NPORT-EX 2 Managed_Volatility_VI_Fund.htm BlackRock Managed Volatility VI Fund

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks — 70.1%

   
Aerospace & Defense — 0.1%            

Arconic, Inc.

    1,301     $ 20,894  

Meggitt plc

    1,912       6,873  

MTU Aero Engines AG

    66       9,544  

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

    58,000       126,894  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)

    234       69,561  

TransDigm Group, Inc.(a)

    89       28,497  
   

 

 

 
      262,263  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.1%            

Deutsche Post AG (Registered)

    3,580       95,975  

DSV Panalpina A/S

    255       23,187  

SG Holdings Co. Ltd.

    500       11,909  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    789       73,709  

Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd.

    1,200       18,745  
   

 

 

 
      223,525  
Airlines — 0.1%            

ANA Holdings, Inc.

    500       12,182  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    377       10,756  

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Registered)

    826       7,726  

easyJet plc

    2,189       15,169  

Qantas Airways Ltd.

    10,581       20,586  

Southwest Airlines Co.

    935       33,295  
   

 

 

 
      99,714  
Auto Components — 0.2%            

Aisin Seiki Co. Ltd.

    400       9,796  

Aptiv plc

    973       47,911  

Autoliv, Inc.

    155       7,132  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    789       19,228  

Bridgestone Corp.

    1,200       36,733  

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA

    452       39,588  

Continental AG

    313       22,316  

Denso Corp.

    2,100       67,104  

Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    200       6,724  

Lear Corp.

    276       22,425  

Magna International, Inc.

    894       28,530  

Pirelli & C SpA(a)(b)

    4,041       14,257  

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

    3,100       32,389  
   

 

 

 
      354,133  
Automobiles — 0.8%            

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

    1,620       82,700  

Daimler AG (Registered)

    2,738       81,768  

Ferrari NV

    469       72,242  

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV(a)

    1,806       12,893  

Ford Motor Co.

    16,199       78,241  

General Motors Co.

    7,896       164,079  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    596       11,282  

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

    5,100       114,120  

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

    4,800       31,766  

Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

    3,900       10,988  

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

    2,300       7,695  

Peugeot SA

    1,876       24,424  

Renault SA

    690       13,113  

Subaru Corp.

    1,400       26,761  

Suzuki Motor Corp.

    2,100       50,004  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    703       368,372  

Toyota Motor Corp.

    8,400       506,225  

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.

    700       8,418  
   

 

 

 
        1,665,091  
Banks — 3.3%            

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. .

    12,933       135,634  

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

    9,425       29,185  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

Banco Santander SA

    42,929     $ 102,120  

Bank Hapoalim BM(a)

    26,888       161,109  

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

    3,511       19,360  

Bank of America Corp.

    37,052       786,614  

Bank of East Asia Ltd. (The)

    5,800       12,395  

Barclays plc

    74,439       84,595  

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd.

    1,107       4,253  

BNP Paribas SA

    3,045       88,900  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

    18,500       50,783  

Citigroup, Inc.

    9,309       392,095  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

    6,777       255,697  

Credit Agricole SA

    1,639       11,597  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

    5,800       75,679  

DNB ASA

    11,853       132,054  

Erste Group Bank AG(a)

    1,208       22,116  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    1,185       17,597  

First Republic Bank

    306       25,178  

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

    2,200       37,482  

HSBC Holdings plc

    71,539       401,604  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    1,388       11,395  

ING Groep NV

    5,777       29,602  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

    41,890       67,781  

Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A

    33,777       98,489  

Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd.

    6,300       58,181  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    14,218       1,280,047  

KBC Group NV

    505       22,914  

KeyCorp.

    1,402       14,539  

M&T Bank Corp.

    369       38,166  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

    37,300       139,560  

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd.

    5,729       105,446  

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

    56,100       64,362  

National Australia Bank Ltd.

    12,732       130,603  

Nordea Bank Abp

    15,037       84,589  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.

    11,000       66,648  

Raiffeisen Bank International AG

    806       11,594  

Regions Financial Corp.

    798       7,158  

Resona Holdings, Inc.

    4,700       14,092  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc

    24,739       34,112  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A .

    7,340       49,156  

Societe Generale SA

    1,097       17,971  

Standard Chartered plc

    12,560       69,442  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

    4,200       102,032  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

    1,500       43,095  

SVB Financial Group(a)

    43       6,496  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A

    5,288       43,611  

Swedbank AB, Class A

    2,843       31,356  

Truist Financial Corp.

    5,414       166,968  

UniCredit SpA

    5,698       44,083  

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

    3,600       49,392  

US Bancorp

    7,331       252,553  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    16,012       459,544  

Westpac Banking Corp.

    15,907       163,378  
   

 

 

 
        6,624,402  
Beverages — 2.3%            

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

    2,593       114,532  

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

    2,800       90,841  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

    3,936       218,487  

Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd.(a)(b)

    5,600       14,402  

Carlsberg A/S, Class B

    48       5,404  

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

    12,707       68,583  

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings, Inc.

    1,100       22,576  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    28,812       1,274,931  

Coca-Cola European Partners plc

    3,504       131,505  

Coca-Cola HBC AG(a)

    2,016       43,236  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    1,873       268,513  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Beverages (continued)            

Davide Campari-Milano SpA

    5,163     $ 37,026  

Diageo plc

    11,758       372,841  

Heineken Holding NV

    1,257       97,956  

Heineken NV

    966       81,978  

Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd.

    4,000       79,001  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    2,915       113,714  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    4,926       277,137  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    9,868       1,185,147  

Pernod Ricard SA

    712       101,059  

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

    1,700       64,241  

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.

    1,851       11,492  
   

 

 

 
      4,674,602  
Biotechnology — 1.8%            

AbbVie, Inc.

    7,910       602,663  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    1,439       129,208  

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    703       76,522  

Amgen, Inc.

    3,166       641,843  

BeiGene Ltd., ADR(a)

    122       15,019  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    994       314,482  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    1,346       113,737  

CSL Ltd.

    1,731       313,781  

Exact Sciences Corp.(a)

    859       49,822  

Galapagos NV(a)

    61       11,979  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    6,693       500,369  

Grifols SA

    410       13,718  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    1,262       92,416  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    838       39,621  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    590       51,064  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    458       223,637  

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    471       46,073  

Seattle Genetics, Inc.(a)

    896       103,380  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    1,530       364,063  
   

 

 

 
        3,703,397  
Building Products — 0.4%            

AGC, Inc.

    500       12,184  

Allegion plc

    274       25,214  

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

    6,303       117,669  

Cie de Saint-Gobain

    2,342       56,197  

Daikin Industries Ltd.

    700       84,500  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    941       40,698  

Geberit AG (Registered)

    310       135,836  

Johnson Controls International plc

    2,757       74,329  

Kingspan Group plc

    140       7,549  

Lennox International, Inc.

    81       14,725  

Masco Corp.

    2,027       70,073  

Owens Corning

    914       35,472  

TOTO Ltd.

    1,400       46,183  

Trane Technologies plc

    993       82,012  
   

 

 

 
      802,641  
Capital Markets — 1.7%            

3i Group plc

    11,834       114,667  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    521       53,392  

Amundi SA(b)

    271       15,680  

ASX Ltd.

    1,458       68,440  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

    3,788       127,580  

Blackstone Group, Inc. (The), Class A

    2,756       125,591  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    492       43,911  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

    4,794       161,174  

CME Group, Inc.

    1,574       272,160  

Credit Suisse Group AG (Registered)(a)

    5,411       43,674  

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

    4,100       15,844  

Deutsche Bank AG (Registered)

    3,778       24,017  

Deutsche Boerse AG

    667       91,635  
Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)            

E*TRADE Financial Corp.

    464     $ 15,924  

Eaton Vance Corp.

    470       15,158  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    125       32,585  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    1,089       18,175  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

    1,361       210,397  

Hargreaves Lansdown plc

    773       13,134  

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

    2,800       83,886  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    2,800       226,100  

Japan Exchange Group, Inc.

    1,300       22,814  

Julius Baer Group Ltd.(a)

    353       11,825  

KKR & Co., Inc., Class A

    1,718       40,321  

London Stock Exchange Group plc

    1,886       168,714  

Macquarie Group Ltd.

    1,470       78,289  

Magellan Financial Group Ltd.

    764       20,263  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    118       39,243  

Moody’s Corp.

    761       160,952  

Morgan Stanley

    5,132       174,488  

MSCI, Inc.

    292       84,376  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    420       39,879  

Natixis SA

    1,408       4,483  

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

    6,100       25,743  

Northern Trust Corp.

    891       67,235  

Partners Group Holding AG

    59       40,395  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    357       22,562  

S&P Global, Inc.

    1,066       261,223  

Schroders plc

    1,779       54,388  

SEI Investments Co.

    862       39,945  

St. James’s Place plc

    4,192       39,145  

Standard Life Aberdeen plc

    13,930       38,444  

State Street Corp.

    1,446       77,028  

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    994       97,064  

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

    807       27,971  

UBS Group AG (Registered)(a)

    10,812       99,104  
   

 

 

 
        3,509,018  
Chemicals — 1.9%            

Air Liquide SA

    1,052       134,285  

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    1,452       289,834  

Akzo Nobel NV

    88       5,788  

Albemarle Corp.

    1,584       89,290  

Asahi Kasei Corp.

    4,300       30,129  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)

    3,151       54,418  

BASF SE

    2,325       108,675  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc

    2,176       59,187  

Corteva, Inc.(a)

    5,280       124,080  

Croda International plc

    961       50,700  

Dow, Inc.

    4,986       145,791  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    5,696       194,234  

Ecolab, Inc.

    2,652       413,261  

EMS-Chemie Holding AG (Registered)

    135       84,196  

Evonik Industries AG

    1,508       31,492  

FMC Corp.

    794       64,862  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc

    1,283       130,969  

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

    15,136       48,206  

Johnson Matthey plc

    1,413       31,134  

Kansai Paint Co. Ltd.

    1,100       20,865  

Koninklijke DSM NV

    367       41,283  

Linde plc

    3,529       610,517  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    2,891       143,480  

Nissan Chemical Corp.

    600       21,730  

Orica Ltd.

    2,428       22,729  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    2,983       249,379  

RPM International, Inc.

    1,978       117,691  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

    734       337,288  

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

    1,100       108,116  

Sika AG (Registered)

    160       26,274  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Chemicals (continued)            

Symrise AG

    138     $ 12,766  

Toray Industries, Inc.

    3,200       13,851  

Tosoh Corp.

    1,200       13,561  

Westlake Chemical Corp.

    1,305       49,812  

Yara International ASA

    1,911       60,424  
   

 

 

 
        3,940,297  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%            

Brambles Ltd.

    2,739       17,704  

Cintas Corp.

    226       39,148  

Copart, Inc.(a)

    1,001       68,588  

Republic Services, Inc.

    684       51,341  

Secom Co. Ltd.

    600       49,625  

Sohgo Security Services Co. Ltd.

    200       9,708  

Waste Connections, Inc.

    818       63,395  

Waste Management, Inc.

    1,609       148,929  
   

 

 

 
      448,438  
Communications Equipment — 0.8%            

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

    552       111,808  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    24,984       982,121  

F5 Networks, Inc.(a)

    589       62,805  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    3,599       68,885  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    1,608       213,735  

Nokia OYJ

    8,344       25,698  

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B

    11,010       89,126  
   

 

 

 
      1,554,178  
Construction & Engineering — 0.3%            

Bouygues SA

    1,078       31,285  

Eiffage SA

    1,022       72,545  

JGC Holdings Corp.

    1,100       8,780  

Kajima Corp.

    2,300       23,509  

Obayashi Corp.

    5,200       44,125  

Shimizu Corp.

    6,500       50,582  

Skanska AB, Class B

    4,161       62,620  

Taisei Corp.

    1,700       51,847  

Vinci SA

    2,907       237,529  
   

 

 

 
      582,822  
Construction Materials — 0.2%            

Boral Ltd.

    7,840       9,847  

CRH plc

    1,131       30,586  

Fletcher Building Ltd.

    16,342       34,012  

HeidelbergCement AG

    231       9,869  

LafargeHolcim Ltd. (Registered)(a)

    1,623       59,229  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    741       140,220  

Taiheiyo Cement Corp.

    900       15,330  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    1,568       169,454  
   

 

 

 
      468,547  
Consumer Finance — 0.2%            

Acom Co. Ltd.

    2,500       10,152  

American Express Co.

    3,506       300,149  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    2,101       105,933  

Discover Financial Services

    1,097       39,130  

Isracard Ltd.

    1       2  

Synchrony Financial

    1,571       25,277  
   

 

 

 
      480,643  
Containers & Packaging — 0.0%            

Ball Corp.

    377       24,377  

Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd.

    1,000       11,407  
   

 

 

 
      35,784  
Security   Shares     Value  
Distributors — 0.1%            

Genuine Parts Co.

    1,964     $ 132,236  

LKQ Corp.(a)

    5,796       118,876  
   

 

 

 
      251,112  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0%            

Benesse Holdings, Inc.

    400       10,179  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.2%            

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    1,439       20,794  

Eurazeo SE

    60       2,692  

EXOR NV

    658       33,913  

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

    233       18,333  

Industrivarden AB, Class C

    1,650       31,593  

Investor AB, Class B

    3,537       159,567  

Kinnevik AB, Class B

    2,113       34,462  

L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B

    1,455       58,982  

M&G plc(a)

    17,362       24,151  

ORIX Corp.

    3,400       40,564  

Pargesa Holding SA, Class BR

    208       13,733  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    388       15,733  
   

 

 

 
      454,517  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.0%  

AT&T, Inc.

    9,928       289,401  

BT Group plc

    39,866       57,988  

Deutsche Telekom AG (Registered)

    11,829       152,777  

Iliad SA

    54       7,276  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

    5,900       141,108  

Orange SA

    5,602       67,826  

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

    23,200       41,359  

Spark New Zealand Ltd.

    33,864       82,417  

Swisscom AG (Registered)

    79       42,303  

Telefonica SA

    7,361       33,501  

Telenor ASA

    13,579       198,467  

Telia Co. AB

    12,135       43,436  

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

    39,974       75,037  

TELUS Corp.

    142       2,245  

TPG Telecom Ltd.

    7,378       31,421  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    12,314       661,631  
   

 

 

 
      1,928,193  
Electric Utilities — 1.0%            

AusNet Services

    22,845       23,987  

Edison International

    2,770       151,768  

Electricite de France SA

    4,632       36,220  

Eversource Energy

    2,282       178,475  

Exelon Corp.

    8,225       302,762  

Fortum OYJ

    1,100       16,002  

Hydro One Ltd.(b)

    2,633       47,410  

Iberdrola SA

    24,816       242,726  

Mercury NZ Ltd.

    32,902       82,380  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    3,120       750,734  

Orsted A/S(b)

    617       60,403  

SSE plc

    3,971       63,810  

Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA

    15,188       95,470  

Verbund AG

    1,639       59,113  
   

 

 

 
        2,111,260  
Electrical Equipment — 0.7%            

ABB Ltd. (Registered)

    7,142       124,135  

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    509       43,601  

AMETEK, Inc.

    1,938       139,575  

Eaton Corp. plc

    2,710       210,540  

Emerson Electric Co.

    5,967       284,328  

Fuji Electric Co. Ltd.

    400       8,969  

Legrand SA

    1,041       66,397  

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

    9,700       118,497  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Electrical Equipment (continued)            

Nidec Corp.

    1,400     $ 72,148  

Prysmian SpA

    710       11,273  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    734       110,768  

Schneider Electric SE

    1,253       105,907  

Sensata Technologies Holding plc(a)

    1,164       33,675  

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

    348       28,315  
   

 

 

 
      1,358,128  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    1,827       133,152  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)

    136       7,054  

CDW Corp.

    829       77,321  

Cognex Corp.

    618       26,092  

Corning, Inc.

    1,835       37,691  

FLIR Systems, Inc.

    506       16,136  

Halma plc

    2,022       47,489  

Hexagon AB, Class B

    1,064       44,992  

Hitachi Ltd.

    3,500       100,542  

Ingenico Group SA

    288       30,105  

Keyence Corp.

    700       225,059  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    913       76,400  

Kyocera Corp.

    1,400       82,615  

Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    1,300       64,629  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    1,678       105,680  

Trimble, Inc.(a)

    1,798       57,230  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    239       43,880  
   

 

 

 
        1,176,067  
Entertainment — 1.0%            

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    3,854       229,236  

Electronic Arts, Inc.(a)

    1,428       143,043  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    1,632       612,816  

Nexon Co. Ltd.(a)

    700       11,439  

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

    300       116,596  

Roku, Inc.(a)

    236       20,645  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)

    515       61,084  

Ubisoft Entertainment SA(a)

    67       4,897  

Vivendi SA

    1,667       35,246  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

    7,623       736,382  
   

 

 

 
      1,971,384  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.4%  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    347       47,560  

American Tower Corp.

    1,916       417,209  

Ascendas REIT

    23,300       46,134  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    544       80,060  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    594       54,785  

British Land Co. plc (The)

    1,696       7,073  

Camden Property Trust

    288       22,821  

CapitaLand Commercial Trust

    22,800       24,466  

CapitaLand Mall Trust

    17,700       22,193  

Crown Castle International Corp.

    1,760       254,144  

Dexus

    5,682       31,487  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    997       138,493  

Duke Realty Corp.

    981       31,765  

Equinix, Inc.

    347       216,726  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    383       22,015  

Equity Residential

    1,892       116,755  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    205       45,149  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    301       28,824  

Gecina SA

    174       22,897  

Goodman Group

    7,499       54,965  

GPT Group (The)

    6,489       14,416  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    1,203       28,691  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    1,676       18,503  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    1,030       22,011  
Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

Japan Real Estate Investment Corp.

    2     $ 11,757  

Land Securities Group plc

    2,523       17,398  

Link REIT

    2,100       17,700  

Mapletree Commercial Trust

    10,100       12,954  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    784       13,555  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    381       39,254  

Mirvac Group

    13,121       16,670  

Nippon Building Fund, Inc.

    2       13,454  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    318       8,440  

Prologis, Inc.

    3,212       258,148  

Public Storage

    696       138,233  

Realty Income Corp.

    944       47,068  

Regency Centers Corp.

    192       7,379  

SBA Communications Corp.(a)

    396       106,908  

Scentre Group

    18,474       17,695  

Segro plc

    5,991       56,635  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    974       53,434  

Stockland

    7,234       11,124  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    203       25,345  

UDR, Inc.

    787       28,757  

Ventas, Inc.

    992       26,586  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    523       8,703  

Welltower, Inc

    1,448       66,289  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    1,367       23,171  

WP Carey, Inc.

    435       25,265  
   

 

 

 
      2,821,064  
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.0%            

Aeon Co. Ltd.

    5,400       119,632  

Carrefour SA

    3,243       51,415  

Coles Group Ltd.(a)

    12,148       113,135  

Colruyt SA

    1,177       63,803  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    3,690       1,052,130  

Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd.

    9,300       42,775  

Empire Co. Ltd., Class A

    3,584       70,111  

George Weston Ltd.

    2,361       168,825  

ICA Gruppen AB

    2,922       122,039  

J Sainsbury plc

    39,326       101,752  

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

    3,247       58,606  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

    4,583       106,768  

Kroger Co. (The)

    9,510       286,441  

Lawson, Inc.

    1,400       76,846  

Loblaw Cos. Ltd.

    3,894       200,746  

METRO AG

    6,395       54,467  

Metro, Inc.

    3,981       160,988  

Sundrug Co. Ltd.

    1,300       41,657  

Sysco Corp.

    5,684       259,361  

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.

    500       65,924  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    8,504       389,058  

Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd.

    500       35,108  

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc

    58,815       128,490  

Woolworths Group Ltd.

    12,788       278,093  
   

 

 

 
        4,048,170  
Food Products — 2.6%            

a2 Milk Co. Ltd.(a)

    5,416       55,328  

Ajinomoto Co., Inc

    1,100       20,498  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    5,556       195,460  

Associated British Foods plc

    6,646       148,868  

Barry Callebaut AG (Registered)

    11       22,017  

Bunge Ltd.

    1,703       69,874  

Calbee, Inc.

    700       18,891  

Campbell Soup Co.

    2,703       124,770  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG

    6       50,361  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG (Registered)

    1       86,794  
 

 

 

4


Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products (continued)  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    5,654     $ 165,888  

Danone SA

    1,944       124,413  

General Mills, Inc.

    5,782       305,116  

Hershey Co. (The)

    1,752       232,140  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    4,614       215,197  

Ingredion, Inc.

    985       74,367  

JM Smucker Co. (The)

    1,270       140,970  

Kellogg Co.

    2,890       173,371  

Kerry Group plc, Class A

    591       68,571  

Kikkoman Corp.

    400       16,960  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

    8,402       207,865  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    1,890       107,919  

McCormick & Co., Inc. (Non-Voting)

    1,494       210,968  

MEIJI Holdings Co. Ltd.

    900       63,779  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    11,671       584,484  

Mowi ASA

    5,944       89,870  

Nestle SA (Registered)

    10,835       1,109,155  

NH Foods Ltd.

    1,100       38,281  

Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc.

    1,200       20,019  

Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd.

    300       24,896  

Orkla ASA

    15,506       132,851  

Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd.

    400       19,333  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    3,125       180,844  

Wilmar International Ltd.

    45,300       102,442  

Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.

    400       23,564  

Yamazaki Baking Co. Ltd.

    1,000       20,843  
   

 

 

 
        5,246,967  
Gas Utilities — 0.2%            

APA Group(c)

    9,818       62,303  

Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.

    79,000       129,357  

Naturgy Energy Group SA

    2,875       50,438  

Osaka Gas Co. Ltd.

    2,800       52,577  

Snam SpA

    19,096       87,275  

Toho Gas Co. Ltd.

    300       13,524  

Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.

    2,500       58,908  
   

 

 

 
      454,382  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.7%  

Abbott Laboratories

    9,478       747,909  

ABIOMED, Inc.(a)

    230       33,387  

Alcon, Inc.(a)

    1,091       55,893  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)

    412       71,668  

Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd.

    100       2,473  

Baxter International, Inc.

    2,857       231,960  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    1,496       343,736  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    8,382       273,505  

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

    97       9,236  

Cochlear Ltd.

    221       25,188  

Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)

    375       103,376  

Danaher Corp.

    3,586       496,338  

Dentsply Sirona, Inc.

    1,363       52,925  

DexCom, Inc.(a)

    477       128,442  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    1,221       230,305  

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.

    3,188       57,953  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    2,004       70,340  

Hoya Corp.

    1,100       93,535  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    436       105,617  

Insulet Corp.(a)

    277       45,893  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    663       328,324  

Koninklijke Philips NV

    1,680       68,976  

Medtronic plc

    7,562       681,941  

Olympus Corp.

    2,900       41,804  

ResMed, Inc.

    801       117,979  

Siemens Healthineers AG(b)

    1,230       47,548  

Smith & Nephew plc

    5,113       90,073  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

Sonova Holding AG (Registered)

    73     $ 13,017  

STERIS plc

    755       105,677  

Stryker Corp.

    2,075       345,467  

Sysmex Corp.

    400       28,950  

Teleflex, Inc.

    323       94,594  

Terumo Corp.

    1,600       54,818  

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(a)

    581       59,646  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    432       65,772  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    1,402       141,714  
   

 

 

 
      5,465,979  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.3%  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    2,263       200,275  

Anthem, Inc.

    1,249       283,573  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    2,754       132,027  

Centene Corp.(a)

    3,483       206,925  

Cigna Corp.

    2,714       480,867  

CVS Health Corp.

    10,950       649,664  

DaVita, Inc.(a)

    1,604       122,000  

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

    544       35,510  

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

    1,113       41,440  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    3,122       280,512  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)

    1,730       87,400  

Humana, Inc.

    648       203,485  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a)

    1,326       167,593  

McKesson Corp.

    1,793       242,521  

Medipal Holdings Corp.

    200       3,737  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    2,017       161,965  

Ryman Healthcare Ltd.

    6,384       38,725  

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

    2,200       33,066  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    4,967       1,238,670  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

    1,302       129,002  
   

 

 

 
        4,738,957  
Health Care Technology — 0.1%            

Cerner Corp.

    2,076       130,767  

M3, Inc.

    800       23,598  

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(a)

    722       112,899  
   

 

 

 
      267,264  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.0%            

Aramark

    614       12,262  

Carnival plc

    1,081       12,903  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)

    127       83,109  

Compass Group plc

    5,376       83,759  

Crown Resorts Ltd.

    18,589       86,267  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    561       30,552  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    162       52,499  

Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd.(d)

    407       2,356  

Flutter Entertainment plc

    224       20,149  

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

    2,000       10,534  

GVC Holdings plc

    3,940       27,291  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    787       53,705  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

    992       42,130  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    1,146       85,732  

McDonald’s Corp.

    3,924       648,833  

McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd.

    700       31,571  

MGM Resorts International

    591       6,974  

Oriental Land Co. Ltd.

    1,000       127,657  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

    455       14,637  

Sodexo SA

    202       13,565  

Starbucks Corp.

    5,715       375,704  

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

    20,897       32,340  

TUI AG

    1,050       4,596  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

    53       7,829  

Whitbread plc

    1,427       52,887  
 

 

 

5


Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)            

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    1,552     $ 106,359  
   

 

 

 
        2,026,200  
Household Durables — 0.3%            

Barratt Developments plc

    10,116       54,680  

Berkeley Group Holdings plc

    1,033       46,106  

Garmin Ltd.

    219       16,416  

Iida Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

    1,400       19,350  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)

    40       3,050  

Panasonic Corp.

    4,200       31,796  

Persimmon plc

    2,266       53,565  

Sony Corp.

    3,700       219,164  

Taylor Wimpey plc

    37,935       54,587  
   

 

 

 
      498,714  
Household Products — 0.6%            

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    170       11,281  

Essity AB, Class B

    3,067       93,953  

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

    645       47,380  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    7,376       811,360  

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

    3,063       233,326  

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

    12       437  

Unicharm Corp.

    1,100       41,177  
   

 

 

 
      1,238,914  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%  

Meridian Energy Ltd.

    34,547       82,450  

Uniper SE

    2,960       72,707  
   

 

 

 
      155,157  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.7%            

3M Co.

    3,166       432,190  

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

    21,500       143,301  

DCC plc

    1,500       93,677  

Keihan Holdings Co. Ltd.

    800       35,486  

Keppel Corp. Ltd.

    22,500       83,685  

NWS Holdings Ltd.

    17,000       17,324  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    712       222,009  

Siemens AG (Registered)

    2,937       245,930  

Smiths Group plc

    2,825       42,593  

Toshiba Corp.

    1,400       30,686  
   

 

 

 
      1,346,881  
Insurance — 1.6%            

Admiral Group plc

    563       15,505  

Aflac, Inc.

    1,604       54,921  

AIA Group Ltd.

    31,600       282,967  

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    40       22,094  

Allianz SE (Registered)

    1,441       245,399  

Allstate Corp. (The)

    1,362       124,936  

American International Group, Inc.

    1,015       24,614  

Aon plc

    1,072       176,923  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)

    1,486       42,292  

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

    481       39,206  

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

    6,226       84,330  

Aviva plc

    21,936       72,120  

AXA SA

    5,145       87,115  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    398       14,416  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    441       33,273  

Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.

    2,700       32,063  

Direct Line Insurance Group plc

    4,793       17,498  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    45       8,659  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

    558       13,883  

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

    5,295       90,170  

Globe Life, Inc.

    155       11,155  

Hannover Rueck SE

    324       45,751  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) .

    326       11,488  
Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)            

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

    13,040     $ 49,201  

Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd.

    5,300       41,460  

Legal & General Group plc

    26,170       61,832  

Markel Corp.(a)

    63       58,457  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    2,414       208,714  

Medibank Pvt Ltd.

    12,248       20,142  

MetLife, Inc.

    1,176       35,950  

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

    2,300       64,173  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (Registered)

    433       87,063  

Poste Italiane SpA(b)

    2,468       20,773  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    465       14,573  

Progressive Corp. (The)

    2,207       162,965  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    1,131       58,970  

Prudential plc

    13,182       165,168  

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

    5,290       27,556  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    132       11,106  

RSA Insurance Group plc

    8,913       46,512  

Sompo Holdings, Inc.

    1,000       30,824  

Sony Financial Holdings, Inc.

    600       10,075  

Suncorp Group Ltd.

    1,949       10,823  

Swiss Re AG

    654       50,357  

T&D Holdings, Inc.

    800       6,485  

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

    2,100       96,085  

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

    958       95,177  

Willis Towers Watson plc

    468       79,490  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

    383       134,550  
   

 

 

 
        3,199,259  
Interactive Media & Services — 2.7%            

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,438       1,670,884  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)

    1,484       1,725,610  

Auto Trader Group plc(b)

    5,291       28,592  

Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)

    11,321       1,888,343  

IAC/InterActiveCorp(a)

    324       58,071  

Pinterest, Inc., Class A(a)

    674       10,407  

REA Group Ltd.

    769       36,023  

Snap, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,562       30,462  

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)

    580       10,086  

Twitter, Inc.(a)

    3,049       74,883  

Z Holdings Corp.

    3,800       12,115  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class C(a)

    357       12,859  
   

 

 

 
      5,558,335  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 2.5%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    2,135       4,162,652  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

    294       395,524  

Delivery Hero SE(a)(b)

    225       16,543  

eBay, Inc.

    4,772       143,446  

Expedia Group, Inc.

    957       53,850  

Grubhub, Inc.(a)

    882       35,924  

Just Eat Takeaway.com NV(a)(b)

    120       9,075  

MercadoLibre, Inc.

    243       118,725  

Ocado Group plc(a)

    1,565       23,475  

Prosus NV(a)

    2,015       140,341  

Rakuten, Inc.

    600       4,524  

Wayfair, Inc., Class A(a)

    614       32,812  

Zalando SE(a)(b)

    285       10,742  
   

 

 

 
      5,147,633  
IT Services — 3.1%            

Accenture plc, Class A

    3,487       569,288  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)

    635       58,096  

Amadeus IT Group SA

    629       29,606  

Atos SE

    464       30,914  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    2,172       296,869  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
IT Services (continued)            

Black Knight, Inc.(a)

    726     $ 42,152  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

    377       25,877  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    530       50,260  

Capgemini SE

    565       47,213  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    2,632       122,309  

DXC Technology Co.

    469       6,121  

Edenred

    1,264       52,455  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)

    291       54,027  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    3,191       388,153  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

    2,671       253,718  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)

    365       68,087  

Fujitsu Ltd.

    600       54,041  

Gartner, Inc.(a)

    321       31,962  

Global Payments, Inc.

    1,384       199,614  

GoDaddy, Inc., Class A(a)

    667       38,092  

International Business Machines Corp.

    4,186       464,353  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    367       56,973  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    4,177       1,008,996  

MongoDB, Inc.(a)

    194       26,489  

NEC Corp.

    400       14,565  

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

    500       10,562  

NTT Data Corp.

    1,400       13,402  

Obic Co. Ltd

    200       26,058  

Okta, Inc.(a)

    414       50,616  

Otsuka Corp.

    300       12,789  

Paychex, Inc.

    2,251       141,633  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,232       500,912  

Square, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,401       73,384  

Twilio, Inc., Class A(a)

    458       40,987  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    342       61,591  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    8,050       1,297,016  

Wirecard AG

    263       29,632  

Wix.com Ltd.(a)

    339       34,178  

Worldline SA(a)(b)

    244       14,401  
   

 

 

 
        6,297,391  
Leisure Products — 0.0%            

Hasbro, Inc.

    204       14,596  
   

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.8%  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    2,144       153,553  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a)

    191       66,957  

Eurofins Scientific SE

    21       10,248  

Illumina, Inc.(a)

    848       231,606  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,134       122,313  

Lonza Group AG (Registered)(a)

    210       86,378  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    160       110,482  

PerkinElmer, Inc.

    1,036       77,990  

QIAGEN NV(a)

    619       24,993  

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

    101       20,155  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    2,283       647,459  

Waters Corp.(a)

    582       105,953  
   

 

 

 
      1,658,087  
Machinery — 1.4%            

Alfa Laval AB

    1,216       20,819  

Alstom SA(a)

    631       26,055  

ANDRITZ AG

    259       8,114  

Atlas Copco AB, Class A

    2,321       77,183  

Atlas Copco AB, Class B

    2,497       72,636  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    2,841       329,670  

CNH Industrial NV

    3,479       19,814  

Cummins, Inc.

    808       109,339  

Deere & Co.

    1,650       227,964  

Dover Corp.

    993       83,352  

Electrolux Professional AB, Class B(a)

    453       1,305  
Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)            

Epiroc AB, Class A(a)

    4,710     $ 46,542  

Epiroc AB, Class B(a)

    5,355       52,782  

FANUC Corp.

    600       80,176  

Flowserve Corp.

    1,151       27,497  

Fortive Corp.

    1,553       85,710  

GEA Group AG

    358       7,396  

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd.

    500       10,028  

Hoshizaki Corp.

    200       14,960  

IDEX Corp.

    507       70,022  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    1,775       252,263  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.(a)

    1,437       35,638  

KION Group AG

    463       19,927  

Komatsu Ltd.

    1,000       16,183  

Kubota Corp.

    1,800       22,894  

Makita Corp.

    1,000       30,504  

Middleby Corp. (The)(a)

    164       9,328  

MISUMI Group, Inc.

    1,100       23,794  

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

    500       12,601  

PACCAR, Inc.

    2,763       168,902  

Parker-Hannifin Corp

    781       101,319  

Pentair plc

    1,673       49,789  

Sandvik AB

    7,885       110,916  

Schindler Holding AG

    34       7,438  

Schindler Holding AG (Registered)

    283       59,253  

SKF AB, Class B

    1,362       18,560  

SMC Corp.

    200       83,849  

Snap-on, Inc.

    355       38,631  

Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc

    1,059       106,316  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    909       90,900  

Volvo AB, Class B

    7,082       84,176  

WABCO Holdings, Inc.(a)

    150       20,258  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp .

    575       27,675  

Xylem, Inc.

    1,024       66,693  
   

 

 

 
        2,829,171  
Marine — 0.0%            

AP Moller - Maersk A/S, Class A

    19       15,605  

Kuehne + Nagel International AG (Registered)

    207       28,198  
   

 

 

 
      43,803  
Media — 0.5%            

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    445       194,158  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    18,115       622,794  

Fox Corp., Class A(a)

    349       8,247  

Informa plc

    7,433       40,485  

JCDecaux SA

    1,176       20,907  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C(a)

    264       29,230  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    275       15,097  

Pearson plc

    2,886       19,758  

Schibsted ASA, Class B

    3,020       54,631  

WPP plc

    7,402       50,326  
   

 

 

 
      1,055,633  
Metals & Mining — 0.6%            

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.

    204       8,144  

Antofagasta plc

    2,687       25,662  

ArcelorMittal SA

    1,635       15,435  

Boliden AB(a)

    6,128       109,936  

Evraz plc

    5,870       16,795  

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

    4,574       28,031  

Glencore plc(a)

    63,115       95,528  

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

    1,444       19,830  

Newmont Goldcorp Corp.

    1,762       79,783  

Nippon Steel Corp.

    1,000       8,524  

Norsk Hydro ASA

    25,148       54,223  

Nucor Corp.

    8,301       299,002  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining (continued)            

Rio Tinto Ltd.

    344     $ 17,723  

Rio Tinto plc

    3,607       165,353  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    5,761       129,853  

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.

    1,600       32,711  

voestalpine AG

    1,808       36,479  
   

 

 

 
      1,143,012  
   
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0%  

AGNC Investment Corp.

    1,340       14,177  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    3,096       15,697  
   

 

 

 
      29,874  
   
Multiline Retail — 0.8%            

Dollar General Corp.

    3,137       473,718  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)

    3,414       250,827  

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

    3,842       7,054  

Kohl’s Corp.

    4,435       64,707  

Marks & Spencer Group plc

    26,778       32,461  

Next plc

    805       40,386  

Nordstrom, Inc.

    2,991       45,882  

Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.

    800       15,150  

Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd.

    400       4,448  

Target Corp.

    5,509       512,172  

Wesfarmers Ltd.

    9,443       200,099  
   

 

 

 
        1,646,904  
   
Multi-Utilities — 0.5%            

Canadian Utilities Ltd., Class A

    1,188       28,398  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    1,667       130,026  

E.ON SE

    11,818       121,225  

Engie SA

    10,340       105,886  

National Grid plc

    15,082       176,222  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    4,315       193,787  

Sempra Energy

    1,003       113,329  

Suez

    3,680       37,387  
   

 

 

 
      906,260  
   
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.6%            

BP plc

    85,012       348,629  

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

    952       16,365  

Caltex Australia Ltd.

    1,095       14,786  

Cheniere Energy, Inc.(a)

    342       11,457  

Chevron Corp

    8,985       651,053  

Concho Resources, Inc.

    452       19,368  

ConocoPhillips

    3,965       122,122  

Eni SpA

    15,172       150,771  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    2,469       88,686  

Equinor ASA

    11,393       142,027  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    22,684       861,311  

Hess Corp.

    509       16,950  

JXTG Holdings, Inc.

    4,800       16,355  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    7,488       104,233  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    1,659       39,186  

Neste OYJ

    396       13,166  

Occidental Petroleum Corp

    3,774       43,703  

OMV AG

    1,219       33,360  

ONEOK, Inc.

    707       15,420  

Phillips 66

    2,150       115,348  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    390       27,359  

Repsol SA

    1,430       12,757  

TOTAL SA

    8,325       313,676  

Valero Energy Corp.

    1,410       63,958  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

    2,129       30,125  
   

 

 

 
      3,272,171  
   
Security   Shares     Value  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%            

Mondi plc

    6,992     $ 117,995  

UPM-Kymmene OYJ

    1,024       27,921  
   

 

 

 
          145,916  
   
Personal Products — 0.5%            

Beiersdorf AG

    647       65,147  

Kao Corp.

    1,900       154,790  

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd

    300       27,756  

Kose Corp.

    100       12,374  

L’Oreal SA

    862       223,095  

Shiseido Co. Ltd.

    1,400       82,281  

Unilever NV

    3,282       161,315  

Unilever plc

    5,001       252,201  
   

 

 

 
          978,959  
   
Pharmaceuticals — 4.6%            

Allergan plc

    1,882       333,302  

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

    7,200       110,933  

AstraZeneca plc

    4,743       422,596  

Aurora Cannabis, Inc.(a)

    1,267       1,134  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co

    12,727       709,403  

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    800       92,557  

Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.

    1,900       130,486  

Eisai Co. Ltd.

    800       58,518  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.(a)

    2,559       57,296  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    4,661       646,574  

GlaxoSmithKline plc

    20,206       379,149  

Ipsen SA

    129       6,612  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc(a)

    428       42,689  

Johnson & Johnson

    13,707       1,797,399  

Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd.

    700       15,645  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    13,934       1,072,082  

Merck KGaA

    580       58,558  

Mylan NV(a)

    3,046       45,416  

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

    5,573       332,798  

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    1,500       34,471  

Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.

    1,700       66,331  

Perrigo Co. plc

    862       41,454  

Pfizer, Inc.

    30,194       985,532  

Recordati SpA

    982       41,374  

Roche Holding AG

    2,402       772,824  

Sanofi

    3,848       333,140  

Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    1,000       17,162  

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

    1,400       68,963  

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Ltd.

    200       2,596  

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd.

    200       12,276  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    4,800       146,151  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR

    5,467       49,094  

UCB SA

    362       30,973  

Vifor Pharma AG

    83       11,355  

Zoetis, Inc.

    2,887       339,771  
   

 

 

 
            9,266,614  
   
Professional Services — 0.2%            

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)

    103       60,483  

Equifax, Inc.

    60       7,167  

Experian plc

    684       19,009  

IHS Markit Ltd.(a)

    1,037       62,220  

Intertek Group plc

    440       25,707  

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.

    3,400       87,826  

RELX plc

    5,966       127,329  

Teleperformance

    189       39,145  

TransUnion

    125       8,273  

Verisk Analytics, Inc

    293       40,838  
   

 

 

 
          477,997  
   
 

 

 

8


Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3%  

Azrieli Group Ltd.

    2,625     $ 150,085  

CapitaLand Ltd.

    26,900       53,906  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,543       58,186  

City Developments Ltd.

    6,500       32,959  

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

    1,500       8,139  

Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.

    200       18,573  

Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.

    2,000       49,415  

Deutsche Wohnen SE

    536       20,314  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.

    166       16,763  

Lendlease Group(c)

    1,586       9,944  

Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.

    3,900       57,600  

Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.

    2,800       48,481  

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd.

    700       17,092  

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

    4,000       52,296  

Swire Properties Ltd.

    5,800       16,204  

UOL Group Ltd.

    4,100       18,810  

Vonovia SE

    1,275       63,423  
   

 

 

 
      692,190  
   
Road & Rail — 1.4%            

AMERCO

    240       69,732  

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

    28,094       72,808  

Canadian National Railway Co.

    480       37,529  

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

    25       5,517  

Central Japan Railway Co.

    800       128,217  

ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd.

    14,700       15,653  

CSX Corp.

    6,168       353,426  

East Japan Railway Co.

    2,100       158,908  

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.

    1,200       40,314  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    1,119       103,205  

Kansas City Southern

    1,147       145,876  

Keikyu Corp.

    500       8,412  

Keio Corp.

    400       23,613  

Keisei Electric Railway Co. Ltd.

    800       23,118  

Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

    600       27,769  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

    1,546       50,709  

Kyushu Railway Co.

    1,200       34,471  

Nagoya Railroad Co. Ltd.

    600       16,869  

Nippon Express Co. Ltd.

    100       4,878  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    2,298       335,508  

Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd.

    1,000       21,961  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    1,118       146,749  

Tobu Railway Co. Ltd.

    500       17,444  

Tokyu Corp.

    2,200       34,572  

Uber Technologies, Inc.(a)

    6,132       171,205  

Union Pacific Corp.

    5,209       734,677  

West Japan Railway Co.

    900       61,556  
   

 

 

 
        2,844,696  
   
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.3%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    4,051       184,239  

Advantest Corp.

    300       11,949  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    1,846       165,494  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    1,824       83,576  

ASML Holding NV

    1,190       313,702  

Broadcom, Inc.

    1,821       431,759  

Disco Corp.

    100       19,455  

Infineon Technologies AG

    3,847       55,534  

Intel Corp.

    19,943       1,079,315  

KLA Corp.

    263       37,804  

Lam Research Corp.

    171       41,040  

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

    1,825       41,300  

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

    641       31,159  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    1,108       75,122  

Micron Technology, Inc.(a)

    4,849       203,949  

NVIDIA Corp.

    2,556       673,762  
Security   Shares     Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    307     $ 25,460  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    811       10,089  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    253       20,399  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    4,826       326,479  

Renesas Electronics Corp.(a)

    5,700       20,275  

Rohm Co. Ltd.

    200       10,856  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    814       72,755  

STMicroelectronics NV

    2,186       46,992  

Teradyne, Inc.

    565       30,606  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    4,076       407,315  

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

    500       93,187  

Xilinx, Inc.

    850       66,249  
   

 

 

 
          4,579,821  
   
Software — 5.0%            

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    2,407       766,004  

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

    321       74,623  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    999       155,944  

AVEVA Group plc

    384       16,545  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    1,220       80,569  

CDK Global, Inc.

    489       16,064  

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(a)

    1,172       117,833  

Citrix Systems, Inc.

    588       83,231  

CyberArk Software Ltd.(a)

    290       24,812  

Dassault Systemes SE

    210       30,658  

DocuSign, Inc.(a)

    538       49,711  

Dropbox, Inc., Class A(a)

    842       15,240  

Fortinet, Inc.(a)

    709       71,730  

Guidewire Software, Inc.(a)

    401       31,803  

Intuit, Inc.

    1,442       331,660  

Micro Focus International plc

    839       4,140  

Microsoft Corp.

    34,728       5,476,953  

Nice Ltd.(a)

    740       107,001  

NortonLifeLock, Inc.

    2,189       40,956  

Oracle Corp.

    11,626       561,885  

Oracle Corp. Japan

    400       34,889  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a)

    621       101,819  

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)

    247       49,896  

PTC, Inc.(a)

    451       27,606  

RingCentral, Inc., Class A(a)

    366       77,559  

Sage Group plc (The)

    2,149       15,627  

salesforce.com, Inc.(a)

    4,277       615,802  

SAP SE

    3,303       368,773  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    953       273,111  

Splunk, Inc.(a)

    770       97,197  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

    1,083       47,457  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

    633       81,524  

Temenos AG (Registered)(a)

    64       8,342  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    218       64,650  

VMware, Inc., Class A

    467       56,554  

Workday, Inc., Class A(a)

    850       110,687  
   

 

 

 
        10,088,855  
   
Specialty Retail — 1.7%            

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    76       7,092  

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    56       47,376  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    729       41,553  

Burlington Stores, Inc.(a)

    743       117,736  

CarMax, Inc.(a)

    173       9,313  

Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.

    200       81,608  

Gap, Inc. (The)

    4,573       32,194  

Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B

    2,615       33,464  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    4,747       886,312  

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

    3,606       93,445  

JD Sports Fashion plc

    4,091       22,913  

Kingfisher plc

    7,863       13,811  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)                  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

                   3,016     $ 259,527  

Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd.

      500       67,570  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

      174       52,383  

Ross Stores, Inc.

      3,366       292,741  

Tiffany & Co.

      2,485       321,808  

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

      10,030       479,534  

Tractor Supply Co.

      3,205       270,983  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)

      1,396       245,277  

USS Co. Ltd.

      600       8,227  

Yamada Denki Co. Ltd.

      2,100       8,364  
   

 

 

 
        3,393,231  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.9%                  

Apple, Inc.

      20,858       5,303,981  

Brother Industries Ltd.

      400       6,058  

Canon, Inc.

      2,900       63,020  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C(a)

      879       34,764  

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

      1,200       59,135  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

      6,160       59,814  

HP, Inc.

      8,359       145,112  

NetApp, Inc.

      739       30,809  

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

      2,800       20,444  

Seagate Technology plc

      1,637       79,886  

Seiko Epson Corp.

      1,000       10,763  

Western Digital Corp.

      815       33,920  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

      1,115       21,118  
   

 

 

 
          5,868,824  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%                  

adidas AG

      459       101,911  

EssilorLuxottica SA

      483       51,137  

Hermes International

      126       85,732  

Kering SA

      205       106,890  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(a)

      411       77,905  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

      855       313,572  

Moncler SpA

      298       10,829  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

      5,739       474,845  

VF Corp.

      1,256       67,924  
   

 

 

 
        1,290,745  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.6%  

AerCap Holdings NV(a)

      1,535       34,983  

Ashtead Group plc

      425       9,186  

Bunzl plc

      579       11,590  

Fastenal Co.

      7,926       247,687  

Ferguson plc

      400       24,733  

HD Supply Holdings, Inc.(a)

      4,301       122,277  

ITOCHU Corp.

      7,100       146,932  

Mitsubishi Corp.

      6,200       131,144  

Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

      5,100       70,807  

MonotaRO Co. Ltd.

      500       13,211  

Sumitomo Corp.

      3,100       35,353  

Toyota Tsusho Corp

      100       2,336  

United Rentals, Inc.(a)

      1,370       140,973  

WW Grainger, Inc.

      816       202,776  
   

 

 

 
        1,193,988  
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.3%  

Aena SME SA(b)

      1,098       119,127  

Aeroports de Paris

      392       37,870  

Atlantia SpA

      2,082       25,864  

Auckland International Airport Ltd.

      25,297       75,378  

Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide

      1,029       41,422  

Kamigumi Co. Ltd.

      700       11,816  

SATS Ltd.

      20,800       46,236  

Sydney Airport(c)

      16,471       56,909  
Security         

Shares

    Value  
Transportation Infrastructure (continued)        

Transurban Group(c)

      15,700     $ 116,943  
   

 

 

 
        531,565  
Water Utilities — 0.1%                  

American Water Works Co., Inc.

      1,202       143,711  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

      1,794       73,016  

Severn Trent plc

      598       16,928  

United Utilities Group plc

      1,472       16,477  
   

 

 

 
        250,132  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%  

KDDI Corp.

      6,000       177,232  

Millicom International Cellular SA, SDR

      254       7,057  

NTT DOCOMO, Inc.

      5,600       175,129  

Softbank Corp.

      5,700       72,611  

SoftBank Group Corp.

      4,700       166,391  

Tele2 AB, Class B

      2,631       35,053  

T-Mobile US, Inc.(a)

      1,418       118,970  

Vodafone Group plc

      105,900       146,507  
   

 

 

 
        898,950  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 70.1%
(Cost: $152,753,382)

 

        142,303,596  
   

 

 

 
          

Par

(000)

       

Corporate Bonds — 0.0%

     
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.0%  

AT&T, Inc., 7.13%, 12/15/31

    USD       25       27,378  
   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds — 0.0%
(Cost: $29,915)

        27,378  
   

 

 

 
    Beneficial Interest
(000)
       

Other Interests — 0.0%(e)

     
Capital Markets — 0.0%                  

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.(a)(d)(f)

      25        
   

 

 

 
Total Other Interests — 0.0%                
   

 

 

 
           Shares        

Preferred Stocks — 0.0%

     
Automobiles — 0.0%                  

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Preference)

 

    535       22,687  
   

 

 

 
Chemicals — 0.0%                  

Fuchs Petrolub SE (Preference)

      1,430       51,009  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.0%  

Sartorius AG (Preference)

      70       16,735  
   

 

 

 
Household Products — 0.0%                  

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Preference)

      506       40,471  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks — 0.0%
(Cost: $133,197)

        130,902  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Rights 0.0%

   
Pharmaceuticals 0.0%(a)            

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    2,935     $ 11,153  
   

 

 

 

Total Rights 0.0%
(Cost: $6,252)

      11,153  
   

 

 

 
   

Par

            (000)

       

U.S. Treasury Obligations 2.0%

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.13%, 08/31/21

    4,000       4,053,125  
   

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations 2.0%
(Cost: $3,963,438)

      4,053,125  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments 72.1%
(Cost: $156,886,184)

        146,526,154  
   

 

 

 
Security  

Shares

    Value  

Short-Term Securities 0.8%

   

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.21%(g)*

    1,585,620     $ 1,585,620  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities 0.8%
(Cost: $1,585,620)

      1,585,620  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments 72.9%
(Cost: $158,471,804)

      148,111,774  

Other Assets Less Liabilities 27.1%

      54,951,358  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets 100.0%

    $   203,063,132  
   

 

 

 
 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(c) 

A security contractually bound to one or more other securities to form a single saleable unit which cannot be sold separately.

(d) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(e) 

Other interests represent beneficial interests in liquidation trusts and other reorganization or private entities.

(f) 

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default.

(g) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

*

Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate/affiliates of the Fund during the period ended March 31, 2020 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer

   

Shares

Held at

12/31/19

 

 

 

   

Shares

Purchased

 

 

   

Shares

Sold

 

 

   

Shares

Held at

03/31/20

 

 

 

   

Value at

03/31/20

 

 

    Income      


Net

Realized
Gain (Loss)

 

 
 (a) 

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class(b)

    12,000,414             (10,414,794     1,585,620     $     1,585,620     $     31,577     $     $  
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Includes net capital gain distributions, if applicable.

(b) 

Represents net shares purchased (sold).

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

    

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount (000)
     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Long Contracts

           

AEX Index

     196        04/17/20      $ 20,868      $ 1,268,065  

IBEX 35 Index

     119        04/17/20        8,877        641,651  

OMXS30 Index

     97        04/17/20        1,451        4,773  

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index

     144        04/28/20        8,947        163,678  

MSCI Singapore Index

     370        04/29/20        7,325        (31,862

TOPIX Index

     9        06/11/20        1,174        65,438  

Australia 10 Year Bond

     1,396        06/15/20        129,326        2,225,961  

SPI 200 Index

     128        06/18/20        10,056        266,622  

Canada 10 Year Bond

     514        06/19/20        53,741        588,969  

DAX Index

     50        06/19/20        13,659        1,351,787  

EURO STOXX 50 Index

     68        06/19/20        2,060        211,099  

FTSE 100 Index

     50        06/19/20        3,500        87,352  

MSCI Emerging Markets E-Mini Index

     102        06/19/20        4,299        97,824  

U.S. Treasury Ultra Bond

     31        06/19/20        6,878        62,137  
           

 

 

 
              7,003,494  
           

 

 

 

Short Contracts

           

CAC 40 10 Euro Index

     33        04/17/20        1,600        (205,609

Hang Seng Index

     110        04/28/20        16,828        (315,361

Euro-Bund

     90        06/08/20        17,124        265,038  

Euro-Buxl

     28        06/08/20        6,482        205,863  

FTSI/MIB Index

     203        06/19/20        18,945        (2,284,156

MSCI EAFE E-Mini Index

     438        06/19/20        34,149        (2,503,504

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     1,159        06/19/20        148,914        4,182,356  

U.S. Treasury 10 Year Note

     14        06/19/20        1,942        (9,357

Long Gilt

     113        06/26/20        19,115        (78,791
           

 

 

 
              (743,521
           

 

 

 
            $ 6,259,973  
           

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Currency
Purchased
      

Currency

Sold

     Counterparty     

Settlement

Date

      

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
AUD     1,371,513        USD     817,544      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20        $ 26,245  
CAD     5,814,899        USD     4,042,476      Citibank NA        06/17/20          92,503  
CHF     1,091,000        USD     1,112,014      Barclays Bank plc        06/17/20          25,654  
CHF     407,000        USD     424,202      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          208  
EUR     422,050        SEK     4,521,000      Goldman Sachs International        06/17/20          9,063  
EUR     662,000        USD     710,377      Bank of America NA        06/17/20          21,891  
EUR     371,000        USD     404,772      Barclays Bank plc        06/17/20          5,608  
EUR     1,272,000        USD     1,403,727      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          3,290  
EUR     1,519,000        USD     1,661,014      Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc        06/17/20          19,221  
GBP     204,000        USD     247,904      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          5,825  
JPY     29,154,000        USD     271,035      Barclays Bank plc        06/17/20          993  
JPY     22,463,000        USD     204,203      BNP Paribas SA        06/17/20          5,393  
JPY     186,542,000        USD     1,705,617      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          34,954  
JPY     437,581,202        USD     3,949,599      Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc        06/17/20          133,346  
NOK     9,586,575        USD     889,429      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          32,941  
SEK     772,268        USD     76,760      Barclays Bank plc        06/17/20          1,438  
SEK     22,268,000        USD     2,184,544      UBS AG        06/17/20          70,259  
USD     1,864,305        AUD     3,025,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          3,248  
USD     3,357,463        AUD     5,179,000      UBS AG        06/17/20          171,211  
USD     2,465,470        BRL     12,495,000      Citibank NA        06/17/20          72,440  
USD     3,044,904        BRL     14,477,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          272,284  
USD     2,691,475        BRL     12,802,000      Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc        06/17/20          239,649  
USD     13,356,854        CAD     18,208,373      Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc        06/17/20          408,868  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

    

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (continued)

 

Currency

Purchased

      

Currency

Sold

     Counterparty     

Settlement

Date

      

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
USD     912,782        CHF     843,000      Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc        06/17/20        $ 33,723  
USD     183,690        EUR     166,000      Bank of America NA        06/17/20          70  
USD     473,431        EUR     417,000      Citibank NA        06/17/20          12,168  
USD     1,297,323        EUR     1,136,761      Goldman Sachs International        06/17/20          39,900  
USD     1,068,877        EUR     933,000      Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc        06/17/20          36,844  
            Please update BlackRock FX Counterparties rule for BANCO          
USD     324,065        GBP     249,000      SANTANDER S.A. NEW YORK        06/17/20          14,367  
USD     3,955,865        GBP     3,018,000      UBS AG        06/17/20          202,167  
USD     4,680,346        JPY     477,363,000      Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce        06/17/20          226,208  
USD     310,788        JPY     32,642,000      Goldman Sachs International        06/17/20          6,215  
USD     4,711,676        JPY     480,582,805      Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc        06/17/20          227,495  
USD     18,165,263        KRW     21,788,325,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          242,078  
USD     7,885        NOK     75,000      Goldman Sachs International        06/17/20          669  
USD     2,527        NZD     4,000      Bank of America NA        06/17/20          142  
USD     580,386        SEK     5,704,000      Bank of America NA        06/17/20          2,813  
USD     4,321,925        SEK     40,365,000      Goldman Sachs International        06/17/20          234,665  
USD     310,538        SEK     2,901,000      Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc        06/17/20          16,790  
USD     2,419,268        THB     76,214,000      BNP Paribas SA        06/17/20          96,095  
                     

 

 

 
                        3,048,941  
                     

 

 

 
AUD     471,000        USD     291,159      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          (1,388
AUD     11,101,000        USD     7,322,663      Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc        06/17/20          (493,047
CAD     2,713,839        USD     1,929,895      Bank of America NA        06/17/20          (82
CAD     381,914        USD     277,752      Goldman Sachs International        06/17/20          (6,173
CHF     330,000        EUR     311,797      Credit Suisse International        06/17/20          (777
CHF     1,118,000        USD     1,170,887      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          (5,064
EUR     872,000        USD     975,775      Bank of America NA        06/17/20          (11,216
EUR     488,000        USD     548,857      Citibank NA        06/17/20          (9,059
EUR     24,262,143        USD     27,795,560      Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc        06/17/20          (958,103
GBP     1,192,000        USD     1,505,837      HSBC Bank plc        06/17/20          (23,263
GBP     869,000        USD     1,139,048      UBS AG        06/17/20          (58,212
INR     470,544,000        USD     6,228,658      Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc        06/17/20          (111,166
JPY     46,170,000        USD     442,428      BNP Paribas SA        06/17/20          (11,629
JPY     43,001,603        USD     415,257      Goldman Sachs International        06/17/20          (14,021
JPY     516,122,000        USD     4,912,884      UBS AG        06/17/20          (97,097
KRW     2,992,209,000        USD     2,494,547      HSBC Bank plc        06/17/20          (33,141
KRW     1,154,500,000        USD     962,524      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          (12,827
MXN     281,324,000        USD     12,728,441      Barclays Bank plc        06/17/20          (1,003,698
MXN     20,418,000        USD     853,003      UBS AG        06/17/20          (2,042
PLN     14,630,000        USD     3,862,488      BNP Paribas SA        06/17/20          (327,062
SEK     8,245,000        USD     883,077      Bank of America NA        06/17/20          (48,209
SGD     518,000        USD     374,378      HSBC Bank plc        06/17/20          (9,505
THB     127,807,000        USD     3,931,313      HSBC Bank plc        06/17/20          (35,471
USD     899,536        AUD     1,500,000      Bank of America NA        06/17/20          (23,301
USD     1,276,914        AUD     2,216,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          (86,426
USD     1,525,374        AUD     2,571,000      UBS AG        06/17/20          (56,370
USD     1,263,784        CAD     1,837,000      Barclays Bank plc        06/17/20          (42,508
USD     1,165,825        CAD     1,694,000      Goldman Sachs International        06/17/20          (38,779
USD     2,083,101        CAD     2,984,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          (38,824
USD     1,615,690        CHF     1,570,293      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          (21,773
USD     407,346        EUR     377,000      Bank of America NA        06/17/20          (9,671
USD     297,213        EUR     272,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          (3,658
USD     7,421,731        EUR     6,923,988      Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc        06/17/20          (237,206
USD     1,129,876        EUR     1,022,763      Westpac Banking Corp.        06/17/20          (1,449
USD     734,905        GBP     635,000      Bank of America NA        06/17/20          (54,889
USD     1,827,826        GBP     1,540,000      BNP Paribas SA        06/17/20          (87,580
USD     942,107        GBP     776,000      Citibank NA        06/17/20          (23,059
USD     357,649        GBP     299,988      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          (15,467
            Please update BlackRock FX Counterparties rule for BANCO          
USD     855,548        JPY     94,678,000      SANTANDER S.A. NEW YORK        06/17/20          (27,865
USD     150,770        JPY     16,442,364      Goldman Sachs International        06/17/20          (2,649
USD     697,405        NOK     7,296,000      Bank of America NA        06/17/20          (4,578
USD     945,036        NOK     10,632,000      Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce        06/17/20          (77,919

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (continued)

 

Currency

Purchased

       Currency
Sold
     Counterparty      Settlement Date        Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD     141,013        NZD     241,359      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20        $ (2,918
USD     310,543        NZD     523,000      Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc        06/17/20          (1,341
USD     2,254,407        PLN     9,446,435      Citibank NA        06/17/20          (28,380
USD     1,916,058        PLN     8,032,564      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          (25,059
USD     349,583        SEK     3,621,000      Bank of America NA        06/17/20          (17,071
USD     548,742        SGD     784,000      Bank of America NA        06/17/20          (3,498
USD     210,847        SGD     304,853      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA        06/17/20          (3,888
ZAR     32,730,277        USD     1,886,134      Bank of America NA        06/17/20          (74,633
ZAR     7,701,723        USD     444,067      BNP Paribas SA        06/17/20          (17,805
ZAR     69,189,000        USD     4,278,056      HSBC Bank plc        06/17/20          (448,698
                     

 

 

 
                        (4,749,514
                     

 

 

 
    Net Unrealized Depreciation           $ (1,700,573
                     

 

 

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

Paid by the Fund   

Received by the Fund

   Effective
Date
     Termination
Date
     Notional
Amount (000)
     Value     

Upfront

Premium

Paid

(Received)

     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Rate      Frequency    Rate    Frequency
  1.68%      Semi-Annual     3 month BA    Semi-Annual      N/A        03/18/25      CAD  41,000      $ (1,035,074    $      $ (1,035,074
  1.72%      Semi-Annual     3 month BA    Semi-Annual      N/A        03/18/25      CAD 48,000        (1,279,443             (1,279,443
  1.68%      Semi-Annual     3 month BA    Semi-Annual      N/A        03/18/25      CAD 19,000        (476,991      (1      (476,990
  28 day MXIBTIIE      Monthly    6.35%    Monthly      09/17/20 (a)       09/11/25      MXN      944,000        (269,861             (269,861
  6 month BBR      Semi-Annual    0.72%    Semi-Annual      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      AUD 138,985        457,735               457,735  
  6 month BBR      Semi-Annual    0.88%    Semi-Annual      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      AUD 16,000        126,891               126,891  
  6 month SOR      Semi-Annual    1.49%    Semi-Annual      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      SGD 14,000        215,801               215,801  
  6 month SOR      Semi-Annual    1.53%    Semi-Annual      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      SGD 7,500        126,069               126,069  
  6 month SOR      Semi-Annual    1.63%    Semi-Annual      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      SGD 7,500        152,224               152,224  
  1.00%      Semi-Annual    3 month BA    Semi-Annual      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      CAD 15,110        (10,397      9,080        (19,477
  1.20%      Quarterly    3 month HIBOR    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      HKD 71,000        (98,142             (98,142
  0.53%      Semi-Annual    3 month LIBOR    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      USD 11,000        (19,317      9,321        (28,638
  0.51%      Semi-Annual    3 month LIBOR    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      USD 20,000        (15,234      5,266        (20,500
  0.52%      Semi-Annual    3 month LIBOR    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      USD 5,000        (4,384      (4,382      (2
  0.61%      Semi-Annual    3 month LIBOR    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      USD 22,000        (126,145      (4,531      (121,614
  0.10%      Annual    3 month STIBOR    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      SEK 82,000        44,758        6,503        38,255  
  0.32%      Annual    3 month STIBOR    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      SEK 110,000        (64,255      6,164        (70,419
  (0.22)%      Annual    6 month EURIBOR    Semi-Annual      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      EUR 12,000        16,527        16,519        8  
  (0.39)%      Annual    6 month EURIBOR    Semi-Annual      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      EUR 21,000        215,054        3,893        211,161  
  0.51%      Semi-Annual    6 month GBP LIBOR    Semi-Annual      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      GBP 10,000        3,398        8,794        (5,396
  1.36%      Annual    6 month WIBOR    Semi-Annual      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      PLN 43,000        (248,050             (248,050
  0.86%      Annual    6 month WIBOR    Semi-Annual      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      PLN 88,000        15,213               15,213  
  1.09%      Annual    6 month WIBOR    Semi-Annual      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      PLN 40,000        (101,112             (101,112
  0.92%      Annual    6 month WIBOR    Semi-Annual      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      PLN 28,000        (15,325             (15,325
  1.38%      Annual    6 month WIBOR    Semi-Annual      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      PLN 41,000        (248,815             (248,815
  3 month JIBAR      Quarterly    6.57%    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      ZAR 79,395        (111,899             (111,899
  3 month JIBAR      Quarterly    6.57%    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      ZAR 78,210        (110,229             (110,229
  3 month JIBAR      Quarterly    6.60%    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      ZAR 79,395        (106,233             (106,233
  3 month JIBAR      Quarterly    6.62%    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      ZAR 116,375        (150,176             (150,176
  3 month JIBAR      Quarterly    6.77%    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      ZAR 128,625        (120,084             (120,084
  3 month JIBAR      Quarterly    7.20%    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      ZAR 92,000                       
  3 month JIBAR      Quarterly    7.65%    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      ZAR 51,506        59,744               59,744  
  3 month JIBAR      Quarterly    7.97%    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      ZAR 60,316        115,880               115,880  
  3 month JIBAR      Quarterly    7.98%    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      ZAR 63,008        122,551               122,551  
  3 month JIBAR      Quarterly    8.06%    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      ZAR 55,676        118,887               118,887  
  3 month JIBAR      Quarterly    8.18%    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      ZAR      74,119        179,427               179,427  
  3 month JIBAR      Quarterly    8.48%    Quarterly      09/16/20 (a)       09/16/25      ZAR 75,375      $ 236,264      $      $ 236,264  
                    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                     $ (2,404,743    $ 56,626      $ (2,461,369
                    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Forward swap.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

 

OTC Interest Rate Swaps

 

Paid by the Fund  

Received by the Fund

    

 

    

 

    

 

      

 

      

 

 
Rate   Frequency   Rate   Frequency   Counterparty  

Effective

Date

   

Termination

Date

     

Notional

Amount

(000)

    Value    

Upfront

Premium

Paid

(Received)

   

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
1 day BZDIOVER   At Termination   5.75%   At Termination   BNP Paribas SA     N/A     01/02/23   BRL     53,000     $ 126,281     $     $ 126,281  
1 day BZDIOVER   At Termination   6.65%   At Termination   Credit Suisse
International
    N/A     01/02/23   BRL     29,000       204,232             204,232  
1 day BZDIOVER   At Termination   5.87%   At Termination   HSBC Bank plc     N/A     01/02/23   BRL     16,000       61,401             61,401  
1 day MIBOR   Semi-Annual   4.70%   Semi-Annual   Bank of America
NA
    09/16/20 (a)    09/16/25   INR     665,000                    
1 day MIBOR   Semi-Annual   4.74%   Semi-Annual   Bank of America
NA
    09/16/20 (a)    09/16/25   INR     126,773       (463           (463
1 day MIBOR   Semi-Annual   4.75%   Semi-Annual   Bank of America
NA
    09/16/20 (a)    09/16/25   INR     180,407       378             378  
1 day MIBOR   Semi-Annual   4.85%   Semi-Annual   Citibank NA     09/16/20 (a)    09/16/25   INR     473,413       28,196             28,196  
1 day MIBOR   Semi-Annual   5.40%   Semi-Annual   Citibank NA     09/16/20 (a)    09/16/25   INR     445,500       167,335             167,335  
0.94%   Quarterly   3 month CD_KSDA   Quarterly   Goldman Sachs
International
    09/16/20 (a)    09/16/25   KRW     24,612,000       105,806             105,806  
1 day MIBOR   Semi-Annual   4.78%   Semi-Annual   HSBC Bank plc     09/16/20 (a)    09/16/25   INR     180,407       3,488             3,488  
1.02%   Quarterly   3 month CD_KSDA   Quarterly   HSBC Bank plc     09/16/20 (a)    09/16/25   KRW     3,092,400                    
1.05%   Quarterly   3 month CD_KSDA   Quarterly   HSBC Bank plc     09/16/20 (a)    09/16/25   KRW     4,638,600                    
0.58%   Quarterly   3 month TWCPBA   Quarterly   JPMorgan
Chase Bank NA
    09/16/20 (a)    09/16/25   TWD     395,000       27,805             27,805  
1 day MIBOR   Semi-Annual   5.39%   Semi-Annual   JPMorgan
Chase Bank NA
    09/16/20 (a)    09/16/25   INR     364,500       133,768             133,768  
                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
              $  858,227     $             —     $ 858,227  
                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Forward swap.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

 

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

Reference Entity

  

Fixed Amount Paid  

/ (Received) by the  

Fund (a)

   Counterparty     
Termination
Date
 
 
            

Notional
Amount
(000)
 
 
 
     Value       


Upfront
Premium
Paid
(Received)
 
 
 
 
    

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
 
 

Taiwan Capitalization Weighted Stock Index Future April 2020

  TWD    (438,404,071)    Merrill Lynch International & Co.      04/15/20       TWD        438,404      $ 155,749      $      $ 155,749  

Taiwan Capitalization Weighted Stock Index Future April 2020

  TWD    (106,536,061)    Merrill Lynch International & Co.      04/15/20       TWD        106,536        (94,140             (94,140

KOSPI 200 Index Futures June 2020

  KRW    (17,083,504,025)    Merrill Lynch International & Co.      06/11/20       KRW        17,083,504        1,480,678               1,480,678  

KOSPI 200 Index Futures June 2020

  KRW    (212,095,100)    Merrill Lynch International & Co.      06/11/20       KRW        212,095        (19,637             (19,637

KOSPI 200 Index Futures June 2020

  KRW    (227,092,100)    Merrill Lynch International & Co.      06/11/20       KRW        227,092        (7,318             (7,318
                  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              $         1,515,332      $      $ 1,515,332  
                  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

At termination, the fixed amount paid (received) will be exchanged for the total return of the reference entity.

The following reference rates, and their values as of period end, are used for security descriptions:

 

Reference Index         Reference Rate

1 day BZDIOVER

  Overnight Brazil CETIP — Interbank Rate    0.01%

1 day MIBOR

  Mumbai Interbank Offered Rate    4.81   

28 day MXIBTIIE

  Mexico Interbank TIIE 28-Day    6.71   

3 month BA

  Canadian Bankers Acceptances    1.25   

3 month CD_KSDA

  Certificates of Deposit by the Korean Securities Dealers Association    1.10   

3 month HIBOR

  Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate    1.93   

3 month JIBAR

  Johannesburg Interbank Average Rate    6.04   

3 month LIBOR

  London Interbank Offered Rate    1.45   

3 month STIBOR

  Stockholm Interbank Offered Rate    0.31   

3 month TWCPBA

  Taiwan Secondary Markets Bills Rate    0.64   

6 month BBR

  Australian Bank Bill Rate    0.54   

6 month EURIBOR

  Euro Interbank Offered Rate    (0.29)  

6 month GBP LIBOR

  London Interbank Offered Rate    0.73   

6 month SOR

  Singapore Interbank Offered Rate    1.18   

6 month WIBOR

  Warsaw Interbank Offered Rate    1.09   

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

 

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Currency     
AUD    Australian Dollar
BRL    Brazilian Real
CAD    Canadian Dollar
CHF    Swiss Franc
EUR    Euro
GBP    British Pound
HKD    Hong Kong Dollar
INR    Indian Rupee
JPY    Japanese Yen
KRW    South Korean Won
MXN    Mexican Peso
NOK    Norwegian Krone
NZD    New Zealand Dollar
PLN    Polish Zloty
SEK    Swedish Krona
SGD    Singapore Dollar
THB    Thai Baht
TWD    Taiwan New Dollar
USD    United States Dollar
ZAR    South African Rand
Portfolio Abbreviations
ADR    American Depositary Receipts
BA    Canadian Bankers Acceptances
BBR    Australian Bank Bill Rate
BZDIOVER    Overnight Brazil CETIP — Interbank Rate
CD_KSDA    Certificates of Deposit by the Korean Securities Dealers Association
EURIBOR    Euro Interbank Offered Rate
HIBOR    Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate
JIBAR    Johannesburg Interbank Average Rate
LIBOR    London Interbank Offered Rate
MIBOR    Mumbai Interbank Offered Rate
MSCI    Morgan Stanley Capital International
MXIBTIIE    Mexico Interbank TIIE 28-Day
OTC    Over-the-counter
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P    Standard & Poor’s
SCA    Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget
SDR    Swedish Depositary Receipts
SOR    Singapore Interbank Offered Rate
STIBOR    Stockholm Interbank Offered Rate
TWCPBA    Taiwan Secondary Markets Bills Rate
WIBOR    Warsaw Interbank Offered Rate
 

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 — Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

   

Level 2 — Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)

 

   

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee’s (the “Global Valuation Committee’s”) assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.

The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investments and derivative financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments, refer to the Fund’s most recent financial statements as contained in its annual report.

The following tables summarize the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy:

 

                   Level 1                       Level  2                       Level  3                     Total  

Assets:

       

Investments:

       

Long-Term Investments:

       

Common Stocks:

       

Aerospace & Defense

  $ 118,952     $     143,311     $             —     $         262,263  

Air Freight & Logistics

    73,709       149,816             223,525  

Airlines

    44,051       55,663             99,714  

Auto Components

    125,226       228,907             354,133  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

 

                                                                   
                    Level 1                        Level 2                        Level 3                      Total  

Automobiles

  $ 621,974     $ 1,043,117     $     $ 1,665,091  

Banks

    3,458,350       3,166,052             6,624,402  

Beverages

    3,469,434       1,205,168             4,674,602  

Biotechnology

    3,363,919       339,478             3,703,397  

Building Products

    342,523       460,118             802,641  

Capital Markets

    2,434,434       1,074,584             3,509,018  

Chemicals

    3,074,093       866,204             3,940,297  

Commercial Services & Supplies

    371,401       77,037             448,438  

Communications Equipment

    1,439,354       114,824             1,554,178  

Construction & Engineering

          582,822             582,822  

Construction Materials

    309,674       158,873             468,547  

Consumer Finance

    470,491       10,152             480,643  

Containers & Packaging

    24,377       11,407             35,784  

Distributors

    251,112                   251,112  

Diversified Consumer Services

          10,179             10,179  

Diversified Financial Services

    36,527       417,990             454,517  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

    953,277       974,916             1,928,193  

Electric Utilities

    1,431,149       680,111             2,111,260  

Electrical Equipment

    822,487       535,641             1,358,128  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

    580,636       595,431             1,176,067  

Entertainment

    1,803,206       168,178             1,971,384  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    2,422,046       399,018             2,821,064  

Food & Staples Retailing

    2,622,768       1,425,402             4,048,170  

Food Products

    3,057,804       2,189,163             5,246,967  

Gas Utilities

          454,382             454,382  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    4,876,515       589,464             5,465,979  

Health Care Providers & Services

    4,586,479       152,478             4,738,957  

Health Care Technology

    243,666       23,598             267,264  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    1,520,325       503,519       2,356       2,026,200  

Household Durables

    19,466       479,248             498,714  

Household Products

    823,078       415,836             1,238,914  

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers

          155,157             155,157  

Industrial Conglomerates

    654,199       692,682             1,346,881  

Insurance

    1,303,262       1,895,997             3,199,259  

Interactive Media & Services

    5,481,605       76,730             5,558,335  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

    5,083,274       64,359             5,147,633  

IT Services

    5,961,753       335,638             6,297,391  

Leisure Products

    14,596                   14,596  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

    1,541,306       116,781             1,658,087  

Machinery

    1,796,255       1,032,916             2,829,171  

Marine

          43,803             43,803  

Media

    869,526       186,107             1,055,633  

Metals & Mining

    516,782       626,230             1,143,012  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    29,874                   29,874  

Multiline Retail

    1,347,306       299,598             1,646,904  

Multi-Utilities

    465,540       440,720             906,260  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    2,226,644       1,045,527             3,272,171  

Paper & Forest Products

          145,916             145,916  

Personal Products

          978,959             978,959  

Pharmaceuticals

    6,121,146       3,145,468             9,266,614  

Professional Services

    178,981       299,016             477,997  

Real Estate Management & Development

    74,949       617,241             692,190  

Road & Rail

    2,154,133       690,563             2,844,696  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    4,007,871       571,950             4,579,821  

Software

    9,502,880       585,975             10,088,855  

Specialty Retail

    3,063,829       329,402             3,393,231  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

    5,709,404       159,420             5,868,824  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

    620,674       670,071             1,290,745  

Trading Companies & Distributors

    748,696       445,292             1,193,988  

Transportation Infrastructure

          531,565             531,565  

Water Utilities

    216,727       33,405             250,132  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

    118,970       779,980             898,950  

Corporate Bonds(a)

          27,378             27,378  

Preferred Stocks(a)

          130,902             130,902  

Rights(a)

    11,153                         —             11,153  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

                      —       4,053,125                         —       4,053,125  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund

 

                                                                                       
                    Level 1                        Level 2                        Level 3                      Total  

Short-Term Securities

  $ 1,585,620     $     $     $ 1,585,620  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 107,199,458     $ 40,909,960     $ 2,356     $ 148,111,774  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(b)

       

Assets:

       

Equity contracts

  $ 8,340,645     $ 1,636,427     $     $ 9,977,072  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

          3,048,941             3,048,941  

Interest rate contracts

    3,347,968       3,034,800             6,382,768  

Liabilities:

       

Equity contracts

    (5,340,492     (121,095           (5,461,587

Foreign currency exchange contracts

                      —       (4,749,514           (4,749,514

Interest rate contracts

    (88,148     (4,637,942           (4,726,090
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 6,259,973     $ (1,788,383   $                   —     $ 4,471,590  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

See above Schedule of Investments for values in each industry.

(b) 

Derivative financial instruments are swaps, futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts. Swaps, futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

 

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