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BlackRock Style Advantage Fund

Multi Asset

BlackRock Style Advantage Fund

  • NAV as of Feb 21, 2019 CHF 91.03
    52 WK: 88.42 - 99.08
  • 1 Day NAV Change as of Feb 21, 2019 0.36 (0.40%)

Overview

Investment Approach

The Fund aims to achieve a positive absolute return through a combination of capital growth and income on your investment regardless of market conditions. The Fund will provide exposure to several investment styles including, (i) Value: focuses on investments that appear relatively cheap with the aim of outperformance relative to expensive assets; (ii) Momentum: focuses on investments with relatively strong medium term performance with the aim of benefitting from an asset’s recent relative performance continuing in the short term; (iii) Carry: focuses on higher-yielding investments with the aim of benefitting from the higher returns of these assets relative to lower-yielding assets; and (iv) Defensive: focuses on investments with low-risk characteristics with the aim of benefitting from the tendency for lower risk, higher quality assets to generate higher risk-adjusted returns than higher risk, lower quality assets. The Fund will invest on a global basis in any or all of the following asset classes: equity securities (e.g. shares), other equity-related securities, fixed income securities (e.g. bonds), other fixed-income related securities, permitted money market instruments (e.g. debt instruments with short-term maturities), mortgage backed securities (MBS) (i.e. financial securities backed by cash flows from debt), permitted deposits, cash and other funds
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Performance

Performance

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The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted.

Growth of Hypothetical 10,000 The growth of hypothetical $10,000 chart reflects a hypothetical $10,000 investment and assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Fund expenses, including management fees and other expenses were deducted.

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Share Class and Benchmark performance displayed in CHF. Source: BlackRock. Performance is shown on a Net Asset Value (NAV) basis, with gross income reinvested. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.

Reinvestments

This fund does not have any distributions data as of now.
Record Date Ex-Date Payable Date Total Distribution Current year distributions are not classified as “Income,” “Short-Term Capital Gains,” “Long-Term Capital Gains,” or “Return of Capital” until calendar year-end.

Key Facts

Key Facts

Size of Fund (Millions) as of Feb 21, 2019 USD 3,451.721
12m Trailing Yield The yield an investor would have received if they had held the fund over the last twelve months assuming the most recent NAV. The 12-Month yield is calculated by assuming any income distributions over the past twelve months and dividing by the sum of the most recent NAV and any capital gain distributions made over the past twelve months. -
Number of Holdings The number of holdings in the fund excluding cash positions and derivatives exposures. Derivatives are contracts used by the fund to gain exposure to an investment without buying it directly. They can be used in a number of ways. For example a 'currency forward' derivative contract can be used to 'hedge' or aim to mitigate the effects of changes in exchange rates. -
Base Currency U.S. Dollar
Fund Inception Date Feb 29, 2016
Share Class Inception Date Jul 19, 2017
Asset Class Multi Asset
Morningstar Category Alt - Multistrategy
Domicile Luxembourg
Regulatory Structure UCITS
Management Company BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A.
Ongoing Charge Ongoing Charges Figure (OCF)- this is a measure of the total costs associated with managing and operating an investment fund. These costs consist primarily of management fees and other expenses such as trustee, custody, transaction and registration fees and other operating expenses. The total cost for the fund is divided by the fund’s total assets and expressed as a percentage which represents the OCF. 1.02%
ISIN LU1640627169
Bloomberg Ticker BSSAD2C
Annual Management Fee As reported in the fund's most recent Annual Management Report of Fund Performance. MER includes all management fees and GST/HST paid by the fund for the period, including fees paid indirectly as a result of holdings of other ETFs. 0.75%
Initial Charge 5.00%
Performance Fee 0.00%
SEDOL BYVSVR4
Dealing Settlement Trade Date + 3 days
Dealing Frequency Daily, forward pricing basis
Minimum Initial Investment -
Minimum Subsequent Investment CHF 1000
Use of Income Accumulating

Ratings

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Holdings

Holdings

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Holdings subject to change

Exposure Breakdowns

Exposure Breakdowns

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Allocations subject to change.
Negative weightings may result from specific circumstances (including timing differences between trade and settle dates of securities purchased by the funds) and/or the use of certain financial instruments, including derivatives, which may be used to gain or reduce market exposure and/or risk management. Allocations are subject to change.

Pricing & Exchange

Investor Class Currency Distribution Frequency NAV NAV Amount Change NAV % Change 52wk High 52wk Low Bid Price ISIN Offer Price TIS
D2 Hgd CHF Accumulating 91.03 0.36 0.40 99.08 88.42 - LU1640627169 - -
X2 USD Accumulating 110.72 0.48 0.44 116.24 106.04 - LU1352906371 - -
Class Z2 USD Accumulating 108.26 0.47 0.44 114.41 103.97 - LU1363273308 - -
D2 EUR Accumulating 105.20 0.43 0.41 106.04 97.25 - LU1373035317 - -
X2 Hgd EUR - 94.30 0.38 0.40 101.52 91.28 - LU1781817777 - -
I2 Hgd GBP Accumulating 95.57 0.39 0.41 102.67 92.46 - LU1532729727 - -
I2 Hgd EUR Accumulating 101.78 0.41 0.40 110.25 98.74 - LU1352906538 - -
A4 Hgd EUR Annual 100.83 0.40 0.40 110.11 98.03 - LU1394254640 - -
Class I2 BRL Hedged (USD) USD Accumulating 86.94 -0.63 -0.72 102.03 74.96 - LU1718790519 - -
Class IPF2 Hedged EUR Accumulating 102.47 0.41 0.40 110.81 99.41 - LU1469409517 - -
A2 Hgd EUR Accumulating 89.12 0.36 0.41 97.31 86.63 - LU1352906025 - -
D2 Hgd EUR Accumulating 101.22 0.41 0.41 109.82 98.24 - LU1352906298 - -
A2 Hgd SEK Accumulating 90.76 0.37 0.41 99.09 88.19 - LU1609299281 - -
A2 USD Accumulating 105.21 0.45 0.43 112.04 101.36 - LU1352905993 - -
X2 Hgd GBP Accumulating 107.36 0.44 0.41 114.61 103.59 - LU1423753034 - -
Class Z2 Hedged EUR Accumulating 101.73 0.41 0.40 110.23 98.70 - LU1363273480 - -
E2 EUR Accumulating 101.99 0.41 0.40 103.06 95.31 - LU1373035150 - -
A4 USD Annual 106.90 0.46 0.43 113.85 102.99 - LU1394251976 - -
E2 Hgd EUR Accumulating 98.33 0.39 0.40 107.84 95.70 - LU1373035234 - -
D2 USD Accumulating 107.83 0.47 0.44 114.11 103.61 - LU1373035408 - -
Class IPF2 Hedged CHF Accumulating 93.21 0.37 0.40 100.92 90.43 - LU1706559660 - -
X2 Hgd AUD Accumulating 112.46 0.38 0.34 118.12 107.42 - LU1352906454 - -
I2 USD Accumulating 95.65 0.41 0.43 101.08 91.85 - LU1640626609 - -
D2 Hgd GBP Accumulating 95.26 0.39 0.41 102.55 92.26 - LU1572169370 - -
X2 Hgd NZD Accumulating 111.34 0.46 0.41 117.21 106.82 - LU1485749367 - -
I2 Hgd CHF Accumulating 91.43 0.36 0.40 99.27 88.76 - LU1640627243 - -
I2 Hgd JPY Accumulating 10,287.99 41.89 0.41 11,128.39 9,984.18 - LU1484781551 - -

Portfolio Managers

Portfolio Managers

Ked Hogan, PhD
Ked Hogan, PhD
Managing Director, BlackRock Global Market Strategies Group

Ked Hogan, PhD, Managing Director, is a member of BlackRock's Global Market Strategies Group.

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Ked Hogan, PhD, Managing Director, is a member of BlackRock's Global Market Strategies Group. Dr. Hogan is the head of the Market Advantage Group which manages factor based risk parity strategies for institutional and retail clients. He is also a member of the Systemetic Active Equity Research Approval Board and the Global Markets Strategies Group Research Oversight Board.

 

Dr. Hogan's service with the firm dates back to 1997, including his years with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), which merged with BlackRock in 2009. Previously, Dr. Hogan has served as the head of Thematic Equity Investing for SAE, and as the Head of Equity and Emerging Market Research in GMSG. Prior to joining BGI, Dr. Hogan was a professor of finance at McGill University. He has published in many academic journals including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Quantitative Analysis and the Journal of International Economics. In addition, Dr. Hogan was rewarded the William Sharpe award for the best paper of 2007 in the Journal of Financial Quantitative Analysis.

 

Dr. Hogan earned a BA degree and PhD both in economics from Arizona State University in 1982 and 1990, respectively.

Philip Hodges, PhD
Philip Hodges, PhD
Managing Director, Head of Research for Blackrock's Factor-Based Strategies Group

Philip Hodges

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Philip Hodges, PhD, Managing Director, is Head of Research for BlackRock's Factor-Based Strategies Group which manages macro and style factor multi-asset funds. The group optimizes factors to help meet investment outcomes, such as retirement savings, factor advisory mandates and bespoke factor solutions, and develops factor analytics tools leveraging BlackRock's Aladdin platform. Dr. Hodges is deputy CIO for the team's flagship factor strategies: Market Advantage and Style Advantage.

 

Dr. Hodges' service with the firm dates back to 2007, including his years with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), which merged with BlackRock in 2009. Previously, Dr. Hodges has served as a research officer within the Client Solutions group in San Francisco and a quantitative analyst within the Liability Driven Investment team in London. Prior to joining BGI, Dr. Hodges was a post-doctoral research associate in physical chemistry at the University of Oxford and University Lyon I.

 

Dr. Hodges earned a MChem degree in chemistry and a D.Phil. in molecular spectroscopy from the University of Oxford in 2002 and 2006, respectively.

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