BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Absolute Return Credit
Seeks to Minimize Interest Rate Risk
BLK Global Long/Short Credit Performance Across Rate Regimes
Average Returns Across Different Rate Regimes (9/30/11-3/31/18)
Rising
Flat
Total Return (%)
5
4
3
-2
0.83
-1.64
0.61
0.62
BLK Global L/S Credit (Inst)
Falling
-0.10
2.20
Bbg Barclays US Agg Bond
Overall
2.96
2.13
Source: Morningstar, Federal Reserve; from fund inception 9/30/11 to 3/31/18. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance of Global Long/Short Credit Fund
Institutional Shares. Rate period returns are an average of cumulative returns, with periods represented by change in the 10-year Treasury yield. Since inception return of fund vs. the
index is annualized, including reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index performance is for illustrative purposes only. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.
Rising Rate Periods: Counts period if <= 60 day period with at least a 40 bp increase in 10-year Treasury from start date to end date; 10/1/11 to 10/27/11, 1/31/12 to 3/19/12, 7/25/12 to
9/14/12, 11/16/12 to 2/13/13, 5/1/13 to 7/5/13, 10/23/13 to 12/31/13, 1/30/15 to 3/6/15, 4/3/15 to 6/10/15, 9/7/2016 to 11/30/2016, 9/7/2017 to 10/26/2017, 11/6/2017 to 1/30/2018. Flat
Rate Periods: Ending date rate must be within +/- 2 bps of start date rate, period must be at least 30 days and no more than 90 days (business days), variance of rate in the periods
must be +/- 15 bps from start date rate on each date over the period (ensures minimal volatility over the period as a whole); 11/17/11 to 3/6/12, 6/5/12 to 8/1/12, 10/10/12 to 12/14/12,
1/3/13 to 3/25/13, 6/25/13 to 8/12/13, 9/25/13 to 11/7/13, 1/30/14 to 4/29/14, 5/16/14 to 9/30/14, 10/22/14 to 12/8/14, 8/3/15 to 10/30/15, 11/4/15 to 12/31/15, 2/2/16 to 3/28/16, 3/30/16
to 5/31/16, 6/16/16 to 8/31/16, 12/9/2016 to 1/31/2017, 2/6/2017 to 3/31/2017, 4/18/17 to 6/21/17, 6/22/17 to 8/30/17, 9/29/17 to 11/28/17, 1/31/18 to 3/29/18. Falling Rate Periods:
Counts period if <=60 day period with at least a 40 bp decline in 10-year Treasury rate from start date to end date; 10/27/11 to 12/19/11, 3/19/12 to 6/1/12, 3/11/13 to 5/2/13, 9/5/13 to
10/23/13, 12/31/13 to 3/3/14, 9/18/14 to 10/15/14, 11/6/14 to 1/30/15, 6/10/15 to 8/24/15, 11/9/2015 to 1/29/16, 3/13/17 to 5/31/17.
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