C000220937 Fees and Costs — BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2025 Fund, Investor A

Data updated: 2024-09-27

The net expense ratio is 0.50% (1.48% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $273 in broker commissions, 0.0101% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 22%.

C000220937 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000220937. Prospectus, as of February 29, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.05%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses1.03%
Gross expense ratio1.48%
Fee waiver−0.98%
Net expense ratio0.50%
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 recoupmentNo

C000220937 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000220937, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $322 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.54% 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 0.50%)$52$165$287
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$3$6
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$8$29
Total costs$54$176$322
Value after costs$10,446$11,400$12,441
Impact on return, per year0.54%0.54%0.54%

C000220937 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0101%
  • Total broker commissions: $273
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 22%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $450K
  • Net income from securities lending: $3K (0.127% of average net assets)

C000220937 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
BofA Securities, Inc.$9434.56%
Jefferies LLC$7125.92%
Cowen and Company, LLC$4516.60%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$217.70%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$145.15%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$103.68%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$93.39%
UBS Securities LLC$62.16%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$20.72%
Barclays Capital Inc.$00.11%

C000220937 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BlackRock Funds III - BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury$1.5M100.00%

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.