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BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. I
Release date as of 2024-03-31. Data on page is subject to change.
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As of 2024-03-31
Out of 356
Global Allocation Funds
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Total Fund Assets ($ Mil)
4,564.67
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  Investment Objective & Strategy  
The investment seeks high total investment return.
The fund invests in a portfolio of equity, debt and money market securities. Generally, its portfolio will include both equity and debt securities. In selecting equity investments, the fund mainly seeks securities that the adviser believes are undervalued. The fund may buy debt securities of varying maturities, debt securities paying a fixed or fluctuating rate of interest, and debt securities of any kind. It may invest up to 35% of its total assets in "junk bonds," corporate loans and distressed securities. The fund may also invest in REITs and securities related to real assets.
  Morningstar Category: Global Allocation
Global-allocation portfolios seek to provide both capital appreciation and income by investing in three major areas: stocks, bonds, and cash. While these portfolios do explore the whole world, most of them focus on the U.S., Canada, Japan, and the larger markets in Europe. It is rare for such portfolios to invest more than 10% of their assets in emerging markets. These portfolios typically have at least 10% of assets in bonds, less than 70% of assets in stocks, and at least 40% of assets in non-U.S. stocks or bonds. 
  Investment Risks
There are no additional fund specific investment risks (e.g. liquidity risk, currency risk, foreign investment risk, etc.) associated with this fund beyond the normal risks generally associated with investing in a mutual fund.
  Portfolio Profile
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Bullet U.S. Stocks U.S. Stocks 41.6
Bullet Non-U.S. Stocks Non-U.S. Stocks 24.4
Bullet Bonds Bonds 27.5
Bullet Cash Cash 3.4
Bullet Other Other 3.2
Asset Allocation Rescaled Graph
Data through 2024-01-31
Morningstar Equity Sectors
% of Stocks
Cyclical 31.00
Basic Materials 3.74
Consumer Cyclical 11.72
Financial Services 13.77
Real Estate 1.77
Sensitive 46.62
Communication Services 5.89
Energy 5.68
Industrials 12.28
Technology 22.77
Defensive 22.38
Consumer Defensive 6.36
Healthcare 14.11
Utilities 1.91
Data through 2024-01-31
Morningstar Fixed-Income Sectors
% Fund
Government 30.45
Corporate 51.51
Securitized 15.17
Municipal 0.00
Cash & Equivalents 2.62
Derivative 0.24
Data through 2024-01-31
Credit Analysis
% Bonds
AAA 3.13
AA 32.71
A 8.33
BBB 7.99
BB 10.26
B 12.09
Below B 2.74
Not Rated 22.76
Data through 2024-01-31
Credit Analysis Graph
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 729
Total Number of Bond Holdings 854
% of Net Assets in Top 10 Holdings 14.19
Turnover % (as of 2023-12-31) 215.00
30 Day SEC Yield % 0.00
Top Holdings
Sector Country Maturity Date Market Value ($000) % of Net Assets
Microsoft Corp USA --- 130,342 3.23
Amazon.com Inc USA --- 77,550 1.92
Apple Inc USA --- 70,626 1.75
Alphabet Inc Class C USA --- 57,740 1.43
Spain (Kingdom of) 2.55% --- ESP 2032-10-31 49,751 1.23
ASML Holding NV NLD --- 41,375 1.03
NVIDIA Corp USA --- 39,190 0.97
Mastercard Inc Class A USA --- 37,375 0.93
JPMorgan Chase & Co USA --- 35,074 0.87
Nestle SA CHE --- 33,269 0.83
Data through 2024-01-31
  Principal Risks   
Lending, Emerging Markets, Foreign Securities, Loss of Money, Not FDIC Insured, Country or Region, Growth Investing, High Portfolio Turnover, Index Correlation/Tracking Error, Market/Market Volatility, Commodity, Convertible Securities, Distressed Investments, Equity Securities, High-Yield Securities, Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities, Preferred Stocks, Underlying Fund/Fund of Funds, Warrants, Derivatives, Leverage, Fixed-Income Securities, Sovereign Debt, Management, Structured Products, Small Cap, Mid-Cap, Real Estate/REIT Sector
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  Other Information
Inception Date: 1992-02-28
Portfolio Manager(s)
Rick Rieder   (2019-04-01)
Rick Rieder, Managing Director, is BlackRock's Global Chief Investment Officer of Fixed Income, and Co-head of BlackRock's Global Fixed Income platform, a member of BlackRock's Global Operating Committee and Chairman of the BlackRock firm-wide Investment Council. Before joining BlackRock in 2009, Mr. Rieder was President and Chief Executive Officer of R3 Capital Partners. He served as Vice Chairman and member of the Borrowing Committee for the U.S. Treasury. Mr. Rieder is currently a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Investment Advisory Committee on Financial Markets, and was inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society Fixed Income Hall of Fame in 2013, and was nominated for Fixed Income Manager of the Year by Institutional Investor for 2014. From 1987 to 2008, Mr. Rieder was with Lehman Brothers, most recently as head of the firm's Global Principal Strategies team, a global proprietary investment platform. He was also global head of the firm's credit businesses, Chairman of the Corporate Bond and Loan Capital Commitment Committee, and a member of the Board of Trustees for the corporate pension fund. Before joining Lehman Brothers, Mr. Rieder was a credit analyst at SunTrust Banks in Atlanta. Mr. Rieder earned a BBA degree in Finance from Emory University in 1983 and an MBA degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. He is a member of the board of Emory University, Emory's Business School, and the University's Investment Committee and is the Vice Chairman of the Finance Committee. Mr. Rieder is founder and chairman of the business school's BBA investment fund and community financial literacy program. Mr. Rieder serves as Chairman of the Board of North Star Academy's eleven Charter Schools in Newark, New Jersey and is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Graduation Generation Public School Collaboration in Atlanta. He is a Trustee for the US Olympic Committee, and on the board of advisors for the Hospital for Special Surgery. He serves on the National Leadership Council of the Communities in Schools Educational Foundation and on the board of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Newark and Essex County Mr. Rieder was honored at the Choose Success Awards ceremony in Atlanta in 2015 for his dedication to public education in Atlanta through CIS and Graduation Generation.
Russ Koesterich   (2017-01-01)
"Russ Koesterich, CFA, JD, Managing Director and portfolio manager, is a member of the Global Allocation team as well as the lead portfolio manager on the GA Selects model portfolio strategies. Mr. Koesterich's service with the firm dates back to 2005, including his years with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), which merged with BlackRock in 2009. He joined the BlackRock Global Allocation team in 2016 as Head of Asset Allocation and was named a portfolio manager of the Fund in 2017. Previously, he was BlackRock's Global Chief Investment Strategist and Chairman of the Investment Committee for the Model Portfolio Solutions business, and formerly served as the Global Head of Investment Strategy for scientific active equities and as senior portfolio manager in the US Market Neutral Group. Prior to joining BGI, Mr. Koesterich was the Chief North American Strategist at State Street Bank and Trust. He began his investment career at Instinet Research Partners where he occupied several positions in research, including Director of Investment Strategy for both U.S. and European research, and Equity Analyst. He is a frequent contributor to financials news media and the author of three books, including his most recent ""Portfolio Construction for Today's Markets."" Mr. Koesterich earned a BA in history from Brandeis University, a JD from Boston College and an MBA from Columbia University. He is a CFA Charterholder."
David Clayton   (2017-01-01)
"David Clayton, CFA, JD, Managing Director and portfolio manager, is a member of the Global Allocation team. Mr. Clayton joined the BlackRock Global Allocation team in 2010 and was named a portfolio manager of the Fund in 2017. Prior to his current role, he was head of portfolio oversight, as well as a senior investor and investment group leader, on the Fund, primarily responsible for coverage of the energy, real estate, autos, industrials, materials and utilities sectors. Prior to joining BlackRock, he was Of Counsel in the Financial Restructuring Group at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP. Previously he was a Managing Director and analyst with The Blackstone Group, responsible for distressed and special situations investments across multiple industries. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Clayton spent six years at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), initially as an attorney specializing in corporate finance transactions and restructurings, and most recently as a Vice President and analyst in the Global High Yield Bond & Bank Debt Group. Mr. Clayton began his career as an attorney specializing in corporate finance transactions, first at Blake, Cassels & Graydon in Toronto and then at Milbank in New York. Mr. Clayton earned a BA degree, with honors, in economics from the University of Western Ontario in 1990 and MBA and LLB degrees from Dalhousie University in 1994. He is a CFA Charterholder."
Investment Advisor(s)
BlackRock Advisors LLC
Issuer
BlackRock
Subadvisor(s)
BlackRock International Limited
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited
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