C000223503 Fees and Costs — BlackRock Defensive Advantage International Fund, Class K

Data updated: 2023-12-27

The net expense ratio is 0.45%: a 0.45% management fee plus 2.43% other expenses, less a 2.43% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $7K in broker commissions, 0.0759% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 178%.

C000223503 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000223503. Prospectus, as of August 31, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.45%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses2.43%
Gross expense ratio2.88%
Fee waiver−2.43%
Net expense ratio0.45%
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

C000223503 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000223503, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $332 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.55% 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 0.45%)$47$148$258
Trading costs (broker commissions)$8$25$44
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$9$30
Total costs$55$182$332
Value after costs$10,445$11,395$12,431
Impact on return, per year0.55%0.55%0.55%

C000223503 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0759%
  • Total broker commissions: $7K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $3.1M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 178%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $10K
  • Net income from securities lending: $243 (0.003% of average net assets)

C000223503 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$79814.15%
Barclays Capital Inc.$72112.79%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$69412.31%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$60710.76%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$56910.09%
Instinet, LLC$5329.42%
UBS Securities LLC$5269.32%
Exane, Inc.$5209.21%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$3636.44%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$3115.52%

C000223503 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BlackRock Liquidity Funds - T-Fund$3.1M99.99%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$750.00%
UBS Securities LLC$720.00%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$360.00%
Barclays Capital Inc.$270.00%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$270.00%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$260.00%
Instinet, LLC$160.00%
SG Americas Securities, LLC$90.00%
Parel$80.00%

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.