Consolidated Schedule of Investments (unaudited) | iShares® Commodity Curve Carry Strategy ETF |
January 31, 2021 | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Par | Value | |||||
Short-Term Investments | |||||||
Commercial Paper — 68.2% | |||||||
Albion Captial Corp., 0.24%, 02/22/21(a) | $ | 250,000 | $ | 249,976 | |||
American Electric Power Co. Inc., 0.27%, 02/12/21(a) | 500,000 | 499,968 | |||||
American Honda Finance Corp., 0.24%, 02/22/21(a) | 500,000 | 499,917 | |||||
Barton Captial SA, 0.20%, 02/08/21(a) | 500,000 | 499,981 | |||||
BASF SE, 0.24%, 03/30/21(a) | 1,000,000 | 999,733 | |||||
Bell Canada, 0.22%, 03/22/21(a) | 800,000 | 799,798 | |||||
BNZ International Funding Ltd., 0.15%, 04/27/21(a) | 1,200,000 | 1,199,651 | |||||
Church & Dwight Co. Inc., 0.22%, 02/16/21(a) | 1,100,000 | 1,099,901 | |||||
Collateralized Commercial Paper FLEX Co. LLC, 0.22%, 02/17/21(a) | 1,125,000 | 1,124,908 | |||||
Duke Energy Corp., 0.24%, 02/08/21(a) | 1,150,000 | 1,149,960 | |||||
Heleba Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen , 0.18%, 04/06/21(a) | 1,225,000 | 1,224,653 | |||||
Ionic Capital II Trust, 0.18%, 02/05/21(a) | 300,000 | 299,990 | |||||
LMA Americas LLC, 0.24%, 02/18/21(a) | 850,000 | 849,957 | |||||
Manhattan Asset Funding Co. LLC, 0.20%, 02/26/21(a) | 1,100,000 | 1,099,863 | |||||
National Grid PLC, 0.21%, 02/16/21(a) | 1,200,000 | 1,199,892 | |||||
Nationwide Building Society, 0.17%, 03/04/21(a) | 600,000 | 599,920 | |||||
Natixis NY, 0.19%, 03/09/21(a) | 1,250,000 | 1,249,861 | |||||
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd., 0.21%, 02/19/21(a) | 1,000,000 | 999,937 | |||||
Ridgefield Funding Co. LLC, 0.25%, 03/03/21(a) | 1,200,000 | 1,199,822 | |||||
Sheffield Receivables Corp., 0.24%, 03/31/21(a) | 1,100,000 | 1,099,681 | |||||
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, 0.20%, 02/18/21(a) | 1,200,000 | 1,199,933 | |||||
Societe Generale SA, 0.25%, 03/02/21(a) | 500,000 | 499,942 | |||||
Standard Chartered Bank, 0.23%, 02/18/21(a) | 400,000 | 399,972 | |||||
Suncor Energy Inc. | |||||||
0.31%, 04/08/2021(a) | 400,000 | 399,807 | |||||
0.32%, 02/16/2021(a) | 800,000 | 799,928 |
Security | Par | Value | |||||
Commercial Paper (continued) | |||||||
Victory Receivables Corp., 0.22%, 03/02/21(a) | $ | 900,000 | $ | 899,871 | |||
22,146,822 | |||||||
U.S. Treasury Obligations — 11.7% | |||||||
U.S. Cash Management Bill, 0.09%, 03/09/21(a) | 2,250,000 | 2,249,882 | |||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | |||||||
0.08%, 02/09/21(a) | 900,000 | 899,991 | |||||
0.08%, 02/16/21(a) | 650,000 | 649,988 | |||||
3,799,861 | |||||||
Total Short-Term Investments — 79.9% | |||||||
(Costs: $25,945,394) | 25,946,683 | ||||||
Short-Term Investments | |||||||
Money Market Funds — 20.1% | |||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(b)(c) | 6,520,000 | 6,520,000 | |||||
Total Short -Term Investments — 20.1% | |||||||
(Cost: $6,520,000) | 6,520,000 | ||||||
Total Investments in Securities — 100.0% | |||||||
(Cost: $32,465,394) | 32,466,683 | ||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.0)% | (12,421) | ||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 32,454,262 |
(a) | Rates are discount rates or a range of discount rates at the time of purchase. |
(b) | Affiliate of the Fund. |
(c) | Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended January 31, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at
10/31/20 |
Purchases
at Cost |
Proceeds
|
Net Realized Gain (Loss) |
Change in
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Value at
01/31/21 |
Shares Held at 01/31/21 |
Income | Capital
Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds |
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BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | $ | — | $ | 6,520,000 | (a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ |
6,520,000 | 6,520,000 | $ | 72 | $ | — |
(a) | Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
OTC Total Return Swaps
Paid by the Fund | Received by the Fund |
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Rate(a) | Frequency | Reference(b) | Frequency | Counterparty | Effective Date |
Termination Date |
Notional Amount (000) |
Value | Premiums Paid (Received) |
Unrealized Appreciation Depreciation | |||||||||||||
0.09% | At Termination | ICE BofA Commodity Enhanced Carry Total Return |
At Termination | Citibank N.A. | N/A | 09/01/21 | 10,058 | $ | 752,239 | $ | (10,830) | $ | 763,069 | ||||||||||
0.09% | At Termination | ICE BofA Commodity Enhanced Carry Total Return | At Termination | Merrill Lynch International | N/A | 09/01/21 | 20,117 | 1,498,531 | (27,606) | 1,526,137 | |||||||||||||
$ | 2,250,770 | $ | (38,436) | $ | 2,289,206 |
(a) | Represents 3-month Treasury Bill. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period-end. |
(b) | Please refer to the Reference Entity. |
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) | iShares® Commodity Curve Carry Strategy ETF |
January 31, 2021 |
Reference Entity
The ICE BofA Commodity Enhanced Carry Total Return Index consists of futures contracts under each counterparty. The following table represents the individual long positions and related weighting of the future contracts underlying the ICE BofA Commodity Enhanced Carry Total Return Index as of January 31, 2021.
Futures contracts | Maturity date | Weight % | |||
Brent Crude Oil | 10/29/2021 | 23.1 | % | ||
Gold | 06/28/2021 | 17.2 | |||
Copper | 12/14/2021 | 12.5 | |||
Chicago Wheat | 03/31/2022 | 10.8 | |||
Corn | 12/14/2021 | 10.5 | |||
Soybeans | 11/12/2021 | 6.9 | |||
Sugar | 02/28/2022 | 5.6 | |||
WTI Crude Oil | 11/19/2021 | 5.2 | |||
Live Cattle | 06/30/2021 | 5.2 | |||
Nickel | 12/14/2021 | 2.9 |
Fair Value Measurements
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at sec.gov.
The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of January 31, 2021. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments above.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||
Investments | |||||||||||||
Assets | |||||||||||||
Commercial Paper | $ | — | $ | 22,146,822 | $ | — | $ | 22,146,822 | |||||
U.S. Treasury Obligations | — | 3,799,861 | — | 3,799,861 | |||||||||
Money Market Funds | 6,520,000 | — | — | 6,520,000 | |||||||||
$ | 6,520,000 | $ | 25,946,683 | $ | — | $ | 32,466,683 | ||||||
Derivative financial instruments(a) | |||||||||||||
Assets | |||||||||||||
Swaps | $ | — | $ | 2,289,206 | $ | — | $ | 2,289,206 |
(a) | Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts. |
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