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Summary Prospectus |
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment) |
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Investor A
Shares |
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Investor C
Shares |
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Institutional Shares |
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Class R
Shares |
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage
of offering price) |
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5.25% |
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None |
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None |
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None |
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower) |
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None1 |
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1.00%2 |
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None |
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None |
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
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Investor A Shares |
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Investor C Shares |
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Institutional Shares |
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Class R Shares |
Management Fee3 |
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0.75% |
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0.75% |
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0.75% |
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0.75% |
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
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0.25% |
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1.00% |
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None |
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0.50% |
Other Expenses |
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0.50% |
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0.59% |
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0.52% |
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0.67% |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
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1.50% |
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2.34% |
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1.27% |
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1.92% |
Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements3,4 |
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(0.16)% |
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(0.25)% |
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(0.18)% |
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(0.33)% |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements3,4
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1.34% |
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2.09% |
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1.09% |
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1.59% |
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1 Year |
3 Years |
5 Years |
10 Years |
Investor A Shares |
$654 |
$959 |
$1,286 |
$2,209 |
Investor C Shares |
$312 |
$707 |
$1,228 |
$2,447 |
Institutional Shares |
$111 |
$385 |
$680 |
$1,518 |
Class R Shares |
$162 |
$571 |
$1,006 |
$2,217 |
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1 Year |
3 Years |
5 Years |
10 Years |
Investor C Shares |
$212 |
$707 |
$1,228 |
$2,447 |
For the periods ended 12/31/23
Average Annual Total Returns |
1 Year |
5 Years |
10 Years |
BlackRock EuroFund — Investor A Shares |
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Return Before Taxes |
14.05 % |
8.99 % |
2.26 % |
Return After Taxes on Distributions |
13.73 % |
8.99 % |
2.14 % |
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
8.53 % |
7.20 % |
1.85 % |
BlackRock EuroFund — Investor C Shares |
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Return Before Taxes |
18.51 % |
9.35 % |
2.16 % |
BlackRock EuroFund — Institutional Shares |
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Return Before Taxes |
20.69 % |
10.41 % |
3.03 % |
BlackRock EuroFund — Class R Shares |
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Return Before Taxes |
20.01 % |
9.73 % |
2.35 % |
MSCI EMU Index
(Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
22.94 % |
8.79 % |
4.03 % |
Portfolio Manager |
Portfolio Manager of the Fund Since |
Title |
Andreas Zoellinger, CFA1 |
2018 |
Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. |
Tom Joy, CFA |
2019 |
Director of BlackRock, Inc. |
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Investor A and Investor C
Shares |
Institutional Shares |
Class R Shares |
Minimum Initial Investment |
$1,000 for all accounts except: •$50, if establishing an
Automatic Investment Plan. •There is no investment minimum for employer- sponsored retirement plans (not including SEP IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs or SARSEPs). •There is no investment
minimum for certain fee-
based programs. |
There is no minimum initial investment for: •Employer-sponsored retirement plans
(not including SEP IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs or
SARSEPs), state sponsored 529 college
savings plans, collective trust funds,
investment companies or other pooled
investment vehicles, unaffiliated thrifts
and unaffiliated banks and trust
companies, each of which may purchase
shares of the Fund through a Financial
Intermediary that has entered into an
agreement with the Fund’s distributor to
purchase such shares. •Clients of Financial Intermediaries that: (i) charge such clients a fee for advisory, investment consulting, or similar services or (ii) have entered into an agreement with the Fund’s distributor to offer Institutional Shares through a no- load program or investment platform. •Clients investing through a self-directed IRA brokerage account program sponsored by a retirement plan record- keeper, provided that such program offers only mutual fund options and that the program maintains an account with the Fund on an omnibus basis. $2 million for individuals and “Institutional
Investors,” which include, but are not
limited to, endowments, foundations,
family offices, local, city, and state
governmental institutions, corporations
and insurance company separate
accounts who may purchase shares of the
Fund through a Financial Intermediary that
has entered into an agreement with the
Fund’s distributor to purchase such
shares. $1,000 for: •Clients investing through Financial Intermediaries that offer such shares on a platform that charges a transaction |
$100 for all accounts. |
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Investor A and Investor C
Shares |
Institutional Shares |
Class R Shares |
Minimum Initial
Investment (continued) |
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based sales commission outside of the
Fund. •Tax-qualified accounts for insurance agents that are registered representatives of an insurance company’s broker-dealer that has entered into an agreement with the Fund’s distributor to offer Institutional Shares, and the family members of such persons. |
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Minimum Additional Investment |
$50 for all accounts (with the exception of certain employer-sponsored retirement plans which may have a lower minimum). |
No subsequent minimum. |
No subsequent minimum. |