C000171206 Fees and Costs — iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE Index Fund, Class K

Data updated: 2020-12-28

The net expense ratio is 0.15%: a 0.08% management fee plus 0.17% other expenses, less a 0.10% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $21K in broker commissions, 0.0135% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 29%.

C000171206 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000171206. Prospectus, as of November 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.08%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.17%
Gross expense ratio0.25%
Fee waiver−0.10%
Net expense ratio0.15%
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

C000171206 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000171206, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $104 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.17% 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 0.15%)$16$50$87
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$4$8
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$3$9
Total costs$17$57$104
Value after costs$10,483$11,520$12,659
Impact on return, per year0.17%0.17%0.17%

C000171206 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): 0.0135%
  • Total broker commissions: $21K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $74.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 29%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $824K
  • Net income from securities lending: $7K (0.005% of average net assets)

C000171206 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Bofa Securities, Inc.$5K25.36%
Instinet, LLC$3K15.31%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$2K13.34%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2K10.32%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2K9.57%
UBS Securities LLC$1K6.92%
CLSA Americas, LLC$1K5.47%
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$9565.18%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$7964.31%
Societe Generale$7754.20%

C000171206 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BlackRock Funds III - BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury$73.7M100.00%
Shinhan Investment Corp.$1160.00%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$100.00%

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.