N-CSRS 1 d175111dncsrs.htm BLACKROCK FUNDS BLACKROCK FUNDS

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT

COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-05742

Name of Fund: BlackRock Funds

BlackRock Emerging Market Allocation Portfolio

Fund Address:  100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Funds, 55 East 52nd

Street, New York, NY 10055

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 441-7762

Date of fiscal year end: 10/31/2016

Date of reporting period: 04/30/2016


Item 1 – Report to Stockholders


APRIL 30, 2016

 

 

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT (UNAUDITED)

 

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Table of Contents     

 

 

     Page  

The Markets in Review

    3   

Semi-Annual Report:

 

Fund Summary

    4   

Derivative Financial Instruments

    6   

About Fund Performance

    7   

Disclosure of Expenses

    7   
Financial Statements:  

Consolidated Schedule of Investments

    8   

Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities

    26   

Consolidated Statement of Operations

    27   

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    28   

Consolidated Financial Highlights

    29   

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

    32   

Officers and Trustees

    43   

Additional Information

    44   

 

 

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2    BLACKROCK EMERGING MARKET ALLOCATION PORTFOLIO    APRIL 30, 2016   


The Markets in Review

 

Dear Shareholder,

Diverging monetary policies and shifting economic outlooks across regions have been the overarching themes driving financial markets over the past couple of years. Investors spent most of 2015 anticipating the end of the Federal Reserve’s (the “Fed”) near-zero interest rate policy as U.S. growth outpaced other developed markets. The Fed ultimately hiked rates in December, whereas the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan took additional steps to stimulate growth, even introducing negative interest rates. The U.S. dollar had strengthened considerably ahead of these developments, causing profit challenges for U.S. companies that generate revenues overseas, and pressuring emerging market currencies and commodities prices.

Global market volatility increased in the latter part of 2015 and spilled over into early 2016. Oil prices were a key factor behind the instability after collapsing in mid-2015 due to excess global supply. China, one of the world’s largest consumers of oil, was another notable source of stress for financial markets. Signs of slowing economic growth, a depreciating yuan and declining confidence in the country’s policymakers stoked investors’ worries about the potential impact of China’s weakness on the global economy. Risk assets (such as equities and high yield bonds) suffered in this environment.

After a painful start to the new year, fears of a global recession began to fade as the first quarter wore on, allowing markets to calm and risk assets to rebound. Central bank stimulus in Europe and Japan, combined with a more tempered outlook for rate hikes in the United States, helped bolster financial markets. A softening in U.S. dollar strength offered some relief to U.S. exporters and emerging market economies. Oil prices found firmer footing as global supply showed signs of leveling off.

The selloff in risk assets at the turn of the year brought valuations to more reasonable levels, creating some appealing entry points for investors in 2016. Nonetheless, slow but relatively stable growth in the United States is countered by a less optimistic global economic outlook and uncertainties around the efficacy of China’s policy response, the potential consequences of negative interest rates in Europe and Japan, and a host of geopolitical risks.

For the 12 months ended April 30, 2016, higher-quality assets such as municipal bonds, U.S. Treasuries and investment grade corporate bonds generated positive returns, while riskier assets such as non-U.S. and small cap equities broadly declined.

At BlackRock, we believe investors need to think globally, extend their scope across a broad array of asset classes and be prepared to adjust accordingly as market conditions change over time. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit blackrock.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

Total Returns as of April 30, 2016  
    6-month     12-month  

U.S. large cap equities
(S&P 500® Index)

    0.43     1.21

U.S. small cap equities
(Russell 2000® Index)

    (1.90     (5.94

International equities
(MSCI Europe, Australasia,
Far East Index)

    (3.07     (9.32

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging
Markets Index)

    (0.13     (17.87

3-month Treasury bills
(BofA Merrill Lynch 3-Month
U.S. Treasury Bill Index)

    0.14        0.15   

U.S. Treasury securities
(BofA Merrill Lynch 10-Year
U.S. Treasury Index)

    3.76        3.74   

U.S. investment grade
bonds (Barclays
U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)

    2.82        2.72   

Tax-exempt municipal
bonds (S&P Municipal
Bond Index)

    3.52        5.16   

U.S. high yield bonds

(Barclays U.S.
Corporate High Yield 2%
Issuer Capped Index)

    2.38        (1.08
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.    

 

                
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2016     

 

Investment Objective      

BlackRock Emerging Market Allocation Portfolio’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to seek total return.

On June 13, 2016, the Board of Trustees of the Fund approved a change in the name of the Fund to BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund effective on July 18, 2016.

 

Portfolio Management Commentary      

 

How did the Fund perform?

 

 

For the six-month period ended April 30, 2016, the Fund outperformed its custom blended benchmark, MSCI Emerging Markets Index (60%) (“MSCI EM” or the “equity benchmark”)/JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Plus (40%) (“EMBI+” or the “fixed income benchmark”).

What factors influenced performance?

 

 

Within equities, the Fund’s overweight position in the materials sector — primarily in China, Turkey and Thailand — was the most important contributor to relative performance. The Fund was also helped by its positioning in financials, highlighted by long positions in Brazil and China and short positions in Turkey and Mexico. Underweights in the Brazilian telecommunications services and South Korean information technology sectors detracted from performance, as did off-benchmark allocations to the developed markets and frontier markets.

 

 

The Fund’s fixed-income allocation made a positive contribution to returns. Long positions in Mexico, Colombia and South Korean local-currency bonds added value within the fixed-income portfolio. The Fund’s allocation to the bonds of developed-market companies with exposure to the emerging markets also contributed positively.

 

 

As part of its investment strategy, the Fund uses derivatives, including total return swaps, to achieve exposure to specific markets or to manage market and/or equity risks. Through the use of total return swaps, the Fund was able to manage its desired exposures to the fixed income and equity markets. The use of derivatives detracted from performance.

 

The Fund’s cash exposure resulted from maintaining long and short positions via the use of derivatives. The Fund was fully invested throughout the period, and the cash exposure did not have a material impact on performance.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

 

 

Given the more benign outlook for U.S. Federal Reserve policy and the prospects for continued low interest rates around the world, the Fund increased its allocation to local currency bonds in countries with attractive yields, including Mexico, Colombia and South Africa.

 

 

The Fund added to its equity positions, particularly in attractively valued sectors such as materials, in a reflection of China’s improving economic prospects. On the other hand, the Fund responded to the significant rally in Brazil by moving to an underweight in the country through reductions in the industrials and telecommunications services sectors. The Fund also shifted to an underweight in some of the more defensive sectors, including health care stocks in Hungary and consumer discretionary stocks in Indonesia.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

 

 

The Fund continued to have a balanced exposure to fixed income and equities. In fixed income, the Fund favored countries with the highest credit quality. In addition, it had strategic allocations to some of the more stable local markets, such as Mexico, South Africa and South Korea. On the equity side, the Fund closed the period with overweights in Taiwan and Turkey and underweights in Mexico and South Korea.

 

 

                
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Total Return Based on a $10,000 Investment      

 

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  1   

Assuming maximum sales charges, if any, transaction costs and other operating expenses, including investment advisory fees. Institutional Shares do not have a sales charge.

 

  2  

Under normal circumstances, the Fund seeks to invest at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes in equity and debt instruments and related derivative instruments issued by, or tied economically to, companies or other issuers located in emerging markets.

 

  3  

A customized weighted index comprised of the returns of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (60%)/JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Plus (40%). The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance of emerging markets and consists of the following 23 emerging market country indices: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United Arab Emirates. JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Plus is a market capitalization-weighted index that tracks returns for actively traded external debt instruments in emerging markets.

 

  4  

Commencement of operations.

 

Performance Summary for the Period Ended April 30, 2016                              
          Average Annual Total Returns5  
          1 Year     Since Inception6  
     6-Month
Total Returns
    w/o sales
charge
    w/sales
charge
    w/o sales
charge
    w/sales
charge
 

Institutional

    4.08     (10.53 )%      N/A        (2.78 )%      N/A   

Investor A

    3.88        (10.74     (15.43 )%      (3.03     (4.79 )% 

Investor C

    3.50        (11.38     (12.26     (3.74     (3.74

MSCI Emerging Markets Index (60%)/JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Plus (40%)

    2.52        (8.60     N/A        (1.78     N/A   

MSCI Emerging Markets Index

    (0.13     (17.87     N/A        (4.92     N/A   

JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Plus

    6.13        6.24        N/A        2.63        N/A   

 

  5  

Assuming maximum sales charges, if any. Average annual total returns with and without sales charges reflect reductions for distribution and service fees. See “About Fund Performance” on page 7 for a detailed description of share classes, including any related sales charges and fees.

 

  6  

The Fund commenced operations on May 16, 2013.

 

      N/A — Not applicable as share class and index do not have a sales charge.

 

      Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 

Expense Example                                            
    Actual     Hypothetical8        
     Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2015
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses Paid
During the Period7
    Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2015
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses Paid
During the Period7
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
 

Institutional

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,040.80      $ 7.10      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,017.90      $ 7.02        1.40

Investor A

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,038.80      $ 8.36      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,016.66      $ 8.27        1.65

Investor C

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,035.00      $ 12.14      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,012.93      $ 12.01        2.40

 

  7  

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized net expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

 

  8  

Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by prorating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 366.

 

      See “Disclosure of Expenses” on Page 7 for further information on how expenses were calculated.

 

                
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Fund Summary (concluded)     

 

 

Portfolio Information as of April 30, 2016      

 

Portfolio Composition  

Percent of

Long-Term Investments

 

Foreign Government Obligations

    64

Corporate Bonds

    16   

Foreign Agency Obligations

    12   

Investment Companies

    8   
     Percentage of Total Investments1  
Geographic Allocation   Long     Short     Total  

China

    11     5     16

Taiwan

    6        3        9   

South Korea

    6        3        9   

Mexico

    5        3        8   

United States

    7               7   

Turkey

    4        2        6   

Hong Kong

    3        3        6   

Brazil

    4        2        6   

South Africa

    4        1        5   

Thailand

    3        1        4   

Russia

    3               3   

Colombia

    3               3   

Philippines

    3               3   

Indonesia

    2               2   

Poland

    2               2   

Other2

    9        2        11   
 

 

 

 

Total

    75     25     100
 

 

 

 

 

  1   

Total investments include the gross notional values of long and short positions of the underlying derivative contracts utilized by the Fund and exclude short-term securities.

 

  2   

Other includes a 1% or less investment in each of the following countries: Argentina, Chile, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, India, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Venezuela.

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The Fund may invest in various derivative financial instruments. These instruments are used to obtain exposure to a security, commodity, index, market, and/or other asset without owning or taking physical custody of securities, commodities and/or other referenced assets or to manage market, equity, credit, interest rate, foreign currency exchange rate, commodity and/or other risks. Derivative financial instruments may give rise to a form of economic leverage and involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of a derivative financial instrument and the underlying asset, possible default of the

counterparty to the transaction or illiquidity of the instrument. The Fund’s successful use of a derivative financial instrument depends on the investment advisor’s ability to predict pertinent market movements accurately, which cannot be assured. The use of these instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may limit the amount of appreciation the Fund can realize on an investment and/or may result in lower distributions paid to shareholders. The Fund’s investments in these instruments, if any, are discussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

                
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About Fund Performance     

 

 

 

Institutional Shares are not subject to any sales charge. These shares bear no ongoing distribution or service fees and are available only to certain eligible investors.

 

 

Investor A Shares are subject to a maximum initial sales charge (front-end load) of 5.25% and a service fee of 0.25% per year (but no distribution fee). Certain redemptions of these shares may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase. These shares are generally available through financial intermediaries.

 

 

Investor C Shares are subject to a 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within one year of purchase. In addition, these shares are subject to a distribution fee of 0.75% per year and a service fee of 0.25% per year. These shares are generally available through financial intermediaries.

Performance information reflects past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Refer to www.blackrock.com/funds to obtain performance data current to the most recent month end.

Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Figures shown in the performance tables on the previous page assume reinvestment of all distributions, if any, at net asset value (“NAV”) on the ex-dividend date. Investment return and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Distributions paid to each class of shares will vary because of the different levels of service, distribution and transfer agency fees applicable to each class, which are deducted from the income available to be paid to shareholders.

BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Fund’s investment advisor, has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses. Without such waiver and/or reimbursement, the Fund’s performance would have been lower. The Manager is under no obligation to continue waiving and/or reimbursing its fees after the applicable termination date of such agreement. See Note 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on waivers and reimbursements.

 

 

Disclosure of Expenses     

 

Shareholders of the Fund may incur the following charges:

(a) transactional expenses, such as sales charges; and (b) operating expenses, including investment advisory fees, service and distribution fees, including 12b-1 fees, and other Fund expenses. The expense example on the previous page (which is based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested on November 1, 2015 and held through April 30, 2016) is intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in the Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The expense example provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number corresponding to their share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The expense example also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in the Fund and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

The expenses shown in the expense example are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as sales charges, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only, and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

 

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments April 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

  

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

United States — 10.6%

      

3M Co., 3.88%, 6/15/44

     USD        50      $ 52,731   

Abbott Laboratories, 5.30%, 5/27/40

       100        114,263   

Amazon.com, Inc.:

      

4.80%, 12/05/34

       50        56,878   

4.95%, 12/05/44

       75        87,623   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 4.50%, 3/01/44

       100        115,476   

Eli Lilly & Co., 3.70%, 3/01/45

       100        103,650   

Exxon Mobil Corp., 4.11%, 3/01/46

       150        159,804   

General Electric Co.:

      

6.75%, 3/15/32

       150        207,331   

5.88%, 1/14/38

       150        197,762   

6.88%, 1/10/39

       75        109,763   

4.13%, 10/09/42

       75        80,032   

4.50%, 3/11/44

       100        112,371   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.:

      

6.13%, 2/15/33

       150        183,671   

4.80%, 7/08/44

       150        161,108   

HSBC Holdings PLC:

      

6.50%, 9/15/37

       225        271,497   

6.10%, 1/14/42

       125        158,748   

Intel Corp.:

      

4.80%, 10/01/41

       75        84,935   

4.25%, 12/15/42

       100        106,137   

4.90%, 7/29/45

       75        85,874   

International Business Machines Corp., 5.60%, 11/30/39

       75        93,130   

Johnson & Johnson:

      

4.38%, 12/05/33

       200        230,772   

3.70%, 3/01/46

       100        106,208   

Merck & Co., Inc.:

      

6.50%, 12/01/33

       100        135,240   

3.70%, 2/10/45

       100        102,258   

Microsoft Corp.:

      

3.50%, 2/12/35

       75        75,115   

5.30%, 2/08/41

       175        218,655   

3.75%, 2/12/45

       125        124,448   

4.45%, 11/03/45

       125        138,719   

NIKE, Inc., 3.88%, 11/01/45

       75        79,521   

Oracle Corp.:

      

4.30%, 7/08/34

       125        133,572   

3.90%, 5/15/35

       100        102,392   

5.38%, 7/15/40

       150        182,170   

4.13%, 5/15/45

       100        103,525   

PepsiCo, Inc.:

      

4.00%, 3/05/42

       100        103,809   

4.25%, 10/22/44

       100        108,527   

4.45%, 4/14/46

       50        55,806   

Pfizer, Inc.:

      

7.20%, 3/15/39

       100        147,548   

4.40%, 5/15/44

       75        85,313   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

United States (continued)

      

Procter & Gamble Co., 5.55%, 3/05/37

     USD        100      $ 132,749   

QUALCOMM, Inc., 4.80%, 5/20/45

       100        101,245   

Visa, Inc., 4.30%, 12/14/45

       200        219,797   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.:

      

5.25%, 9/01/35

       125        156,151   

6.50%, 8/15/37

       150        209,945   

5.63%, 4/01/40

       75        97,240   

5.63%, 4/15/41

       200        260,451   

4.30%, 4/22/44

             100        112,364   
Total Corporate Bonds — 10.6%        6,066,324   
      
                          
Foreign Agency Obligations                      

Chile — 1.4%

  

Bonos del Banco Central de Chile en UF, 3.00%, 3/01/22

     CLP        362,647        603,996   

Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile, 4.25%, 7/17/42

     USD        200        180,733   
      

 

 

 
        784,729   

China — 0.4%

      

State Grid Overseas Investment 2013, Ltd., 3.13%, 5/22/23

             200        202,330   

Hong Kong — 0.5%

      

Sinochem Overseas Capital Co., Ltd., 4.50%, 11/12/20

       100        106,317   

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2012, Ltd., 3.90%, 5/17/22

       200        209,279   
      

 

 

 
        315,596   

Malaysia — 0.8%

      

Petroliam Nasional Bhd, 7.63%, 10/15/26

       200        271,641   

Petronas Capital, Ltd., 3.50%, 3/18/25

       200        205,352   
      

 

 

 
        476,993   

Mexico — 1.0%

      

Mexican Udibonos, 4.50%, 12/04/25

     MXN        5,996        392,949   

Petroleos Mexicanos:

      

5.50%, 1/21/21

     USD        100        105,000   

6.50%, 6/02/41

       50        49,900   

5.63%, 1/23/46

       25        22,258   
      

 

 

 
        570,107   

Netherlands — 0.4%

  

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Finance BV, 6.38%, 10/06/20

             200        202,660   
 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations

 

ADR    American Depositary Receipts      KLIBOR    Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rate    PLN    Polish Zloty
BKIBOR    Bangkok Interbank Offered Rate      KRW    South Korean Won    S&P    Standard and Poor’s
COP    Columbian Peso      LIBOR    London Interbank Offered Rate    THB    Thai Baht
CLP    Chilean Peso      MSCI    Morgan Stanley Capital International    TWD    Taiwan Dollar
ETF    Exchange-Traded Fund      MXN    Mexican Peso    USD    United States Dollar
GDR    Global Depositary Receipts      MYR    Malaysian Ringgit    WIBOR    Warsaw InterBank Offered Bank
INR    Indian Rupee      OTC    Over-the-Counter    ZAR    South African Rand

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

     

 

Foreign Agency Obligations   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Philippines — 0.2%

  

Power Sector Assets & Liabilities Management Corp., 7.39%, 12/02/24

     USD        100      $ 134,802   

South Africa — 0.3%

  

Eskom Holdings SOC, Ltd., 6.75%, 8/06/23

             200        188,250   

United Kingdom — 0.4%

      

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2013, Ltd., 4.38%, 10/17/23

             200        213,059   
Total Foreign Agency Obligations — 5.4%        3,088,526   
      
                          
Foreign Government Obligations                      

Argentine Republic Government International Bond:

      

8.75%, 6/02/17

       65        67,990   

8.28%, 12/31/33

       449        468,175   

5.25%, 12/31/38

       375        239,063   

Brazilian Government International Bond:

      

4.88%, 1/22/21

       350        356,125   

8.88%, 4/15/24

       100        121,750   

4.25%, 1/07/25

       200        186,000   

8.75%, 2/04/25

       100        122,500   

8.25%, 1/20/34

       100        115,250   

7.13%, 1/20/37

       100        103,500   

5.00%, 1/27/45

       200        161,500   

Chile Government International Bond, 2.25%, 10/30/22

       250        250,000   

Colombia Government International Bond:

      

7.75%, 4/14/21

     COP        4,750,000        1,698,281   

4.38%, 7/12/21

     USD        600        627,000   

4.00%, 2/26/24

       200        201,000   

8.13%, 5/21/24

       150        189,225   

7.38%, 9/18/37

       200        241,500   

6.13%, 1/18/41

       200        214,500   

5.63%, 2/26/44

       200        204,000   

5.00%, 6/15/45

       200        190,500   

Export-Import Bank of China, 3.63%, 7/31/24

       200        210,193   

Indonesia Government International Bond:

      

11.63%, 3/04/19

       200        250,764   

3.75%, 4/25/22

       400        409,811   

8.50%, 10/12/35

       100        138,975   

7.75%, 1/17/38

       200        261,766   

6.75%, 1/15/44

       200        244,923   

Kazakhstan Government International Bond, 5.13%, 7/21/25

       200        211,450   

Korea Treasury Bond, 1.13%, 6/10/23

     KRW        534,815        469,741   

Lithuania Government International Bond:

      

5.13%, 9/14/17

     USD        200        210,650   

7.38%, 2/11/20

       700        828,555   

6.13%, 3/09/21

       300        347,940   

6.63%, 2/01/22

       400        483,000   

Mexico Government International Bond:

      

5.95%, 3/19/19

       150        167,625   

5.13%, 1/15/20

       200        220,000   

3.50%, 1/21/21

       100        103,500   

3.63%, 3/15/22

       200        206,800   

4.00%, 10/02/23

       250        261,875   

3.60%, 1/30/25

       200        203,250   

8.30%, 8/15/31

       100        153,750   
Foreign Government Obligations   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Mexico Government International Bond (continued):

      

6.75%, 9/27/34

     USD        100      $ 130,000   

6.05%, 1/11/40

       250        296,250   

4.75%, 3/08/44

       330        333,300   

5.55%, 1/21/45

       250        281,250   

4.60%, 1/23/46

       200        197,700   

5.75%, 10/12/49

       276        284,280   

Panama Government International Bond:

      

4.00%, 9/22/24

       200        210,500   

7.13%, 1/29/26

       500        646,250   

6.70%, 1/26/36

       100        128,000   

4.30%, 4/29/53

       200        192,250   

Peruvian Government International Bond:

      

7.13%, 3/30/19

       200        229,700   

8.75%, 11/21/33

       100        151,750   

6.55%, 3/14/37

       330        423,225   

5.63%, 11/18/50

       250        289,375   

Philippine Government International Bond:

      

8.38%, 6/17/19

       150        181,619   

6.50%, 1/20/20

       100        117,745   

4.00%, 1/15/21

       100        109,737   

4.20%, 1/21/24

       300        340,236   

10.63%, 3/16/25

       50        81,835   

5.50%, 3/30/26

       400        500,877   

9.50%, 2/02/30

       100        170,752   

7.75%, 1/14/31

       225        347,010   

6.38%, 1/15/32

       200        279,567   

6.38%, 10/23/34

       300        426,742   

5.00%, 1/13/37

       200        252,410   

3.95%, 1/20/40

       200        220,924   

Poland Government International Bond:

      

6.38%, 7/15/19

       200        227,730   

5.13%, 4/21/21

       400        448,000   

5.00%, 3/23/22

       200        223,750   

3.00%, 3/17/23

       150        151,313   

4.00%, 1/22/24

       250        267,125   

Romanian Government International Bond:

      

6.75%, 2/07/22

       100        118,375   

4.38%, 8/22/23

       300        318,777   

4.88%, 1/22/24

       400        437,500   

6.13%, 1/22/44

       126        154,508   

Russian Foreign Bond — Eurobond:

      

5.00%, 4/29/20

       100        105,740   

4.88%, 9/16/23

       200        212,874   

12.75%, 6/24/28

       200        343,604   

7.50%, 3/31/30

       325        396,069   

South Africa Government Bond — CPI Linked, 5.50%, 12/07/23

     ZAR        5,499        491,698   

South Africa Government International Bond:

      

5.88%, 5/30/22

     USD        500        546,325   

4.67%, 1/17/24

       200        200,750   

5.88%, 9/16/25

       200        215,899   

6.25%, 3/08/41

       100        109,500   

Turkey Government International Bond:

      

7.50%, 7/14/17

       100        106,612   

6.75%, 4/03/18

       400        431,185   

7.50%, 11/07/19

       200        229,146   

5.13%, 3/25/22

       200        212,400   

5.75%, 3/22/24

       200        219,500   

7.38%, 2/05/25

       100        121,250   

8.00%, 2/14/34

       100        131,909   
 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

     

 

Foreign Government Obligations   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Turkey Government International Bond (continued):

      

6.88%, 3/17/36

     USD        100      $ 119,125   

6.75%, 5/30/40

       100        118,750   

4.88%, 4/16/43

       400        375,000   

6.63%, 2/17/45

       200        236,280   

Ukraine Government International Bond:

      

7.75%, 9/01/19

       (a)      341   

7.75%, 9/01/20

       160        153,454   

7.75%, 9/01/25

       100        93,931   

Uruguay Government International Bond, 7.63%, 3/21/36

       200        259,750   

Venezuela Government International Bond:

      

7.00%, 12/01/18

       50        22,500   

7.75%, 10/13/19

       175        70,219   

6.00%, 12/09/20

       45        16,425   

12.75%, 8/23/22

       210        97,387   

9.00%, 5/07/23

       50        19,063   

8.25%, 10/13/24

       205        76,619   

7.65%, 4/21/25

       65        23,644   

11.75%, 10/21/26

       180        76,275   

9.25%, 9/15/27

       185        78,856   

9.25%, 5/07/28

       50        19,250   

11.95%, 8/05/31

       300        127,500   

7.00%, 3/31/38

             150        53,625   
Total Foreign Government Obligations — 46.2%        26,425,244   
Investment Companies       
Shares
    Value  

United States — 5.1%

      

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio (b)

         325,950      $ 2,930,294   
Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $37,878,333) — 67.3%
        38,510,388   
      
                      
Short-Term Securities — 32.3%                    

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.40% (b)(c)

         18,524,038        18,524,038   
Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $18,524,038) — 32.3%
        18,524,038   
Total Investments (Cost — $56,402,371) — 99.6%        57,034,426   
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.4%        249,444   
      

 

 

 
Net Assets — 100.0%      $ 57,283,870   
      

 

 

 
 
Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments

 

(a)   Amount is less than $500.

 

(b)   During the six months ended April 30, 2016, investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliate   Shares Held
at October 31,
2015
    Shares
Purchased
    Shares
Sold
    Shares Held
at April 30,
2016
    Value at
April 30,
2016
    Income     Realized
Loss
      

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio

    320,593        5,357               325,950      $ 2,930,294      $ 53,165            

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

    21,581,862               (3,057,824 )1      18,524,038        18,524,038        26,026            

iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF

    20,794               (20,794                   1,737      $ (149,908    

Total

          $ 21,454,332      $ 80,928      $ (149,908  
         

 

 

1   Represents net shares sold.

 

(c)   Current yield as of period end.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts
Long
  Issue     Expiration     Notional
Value
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

157

    SGX S&P Nifty Index        May 2016      $ 2,478,245      $ (13,416

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

     

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Currency
Purchased
       Currency
Sold
    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
       Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
      
USD        576,701         CLP        400,000,000      Goldman Sachs International     6/15/16         $ (26,433  
USD        676,819         COP        2,200,000,000      BNP Paribas S.A.     6/15/16           (90,512  
USD        249,676         COP        770,000,000      BNP Paribas S.A.     6/15/16           (18,890  
USD        673,916         COP        2,200,000,000      Credit Suisse International     6/15/16           (93,415  
USD        211,202         KRW        260,000,000      Goldman Sachs International     6/15/16           (15,444  
USD        211,331         KRW        260,000,000      HSBC Bank PLC     6/15/16           (15,316  
USD        189,392         MXN        3,425,000      Goldman Sachs International     6/15/16           (8,846  
USD        190,500         MXN        3,425,000      Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC     6/15/16           (7,738  
USD        442,166         ZAR        7,100,000      Royal Bank of Scotland PLC     6/15/16           (52,401  
INR        161,042,270         USD        2,386,165      Barclays Bank PLC     7/05/16           12,082       

Total

              $ (316,913  
                       

 

 

OTC Interest Rate Swaps

 

Fixed Rate   Floating
Rate
  Counterparty   Effective
Date
    Expiration
Date
    Notional
Amount
(000)
    Value     Premiums
Paid
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
      

5.63%1

  Mexico Interbank TIIE
28 Day
  Bank of America N.A.     9/21/16 2      9/15/21      MXN     1,660      $ 380        $ 380     

5.73%1

  Mexico Interbank TIIE
28 Day
  Bank of America N.A.     9/21/16 2      9/15/21      MXN     11,720        5,511          5,511     

0.81%1

  Taiwan
Secondary Commercial
Paper 90 Days
  JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     9/21/16 2      9/21/21      TWD     38,070        (2,029       (2,029  

0.81%1

  Taiwan Secondary
Commercial Paper
90 Days
  JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     9/21/16 2      9/21/21      TWD     4,510        (206       (206  

1.55%1

  3-Month LIBOR   Bank of America N.A.     9/21/16 2      9/21/21      KRW     90,000        180          180     

1.58%1

  3-Month LIBOR   Bank of America N.A.     9/21/16 2      9/21/21      KRW     711,010        2,571          2,571     

1.83%1

  6M WIBOR   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     9/21/16 2      9/21/21      PLN     4,760        (9,799       (9,799  

1.91%1

  6M BIBOR   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     9/21/16 2      9/21/21      THB     4,170        (219       (219  

1.94%1

  6M BIBOR   Bank of America N.A.     9/21/16 2      9/21/21      THB     43,030        (219       (219  

3.79%1

  3-Month KLIBOR   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     9/21/16 2      9/21/21      MYR     360        65          65     

3.83%1

  3-Month KLIBOR   BNP Paribas S.A.     9/21/16 2      9/21/21      MYR     5,400        3,607          3,607     

4.34%1

  Sinacofi Chile
Interbank Rate
Average
  JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     9/21/16 2      9/21/21      CLP     456,140        5,999          5,999     

8.52%1

  Taiwan Secondary
Commercial Paper
90 Days
  JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     9/21/16 2      9/21/21      ZAR     11,660        6,895          6,895       

Total

    $ 12,736        $ 12,736     
             

 

 

1   Fund pays the floating rate and receives the fixed rate.

2   Forward swap.

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

     

 

OTC Total Return Swaps1

 

Reference Entity   Counterparty        Expiration Date        Net
Notional
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
       Net
Value of
Reference
Entities
 

Equity Securities Long/Short:

    Goldman Sachs & Co.           5/05/16 – 11/01/17         $ 15,586,556      $ 1,679,838 2       $ 17,288,441   
    Goldman Sachs & Co.           5/19/16         $ 1,525        1,988 3           
      UBS AG           8/08/16         $ 15,902,315        (1,389,330 )4         14,476,834   

Total

              $ 292,496         $ 31,765,275   
             

 

 

      

 

 

 

1    The Fund receives or pays the total return on a portfolio of long and short positions underlying the total return swap. In addition, the Fund pays or receives a variable rate of interest, based on a specified benchmark, plus or minus a spread in a range of 20-1050 basis points. The benchmark and spread are determined based upon the country and/or currency of the individual underlying positions. The following are the specified benchmarks used in determining the variable rate of interest:

GarbanIntercapital Federal Funds Rate Open

IntercontinentalExchangeLIBOR:

BRLSpot Next

EURSpot Next

JPYSpot Next

MXNSpot Next

USD1 Week

          

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

2    Amount includes $(22,047) of net dividends and financing fees.

       

3    Amount includes $3,513 of net dividends and financing fees.

       

4    Amount includes $36,151 of net dividends and financing fees.

       

 

The following table represents the individual long and short positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with Goldman Sachs & Co. as of April 30, 2016, expiration dates 5/05/16 – 11/01/17:

 

      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Long

                

Brazil

    

AMBEV SA

     17,900      $ 100,918   

Banco Bradesco SA — ADR

     7,443        55,599   

Banco Bradesco SA, Preference Shares

     49,104        369,788   

Banco do Brasil SA

     19,600        126,003   

BM&FBovespa SA

     15,600        77,926   

Braskem SA — ADR

     1,965        28,001   

Braskem SA, Preference A Shares

     1,400        9,993   

BRF SA

     6,500        92,985   

BRF SA — ADR

     12,792        181,902   

CETIP SA — Mercados Organizado

     19,900        244,291   

Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar — ADR

     2,488        36,449   

Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar, Preference Shares

     700        10,301   

Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais — ADR

     9,727        19,065   

Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais, Preference Shares

     9,800        19,519   

Cia Energetica de Sao Paulo, Preference ‘B’ Shares

     31,100        130,214   

Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo

     3,100        23,796   

Equatorial Energia SA

     2,300        28,449   

Fibria Celulose SA

     22,900        202,283   

Fibria Celulose SA — Sponsored — ADR

     17,823        157,912   

Gerdau SA, Preference Shares

     8,100        18,394   

Hypermarcas SA

     4,300        37,933   

Itau Unibanco Holding SA, Preference Shares

     25,034        239,258   

Itau Unibanco Holding SA, Preference Shares — ADR

     3,224        30,725   

Itausa — Investimentos Itau SA, Preference Shares

     135,200        340,432   

JBS SA

     37,900        99,619   

Marfrig Global Foods SA

     20,400        38,496   

Minerva SA

     5,100        15,674   

Multiplus SA

     9,100        100,413   
      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Long (continued)

                

Brazil (continued)

    

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Preference Shares

     15,900      $ 47,294   

Raia Drogasil SA

     500        8,002   

Smiles SA

     500        5,801   

Suzano Papel e Celulose SA, Preference ‘A’ Shares

     32,200        122,930   

Tim Participacoes SA

     3,600        7,997   

Tractebel Energia SA

     8,100        89,850   

Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica SA

     4,500        25,593   

Ultrapar Participacoes SA

     2,200        46,325   
    

 

 

 
        3,190,130   

China

    

3SBio, Inc.

     72,000        86,916   

Agile Property Holdings Ltd.

     14,000        7,950   

Air China Ltd., Class H

     40,000        30,283   

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. — SP — ADR

     5,506        423,632   

Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd., Class H

     140,500        370,227   

Anhui Expressway Co. Ltd., Class H

     36,000        28,666   

Baidu, Inc. — ADR

     1,693        328,950   

Bank of China Ltd., Class H

     352,000        142,523   

Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Class H

     65,000        40,967   

Beijing Capital International Airport Co. Ltd., Class H

     208,000        223,164   

Beijing North Star Co. Ltd.

     14,000        4,446   

BYD Electronic International Co. Ltd.

     11,000        6,300   

China Biologic Products, Inc.

     728        85,176   

China Cinda Asset Management Co. Ltd.

     262,000        85,796   

China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd., Class H

     72,000        45,155   

China Communications Construction Co. Ltd., Class H

     40,000        48,013   

China Communications Services Corp. Ltd., Class H

     242,000        114,222   

China Construction Bank Corp., Class H

     731,000        464,278   

China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd., Class H

     100,000        45,345   

China Galaxy Securities Co. Ltd., Class H

     48,000        42,100   

China Harmony New Energy Auto Holding Ltd.

     71,000        43,946   

China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd.

     13,000        7,148   

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class H

     81,000        186,588   

China Machinery Engineering Corp.

     25,000        16,985   

China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., Class H

     2,000        4,381   
 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

     

 

      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Long (continued)

                

China (continued)

  

China Molybdenum Co. Ltd.

     24,000      $ 4,032   

China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd., Class H

     40,000        140,258   

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. — ADR

     3,824        270,624   

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. Class H

     130,000        91,609   

China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd., Class H

     25,000        31,782   

China Railway Group Ltd., Class H

     220,000        174,136   

China Telecom Corp. Ltd., Class H

     38,000        18,813   

China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd.

     58,000        67,877   

China Vanke Co. Ltd., Class H

     1,900        4,742   

CITIC Securities Co. Ltd., Class H

     115,000        252,745   

CNOOC Ltd.

     20,000        24,706   

Cogobuy Group

     12,000        17,365   

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co. Ltd., Class H

     25,900        169,559   

Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd., Class H

     298,000        84,660   

Dongfang Electric Corp. Ltd.

     8,000        6,220   

Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd., Class H

     58,000        63,382   

Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd.

     4,400        9,918   

GF Securities Co. Ltd., Class H

     10,400        23,604   

Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd., Class H

     153,500        115,476   

Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd., Class H

     44,000        93,208   

Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp. Ltd.

     46,000        10,020   

Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd., Class H

     126,000        64,609   

Huaneng Power International, Inc., Class H

     58,000        41,369   

Huatai Securities Co. Ltd., Class H

     12,800        27,000   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Class H

     880,000        471,153   

Jiangsu Expressway Co. Ltd., Class H

     14,000        18,398   

Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd., Class H

     48,000        58,604   

Longfor Properties Co. Ltd.

     69,500        97,503   

Lonking Holdings Ltd.

     105,000        17,528   

Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd.

     343,000        103,063   

NetEase, Inc. — ADR

     5,532        778,352   

New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class H

     18,500        60,308   

New Oriental Education & Technology Group,
Inc. — ADR

     3,255        127,466   

People’s Insurance Co. Group of China Ltd., Class H

     395,000        158,855   

PICC Property & Casualty Co. Ltd., Class H

     50,000        90,954   

Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., Class H

     111,000        520,932   

Shanghai Electric Group Co. Ltd., Class H

     44,000        18,393   

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd., Class H

     27,600        58,500   

Shenzhen Expressway Co. Ltd.

     58,000        51,475   

Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Ltd.

     249,500        112,209   

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd., Class H

     122,000        59,844   

Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd., Class H

     22,800        97,453   

Sinotrans Ltd., Class H

     153,000        70,714   

Sohu.com, Inc.

     6,689        300,537   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     50,500        1,027,590   

Tianjin Capital Environmental Protection Group Co. Ltd.

     40,000        22,238   

Tianneng Power International Ltd.

     122,000        99,924   

Weichai Power Co. Ltd., Class H

     44,000        52,837   

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd.

     27,600        45,455   

XTEP International Holdings Ltd.

     9,500        5,604   

Zhejiang Expressway Co. Ltd., Class H

     108,000        110,203   

ZTE Corp., Class H

     66,160        102,931   
    

 

 

 
        9,429,894   

Czech Republic

  

Czech Republic AS

     548        5,568   
      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Long (continued)

                

Hong Kong

  

Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd.

     2,000      $ 10,431   

Belle International Holdings Ltd.

     123,000        75,012   

CGN Meiya Power Holdings Co. Ltd.

     38,000        5,731   

China Everbright Ltd.

     6,000        11,844   

China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co. Ltd.

     94,000        72,849   

China Jinmao Holdings Group Ltd.

     236,000        67,569   

China Mobile Ltd.

     40,000        459,231   

China Mobile Ltd. — ADR

     8,425        484,606   

China Power International Development Ltd.

     206,000        87,925   

China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd.

     166,000        54,623   

China Resources Land Ltd.

     78,222        192,167   

China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd.

     32,000        53,896   

China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co. Ltd.

     33,600        68,468   

China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd. — ADR

     12,058        141,079   

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd.

     6,000        29,266   

Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd.

     255,000        126,758   

GOME Electrical Appliances Holding Ltd.

     505,000        64,767   

Haier Electronics Group Co. Ltd.

     36,000        60,463   

KWG Property Holding Ltd.

     112,000        72,464   

Shimao Property Holdings Ltd.

     57,000        78,669   

Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd.

     160,000        113,377   

Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd.

     96,000        62,478   
    

 

 

 
        2,393,673   

Hungary

  

MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC

     3,986        243,549   

Indonesia

    

AKR Corporindo Tbk PT

     38,300        18,814   

Bank Central Asia Tbk PT

     34,700        34,246   

Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

     7,700        2,666   

Matahari Department Store Tbk PT

     46,400        66,531   

Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

     49,400        13,254   

Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT — ADR

     8,767        467,895   

Unilever Indonesia Tbk PT

     22,400        72,145   

United Tractors Tbk PT

     182,300        206,368   
    

 

 

 
        881,919   

Malaysia

  

Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd

     95,800        67,759   

British American Tobacco Malaysia Bhd

     23,900        280,694   

IOI Corp. Bhd

     36,800        41,548   

KNM Group Bhd

     69,000        8,355   

MISC Bhd

     23,900        51,697   

Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd

     29,600        50,843   

Top Glove Corp. Bhd

     104,900        133,098   

YTL Power International Bhd

     104,500        40,125   
    

 

 

 
        674,119   

Mexico

  

Alfa SAB de CV, Series A

     343,400        645,497   

Alsea SAB de CV

     7,200        27,574   

America Movil SAB de CV, Series L

     198,700        140,438   

Cemex SAB de CV

     549,704        408,013   

Cemex SAB de CV — ADR

     48,150        358,717   

El Puerto de Liverpool SAB de CV, Series C1

     28,695        326,184   

Gentera SAB de CV

     48,300        96,069   

Gruma SAB de CV

     25,786        376,689   

Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte SAB de C.V.

     9,200        53,239   

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV, Class B

     25,800        243,084   

Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, Series A

     128,200        390,830   

Grupo Televisa SAB CPO

     7,300        42,541   
 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

     

 

      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Long (continued)

                

Mexico (continued)

  

Industrias Penoles SAB de CV

     3,060      $ 47,835   

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV, Class A

     107,900        255,378   

OHL Mexico SAB de CV

     36,500        59,360   

Promotora y Operadora de Infraestructura SAB de CV

     29,535        374,564   

Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV

     124,206        307,182   
    

 

 

 
        4,153,194   

Netherlands

  

Yandex NV

     7,128        145,910   

Peru

  

Credicorp Ltd.

     2,732        397,288   

Southern Copper Corp.

     1,402        41,597   
    

 

 

 
        438,885   

Philippines

  

Energy Development Corp.

     578,900        72,713   

Globe Telecom, Inc.

     3,320        155,104   

Jollibee Foods Corp.

     1,290        6,311   

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.

     4        7   
    

 

 

 
        234,135   

Poland

  

Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA

     751        14,567   

Enea SA

     27,234        84,198   

Energa SA

     3,775        12,300   

Eurocash SA

     416        5,944   

Orange Polska SA

     4,596        7,490   

Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen SA

     19,117        344,784   

Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA

     14,128        18,818   

Tauron Polska Energia SA

     119,772        92,846   
    

 

 

 
        580,947   

Qatar

  

Barwa Real Estate Co.

     11,791        108,451   

Commercial Bank of Qatar QSC

     607        6,333   

Qatar Electricity & Water Co.

     1,099        62,576   

Qatar National Bank

     1,151        45,150   
    

 

 

 
        222,510   

Russia

  

Aeroflot — Russian Airlines OJSC

     98,227        116,994   

AK Transneft OAO, Preference Shares

     1        3,075   

Alrosa AO

     165,200        186,100   

Gazprom OAO — ADR

     73,192        380,304   

Inter Rao Ues OAO

     2,347,000        66,413   

Lukoil PJSC — ADR

     8,320        354,495   

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works OJSC

     134,300        49,308   

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works OJSC, — GDR

     4,100        19,724   

MMC Norilsk Nickel

     267        38,584   

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC — ADR

     5,069        74,906   

Mobile Telesystems — ADR

     4,844        44,855   

Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS OAO

     95,740        151,127   

NovaTek OAO — GDR

     740        71,414   

Novolipetsk Steel OJSC — GDR

     1,013        13,760   

Polymetal International PLC

     2,711        28,102   

Sberbank of Russia

     24,990        47,686   

Severstal PAO — GDR

     4,614        53,736   

Sistema JSFC

     96,900        29,044   

Tatneft OAO

     12,132        63,485   
      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Long (continued)

                

Russia (continued)

  

Tatneft PAO — ADR

     1,994      $ 62,859   

Uralkali PJSC — GDR

     761        9,587   
    

 

 

 
        1,865,558   

South Africa

  

Barclays Africa Group Ltd.

     2,990        30,277   

Barloworld Ltd.

     4,497        25,960   

Bidvest Group Ltd.

     14,260        362,296   

Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd.

     2,953        122,531   

Clicks Group Ltd.

     2,467        18,018   

Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. — ADR

     9,559        34,986   

Hyprop Investments Ltd.

     35,814        308,820   

Imperial Holdings Ltd.

     384        4,013   

Investec Ltd.

     2,948        22,760   

Mediclinic International PLC

     5,985        79,021   

Mondi Ltd.

     2,212        42,589   

Mr Price Group Ltd.

     2,646        33,638   

MTN Group Ltd.

     4,612        48,281   

Naspers Ltd., Class N

     1,911        262,975   

Netcare Ltd.

     38,995        99,433   

PSG Group Ltd.

     218        3,045   

Redefine Properties Ltd.

     18,095        15,619   

Sanlam Ltd.

     2,064        10,023   

Sappi Ltd.

     22,696        98,434   

Sasol Ltd.

     5,209        170,387   

Sasol Ltd. — ADR

     3,619        118,667   

Sibanye Gold Ltd.

     28,112        107,604   

Standard Bank Group Ltd.

     20,603        185,022   

Vodacom Group Ltd.

     1,186        13,790   
    

 

 

 
        2,218,189   

South Korea

  

Cell Biotech Co. Ltd.

     471        25,070   

Coway Co. Ltd.

     2,757        238,695   

Crown Confectionery Co. Ltd.

     1        433   

Daesang Corp.

     150        3,755   

GS Home Shopping, Inc.

     143        23,119   

Hyundai Development Co-Engineering & Construction

     3,404        149,957   

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd.

     2,340        81,974   

Hyundai Home Shopping Network Corp.

     196        22,948   

Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. Ltd.

     13,575        23,490   

Hyundai Motor Co.

     70        8,783   

Hyundai Steel Co.

     3,057        167,681   

Hyundai Wia Corp.

     809        68,310   

Industrial Bank of Korea

     10,969        116,594   

Interpark Holdings Corp.

     1,624        12,506   

Kangwon Land, Inc.

     8,542        319,744   

KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering Co. Ltd.

     98        6,479   

Kia Motors Corp.

     157        6,585   

Korea Electric Power Corp.

     714        38,784   

Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.

     1,203        48,387   

Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.

     96        41,628   

KT Corp.

     2,188        58,610   

KT Corp. — ADR

     44,483        605,414   

KT&G Corp.

     1,553        167,313   

LG Display Co. Ltd.

     934        19,442   

LG Household & Health Care Ltd.

     207        182,257   

LG Innotek Co. Ltd.

     862        55,492   

LG Uplus Corp.

     1,419        13,920   
 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

     

 

      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Long (continued)

                

South Korea (continued)

  

Lotte Chemical Corp.

     303      $ 77,286   

Lotte Food Co. Ltd.

     53        38,080   

Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd.

     300        71,425   

LS Corp.

     2,565        113,662   

Medy-Tox, Inc.

     109        40,293   

NAVER Corp.

     480        284,471   

Orion Corp.

     7        5,695   

Poongsan Corp.

     710        19,770   

S-Oil Corp.

     292        22,193   

Samsung Card Co. Ltd.

     649        22,054   

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

     527        574,341   

Samsung SDS Co. Ltd.

     143        21,322   

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.

     1,403        51,442   

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd. — ADR

     7,655        279,867   

Silicon Works Co. Ltd.

     1,354        37,787   

SK Hynix, Inc.

     13,273        325,558   

SK Innovation Co. Ltd.

     1,059        143,026   

SK Networks Co. Ltd.

     4,011        23,824   

SKC Co. Ltd.

     1,511        37,019   

Sungwoo Hitech Co. Ltd.

     13,238        107,877   

Yuhan Corp.

     46        11,749   
    

 

 

 
        4,816,111   

Taiwan

  

AU Optronics Corp.

     66,000        18,886   

AU Optronics Corp. — ADR

     49,242        137,878   

Catcher Technology Co. Ltd.

     10,000        69,988   

Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     67,000        75,026   

Chailease Holding Co. Ltd.

     2,080        3,481   

ChipMOS Technologies Bermuda Ltd.

     1,522        25,600   

Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd.

     52,000        175,564   

Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. — ADR

     18,505        631,020   

Compeq Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     132,000        73,036   

Cub Elecparts, Inc.

     1,149        13,885   

Elan Microelectronics Corp.

     59,000        60,944   

Elite Advanced Laser Corp.

     14,400        68,903   

Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd.

     40,000        55,928   

Faraday Technology Corp.

     30,600        40,912   

Feng TAY Enterprise Co. Ltd.

     66,340        285,052   

First Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     555        271   

Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd.

     66,660        137,129   

Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     227,000        274,969   

Highwealth Construction Corp.

     11,200        16,789   

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.

     181,692        432,802   

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. — GDR

     3,641        17,722   

Hota Industrial Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     6,000        28,707   

Innolux Corp.

     437,000        134,863   

Inventec Co. Ltd.

     15,000        9,891   

King Yuan Electronics Co. Ltd.

     261,000        229,717   

Lite-On Technology Corp.

     21,285        25,853   

Micro-Star International Co. Ltd.

     3,000        4,775   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     4,000        13,938   

PChome Online, Inc.

     4,804        50,776   

Pegatron Corp.

     16,000        33,707   

PharmaEngine, Inc.

     1,000        6,894   

Pou Chen Corp.

     143,000        179,763   

Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp.

     20,000        28,704   

Sitronix Technology Corp.

     49,000        142,877   

Taiwan Cement Corp.

     75,000        76,290   
      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Long (continued)

                

Taiwan (continued)

  

Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     8      $ 4   

Taiwan Fertilizer Co. Ltd.

     60,000        81,437   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     150,000        689,155   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. — ADR

     9,078        214,150   

Transcend Information, Inc.

     3,000        8,418   

Uni-President Enterprises Corp.

     26,000        46,805   

Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     547,093        180,066   
    

 

 

 
        4,802,575   

Thailand

    

Airports of Thailand PCL

     43,300        485,932   

Bangchak Petroleum PCL

     17,200        15,265   

Bumrungrad Hospital PCL

     21,500        124,950   

Central Pattana PCL

     259,600        392,038   

Delta Electronics Thailand PCL

     99,800        205,714   

Indorama Ventures PCL

     307,000        250,487   

IRPC PCL

     255,000        37,232   

Pruksa Real Estate PCL

     62,100        45,779   

PTT Exploration & Production PCL, Foreign Registered Shares

     18,600        40,070   

PTT Global Chemical PCL, Foreign Registered Shares

     350,100        626,431   

Siam Cement PCL, Foreign Registered Shares

     3,400        47,431   

Thai Oil PCL

     78,500        148,325   

Thai Union Group PCL

     77,100        45,691   

Tipco Asphalt PCL

     16,900        11,902   
    

 

 

 
        2,477,247   

Turkey

    

Arcelik AS

     75,880        509,438   

BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS

     224        4,930   

Enka Insaat ve Sanayi AS

     137,733        239,097   

Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS

     137,657        229,622   

KOC Holding AS

     108,905        569,022   

Koza Altin Isletmeleri AS

     3,271        21,413   

TAV Havalimanlari Holding AS

     9,047        52,722   

Turk Hava Yollari

     77,079        189,959   

Turk Telekomunikasyon AS

     9,097        21,970   

Turkiye Is Bankasi, Class C

     94,558        165,793   
    

 

 

 
        2,003,966   

United Kingdom

    

British American Tobacco PLC

     2,518        154,261   

United States

    

Genpact Ltd.

     9,816        273,768   

Total Reference Entity — Long

  

    41,206,108   
    
Reference Entity — Short               

Brazil

  

AMBEV SA — ADR

     (56,394     (315,242

Cosan Ltd., Class A Shares

     (1,879     (10,109

CPFL Energia SA — ADR

     (4,058     (46,992

EcoRodovias Infraestrutura e Logistica SA

     (18,700     (40,779

Embraer SA — ADR

     (17,763     (410,325

Petroleo Brasileiro SA — ADR

     (12,080     (71,272

Telefonica Brasil SA — ADR

     (27,689     (341,129

Tim Participacoes SA — ADR

     (22,717     (251,932
    

 

 

 
               (1,487,780
 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

     

 

      Shares     Value  
Reference Entity — Short (continued)               

Chile

  

Banco Santander Chile — ADR

     (7,431   $ (144,161

Enersis Chile SA — ADR

     (9,908     (63,114

Enersis SA — ADR

     (6,999     (59,912

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA — ADR

     (5,828     (121,397
    

 

 

 
        (388,584

China

    

58.com, Inc. — ADR

     (2,375     (129,794

AAC Technologies Holdings, Inc.

     (25,500     (176,995

AviChina Industry & Technology Co. Ltd., Class H

     (225,000     (156,833

BBMG Corp.

     (30,500     (22,290

CGN Power Co. Ltd.

     (361,000     (115,194

China Dongxiang Group Co. Ltd.

     (20,000     (4,119

China Eastern Airlines Corp. Ltd., Class H

     (102,000     (55,764

China Longyuan Power Group Corp., Class H

     (123,000     (85,097

China Medical System Holdings Ltd.

     (101,000     (131,068

China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd.

     (40,500     (38,041

China National Building Material Co. Ltd., Class H

     (248,000     (127,861

China Oilfield Services Ltd.

     (132,000     (114,510

China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd.

     (763,000     (95,443

China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd.

     (99,000     (166,700

China Shipping Container Lines Co. Ltd., Class H

     (33,000     (7,533

China Shipping Development Co. Ltd., Class H

     (38,000     (26,982

China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd., Class H

     (102,000     (63,958

China Tian Lun Gas Holdings Ltd.

     (73,500     (54,958

CNOOC Ltd. — ADR

     (641     (79,119

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd.

     (619,000     (244,240

Ctrip.com International Ltd. — ADR

     (7,400     (322,714

Fosun International Ltd.

     (113,000     (156,134

Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd.

     (14,000     (7,252

Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd., Class H

     (18,000     (20,917

Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. Ltd.

     (52,000     (72,515

Haitian International Holdings Ltd.

     (4,000     (6,825

Hengan International Group Co. Ltd.

     (59,500     (533,109

Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd.

     (5,805     (111,282

Huaneng Renewables Corp. Ltd.

     (152,000     (44,853

JD.com, Inc. — ADR

     (23,419     (598,590

PetroChina Co. Ltd.

     (52,000     (38,045

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.

     (1,846,000     (151,756

Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co. Ltd., Class H

     (44,000     (26,414

Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd.

     (22,000     (113,730

Shui On Land Ltd.

     (1,166,500     (304,417

Sichuan Expressway Co. Ltd.

     (46,000     (15,379

SINA Corp.

     (4,157     (208,224

SOHO China Ltd.

     (302,500     (152,085

SouFun Holdings Ltd. — ADR

     (14,847     (84,480

Sunac China Holdings Ltd.

     (30,000     (19,180

TAL Education Group — ADR

     (5,312     (307,352

Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding Corp.

     (178,000     (207,355

Uni-President China Holdings Ltd.

     (46,000     (42,838

Vipshop Holdings Ltd. — ADR

     (2,558     (34,891

Want Want China Holdings Ltd.

     (120,000     (92,040

West China Cement Ltd.

     (198,000     (41,783

YY, Inc. — ADR

     (7,638     (479,819

Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Co. Ltd.

     (40,500     (230,434
    

 

 

 
        (6,320,912

Colombia

    

Bancolombia SA — ADR

     (3,510     (135,802
      Shares     Value  
Reference Entity — Short (continued)               

Czech Republic

    

CEZ

     (1,691   $ (33,023

Greece

    

Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd.

     (10,415     (66,239

Hong Kong

    

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd.

     (172,000     (169,651

China Everbright International Ltd.

     (237,000     (265,328

China Gas Holdings Ltd.

     (8,000     (11,550

China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd.

     (8,000     (13,529

China Merchants Holdings International Co. Ltd.

     (168,000     (498,323

China Oceanwide Holdings Ltd.

     (64,000     (7,402

China Resources Gas Group Ltd.

     (20,000     (56,597

China Traditional Chinese Medicine Co. Ltd.

     (618,000     (289,961

China Travel International Investment Hong Kong Ltd.

     (136,000     (39,636

CITIC Ltd.

     (413,000     (602,276

COSCO Pacific Ltd.

     (228,000     (242,461

Far East Horizon Ltd.

     (331,000     (262,740

Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Ltd.

     (716,500     (357,051

Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.

     (326,000     (283,000

Poly Property Group Co. Ltd.

     (144,000     (38,443

Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     (101,000     (229,625

Towngas China Co. Ltd.

     (219,000     (113,309

Yuexiu Property Co. Ltd.

     (356,000     (51,683
    

 

 

 
        (3,532,565

India

    

MakeMyTrip Ltd.

     (16,029     (294,292

Indonesia

    

Charoen Pokphand Indonesia Tbk PT

     (191,400     (53,700

Mexico

    

America Movil SAB de CV — ADR, Series L

     (9,465     (134,024

Arca Continental SAB de C.V.

     (4,900     (33,824

Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de C.V.

     (16,600     (144,284

Fibra Uno Administracion SA de C.V.

     (258,688     (615,872

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de C.V.

     (22,200     (206,559

Genomma Lab Internacional SAB de C.V.

     (83,900     (92,167

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste SAB de C.V.

     (6,390     (98,131

Grupo Carso SAB de C.V.

     (49,362     (236,042

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de C.V.

     (12,300     (69,827

Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB de C.V.

     (41,900     (82,267

Grupo Lala SAB de C.V.

     (51,800     (138,528

Grupo Mexico SAB de C.V.

     (226,100     (575,085

Grupo Televisa SAB — ADR

     (11,447     (334,596

Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB de C.V.

     (175,336     (685,154

Mexichem SAB de C.V.

     (234,521     (592,005
    

 

 

 
        (4,038,365

Peru

    

Cia de Minas Buenaventura SAA — ADR

     (12,081     (122,622

Poland

    

Bank Pekao SA

     (755     (30,704

Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA

     (21,732     (196,701
    

 

 

 
        (227,405

South Africa

  

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.

     (377     (8,894

Coronation Fund Managers Ltd.

     (749     (3,892

Foschini Group Ltd.

     (14,883     (159,882

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

     (5,438     (22,646

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

     (6,227     (16,335
 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

     

 

      Shares     Value  
Reference Entity — Short (continued)               

South Africa (continued)

  

Nampak Ltd.

     (23,841   $ (40,779

Remgro Ltd.

     (23,873     (428,968

RMB Holdings Ltd.

     (4,490     (18,356

Woolworths Holdings Ltd.

     (577     (3,716
    

 

 

 
        (703,468

South Korea

  

Cheil Industries, Inc.

     (4,543     (520,627

Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd.

     (968     (76,606

Dong-A ST Co. Ltd.

     (112     (13,998

EQUISnZAROO Co. Ltd.

     (1,986     (8,772

G-treeBNT Co. Ltd.

     (309     (5,262

Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.

     (5,965     (53,701

Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.

     (84     (13,962

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.

     (523     (52,912

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.

     (629     (37,257

LG Display Co. Ltd. — ADR

     (16,431     (168,418

LG International Corp.

     (2,987     (98,879

S-1 Corp.

     (1,031     (84,090

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.

     (32     (3,187

Samsung Techwin Co. Ltd.

     (4,999     (181,970

Samwha Capacitor Co. Ltd.

     (1,397     (18,008
    

 

 

 
        (1,337,649

Switzerland

  

Luxoft Holding, Inc.

     (10,650     (615,677

Taiwan

  

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. — ADR

     (36,076     (185,070

Asustek Computer, Inc.

     (18,000     (157,795

Chang Hwa Commercial Bank

     (645,210     (336,361

Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co. Ltd.

     (122,000     (253,145

Delta Electronics, Inc.

     (49,000     (226,974

Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan Ltd.

     (270,250     (99,485

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

     (80,000     (180,393

LuxNet Corp.

     (4,000     (6,999

President Chain Store Corp.

     (38,000     (268,674

Quanta Computer, Inc.

     (299,000     (480,603

Shin Kong Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     (107,000     (21,595

Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd.

     (68,000     (224,152

Wistron Corp.

     (203,392     (120,071
    

 

 

 
        (2,561,317

Thailand

    

Advanced Info Service PCL

     (800     (3,573

Turkey

  

Anadolu Efes Biracilik Ve Malt Sanayii AS

     (35,664     (280,388

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS — ADR

     (55,242     (596,614

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS

     (194,823     (599,707

Turkiye Halk Bankasi

     (2,763     (10,611
    

 

 

 
        (1,487,320

United States

  

AES Corp.

     (41,528     (463,452

Dorian LPG Ltd.

     (4,323     (43,922
    

 

 

 
        (507,374

Total Reference Entity — Short

  

    (23,917,667
Net Value of Reference Entity — Goldman Sachs & Co.        17,288,441   

The following table represents the individual long and short positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with Goldman Sachs & Co. as of April 30, 2016, expiration date 5/19/16:

 

      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Long

                

United Kingdom

  

Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. PLC

     448          
Net Value of Reference Entity — Goldman Sachs & Co.          

The following table represents the individual long and short positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with UBS AG as of April 30, 2016, expiration date 8/08/16:

 

Reference Entity — Long

                

Brazil

  

AES Tiete Energia SA

     13,000      $ 53,372   

Banco Bradesco SA, Preference Shares

     4,052        30,514   

Banco do Brasil SA

     6,600        42,430   

BM&FBovespa SA

     12,300        61,442   

Braskem SA, Preference A Shares

     1,400        9,993   

BRF SA

     10,100        144,485   

CETIP SA — Mercados Organizado

     3,800        46,649   

Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar, Preference Shares

     1,800        26,488   

Cia Energetica de Sao Paulo, Preference ‘B’ Shares

     16,000        66,991   

Equatorial Energia SA

     900        11,132   

Fibria Celulose SA

     6,100        53,883   

Hypermarcas SA

     6,200        54,694   

Itau Unibanco Holding SA, Preference Shares

     12,350        118,033   

JBS SA

     61,500        161,652   

Marfrig Global Foods SA

     13,600        25,664   

Minerva SA

     10,270        31,563   

MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA

     10,700        37,396   

Multiplus SA

     4,600        50,758   

Smiles SA

     5,900        68,448   

Suzano Papel e Celulose SA, Preference ‘A’ Shares

     22,300        85,135   

Telefonica Brasil SA, Preference Shares

     600        7,390   

Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica SA

     7,200        40,948   

Ultrapar Participacoes SA

     3,700        77,911   
    

 

 

 
        1,306,971   

Chile

  

Aguas Andinas SA, Class A

     124,546        72,161   

Banco Santander Chile SA

     545,445        26,245   

Empresa Nacional de Electricidad SA

     6,671        6,140   

Endesa SA

     6,671        3,127   
    

 

 

 
        107,673   

China

  

3SBio, Inc.

     91,500        110,456   

Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., Class H

     342,000        123,432   

Air China Ltd., Class H

     56,000        42,397   

Anhui Expressway Co. Ltd., Class H

     86,000        68,481   

Bank of China Ltd., Class H

     283,000        114,585   

Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Class H

     420,000        264,712   

BYD Electronic International Co. Ltd.

     57,500        32,930   

China Cinda Asset Management Co. Ltd.

     246,000        80,556   

China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd., Class H

     19,000        11,916   

China Communications Construction Co. Ltd., Class H

     157,000        188,453   

China Communications Services Corp. Ltd., Class H

     428,000        202,013   

China Construction Bank Corp., Class H

     185,000        117,499   

China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd., Class H

     219,000        99,305   
 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

     

 

      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Long (continued)

                

China (continued)

  

China Galaxy Securities Co. Ltd., Class H

     264,500      $ 231,990   

China Harmony New Energy Auto Holding Ltd.

     47,500        29,401   

China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd.

     78,000        42,885   

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class H

     17,000        39,160   

China Machinery Engineering Corp.

     85,000        57,749   

China Molybdenum Co. Ltd.

     24,000        4,032   

China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd., Class H

     60,600        212,490   

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. Class H

     130,000        91,609   

China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd., Class H

     127,500        162,090   

China Railway Group Ltd., Class H

     99,000        78,361   

China Telecom Corp. Ltd., Class H

     288,000        142,579   

China Vanke Co. Ltd., Class H

     32,500        81,121   

CITIC Securities Co. Ltd., Class H

     48,500        106,592   

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.

     40,000        35,551   

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co. Ltd., Class H

     1,700        11,129   

Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd., Class H

     12,000        3,409   

Dongfang Electric Corp. Ltd.

     6,800        5,287   

Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd., Class H

     120,000        131,135   

Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd.

     1,600        3,606   

GF Securities Co. Ltd., Class H

     9,800        22,242   

Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd., Class H

     90,000        67,706   

Greentown China Holdings Ltd.

     17,000        12,633   

Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd., Class H

     40,000        84,735   

Haitong Securities Co. Ltd., Class H

     43,200        71,393   

Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp. Ltd.

     146,000        31,804   

Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd., Class H

     104,000        53,328   

Huaneng Power International, Inc., Class H

     268,000        191,153   

Huatai Securities Co. Ltd., Class H

     42,000        88,594   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Class H

     278,000        148,841   

Jiangsu Expressway Co. Ltd., Class H

     30,000        39,425   

Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd., Class H

     81,000        98,894   

Longfor Properties Co. Ltd.

     72,000        101,010   

Lonking Holdings Ltd.

     36,000        6,009   

Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd.

     440,000        132,209   

New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class H

     10,800        35,207   

On-Bright Electronics, Inc.

     3,000        15,797   

People’s Insurance Co. Group of China Ltd., Class H

     294,000        118,237   

PICC Property & Casualty Co. Ltd., Class H

     54,000        98,230   

Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., Class H

     4,000        18,772   

Shanghai Electric Group Co. Ltd., Class H

     52,000        21,737   

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd., Class H

     68,500        145,190   

Shenzhen Expressway Co. Ltd.

     22,000        19,525   

Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Ltd.

     23,000        10,344   

Sinopec Engineering Group Co. Ltd., Class H

     6,000        5,565   

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd., Class H

     324,000        158,930   

Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd., Class H

     58,000        247,906   

Sinotrans Ltd., Class H

     79,000        36,513   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     23,900        486,325   

Tianjin Capital Environmental Protection Group Co. Ltd.

     110,000        61,154   

Tianneng Power International Ltd.

     160,000        131,048   

TravelSky Technology Ltd., Class H

     19,000        35,308   

Weichai Power Co. Ltd., Class H

     27,000        32,423   

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd.

     40,200        66,207   

XTEP International Holdings Ltd.

     16,500        9,733   

Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd., Class H

     38,000        12,678   
      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Long (continued)

                

China (continued)

  

ZTE Corp., Class H

     21,600      $ 33,605   
    

 

 

 
        5,877,321   

Colombia

    

Almacenes Exito SA

     763        4,291   

Cementos Argos SA

     1,951        7,931   

Corp. Financiera Colombiana SA

     208        2,817   

Ecopetrol SA

     26,107        12,968   

Grupo Argos SA

     1,923        12,691   

Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA

     1,587        21,448   

Interconexion Electrica SA

     4,360        13,315   

Isagen SA ESP

     8,850        12,753   
    

 

 

 
        88,214   

Czech Republic

  

Czech Republic AS

     1,714        17,416   

Greece

    

Alpha Bank AE

     680        1,478   

Eurobank Ergasias SA

     617        521   

FF Group

     218        4,493   

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA

     2,017        19,636   

Jumbo SA

     476        6,235   

National Bank of Greece SA

     844        252   

OPAP SA

     1,808        13,667   

Piraeus Bank SA

     145        43   

Titan Cement Co. SA

     329        7,505   
    

 

 

 
        53,830   

Hong Kong

    

Belle International Holdings Ltd.

     66,000        40,250   

CGN Meiya Power Holdings Co. Ltd.

     44,000        6,636   

China Everbright Ltd.

     22,000        43,429   

China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co. Ltd.

     21,000        16,275   

China Huarong Energy Co. Ltd.

     1,200        115   

China Jinmao Holdings Group Ltd.

     292,000        83,602   

China Mobile Ltd.

     33,500        384,606   

China Power International Development Ltd.

     52,000        22,195   

China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd.

     488,000        160,578   

China Resources Land Ltd.

     4,000        9,827   

China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd.

     58,000        97,686   

China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co. Ltd.

     12,000        24,453   

Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd.

     90,000        44,738   

GOME Electrical Appliances Holding Ltd.

     649,000        83,236   

Guangdong Investment Ltd.

     56,000        79,075   

Haier Electronics Group Co. Ltd.

     50,000        83,976   

Huabao International Holdings Ltd.

     49,000        19,279   

KWG Property Holding Ltd.

     168,500        109,020   

Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd.

     43,000        30,811   

Shimao Property Holdings Ltd.

     9,500        13,112   

Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd.

     208,000        135,369   
    

 

 

 
        1,488,268   

Hungary

  

MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC

     6,193        378,399   

Indonesia

    

Adhi Karya Persero Tbk PT

     38,600        7,795   

Bank Central Asia Tbk PT

     24,000        23,686   

Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

     52,900        18,316   
 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

     

 

      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Long (continued)

                

Indonesia (continued)

    

Gudang Garam Tbk PT

     1,000      $ 5,240   

Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT

     213,600        114,809   

Matahari Department Store Tbk PT

     69,100        99,080   

Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

     1,034,300        277,495   

United Tractors Tbk PT

     154,700        175,124   
    

 

 

 
        721,545   

Malaysia

    

Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd

     25,500        18,036   

British American Tobacco Malaysia Bhd

     9,000        105,701   

IOI Corp. Bhd

     41,200        46,516   

KNM Group Bhd

     667,400        80,811   

MISC Bhd

     15,400        33,311   

Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd

     43,600        74,890   

Tenaga Nasional Bhd

     57,500        211,225   

Top Glove Corp. BHD

     19,800        25,122   

Westports Holdings Bhd

     47,200        50,054   

YTL Power International Bhd

     57,900        22,232   
    

 

 

 
        667,898   

Netherlands

    

Steinhoff International Holdings NV

     7,831        48,987   

Philippines

    

Energy Development Corp.

     800,400        100,535   

Globe Telecom, Inc.

     2,645        123,569   

Megaworld Corp.

     83,000        6,658   

Metro Pacific Investments Corp.

     245,000        30,310   
    

 

 

 
        261,072   

Poland

    

Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA

     1,296        25,138   

Enea SA

     14,069        43,497   

Energa SA

     7,498        24,430   

Eurocash SA

     3,125        44,649   

KGHM Polska Miedz SA

     4,280        83,443   

Orange Polska SA

     25,322        41,265   

PGE SA

     13,126        45,325   

Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA

     4,736        6,308   

Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA

     1,020        6,536   

Tauron Polska Energia SA

     229,267        177,726   
    

 

 

 
        498,317   

Qatar

    

Ezdan Holding Group QSC

     805        4,062   

Qatar National Bank

     708        27,773   
    

 

 

 
        31,835   

Russia

    

Aeroflot — Russian Airlines OJSC

     36,436        43,397   

Alrosa AO

     123,300        138,899   

Gazprom OAO — ADR

     4,398        22,852   

Inter Rao Ues OAO

     5,634,000        159,426   

Lukoil PJSC — ADR

     540        23,008   

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works OJSC

     216,200        79,377   

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works OJSC — GDR

     3,836        18,454   

MMC Norilsk Nickel

     248        35,838   

NovaTek OAO — GDR

     148        14,283   

Polymetal International PLC

     2,910        30,165   

Rosneft Oil Co.

     10,650        57,662   

Rosneft Oil Co. OJSC

     12,367        67,871   
      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Long (continued)

                

Russia (continued)

    

Sberbank of Russia

     1,330      $ 2,538   

Severstal OAO

     1,900        21,422   

Severstal PAO — GDR

     2,442        28,440   

Tatneft OAO

     8,490        44,427   

Tatneft PAO — ADR

     4,094        129,060   

Uralkali OJSC

     8,960        22,576   

Uralkali PJSC — GDR

     4,371        55,066   
    

 

 

 
        994,761   

South Africa

    

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

     721        11,721   

Barclays Africa Group Ltd.

     6,012        60,879   

Barloworld Ltd.

     1,431        8,261   

Bidvest Group Ltd.

     1,042        26,474   

Clicks Group Ltd.

     13,420        98,016   

FirstRand Ltd.

     35,136        112,931   

Gold Fields Ltd.

     2,041        9,443   

Investec Ltd.

     1,543        11,913   

Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.

     9,032        73,403   

Mediclinic International PLC

     5,993        79,126   

Mondi Ltd.

     1,952        37,583   

Mr. Price Group Ltd.

     3,443        43,770   

MTN Group Ltd.

     14,993        156,954   

Naspers Ltd., Class N

     510        70,182   

Netcare Ltd.

     128,526        327,726   

Pick n Pay Stores Ltd.

     7,577        39,307   

PSG Group Ltd.

     699        9,762   

Sappi Ltd.

     8,131        35,265   

Sibanye Gold Ltd.

     1,325        5,072   

Standard Bank Group Ltd.

     6,237        56,010   

Telkom SA SOC Ltd.

     7,793        31,071   

Truworths International Ltd.

     5,669        42,332   

Vodacom Group Ltd.

     4,318        50,205   
    

 

 

 
        1,397,406   

South Korea

    

Amorepacific Corp.

     37        13,196   

Cell Biotech Co. Ltd.

     412        21,930   

Coway Co. Ltd.

     1,060        91,772   

GS Home Shopping, Inc.

     102        16,490   

Hyundai Development Co-Engineering & Construction

     332        14,626   

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd.

     977        34,226   

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard

     205        13,071   

Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.

     2,196        500,472   

Hyundai Steel Co.

     1,914        104,986   

Hyundai Wia Corp.

     554        46,779   

Interpark Holdings Corp.

     3,239        24,944   

Kangwon Land, Inc.

     1,026        38,405   

KB Financial Group, Inc.

     1,957        59,878   

Kia Motors Corp.

     880        36,909   

Korea Electric Power Corp.

     1,984        107,768   

Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.

     1,649        66,326   

Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.

     61        26,451   

KT Corp.

     3,713        99,460   

KT&G Corp.

     69        7,434   

LG Display Co. Ltd.

     1,386        28,850   

LG Electronics, Inc.

     324        16,487   

LG Household & Health Care Ltd.

     135        118,863   

LG Life Sciences Ltd.

     159        9,518   
 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

     

 

      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Long (continued)

                

South Korea (continued)

    

Lotte Chemical Corp.

     228      $ 58,156   

LOTTE Himart Co. Ltd.

     345        17,042   

Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd.

     43        10,238   

LS Corp.

     838        37,134   

NAVER Corp.

     424        251,282   

Neowiz Games Corp.

     452        5,912   

NongShim Co. Ltd.

     179        58,620   

Orion Corp.

     87        70,781   

Poongsan Corp.

     2,552        71,060   

POSCO

     413        86,530   

Posco ICT Co. Ltd.

     1        5   

S-Oil Corp.

     410        31,161   

Samsung Card Co. Ltd.

     222        7,544   

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

     611        665,886   

Samsung SDS Co. Ltd.

     124        18,489   

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.

     2,716        99,585   

SK Hynix, Inc.

     4,549        111,577   

SK Innovation Co. Ltd.

     344        46,460   

SK Networks Co. Ltd.

     702        4,170   

SKC Co. Ltd.

     386        9,457   

Sungwoo Hitech Co. Ltd.

     9,115        74,279   

Woori Bank

     912        8,379   
    

 

 

 
        3,242,588   

Taiwan

    

AU Optronics Corp.

     522,000        149,371   

Catcher Technology Co. Ltd.

     18,000        125,979   

Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     100,000        111,979   

Chaun-Choung Technology Corp.

     4,000        13,638   

Chen Full International Co. Ltd.

     13,000        23,929   

Compeq Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     15,000        8,300   

Elite Advanced Laser Corp.

     30,000        143,548   

Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd.

     72,000        100,669   

First Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     132,600        64,848   

FocalTech Systems Co. Ltd.

     6,310        5,404   

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp.

     33,000        84,090   

Formosa Petrochemical Corp.

     48,000        136,145   

Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd.

     68,680        141,284   

Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     103,000        124,766   

General Interface Solution Holding Ltd.

     12,000        31,741   

Gintech Energy Corp.

     24,000        16,296   

Highwealth Construction Corp.

     5,400        8,095   

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.

     155,510        370,435   

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. — GDR

     23,906        116,360   

Hota Industrial Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     17,000        81,337   

Innolux Corp.

     586,311        180,942   

Inventec Co. Ltd.

     58,000        38,243   

King Yuan Electronics Co. Ltd.

     240,000        211,234   

Lite-On Technology Corp.

     27,425        33,311   

MediaTek, Inc.

     2,000        14,184   

Micro-Star International Co. Ltd.

     239,000        380,396   

Nan Ya Plastics Corp.

     2,000        3,909   

Nanya Technology Corp.

     19,000        22,102   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     2,000        6,969   

PChome Online, Inc.

     8,476        89,587   

Pegatron Corp.

     37,000        77,947   

Pou Chen Corp.

     136,000        170,963   

Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp.

     33,000        47,361   

Ruentex Industries Ltd.

     36,000        50,131   
      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Long (continued)

                

Taiwan (continued)

    

SinoPac Financial Holdings Co. Ltd.

     13,957      $ 4,124   

Sitronix Technology Corp.

     52,000        151,624   

Taiwan Fertilizer Co. Ltd.

     41,000        55,649   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     100,000        459,437   

Transcend Information, Inc.

     7,000        19,643   

Uni-President Enterprises Corp.

     24,840        44,717   

Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp.

     20,000        30,475   

Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     63,160        20,788   

Zhen Ding Technology Holding Ltd.

     38,000        79,642   
    

 

 

 
        4,051,592   

Thailand

    

Airports of Thailand PCL

     14,700        164,970   

Bangchak Petroleum PCL

     8,600        7,632   

Central Pattana PCL

     115,300        174,122   

Delta Electronics Thailand PCL

     85,900        177,063   

IRPC PCL

     287,400        41,962   

Pruksa Real Estate PCL

     65,500        48,286   

PTT Exploration & Production PCL, Foreign Registered Shares

     96,100        207,029   

Siam Cement PCL, Foreign Registered Shares

     2,200        30,691   

Thai Oil PCL

     105,700        199,719   

Thai Union Group PCL

     77,800        46,105   

Tipco Asphalt PCL

     44,500        31,340   
    

 

 

 
        1,128,919   

Turkey

    

Arcelik AS

     25,737        172,791   

BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS

     15,362        338,065   

Enka Insaat ve Sanayi AS

     104,517        181,436   

Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS

     234,952        391,917   

KOC Holding AS

     26,003        135,864   

Koza Altin Isletmeleri AS

     16,554        108,369   

TAV Havalimanlari Holding AS

     24,545        143,037   

Turk Hava Yollari

     103,513        255,105   

Turk Telekomunikasyon AS

     94,702        228,717   

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS

     7,973        34,503   

Turkiye Is Bankasi, Class C

     1,951        3,421   

Vestel Beyaz Esya Sanayi ve Ticaret

     2,093        9,631   
    

 

 

 
        2,002,856   

United Arab Emirates

    

DP World Ltd.

     184        3,433   

Emaar Malls Group PJSC

     15,694        12,285   

Emaar Properties PJSC

     11,503        21,051   
    

 

 

 
        36,769   

United Kingdom

    

BHP Billiton PLC

     4,552        62,478   

British American Tobacco PLC

     5,770        353,490   

SABMiller PLC

     811        49,573   
    

 

 

 
        465,541   

Total Reference Entity — Long

  

    24,868,178   
    

Reference Entity — Short

                

Brazil

  

Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA, Preferred B Shares

     (4,000     (14,898

Cielo SA

     (64,748     (630,678
 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

     

 

      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Short (continued)

                

Brazil (continued)

  

Cosan SA Industria e Comercio

     (600   $ (5,555

EcoRodovias Infraestrutura e Logistica SA

     (26,900     (58,661

WEG SA

     (14,900     (65,765
    

 

 

 
        (775,557

China

    

AAC Technologies Holdings, Inc.

     (8,500     (58,998

AviChina Industry & Technology Co. Ltd., Class H

     (21,000     (14,638

BBMG Corp.

     (95,000     (69,429

CGN Power Co. Ltd.

     (46,000     (14,678

China Conch Venture Holdings Ltd.

     (25,500     (51,595

China Longyuan Power Group Corp., Class H

     (5,000     (3,459

China Medical System Holdings Ltd.

     (17,000     (22,061

China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd.

     (1,500     (1,409

China National Building Material Co. Ltd., Class H

     (58,000     (29,903

China Oilfield Services Ltd.

     (6,000     (5,205

China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd.

     (23,000     (2,877

China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd.

     (13,000     (21,890

China Shipping Container Lines Co. Ltd., Class H

     (84,000     (19,176

China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd., Class H

     (26,000     (16,303

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd.

     (10,000     (3,946

CSR Corp. Ltd., Class H

     (20,000     (19,410

Fosun International Ltd.

     (448     (619

Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd.

     (90,000     (46,622

Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. Ltd.

     (13,200     (18,408

Haitian International Holdings Ltd.

     (8,000     (13,649

Hengan International Group Co. Ltd.

     (500     (4,480

Huaneng Renewables Corp. Ltd.

     (56,000     (16,525

Kingsoft Corp. Ltd.

     (22,000     (50,512

Li Ning Co. Ltd.

     (120,500     (52,261

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.

     (75,000     (6,166

Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co. Ltd., Class H

     (28,000     (16,809

Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd.

     (4,000     (20,678

Shui On Land Ltd.

     (194,500     (50,758

Sichuan Expressway Co. Ltd.

     (32,000     (10,698

SOHO China Ltd.

     (32,000     (16,088

Sunac China Holdings Ltd.

     (3,000     (1,918

Want Want China Holdings Ltd.

     (23,000     (17,641

West China Cement Ltd.

     (262,000     (55,289

Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd.

     (908,000     (357,889

Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Co. Ltd.

     (2,000     (11,379
    

 

 

 
        (1,123,366

Czech Republic

    

CEZ

     (2,748     (53,665

Hong Kong

    

Alibaba Pictures Group Ltd.

     (120,000     (28,034

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd.

     (28,000     (27,618

China Everbright International Ltd.

     (1,000     (1,119

China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd.

     (43,000     (72,718

China Merchants Holdings International Co. Ltd.

     (2,000     (5,932

China Resources Gas Group Ltd.

     (4,000     (11,319

China Travel International Investment Hong Kong Ltd.

     (42,000     (12,241

CITIC Ltd.

     (2,000     (2,917

COSCO Pacific Ltd.

     (40,000     (42,537

Far East Horizon Ltd.

     (30,000     (23,813

Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Ltd.

     (5,000     (2,492

Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.

     (28,000     (24,307
      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Short (continued)

                

Hong Kong (continued)

    

Poly Property Group Co. Ltd.

     (37,000   $ (9,878

Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     (13,000     (29,556

Shenzhen International Holdings Ltd.

     (61,000     (99,544

Towngas China Co. Ltd.

     (8,000     (4,139

WH Group Ltd.

     (84,500     (68,253

Yuexiu Property Co. Ltd.

     (48,000     (6,968
    

 

 

 
        (473,385

Hungary

    

OTP Bank PLC

     (9,272     (245,681

Richter Gedeon Nyrt

     (7,730     (153,561
    

 

 

 
        (399,242

India

    

Larsen & Toubro Ltd. — GDR

     (6,908     (131,812

Reliance Industries Ltd. — GDR

     (813     (24,065
    

 

 

 
        (155,877

Indonesia

    

Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk PT

     (39,500     (17,698

Malaysia

    

Gamuda BHD

     (74,600     (90,708

IJM Corp. BHD

     (6,200     (5,476
    

 

 

 
        (96,184

Russia

    

Magnit OJSC — GDR

     (1,399     (48,500

MegaFon OAO — GDR

     (6,499     (74,860

Surgutneftegas OAO — ADR

     (17,083     (90,783
    

 

 

 
        (214,143

South Africa

    

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.

     (8,552     (201,757

Coronation Fund Managers Ltd.

     (3,572     (18,558

Discovery Holdings Ltd.

     (4,532     (40,562

Foschini Group Ltd.

     (2,910     (31,261

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

     (1,742     (7,254

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

     (98,765     (259,090

Nampak Ltd.

     (84,295     (144,181

Rand Merchant Insurance Holdings Ltd.

     (4,944     (14,805

Resilient REIT Ltd.

     (21,004     (200,675

RMB Holdings Ltd.

     (3,167     (12,948

Woolworths Holdings Ltd.

     (34,110     (219,644
    

 

 

 
        (1,150,735

South Korea

    

Cheil Worldwide, Inc.

     (275     (4,043

CJ Corp.

     (199     (37,244

Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd.

     (26     (2,058

Daewoo International Corp.

     (382     (8,263

Daewoo Securities Co. Ltd.

     (3,204     (23,059

Dongbu Insurance Co. Ltd.

     (612     (37,513

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd.

     (1,237     (28,161

Hankook Tire Co. Ltd.

     (5,610     (260,940

Hanwha Chemical Corp.

     (7,295     (159,748

Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

     (5,254     (30,744

Hyundai Department Store Co. Ltd.

     (764     (98,585

Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.

     (357     (59,339

Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd.

     (381     (10,605

KB Insurance Co. Ltd.

     (1,425     (38,688
 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

     

 

      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Short (continued)

                

South Korea (continued)

    

KCC Corp.

     (139   $ (51,685

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.

     (2,479     (146,839

LG Chem Ltd.

     (166     (43,059

LG Corp.

     (189     (11,264

Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co. Ltd.

     (4     (6,913

NCSoft Corp.

     (880     (176,341

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.

     (9,357     (425,938

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. — GDR

     (338     (184,568

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.

     (457     (117,807

Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

     (2,551     (244,723

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.

     (3,763     (374,755

Samsung Securities Co. Ltd.

     (844     (28,986

SK Holdings Co. Ltd.

     (30     (5,880
    

 

 

 
        (2,617,748

Taiwan

    

Asustek Computer, Inc.

     (10,000     (87,664

Compal Electronics, Inc.

     (75,000     (44,024

Delta Electronics, Inc.

     (51,573     (238,893

Far Eastern New Century Corp.

     (5,000     (3,734

Largan Precision Co. Ltd.

     (2,000     (139,608

President Chain Store Corp.

     (3,000     (21,211

Quanta Computer, Inc.

     (28,000     (45,006

Shin Kong Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     (361,000     (72,859

Wistron Corp.

     (705,539     (416,508
    

 

 

 
        (1,069,507
      Shares     Value  

Reference Entity — Short (continued)

                

Thailand

    

Advanced Info Service PCL

     (15,200   $ (67,885

Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL

     (238,800     (162,710

BTS Group Holdings PCL

     (35,500     (9,350

CP ALL PCL

     (415,500     (544,206

Krung Thai Bank PCL

     (405,500     (203,156

PTT PCL

     (68,300     (594,423

Siam Commercial Bank PCL

     (2,100     (8,026
    

 

 

 
        (1,589,756

Turkey

    

Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi

     (448,841     (482,378

Gubre Fabrikalari TAS

     (17,393     (35,545

Haci Omer Sabanci Holding

     (7,553     (27,249

Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi

     (1,339     (10,593

Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS

     (2,306     (60,822

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS

     (12,310     (37,894
    

 

 

 
        (654,481
Total Reference Entity — Short              (10,391,344
Net Value of Reference Entity — UBS AG        14,476,834   
 
Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments   Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts                           $ 12,082                       $ 12,082   

Swaps — OTC

   Unrealized appreciation on OTC swaps                   $ 1,681,826               $ 25,208                 1,707,034   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total                 $ 1,681,826       $ 12,082       $ 25,208               $ 1,719,116   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments   

Futures contracts

   Net unrealized depreciation1                   $ 13,416                               $ 13,416   

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

   Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts                           $ 328,995                         328,995   

Swaps — OTC

   Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps                     1,389,330               $ 12,472                 1,401,802   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total                      $ 1,402,746       $ 328,995       $ 12,472               $ 1,744,213   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

1    Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, as reported in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

        

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

     

 

For the six months ended April 30, 2016, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Consolidated Statement of Operations was as follows:

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Futures contracts

                     $ (190,724                            $ (190,724

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

                             $ 182,105                         182,105   

Swaps

                       (17,108,402            $ 150,261                 (16,958,141
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total                      $ (17,299,126    $ 182,105       $ 150,261               $ (16,966,760
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:                                                                 

Futures contracts

                     $ 74,069                               $ 74,069   

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

                             $ (372,082                      (372,082

Swaps

                  2,757,726               $ (26,451              2,731,275   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total                      $ 2,831,795       $ (372,082    $ (26,451            $ 2,433,262   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts:

          

Average notional value of contracts — long

     $ 2,424,630   

Foreign currency exchange contracts:

    

Average amounts purchased — in USD

     $ 3,353,820   

Average amounts sold — in USD

     $ 2,410,412   

Interest rate swaps:

    

Average notional value — receives fixed rate

     $ 7,904,175   

Total return swaps:

    

Average notional value

     $ 32,433,142   

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments — Offsetting as of Period End

The Fund’s derivative assets and liabilities (by type) were as follows:

 

     Assets        Liabilities  

Derivative Financial Instruments:

      
Futures contracts             $ 5,338   
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts   $ 12,082           328,995   
Swaps — OTC1     1,707,034           1,401,802   
 

 

 

 
Total derivative assets and liabilities in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities   $ 1,719,116         $ 1,736,135   
 

 

 

 
Derivatives not subject to a Master Netting Agreement or similar agreement (“MNA”)               (5,338
 

 

 

 
Total derivative assets and liabilities subject to an MNA   $ 1,719,116         $ 1,730,797   
 

 

 

 

1    Includes unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC swaps and swap premiums paid/received in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

       

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
   BLACKROCK EMERGING MARKET ALLOCATION PORTFOLIO    APRIL 30, 2016    23


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

     

 

The following table presents the Fund’s derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an MNA and net of the related collateral received and pledged by the Fund:

 

Counterparty   Derivative Assets
Subject to an MNA
by  Counterparty
      

Derivatives
Available

for Offset1

       Non-cash
Collateral
Received
      

Cash
Collateral

Received

       Net Amount of
Derivative
Assets2
      
Bank of America N.A.   $ 8,642         $ (219                          $ 8,423     
Barclays Bank PLC     12,082                                         12,082     

BNP Paribas S.A.

    3,607           (3,607                                
Goldman Sachs & Co.     1,681,826                             $ (1,400,000        281,826     

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

    12,959           (12,253                            706     
 

 

 

Total   $ 1,719,116         $ (16,079                $ (1,400,000      $ 303,037     
 

 

 

                       
Counterparty   Derivative Liabilities
Subject to an MNA
by Counterparty
      

Derivatives
Available

for Offset1

       Non-cash
Collateral
Pledged
      

Cash
Collateral

Pledged

       Net Amount of
Derivative
Liabilities3
      

Bank of America N.A.

  $ 219         $ (219                                

BNP Paribas S.A.

    109,402           (3,607                          $ 105,795     

Credit Suisse International

    93,415                                         93,415     

Goldman Sachs International

    50,723                                         50,723     

HSBC Bank PLC

    15,316                                         15,316     

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

    12,253           (12,253                                

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    7,738                                         7,738     

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

    52,401                                         52,401     

UBS AG

    1,389,330                             $ (1,158,729        230,601     
 

 

 

Total   $ 1,730,797         $ (16,079                $ (1,158,729      $ 555,989     
 

 

 

1    The amount of derivatives available for offset is limited to the amount of derivative assets and/or liabilities that are subject to an MNA.

       

      

2    Net amount represents the net amount receivable from the counterparty in the event of default.

       

      

3    Net amount represents the net amount payable due to the counterparty in the event of default.

       

      

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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:                 

Corporate Bonds

            $ 6,066,324                   $ 6,066,324   

Foreign Agency Obligations

              3,088,526                     3,088,526   

Foreign Government Obligations

              26,425,244                     26,425,244   

Investment Companies

  $ 2,930,294                               2,930,294   

Short-Term Securities

    18,524,038                               18,524,038   
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 21,454,332         $ 35,580,094                   $ 57,034,426   
 

 

 

 
                
Derivative Financial Instruments1                 

Assets:

                

Equity contracts

            $ 1,681,826                   $ 1,681,826   

Foreign currency exchange contracts

              12,082                     12,082   

Interest rate contracts

              25,208                     25,208   

Liabilities:

                

Equity contracts

  $ (13,416        (1,389,330                  (1,402,746

Foreign currency exchange contracts

              (328,995                  (328,995

Interest rate contracts

              (12,472                  (12,472
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ (13,416      $ (11,681                $ (25,097
 

 

 

 

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

        

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
24    BLACKROCK EMERGING MARKET ALLOCATION PORTFOLIO    APRIL 30, 2016   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (concluded)

     

 

The Fund may hold assets and/or liabilities in which the fair value approximates the carrying amount for financial statement purposes. As of period end, such assets and/or liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:    
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets:

                

Cash

  $ 33,960                             $ 33,960   

Cash pledged as collateral for OTC derivatives

    1,158,729                               1,158,729   

Cash pledged for futures contracts

    104,480                               104,480   

Foreign currency at value

    3,913                               3,913   

Liabilities:

                

Cash received as collateral for OTC derivatives

            $ (1,400,000                  (1,400,000
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 1,301,082         $ (1,400,000                $ (98,918
 

 

 

 

During the six months ended April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between levels.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
   BLACKROCK EMERGING MARKET ALLOCATION PORTFOLIO    APRIL 30, 2016    25


Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities     

 

April 30, 2016 (Unaudited)      
 
Assets   

Investments at value — unaffiliated (cost — $34,912,567)

  $ 35,580,094   

Investments at value — affiliated (cost — $21,489,804)

    21,454,332   

Cash

    33,960   
Cash pledged:  

Futures contracts

    104,480   

OTC derivatives

    1,158,729   

Foreign currency at value (cost $3,994)

    3,913   
Receivables:  

Interest

    521,912   

Dividend — affiliated

    19,752   

Capital shares sold

    52,703   
Unrealized appreciation on:  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    12,082   

OTC swaps

    1,707,034   

Prepaid expenses

    33,725   
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    60,682,716   
 

 

 

 
 
Liabilities        

Cash received as collateral for OTC derivatives

    1,400,000   
Payables:  

Investment advisory fees

    27,839   

Capital shares redeemed

    51,162   

Administration fees

    2,927   

Service and distribution fees

    908   

Officer’s & Trustees’ fees

    197   

Other accrued expenses

    179,678   

Variation margin on futures contracts

    5,338   
Unrealized depreciation on:  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    328,995   

OTC swaps

    1,401,802   
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    3,398,846   
 

 

 

 

Net Assets

  $ 57,283,870   
 

 

 

 
 
Net Assets Consist of        

Paid-in capital

  $ 63,037,365   

Undistributed net investment income

    305,659   

Accumulated net realized loss

    (6,668,365

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    609,211   
 

 

 

 

Net Assets

  $ 57,283,870   
 

 

 

 
 
Net Asset Value        

Institutional — Based on net assets of $54,693,612 and 6,118,669 shares outstanding, unlimited number of shares authorized, $0.001 par value

  $ 8.94   
 

 

 

 

Investor A — Based on net assets of $1,716,487 and 192,686 shares outstanding, unlimited number of shares authorized, $0.001 par value

  $ 8.91   
 

 

 

 

Investor C — Based on net assets of $873,771 and 98,403 shares outstanding, unlimited number of shares authorized, $0.001 par value

  $ 8.88   
 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.      
                
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Consolidated Statement of Operations     

 

Six Months Ended April 30, 2016 (Unaudited)      
 
Investment Income        

Interest

  $ 822,475   

Dividends — affiliated

    80,928   

Foreign taxes withheld

    (564
 

 

 

 

Total income

    902,839   
 

 

 

 
 
Expenses   

Investment advisory

    267,325   

Administration

    11,361   

Administration — class specific

    5,347   

Service and distribution — class specific

    5,920   

Transfer agent — class specific

    7,154   

Professional

    68,095   

Accounting Services

    42,886   

Pricing

    31,617   

Registration

    19,760   

Printing

    18,366   

Custodian

    4,883   

Officer and Trustees

    3,504   

Miscellaneous

    7,519   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    493,737   
Less:  

Fees waived by the Manager

    (100,648

Administration fees waived — class specific

    (5,250

Transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific

    (7,154

Fees paid indirectly

    (128
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and paid indirectly

    380,557   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    522,282   
 

 

 

 
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)        
Net realized gain (loss) from:  

Investments — unaffiliated

    14,242,427   

Investments — affiliated

    (149,908

Futures contracts

    (190,724

Foreign currency transactions

    165,045   

Swaps

    (16,958,141
 

 

 

 
    (2,891,301
 

 

 

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:   

Investments — unaffiliated

    1,659,027   

Investments — affiliated

    178,228   

Futures contracts

    74,069   

Foreign currency translations

    (369,720

Swaps

    2,731,275   
 

 

 

 
    4,272,879   
 

 

 

 

Total realized and unrealized gain

    1,381,578   
 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

  $ 1,903,860   
 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.      
                
   BLACKROCK EMERGING MARKET ALLOCATION PORTFOLIO    APRIL 30, 2016    27


Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets     

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:   Six Months Ended
April 30, 2016
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
October 31, 2015
     
     
Operations                    

Net investment income

  $ 522,282      $ 632,570     

Net realized loss

    (2,891,301     (2,650,442  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    4,272,879        (5,121,983  
 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    1,903,860        (7,139,855  
 

 

 

     
Distributions to Shareholders1        
From net investment income:      

Institutional

    (656,002     (336,028  

Investor A

    (19,525     (3,973  
 

 

 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (675,527     (340,001  
 

 

 

     
Capital Share Transactions       

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (996,377     9,872,790     
 

 

 

     
Net Assets       

Total increase in net assets

    231,956        2,392,934     

Beginning of period

    57,051,914        54,658,980     
 

 

 

End of period

  $ 57,283,870      $ 57,051,914     
 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income, end of period

  $ 305,659      $ 458,904     
 

 

 

1    Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.      
                
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Consolidated Financial Highlights     

 

    Institutional
   

Six Months Ended
April 30,
2016

(Unaudited)

    Year Ended October 31,    

Period
May 16, 20131
to October 31,

2013

     
      2015     2014      
         
Per Share Operating Performance                                    

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 8.70      $ 9.84      $ 9.53      $ 10.00     
 

 

 

Net investment income2

    0.08        0.11        0.05        0.05     

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.26        (1.19     0.34        (0.52  
 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    0.34        (1.08     0.39        (0.47  
 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income3

    (0.10     (0.06     (0.08         
 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 8.94      $ 8.70      $ 9.84      $ 9.53     
 

 

 

         
Total Return4                                    

Based on net asset value

    4.08% 5      (10.97)%        4.18%        (4.70)% 5   
 

 

 

         
Ratios to Average Net Assets6                                    

Total expenses

    1.82% 7      1.74%        2.01%        1.92% 7,8   
 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and paid indirectly

    1.40% 7      1.40%        1.40%        1.40% 7   
 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.98% 7      1.15%        0.56%        1.08% 7   
 

 

 

         
Supplemental Data                                    

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  54,694      $  54,526      $  51,671      $  48,532     
 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate9

    27%        34%        37%        12%     
 

 

 

 

  1   

Commencement of operations.

 

  2   

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

  3   

Distributions for annual periods are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

  4   

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

 

  5   

Aggregate total return.

 

  6   

Ratios do not include expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds of approximately 0.10% for the six months ended April 30, 2016, 0.11% for the year ended October 31, 2015 and 0.12% for the year ended October 31, 2014 and period ended October 31, 2013.

 

  7   

Annualized.

 

  8   

Organization costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 1.97%.

 

  9   

Excludes investments underlying the total return swaps.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.      
                
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Consolidated Financial Highlights (continued)     

 

    Investor A
   

Six Months Ended
April 30,
2016

(Unaudited)

    Year Ended October 31,     Period
May 16, 20131
to October  31,
2013
     
      2015     2014      
         
Per Share Operating Performance                                    

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 8.67      $ 9.81      $ 9.52      $ 10.00     
 

 

 

Net investment income2

    0.07        0.10        0.02        0.04     

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.26        (1.19     0.35        (0.52  
 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    0.33        (1.09     0.37        (0.48  
 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income3

    (0.09     (0.05     (0.08         
 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 8.91      $ 8.67      $ 9.81      $    9.52     
 

 

 

         
Total Return4                                    

Based on net asset value

    3.88% 5      (11.15)%        3.90%        (4.80)% 5   
 

 

 

         
Ratios to Average Net Assets6                                    

Total expenses

    2.26% 7      2.15%        2.54%        2.63% 7,8   
 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and paid indirectly

    1.65% 7      1.65%        1.65%        1.65% 7   
 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.74% 7      1.02%        0.23%        0.82% 7   
 

 

 

         
Supplemental Data                                    

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  1,716      $  1,628      $    698      $ 71     
 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate9

    27%        34%        37%        12%     
 

 

 

 

  1   

Commencement of operations.

 

  2   

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

  3   

Distributions for annual periods are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

  4   

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

 

  5   

Aggregate total return.

 

  6   

Ratios do not include expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds of approximately 0.10% for the six months ended April 30, 2016, 0.11% for the year ended October 31, 2015 and 0.12% for the year ended October 31, 2014 and period ended October 31, 2013.

 

  7   

Annualized.

 

  8   

Organization costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 2.66%.

 

  9   

Excludes investments underlying the total return swaps.

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.      
                
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Consolidated Financial Highlights (concluded)     

 

    Investor C
   

Six Months Ended
April 30,
2016

(Unaudited)

    Year Ended October 31,     Period
May 16, 20131
to October  31,
2013
     
      2015     2014      
         
Per Share Operating Performance                                    

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 8.58      $ 9.73      $ 9.49      $ 10.00     
 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)2

    0.04        (0.01     (0.05     0.00 3   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.26        (1.14     0.34        (0.51  
 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    0.30        (1.15     0.29        (0.51  
 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income4

                  (0.05         
 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 8.88      $ 8.58      $ 9.73      $    9.49     
 

 

 

         
Total Return5                                    

Based on net asset value

    3.50% 6      (11.82)%        3.14%        (5.10)% 6   
 

 

 

         
Ratios to Average Net Assets7                                    

Total expenses

    2.99% 8      2.91%        3.25%        3.43% 8,9   
 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and paid indirectly

    2.40% 8      2.40%        2.40%        2.40% 8   
 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    0.99% 8      (0.10)%        (0.57)%        0.06% 8   
 

 

 

         
Supplemental Data                                    

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $    874      $    898      $  2,290      $ 71     
 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate10

    27%        34%        37%        12%     
 

 

 

 

  1   

Commencement of operations.

 

  2   

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

  3   

Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

 

  4   

Distributions for annual periods are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

  5   

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

 

  6   

Aggregate total return.

 

  7   

Ratios do not include expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds of approximately 0.10% for the six months ended April 30, 2016, 0.11% for the year ended October 31, 2015 and 0.12% for the year ended October 31, 2014 and period ended October 31, 2013.

 

  8   

Annualized.

 

  9   

Organization costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 3.47%.

 

  10  

Excludes investments underlying the total return swaps.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.      
                
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)     

 

1. Organization:

BlackRock FundsSM (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Massachusetts business trust. BlackRock Emerging Market Allocation Portfolio (the “Fund”) is a series of the Trust. The Fund is classified as non-diversified under the 1940 Act.

The Fund offers multiple classes of shares. All classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and are subject to the same terms and conditions, except that certain classes bear expenses related to the shareholder servicing and distribution of such shares. Institutional Shares are sold only to certain eligible investors. Investor A and Investor C Shares are generally available through financial intermediaries. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing and distribution expenditures.

 

Share Class   Initial Sales Charge    CDSC    Conversion Privilege  

Institutional

  No    No      None   

Investor A Shares

  Yes    No1      None   

Investor C Shares

  No    Yes      None   

 

  1   

Investor A Shares may be subject to a CDSC where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase.

Basis of Consolidation: The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Fund include the accounts of BlackRock Cayman Emerging Market Allocation Fund, Ltd. (the “Subsidiary”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund and primarily invests in commodity-related instruments. The Subsidiary enables the Fund to hold these commodity-related instruments and satisfy regulated investment company tax requirements. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. Intercompany accounts and transactions, if any, have been eliminated. During the six months ended April 30, 2016, there were no transactions in the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary is subject to the same investment policies and restrictions that apply to the Fund, except that the Subsidiary may invest without limitation in commodity-related instruments.

The Fund, together with certain other registered investment companies advised by the Manager or its affiliates, is included in a complex of open-end funds referred to as the Equity-Liquidity Complex.

2. Significant Accounting Policies:

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Foreign Currency: The Fund’s books and records are maintained in U.S. dollars. Purchases and sales of investments are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Generally, when the U.S. dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, the investments denominated in that currency will lose value; the opposite effect occurs if the U.S. dollar falls in relative value.

The Fund does not isolate changes in the exchange rates from the changes in the market prices of investments held or sold for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the effects of changes in exchange rates on investments are not segregated in the Consolidated Statement of Operations from the effects of changes in market prices of those investments, but are included as a component of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments. The Fund reports realized currency gains (losses) on foreign currency related transactions as components of net realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are generally treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases where the Fund enters into certain investments (e.g., futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and swaps) that would be treated as “senior securities” for 1940 Act purposes, the Fund may segregate or designate on its books and records cash or liquid assets having a market value at least equal to the amount of its future obligations under such investments. Doing so allows the investment to be excluded from treatment as a “senior security.” Furthermore, if required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Fund may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments or obligations.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Interest income,

 

                
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)     

 

including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized on the accrual basis. Income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.

Distributions: Distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Net income and realized gains from investments held by the Subsidiary are treated as ordinary income for tax purposes. If a net loss is realized by the Subsidiary in any taxable year, the loss will generally not be available to offset the Fund’s ordinary income and/or capital gains for that year.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Fund, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Fund or its classes are charged to the Fund or the applicable class. Other operating expenses shared by several funds, including other funds managed by the Manager, are prorated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses directly related to the Fund and other shared expenses prorated to the Fund are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets or other appropriate methods.

The Fund has an arrangement with its custodian whereby fees may be reduced by credits earned on uninvested cash balances, which, if applicable, are shown as fees paid indirectly in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The custodian imposes fees on overdrawn cash balances, which can be offset by accumulated credits earned or may result in additional custody charges. Effective October 2015, the custodian is imposing fees on certain uninvested cash balances.

3. Investment Valuation and Fair Value Measurements:

Investment Valuation Policies: The Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) (or if the reporting date falls on a day the NYSE is closed, investments are valued at fair value as of the report date). U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods (or “techniques”) and inputs are used to establish the fair value of the Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

 

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at the official closing price each day, if available. For equity investments traded on more than one exchange, the official close price on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded is used. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price.

 

 

Bond investments are valued on the basis of last available bid prices or current market quotations provided by dealers or pricing services. Floating rate loan interests are valued at the mean of the bid prices from one or more brokers or dealers as obtained from a pricing service. In determining the value of a particular investment, pricing services may use certain information with respect to transactions in such investments, quotations from dealers, pricing matrixes, market transactions in comparable investments, various relationships observed in the market between investments and calculated yield measures. Asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities are valued by independent pricing services using models that consider estimated cash flows of each tranche of the security, establish a benchmark yield and develop an estimated tranche-specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche.

 

 

Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of business on the NYSE. Occasionally, events affecting the values of such instruments may occur between the foreign market close and the close of business on the NYSE that may not be reflected in the computation of the Fund’s net assets. Each business day, the Fund uses a pricing service to assist with the valuation of certain foreign exchange-traded equity securities and foreign exchange-traded over-the-counter (“OTC”) options (the “Systematic Fair Value Price”). Using current market factors, the Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities and foreign options at fair value as of the close of business on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets.

 

                
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)     

 

 

 

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds are valued at NAV each business day.

 

 

Futures contracts traded on exchanges are valued at their last sale price.

 

 

Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates determined as of the close of business on the NYSE. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices and are determined as of the close of business on the NYSE. Interpolated values are derived when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available.

 

 

Swap agreements are valued utilizing quotes received daily by the Fund’s pricing service or through brokers, which are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments.

If events (e.g., a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such instruments, or in the event that the application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, deems relevant consistent with the principles of fair value measurement. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis.

Fair Value Hierarchy: 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 statement 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 Fund’s own 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. The significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments are typically categorized as Level 3. The fair value hierarchy for the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments have been included in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the hierarchy. In accordance with the Fund’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. 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.

4. Derivative Financial Instruments:

The Fund engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Fund and/or to manage its exposure to certain risks such as equity risk, interest rate risk and foreign currency exchange rate risk. Derivative financial instruments categorized by risk exposure are included in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or OTC.

Futures Contracts: The Fund invests in long and/or short positions in futures and options on futures contracts to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk).

 

                
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)     

 

Futures contracts are agreements between the Fund and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, is shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: The Fund enters into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to gain or reduce exposure to foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

A forward foreign currency exchange contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set exchange rate on a specified date. These contracts help to manage the overall exposure to the currencies in which some of the investments held by the Fund are denominated and in some cases, may be used to obtain exposure to a particular market.

The daily change in market value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When a contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations equal to the difference between the value at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Non-deliverable forward foreign currency exchange contracts are settled with the counterparty in cash without delivery of foreign currency. The use of forward foreign currency exchange contracts involves the risk that the value of a forward foreign currency exchange contract changes unfavorably due to movements in the value of the referenced foreign currencies.

Swaps: The Fund enters into swap contracts to manage exposure to issuers, markets and securities. Such contracts are agreements between the Fund and a counterparty to make periodic net payments on a specified notional amount or a net payment upon termination. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the OTC market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“OTC swaps”) or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”).

For OTC swaps, any upfront premiums paid and any upfront fees received are shown as swap premiums paid and swap premiums received, respectively, in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities and amortized over the term of the contract. The daily fluctuation in market value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC Swaps in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or paid are recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively. When an OTC swap is terminated, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Fund’s basis in the contract, if any. Generally, the basis of the contract is the premium received or paid.

 

 

Total return swaps — The Fund enters into total return swaps to obtain exposure to a portfolio of long and short securities without owning such securities.

Under the terms of a contract, the swap is designed to function as a portfolio of direct investments in long and short equity positions. This means that the Fund has the ability to trade in and out of these long and short positions within the swap and will receive the economic benefits and risks equivalent to direct investment in these positions, subject to certain adjustments due to events related to the counterparty and its hedge. Benefits and risks include capital appreciation (depreciation), corporate actions and dividends received and paid, all of which are reflected in the swap’s market value. The market value also includes interest charges and credits (“financing fees”) related to the notional values of the long and short positions and cash balances within the swap. These interest charges and credits are based on a specified benchmark rate plus or minus a specified spread determined based upon the country and/or currency of the positions in the portfolio.

Positions within the swap and financing fees are reset periodically. During a reset, any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on positions and accrued financing fees become available for cash settlement between the Fund and the counterparty. The amounts that are available for cash settlement are recorded as realized gains or losses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Cash settlement in and out of the swap may occur at a reset date or any other date, at the discretion of the Fund and the counterparty, over the life of the agreement. Certain swaps have no stated expiration and can be terminated by either party at any time.

 

                
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)     

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps — The Fund enters into interest rate swaps to gain or reduce exposure to interest rates or to manage duration, the yield curve or interest rate risk (interest rate risk).

Interest rate swaps are agreements in which one party pays a stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, in exchange for another party’s stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, on the same notional amount for a specified period of time. In more complex interest rate swaps, the notional principal amount may decline (or amortize) over time.

Master Netting Arrangements: In order to define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help it mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. Bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may restrict or prohibit the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events. In addition, certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event the Fund’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Fund fails to meet the terms of its ISDA Master Agreements. The result would cause the Fund to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty.

Collateral Requirements: For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by the Fund and the counterparty.

Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, is reported separately on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral and cash received as collateral, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Fund, if any, is noted in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a certain minimum transfer amount threshold before a transfer is required, which is determined at the close of business of the Fund. Any additional required collateral is delivered to/pledged by the Fund on the next business day. Typically, the counterparty is not permitted to sell, re-pledge or use cash and non-cash collateral it receives. The Fund generally agrees not to use non-cash collateral that it receives but may, absent default or certain other circumstances defined in the underlying ISDA Master Agreement, be permitted to use cash collateral received. In such cases, interest may be paid pursuant to the collateral arrangement with the counterparty. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, it bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. Likewise, to the extent the Fund has delivered collateral to a counterparty and stands ready to perform under the terms of its agreement with such counterparty, it bears the risk of loss from a counterparty in the amount of the value of the collateral in the event the counterparty fails to return such collateral. Based on the terms of agreements, collateral may not be required for all derivative contracts.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements, if any, in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

5. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is the largest stockholder and an affiliate of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) for 1940 Act purposes.

Investment Advisory Fees

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Manager, the Fund’s investment advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory services. The Manager is responsible for the management of the Fund’s portfolio and provides the personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Fund. For such services, the Fund pays the Manager a monthly fee, which is determined by calculating a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets, based on the following annual rates:

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Investment Advisory Fee  

First $1 Billion

    1.00%   

$1 Billion — $3 Billion

    0.94%   

$3 Billion — $5 Billion

    0.90%   

$5 Billion — $10 Billion

    0.87%   

Greater than $10 Billion

    0.85%   

 

                
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)     

 

The Manager provides investment management and other services to the Subsidiary. The Manager does not receive separate compensation from the Subsidiary for providing investment management or administrative services. However, the Fund pays the Manager based on the Fund’s net assets, plus the proceeds of any debt securities or outstanding borrowings used for leverage, which includes the assets of the Subsidiary.

The Manager, with respect to the Fund, entered into separate sub-advisory agreements with BlackRock International Limited, BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited and BlackRock (Singapore) Limited (collectively, the “Sub-Advisors”), each an affiliate of the Manager. The Manager pays the Sub-Advisors for services they provide a monthly fee that is a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by the Fund to the Manager.

Service and Distribution Fees

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, entered into a Distribution Agreement and a Distribution and Service Plan with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of the Manager. Pursuant to the Distribution and Service Plan and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund pays BRIL ongoing service and distribution fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at annual rates based upon the average daily net assets of the relevant share class of the Fund as follows:

 

     Investor A      Investor C  

Service Fee

    0.25%         0.25%   

Distribution Fee

            0.75%   

BRIL and broker-dealers, pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, provide shareholder servicing and distribution services to the Fund. The ongoing service and/or distribution fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing and/or distribution related services to the shareholders.

For the six months ended April 30, 2016, the following table shows the class specific service and distribution fees borne directly by each share class of the Fund:

 

Investor A   Investor C      Total  

$1,948

  $ 3,972       $ 5,920   

Administration

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, entered into an Administration Agreement with the Manager, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide administrative services. For these services, the Manager receives an administration fee computed daily and payable monthly, based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The administration fees, which is shown as administration in the Consolidated Statement of Operations, is paid at the annual rates below.

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Administration Fee  

First $500 Million

    0.0425%   

$500 Million — $1 Billion

    0.0400%   

$1 Billion — $2 Billion

    0.0375%   

$2 Billion — $4 Billion

    0.0350%   

$4 Billion — $13 Billion

    0.0325%   

Greater than $13 Billion

    0.0300%   

In addition, the Manager charges each of the share classes an administration fee, which is shown as administration — class specific in the Consolidated Statement of Operations, at an annual rate of 0.02% of the average daily net assets of each respective class.

For the six months ended April 30, 2016, the following table shows the class specific administration fees borne directly by each class of the Fund:

 

Institutional   Investor A      Investor C      Total  

$5,111

  $ 156       $ 80       $ 5,347   

Transfer Agent

Pursuant to written agreements, certain financial intermediaries, some of which may be affiliates, provide the Fund with sub-accounting, recordkeeping, sub-transfer agency and other administrative services with respect to sub-accounts they service. For these services, these entities receive an asset-based fee or an annual fee per shareholder account, which will vary depending on share class and/or net assets.

 

                
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)     

 

For the six months ended April 30, 2016, the following table shows the class specific transfer agent fees borne directly by each class of the Fund:

 

Institutional   Investor A      Investor C      Total  

$4,733

  $ 1,663       $ 758       $ 7,154   

Other Fees

For the six months ended April 30, 2016, affiliates earned underwriting discounts, direct commissions and dealer concessions on sales of the Fund’s Investor A Shares, which totaled $537.

For the six months ended April 30, 2016, affiliates received CDSCs of $934 for the Fund’s Investor C Shares.

Expense Limitations, Waivers, Reimbursements and Recoupments

The Manager, with respect to the Fund, contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit expenses, excluding interest expense, dividend expense, tax expense, acquired fund fees and expenses, and certain other fund expenses, which constitute extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business. The current expense limitations as a percentage of average daily net assets are as follows:

 

     Expense Limitation  

Institutional

    1.40%   

Investor A

    1.65%   

Investor C

    2.40%   

For the six months ended April 30, 2016, the Manager waived $80,972 which is included in fees waived by the Manager in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue these contractual expense limitations prior to March 1, 2017, unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees or by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.

The Manager, with respect to the Fund, voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Fund pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds. This amount is included in fees waived by the Manager in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. However, the Manager does not waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees paid in connection with the Fund’s investments in other affiliated investment companies, if any. For the six months ended April 30, 2016, the Fund waived $13,949.

In addition, the Manager has contractually agreed to waive the management fee on assets estimated to be attributed to the Fund’s investments in other equity and fixed income mutual funds managed by BlackRock or its affiliates. This amount is included in fees waived by the Manager in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. For the six months ended April 30, 2016, the amount waived was $5,727.

For the six months ended April 30, 2016, the amounts included in administration fees waived – class specific in the Consolidated Statement of Operations:

 

Institutional   Investor A      Investor C      Total  

$5,019

  $ 153       $ 78       $ 5,250   

The Manager maintains a call center that is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Fund. Shareholder services include responding to inquiries and processing subscriptions and redemptions based upon instructions from shareholders. For the six months ended April 30, 2016, the Fund reimbursed the Manager the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Consolidated Statement of Operations:

 

Institutional   Investor A      Investor C      Total  

$150

  $ 152       $ 27       $ 329   

For the six months ended April 30, 2016, the amounts included in transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed– class specific in the Consolidated Statement of Operations:

 

Institutional   Investor A      Investor C      Total  

$4,733

  $ 1,663       $ 758       $ 7,154   

 

                
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)     

 

If during the Fund’s fiscal year the operating expenses of a share class, that at any time during the prior two fiscal years received a waiver and/or reimbursement from the Manager, are less than the expense limit for that share class, the Manager is entitled to be reimbursed by such share class up to the lesser of the following expenses:

 

  (a) The amount of fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed during those prior two fiscal years under the agreement.
  (b) The amount by which the expense limit for that share class exceeds the operating expenses of the share class for the current fiscal year, provided that:

 

   

The Fund, of which the share class is a part, has more than $50 million in assets for the fiscal year.

   

The Manager or an affiliate continues to serve as the Fund’s investment advisor or administrator.

In the event the expense limit for a share class is changed subsequent to a fiscal year in which the Manager becomes entitled to reimbursement for fees waived and/or reimbursed, the amount available to reimburse the Manager shall be calculated by reference to the expense limit for that share class in effect at the time the Manager became entitled to receive such reimbursement, rather than the subsequently changed expense limit for that share class.

On April 30, 2016, the Fund level and class specific waivers and/or reimbursements subject to possible future recoupment under the expense limitation agreement are as follows:

 

     Expiring October 31,  
     2016      2017      2018  

Fund level

  $ 276,538       $ 133,450       $ 80,972   

Institutional

  $ 13,572       $ 16,945       $ 9,752   

Investor A

  $ 873       $ 2,541       $ 1,816   

Investor C

  $ 2,361       $ 3,337       $ 836   

Officers and Trustees

Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Fund reimburses the Manager for a portion of the compensation paid to the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer, which is included in Officer and Trustees in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

6. Purchases and Sales:

For the six months ended April 30, 2016, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, were $11,893,958 and $9,836,354, respectively.

7. Income Tax Information:

It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

The Fund files U.S. federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s U.S. federal tax returns remains open for each of the two years ended October 31, 2015 and the period ended October 31, 2013. The statutes of limitations on the Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Fund as of April 30, 2016, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Fund’s financial statements.

As of October 31, 2015, the Fund had a capital loss carryforward available to offset future realized gains of $19,867, with no expiration date.

As of April 30, 2016, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Tax cost

  $ 60,159,326   
 

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 1,065,104   

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (4,190,004
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

  $ (3,124,900
 

 

 

 

 

                
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)     

 

8. Bank Borrowings:

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates (“Participating Funds”), is a party to a 364-day, $2.1 billion credit agreement with a group of lenders. Under this agreement, the Fund may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Excluding commitments designated for certain individual funds, the Participating Funds, including the Fund, can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1.6 billion at any time outstanding, subject to asset coverage and other limitations as specified in the agreement. The credit agreement has the following terms: a fee of 0.12% per annum on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) one-month LIBOR (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) in effect from time to time plus 0.80% per annum on amounts borrowed. The agreement expires in April 2017 unless extended or renewed. Prior to April 21, 2016, a fee per annum was 0.06% on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) one-month LIBOR (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) in effect from time to time plus 0.80% per annum on amounts borrowed. Participating Funds paid administration, legal and arrangement fees, which, if applicable, are included in miscellaneous expenses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. These fees were allocated among such funds based upon portions of the aggregate commitment available to them and relative net assets of Participating Funds. During the six months ended April 30, 2016, the Fund did not borrow under the credit agreement.

9. Principal Risks:

In the normal course of business, the Fund invests in securities and enters into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer to meet all its obligations, including the ability to pay principal and interest when due (issuer credit risk). The value of securities held by the Fund may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers of securities owned by the Fund. Investments in the securities of issuers domiciled in countries with emerging capital markets involve certain additional risks that do not generally apply to investments in securities of issuers in more developed capital markets, such as (i) low or nonexistent trading volume, resulting in a lack of liquidity and increased volatility in prices for such securities; (ii) uncertain national policies and social, political and economic instability, increasing the potential for expropriation of assets, confiscatory taxation, high rates of inflation or unfavorable diplomatic developments; and (iii) possible fluctuations in exchange rates, differing legal systems and the existence or possible imposition of exchange controls, custodial restrictions or other foreign or U.S. governmental laws or restrictions applicable to such investments. Changes arising from the general economy, the overall market and local, regional or global political and/or social instability, as well as currency, interest rate and price fluctuations, may also affect the securities’ value.

The Fund may be exposed to prepayment risk, which is the risk that borrowers may exercise their option to prepay principal earlier than scheduled during periods of declining interest rates, which would force the Fund to reinvest in lower yielding securities. The Fund may also be exposed to reinvestment risk, which is the risk that income from the Fund’s portfolio will decline if the Fund invests the proceeds from matured, traded or called fixed income securities at market interest rates that are below the Fund portfolio’s current earnings rate.

Counterparty Credit Risk: Similar to issuer credit risk, the Fund may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions. The Fund manages counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that the Manager believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Fund to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Fund’s exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Fund.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain less the value of any collateral held by the Fund.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to

 

                
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)     

 

segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.

Concentration Risk: The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in fixed-income securities and/or uses derivatives tied to the fixed-income markets. Changes in market interest rates or economic conditions may affect the value and/or liquidity of such investments. Interest rate risk is the risk that prices of bonds and other fixed-income securities will increase as interest rates fall and decrease as interest rates rise. The Fund may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates due to the current period of historically low rates.

As of period end, the Fund’s investments had the following industry classifications:

 

    

Percent of

Total Investments

 
Industry   Long      Short      Total  

Banks

    5%         2%         7%   

Technology Hardware & Equipment

    4         2         6   

Telecommunication Services

    4         1         5   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    4         1         5   

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

    3         1         4   

Internet Software & Services

    2         1         3   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    2         1         3   

Industrial Conglomerates

    2         1         3   

Metals & Mining

    2         1         3   

Transportation

    1         1         2   

Real Estate Management & Development

    1         1         2   

Insurance

    2                 2   

Other

    43 1       12 2       55   
 

 

 

 

Total

    75%         25%         100%   
 

 

 

 

 

  1   

Consists of Foreign Government Obligations (19%) and Investment Companies (2%) with the remainder consisting of other industries that were each 1% or less of total investments (22%).

  2   

All other industries held were each 1% or less of total investments.

10. Capital Share Transactions:

Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

    Six Months Ended
April 30, 2016
        Year Ended
October 31, 2015
 
     Shares     Amount          Shares     Amount  
Institutional                                    

Shares sold

    445,402      $ 3,772,410          1,449,077      $ 13,792,309   

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    11,611        94,865          899        8,237   

Shares redeemed

    (604,310     (4,919,447       (435,195     (3,856,587
 

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (147,297   $ (1,052,172       1,014,781      $ 9,943,959   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
Investor A                                    

Shares sold

    106,974      $ 932,718          200,735      $ 1,913,242   

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    2,369        19,304          421        3,850   

Shares redeemed

    (104,547     (860,850       (84,482     (776,216
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase

    4,796      $ 91,172          116,674      $ 1,140,876   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
Investor C                                    

Shares sold

    39,295      $ 337,789          73,566      $ 702,667   

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                             

Shares redeemed

    (45,516     (373,166       (204,283     (1,914,712
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net decrease

    (6,221   $ (35,377       (130,717   $ (1,212,045
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Net Increase (Decrease)

    (148,722   $ (996,377       1,000,738      $ 9,872,790   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

                
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (concluded)     

 

At April 30, 2016, the following shares of the Fund were owned by affiliates:

 

Institutional

    5,091,436   

Investor A

    2,500   

Investor C

    2,500   

11. Subsequent Events:

Management’s evaluation of the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund’s financial statements was completed through the date the financial statements were issued and the following items were noted:

On June 13, 2016, the Board of the Fund approved a change in the name of the Fund to BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund effective on July 18, 2016.

 

                
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Officers and Trustees     

 

Rodney D. Johnson, Chair of the Board and Trustee

David O. Beim, Trustee

Susan J. Carter, Trustee

Collette Chilton, Trustee

Neil A. Cotty, Trustee

Dr. Matina S. Horner, Trustee

Cynthia A. Montgomery, Trustee

Barbara G. Novick, Trustee

Joseph P. Platt, Trustee

Robert C. Robb, Jr., Trustee

Mark Stalnecker, Trustee

Kenneth L. Urish, Trustee

Claire A. Walton, Trustee

Frederick W. Winter, Trustee

John M. Perlowski, Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer

Richard Hoerner, CFA, Vice President

Jennifer McGovern, Vice President

Neal J. Andrews, Chief Financial Officer

Jay M. Fife, Treasurer

Charles Park, Chief Compliance Officer

Fernanda Piedra, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

Benjamin Archibald, Secretary

 

Effective December 31, 2015, Herbert I. London and Toby Rosenblatt retired as Trustees of the Trust.

Effective February 5, 2016, Frank J. Fabozzi resigned as a Trustee of the Trust.

Effective February 8, 2016, Susan J. Carter, Neil A. Cotty and Claire A. Walton were elected to serve as Trustees of the Trust.

 

       

Investment Advisor and

Administrator

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Sub-Advisors

BlackRock International Limited

Edinburgh, EH3 8BL

United Kingdom

 

BlackRock Asset Management

North Asia Limited

Hong Kong, China

 

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

079912 Singapore

 

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment

Servicing (US) Inc.

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Distributor

BlackRock Investments, LLC

New York, NY 10022

Accounting Agent and Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Boston, MA 02110

   

Independent Registered

Public Accounting Firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, MA 02116

 

Legal Counsel

Sidley Austin LLP

New York, NY 10019

     

Address of the Fund

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

                
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Additional Information     

 

Proxy Results

A Special Meeting of Shareholders was held on February 8, 2016 for shareholders of record on December 11, 2015, to elect a Board of Trustees of the Trust.

 

             Votes For        Votes Withheld  
Approved the Trustees* as follows:   David O. Beim        3,327,629,620           22,971,395   
  Susan J. Carter        3,329,237,692           21,363,323   
  Collette Chilton        3,329,179,365           21,421,650   
  Neil A. Cotty        3,328,526,288           22,074,727   
  Matina S. Horner        3,326,965,973           23,635,042   
  Rodney D. Johnson        3,327,844,311           22,756,704   
  Cynthia A. Montgomery        3,328,882,847           21,718,168   
  Joseph P. Platt        3,327,563,553           23,037,462   
  Robert C. Robb, Jr.        3,327,822,475           22,778,540   
  Mark Stalnecker        3,327,691,900           22,909,115   
  Kenneth L. Urish        3,324,875,151           25,725,864   
  Claire A. Walton        3,329,000,010           21,601,005   
  Frederick W. Winter        3,327,879,107           22,721,908   
  Barbara G. Novick        3,327,607,976           22,993,039   
  John M. Perlowski        3,326,473,221           24,127,794   

 

  *   Denotes Trust-wide proposal and voting results.

 

General Information

Householding

The Fund will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please call the Fund at (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on how to access documents on the SEC’s website without charge may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available upon request and without charge (1) by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at http://www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Availability of Proxy Voting Record

Information about how the Fund voted proxies relating to securities held in the Fund’s portfolio during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available upon request and without charge (1) at http://www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

BlackRock’s Mutual Fund Family

BlackRock offers a diverse lineup of open-end mutual funds crossing all investment styles and managed by experts in equity, fixed income and tax-exempt investing. Visit http://www.blackrock.com for more information.

 

                
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Additional Information (concluded)     

 

 

Shareholder Privileges      

Account Information

Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also reach us on the Web at http://www.blackrock.com/funds.

Automatic Investment Plans

Investor Class shareholders who want to invest regularly can arrange to have $50 or more automatically deducted from their checking or savings account and invested in any of the BlackRock funds.

Systematic Withdrawal Plans

Investor Class shareholders can establish a systematic withdrawal plan and receive periodic payments of $50 or more from their BlackRock funds, as long as their account balance is at least $10,000.

Retirement Plans

Shareholders may make investments in conjunction with Traditional, Rollover, Roth, Coverdell, Simple IRAs, SEP IRAs and 403(b) Plans.

 

BlackRock Privacy Principles      

BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and former fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain cases we share such information with select parties.

If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regulations require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply with those specific laws, rules or regulations.

BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.

BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non-public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its intended purpose.

We may share information with our affiliates to service your account or to provide you with information about other BlackRock products or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts access to non-public personal information about its Clients to those BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information. BlackRock maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are designed to protect the non-public personal information of its Clients, including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.

 

                
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The report is intended for current holders. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by the Fund’s current prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.

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Item 2 – Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

Item 3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

Item 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

Item 5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not Applicable

 

Item 6 – Investments

(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

(b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.

 

Item 7 – Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable

 

Item 8 – Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable

 

Item 9 – Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable

 

Item 10 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders –There have been no material changes to these procedures.

 

Item 11 – Controls and Procedures

(a) – The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by
Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(b) – There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12 – Exhibits attached hereto

(a)(1) – Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

(a)(2) – Certifications – Attached hereto

(a)(3) – Not Applicable

(b) – Certifications – Attached hereto

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

BlackRock Funds

 

By:   

/s/ John M. Perlowski

     
   John M. Perlowski      
   Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of   
   BlackRock Funds   

Date: July 1, 2016

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:   

/s/ John M. Perlowski

     
   John M. Perlowski      
  

Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of

BlackRock Funds

  

Date: July 1, 2016

 

By:   

/s/ Neal J. Andrews

     
   Neal J. Andrews      
   Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of   
   BlackRock Funds   

Date: July 1, 2016

 

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