C000202261 Performance — BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund, Investor C

Data updated: 2023-11-22

C000202261 returned +10.41% over one year to Sep 2023. The annualised 3-year return is −4.57%. The fund trailed its Emerging Markets Equity category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $87, against $100 for the category, and to $110 over one year, against $113. Volatility over the past three years was 10.45% a year. In the 12 months to Sep 2023 the fund took in a net $923K, and assets reached $35.52M.

C000202261 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Emerging Markets Equity category average over the same months.

PeriodC000202261Category average
1 year (Oct 2022 – Sep 2023)$110$113
3 years (Oct 2020 – Sep 2023)$87$100
Since data start (Jul 2019 – Sep 2023)$89$106

C000202261 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Sep 2023, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+10.41%
3 years (annualised)−4.57%

C000202261 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2023 (Jan–Sep)+1.94%
2022−11.68%
2021−10.40%
2020+14.38%
2019 (Jul–Dec)−3.75%

C000202261 Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023+3.6%−3.4%+2.8%+0.7%−1.1%+3.3%+2.5%−2.5%−3.5%———
2022−1.0%−4.6%+1.2%−5.0%+1.4%−6.0%+0.9%−0.8%−5.8%+0.2%+7.1%+0.9%
2021−1.5%−1.6%−3.6%+0.2%+1.2%−1.2%+0.6%+1.2%−1.7%−0.9%−5.2%+1.8%
2020+1.4%+2.5%−7.9%+1.5%+6.0%+1.9%+3.7%−1.0%−1.5%+1.0%+2.7%+3.8%
2019——————+0.8%−5.6%−0.7%−0.6%−0.7%+3.2%

C000202261 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Oct 2020 – Sep 2023.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 10.45%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -0.87 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +7.14% (Nov 2022)
  • Worst month: −6.04% (Jun 2022)

C000202261 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: $923K
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $5.8M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 1.19×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Sep 2023$275K$520K−$244K
Aug 2023$374K$337K$36K
Jul 2023$157K$296K−$138K
Jun 2023$327K$131K$196K
May 2023$445K$265K$180K
Apr 2023$122K$481K−$359K
Mar 2023$1.6M$1.0M$608K
Feb 2023$261K$111K$150K
Jan 2023$1.8M$190K$1.6M
Dec 2022$130K$196K−$66K
Nov 2022$66K$1.2M−$1.1M
Oct 2022$193K$103K$90K

C000202261 Assets Under Management

Net assets of BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2023-09-30$35.52M
2023-06-30$37.65M
2023-03-31$37.02M
2022-12-31$34.03M
2022-09-30$32.90M
2022-06-30$35.52M
2022-03-31$39.78M
2021-12-31$31.41M
2021-09-30$38.15M
2021-06-30$75.43M
2021-03-31$85.89M
2020-12-31$87.28M

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.