C000202265 Fees and Costs — BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio, Investor C

Data updated: 2026-08-25

The net expense ratio is 1.70%: a 0.45% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 0.25% other expenses, less a 0.01% fee waiver. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $13.8M in broker commissions, 0.0324% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 1006%.

C000202265 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000202265. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.45%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses0.25%
Gross expense ratio1.71%
Fee waiver−0.01%
Net expense ratio1.70%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000202265 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000202265, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,068 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.82% 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$103$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.70%)$178$553$951
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$11$18
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$28$99
Total costs$285$591$1,068
Value after costs$10,215$10,985$11,695
Impact on return, per year2.85%1.82%1.82%

C000202265 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0324%
  • Total broker commissions: $13.8M
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.16T
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 1006%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $390.6M
  • Net income from securities lending: $2.9M (0.007% of average net assets)

C000202265 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$3.1M25.49%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1.9M15.87%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$1.3M10.72%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1.3M10.47%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$1.2M9.86%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1.2M9.43%
UBS Securities LLC$893K7.28%
BofA Securities, Inc.$548K4.47%
Jefferies LLC$395K3.22%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$393K3.20%

C000202265 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$198.0B17.79%
BofA Securities, Inc.$194.4B17.46%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$159.5B14.32%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$133.1B11.95%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$118.2B10.62%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$115.7B10.39%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$112.4B10.10%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$42.0B3.77%
BlackRock Liquidity Funds T-Fund$23.1B2.07%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$17.2B1.54%

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000202267Class K0.63%—
C000202266Institutional Class0.72%none
C000202264Investor A0.98%4.00%
C000202265Investor C1.70%none

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.