Mutual Fund Summary Prospectus (497k)
March 01 2013 - 1:12PM
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iShares Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund
CEMB
•
BATS
Before you invest, you may want to review the
Fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s prospectus (including amendments and supplements) and other information about the Fund, including the Fund’s statement of
additional information and shareholder report, online at http://us.ishares.com/prospectus. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737) or by sending an e-mail request to iSharesETFs@blackrock.com, or from
your financial professional. The Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated March 1, 2013, as amended and supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by reference into (legally made a part of) this Summary
Prospectus.
The Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
iSHARES
®
EMERGING MARKETS CORPORATE BOND FUND
Ticker: CEMB
Stock Exchange:
BATS
Investment Objective
The iShares Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund (the
“Fund”) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Morningstar Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Index (the “Underlying Index”).
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you
will incur if you own shares of the Fund. The investment advisory agreement between iShares, Inc. (the “Company”) and BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) (the “ Investment Advisory Agreement”) provides that BFA will
pay all operating expenses of the Fund, except interest expenses, taxes, brokerage expenses, future distribution fees or expenses, and extraordinary expenses.
You may also incur usual and customary brokerage commissions
when buying or selling shares of the Fund, which are not reflected in the example that follows:
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(ongoing expenses that you pay each year as a
percentage of the value of your investments)
|
Management
Fees
|
Distribution
and
Service (12b-1)
Fees
|
Other
Expenses
|
Total
Annual
Fund
Operating
Expenses
|
|
0.60%
|
None
|
None
|
0.60%
|
Example.
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of owning shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and
then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based
on these assumptions, your costs would be:
|
1
Year
|
3
Years
|
5
Years
|
10
Years
|
|
$61
|
$192
|
$335
|
$750
|
Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund
may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are
held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. From inception, April 17, 2012, to the most recent fiscal year end, the Fund's portfolio turnover
rate was 29% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Underlying Index tracks the performance of the U.S.
dollar-denominated emerging market corporate bond market. All bonds included in the Underlying Index are selected according to a set of rule-based inclusion criteria regarding issue size, bond type, maturity, and liquidity. The securities included
in the Underlying Index are rebalanced on the first business day of each month. Eligible countries are rebalanced annually at the end of September.
The Underlying Index includes bonds issued by corporations and
quasi-sovereign corporations (more than 50% government ownership) based in Latin American, Eastern European, Middle Eastern/African, and Asian (excluding Japan) countries which meet certain criteria to be classified as emerging market countries by
Morningstar, Inc’s (”Morningstar”) proprietary index methodology. Eligible individual securities must have a minimum outstanding face value of $500 million or more, and eligible issuers must have
aggregate outstanding debt of $1 billion or more to be included in the
Underlying Index. All securities included in the Underlying Index must be U.S. dollar-denominated fixed rate bonds with a remaining maturity of 13 months or more at the time of rebalancing and a minimum of 36 months to maturity or greater at time of
issuance. There are no ratings restrictions on either the individual bonds or the country of risk, but all bonds in the Underlying Index must have at least one credit rating from either Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
(“Moody’s”), Standard & Poor's Ratings Services or Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”).
The Underlying Index is market capitalization-weighted with a
5% capping of issuers and a
pro rata
distribution of any excess weight across the remaining issuers in the Underlying Index. As of September 30, 2012, the Underlying Index included issuers located in Brazil,
Chile, China, Colombia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, the Ukraine,
the United Arab Emirates and Venezuela. Components primarily include financial, industrials and utilities companies. The components of the Underlying Index, and the degree to which these components represent certain industries, may change over
time.
BFA uses a “passive” or indexing
approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “beat” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear
overvalued.
Indexing may eliminate the chance that the Fund will
substantially outperform the Underlying Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by keeping portfolio turnover low in
comparison to actively managed investment companies.
BFA
uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar
to the Underlying Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market capitalization and industry weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability,
duration, maturity or credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of the Underlying Index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Underlying Index.
The Fund generally invests at least 80% of its assets in
securities of the Underlying Index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the Underlying Index. However, the Fund may at times invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents,
including money market funds advised by BFA or its affiliates, as well as in bonds not included in the Underlying Index, but which BFA believes will help the Fund track the Underlying Index.
The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of
the value of the Fund's total assets
(including the value of the collateral received).
The Underlying Index is sponsored by an organization (the
“Index Provider”) that is independent of the Fund and BFA. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the
Underlying Index. The Fund’s Index Provider is Morningstar.
Industry Concentration Policy.
The Fund will concentrate its investments (
i.e.
, hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to
approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government
securities, and securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by members of any industry.
Summary of Principal Risks
As with any investment, you could lose all or part of your
investment in the Fund, and the Fund's performance could trail that of other investments. The Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely affect the Fund's net asset value per share (“NAV”), trading
price, yield, total return and ability to meet its investment objective.
Asset Class Risk.
Securities in the Underlying Index or in the Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities markets or other asset classes.
Call Risk
.
During periods of falling interest rates, an issuer of a callable bond held by the Fund may “call” or repay the security before its stated maturity, and the Fund may have to reinvest the
proceeds at lower interest rates, resulting in a decline in the Fund's income.
Concentration Risk.
To the extent that the Fund's investments are concentrated in a particular issuer, region, country, market, industry or asset class, the Fund may be susceptible to loss due to adverse occurrences
affecting that issuer, region, country, market, industry or asset class.
Credit Risk
.
The Fund is subject to the risk that debt issuers and other counterparties may not honor their obligations or may have their debt downgraded by ratings agencies.
Custody Risk
.
Less developed markets are more likely to experience problems with the clearing and settling of trades and the holding of securities by local banks, agents and depositories.
Extension Risk.
During periods of rising interest rates, certain obligations will be paid off substantially more slowly than originally anticipated and the value of those securities may fall sharply, resulting in a
decline to the Fund’s income and potentially in the value of the Fund’s investments.
Financial Sector Risk
.
Performance of companies in the financial sector may be adversely impacted by many factors, including, among others, government regulations, economic conditions, credit rating downgrades, changes in
interest rates, and decreased liquidity in credit markets. This sector has experienced significant losses in the recent past, and the impact of more stringent capital
requirements and of recent or future regulation on any individual financial
company or on the sector as a whole cannot be predicted.
Geographic Risk
.
A natural or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in which the Fund invests.
High Yield Securities Risk.
Securities that are rated below investment grade (commonly referred to as “junk bonds,” including those bonds rated lower than “BBB-” by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services
and Fitch, or “Baa3” by Moody's), or are unrated, may be deemed speculative and more volatile than higher-rated securities of similar maturity.
Index-Related Risk.
There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions are
likely to have an adverse effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track the Underlying Index.
Industrials Sector Risk.
The industrials sector may be affected by changes in the supply and demand for products and services, product obsolescence, claims for environmental damage or product liability and general economic
conditions, among other factors.
Interest Rate Risk
.
An increase in interest rates may cause the value of fixed-income securities held by the Fund to decline.
Issuer Risk
.
Fund performance depends on the performance of individual securities to which the Fund has exposure. Changes in the financial condition or credit rating of an issuer of
those securities may cause the value of the securities to decline.
Liquidity Risk
.
Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell. This can reduce the Fund's returns because the Fund may be unable to transact at advantageous times or
prices.
Management Risk
.
As the Fund may not fully replicate the Underlying Index, it is subject to the risk that BFA's investment management strategy may not produce the intended
results.
Market
Risk
.
The Fund could lose money over short periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market downturns.
Market Trading Risk
.
The Fund faces numerous market trading risks, including the potential lack of an active market for Fund shares, losses from trading in secondary markets, periods of high volatility and disruption in
the creation/redemption process of the Fund. ANY OF THESE FACTORS, AMONG OTHERS, MAY LEAD TO THE FUND'S SHARES TRADING AT A PREMIUM OR DISCOUNT TO NAV.
Non-Diversification Risk
.
The Fund may invest a large percentage of its assets in securities issued by or representing a small number of issuers. As a result, the Fund's performance may depend on the performance of a small
number of issuers.
Non-U.S. Issuers Risk.
Securities issued by non-U.S. issuers carry different risks from securities issued by U.S. issuers. These include differences in accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, the possibility
of expropriation or confiscatory taxation, adverse changes in investment or
exchange control regulations, political instability, regulatory and economic
differences, and potential restrictions on the flow of international capital. The Fund is specifically exposed to
Asian Economic Risk
and
Central and South American Economic
Risk
.
Passive Investment Risk
.
The Fund is not actively managed and BFA does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets.
Privately-Issued Securities Risk.
The Fund may invest in privately-issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“1933 Act”). Privately-issued securities are securities that have not been registered under the 1933 Act and as a result are subject to legal restrictions on resale. Privately-issued securities are not traded on established markets and
may be illiquid, difficult to value and subject to wide fluctuations in value. Delay or difficulty in selling such securities may result in a loss to the Fund.
Quasi-Sovereign Obligations Risk.
The Fund may invest in securities issued by or guaranteed by companies owned or controlled by non-U.S. sovereign governments, which may be unable or unwilling to repay principal or interest when due. In
times of economic uncertainty, the prices of these securities may be more volatile than those of other corporate debt obligations.
Reliance on Trading Partners
Risk
.
The Fund invests in countries whose economies are heavily dependent upon trading with key partners. Any reduction in this trading may have an
adverse
impact on the Fund's investments. Through its trading partners, the Fund is
specifically exposed to
Asian Economic Risk
,
Eastern
European Economic Risk, European Economic Risk
and
U.S. Economic Risk
.
Risk
of Investing in Emerging Markets
.
The Fund's investments in emerging markets may be subject to a greater risk of loss than investments in more developed
markets. Emerging markets may be more likely to experience inflation risk, political turmoil and rapid changes in economic conditions than more developed markets. Emerging markets often have less uniformity in accounting and reporting requirements,
unreliable securities valuation and greater risk associated with custody of securities.
Securities Lending Risk.
The Fund may engage in securities lending. Securities lending involves the risk that the Fund may lose money because the borrower of the Fund's loaned securities fails to return the securities in a
timely manner or at all. The Fund could also lose money in the event of a decline in the value of the collateral provided for loaned securities or a decline in the value of any investments made with cash collateral. These events could also trigger
adverse tax consequences for the Fund.
Security Risk
.
Some countries and regions in which the Fund invests have experienced security concerns. Incidents involving a country's or region's security may cause
uncertainty in these markets and may adversely affect their economies and the Fund's investments.
Structural Risk
.
The countries in which the Fund invests may be subject to
considerable degrees of economic, political and social instability.
Tracking Error Risk
.
Tracking error is the divergence of the Fund’s performance from that of the Underlying Index. Tracking error may occur because of differences between the securities held in the Fund’s
portfolio and those included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs, the Fund’s holding of cash, differences in timing of the accrual of distributions, changes to the Underlying Index or the need to meet various new or
existing regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not. BFA EXPECTS THAT THE FUND MAY EXPERIENCE HIGHER TRACKING ERROR THAN IS TYPICAL FOR SIMILAR INDEX EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS. BFA EXPECTS THAT THE FUND MAY EXPERIENCE HIGHER TRACKING ERROR UNTIL THE FUND REACHES SUFFICIENT SCALE AND FURTHER BROADENS
ITS HOLDINGS.
Utilities Sector Risk.
The utilities sector is subject to significant government regulation and oversight. Companies in the utilities sector may be adversely affected due to increases in fuel and operating costs, rising
costs of financing capital construction and the cost of complying with regulations, among other factors.
Valuation Risk
.
The sale price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund's valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying Index, particularly for securities
that trade in
low volume or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value
methodology. In addition, the value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's shares.
Performance Information
As of the date of the Fund's prospectus (the
“Prospectus”), the Fund has been in operation for less than one full calendar year and therefore does not report its performance information.
Management
Investment Adviser.
BlackRock
Fund Advisors.
Portfolio Managers.
James Mauro and Scott Radell (the “Portfolio Managers”) are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund. Each Portfolio Manager supervises a portfolio management team. Mr. Mauro and Mr.
Radell have been Portfolio Managers of the Fund since 2012.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
The Fund is an exchange-traded fund (commonly referred to as an
“ETF”). Individual Fund shares may only be purchased and sold on a national securities exchange through a broker-dealer. The price of Fund shares is based on market price, and because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than NAV,
shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). The Fund will only issue or redeem shares that have
been aggregated into blocks of 100,000 shares or multiples thereof
(“Creation Units”) to authorized participants who have entered into agreements with the Fund's distributor. The Fund generally will issue or redeem Creation Units in return for a designated portfolio of securities (and an amount of cash)
that the Fund specifies each day.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to
you as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account (“IRA” ).
Payments to Broker-Dealers and other Financial
Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through
a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), BFA or other related companies may pay the intermediary for marketing activities and presentations, educational training programs, conferences, the development of technology platforms
and reporting systems or other services related to the sale or promotion of the Fund. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another
investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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