C000201970 Fees and Costs — BlackRock LifePath Index 2025 Fund, Investor P

Data updated: 2024-11-26

The net expense ratio is 0.39% (0.43% before fee waivers). This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.25%. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $62K in broker commissions, 0.0010% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 16%.

C000201970 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000201970. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.05%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.09%
Gross expense ratio0.43%
Fee waiver−0.04%
Net expense ratio0.39%
Sales charges
Max front load5.25%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000201970 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000201970, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $905 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.53% 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
Sales charges$525$525$525
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.39%)$39$122$213
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$1
Lost growth on money paid in costs$26$89$166
Total costs$590$736$905
Value after costs$9,910$10,840$11,858
Impact on return, per year5.90%2.27%1.53%

C000201970 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0010%
  • Total broker commissions: $62K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $871.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 16%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $9.1M
  • Net income from securities lending: $25K (0.000% of average net assets)

C000201970 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
BofA Securities, Inc.$48K78.73%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$6K9.88%
Jefferies LLC$2K2.45%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2K2.44%
Barclays Capital Inc.$1K1.98%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$7691.25%
Cowen and Company, LLC$7671.24%
UBS Securities LLC$6811.11%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$4600.75%
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC$1000.16%

C000201970 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BlackRock Funds III - BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury$871.8M100.00%

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.