expense ratio0.52%
Fee waiver−0.38%
Net expense ratio0.14%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000171201 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000171201, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $111 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.18% 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 0.14%)$15$46$81
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$12$20
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$3$10
Total costs$18$61$111
Value after costs$10,482$11,516$12,652
Impact on return, per year0.18%0.18%0.18%

C000171201 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0349%
  • Total broker commissions: $18K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $165.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 105%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $337K
  • Net income from securities lending: $2K (0.005% of average net assets)

C000171201 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$4K21.12%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$3K18.16%
UBS Securities LLC$3K15.89%
Bofa Securities, Inc.$2K10.85%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2K10.51%
Barclays Capital Inc.$2K9.27%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1K7.16%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$5843.26%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$3792.12%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2971.66%

C000171201 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BlackRock Funds III - BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury$165.4M99.99%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$16K0.01%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$4K0.00%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1K0.00%

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.