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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
from Sales

 

  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
 
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
                       
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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