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:
Name of Fund:
BlackRock FundsSM |
iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund |
iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund |
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Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809
Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock FundsSM, 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
Date of reporting period:
Item 1 — Report to Stockholders
(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith
iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund
Institutional Shares | BIDIX
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — June 30, 2024
This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund (the “Fund”) for the period of January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 441‑7762.
What were the Fund costs for the last six months?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Class name | Costs of a $10,000 investment | Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment |
Institutional Shares | $12 | 0.25% |
Average annual total returns | | | | |
| 6-Month Total Returns | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
Institutional Shares | (0.33)% | 3.19% | 1.09% | 2.19% |
ICE BofA US Municipal Securities Index | (0.06)% | 3.49% | 1.19% | 2.46% |
Key Fund statistics | |
Net Assets | $242,270,439% |
Number of Portfolio Holdings | $269% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | $2% |
On November 19, 2018, the Fund acquired all of the assets and assumed certain stated liabilities of the State Farm Tax Advantaged Bond Fund (the “Predecessor Fund”), a series of State Farm Mutual Fund Trust, through a tax-free reorganization (the “Reorganization”). The Predecessor Fund is the performance and accounting survivor of the Reorganization; accordingly the Fund assumed the performance and financial history of the Predecessor Fund upon completion of the Reorganization.
Performance shown prior to the Institutional Shares inception date of November 19, 2018 is that of Investor A Shares, which reflect the performance of Premier Shares of the Predecessor Fund. The performance of Institutional Shares would be substantially similar to Investor A Shares because Institutional Shares and Investor A Shares invest in the same portfolio of securities and performance would only differ to the extent that Institutional Shares and Investor A Shares have different expenses. The actual returns of Institutional Shares would have been higher than those of the Investor A Shares because Institutional Shares have lower expenses than the Investor A Shares.
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. Visit blackrock.com for more recent performance information.
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of June 30, 2024)
Sector allocation |
Sector(a) | Percent of Total Investments(b) |
Transportation | 29.5% |
State | 26.1% |
County/City/Special District/School District | 17.8% |
Utilities | 12.3% |
Health | 6.8% |
Education | 6.6% |
Housing | 0.9% |
Credit quality allocation |
Credit Rating(c) | Percent of Total Investments(b) |
AAA/Aaa | 21.8% |
AA/Aa | 59.3% |
A | 17.6% |
BBB/Baa | 0.5% |
N/R | 0.8% |
(a) | For purposes of this report, sector sub-classifications may differ from those utilized for compliance purposes. |
(b) | Excludes short-term securities. |
(c) | For purposes of this report, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either S&P Global Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. if ratings differ. These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change. |
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports. For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords.
The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold, or promoted by ICE Data Indices, LLC and its affiliates, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund. BlackRock is not affiliated with the company listed above.
©2024 BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. BLACKROCK is a registered trademark of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are those of their respective owners.
iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund
Institutional Shares | BIDIX
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — June 30, 2024
BIDIX-06/24-SAR
iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund
Investor A Shares | BIDAX
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — June 30, 2024
This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund (the “Fund”) for the period of January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 441‑7762.
What were the Fund costs for the last six months?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Class name | Costs of a $10,000 investment | Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment |
Investor A Shares | $25 | 0.50% |
Average annual total returns | | | | |
| 6-Month Total Returns | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
Investor A Shares | (0.46)% | 2.93% | 0.85% | 2.04% |
ICE BofA US Municipal Securities Index | (0.06)% | 3.49% | 1.19% | 2.46% |
Key Fund statistics | |
Net Assets | $242,270,439% |
Number of Portfolio Holdings | $269% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | $2% |
On November 19, 2018, the Fund acquired all of the assets and assumed certain stated liabilities of the State Farm Tax Advantaged Bond Fund (the “Predecessor Fund”), a series of State Farm Mutual Fund Trust, through a tax-free reorganization (the “Reorganization”). The Predecessor Fund is the performance and accounting survivor of the Reorganization; accordingly the Fund assumed the performance and financial history of the Predecessor Fund upon completion of the Reorganization.
Investor A Shares performance shown prior to the Reorganization is that of the Premier Shares of the Predecessor Fund.
Average annual total returns reflect reductions for service fees.
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. Visit blackrock.com for more recent performance information.
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of June 30, 2024)
Sector allocation |
Sector(a) | Percent of Total Investments(b) |
Transportation | 29.5% |
State | 26.1% |
County/City/Special District/School District | 17.8% |
Utilities | 12.3% |
Health | 6.8% |
Education | 6.6% |
Housing | 0.9% |
Credit quality allocation |
Credit Rating(c) | Percent of Total Investments(b) |
AAA/Aaa | 21.8% |
AA/Aa | 59.3% |
A | 17.6% |
BBB/Baa | 0.5% |
N/R | 0.8% |
(a) | For purposes of this report, sector sub-classifications may differ from those utilized for compliance purposes. |
(b) | Excludes short-term securities. |
(c) | For purposes of this report, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either S&P Global Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. if ratings differ. These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change. |
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports. For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords.
The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold, or promoted by ICE Data Indices, LLC and its affiliates, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund. BlackRock is not affiliated with the company listed above.
©2024 BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. BLACKROCK is a registered trademark of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are those of their respective owners.
iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund
Investor A Shares | BIDAX
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — June 30, 2024
BIDAX-06/24-SAR
iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund
Investor P Shares | BIDPX
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — June 30, 2024
This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund (the “Fund”) for the period of January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 441‑7762.
What were the Fund costs for the last six months?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Class name | Costs of a $10,000 investment | Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment |
Investor P Shares | $25 | 0.50% |
Average annual total returns | | | | |
| 6-Month Total Returns | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
Investor P Shares | (0.46)% | 2.94)% | 0.85% | 2.04% |
Investor P Shares (with sales charge) | (4.44)% | (1.18)% | 0.03% | 1.63% |
ICE BofA US Municipal Securities Index | (0.06)% | 3.49)% | 1.19% | 2.46% |
Key Fund statistics | |
Net Assets | $242,270,439% |
Number of Portfolio Holdings | $269% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | $2% |
On November 19, 2018, the Fund acquired all of the assets and assumed certain stated liabilities of the State Farm Tax Advantaged Bond Fund (the “Predecessor Fund”), a series of State Farm Mutual Fund Trust, through a tax-free reorganization (the “Reorganization”). The Predecessor Fund is the performance and accounting survivor of the Reorganization; accordingly the Fund assumed the performance and financial history of the Predecessor Fund upon completion of the Reorganization.
Investor P Shares performance shown prior to the Reorganization is that of the Premier Shares of the Predecessor Fund.
Assuming maximum sales charges. Average annual total returns with and without sales charges reflect reductions for service fees.
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. Visit blackrock.com for more recent performance information.
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of June 30, 2024)
Sector allocation |
Sector(a) | Percent of Total Investments(b) |
Transportation | 29.5% |
State | 26.1% |
County/City/Special District/School District | 17.8% |
Utilities | 12.3% |
Health | 6.8% |
Education | 6.6% |
Housing | 0.9% |
Credit quality allocation |
Credit Rating(c) | Percent of Total Investments(b) |
AAA/Aaa | 21.8% |
AA/Aa | 59.3% |
A | 17.6% |
BBB/Baa | 0.5% |
N/R | 0.8% |
(a) | For purposes of this report, sector sub-classifications may differ from those utilized for compliance purposes. |
(b) | Excludes short-term securities. |
(c) | For purposes of this report, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either S&P Global Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. if ratings differ. These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change. |
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports. For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords.
The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold, or promoted by ICE Data Indices, LLC and its affiliates, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund. BlackRock is not affiliated with the company listed above.
©2024 BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. BLACKROCK is a registered trademark of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are those of their respective owners.
iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund
Investor P Shares | BIDPX
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — June 30, 2024
BIDPX-06/24-SAR
iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund
Class K Shares | BIDKX
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — June 30, 2024
This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund (the “Fund”) for the period of January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 441‑7762.
What were the Fund costs for the last six months?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Class name | Costs of a $10,000 investment | Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment |
Class K Shares | $10 | 0.20% |
Average annual total returns | | | | |
| 6-Month Total Returns | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
Class K Shares | (0.31)% | 3.24% | 1.14% | 2.21% |
ICE BofA US Municipal Securities Index | (0.06)% | 3.49% | 1.19% | 2.46% |
Key Fund statistics | |
Net Assets | $242,270,439% |
Number of Portfolio Holdings | $269% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | $2% |
On November 19, 2018, the Fund acquired all of the assets and assumed certain stated liabilities of the State Farm Tax Advantaged Bond Fund (the “Predecessor Fund”), a series of State Farm Mutual Fund Trust, through a tax-free reorganization (the “Reorganization”). The Predecessor Fund is the performance and accounting survivor of the Reorganization; accordingly the Fund assumed the performance and financial history of the Predecessor Fund upon completion of the Reorganization.
Performance shown prior to the Class K Shares inception date of November 19, 2018 is that of Investor A Shares, which reflect the performance of Premier Shares of the Predecessor Fund. The performance of Class K Shares would be substantially similar to Investor A Shares because Class K Shares and Investor A Shares invest in the same portfolio of securities and performance would only differ to the extent that Class K Shares and Investor A Shares have different expenses. The actual returns of Class K Shares would have been higher than those of the Investor A Shares because Class K Shares have lower expenses than the Investor A Shares.
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. Visit blackrock.com for more recent performance information.
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of June 30, 2024)
Sector allocation |
Sector(a) | Percent of Total Investments(b) |
Transportation | 29.5% |
State | 26.1% |
County/City/Special District/School District | 17.8% |
Utilities | 12.3% |
Health | 6.8% |
Education | 6.6% |
Housing | 0.9% |
Credit quality allocation |
Credit Rating(c) | Percent of Total Investments(b) |
AAA/Aaa | 21.8% |
AA/Aa | 59.3% |
A | 17.6% |
BBB/Baa | 0.5% |
N/R | 0.8% |
(a) | For purposes of this report, sector sub-classifications may differ from those utilized for compliance purposes. |
(b) | Excludes short-term securities. |
(c) | For purposes of this report, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either S&P Global Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. if ratings differ. These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change. |
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports. For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords.
The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold, or promoted by ICE Data Indices, LLC and its affiliates, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund. BlackRock is not affiliated with the company listed above.
©2024 BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. BLACKROCK is a registered trademark of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are those of their respective owners.
iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund
Class K Shares | BIDKX
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — June 30, 2024
BIDKX-06/24-SAR
iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund
Institutional Shares | BIIPX
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — June 30, 2024
This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund (the “Fund”) for the period of January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 441‑7762.
What were the Fund costs for the last six months?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Class name | Costs of a $10,000 investment | Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment |
Institutional Shares | $6 | 0.11% |
Average annual total returns | | | | |
| 6-Month Total Returns | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
Institutional Shares | 2.34)% | 5.29% | 3.03)% | 2.67% |
ICE BofA US Broad Market Index | (0.47)% | 2.71% | (0.23)% | 1.11% |
Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index (Series-L) | 2.26)% | 5.37% | 3.16)% | 2.77% |
Key Fund statistics | |
Net Assets | $299,009,907% |
Number of Portfolio Holdings | $28% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | $9% |
The Fund commenced operations on February 16, 2016.
The Fund has added the ICE BofA US Broad Market Index in response to new regulatory requirements.
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. Visit blackrock.com for more recent performance information.
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of June 30, 2024)
Maturity allocation | |
Period | Percent of Total Investments(a) |
1-2 Years | 23.0% |
2-3 Years | 23.6% |
3-4 Years | 27.0% |
4-5 Years | 26.4% |
Five largest holdings |
Security | Percent of Total Investments(a) |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, 2.38%, 10/15/28 | 5.6% |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, 2.13%, 04/15/29 | 5.0% |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, 0.38%, 07/15/25 | 4.9% |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, 1.25%, 04/15/28 | 4.8% |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, 1.63%, 10/15/27 | 4.8% |
(a) | Excludes short-term securities. |
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports. For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords.
The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold, or promoted by Bloomberg Index Services Limited, ICE Data Indices, LLC, and their respective affiliates, nor do these companies make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund. BlackRock is not affiliated with the companies listed above.
©2024 BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. BLACKROCK is a registered trademark of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are those of their respective owners.
iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund
Institutional Shares | BIIPX
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — June 30, 2024
BIIPX-06/24-SAR
iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund
Investor A Shares | BAIPX
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — June 30, 2024
This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund (the “Fund”) for the period of January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 441‑7762.
What were the Fund costs for the last six months?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Class name | Costs of a $10,000 investment | Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment |
Investor A Shares | $18 | 0.36% |
Average annual total returns | | | | |
| 6-Month Total Returns | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
Investor A Shares | 2.20)% | 5.02% | 2.76)% | 2.40% |
ICE BofA US Broad Market Index | (0.47)% | 2.71% | (0.23)% | 1.11% |
Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index (Series-L) | 2.26)% | 5.37% | 3.16)% | 2.77% |
Key Fund statistics | |
Net Assets | $299,009,907% |
Number of Portfolio Holdings | $28% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | $9% |
The Fund commenced operations on February 16, 2016.
The Fund has added the ICE BofA US Broad Market Index in response to new regulatory requirements.
Average annual total returns reflect reductions for service fees.
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. Visit blackrock.com for more recent performance information.
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of June 30, 2024)
Maturity allocation | |
Period | Percent of Total Investments(a) |
1-2 Years | 23.0% |
2-3 Years | 23.6% |
3-4 Years | 27.0% |
4-5 Years | 26.4% |
Five largest holdings |
Security | Percent of Total Investments(a) |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, 2.38%, 10/15/28 | 5.6% |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, 2.13%, 04/15/29 | 5.0% |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, 0.38%, 07/15/25 | 4.9% |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, 1.25%, 04/15/28 | 4.8% |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, 1.63%, 10/15/27 | 4.8% |
(a) | Excludes short-term securities. |
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports. For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords.
The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold, or promoted by Bloomberg Index Services Limited, ICE Data Indices, LLC, and their respective affiliates, nor do these companies make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund. BlackRock is not affiliated with the companies listed above.
©2024 BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. BLACKROCK is a registered trademark of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are those of their respective owners.
iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund
Investor A Shares | BAIPX
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — June 30, 2024
BAIPX-06/24-SAR
iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund
Class K Shares | BKIPX
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — June 30, 2024
This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund (the “Fund”) for the period of January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 441‑7762.
What were the Fund costs for the last six months?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Class name | Costs of a $10,000 investment | Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment |
Class K Shares | $3 | 0.06% |
Average annual total returns | | | | |
| 6-Month Total Returns | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
Class K Shares | 2.36)% | 5.35% | 3.07)% | 2.69% |
ICE BofA US Broad Market Index | (0.47)% | 2.71% | (0.23)% | 1.11% |
Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index (Series-L) | 2.26)% | 5.37% | 3.16)% | 2.77% |
Key Fund statistics | |
Net Assets | $299,009,907% |
Number of Portfolio Holdings | $28% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | $9% |
The Fund commenced operations on February 16, 2016.
The Fund has added the ICE BofA US Broad Market Index in response to new regulatory requirements.
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. Visit blackrock.com for more recent performance information.
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of June 30, 2024)
Maturity allocation | |
Period | Percent of Total Investments(a) |
1-2 Years | 23.0% |
2-3 Years | 23.6% |
3-4 Years | 27.0% |
4-5 Years | 26.4% |
Five largest holdings |
Security | Percent of Total Investments(a) |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, 2.38%, 10/15/28 | 5.6% |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, 2.13%, 04/15/29 | 5.0% |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, 0.38%, 07/15/25 | 4.9% |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, 1.25%, 04/15/28 | 4.8% |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, 1.63%, 10/15/27 | 4.8% |
(a) | Excludes short-term securities. |
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports. For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords.
The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold, or promoted by Bloomberg Index Services Limited, ICE Data Indices, LLC, and their respective affiliates, nor do these companies make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund. BlackRock is not affiliated with the companies listed above.
©2024 BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. BLACKROCK is a registered trademark of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are those of their respective owners.
iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund
Class K Shares | BKIPX
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — June 30, 2024
BKIPX-06/24-SAR
(b) Not Applicable
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 Registrant – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report
Item 6 – Investments
(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies filed under Item 7 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 – Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies
(a) The registrant’s Financial Statements are attached herewith.
(b) The registrant’s Financial Highlights are attached herewith.
June 30, 2024
2024 Semi-Annual Financial Statements (Unaudited) |
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• iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund |
• iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund |
BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. |
• iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund |
• iShares Russell 2000 Small-Cap Index Fund |
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Derivative Financial Instruments
The Funds may invest in various derivative financial instruments. These instruments are used to obtain exposure to a security, commodity, index, market, and/or other assets 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. Pursuant to Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act, among other things, the Funds must either use derivative financial instruments with embedded leverage in a limited manner or comply with an outer limit on fund leverage risk based on value-at-risk. The Funds’ successful use of a derivative financial instrument depends on the investment adviser’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 a Fund can realize on an investment and/or may result in lower distributions paid to shareholders. The Funds’ investments in these instruments, if any, are discussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.
Derivative Financial Instruments3
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)June 30, 2024
iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Alabama Public School and College Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, Sustainability Bonds, 4.00%, 11/01/38 | | | |
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County/City/Special District/School District — 0.0% | |
City of Phoenix Arizona, Refunding GO, 5.00%, 07/01/24 | | | |
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County/City/Special District/School District — 5.4% | |
Contra Costa Community College District, GO, Series A, Election 2014, 4.00%, 08/01/39 | | | |
El Camino Community College District Foundation, GO, CAB, Series C, Election 2002, 0.00%, 08/01/38(a) | | | |
Fremont Union High School District, Refunding GO, Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/44 | | | |
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., Refunding RB, Series A, (SAP), 5.00%, 06/01/25(b) | | | |
Lodi Unified School District, GO, Series 2022, Election 2016, 3.00%, 08/01/43 | | | |
Los Angeles County Facilities, Inc., RB, Series A, 4.00%, 12/01/48 | | | |
Los Angeles Unified School District, GO, Series B-1, Election 2008, 5.00%, 07/01/33 | | | |
Poway Unified School District, Refunding GO, 0.00%, 08/01/46(a) | | | |
Sacramento City Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Series E, (AMBAC), 5.25%, 12/01/30 | | | |
San Diego Community College District, Refunding GO, 4.00%, 08/01/26(b) | | | |
San Diego Unified School District, GO | | | |
Series L, 4.00%, 07/01/49 | | | |
Series I, Election 2012, 5.00%, 07/01/47 | | | |
San Marcos Unified School District, GO, CAB, Series B, Election 2010, 0.00%, 08/01/51(a) | | | |
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California Educational Facilities Authority, RB | | | |
Series U-6, 5.00%, 05/01/45 | | | |
Series U-7, 5.00%, 06/01/46 | | | |
California State University, Refunding RB | | | |
Series A, 4.00%, 11/01/35 | | | |
Series A, 4.00%, 11/01/38 | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/43 | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/48 | | | |
University of California, Refunding RB | | | |
Series AR, 5.00%, 05/15/41 | | | |
Series BE, 4.00%, 05/15/47 | | | |
Series BN, 5.00%, 05/15/41 | | | |
Series BN, 5.00%, 05/15/42 | | | |
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California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/51 | | | |
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California State Public Works Board, Refunding RB | | | |
Series B, 5.00%, 10/01/26(c) | | | |
Series C, 5.00%, 08/01/30 | | | |
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State of California, Refunding GO | | | |
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Bay Area Toll Authority, RB, Series F-1, 4.00%, 04/01/56 | | | |
Bay Area Toll Authority, Refunding RB, 4.00%, 04/01/38 | | | |
City of Long Beach California Harbor Revenue, Refunding ARB, Series C, 5.00%, 05/15/47 | | | |
City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, ARB, Sub- Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/42 | | | |
City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, Refunding ARB | | | |
AMT, Subordinate, 3.00%, 11/15/31(b) | | | |
AMT, Subordinate, 3.00%, 05/15/40 | | | |
Foothill-Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, RB, Series A, Senior Lien, 4.00%, 01/15/46 | | | |
Foothill-Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, Refunding | | | |
Series A, (AGM), 0.00%, 01/15/36 | | | |
Series A, (AGM), 0.00%, 01/15/37 | | | |
Riverside County Transportation Commission, Refunding RB, Series B1, Senior Lien, 4.00%, 06/01/37 | | | |
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California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, RB, Sustainability Bonds, 4.00%, 10/01/45 | | | |
East Bay Municipal Utility District Water System Revenue, Refunding RB | | | |
Series B, 5.00%, 06/01/33 | | | |
Series B-2, 5.00%, 06/01/34 | | | |
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, RB, Series D, 5.00%, 07/01/44 | | | |
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/37 | | | |
San Diego County Water Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/47 | | | |
San Diego Public Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 08/01/43 | | | |
San Francisco City & County Public Utilities Commission Wastewater Revenue, Refunding RB, Series B, 4.00%, 10/01/42 | | | |
State of California Department of Water Resources, Refunding RB, Series AW, 5.00%, 12/01/26(b) | | | |
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Total Municipal Bonds in California | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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County/City/Special District/School District — 0.6% | |
City & County of Denver Colorado Pledged Excise Tax Revenue, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/46 | | | |
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Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/44 | | | |
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State of Colorado, COP, Series N, 4.00%, 03/15/43 | | | |
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City & County of Denver Colorado Airport System Revenue, Refunding ARB | | | |
Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/35 | | | |
Series D, AMT, 5.50%, 11/15/29 | | | |
E-470 Public Highway Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/40 | | | |
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Board of Water Commissioners City & County of Denver, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 12/15/26 | | | |
Total Municipal Bonds in Colorado | |
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State of Connecticut Special Tax Revenue, RB | | | |
Series A, 4.00%, 05/01/36 | | | |
Series A, 4.00%, 05/01/39 | | | |
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Series B, 5.00%, 06/15/28 | | | |
Series B, 4.00%, 06/15/33 | | | |
State of Connecticut, Refunding GO, Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/25 | | | |
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State of Connecticut Special Tax Revenue, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/36 | | | |
Total Municipal Bonds in Connecticut | |
District of Columbia — 1.6% | |
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District of Columbia, GO, Series D, 4.00%, 06/01/34 | | | |
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Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Aviation Revenue, Refunding ARB, Series A, AMT, 4.00%, 10/01/51 | | | |
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Dedicated Revenue, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 07/15/45 | | | |
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Total Municipal Bonds in District of Columbia | |
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County/City/Special District/School District — 0.8% | |
County of Miami-Dade Florida Transit System, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/50 | | | |
School Board of Miami-Dade County, Refunding COP, Series D, 5.00%, 02/01/27 | | | |
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City of Tampa Florida, RB, Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/50 | | | |
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Central Florida Expressway Authority, Refunding RB, Series B, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 07/01/33 | | | |
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, ARB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/54 | | | |
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Total Municipal Bonds in Florida | |
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County/City/Special District/School District — 1.1% | |
Gwinnett County School District, GO, 5.00%, 02/01/40 | | | |
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Refunding RB, Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/26(b) | | | |
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State of Georgia, GO, Series A, 5.00%, 02/01/29 | | | |
State of Georgia, Refunding GO, Series C, 5.00%, 07/01/28 | | | |
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City of Atlanta Georgia Department of Aviation, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/29 | | | |
Georgia Ports Authority, ARB, 5.25%, 07/01/52 | | | |
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Total Municipal Bonds in Georgia | |
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County/City/Special District/School District — 0.4% | |
City of Chicago Illinois, GO, Series A, 5.50%, 01/01/39 | | | |
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, Refunding RB(a) | | | |
Series B, (AGM), 0.00%, 06/15/44 | | | |
Series B, (AGM), 0.00%, 06/15/46 | | | |
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Illinois Finance Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 12/01/40 | | | |
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State of Illinois Sales Tax Revenue, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/29 | | | |
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Series C, 5.00%, 11/01/29 | | | |
Series D, 5.00%, 11/01/26 | | | |
State of Illinois, Refunding GO | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/25 | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/28 | | | |
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Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Refunding ARB | | | |
Series B, Senior Lien, 4.00%, 01/01/44 | | | |
Series B, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 01/01/48 | | | |
Chicago Transit Authority Capital Grant Receipts Revenue, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 06/01/28 | | | |
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, RB, Series B, 5.00%, 01/01/41 | | | |
Fund Schedules of Investments5
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Transportation (continued) | |
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Refunding RB | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/25 | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/30 | | | |
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Illinois Finance Authority, RB, Sustainability Bonds, 5.00%, 07/01/36 | | | |
Total Municipal Bonds in Illinois | |
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Indiana Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Series C, 5.00%, 12/01/24 | | | |
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University of Kansas Hospital Authority, Refunding RB | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 03/01/27(b) | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 03/01/47 | | | |
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State of Kansas Department of Transportation, RB | | | |
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Total Municipal Bonds in Kansas | |
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Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/30 | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/31 | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/33 | | | |
State of Maryland, Refunding GO, Series B, 5.00%, 08/01/25 | | | |
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State of Maryland Department of Transportation, ARB | | | |
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Total Municipal Bonds in Maryland | |
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Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, RB, Series P, 5.00%, 07/01/50 | | | |
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/15/40 | | | |
University of Massachusetts Building Authority, Refunding RB, Series 1, 5.00%, 11/01/24(b) | | | |
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Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 07/01/34 | | | |
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, GOL | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 03/01/26 | | | |
Series B, 3.00%, 02/01/48 | | | |
Series D, 5.00%, 11/01/31 | | | |
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Series E, 4.00%, 04/01/46 | | | |
Series F, 5.00%, 11/01/42 | | | |
Series G, 4.00%, 09/01/32 | | | |
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Total Municipal Bonds in Massachusetts | |
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University of Michigan, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 04/01/26(b) | | | |
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Michigan Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/41 | | | |
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Michigan State Building Authority, Refunding RB, Series I, 3.00%, 10/15/51 | | | |
State of Michigan Trunk Line Revenue, RB, Series B, 5.00%, 11/15/45 | | | |
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Total Municipal Bonds in Michigan | |
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City of Rochester Minnesota, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 11/15/57 | | | |
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Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Refunding RB | | | |
Series B, 5.00%, 05/01/25(b) | | | |
Series B, 5.00%, 05/01/45 | | | |
Total Municipal Bonds in Missouri | |
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New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB, Series EEE, 5.00%, 06/15/48 | | | |
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New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, RB, 4.00%, 07/01/51 | | | |
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New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB, 5.00%, 06/15/46 | | | |
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Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/29 | | | |
Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/31 | | | |
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New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB | | | |
Series A, 0.00%, 12/15/25(a) | | | |
Series A, 0.00%, 12/15/32(a) | | | |
Series AA, 5.00%, 06/15/25 | | | |
Series AA, 4.75%, 06/15/38 | | | |
Series AA, 3.00%, 06/15/50 | | | |
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB, CAB(a) | | | |
Series A, 0.00%, 12/15/35 | | | |
Series A, 0.00%, 12/15/38 | | | |
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Refunding RB | | | |
Series A, 4.00%, 12/15/31 | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 12/15/36 | | | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Transportation (continued) | |
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Refunding RB (continued) | | | |
Series D, 5.00%, 12/15/24 | | | |
New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Refunding RB | | | |
Series E, 5.00%, 01/01/29 | | | |
Series E, 5.00%, 01/01/32 | | | |
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Total Municipal Bonds in New Jersey | |
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County/City/Special District/School District — 7.5% | |
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Series B-1, 5.00%, 12/01/41 | | | |
Series C, 4.00%, 08/01/40 | | | |
Series D, 5.00%, 12/01/35 | | | |
Series D, 4.00%, 12/01/41 | | | |
Series F-1, 5.00%, 03/01/43 | | | |
Series F-1, 5.00%, 03/01/50 | | | |
City of New York, Refunding GO, Sub-Series F-1, 5.00%, 08/01/27 | | | |
Nassau County Interim Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.00%, 11/15/34 | | | |
New York City Industrial Development Agency, Refunding RB, (AGM), 4.00%, 03/01/45 | | | |
New York City Transitional Finance Authority Building Aid Revenue, Refunding RB, Series S-2A, Subordinate, (SAW), 4.00%, 07/15/36 | | | |
New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue, RB | | | |
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Series A1, 5.00%, 08/01/36 | | | |
Series A1, 5.00%, 08/01/42 | | | |
Subordinate, 4.00%, 05/01/42 | | | |
Series A-1, Subordinate, 4.00%, 08/01/38 | | | |
Series C-1, Subordinate, 5.00%, 02/01/32 | | | |
New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue, Refunding RB, Series B-1, 5.00%, 11/01/30 | | | |
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New York State Dormitory Authority, RB | | | |
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Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/41 | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/48 | | | |
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New York State Dormitory Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/35 | | | |
New York State Dormitory Authority, Refunding RB | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/27 | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/28(c) | | | |
Series A, 4.00%, 03/15/43 | | | |
Series A, 3.00%, 03/15/51 | | | |
Series D, 4.00%, 02/15/47 | | | |
Series E, 5.00%, 03/15/27(c) | | | |
Series E, 5.00%, 09/15/28(b) | | | |
Series E, 5.00%, 03/15/29 | | | |
Series E, 3.00%, 03/15/41 | | | |
New York State Urban Development Corp., RB | | | |
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New York State Urban Development Corp., RB (continued) | | | |
Series A, 4.00%, 03/15/49 | | | |
New York State Urban Development Corp., Refunding RB | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/27(c) | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/39 | | | |
Series E, 3.00%, 03/15/47 | | | |
Series E, 3.00%, 03/15/50 | | | |
Series A, Sustainability Bonds, 5.00%, 03/15/63 | | | |
Sales Tax Asset Receivable Corp., Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 10/15/24(b) | | | |
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Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 02/15/42 | | | |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, RB | | | |
Series A, Sustainability Bonds, 4.00%, 11/15/48 | | | |
Series D1, Sustainability Bonds, 5.00%, 11/15/44 | | | |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Refunding RB | | | |
Series B, 5.00%, 11/15/37 | | | |
Series D-1, Sustainability Bonds, 5.00%, 11/15/34(d) | | | |
Sub-Series C-1, Sustainability Bonds, 5.00%, 11/15/34 | | | |
New York State Thruway Authority, Refunding RB | | | |
Series A-1, 4.00%, 03/15/44 | | | |
Series A-3, 4.00%, 03/15/56 | | | |
Series B, Subordinate, 4.00%, 01/01/50 | | | |
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding ARB | | | |
Series 194, 5.00%, 10/15/41 | | | |
Series 240, 5.00%, 07/15/48 | | | |
Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 11/15/42 | | | |
Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, Refunding RB | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/31 | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/40 | | | |
Series B, 5.00%, 11/15/38 | | | |
Senior Lien, Sustainability Bonds, 5.00%, 11/15/28 | | | |
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New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, RB | | | |
Series CC-1, 5.00%, 06/15/48 | | | |
Series DD-1, 4.00%, 06/15/49 | | | |
New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Series EE, 5.00%, 06/15/36 | | | |
New York Power Authority, RB, Sustainability Bonds, (AGM), 4.00%, 11/15/52 | | | |
New York Power Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, Sustainability Bonds, 4.00%, 11/15/50 | | | |
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Total Municipal Bonds in New York | |
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North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing, Series 52-A, Sustainability Bonds, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 5.00%, 07/01/46 | | | |
Fund Schedules of Investments7
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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North Carolina Turnpike Authority, RB, Series B, (AGC), 0.00%, 01/01/34 | | | |
North Carolina Turnpike Authority, RB, CAB, 0.00%, 01/01/49 | | | |
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Total Municipal Bonds in North Carolina | |
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County/City/Special District/School District — 0.5% | |
American Municipal Power, Inc., Refunding RB, 5.00%, 02/15/33 | | | |
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Ohio Turnpike & Infrastructure Commission, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 02/15/46 | | | |
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Ohio Water Development Authority Water Pollution Control Loan Fund, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/28 | | | |
Total Municipal Bonds in Ohio | |
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Geisinger Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 04/01/50 | | | |
Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, RB, 5.00%, 08/15/49 | | | |
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Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, Refunding RB, S/F Housing, Series 142-A, Sustainability Bonds, 4.50%, 10/01/38 | | | |
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, GO | | | |
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Series 1, 5.00%, 03/15/29 | | | |
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Refunding GO, Series 1, 5.00%, 01/01/28 | | | |
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Delaware River Port Authority, ARB, Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/39 | | | |
Delaware River Port Authority, Refunding RB, Series B, 5.00%, 01/01/26 | | | |
Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, RB, 5.00%, 12/31/38 | | | |
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RB | | | |
Series A-1, 5.00%, 12/01/47 | | | |
Series 1, Subordinate, 5.00%, 12/01/39 | | | |
Series A, Subordinate, 4.00%, 12/01/46 | | | |
Series A, Subordinate, 4.00%, 12/01/50 | | | |
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Total Municipal Bonds in Pennsylvania | |
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South Carolina Public Service Authority, Refunding RB | | | |
Series A, 4.00%, 12/01/40 | | | |
Series B, 5.00%, 12/01/51 | | | |
Total Municipal Bonds in South Carolina | |
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Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, ARB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/45 | | | |
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County/City/Special District/School District — 0.7% | |
County of Williamson Texas, GOL, 4.00%, 02/15/26 | | | |
Lewisville Independent School District, Refunding GO, Series B, 5.00%, 08/15/28 | | | |
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Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, RB, Series E, 5.00%, 08/15/27 | | | |
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Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/45 | | | |
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Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, RB | | | |
Series C, 5.00%, 01/01/27 | | | |
Series A, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 07/01/25(b) | | | |
Central Texas Turnpike System, RB | | | |
Series A, (AMBAC), 0.00%, 08/15/30(a) | | | |
Series C, 5.00%, 08/15/37 | | | |
County of Harris Texas Toll Road Revenue, Refunding RB, Series A, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 08/15/31 | | | |
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.00%, 11/01/34 | | | |
Grand Parkway Transportation Corp., Refunding RB, 4.00%, 10/01/49 | | | |
North Texas Tollway Authority, Refunding RB | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/38 | | | |
Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/43 | | | |
Series B, 5.00%, 01/01/34 | | | |
Port Authority of Houston of Harris County Texas, ARB, 1st Lien, 5.00%, 10/01/48 | | | |
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City of Austin Texas Electric Utility Revenue, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/45 | | | |
City of Garland Texas Electric Utility System Revenue, Refunding RB, 4.00%, 03/01/49 | | | |
City of San Antonio Texas Electric & Gas Systems Revenue, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 02/01/26 | | | |
Lower Colorado River Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 05/15/38 | | | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Texas Water Development Board, RB | | | |
Series A, 4.00%, 10/15/37 | | | |
Series B, 5.00%, 04/15/49 | | | |
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Total Municipal Bonds in Texas | |
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State of Utah, GO, Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/25 | | | |
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County/City/Special District/School District — 0.7% | |
City of Alexandria Virginia, GO, Series A, (SAW), 3.00%, 07/15/46 | | | |
County of Fairfax Virginia, Refunding GO, Series A, (SAW), 4.00%, 10/01/27 | | | |
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Fairfax County Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB, 4.00%, 05/15/42 | | | |
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Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board, Refunding RB | | | |
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Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/31 | | | |
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City of Richmond Virginia Public Utility Revenue, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 01/15/26 | | | |
Total Municipal Bonds in Virginia | |
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Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 10/01/38 | | | |
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State of Washington, Refunding GO | | | |
Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/30 | | | |
Series R, 5.00%, 08/01/35 | | | |
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Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, RB, Series S-1, Sustainability Bonds, 5.00%, 11/01/46 | | | |
Port of Seattle Washington, Refunding ARB, AMT, Intermediate Lien, 4.00%, 08/01/47 | | | |
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Total Municipal Bonds in Washington | |
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Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/39 | | | |
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State of Wisconsin, Refunding GO | | | |
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Series 2, 5.00%, 11/01/26 | | | |
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Total Municipal Bonds in Wisconsin | |
Total Long-Term Investments — 98.8%
(Cost: $245,421,172) | |
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Money Market Funds — 0.3% | |
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Shares, 3.88%(e)(f) | | | |
Total Short-Term Securities — 0.3%
(Cost: $667,107) | |
Total Investments — 99.1%
(Cost: $246,088,279) | |
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.9% | |
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| U.S. Government securities held in escrow, are used to pay interest on this security as well as to retire the bond in full at the date indicated, typically at a premium to par. |
| Security is collateralized by municipal bonds or U.S. Treasury obligations. |
| Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. Security description also includes the reference rate and spread if published and available. |
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| Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
Fund Schedules of Investments9
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
| | | | | Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) | | | | Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds |
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Shares | | | | | | | | | |
| Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
See notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)June 30, 2024
iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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U.S. Treasury Obligations |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Bonds | | | |
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U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes | | | |
0.38%, 07/15/25 - 07/15/27 | | | |
0.13%, 10/15/25 - 04/15/27 | | | |
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Total Long-Term Investments — 79.0%
(Cost: $239,019,388) | |
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Money Market Funds — 0.2% | |
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 5.28%(a)(b) | | | |
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U.S. Treasury Obligations — 20.2% | |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Bonds, 2.38%, 01/15/25 | | | |
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes | | | |
0.13%, 07/15/24 - 10/15/24 | | | |
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Total Short-Term Securities — 20.4%
(Cost: $61,377,881) | |
Total Investments — 99.4%
(Cost: $300,397,269) | |
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.6% | |
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| Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
| | | | | Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) | | | | Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds |
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | | | | | | | | | |
| Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
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U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | | |
Fund Schedules of Investments11
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)
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U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | | |
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See notes to financial statements.
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iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia | | | |
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Endeavour Group Ltd./Australia | | | |
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Insurance Australia Group Ltd. | | | |
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National Australia Bank Ltd. | | | |
Northern Star Resources Ltd. | | | |
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Seven Group Holdings Ltd. | | | |
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Treasury Wine Estates Ltd. | | | |
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Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd. | | | |
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Woodside Energy Group Ltd. | | | |
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Groupe Bruxelles Lambert NV | | | |
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BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. | | | |
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SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd. | | | |
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Wilmar International Ltd. | | | |
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AP Moller - Maersk A/S, Class A | | | |
AP Moller - Maersk A/S, Class B | | | |
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Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B | | | |
Novonesis (Novozymes) B, Class B | | | |
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Vestas Wind Systems A/S(c) | | | |
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Fund Schedules of Investments13
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA | | | |
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La Francaise des Jeux SAEM, Class A(d) | | | |
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LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | | | |
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Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield | | | |
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Allianz SE, Registered Shares | | | |
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Bayer AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG | | | |
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CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA | | | |
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Deutsche Bank AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
Deutsche Boerse AG, Class N | | | |
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Registered Shares | | | |
Deutsche Post AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
Deutsche Telekom AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
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Fresenius Medical Care AG | | | |
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA(c) | | | |
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Hannover Rueck SE, Class N | | | |
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Infineon Technologies AG, Class N | | | |
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Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Class N | | | |
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MTU Aero Engines AG, Class N | | | |
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
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Siemens AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
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Siemens Healthineers AG(d) | | | |
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CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. | | | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Futu Holdings Ltd., ADR(c) | | | |
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Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. | | | |
HKT Trust & HKT Ltd., Class SS(a) | | | |
Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd. | | | |
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. | | | |
Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd. | | | |
Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. | | | |
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Power Assets Holdings Ltd. | | | |
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Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. | | | |
Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A | | | |
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Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd. | | | |
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Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd. | | | |
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Bank of Ireland Group PLC | | | |
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Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(c) | | | |
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Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A | | | |
Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. | | | |
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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR(c) | | | |
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Assicurazioni Generali SpA | | | |
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Coca-Cola HBC AG, Class DI | | | |
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FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA | | | |
Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA(d) | | | |
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Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA | | | |
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Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA | | | |
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Telecom Italia SpA/Milano(c) | | | |
Terna - Rete Elettrica Nazionale | | | |
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Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. | | | |
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Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc. | | | |
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Central Japan Railway Co. | | | |
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Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. | | | |
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | | | |
Concordia Financial Group Ltd. | | | |
Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. | | | |
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Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. | | | |
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Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd. | | | |
Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd. | | | |
Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. | | | |
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Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. | | | |
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Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd. | | | |
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Fund Schedules of Investments15
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Japan Exchange Group, Inc. | | | |
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Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. | | | |
Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd. | | | |
Japan Real Estate Investment Corp. | | | |
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Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. | | | |
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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. | | | |
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Keisei Electric Railway Co. Ltd. | | | |
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Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. Ltd. | | | |
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Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | | | |
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McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd.(b) | | | |
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Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp. | | | |
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Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | | | |
Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. | | | |
Mitsubishi HC Capital, Inc. | | | |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. | | | |
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | | | |
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Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | | | |
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MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. | | | |
Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | | | |
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Nippon Building Fund, Inc. | | | |
Nippon Express Holdings, Inc | | | |
Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd. | | | |
Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc. | | | |
Nippon Sanso Holdings Corp. | | | |
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Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. | | | |
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Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd. | | | |
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Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. | | | |
Nomura Real Estate Master Fund, Inc. | | | |
Nomura Research Institute Ltd. | | | |
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Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | | | |
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Oriental Land Co. Ltd./Japan | | | |
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Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp. | | | |
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Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd. | | | |
Renesas Electronics Corp. | | | |
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Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. | | | |
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Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. | | | |
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Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. | | | |
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Shizuoka Financial Group, Inc. | | | |
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Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. | | | |
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. | | | |
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | | | |
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | | | |
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd. | | | |
Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. | | | |
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Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | | | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. | | | |
Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings, Inc.(c) | | | |
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Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC | | | |
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Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. | | | |
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BE Semiconductor Industries NV | | | |
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Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV | | | |
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Koninklijke Philips NV(c) | | | |
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Wolters Kluwer NV, Class C | | | |
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Auckland International Airport Ltd. | | | |
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd. | | | |
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Gjensidige Forsikring ASA | | | |
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Banco Espirito Santo SA, Class N, Registered Shares(c)(e) | | | |
EDP - Energias de Portugal SA | | | |
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CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust | | | |
CapitaLand Investment Ltd./Singapore | | | |
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Grab Holdings Ltd., Class A(c) | | | |
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Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.(b) | | | |
Sea Ltd., Class A, ADR(c) | | | |
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Singapore Airlines Ltd.(b) | | | |
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Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. | | | |
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. | | | |
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United Overseas Bank Ltd. | | | |
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Fund Schedules of Investments17
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA | | | |
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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA | | | |
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Grifols SA , Class A(b)(c) | | | |
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Industria de Diseno Textil SA | | | |
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Beijer Ref AB, Class B(b) | | | |
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Fastighets AB Balder, Class B(c) | | | |
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H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB, B Shares | | | |
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Industrivarden AB, C Shares | | | |
Industrivarden AB, Class A | | | |
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Investment AB Latour, Class B | | | |
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L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B | | | |
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Nibe Industrier AB, Class B | | | |
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Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A | | | |
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Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B | | | |
Svenska Handelsbanken AB, A Shares | | | |
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Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB(c) | | | |
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Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, B Shares | | | |
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ABB Ltd., Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
Adecco Group AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
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Avolta AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
Bachem Holding AG, Class N | | | |
Baloise Holding AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, Registered Shares | | | |
Barry Callebaut AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
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Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG | | | |
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
Cie Financiere Richemont SA, Class A, Registered Shares | | | |
Clariant AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
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EMS-Chemie Holding AG, Registered Shares | | | |
Geberit AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
Givaudan SA, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
Helvetia Holding AG, Registered Shares | | | |
Julius Baer Group Ltd., Class N | | | |
Kuehne and Nagel International AG, Registered Shares | | | |
Logitech International SA, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
Lonza Group AG, Registered Shares | | | |
Novartis AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
Partners Group Holding AG | | | |
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Schindler Holding AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
SGS SA, Registered Shares | | | |
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Sika AG, Registered Shares | | | |
Sonova Holding AG, Registered Shares | | | |
Straumann Holding AG, Registered Shares | | | |
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Swatch Group AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
Swiss Life Holding AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
Swiss Prime Site AG, Registered Shares | | | |
Swisscom AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
Temenos AG, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
UBS Group AG, Registered Shares | | | |
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Zurich Insurance Group AG, Class N | | | |
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United Arab Emirates — 0.0% | |
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Associated British Foods PLC | | | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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United Kingdom (continued) | |
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Berkeley Group Holdings PLC | | | |
British American Tobacco PLC | | | |
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CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. | | | |
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC | | | |
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Flutter Entertainment PLC(c) | | | |
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InterContinental Hotels Group PLC | | | |
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Land Securities Group PLC | | | |
Legal & General Group PLC | | | |
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London Stock Exchange Group PLC | | | |
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Phoenix Group Holdings PLC | | | |
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | | | |
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Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC(c) | | | |
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United Kingdom (continued) | |
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United Utilities Group PLC | | | |
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CyberArk Software Ltd.(c) | | | |
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James Hardie Industries PLC(c) | | | |
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Nestle SA, Class N, Registered Shares | | | |
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Total Common Stocks — 97.5%
(Cost: $7,096,467,912) | |
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Bayerische Motoren Werke AG | | | |
Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG(d) | | | |
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Porsche Automobil Holding SE | | | |
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Total Preferred Securities — 0.4%
(Cost: $44,047,266) | |
Fund Schedules of Investments19
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Amplifon SpA , (Expires 07/16/24, Strike Price EUR 29.56) | | | |
Total Rights — 0.0%
(Cost: $ — ) | |
Total Long-Term Investments — 97.9%
(Cost: $7,140,515,178) | |
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Money Market Funds — 0.5% | |
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.48%(f)(g)(h) | | | |
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 5.28%(f)(g) | | | |
Total Short-Term Securities — 0.5%
(Cost: $47,830,627) | |
Total Investments — 98.4%
(Cost: $7,188,345,805) | |
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.6% | |
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| A security contractually bound to one or more other securities to form a single saleable unit which cannot be sold separately. |
| All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
| Non-income producing security. |
| Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. |
| Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. |
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| Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
| All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
| | | | | Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) | | | | Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds |
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares | | | | | | | | | |
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | | | | | | | | | |
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| Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
| All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
| | | | Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund
Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
| | | | Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts | | | |
Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments | | | | | | | |
Futures contracts
Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a) | | | | | | | |
Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments | | | | | | | |
Futures contracts
Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a) | | | | | | | |
| Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss). |
For the period ended June 30, 2024, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
| | | | Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts | | | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: | | | | | | | |
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Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: | | | | | | | |
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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
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Average notional value of contracts — long | |
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
Fund Schedules of Investments21
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)
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Common Stocks (continued) | | | | |
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Derivative Financial Instruments(a) | | | | |
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| Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. |
See notes to financial statements.
222024 BlackRock Semi-Annual Financial Statements
Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)June 30, 2024
| iShares
Municipal Bond
Index Fund | iShares
Short-Term
TIPS Bond
Index Fund | iShares MSCI
EAFE International
Index Fund | iShares Russell
2000 Small-Cap
Index Fund |
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Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b) | | | | |
Investments, at value — Master Small Cap Index Series | | | | |
Investments, at value — affiliated(c) | | | | |
Cash pledged for futures contracts | | | | |
Foreign currency, at value(d) | | | | |
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Securities lending income — affiliated | | | | |
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Variation margin on futures contracts | | | | |
Withdrawals from the Master Portfolio | | | | |
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Collateral on securities loaned | | | | |
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Income dividend distributions | | | | |
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Directors’ and Officer’s fees | | | | |
Recoupment of past waived fees | | | | |
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Variation margin on futures contracts | | | | |
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Commitments and contingent liabilities | | | | |
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Accumulated earnings (loss) | | | | |
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(a) Investments, at cost—unaffiliated | | | | |
(b) Securities loaned, at value | | | | |
(c) Investments, at cost—affiliated | | | | |
(d) Foreign currency, at cost | | | | |
Fund Statements of Assets and Liabilities23
Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited) (continued)June 30, 2024
| iShares
Municipal Bond
Index Fund | iShares
Short-Term
TIPS Bond
Index Fund | iShares MSCI
EAFE International
Index Fund | iShares Russell
2000 Small-Cap
Index Fund |
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See notes to financial statements.
242024 BlackRock Semi-Annual Financial Statements
Statements of Operations (unaudited)Six Months Ended June 30, 2024
| iShares
Municipal Bond
Index Fund | iShares
Short-Term
TIPS Bond
Index Fund | iShares MSCI
EAFE International
Index Fund | iShares Russell
2000 Small-Cap
Index Fund |
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Securities lending income — affiliated — net | | | | |
Other income — unaffiliated | | | | |
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Foreign withholding tax claims | | | | |
Net investment income allocated from the Master Small Cap Index Series: | | | | |
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Securities lending income — affiliated — net | | | | |
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Transfer agent — class specific | | | | |
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Administration — class specific | | | | |
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Total expenses excluding interest expense | | | | |
Interest expense — unaffiliated | | | | |
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Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Administrator | | | | |
Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager | | | | |
Transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager — class specific | | | | |
Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | |
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REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) from: | | | | |
Investments — unaffiliated | | | | |
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Foreign currency transactions | | | | |
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Net realized loss allocated from the Master Small Cap Index Series from: | | | | |
Investments — unaffiliated | | | | |
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Fund Statements of Operations25
Statements of Operations (unaudited) (continued)Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 | iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund | iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund | iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund | iShares Russell 2000 Small-Cap Index Fund |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | |
Investments — unaffiliated | | | | |
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Foreign currency translations | | | | |
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Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) allocated from Master Small Cap Index Series on: | | | | |
Investments — unaffiliated | | | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | |
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | | | | |
See notes to financial statements.
262024 BlackRock Semi-Annual Financial Statements
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
| iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund | iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond
Index Fund |
| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | |
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Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | | |
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a) | | | | |
From net investment income | | | | |
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Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders | | | | |
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions | | | | |
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Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | | | |
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| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
See notes to financial statements.
Fund Statements of Changes in Net Assets27
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
| iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund | iShares Russell 2000 Small-Cap Index Fund |
| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | |
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Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | | |
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a) | | | | |
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Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders | | | | |
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions | | | | |
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Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | | | |
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| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
See notes to financial statements.
282024 BlackRock Semi-Annual Financial Statements
Financial Highlights(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund |
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| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | | | | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | |
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From net investment income | | | | | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(g) | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | |
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| Based on average shares outstanding. |
| The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
| Amount is greater than $(0.005) per share. |
| Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
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| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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| Includes recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees with no financial impact to the expense ratio. |
| Includes non-recurring expenses of offering costs. Without these costs, total expenses and total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and paid indirectly would have been 0.24% and 0.23%, respectively. |
See notes to financial statements.
Fund Financial Highlights29
Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund (continued) |
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| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | | | | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | |
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From net investment income | | | | | | |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(g) | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | |
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| Based on average shares outstanding. |
| The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
| Amount is greater than $(0.005) per share. |
| Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
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| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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| Includes non-recurring expenses of offering costs. Without these costs, total expenses and total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and paid indirectly would have been 0.56% and 0.50%, respectively. |
See notes to financial statements.
302024 BlackRock Semi-Annual Financial Statements
Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund (continued) |
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| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | | | | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | |
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From net investment income | | | | | | |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(g) | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | |
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| Based on average shares outstanding. |
| The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
| Amount is greater than $(0.005) per share. |
| Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
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| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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| Includes recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees with no financial impact to the expense ratio. |
| Includes non-recurring expenses of offering costs. Without these costs, total expenses and total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and paid indirectly would have been 0.47% and 0.50%, respectively. |
See notes to financial statements.
Fund Financial Highlights31
Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund (continued) |
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| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | | | | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | |
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From net investment income | | | | | | |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(g) | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | |
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| Based on average shares outstanding. |
| The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
| Amount is greater than $(0.005) per share. |
| Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
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| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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| Includes non-recurring expenses of offering costs. Without these costs, total expenses and total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and paid indirectly would have been 0.21% and 0.20%, respectively. |
See notes to financial statements.
322024 BlackRock Semi-Annual Financial Statements
Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund |
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| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | | | | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | |
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From net investment income | | | | | | |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(g) | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | |
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| Based on average shares outstanding. |
| The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
| Amount is greater than $(0.005) per share. |
| Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
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| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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See notes to financial statements.
Fund Financial Highlights33
Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund (continued) |
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| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | | | | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | |
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From net investment income | | | | | | |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(g) | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | |
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| Based on average shares outstanding. |
| The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
| Amount is greater than $(0.005) per share. |
| Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| |
| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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See notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund (continued) |
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| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | | | | |
|
Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | |
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From net investment income | | | | | | |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(g) | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | |
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| Based on average shares outstanding. |
| The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
| Amount is greater than $(0.005) per share. |
| Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| |
| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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See notes to financial statements.
Fund Financial Highlights35
Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund |
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| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | | | | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | |
Distributions from net investment income(c) | | | | | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(f) | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | |
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| Based on average shares outstanding. |
| The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
| Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| |
| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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See notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund (continued) |
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| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | | | | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | |
Distributions from net investment income(c) | | | | | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(f) | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | |
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| Based on average shares outstanding. |
| The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
| Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| |
| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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See notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund (continued) |
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| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | | | | |
|
Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | |
Distributions from net investment income(c) | | | | | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(f) | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | |
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| Based on average shares outstanding. |
| The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
| Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| |
| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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See notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund (continued) |
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| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | |
|
Net asset value, beginning of period | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain(c) | | |
Net increase from investment operations | | |
Distributions from net investment income(d) | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(g) | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | |
Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | |
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| Commencement of operations. |
| Based on average shares outstanding. |
| The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
| Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| |
| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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See notes to financial statements.
Fund Financial Highlights39
Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund (continued) |
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| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | | | | |
|
Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | |
Distributions from net investment income(c) | | | | | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(f) | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | |
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| Based on average shares outstanding. |
| The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
| Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| |
| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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See notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| iShares Russell 2000 Small-Cap Index Fund |
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| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | | | | |
|
Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | |
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From net investment income | | | | | | |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)(g)(h) | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | |
Portfolio turnover rate of the Series | | | | | | |
| Based on average shares outstanding. |
| The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
| Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| |
| Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolio’s allocated net expenses and/or net investment income. |
| Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%. |
| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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See notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| iShares Russell 2000 Small-Cap Index Fund (continued) |
| |
| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | | | | |
|
Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | |
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From net investment income | | | | | | |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)(g)(h) | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | |
Portfolio turnover rate of the Series | | | | | | |
| Based on average shares outstanding. |
| The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
| Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| |
| Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolio’s allocated net expenses and/or net investment income. |
| Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%. |
| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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See notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| iShares Russell 2000 Small-Cap Index Fund (continued) |
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| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | | | | |
|
Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | |
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From net investment income | | | | | | |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)(g)(h) | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | |
Portfolio turnover rate of the Series | | | | | | |
| Based on average shares outstanding. |
| The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
| Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| |
| Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolio’s allocated net expenses and/or net investment income. |
| Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%. |
| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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See notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| iShares Russell 2000 Small-Cap Index Fund (continued) |
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| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
(unaudited) | | | | | |
|
Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | |
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From net investment income | | | | | | |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)(g)(h) | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | |
Portfolio turnover rate of the Series | | | | | | |
| Based on average shares outstanding. |
| The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
| Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
| Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| |
| Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolio’s allocated net expenses and/or net investment income. |
| Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%. |
| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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See notes to financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)
BlackRock FundsSM (the "Trust") and BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”), are each registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as open-end management investment companies. The Trust is organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Corporation is organized as a Maryland corporation. The following, each of which is a series of one of the Trust or the Corporation are referred to herein collectively as the “Funds” or individually as a “Fund”:
| | | Diversification
Classification |
| iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund | | |
| iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund | Short-Term TIPS Bond Index | |
BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. | iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund | | |
| iShares Russell 2000 Small-Cap Index Fund | | |
Small Cap Index seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its assets in Master Small Cap Index Series (the “Series”), a series of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”), and an affiliate of Small Cap Index, which has the same investment objective and strategies as Small Cap Index. The value of Small Cap Index’s investment in the Series reflects Small Cap Index’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. The performance of Small Cap Index is directly affected by the performance of the Series. At June 30, 2024, the percentage of the Series owned by Small Cap Index was 55.1%. The financial statements of the Series, including the Schedule of Investments, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with Small Cap Index’s financial statements.
Each 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 and Class K Shares are sold only to certain eligible investors. Investor A and Investor P Shares bear certain expenses related to shareholder servicing of such shares. Investor A Shares are generally available through financial intermediaries. Investor P Shares are only available through registered representatives of an insurance company’s broker-dealer that has entered into an agreement with the Fund’s distributor to offer such shares. Class G Shares are available only to investors on eligible platforms. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing and distribution expenditures.
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Institutional and Investor A Shares | | | |
Class K and Class G Shares | | | |
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| Investor P Shares may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) for certain redemptions where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase. |
The Board of Trustees of the Trust and the Board of Directors of the Corporation are collectively referred to throughout this report as the "Board", and the directors/trustees thereof are collectively referred to throughout this report as “Directors”.
The Funds, together with certain other registered investment companies advised by BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) for Municipal Bond Index and BlackRock Advisors, LLC (“BAL”) for Short-Term TIPS Bond Index, International Index and Small Cap Index (“BFA” and “BAL” or together the “Manager”) or its affiliates, are included in a complex of funds referred to as the BlackRock Multi-Asset 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. Each 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:
Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For Municipal Bond Index, Short-Term TIPS Bond Index and International Index, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed (the "trade dates"). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend dates may have passed are subsequently recorded when International Index is informed of the ex-dividend dates. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities is recognized daily on an accrual basis. Income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.
For Small Cap Index, for financial reporting purposes, contributions to and withdrawals from the Series are accounted for on a trade date basis. Small Cap Index records its proportionate share of the Series’ income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses on a daily basis. Realized and unrealized gains and losses are adjusted utilizing partnership tax allocation rules. In addition, Small Cap Index accrues its own expenses. Income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.
Foreign Currency Translation: Each Fund’s books and records are maintained in U.S. dollars. 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 trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Purchases and sales of investments are
Fund Notes to Financial Statements45
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
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.
Each Fund does not isolate the effect of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates from the effect of fluctuations in the market prices of investments for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the effects of changes in exchange rates on investments are not segregated in the Statements 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. Each 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 U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Foreign Taxes: International Index may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which the Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Foreign taxes withheld”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of June 30, 2024, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
The Fund files withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Fund may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations include tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.
Bank Overdraft: The Funds had outstanding cash disbursements exceeding deposited cash amounts at the custodian during the reporting period. The Funds are obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses, where applicable. For financial reporting purposes, overdraft fees, if any, are included in interest expense in the Statements of Operations.
Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.
Distributions: Distributions paid by International Index and Small Cap Index are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions from net investment income for Municipal Bond Index and Short-Term TIPS Bond Index are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions of capital gains are recorded on the ex-dividend dates and made at least annually. The portion of distributions, if any, that exceeds a fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits, as measured on a tax basis, constitute a non-taxable return of capital. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.
Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, a Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. A Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against a Fund, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.
Other: Expenses directly related to a Fund or its classes are charged to that Fund or the applicable class. Expenses directly related to the Funds and other shared expenses prorated to the Funds are allocated daily to each class based on their relative net assets or other appropriate methods. 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.
3.
INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund is open for business and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a 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 Board has approved the designation of each Fund’s Manager as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under the Manager’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with the Manager’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. Small Cap Index’s policy is to value its financial instruments at fair value. The Manager has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees. Small Cap Index records its investment in the Series at fair value based on Small Cap Index’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. Valuation of securities held by the Series is discussed in Note 3 of the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.
Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:
•Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. 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.
•Fixed-income investments for which market quotations are readily available are generally valued using the last available bid price or current market quotations provided by independent dealers or third-party pricing services. Floating rate loan interests are valued at the mean of the bid prices from one or more independent brokers or dealers as obtained from a third-party pricing service. Pricing services generally value fixed-income securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in such securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots may trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. The pricing services may use matrix pricing or valuation models that utilize certain inputs and assumptions to derive values, including transaction data (e.g., recent representative bids and offers), market data, credit quality information, perceived market movements, news, and other relevant information. Certain fixed-income securities, including asset-backed and mortgage related securities may be valued based on valuation models that consider the estimated cash flows of each tranche of the entity, establish a
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
benchmark yield and develop an estimated tranche specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche. The amortized cost method of valuation may be used with respect to debt obligations with sixty days or less remaining to maturity unless the Manager determines such method does not represent fair value.
•Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published net asset value (“NAV”).
•Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.
Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of trading on the NYSE. Each business day, the Funds use current market factors supplied by independent pricing services to value certain foreign instruments (“Systematic Fair Value Price”). The Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities at fair value as of the close of trading on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets.
If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that 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 Valuation Committee in accordance with the Manager’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each 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 Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.
For investments in equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds (“Private Company” or collectively, the “Private Companies”) and other Fair Valued Investments, the fair valuation approaches that are used by the Valuation Committee and third-party pricing services utilized by the Valuation Committee include one or a combination of, but not limited to, the following inputs.
| Standard Inputs Generally Considered By The Valuation Committee And Third-Party Pricing Services |
| | recent market transactions, including subsequent rounds of financing, in the underlying investment or comparable issuers; |
| | recapitalizations and other transactions across the capital structure; and |
| | market multiples of comparable issuers. |
| | future cash flows discounted to present and adjusted as appropriate for liquidity, credit, and/or market risks; |
| | quoted prices for similar investments or assets in active markets; and |
| | other risk factors, such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, recovery rates, liquidation amounts and/or default rates. |
| | audited or unaudited financial statements, investor communications and financial or operational metrics issued by the Private Company; |
| | changes in the valuation of relevant indices or publicly traded companies comparable to the Private Company; |
| | relevant news and other public sources; and |
| | known secondary market transactions in the Private Company’s interests and merger or acquisition activity in companies comparable to the Private Company. |
Investments in series of preferred stock issued by Private Companies are typically valued utilizing market approach in determining the enterprise value of the company. Such investments often contain rights and preferences that differ from other series of preferred and common stock of the same issuer. Enterprise valuation techniques such as an option pricing model (“OPM”), a probability weighted expected return model (“PWERM”), current value method or a hybrid of those techniques are used as deemed appropriate under the circumstances. The use of these valuation techniques involves a determination of the exit scenarios of the investment in order to appropriately allocate the enterprise value of the company among the various parts of its capital structure.
The Private Companies are not subject to the public company disclosure, timing, and reporting standards applicable to other investments held by a Fund. Typically, the most recently available information by a Private Company is as of a date that is earlier than the date a Fund is calculating its NAV. This factor may result in a difference between the value of the investment and the price a Fund could receive upon the sale of the investment.
Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:
•Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each 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); and
•Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of 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
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determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by Private Companies that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
4.
SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS
Inflation-Indexed Bonds: Inflation-indexed bonds (other than municipal inflation-indexed and certain corporate inflation-indexed bonds) are fixed-income securities whose principal value is periodically adjusted according to the rate of inflation. If the index measuring inflation rises or falls, the principal value of inflation-indexed bonds (other than municipal inflation-indexed and certain corporate inflation-indexed bonds) will be adjusted upward or downward, and consequently the interest payable on these securities (calculated with respect to a larger or smaller principal amount) will be increased or reduced, respectively. Any upward or downward adjustment in the principal amount of an inflation-indexed bond is included as interest income in the Statements of Operations, even though investors do not receive their principal until maturity. Repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed in the case of U.S. Treasury inflation-indexed bonds. For bonds that do not provide a similar guarantee, the adjusted principal value of the bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal. With regard to municipal inflation-indexed bonds and certain corporate inflation-indexed bonds, the inflation adjustment is typically reflected in the semi-annual coupon payment. As a result, the principal value of municipal inflation-indexed bonds and such corporate inflation-indexed bonds does not adjust according to the rate of inflation.
Zero-Coupon Bonds: Zero-coupon bonds are normally issued at a significant discount from face value and do not provide for periodic interest payments. These bonds may experience greater volatility in market value than other debt obligations of similar maturity which provide for regular interest payments.
Preferred Stocks: Preferred stock has a preference over common stock in liquidation (and generally in receiving dividends as well), but is subordinated to the liabilities of the issuer in all respects. As a general rule, the market value of preferred stock with a fixed dividend rate and no conversion element varies inversely with interest rates and perceived credit risk, while the market price of convertible preferred stock generally also reflects some element of conversion value. Because preferred stock is junior to debt securities and other obligations of the issuer, deterioration in the credit quality of the issuer will cause greater changes in the value of a preferred stock than in a more senior debt security with similar stated yield characteristics. Unlike interest payments on debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if declared by the issuer’s board of directors. Preferred stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory redemption provisions.
Securities Lending: Certain Funds may lend their securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Funds collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund, or excess collateral returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, the Funds are entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities, but do not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.
As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested by the securities lending agent, BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), if any, is disclosed in the Schedules of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are disclosed in the Funds’ Schedules of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of related collateral, if any, are shown separately in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as a component of investments at value – unaffiliated and collateral on securities loaned, respectively.
Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”), which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency), for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.
As of period end, the following table is a summary of the Funds’ securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:
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Loaned at Value | | Non-Cash Collateral
Received, at Fair Value(a) | |
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| Securities Loaned at Value | Cash Collateral Received(a) | Non-Cash Collateral Received, at Fair Value(a) | |
International Index (continued) | | | | |
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State Street Bank & Trust Co. | | | | |
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| Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s Statements of Assets and Liabilities. |
The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Funds benefit from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value on the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by the Funds.
5.
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Funds engage in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Funds and/or to manage their exposure to certain risks such as credit risk, equity risk, interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, commodity price risk or other risks (e.g., inflation risk). Derivative financial instruments categorized by risk exposure are included in the Schedules of Investments. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter (“OTC”).
Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).
Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds 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 Funds are 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. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedules of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree 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 Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount 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 rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.
6.
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Investment Advisory: Each of the Trust and the Corporation, on behalf of each Fund, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Manager, the Funds’ investment adviser and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory and, with respect to Municipal Bond Index, Short-Term TIPS Bond Index and International Index, administrative services. The Manager is responsible for the management of each Fund’s portfolio and provides the personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of each Fund.
For such services, each Fund pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to the following percentages of the average daily value of each Fund’s net assets.
| | Short-Term TIPS Bond Index | |
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Service Fees: The Corporation and the Trust, on behalf of each Fund entered into a Distribution Agreement and Distribution and Service Plans 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, each Fund pays BRIL ongoing service 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 each Fund as follows:
| | Short-Term TIPS Bond Index | | |
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BRIL and broker-dealers, pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, provide shareholder servicing to the Funds. The ongoing service fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing related services to shareholders.
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For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the following table shows the class specific service and distribution fees borne directly by each share class of each Fund:
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Short-Term TIPS Bond Index | | | |
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Administration: The Corporation, on behalf of Small Cap Index and International Index, entered into an Administration Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the "Administrator"), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide administrative services (other than investment advice and related portfolio activities). For such services, Small Cap Index pays the Administrator a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.04% of the average daily net assets of Small Cap Index. Small Cap Index does not pay an investment advisory fee or investment management fee. For International Index, the Administrator is entitled to receive for these administrative services an annual fee of 0.08% based on the average daily net assets of International Index’s Institutional, Investor A and Investor P Shares, 0.015% of the average daily net assets of Class G Shares, and 0.03% of the average daily net assets of Class K Shares.
For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the following table shows the class specific administration fees borne directly by each share class of International Index:
Transfer Agent: Pursuant to written agreements, certain financial intermediaries, some of which may be affiliates, provide the Funds with sub-accounting, recordkeeping, sub-transfer agency and other administrative services with respect to servicing of underlying investor accounts. 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. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Funds did not pay any amounts to affiliates in return for these services.
The Manager maintains a call center that is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Funds. Shareholder services include responding to inquiries and processing purchases and sales based upon instructions from shareholders. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, each 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 Statements of Operations:
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Short-Term TIPS Bond Index | | | | | |
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For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the following table shows the class specific transfer agent fees borne directly by each share class of each Fund:
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Short-Term TIPS Bond Index | | | | | |
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Other Fees: For the six months ended June 30, 2024, affiliates earned underwriting discounts, direct commissions and dealer concessions on sales of each Fund’s Investor P Shares as follows:
For the six months ended June 30, 2024, affiliates received CDSCs of $184 for Investor P Shares.
Expense Limitations, Waivers, Reimbursements, and Recoupments: With respect to Municipal Bond Index, Short-Term TIPS Bond Index and International Index, the Manager contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees each Fund pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds (the “affiliated money market fund waiver”) through June 30, 2025. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the directors who are not “interested persons” of the Trust or the Corporation, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Directors”), or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. The amount of waivers and/or reimbursements of fees and expenses made pursuant to the expense limitations described below will be reduced by the amount of the affiliated money market fund waiver. These amounts are included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the amounts waived were as follows:
| Fees Waived and/or Reimbursed
by the Manager |
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Short-Term TIPS Bond Index | |
The Manager has contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee with respect to any portion of each Fund’s assets invested in affiliated equity and fixed-income mutual funds and affiliated exchange-traded funds that have a contractual management fee through June 30, 2025, with respect to Municipal Bond Index, Short-Term TIPS Bond Index and International Index. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the Independent Directors, or by a vote of a majority
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of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Manager of International Index waived $6,049 in investment advisory fees pursuant to these arrangements.
The Manager 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 each Fund’s business (“expense limitation”). The expense limitations as a percentage of average daily net assets are as follows:
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Short-Term TIPS Bond Index | | | | |
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The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue the contractual expense limitations through June 30, 2025 with respect to Municipal Bond Index, Short-Term TIPS Bond Index and Small-Cap Index, unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. These amounts of fees waived and/or reimbursed are included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager/Administrator in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Funds waived the following amounts:
| Fees Waived and/or Reimbursed
by the Manager | Fees Waived and/or Reimbursed
by the Administrator |
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Short-Term TIPS Bond Index | | |
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With respect to International Index, the fees and expenses of the Fund’s Independent Directors, counsel to the Independent Directors and the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm (together, the “independent expenses”) are paid directly by the Fund. The Manager has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund or provide an offsetting credit for such independent expenses through June 30, 2034. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the amount waived and/or reimbursed was $50,543.
In addition, these amounts waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager are included in transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager - class specific respectively, in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, class specific expense waivers and/or reimbursements were as follows:
| Transfer Agent Fees Waived and/or
Reimbursed by the Manager - Class Specific |
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Short-Term TIPS Bond Index | | | | | |
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With respect to the contractual expense limitation, if during a 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 current expense limitation for that share class, the Manager is entitled to be reimbursed by such share class up to the lesser of: (a) the amount of fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed during those prior two fiscal years under the agreement and (b) an amount not to exceed either the current expense limitation of that share class or the expense limitation of the share class in effect at the time that the share class received the applicable waiver and/or reimbursement, provided that:
(1) each Fund, of which the share class is a part, has more than $50 million in assets for the fiscal year, and
(2) the Manager or an affiliate continues to serve as a Fund’s investment adviser or administrator.
This repayment applies only to the contractual expense limitation on net expenses and does not apply to the contractual investment advisory fee waiver described above or any voluntary waivers that may be in effect from time to time. Effective November 16, 2025 for Municipal Bond Index, the repayment arrangement between the Fund and the Manager pursuant to which such Fund may be required to repay amounts waived and/or reimbursed under the Fund’s contractual caps on net expenses will be terminated.
As of June 30, 2024, the fund level and class specific waivers and/or reimbursements subject to possible future recoupment under the expense limitation agreement were as follows:
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Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BTC, an affiliate of the Manager, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending,
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including any custodial costs. The Funds are responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by the Manager or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees the Funds bear to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, redemption fee, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may impose a discretionary liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed, if such fee is determined to be in the best interests of such money market fund.
Securities lending income is generally equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (and excludes collateral investment fees), and any fees or other payments to and from borrowers of securities. Each Fund retains a portion of the securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.
Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 82% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and this amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.
In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income earned across the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex in a calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year securities lending income in an amount equal to 85% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and this amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.
The share of securities lending income earned by International Index is shown as securities lending income — affiliated — net in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Fund paid BTC $21,004 for securities lending agent services.
Interfund Lending: In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, each Fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing facility for temporary purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by each Fund’s investment policies and restrictions. Each Fund is currently permitted to borrow and lend under the Interfund Lending Program.
A lending BlackRock fund may lend in aggregate up to 15% of its net assets but may not lend more than 5% of its net assets to any one borrowing fund through the Interfund Lending Program. A borrowing BlackRock fund may not borrow through the Interfund Lending Program or from any other source more than 33 1/3% of its total assets (or any lower threshold provided for by the fund’s investment restrictions). If a borrowing BlackRock fund’s total outstanding borrowings exceed 10% of its total assets, each of its outstanding interfund loans will be subject to collateralization of at least 102% of the outstanding principal value of the loan. All interfund loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the highest current overnight repurchase agreement rate available to a lending fund and the bank loan rate, as calculated according to a formula established by the Board.
During the period ended June 30, 2024, the Funds did not participate in the Interfund Lending Program.
Directors and Officers: Certain directors and/or officers of the Trust and the Corporation are directors and/or officers of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Funds reimburse the Manager for a portion of the compensation paid to the Trust’s and the Corporation’s Chief Compliance Officer, which is included in Directors and Officer in the Statements of Operations.
Other Transactions: International Index may purchase securities from, or sell securities to, an affiliated fund provided the affiliation is due solely to having a common investment adviser, common officers, or common directors. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the purchase and sale transactions and any net realized gains (losses) with affiliated funds in compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:
For the six months ended June 30, 2024, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, were as follows:
| U.S. Government Securities | |
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Short-Term TIPS Bond Index | | | | |
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It is each 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 U.S. federal income tax provision is required.
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Each 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 each Fund’ s U.S. federal tax returns generally remains open for a period of three years after they are filed. The statutes of limitations on each 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 Funds as of June 30, 2024, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.
As of December 31, 2023, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:
| Non-Expiring
Capital Loss
Carryforwards |
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Short-Term TIPS Bond Index | |
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As of June 30, 2024, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
| | Gross Unrealized
Appreciation | Gross Unrealized
Depreciation | Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) |
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Short-Term TIPS Bond Index | | | | |
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The Trust and the Corporation, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates (“Participating Funds”), is party to a 364-day, $2.40 billion credit agreement with a group of lenders. Under this agreement, the Funds may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Excluding commitments designated for certain individual funds, the Participating Funds, including the Funds, can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1.75 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 0.10% per annum on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) Overnight Bank Funding Rate (“OBFR”) (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum, (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 or (c) the sum of (x) Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.10% and (y) 0.80% per annum. The agreement expires in April 2025 unless extended or renewed. Prior to April 11, 2024, the aggregate commitment amount was $2.50 billion. 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 June 30, 2024, the Funds did not borrow under the credit agreement.
In the normal course of business, the Funds invest in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject each Fund to various risks, including among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate and price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which each Fund is subject.
International Index may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to discretionary liquidity fees under certain circumstances.
The Manager uses an indexing approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective. The Funds are not actively managed, and the Manager generally does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets.
Market Risk: Municipal Bond Index and Short-Term TIPS Bond Index 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 each Fund to reinvest in lower yielding securities. Municipal Bond Index and Short-Term TIPS Bond Indexmay also be exposed to reinvestment risk, which is the risk that income from each Fund’s portfolio will decline if each Fund invests the proceeds from matured, traded or called fixed-income securities at market interest rates that are below each Fund portfolio’s current earnings rate.
Municipal securities are subject to the risk that litigation, legislation or other political events, local business or economic conditions, credit rating downgrades, or the bankruptcy of the issuer could have a significant effect on an issuer’s ability to make payments of principal and/or interest or otherwise affect the value of such securities. Municipal securities can be significantly affected by political or economic changes, including changes made in the law after issuance of the securities, as well as uncertainties in the municipal market related to, taxation, legislative changes or the rights of municipal security holders, including in connection with an issuer insolvency. Municipal securities backed by current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific assets can be negatively affected by the discontinuance of the tax benefits supporting the project
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
or assets or the inability to collect revenues for the project or from the assets. Municipal securities may be less liquid than taxable bonds, and there may be less publicly available information on the financial condition of municipal security issuers than for issuers of other securities.
Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A Fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A Fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause each Fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a Fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a Fund invests.
The price a Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from a Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore a Fund’s results of operations. As a result, the price received upon the sale of an investment may be less than the value ascribed by a Fund, and a Fund could realize a greater than expected loss or lesser than expected gain upon the sale of the investment. A Fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers.
Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds 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, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage 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 Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.
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.
With exchange-traded futures and centrally cleared swaps, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds 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, a 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 and centrally cleared swaps with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to 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 Funds.
Geographic/Asset Class Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.
Certain Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the Fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the Fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedules of Investments.
The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in fixed-income securities and/or use 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 decrease as interest rates rise and increase as interest rates fall. The Funds may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates during a period of historically low interest rates. The Federal Reserve has raised the federal funds rate as part of its efforts to address inflation. Changing interest rates may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility, and could negatively impact the Funds’ performance.
Certain Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities of issuers located in Europe or with significant exposure to European issuers or countries. The European financial markets have recently experienced volatility and adverse trends due to concerns about economic downturns in, or rising government debt levels of, several European countries as well as acts of war in the region. These events may spread to other countries in Europe and may affect the value and liquidity of certain of the Funds’ investments.
Responses to the financial problems by European governments, central banks and others, including austerity measures and reforms, may not work, may result in social unrest and may limit future growth and economic recovery or have other unintended consequences. Further defaults or restructurings by governments and others of their debt could have additional adverse effects on economies, financial markets and asset valuations around the world. The United Kingdom has withdrawn from the European Union, and one or more other countries may withdraw from the European Union and/or abandon the Euro, the common currency of the European Union. These events and actions have adversely affected, and may in the future adversely affect, the value and exchange rate of the Euro and may continue to significantly affect the economies of every country in Europe, including countries that do not use the Euro and non-European Union member states. The impact of these actions, especially if they occur in a disorderly fashion, is not clear but could be significant and far reaching. In addition, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The extent and duration of the military action, resulting sanctions and resulting future market disruptions in the region are impossible to predict, but have been, and may continue to be, significant and have a severe adverse effect on the region, including significant negative impacts on the economy and the markets for certain securities and commodities, such as oil and natural gas, as well as other sectors.
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Certain Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities of issuers located in Asia or with significant exposure to Asian issuers or countries. The Asian financial markets have recently experienced volatility and adverse trends due to concerns in several Asian countries regarding monetary policy, government intervention in the markets, rising government debt levels or economic downturns. These events may spread to other countries in Asia and may affect the value and liquidity of certain of the Funds’ investments.
Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.
11.
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
As of June 30, 2024, shares owned by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., an affiliate of the Funds, were as follows:
12.
FOREIGN WITHHOLDINGS TAX CLAIMS
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has issued guidance to address U.S. income tax liabilities attributable to fund shareholders resulting from the recovery of foreign taxes withheld in prior calendar years. These withheld foreign taxes were passed through to shareholders in the form of foreign tax credits in the year the taxes were withheld. Assuming there are sufficient foreign taxes paid which International Index is able to pass through to shareholders as a foreign tax credit in the current year, International Index will be able to offset the prior years’ withholding taxes recovered against the foreign taxes paid in the current year. Accordingly, no federal income tax liability is recorded by the International Index.
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)June 30, 2024
Master Small Cap Index Series(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Advertising Agencies(a) — 0.2% | |
Advantage Solutions, Inc., Class A(b) | | | |
Boston Omaha Corp., Class A(b) | | | |
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Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. | | | |
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Stagwell, Inc., Class A(b) | | | |
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Aerospace & Defense — 1.0% | |
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AeroVironment, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Archer Aviation, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
Byrna Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Eve Holding, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Intuitive Machines, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.(a) | | | |
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National Presto Industries, Inc. | | | |
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Rocket Lab USA, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Agriculture, Fishing & Ranching — 0.4% | |
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Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. | | | |
GrowGeneration Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
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Air Transport Services Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Frontier Group Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
Joby Aviation, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Air Transport (continued) | |
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Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
Wheels Up Experience, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Blade Air Mobility, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Alternative Energy — 0.2% | |
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Ameresco, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Centrus Energy Corp., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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REX American Resources Corp.(a) | | | |
Sitio Royalties Corp., Class A | | | |
Sunnova Energy International, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Century Aluminum Co.(a)(b) | | | |
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Asset Management & Custodian — 0.8% | |
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A | | | |
AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
B. Riley Financial, Inc.(b) | | | |
Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc. | | | |
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Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc., Class A | | | |
GCM Grosvenor, Inc., Class A | | | |
Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A | | | |
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PJT Partners, Inc., Class A | | | |
Silvercrest Asset Management Group, Inc., Class A | | | |
StepStone Group, Inc., Class A | | | |
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. | | | |
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Luminar Technologies, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Solid Power, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a) | | | |
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Livewire Group, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Standard Motor Products, Inc. | | | |
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Master Small Cap Index Series(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. | | | |
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Back Office Support, HR & Consulting — 1.6% | |
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Barrett Business Services, Inc. | | | |
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ExlService Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
Forrester Research, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. | | | |
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Huron Consulting Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Kelly Services, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Liquidity Services, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Resources Connection, Inc. | | | |
Target Hospitality Corp.(a) | | | |
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Banks: Diversified — 8.7% | |
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AlTi Global, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Amalgamated Financial Corp. | | | |
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
Amerant Bancorp, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. | | | |
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Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd. | | | |
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Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. | | | |
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Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
Blue Foundry Bancorp(a)(b) | | | |
Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.(a) | | | |
Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc.(a) | | | |
Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. | | | |
Business First Bancshares, Inc. | | | |
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Capital City Bank Group, Inc. | | | |
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. | | | |
Carter Bankshares, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Central Pacific Financial Corp. | | | |
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ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. | | | |
Citizens & Northern Corp. | | | |
Citizens Financial Services, Inc. | | | |
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Coastal Financial Corp.(a) | | | |
Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
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Columbia Financial, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Community Financial System, Inc. | | | |
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
Community West Bancshares | | | |
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CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc.(a) | | | |
Customers Bancorp, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. | | | |
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Enterprise Financial Services Corp. | | | |
Equity Bancshares, Inc., Class A | | | |
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | |
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Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
Farmers National Banc Corp. | | | |
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Fidelity D&D Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
Financial Institutions, Inc. | | | |
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First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC | | | |
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First Business Financial Services, Inc. | | | |
First Commonwealth Financial Corp. | | | |
First Community Bankshares, Inc. | | | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
Master Small Cap Index Series(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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First Financial Bankshares, Inc. | | | |
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First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A | | | |
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First Mid Bancshares, Inc. | | | |
First of Long Island Corp. | | | |
First Western Financial, Inc.(a) | | | |
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German American Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
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Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
Greene County Bancorp, Inc.(b) | | | |
Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. | | | |
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Heartland Financial USA, Inc. | | | |
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Independent Bank Group, Inc. | | | |
International Bancshares Corp. | | | |
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John Marshall Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
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Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. | | | |
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Metrocity Bankshares, Inc. | | | |
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.(a) | | | |
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Midland States Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. | | | |
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National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A | | | |
National Bankshares, Inc. | | | |
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New York Community Bancorp, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Northeast Community Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
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Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | | | |
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Banks: Diversified (continued) | |
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Orange County Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
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Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. | | | |
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
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Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. | | | |
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. | | | |
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Peoples Financial Services Corp. | | | |
Pioneer Bancorp, Inc./New York(a) | | | |
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Ponce Financial Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA | | | |
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Provident Bancorp, Inc.(a) | | | |
Provident Financial Services, Inc. | | | |
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Red River Bancshares, Inc. | | | |
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Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida | | | |
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. | | | |
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Simmons First National Corp., Class A | | | |
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South Plains Financial, Inc. | | | |
Southern California Bancorp(a) | | | |
Southern First Bancshares, Inc.(a) | | | |
Southern States Bancshares, Inc. | | | |
Southside Bancshares, Inc. | | | |
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Sterling Bancorp, Inc.(a) | | | |
Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a) | | | |
Third Coast Bancshares, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Triumph Financial, Inc.(a) | | | |
TrustCo Bank Corp./New York | | | |
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United Community Banks, Inc. | | | |
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Master Small Cap Index Series(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Banks: Diversified (continued) | |
USCB Financial Holdings, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Virginia National Bankshares Corp. | | | |
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Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
Waterstone Financial, Inc. | | | |
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Banks: Savings, Thrift & Mortgage Lending — 0.1% | |
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First Financial Northwest, Inc. | | | |
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Hingham Institution For Savings The(b) | | | |
OceanFirst Financial Corp. | | | |
Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
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Beverage: Soft Drinks — 0.2% | |
Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc.(a) | | | |
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4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Achieve Life Sciences, Inc.(a) | | | |
Acrivon Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Acumen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.(a) | | | |
Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Akero Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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ALX Oncology Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Anavex Life Sciences Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Apogee Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Applied Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Arbutus Biopharma Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
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Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Biotechnology (continued) | |
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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ArriVent Biopharma, Inc.(a) | | | |
ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Astria Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Atossa Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Aura Biosciences, Inc.(a) | | | |
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Avid Bioservices, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Avidity Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Avita Medical, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Beam Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Biomea Fusion, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Bioventus, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Bioxcel Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Blueprint Medicines Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
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Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Cabaletta Bio, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Candel Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Cardiff Oncology, Inc.(a) | | | |
Cargo Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Caribou Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Carisma Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Castle Biosciences, Inc.(a) | | | |
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Century Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Cogent Biosciences, Inc.(a) | | | |
Coherus Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Compass Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Cue Biopharma, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Cullinan Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
Denali Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Design Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Dynavax Technologies Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Editas Medicine, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Elevation Oncology, Inc.(a) | | | |
Eliem Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Entrada Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Biotechnology (continued) | |
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Fate Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Fennec Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Foghorn Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Greenwich Lifesciences, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Gyre Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Harvard Bioscience, Inc.(a) | | | |
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Ideaya Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
IGM Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Immuneering Corp., Class A(a) | | | |
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Inhibrx Biosciences, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
iTeos Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Janux Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Jasper Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Keros Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International PLC(a) | | | |
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Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Kyverna Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Larimar Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
LENZ Therapeutics, Inc.(b) | | | |
Lexeo Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Biotechnology (continued) | |
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Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Nurix Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Nuvalent, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Ocean Biomedical, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Omega Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
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ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Outlook Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Ovid therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Perspective Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Poseida Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Prelude Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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ProKidney Corp., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
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PTC Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Pulse Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Puma Biotechnology, Inc.(a) | | | |
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RAPT Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Regulus Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Relay Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Reneo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
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REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc.(a) | | | |
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
Sage Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Scholar Rock Holding Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
Sera Prognostics, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Soleno Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Solid Biosciences, Inc.(a) | | | |
SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Spyre Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Biotechnology (continued) | |
Summit Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Tango Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc.(a) | | | |
Tenaya Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Travere Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
TScan Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Twist Bioscience Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
Tyra Biosciences, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Vera Therapeutics, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Verrica Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
Verve Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Vir Biotechnology, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Werewolf Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
Zevra Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Zura Bio Ltd., Class A(a) | | | |
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Building Materials — 0.7% | |
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BlueLinx Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Quanex Building Products Corp. | | | |
SmartRent, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Summit Materials, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Janus International Group, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Building: Roofing, Wallboard & Plumbing — 0.2% | |
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(a) | | | |
Cable Television Services — 0.2% | |
AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A(a) | | | |
Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C(a)(b) | | | |
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Forge Global Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Patria Investments Ltd., Class A | | | |
Perella Weinberg Partners, Class A | | | |
Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Casinos & Gambling — 0.2% | |
Accel Entertainment, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Full House Resorts, Inc.(a) | | | |
Inspired Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
International Game Technology PLC | | | |
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. | | | |
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Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Chemicals: Diversified — 0.7% | |
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Core Molding Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Lifecore Biomedical, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Northern Technologies International Corp. | | | |
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PureCycle Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Chemicals: Specialty — 1.6% | |
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Minerals Technologies, Inc. | | | |
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Origin Materials, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Perimeter Solutions SA(a) | | | |
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Sensient Technologies Corp. | | | |
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Chemicals: Specialty (continued) | |
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Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. | | | |
Arch Resources, Inc., Class A | | | |
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NACCO Industries, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Ramaco Resources, Inc., Class A | | | |
Ramaco Resources, Inc., Class B | | | |
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HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. | | | |
Commercial Finance & Mortgage Companies — 0.3% | |
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C | | | |
Medallion Financial Corp. | | | |
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., Class A | | | |
RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A | | | |
Velocity Financial, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.3% | |
ACV Auctions, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Aris Water Solution, Inc., Class A | | | |
Aurora Innovation, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
Information Services Group, Inc. | | | |
LanzaTech Global, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.(a) | | | |
Moneylion, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
National Research Corp., Class A | | | |
Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.(a) | | | |
Quest Resource Holding Corp.(a) | | | |
Spire Global, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Commercial Services: Rental & Leasing — 1.2% | |
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H&E Equipment Services, Inc. | | | |
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Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class B | | | |
Willis Lease Finance Corp. | | | |
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Commercial Vehicles & Parts — 0.5% | |
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Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
Hyliion Holdings Corp., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
Microvast Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Modine Manufacturing Co.(a)(b) | | | |
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Commercial Vehicles & Parts (continued) | |
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Communications Equipment — 0.0% | |
CommScope Holding Co., Inc.(a) | | | |
Communications Technology — 0.7% | |
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Bandwidth, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Digi International, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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EchoStar Corp., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
Extreme Networks, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Ribbon Communications, Inc.(a) | | | |
Terran Orbital Corp., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Computer Services Software & Systems — 5.5% | |
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Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
American Software, Inc., Class A | | | |
Appian Corp., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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BigCommerce Holdings, Inc., Series 1(a)(b) | | | |
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Cargurus, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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CommVault Systems, Inc.(a) | | | |
CSG Systems International, Inc. | | | |
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DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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E2open Parent Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Eventbrite, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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EverQuote, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Everspin Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | |
Evolent Health, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Getty Images Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Computer Services Software & Systems (continued) | |
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LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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NetScout Systems, Inc.(a) | | | |
Nextdoor Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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PAR Technology Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
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PROS Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Rackspace Technology, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Rimini Street, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Riot Platforms, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Sapiens International Corp. NV | | | |
Schrodinger, Inc./United States(a)(b) | | | |
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System1, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Tenable Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Varonis Systems, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Verint Systems, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Verra Mobility Corp., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Workiva, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Zuora, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Computer Technology — 0.6% | |
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Insight Enterprises, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.(a) | | | |
Centuri Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
Construction Partners, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
Dycom Industries, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Granite Construction, Inc. | | | |
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.(a) | | | |
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Orion Group Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Southland Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
Sterling Infrastructure, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Consumer Electronics(a) — 0.1% | |
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VOXX International Corp., Class A(b) | | | |
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Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.(a) | | | |
NerdWallet, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Upstart Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Encore Capital Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
Enova International, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Regional Management Corp. | | | |
World Acceptance Corp.(a) | | | |
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Consumer Services: Miscellaneous — 0.3% | |
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Containers & Packaging — 0.3% | |
Ardagh Metal Packaging SA | | | |
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UFP Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0% | |
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Diversified Financial Services — 0.6% | |
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Compass Diversified Holdings | | | |
European Wax Center, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Diversified Financial Services (continued) | |
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Diversified Manufacturing Operations — 0.7% | |
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Custom Truck One Source, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Enerpac Tool Group Corp., Class A | | | |
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PowerSchool Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Standex International Corp. | | | |
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Diversified Materials & Processing — 0.4% | |
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Uranium Energy Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
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EW Scripps Co., Class A(a) | | | |
Diversified Retail — 0.2% | |
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Revolve Group, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Savers Value Village, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Diversified Telecommunication Services(a) — 0.1% | |
AST SpaceMobile, Inc., Class A(b) | | | |
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Drug & Grocery Store Chains — 0.4% | |
Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A | | | |
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(a) | | | |
Village Super Market, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Education Services — 0.7% | |
Adtalem Global Education, Inc.(a) | | | |
American Public Education, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Graham Holdings Co., Class B | | | |
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Laureate Education, Inc., Class A | | | |
Lincoln Educational Services Corp.(a) | | | |
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Strategic Education, Inc. | | | |
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Education Services (continued) | |
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Universal Technical Institute, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Electrical Equipment — 0.3% | |
Amprius Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
ChargePoint Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp.(a) | | | |
Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Fluence Energy, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Net Power, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
NuScale Power Corp., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Shoals Technologies Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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SolarMax Technology, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Electronic Components — 0.6% | |
Aeva Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | |
American Superconductor Corp.(a) | | | |
Array Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Methode Electronics, Inc. | | | |
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TTM Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Electronic Entertainment(a) — 0.0% | |
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Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.2% | |
Bel Fuse, Inc., Class A, Class A | | | |
Climb Global Solutions, Inc. | | | |
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Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Lightwave Logic, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Mirion Technologies, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Richardson Electronics Ltd. | | | |
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NEXTracker, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Energy Equipment(a) — 0.4% | |
Bloom Energy Corp., Class A(b) | | | |
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | | | |
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Energy Equipment (continued) | |
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Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6% | |
Atlas Energy Solutions, Inc. | | | |
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Drilling Tools International Corp.(a) | | | |
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | |
Geospace Technologies Corp.(a) | | | |
Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. | | | |
Mammoth Energy Services, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Ranger Energy Services, Inc., Class A | | | |
SEACOR Marine Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Verde Clean Fuels, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Engineering & Contracting Services — 0.8% | |
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Limbach Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc., Class C(a) | | | |
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Golden Entertainment, Inc. | | | |
Golden Matrix Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A(a) | | | |
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B(a) | | | |
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Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
Playstudios, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Environmental, Maintenance, & Security Service — 0.5% | |
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BrightView Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Healthcare Services Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Financial Data & Systems — 0.3% | |
Atlanticus Holdings Corp.(a) | | | |
Cass Information Systems, Inc. | | | |
Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Financial Data & Systems (continued) | |
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Green Dot Corp., Class A(a) | | | |
I3 Verticals, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
International Money Express, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Priority Technology Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
Repay Holdings Corp., Class A(a) | | | |
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Financial Services — 0.4% | |
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Ispire Technology, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Pagseguro Digital Ltd., Class A(a) | | | |
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Turning Point Brands, Inc. | | | |
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Food & Staples Retailing — 0.0% | |
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. | | | |
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Forafric Global PLC(a)(b) | | | |
Hain Celestial Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Mama’s Creations, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Westrock Coffee Co.(a)(b) | | | |
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Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.(a) | | | |
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John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. | | | |
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Mission Produce, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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United Natural Foods, Inc.(a) | | | |
Utz Brands, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Whole Earth Brands, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Forms & Bulk Printing Services — 0.1% | |
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Quad/Graphics, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Fruit & Grain Processing — 0.0% | |
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Funeral Parlors & Cemeteries — 0.2% | |
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Matthews International Corp., Class A | | | |
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Equitrans Midstream Corp. | | | |
Kinetik Holdings, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Caledonia Mining Corp. PLC | | | |
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Novagold Resources, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Health Care Equipment & Services — 0.1% | |
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Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.4% | |
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
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Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a) | | | |
Nano-X Imaging Ltd.(a)(b) | | | |
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OmniAb, Inc., 12.50 Earnout Shares(a)(c) | | | |
OmniAb, Inc., 15.00 Earnout Shares(a)(c) | | | |
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PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. | | | |
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Health Care Facilities — 0.8% | |
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Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.(a) | | | |
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LifeStance Health Group, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
National HealthCare Corp. | | | |
Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Select Medical Holdings Corp. | | | |
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U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. | | | |
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Health Care Management Services(a) — 0.4% | |
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Hims & Hers Health, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Health Care Providers & Services(a) — 0.2% | |
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GeneDx Holdings Corp., Class A | | | |
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Sonida Senior Living, Inc. | | | |
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Health Care Services — 1.3% | |
| | | |
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AirSculpt Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Alignment Healthcare, Inc.(a) | | | |
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(a) | | | |
Definitive Healthcare Corp., Class A(a) | | | |
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Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Performant Financial Corp.(a) | | | |
Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A | | | |
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Privia Health Group, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Surgery Partners, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Viemed Healthcare, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Health Care: Miscellaneous — 0.0% | |
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Beazer Homes USA, Inc.(a) | | | |
Century Communities, Inc. | | | |
Dream Finders Homes, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Green Brick Partners, Inc.(a) | | | |
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Installed Building Products, Inc. | | | |
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Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A(a) | | | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
Master Small Cap Index Series(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Home Building (continued) | |
Tile Shop Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.(a) | | | |
United Homes Group, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A | | | |
Xponential Fitness, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure(a) — 0.2% | |
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Global Business Travel Group I, Class A(b) | | | |
Mondee Holdings, Inc., Class A(b) | | | |
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Six Flags Entertainment Corp. | | | |
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Vacasa, Inc., Class A, Class A | | | |
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Household Appliances — 0.0% | |
Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co., Class A | | | |
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Household Durables(a) — 0.1% | |
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Vizio Holding Corp., Class A(b) | | | |
Waldencast PLC, Class A(b) | | | |
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Household Equipment & Products — 0.5% | |
Central Garden & Pet Co.(a) | | | |
Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A(a) | | | |
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Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp. | | | |
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Household Furnishings — 0.2% | |
American Woodmark Corp.(a) | | | |
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. | | | |
Flexsteel Industries, Inc. | | | |
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Purple Innovation, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders(a) — 0.0% | |
Altus Power, Inc., Class A(b) | | | |
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Industrial Conglomerates — 0.0% | |
Brookfield Business Corp., Class A | | | |
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F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. | | | |
Fidelis Insurance Holdings Ltd. | | | |
GoHealth, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd., Class B(a) | | | |
Kingsway Financial Services, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
| | | |
Marqeta, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Oscar Health, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
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CNO Financial Group, Inc. | | | |
National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Insurance: Multi-Line — 0.5% | |
BRP Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Goosehead Insurance, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
Horace Mann Educators Corp. | | | |
James River Group Holdings Ltd. | | | |
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Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Insurance: Property-Casualty — 1.4% | |
American Coastal Insurance Corp.(a) | | | |
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Donegal Group, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., Class A(a) | | | |
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Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Palomar Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Safety Insurance Group, Inc. | | | |
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. | | | |
Stewart Information Services Corp. | | | |
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Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. | | | |
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Internet & Catalog Retail(a) — 0.0% | |
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ThredUp, Inc., Class A(b) | | | |
Vivid Seats, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
Master Small Cap Index Series(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Internet Software & Services(a) — 0.2% | |
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MediaAlpha, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Backblaze, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | |
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Fastly, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Squarespace, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Thoughtworks Holding, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Life Time Group Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd.(a) | | | |
Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Portillo’s, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. | | | |
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. | | | |
Sphere Entertainment Co., Class A(a) | | | |
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Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(a) | | | |
United Parks & Resorts, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Life Sciences Tools & Services(a) — 0.0% | |
Conduit Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | |
Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Machinery: Agricultural — 0.4% | |
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Integral Ad Science Holding Corp.(a) | | | |
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Machinery: Agricultural (continued) | |
SPX Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | |
Titan International, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Machinery: Construction & Handling — 0.2% | |
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Machinery: Industrial — 1.2% | |
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. | | | |
Chart Industries, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Columbus McKinnon Corp./New York | | | |
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Gencor Industries, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., Class A | | | |
John Bean Technologies Corp. | | | |
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Mayville Engineering Co., Inc.(a) | | | |
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Machinery: Specialty — 0.1% | |
Albany International Corp., Class A | | | |
Manufactured Housing(a) — 0.3% | |
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Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. | | | |
Golden Ocean Group Ltd.(a) | | | |
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International Seaways, Inc. | | | |
Nordic American Tankers Ltd. | | | |
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., Class A | | | |
Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. | | | |
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Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A | | | |
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Gambling.com Group Ltd.(a) | | | |
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PubMatic, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Townsquare Media, Inc., Class A | | | |
Urban One, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Urban One, Inc., Class D(a) | | | |
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ZipRecruiter, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Medical & Dental Instruments & Supplies — 1.5% | |
Akoya Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Alphatec Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Anika Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
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BioLife Solutions, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Community Health Systems, Inc.(a) | | | |
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InfuSystem Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
OraSure Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | |
Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Organogenesis Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Orthofix Medical, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Sanara Medtech, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Semler Scientific, Inc.(a) | | | |
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TransMedics Group, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.(a) | | | |
Utah Medical Products, Inc. | | | |
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Cytek Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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iRhythm Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | |
Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Silk Road Medical, Inc.(a) | | | |
Standard BioTools, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Medical Equipment (continued) | |
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Medical Services(a) — 0.0% | |
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CompX International, Inc. | | | |
Distribution Solutions Group, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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GrafTech International Ltd. | | | |
L B Foster Co., Class A(a) | | | |
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Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Worthington Enterprises, Inc. | | | |
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Metals & Minerals: Diversified — 0.5% | |
Compass Minerals International, Inc. | | | |
Constellium SE, Class A(a) | | | |
Energy Fuels, Inc./Canada(a)(b) | | | |
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Perpetua Resources Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
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U.S. Lime & Minerals, Inc. | | | |
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Lifezone Holdings Ltd.(a) | | | |
Metals Acquisition Ltd., Class A(a) | | | |
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5E Advanced Materials, Inc.(b) | | | |
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Piedmont Lithium, Inc.(b) | | | |
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Office Supplies & Equipment — 0.4% | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
Master Small Cap Index Series(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Oil & Gas Producers — 0.2% | |
Crescent Energy Co., Class A | | | |
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Oil Well Equipment & Services — 1.3% | |
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| | | |
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Liberty Energy, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Nabors Industries Ltd.(a) | | | |
Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
Newpark Resources, Inc.(a) | | | |
Oceaneering International, Inc.(a) | | | |
Oil States International, Inc.(a) | | | |
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. | | | |
ProPetro Holding Corp.(a) | | | |
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Select Water Solutions, Inc., Class A | | | |
Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc., Class A | | | |
TETRA Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.7% | |
| | | |
Diversified Energy Co. PLC | | | |
Empire Petroleum Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
| | | |
Excelerate Energy, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Granite Ridge Resources, Inc. | | | |
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ProFrac Holding Corp., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Oil: Crude Producers — 1.5% | |
| | | |
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California Resources Corp. | | | |
CNX Resources Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
| | | |
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Evolution Petroleum Corp. | | | |
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A | | | |
| | | |
Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
PrimeEnergy Resources Corp.(a) | | | |
Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. | | | |
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SilverBow Resources, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Oil: Crude Producers (continued) | |
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Oil: Refining & Marketing — 0.3% | |
Clean Energy Fuels Corp.(a) | | | |
Delek U.S. Holdings, Inc. | | | |
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
PBF Energy, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Clearwater Paper Corp.(b) | | | |
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Paper & Forest Products — 0.1% | |
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Beauty Health Co., Class A(a) | | | |
Edgewell Personal Care Co. | | | |
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Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A | | | |
Olaplex Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Personal Products(a) — 0.1% | |
| | | |
Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc. | | | |
USANA Health Sciences, Inc. | | | |
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ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Alimera Sciences, Inc.(a) | | | |
| | | |
Alto Neuroscience, Inc.(a) | | | |
Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
Avadel Pharmaceuticals PLC(a) | | | |
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Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Cassava Sciences, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Contineum Therapeutics, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
Enliven Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Master Small Cap Index Series(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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Pharmaceuticals (continued) | |
Galectin Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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Longboard Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Mind Medicine MindMed, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Neumora Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Nuvation Bio, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Pacira BioSciences, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.(a) | | | |
Revance Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Scilex Holding Co., (Acquired 01/06/23, Cost: $1,040,392)(a)(d) | | | |
scPharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
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Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | |
TG Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Theravance Biopharma, Inc.(a) | | | |
Third Harmonic Bio, Inc.(a) | | | |
Trevi Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Ventyx Biosciences, Inc.(a) | | | |
Voyager Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Power Transmission Equipment — 0.2% | |
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. | | | |
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Printing & Copying Services(a) — 0.3% | |
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Producer Durables: Miscellaneous — 0.0% | |
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Solo Brands, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Production Technology Equipment(a) — 0.1% | |
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Professional Services(a) — 0.2% | |
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BlackSky Technology, Inc., Class A | | | |
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FiscalNote Holdings, Inc., Class A(b) | | | |
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Professional Services (continued) | |
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A | | | |
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Radio & TV Broadcasters — 0.1% | |
Entravision Communications Corp., Class A | | | |
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iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
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Railroad Equipment — 0.1% | |
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Anywhere Real Estate, Inc.(a) | | | |
Cushman & Wakefield PLC(a) | | | |
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Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. | | | |
Newmark Group, Inc., Class A | | | |
Opendoor Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Stratus Properties, Inc.(a) | | | |
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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 6.5% | |
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AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. | | | |
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. | | | |
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Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. | | | |
American Assets Trust, Inc. | | | |
American Healthcare REIT, Inc. | | | |
Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc. | | | |
Apartment Investment and Management Co., Class A(a) | | | |
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. | | | |
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. | | | |
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.(b) | | | |
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. | | | |
Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. | | | |
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. | | | |
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A | | | |
Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
BrightSpire Capital, Inc., Class A | | | |
Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. | | | |
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Master Small Cap Index Series(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
| | | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued) | |
| | | |
Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
Community Healthcare Trust, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
DiamondRock Hospitality Co. | | | |
Diversified Healthcare Trust | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Easterly Government Properties, Inc. | | | |
Ellington Financial, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | | | |
| | | |
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. | | | |
Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. | | | |
Franklin Street Properties Corp. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Gladstone Commercial Corp. | | | |
| | | |
Global Medical REIT, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc. | | | |
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. | | | |
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. | | | |
Independence Realty Trust, Inc. | | | |
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust | | | |
Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. | | | |
InvenTrust Properties Corp. | | | |
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. | | | |
Ladder Capital Corp., Class A | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
National Health Investors, Inc. | | | |
NET Lease Office Properties | | | |
| | | |
New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. | | | |
NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust | | | |
Nexpoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. | | | |
NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. | | | |
One Liberty Properties, Inc. | | | |
Orchid Island Capital, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Peakstone Realty Trust, Class A | | | |
| | | |
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust | | | |
| | | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued) | |
Phillips Edison & Co., Inc. | | | |
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | | | |
Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. | | | |
Postal Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. | | | |
| | | |
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | | | |
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. | | | |
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. | | | |
Two Harbors Investment Corp. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Universal Health Realty Income Trust | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
Real Estate Management & Development(a) — 0.1% | |
American Realty Investors, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
Maui Land & Pineapple Co., Inc. | | | |
Offerpad Solutions, Inc., Class A | | | |
| | | |
Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
Recreational Vehicles & Boats — 0.2% | |
Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A | | | |
| | | |
Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
| | | |
MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
Winnebago Industries, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
Rental & Leasing Services: Consumer — 0.1% | |
| | | |
| |
Biglari Holdings, Inc., Class B(a) | | | |
BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(a) | | | |
| | | |
Brinker International, Inc.(a) | | | |
| | | |
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. | | | |
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.(a) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
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| | | |
Kura Sushi USA, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
| | | |
ONE Group Hospitality, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Papa John’s International, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
Rush Street Interactive, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
Sweetgreen, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
| | | |
Scientific Instruments: Control & Filter — 0.7% | |
Arlo Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Helios Technologies, Inc. | | | |
Napco Security Technologies, Inc. | | | |
Resideo Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | |
Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A | | | |
| | | |
Scientific Instruments: Electrical — 0.7% | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. | | | |
Preformed Line Products Co. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Scientific Instruments: Gauges & Meters — 0.5% | |
| | | |
FARO Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Vishay Precision Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
| | | |
Scientific Instruments: Pollution Control — 0.0% | |
CECO Environmental Corp.(a) | | | |
Securities Brokerage & Services — 0.1% | |
| | | |
Semiconductors & Components — 1.6% | |
Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(a) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a) | | | |
| | | |
SkyWater Technology, Inc.(a) | | | |
SMART Global Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
| | | |
Semiconductors & Components (continued) | |
Veeco Instruments, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment(a) — 0.6% | |
ACM Research, Inc., Class A(b) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Axcelis Technologies, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. | | | |
GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. | | | |
indie Semiconductor, Inc., Class A(b) | | | |
Navitas Semiconductor Corp.(b) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |
A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |
Alkami Technology, Inc.(a) | | | |
Amplitude, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
| | | |
Asana, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
| | | |
AvePoint, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
| | | |
Blend Labs, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
| | | |
C3.ai, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
| | | |
Cipher Mining, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Clear Secure, Inc., Class A | | | |
Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.(a) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Enfusion, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
| | | |
Freshworks, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
GigaCloud Technology, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
iLearningEngines Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
Instructure Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
MarketWise, Inc., Class A | | | |
Matterport, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
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| | | |
| | | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
Master Small Cap Index Series(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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| |
Pagaya Technologies Ltd., Class A(a) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
SEMrush Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
| | | |
SoundHound AI, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
Sprinklr, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
Sprout Social, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Viant Technology, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Weave Communications, Inc.(a) | | | |
WM Technology, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Zeta Global Holdings Corp., Class A(a) | | | |
| | | |
| |
1-800-Flowers.com, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
| | | |
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(a) | | | |
Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. | | | |
Alta Equipment Group, Inc., Class A | | | |
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | | | |
America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(a) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. | | | |
| | | |
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
| | | |
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Designer Brands, Inc., Class A | | | |
Destination XL Group, Inc.(a) | | | |
Driven Brands Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
EVgo, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.(b) | | | |
Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
| | | |
OneWater Marine, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
Petco Health & Wellness Co., Inc.(a) | | | |
| | | |
Rent the Runway, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | |
| | | |
Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A | | | |
| | | |
Specialty Retail (continued) | |
Tilly’s, Inc., Class A(a) | | | |
Urban Outfitters, Inc.(a) | | | |
Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a) | | | |
Warby Parker, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |
Carpenter Technology Corp. | | | |
| | | |
Haynes International, Inc. | | | |
Ivanhoe Electric, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Radius Recycling, Inc., Class A | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc.(a) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Technology Hardware & Equipment — 0.1% | |
CompoSecure, Inc., Class A | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Technology: Miscellaneous — 0.6% | |
Benchmark Electronics, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Kimball Electronics, Inc.(a) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Telecommunications Equipment(a) — 0.2% | |
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |
| | | |
Textiles Apparel & Shoes — 0.5% | |
G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(a)(b) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Superior Group of Cos., Inc. | | | |
Torrid Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. | | | |
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| | | |
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.0% | |
Hudson Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | |
Transportation Miscellaneous — 0.4% | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Radiant Logistics, Inc.(a) | | | |
Sky Harbour Group Corp., Class A(a) | | | |
Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |
| | | |
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc., Class A | | | |
| | | |
FTAI Infrastructure, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
PAM Transportation Services, Inc.(a) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Utilities: Electrical — 1.2% | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Genie Energy Ltd., Class B | | | |
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
Northwestern Energy Group, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Portland General Electric Co. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Utilities: Gas Distributors — 0.6% | |
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. | | | |
New Jersey Resources Corp. | | | |
Northwest Natural Holding Co. | | | |
| | | |
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Utilities: Miscellaneous — 0.3% | |
Brookfield Infrastructure Corp., Class A | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Utilities: Telecommunications — 0.6% | |
| | | |
Applied Digital Corp.(a)(b) | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Utilities: Telecommunications (continued) | |
Aviat Networks, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. | | | |
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | |
DigitalBridge Group, Inc., Class A | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. | | | |
| | | |
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |
| | | |
American States Water Co. | | | |
California Water Service Group | | | |
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. | | | |
| | | |
Global Water Resources, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
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| | | |
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| | | |
Total Common Stocks — 97.7%
(Cost: $4,070,572,662) | |
|
| |
iShares Russell 2000 ETF(b)(e) | | | |
Total Investment Companies — 0.7%
(Cost: $34,616,840) | |
|
| |
Aduro Biotech, Inc., CVR(c) | | | |
| | | |
Chinook Therapeutics, CVR(c) | | | |
| | | |
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| | | |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.0% | |
| | | |
Total Rights — 0.0%
(Cost: $130,239) | |
Series Schedule of Investments77
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
Master Small Cap Index Series(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
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|
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Danimer Scientific, Inc.(a) | | | |
Total Warrants — 0.0%
(Cost: $ — ) | |
Total Long-Term Investments —98.4%
(Cost: $4,105,319,741) | |
|
Money Market Funds — 9.2% | |
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.48%(e)(f)(g) | | | |
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 5.28%(e)(f) | | | |
Total Short-Term Securities —9.2%
(Cost: $457,769,889) | |
Total Investments — 107.6%
(Cost: $4,563,089,630) | |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (7.6)% | |
| |
| Non-income producing security. |
| All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
| Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. |
| Restricted security as to resale, excluding 144A securities. The Series held restricted securities with a current value of $186,596, representing less than 0.05% of its net assets as of period end, and an original cost of $1,040,392. |
| |
| Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
| All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
For purposes of this report, industry and sector sub-classifications may differ from those utilized by the Series for compliance purposes.
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Series during the six months ended June 30, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
| | | | | Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) | | | | Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds |
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares | | | | | | | | | |
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
| All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
| | | | Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) |
| | | | |
E-mini Russell 2000 Index | | | | |
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Master Small Cap Index Series
OTC Total Return Swaps
| | | | | Accrued
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) | Net Value of
Reference
Entity | Gross
Notional
Amount
Net Asset
Percentage |
| | Goldman Sachs Bank USA(b) | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.(f) | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| The Series receives the total return on a portfolio of long positions underlying the total return swap. The Series pays the total return on a portfolio of short positions underlying the total return swap. In addition, the Series pays or receives a variable rate of interest, based on a specified benchmark. The benchmark and spread are determined based upon the country and/or currency of the individual underlying positions. |
| Amount includes $27,344 of net dividends and financing fees. |
| Amount includes $(10,995) of net dividends and financing fees. |
| Amount includes $1,710 of net dividends and financing fees. |
The following are the specified benchmarks (plus or minus a range) used in determining the variable rate of interest: |
| | | |
| 0 - 500 basis points
USD - 1D Overnight Fed Funds Effective Rate (FEDL01) | 40 basis points
USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate (OBFR01) | 40 basis points
USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate (OBFR01) |
The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with Goldman Sachs Bank USA as of period end, termination dates 08/18/26 — 0819/26:
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Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. | | | |
| | | |
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| | | |
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Central Pacific Financial Corp. | | | |
| | | |
Community Bank System, Inc. | | | |
First BanCorp./Puerto Rico | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A | | | |
| | | |
Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Computer Services Software & Systems | | | |
| | | |
Diversified Financial Services | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Horace Mann Educators Corp. | | | |
| | | |
Insurance: Property-Casualty | | | |
Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A | | | |
| | | |
Stewart Information Services Corp. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | |
Office Supplies & Equipment | | | |
| | | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) | | | |
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., REIT | | | |
Douglas Emmett, Inc., REIT | | | |
| | | |
Net Value of Reference Entity — Goldman Sachs Bank USA | | | |
The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with HSBC Bank PLC as of period end, termination date 02/09/28:
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| | | |
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Community Bank System, Inc. | | | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
Master Small Cap Index Series
| | | |
Banks: Diversified (continued) | | | |
First BanCorp./Puerto Rico | | | |
First Commonwealth Financial Corp. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A | | | |
| | | |
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
United Community Banks, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Cable Television Services | | | |
AMC Networks, Inc., Class A | | | |
Computer Services Software & Systems | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Enova International, Inc. | | | |
Diversified Financial Services | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Horace Mann Educators Corp. | | | |
Insurance: Property-Casualty | | | |
Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A | | | |
| | | |
Safety Insurance Group, Inc. | | | |
Stewart Information Services Corp. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Office Supplies & Equipment | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) | | | |
Douglas Emmett, Inc., REIT | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Net Value of Reference Entity — HSBC Bank PLC | | | |
The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. as of period end, termination date 02/10/25:
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| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Central Pacific Financial Corp. | | | |
Community Bank System, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
First BanCorp./Puerto Rico | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Midland States Bancorp, Inc. | | | |
National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Provident Financial Services, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
Simmons First National Corp., Class A | | | |
United Community Banks, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Banks: Savings, Thrift & Mortgage Lending | | | |
| | | |
Diversified Financial Services | | | |
Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A | | | |
| | | |
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| | | |
| | | |
Horace Mann Educators Corp. | | | |
Insurance: Property-Casualty | | | |
| | | |
Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A | | | |
| | | |
Safety Insurance Group, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | |
| | | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) | | | |
Douglas Emmett, Inc., REIT | | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Net Value of Reference Entity — JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A | | | |
Balances Reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for OTC Swaps
Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
| | | | Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts | | | |
Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments | | | | | | | |
Futures contracts
Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a) | | | | | | | |
Swaps — OTC
Unrealized appreciation on OTC swaps; Swap premiums paid | | | | | | | |
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| Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, are reported in the Series Schedule of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation). |
For the period ended June 30, 2024, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statement of Operations was as follows:
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
Master Small Cap Index Series
For more information about the Series’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
Derivative Financial Instruments — Offsetting as of Period End
The Series’s derivative assets and liabilities (by type) were as follows:
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Total derivative assets and liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | |
Derivatives not subject to a Master Netting Agreement or similar agreement (“MNA”) | | |
Total derivative assets and liabilities subject to an MNA | | |
| Includes unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC swaps and swap premiums (paid/received) in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
The following table presents the Series’s derivative assets by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an MNA and net of the related collateral received by the Series:
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Assets
Subject to
an MNA by
Counterparty | Derivatives
Available
for Offset | Non-Cash
Collateral
Received | Cash
Collateral
Received(a) | Net Amount
of Derivative
Assets(b) |
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| Excess of collateral received/pledged, if any, from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes. |
| Net amount represents the net amount receivable from the counterparty in the event of default. |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Series’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Series’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Series’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
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Agriculture, Fishing & Ranching | | | | |
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Asset Management & Custodian | | | | |
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Back Office Support, HR & Consulting | | | | |
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Banks: Savings, Thrift & Mortgage Lending | | | | |
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Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)
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Common Stocks (continued) | | | | |
Building: Roofing, Wallboard & Plumbing | | | | |
Cable Television Services | | | | |
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Commercial Finance & Mortgage Companies | | | | |
Commercial Services & Supplies | | | | |
Commercial Services: Rental & Leasing | | | | |
Commercial Vehicles & Parts | | | | |
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Communications Technology | | | | |
Computer Services Software & Systems | | | | |
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Consumer Services: Miscellaneous | | | | |
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Diversified Consumer Services | | | | |
Diversified Financial Services | | | | |
Diversified Manufacturing Operations | | | | |
Diversified Materials & Processing | | | | |
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Diversified Telecommunication Services | | | | |
Drug & Grocery Store Chains | | | | |
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Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | | | | |
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Energy Equipment & Services | | | | |
Engineering & Contracting Services | | | | |
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Environmental, Maintenance, & Security Service | | | | |
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Forms & Bulk Printing Services | | | | |
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Funeral Parlors & Cemeteries | | | | |
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Health Care Equipment & Services | | | | |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies | | | | |
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Health Care Management Services | | | | |
Health Care Providers & Services | | | | |
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Health Care: Miscellaneous | | | | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)(continued)June 30, 2024
Master Small Cap Index Series
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)
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Common Stocks (continued) | | | | |
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Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure | | | | |
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Household Equipment & Products | | | | |
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Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders | | | | |
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Insurance: Property-Casualty | | | | |
Internet & Catalog Retail | | | | |
Internet Software & Services | | | | |
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Life Sciences Tools & Services | | | | |
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Machinery: Construction & Handling | | | | |
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Medical & Dental Instruments & Supplies | | | | |
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Metals & Minerals: Diversified | | | | |
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Office Supplies & Equipment | | | | |
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Oil Well Equipment & Services | | | | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | | | | |
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Oil: Refining & Marketing | | | | |
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Power Transmission Equipment | | | | |
Printing & Copying Services | | | | |
Producer Durables: Miscellaneous | | | | |
Production Technology Equipment | | | | |
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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) | | | | |
Real Estate Management & Development | | | | |
Recreational Vehicles & Boats | | | | |
Rental & Leasing Services: Consumer | | | | |
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Scientific Instruments: Control & Filter | | | | |
Scientific Instruments: Electrical | | | | |
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Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)
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Common Stocks (continued) | | | | |
Scientific Instruments: Gauges & Meters | | | | |
Scientific Instruments: Pollution Control | | | | |
Securities Brokerage & Services | | | | |
Semiconductors & Components | | | | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment | | | | |
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Technology Hardware & Equipment | | | | |
Technology: Miscellaneous | | | | |
Telecommunications Equipment | | | | |
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Trading Companies & Distributors | | | | |
Transportation Miscellaneous | | | | |
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Utilities: Gas Distributors | | | | |
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Utilities: Telecommunications | | | | |
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Derivative Financial Instruments(a) | | | | |
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| Derivative financial instruments are swaps and futures contracts. Swaps and futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. |
See notes to financial statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities(unaudited)June 30, 2024
| Master Small Cap
Index Series |
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Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b) | |
Investments, at value — affiliated(c) | |
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Cash pledged for futures contracts | |
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Unrealized appreciation on OTC swaps | |
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Collateral on securities loaned | |
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(a) Investments, at cost—unaffiliated | |
(b) Securities loaned, at value | |
(c) Investments, at cost—affiliated | |
See notes to financial statements.
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Index Series |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | |
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Net realized gain (loss) from: | |
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NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | |
See notes to financial statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
| Master Small Cap Index Series |
| Six Months Ended
06/30/24
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See notes to financial statements.
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| Master Small Cap Index Series |
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06/30/24
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| Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
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See notes to financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)
Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Master LLC is organized as a Delaware statutory trust. Master Small Cap Index Series (“the “Series”) is a series of the Master LLC. The Series is classified as diversified. The Series’ Limited Liability Company Agreement permits the Board of Directors of the Master LLC (the “Board”) to issue non-transferable interests, subject to certain limitations.
The Series, together with certain other registered investment companies advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”) or its affiliates, is included in a complex of funds referred to as the BlackRock Multi-Asset 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 Series 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:
Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend dates may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Series is informed of the ex-dividend dates. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.
Foreign Taxes: The Series may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which the Series invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the Series and are reflected in its Statement of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Foreign taxes withheld”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of June 30, 2024, if any, are disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The Series files withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Series may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statement of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.
Bank Overdraft: The Series had outstanding cash disbursements exceeding deposited cash amounts at the custodian during the reporting period. The Series is obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses, where applicable. For financial reporting purposes, overdraft fees, if any, are included in interest expense in the Statement of Operations.
Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Series may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.
Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, the Series enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Series’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Series, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.
Other: Expenses directly related to the Series are charged to the Series. 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.
3.
INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Investment Valuation Policies: The Series’ investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Series is open for business and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a 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 Board has approved the designation of the Series’ Manager as the valuation designee for the Series. The Series determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under the Manager’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with the Manager’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. The Manager has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.
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Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of the Series’ assets and liabilities:
•Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. 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.
•Exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and closed-end funds traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. ETFs and closed-end funds 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.
•Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published net asset value (“NAV”).
•Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.
•Swap agreements are valued utilizing quotes received daily by independent pricing services 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.
Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Each business day, the Series uses current market factors supplied by independent pricing services to value certain foreign instruments (“Systematic Fair Value Price”). The Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities at fair value as of the close of trading on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets.
If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that 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 Valuation Committee in accordance with the Manager’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that the Series 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 Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.
For investments in equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds (“Private Company” or collectively, the “Private Companies”) and other Fair Valued Investments, the fair valuation approaches that are used by the Valuation Committee and third-party pricing services utilized by the Valuation Committee include one or a combination of, but not limited to, the following inputs.
| Standard Inputs Generally Considered By The Valuation Committee And Third-Party Pricing Services |
| | recent market transactions, including subsequent rounds of financing, in the underlying investment or comparable issuers; |
| | recapitalizations and other transactions across the capital structure; and |
| | market multiples of comparable issuers. |
| | future cash flows discounted to present and adjusted as appropriate for liquidity, credit, and/or market risks; |
| | quoted prices for similar investments or assets in active markets; and |
| | other risk factors, such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, recovery rates, liquidation amounts and/or default rates. |
| | audited or unaudited financial statements, investor communications and financial or operational metrics issued by the Private Company; |
| | changes in the valuation of relevant indices or publicly traded companies comparable to the Private Company; |
| | relevant news and other public sources; and |
| | known secondary market transactions in the Private Company’s interests and merger or acquisition activity in companies comparable to the Private Company. |
Investments in series of preferred stock issued by Private Companies are typically valued utilizing market approach in determining the enterprise value of the company. Such investments often contain rights and preferences that differ from other series of preferred and common stock of the same issuer. Enterprise valuation techniques such as an option pricing model (“OPM”), a probability weighted expected return model (“PWERM”), current value method or a hybrid of those techniques are used as deemed appropriate under the circumstances. The use of these valuation techniques involves a determination of the exit scenarios of the investment in order to appropriately allocate the enterprise value of the company among the various parts of its capital structure.
The Private Companies are not subject to the public company disclosure, timing, and reporting standards applicable to other investments held by the Series. Typically, the most recently available information by a Private Company is as of a date that is earlier than the date the Series is calculating its NAV. This factor may result in a difference between the value of the investment and the price the Series could receive upon the sale of the investment.
Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:
•Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Series has the ability to access;
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
•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); and
•Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).
The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by Private Companies that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
4.
SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS
Warrants: Warrants entitle a fund to purchase a specified number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date of the warrants, if any. If the price of the underlying stock does not rise above the strike price before the warrant expires, the warrant generally expires without any value and a fund will lose any amount it paid for the warrant. Thus, investments in warrants may involve more risk than investments in common stock. Warrants may trade in the same markets as their underlying stock; however, the price of the warrant does not necessarily move with the price of the underlying stock.
Securities Lending: The Series may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Series collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. The initial collateral received by the Series is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Series and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Series, or excess collateral returned by the Series, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, the Series is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities, but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.
As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested by the securities lending agent, BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), if any, is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are disclosed in the Series’ Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of related collateral, if any, are shown separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a component of investments at value – unaffiliated and collateral on securities loaned, respectively.
Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Series under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”), which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency), for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Series, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Series can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.
As of period end, the following table is a summary of the Series’ securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:
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BMO Capital Markets Corp. | | | | |
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Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. | | | | |
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | | | | |
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ING Financial Markets LLC | | | | |
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | | | | |
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Nomura Securities International, Inc. | | | | |
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| Securities Loaned at Value | Cash Collateral Received(a) | Non-Cash Collateral Received, at Fair Value(a) | |
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Scotia Capital (USA), Inc. | | | | |
State Street Bank & Trust Co. | | | | |
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Wells Fargo Securities LLC | | | | |
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| Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by the Series is disclosed in the Series’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
| The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of June 30, 2024. Additional collateral is delivered to the Series on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty. |
The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Series benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value on the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. The Series could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by the Series.
5.
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Series engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Series and/or to manage its exposure to certain risks such as credit risk, equity risk, interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, commodity price risk or other risks (e.g., inflation risk). Derivative financial instruments categorized by risk exposure are included in the Schedule of Investments. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter (“OTC”).
Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).
Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Series 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 Series 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. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Series 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount 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 rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.
Swaps: Swap contracts are entered into to manage exposure to issuers, markets and securities. Such contracts are agreements between the Series 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 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or paid are recorded in the Statement of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively. When an OTC swap is terminated, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Series’ basis in the contract, if any. Generally, the basis of the contract is the premium received or paid.
In a centrally cleared swap, immediately following execution of the swap contract, the swap contract is novated to a central counterparty (the “CCP”) and the CCP becomes the Series’ counterparty on the swap. The Series is required to interface with the CCP through the broker. Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap, the Series is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on the size and risk profile of the particular swap. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited is shown as cash pledged for centrally cleared swaps in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted cash, are included in cash pledged for centrally cleared swaps in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Series 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 shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on centrally cleared swaps in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received from (paid to) the counterparty are amortized over the term of the contract and recorded as realized gains (losses) in the Statement of Operations, including those at termination.
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•Total return swaps — Total return swaps are entered into to obtain exposure to a security or market without owning such security or investing directly in such market or to exchange the risk/return of one security or market (e.g., fixed-income) with another security or market (e.g., equity or commodity prices) (equity risk, commodity price risk and/or interest rate risk).
Total return swaps are agreements in which there is an exchange of cash flows whereby one party commits to make payments based on the total return (distributions plus capital gains/losses) of an underlying instrument, or basket of underlying instruments, in exchange for fixed or floating rate interest payments. If the total return of the instrument(s) or index underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting fixed or floating interest rate obligation, the Series receives payment from or makes a payment to the counterparty.
Certain total return swaps are designed to function as a portfolio of direct investments in long and short equity positions. This means that the Series 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. 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 Series and the counterparty. The amounts that are available for cash settlement are recorded as realized gains or losses in the 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 Series 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.
Swap transactions involve, to varying degrees, elements of interest rate, credit and market risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreements, and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates and/or market values associated with these transactions.
Master Netting Arrangements: In order to define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help it mitigate its counterparty risk, the Series may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Series 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 Series 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. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.
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 Series and the counterparty.
Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Series and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, is reported separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral and cash received as collateral, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Series, if any, is noted in the 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 Series. Any additional required collateral is delivered to/pledged by the Series 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 Series 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 Series from the counterparties are not fully collateralized, the Series bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. Likewise, to the extent the Series has delivered collateral to a counterparty and stands ready to perform under the terms of its agreement with such counterparty, the Series 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 Series does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements, if any, in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
6.
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Investment Advisory: The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Manager, the Series’ investment adviser and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory and administrative services. The Manager is responsible for the management of the Series’s portfolio and provides the personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Series.
For such services, the Series pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to 0.01% of the average daily value of the Series’ net assets.
With respect to the Series, the Manager entered into a sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), an affiliate of the Manager. The Manager pays BFA for services it provides for that portion of the Series for which BFA acts as sub-adviser, a monthly fee that is equal to a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by the Series to the Manager.
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Expense Limitations, Waivers and Reimbursements: The Manager contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Series pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds (the “affiliated money market fund waiver") through June 30, 2024. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the directors who are not “interested persons” of the Series, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Directors”), or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Series. The amount of waivers and/or reimbursements of fees and expenses made pursuant to the expense limitation described below will be reduced by the amount of the affiliated money market fund waiver. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the amount waived was $15,282.
The Manager has contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee with respect to any portion of the Series’ assets invested in affiliated equity and fixed-income mutual funds and affiliated exchange-traded funds that have a contractual management fee through June 30, 2024. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the Independent Directors, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Series. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Manager waived $1,580 in investment advisory fees pursuant to this arrangement.
The Manager 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 Series’ business (“expense limitation”). The expense limitation as a percentage of average daily net assets is 0.07%.
The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue the contractual expense limitations through June 30, 2024, unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Series. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, there were no fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager pursuant to this agreement.
Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BTC, an affiliate of the Manager, to serve as securities lending agent for the Series, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. The Series is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by the Manager or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees the Series bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, redemption fee, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may impose a discretionary liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed, if such fee is determined to be in the best interests of such money market fund.
Securities lending income is generally equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (and excludes collateral investment fees), and any fees or other payments to and from borrowers of securities. The Series retains a portion of the securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.
Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, the Series retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment expenses), and this amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.
In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income earned across the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex in a calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, the Series, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year securities lending income in an amount equal to 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and this amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.
The share of securities lending income earned by the Series is shown as securities lending income — affiliated — net in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Series paid BTC $660,798 for securities lending agent services.
Interfund Lending: In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the Series may participate in a joint lending and borrowing facility for temporary purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the Series’ investment policies and restrictions. The Series is currently permitted to borrow and lend under the Interfund Lending Program.
A lending BlackRock fund may lend in aggregate up to 15% of its net assets but may not lend more than 5% of its net assets to any one borrowing fund through the Interfund Lending Program. A borrowing BlackRock fund may not borrow through the Interfund Lending Program or from any other source more than 33 1/3% of its total assets (or any lower threshold provided for by the fund’s investment restrictions). If a borrowing BlackRock fund’s total outstanding borrowings exceed 10% of its total assets, each of its outstanding interfund loans will be subject to collateralization of at least 102% of the outstanding principal value of the loan. All interfund loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the highest current overnight repurchase agreement rate available to a lending fund and the bank loan rate, as calculated according to a formula established by the Board.
During the period ended June 30, 2024, the Series did not participate in the Interfund Lending Program.
Directors and Officers: Certain directors and/or officers of Master LLC are directors and/or officers of BlackRock or its affiliates.
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Other Transactions: The Series may purchase securities from, or sell securities to, an affiliated fund provided the affiliation is due solely to having a common investment adviser, common officers, or common directors. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the purchase and sale transactions and any net realized gains (losses) with affiliated funds in compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:
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For the six months ended June 30, 2024, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, were $1,171,327,486 and $836,984,359, respectively.
The Series is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As such, each investor in the Series is treated as the owner of its proportionate share of net assets, income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Series. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required. It is intended that the Series’ assets will be managed so an investor in the Series can satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
The Series 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 Series’ s U.S. federal tax returns generally remains open for a period of three years after they are filed. The statutes of limitations on the Series’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 Series as of June 30, 2024, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Series’ financial statements.
As of June 30, 2024, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
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Appreciation | Gross Unrealized
Depreciation | Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) |
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The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates (“Participating Funds”), is party to a 364-day, $2.40 billion credit agreement with a group of lenders. Under this agreement, the Series may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Excluding commitments designated for certain individual funds, the Participating Funds, including the Series, can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1.75 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 0.10% per annum on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) Overnight Bank Funding Rate (“OBFR”) (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum, (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 or (c) the sum of (x) Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.10% and (y) 0.80% per annum. The agreement expires in April 2025 unless extended or renewed. Prior to April 11, 2024, the aggregate commitment amount was $2.50 billion. Prior to April 11, 2024, the aggregate commitment amount was $2.50 billion. 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 June 30, 2024, the Series did not borrow under the credit agreement.
In the normal course of business, the Series invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Series to various risks, including among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate and price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Series and its investments. The Series’ prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Series is subject.
The Series may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to discretionary liquidity fees under certain circumstances.
Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. The Series may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that the Series reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. The Series may experience difficulty in
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selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause the Series’ NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of the Series may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which the Series invests.
The price the Series could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from the Series’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore the Series’s results of operations. As a result, the price received upon the sale of an investment may be less than the value ascribed by the Series, and the Series could realize a greater than expected loss or lesser than expected gain upon the sale of the investment. The Series’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers.
Counterparty Credit Risk: The Series 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, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Series 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 Series to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Series’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Series.
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.
With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Series 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 Series 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 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 Series.
Geographic/Asset Class Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within the Series’ portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.
The Series invests a significant portion of its assets in securities of issuers located in the United States. A decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations, inflation and/or an economic recession in the United States may have a material adverse effect on the U.S. economy and the securities listed on U.S. exchanges. Proposed and adopted policy and legislative changes in the United States may also have a significant effect on U.S. markets generally, as well as on the value of certain securities. Governmental agencies project that the United States will continue to maintain elevated public debt levels for the foreseeable future which may constrain future economic growth. Circumstances could arise that could prevent the timely payment of interest or principal on U.S. government debt, such as reaching the legislative “debt ceiling.” Such non-payment would result in substantial negative consequences for the U.S. economy and the global financial system. If U.S. relations with certain countries deteriorate, it could adversely affect issuers that rely on the United States for trade. The United States has also experienced increased internal unrest and discord. If these trends were to continue, they may have an adverse impact on the U.S. economy and the issuers in which the Series invests.
Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Series through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.
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Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers, and Others
Compensation to the independent directors/trustees of the Corporation and the Trust is paid by the Corporation and the Trust, on behalf of the Funds.
Each Fund’s dividend policy is to distribute all or a portion of its net investment income to its shareholders on a monthly/quarterly basis. In order to provide shareholders with a more stable level of dividend distributions, the distributions paid by a Fund for any particular month/quarter may be more or less than the amount of net investment income earned by a Fund during such month/quarter. The portion of distributions that exceeds a Fund current and accumulated earnings and profits, which are measured on a tax basis, will constitute a nontaxable return of capital. The Funds’ current accumulated but undistributed net investment income, if any, is disclosed as accumulated earnings (loss) in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, which comprises part of the financial information included in this report.
Quarterly performance, semi-annual and annual reports, current net asset value and other information regarding the Funds may be found on BlackRock’s website, which can be accessed at blackrock.com. Any reference to BlackRock’s website in this report is intended to allow investors public access to information regarding the Funds and does not, and is not intended to, incorporate BlackRock’s website in this report.
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Fund and Service Providers
Investment Adviser and Administrator
BlackRock Advisors, LLC
Wilmington, DE 19809
BlackRock Fund Advisors
San Francisco, CA 94105
BlackRock International Limited
Edinburgh, EH3 8BL
United Kingdom
Accounting Agent and Custodian
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Boston, MA 02114
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
Wilmington, DE 19809
(a) Administrator to iShares short term TIPS Bond Index Fund, iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund and iShares Russell 2000 Small-Cap Index Fund.
(b) For iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund.
Distributor
BlackRock Investments, LLC
New York, NY 10001
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, MA 02116
Sidley Austin LLP
New York, NY 10019
Address of the Funds/Corporation/Master LLC
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements
The Board of Trustees (the “Trust Board”) of BlackRock Funds (the “Trust”) met on April 16, 2024 and May 16-17, 2024 to consider the approval to continue (i) the investment advisory agreement (the “Trust BAL Advisory Agreement”) between the Trust, on behalf of iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund (the “Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund”), and BlackRock Advisors, LLC (“BAL”), the Fund’s investment advisor; and (ii) the investment advisory agreement (the “Trust BFA Advisory Agreement”) between the Trust, on behalf of iShares Municipal Bond Index Fund (“Municipal Bond Index Fund”), and BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment advisor. The Board of Trustees of the Trust also considered the approval to continue the sub-advisory agreement (the “Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between the BAL and BFA with respect to Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund.
The Board of Directors of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”) met on April 16, 2024 and May 16-17, 2024 to consider the approval to continue the investment advisory agreement (the “Master LLC Advisory Agreement”) between the Master LLC, on behalf of Master Small Cap Index Series (the “Master Fund”) and BAL, the Master LLC’s investment advisor. The Board of Directors of the Master LLC (the “Master LLC Board”) also considered the approval of the sub-advisory agreement between BAL and BFA with respect to the Master Fund (the “Master Fund Sub-Advisory Agreement”). iShares Russell 2000 Small-Cap Index Fund (“Small-Cap Index Fund”), a series of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”), is a “feeder” fund that invests all of its investable assets in the Master Fund. Accordingly, the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Corporation Board”) also considered the approval of the Master LLC Advisory Agreement and the Master Fund Sub-Advisory Agreement.
The Corporation Board also met on April 16, 2024 and May 16-17, 2024 to consider the approval of the investment advisory agreement (the “Corporation Advisory Agreement”) between the Corporation, on behalf of iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund (“International Index Fund”) and BAL, the Corporation’s investment advisor. The Corporation Board also considered the approval of the sub-advisory agreement between BAL and BFA with respect to International Index Fund (the “International Index Fund Sub-Advisory Agreement”).
BAL and BFA are referred to herein as “BlackRock.” Municipal Bond Index Fund, Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund, the Master Fund, Small-Cap Index Fund and International Index Fund are referred to herein, as pertinent, individually as a “Fund” or collectively as the “Funds.” The Trust BAL Advisory Agreement, the Trust BFA Advisory Agreement, the Master LLC Advisory Agreement, the Corporation Advisory Agreement, the Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Master Fund Sub-Advisory Agreement and the International Index Fund Sub-Advisory Agreement are referred to herein as the “Agreements.” For simplicity: (a) the Trust Board, the Master LLC Board and the Corporation Board are referred to herein individually as the “Board” and collectively as the “Boards,” and the members are referred to as “Board Members;” (b); the meetings held on April 16, 2024 are referred to as the “April Meeting” and the meetings held on May 16-17, 2024 are referred to as the “May Meeting”; and (c) the shareholders of each of Municipal Bond Index Fund, Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund, Small-Cap Index Fund and International Index Fund and the interest holders of the Master Fund are referred to as “shareholders.”
Consistent with the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), each Board considers the continuation of the pertinent Agreement for the Trust, the Master LLC and the Corporation on an annual basis. The Board members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, the Master LLC or the Corporation, as defined in the 1940 Act, are considered independent Board members (the “Independent Board Members”). Each Board’s consideration entailed a year-long deliberative process during which the Board and its committees assessed BlackRock’s various services to each Fund, including through the review of written materials and oral presentations, and the review of additional information provided in response to requests from the Independent Board Members. Each Board had four quarterly meetings per year, each of which extended over a two-day period, as well as additional ad hoc meetings throughout the year, as needed. The committees of each Board similarly met throughout the year. Each Board also had an additional one-day meeting to consider specific information regarding the renewal of the pertinent Agreement. In considering the renewal of the Agreements, the Board assessed, among other things, the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Funds by BlackRock, BlackRock’s personnel and affiliates, including (as applicable): investment management services; accounting oversight; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; and legal, regulatory and compliance services. Throughout the year, including during the contract renewal process, the Independent Board Members were advised by independent legal counsel, and met with independent legal counsel in various executive sessions outside of the presence of BlackRock’s management.
During the year, each Board, acting directly and through its committees, considers information that was relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the pertinent Agreement, including the services and support provided by BlackRock to the Funds and their shareholders. BlackRock also furnished additional information to each Board in response to specific questions from the Board. Among the matters each Board considered were: (a) investment performance for one-year, three-year, five-year, and/or since inception periods, as applicable, against peer funds, relevant benchmarks, and other performance metrics, as applicable, as well as BlackRock senior management’s and portfolio managers’ investment performance analyses, and the reasons for any outperformance or underperformance relative to its peers, benchmarks, and other performance metrics, as applicable; (b) fees, including advisory, administration, if applicable, and other amounts paid to BlackRock and its affiliates by the Funds for services; (c) the applicable Fund’s operating expenses and how BlackRock allocates expenses to the Funds; (d) the resources devoted to, risk oversight of, and compliance reports relating to, implementation of the applicable Fund’s investment objective, policies and restrictions, and meeting regulatory requirements; (e) BlackRock’s and the Fund’s adherence to applicable compliance policies and procedures; (f) the nature, character and scope of non-investment management services provided by BlackRock and its affiliates and the estimated cost of such services, as available; (g) BlackRock’s and other service providers’ internal controls and risk and compliance oversight mechanisms; (h) BlackRock’s implementation of the proxy voting policies approved by the Board; (i) the use of brokerage commissions and execution quality of portfolio transactions; (j) BlackRock’s implementation of the applicable Fund’s valuation and liquidity procedures; (k) an analysis of management fees paid to BlackRock for products with similar investment mandates across the open-end fund, exchange-traded fund (“ETF”), closed-end fund, sub-advised mutual fund, separately managed account, collective investment trust, and institutional separate account product channels, as applicable, and the similarities and differences between these products and the services provided as compared to the applicable Fund; (l) BlackRock’s compensation methodology for its investment professionals and the incentives and accountability it creates, along with investment professionals’ investments in the fund(s) they manage; and (m) periodic updates on BlackRock’s business.
Prior to and in preparation for the April Meeting, each Board requested and reviewed materials specifically relating to the renewal of the pertinent Agreement. The Independent Board Members continuously engaged in a process with their independent legal counsel and BlackRock to review the nature and scope of the information provided to the Boards to better assist its deliberations. The materials provided in connection with the April Meeting included, among other things: (a) information independently compiled and prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), based on either a Lipper classification or Morningstar category, regarding fees and expenses of the applicable
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Fund as compared with a peer group of funds as determined by Broadridge (“Expense Peers”), and the investment performance of each of Municipal Bond Index Fund, Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund, Small-Cap Index Fund and International Index Fund as compared with a peer group of funds (“Performance Peers”); (b) information on the composition of the Expense Peers and Performance Peers, and a description of Broadridge’s methodology; (c) information on the estimated profits realized by BlackRock and its affiliates pursuant to the pertinent Agreement and a discussion of fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates; (d) a general analysis provided by BlackRock concerning investment management fees received in connection with other types of investment products, such as institutional accounts, sub-advised mutual funds, ETFs, closed-end funds, open-end funds, and separately managed accounts, under similar investment mandates, as well as the performance of such other products, as applicable; (e) a review of non-management fees; (f) the existence, impact and sharing of potential economies of scale, if any, with the applicable Fund; (g) a summary of aggregate amounts paid by the applicable Fund to BlackRock; (h) sales and redemption data regarding each of Municipal Bond Index Fund’s, Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund’s, Small-Cap Index Fund’s and International Index Fund’s shares; and (i) various additional information requested by each Board as appropriate regarding BlackRock’s and each Fund’s.
At the April Meeting, each Board reviewed materials relating to its consideration of the pertinent Agreement. Agreements, and the Independent Board Members presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional information. BlackRock responded to these questions and requests with additional written information in advance of the May Meeting, and such responses were reviewed by the Board Members.
At the May Meeting, each Board concluded its assessment of, among other things: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of the applicable Fund as compared to its Performance Peers and to other metrics, as applicable; (c) the advisory fee and the estimated cost of the services and estimated profits realized by BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the applicable Fund; (d) the Fund’s fees and expenses compared to its Expense Peers; (e) the existence and sharing of potential economies of scale; (f) any fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates as a result of BlackRock’s relationship with the applicable Fund; and (g) other factors deemed relevant by the Board Members.
Each Board also considered other matters it deemed important to the approval process, such as other payments made to BlackRock or its affiliates relating to securities lending and cash management, and BlackRock’s services related to the valuation and pricing of the portfolio holdings of the applicable Fund. Each Board noted the willingness of BlackRock’s personnel to engage in open, candid discussions with the Board. The Boards evaluated the information available to it on a fund-by-fund basis. The following paragraphs provide more information about some of the primary factors that were relevant to each Board’s decision. The Board Members did not identify any particular information, or any single factor as determinative, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various items and factors considered.
A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services Provided by BlackRock
Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the nature, extent and quality of services provided by BlackRock, including the investment advisory services, and the resulting performance of each Fund. Throughout the year, each Board compared Fund performance to the performance of a comparable group of mutual funds, relevant benchmarks, and performance metrics, as applicable. The Boards met with BlackRock’s senior management personnel responsible for investment activities, including the senior investment officers. Each Board also reviewed the materials provided by the applicable Fund’s portfolio management team discussing the Fund’s performance and the Fund’s investment strategies and outlook.
Each Board considered, among other factors, with respect to BlackRock: the experience of Fund’s portfolio management team; research capabilities; investments by portfolio managers in the funds they manage; portfolio trading capabilities; use of technology; commitment to compliance; credit analysis capabilities; risk analysis and oversight capabilities; and the approach to training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel. Each Board also considered BlackRock’s overall risk management program, including the continued efforts of BlackRock and its affiliates to address cybersecurity risks and the role of BlackRock’s Risk & Quantitative Analysis Group. Each Board engaged in a review of BlackRock’s compensation structure with respect to the applicable Fund’s portfolio management team and BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain high-quality talent and create performance incentives.
In addition to investment advisory services, each Board considered the nature and quality of the administrative and other non-investment advisory services provided to the applicable Fund. BlackRock and its affiliates provide the applicable Fund with certain administrative, shareholder and other services (in addition to any such services provided to the applicable Fund by third parties) and officers and other personnel as are necessary for the operations of the applicable Fund. In particular, BlackRock and its affiliates provide the applicable Fund with administrative services including, among others: (i) responsibility for disclosure documents, such as the prospectus, the summary prospectus (as applicable), the statement of additional information and periodic shareholder reports; (ii) oversight of daily accounting and pricing; (iii) responsibility for periodic filings with regulators; (iv) overseeing and coordinating the activities of third party service providers including, among others, the custodian, fund accountant, transfer agent, and auditor for the applicable Fund, as applicable; (v) organizing Board meetings and preparing the materials for such Board meetings; (vi) providing legal and compliance support; (vii) furnishing analytical and other support to assist the Board in its consideration of strategic issues such as the merger, consolidation or repurposing of certain open-end funds; and (viii) performing or managing administrative functions necessary for the operation of the applicable Fund, such as tax reporting, expense management, fulfilling regulatory filing requirements, overseeing each of Municipal Bond Index Fund’s, Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund’s, Small-Cap Index Fund’s and International Index Fund’s distribution partners, and shareholder call center and other services. The Boards reviewed the structure and duties of BlackRock’s fund administration, shareholder services, and legal and compliance departments and considered BlackRock’s policies and procedures for assuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The Boards considered the operation of BlackRock’s business continuity plans.
B. The Investment Performance of the Funds and BlackRock
Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed and considered the performance history of the Funds, as applicable throughout the year and at the April Meeting. Each Board noted that Small-Cap Index Fund’s investment results correspond directly to the investment results of the Master Fund. In preparation for the April Meeting, each Board was provided with reports independently prepared by Broadridge, which included an analysis of Small-Cap Index Fund’s and International Index Fund’s performance as of December 31, 2023, as compared to its Performance Peers. Broadridge ranks funds in quartiles, ranging from first to fourth, where first is the most desirable quartile position and fourth is the least desirable. In connection with its review, each Board received and reviewed information regarding the investment performance of each of Municipal Bond Index Fund, Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund, Small-Cap Index Fund and International Index Fund as compared to each of these Fund’s Performance
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Peers and the performance of each of these Funds as compared with its benchmark. Each Board and its Performance Oversight Committee regularly review, and meet with Fund management to discuss, the performance of the pertinent Fund throughout the year.
In evaluating performance, each Board focused particular attention on funds with less favorable performance records. Each Board also noted that while it found the data provided by Broadridge generally useful, it recognized the limitations of such data, including in particular, that notable differences may exist between a fund and its Performance Peers (for example, the investment objectives and strategies). Further, each Board recognized that the performance data reflects a snapshot of a period as of a particular date and that selecting a different performance period could produce significantly different results. Each Board also acknowledged that long-term performance could be impacted by even one period of significant outperformance or underperformance and that a single investment theme could have the ability to disproportionately affect long-term performance.
The Trust Board noted that for the one-year period reported, Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund’s net performance was within the tolerance range of its benchmark. The Board noted that BlackRock believes that net performance relative to the benchmark is an appropriate performance metric for the Fund, and that BlackRock has explained its rationale for this belief to the Board.
The Trust Board noted that for the one-year period reported, Municipal Bond Index Fund’s net performance was within the tolerance range of its benchmark. The Board noted that BlackRock believes that net performance relative to the benchmark is an appropriate performance metric for the Fund, and that BlackRock has explained its rationale for this belief to the Board.
The Corporation Board noted that for the one-year period reported, International Index Fund’s net performance was above the tolerance range of its benchmark. The Board noted that BlackRock believes that net performance relative to the benchmark is an appropriate performance metric for the Fund, and that BlackRock has explained its rationale for this belief to the Board. The Board and BlackRock reviewed the Fund’s above tolerance performance relative to its benchmark over the period.
The Master LLC Board and the Corporation Board noted that for the one-year period reported, Small-Cap Index Fund’s net performance was above the tolerance range of its benchmark. The Board noted that BlackRock believes that net performance relative to the benchmark is an appropriate performance metric for the Fund, and that BlackRock has explained its rationale for this belief to the Board. The Board and BlackRock reviewed the Fund’s above tolerance performance relative to its benchmark over the period.
C. Consideration of the Advisory/Management Fees and the Estimated Cost of the Services and Estimated Profits Realized by BlackRock and its Affiliates from their Relationship with the Funds
Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed each Fund’s contractual management fee rate compared with those of the applicable Fund’s Expense Peers. The contractual management fee rate represents a combination of the advisory fee and any administrative fees, before taking into account any reimbursements or fee waivers. The Boards also compared, as pertinent, the total expense ratio of each of Municipal Bond Index Fund, Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund, Small-Cap Index Fund and International Index Fund, as well as each Fund’s actual management fee rate, to those of the applicable Fund’s Expense Peers. The total expense ratio represents a fund’s total net operating expenses, including any 12b-1 or non 12b-1 service fees. The total expense ratio gives effect to any expense reimbursements or fee waivers, and the actual management fee rate gives effect to any management fee reimbursements or waivers. Each Board considered that the fee and expense information in the Broadridge report for the applicable Fund reflected information for a specific period and that the historical asset levels and expenses my differ from current levels, particularly in a period of market volatility. Each Board considered the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock and its affiliates to other types of clients with similar investment mandates, as applicable, including institutional accounts and sub-advised mutual funds (including mutual funds sponsored by third parties).
Each Board received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s financial condition. Each Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability methodology and was also provided with an estimated profitability analysis that detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by BlackRock for services provided to the applicable Fund. Each Board reviewed BlackRock’s estimated profitability with respect to the applicable Fund and other funds the Board currently oversees for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to available aggregate estimated profitability data provided for the prior two years. Each Board reviewed BlackRock’s estimated profitability with respect to certain other U.S. fund complexes managed by BlackRock and/or its affiliates. Each Board reviewed BlackRock’s assumptions and methodology of allocating expenses in the estimated profitability analysis, noting the inherent limitations in allocating costs among various advisory products. Each Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors including, among other things, fee waivers and expense reimbursements by BlackRock, the types of funds managed, precision of expense allocations and business mix. Each Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at the individual fund level is difficult.
Each Board noted that, in general, individual fund or product line profitability of other advisors is not publicly available. Each Board reviewed BlackRock’s overall operating margin, in general, compared to that of certain other publicly traded asset management firms. Each Board considered the differences between BlackRock and these other firms, including the contribution of technology at BlackRock, BlackRock’s expense management, and the relative product mix.
Each Board considered whether BlackRock has the financial resources necessary to attract and retain high quality investment management personnel to perform its obligations under the pertinent Agreement and to continue to provide the high quality of services that is expected by the Board. The Boards further considered factors including but not limited to BlackRock’s commitment of time and resources, assumption of risk, and liability profile in servicing the applicable Fund, including in contrast to what is required of BlackRock with respect to other products with similar investment mandates across the open-end fund, ETF, closed-end fund, sub-advised mutual fund, separately managed account, collective investment trust, and institutional separate account product channels, as applicable.
The Corporation Board noted that International Index Fund’s contractual management fee rate ranked in the first quartile, and that the actual management fee rate and total expense ratio each ranked in the first quartile relative to the Fund’s Expense Peers. The Board also noted that BlackRock and its affiliates have contractually agreed to reimburse or otherwise compensate the Fund for certain other fees and expenses.
The Master LLC Board and the Corporation Board noted that the Master Fund’s/Small-Cap Index Fund’s contractual management fee rate ranked in the first quartile, and that the actual management fee rate and Small-Cap Index Fund’s total expense ratio each ranked in the first quartile relative to Small-Cap Index Fund’s Expense Peers. The
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Boards also noted that BlackRock and the Master LLC Board have contractually agreed to a cap on the Master Fund’s total expenses as a percentage of the Master Fund’s average daily net assets and has contractually agreed to a cap on Small-Cap Index Fund’s total expenses as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets on a class-by-class basis.
The Trust Board noted that Municipal Bond Index Fund’s contractual management fee rate ranked in the first quartile, and that the actual management fee rate and total expense ratio each ranked in the first quartile relative to the Fund’s Expense Peers. The Board also noted that BlackRock and the Board have contractually agreed to a cap on the Fund’s total expenses as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets on a class-by-class basis.
The Trust Board noted that Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund’s contractual management fee rate ranked first out of four funds, and that the actual management fee rate and total expense ratio ranked first out of four funds and third out of four funds, respectively, relative to the Fund’s Expense Peers. The Board further noted that BlackRock and the Board have contractually agreed to a cap on the Fund’s total expenses as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets on a class-by-class basis.
Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered the extent to which any economies of scale might benefit the applicable Fund in a variety of ways as the assets of the Fund increase. The Boards considered multiple factors, including the advisory fee rate and breakpoints, unitary fee structure, fee waivers, and/or expense caps, as applicable. Each Board considered the applicable Fund’s asset levels and whether the current fee schedule was appropriate.
E. Other Factors Deemed Relevant by the Board Members
Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, also took into account other ancillary or “fall-out” benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates may derive from BlackRock’s respective relationships with the applicable Fund, both tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock’s ability to leverage its investment professionals who manage other portfolios and its risk management personnel, an increase in BlackRock’s profile in the investment advisory community, and the engagement of BlackRock’s affiliates as service providers to the Funds, including for administrative, distribution, securities lending and cash management services. With respect to securities lending, during the year each Board also considered information provided by independent third-party consultants related to the performance of each BlackRock affiliate as securities lending agent. Each Board also considered BlackRock’s overall operations and its efforts to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations. The Boards also noted that, subject to applicable law, BlackRock may use and benefit from third party research obtained by soft dollars generated by certain registered fund transactions to assist in managing all or a number of its other client accounts.
In connection with its consideration of the pertinent Agreement, the Boards also received information regarding BlackRock’s brokerage and soft dollar practices. The Boards received reports from BlackRock which included information on brokerage commissions and trade execution practices throughout the year.
The Boards noted the competitive nature of the open-end fund marketplace, and that shareholders are able to redeem their Fund shares if they believe that the pertinent Fund’s fees and expenses are too high or if they are dissatisfied with the performance of the Fund.
At the May Meeting, in a continuation of the discussions that occurred during the April Meeting, and as a culmination of the Board’s year-long deliberative process, (i) the Trust Board, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Trust BAL Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Trust, on behalf of Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund, the Trust BFA Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Trust, on behalf of Municipal Bond Index Fund and the Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor, with respect to Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund, each for a one-year term ending June 30, 2025; (ii) the Master LLC Board, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Master LLC Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Master LLC, on behalf of the Master Fund, and the Master Fund Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor with respect to the Master Fund, each for a one-year term ending June 30, 2025; and (iii) the Corporation Board, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Corporation Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Corporation, on behalf of International Index Fund and the International Index Fund Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor with respect to International Index Fund, each for a one-year term ending June 30, 2025.
Based upon its evaluation of all of the aforementioned factors in their totality, as well as other information, each of the Master LLC Board and the Corporation Board, including the Independent Board Members, was satisfied that the terms of the pertinent Agreements were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the applicable Fund and its shareholders. The Corporation Board, including the Independent Board Members, also considered the continuation of the Master LLC Advisory Agreement with respect to the Master Fund and the Master Fund Sub-Advisory Agreement with respect to the Master Fund and found the Agreements to be satisfactory. In arriving at its decision to approve the applicable Agreements, the Master LLC Board and the Corporation Board did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board Members were advised by independent legal counsel throughout the deliberative process.
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Item 8 – | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants for Open-End Management Investment Companies – See Item 7 |
Item 9 – | Proxy Disclosures for Open-End Management Investment Companies – See Item 7 |
Item 10 – | Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers, and Others of Open-End Management Investment Companies – See Item 7 |
Item 11 – | Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract – See Item 7 |
Item 12 – | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
Item 13 – | Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
Item 14 – | Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable |
Item 15 – | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – There have been no material changes to these procedures. |
Item 16 – | 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 date 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 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 17 – | Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
Item 18 – | Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation – Not Applicable |
Item 19 – | Exhibits attached hereto |
(a)(1) Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report
(a)(2) Any policy required by the listing standards adopted pursuant to Rule 10D-1 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.10D-1) by the registered national securities exchange or registered national securities association upon which the registrant’s securities are listed – Not Applicable
(a)(3) Section 302 Certifications are attached
(a)(4) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 – Not Applicable
(a)(5) Change in Registrant’s independent public accountant – Not Applicable
(b) Section 906 Certifications are attached
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.
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Date: August 22, 2024
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.
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Date: August 22, 2024
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Date: August 22, 2024