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Fund Price: $17.20 (as at July 29, 2010)  1-day chg: $.000221 0.00%  YTD: -2.48%

Returns as at June 30, 2010

  Fund Group Avg Index*
1 Month -4.04% -0.46% 0.39%
3 Months -12.74% -9.80% -9.92%
6 Months -9.13% -11.24% -11.77%
1 Year 6.67% -0.63% -2.95%
2 Year Avg -12.45% -13.06% -12.55%
3 Year Avg -15.87% -14.76% -13.02%
4 Year Avg -7.56% -7.12% -5.41%
5 Year Avg -3.36% -3.31% -1.54%
10 Year Avg - -4.03% -2.70%
15 Year Avg - 2.16% 2.36%
20 Year Avg - 3.65% 3.87%
Since Inception -1.19% - -
 
2009 18.07% 16.06% 13.21%
2008 -40.58% -34.15% -29.43%
2007 1.93% -5.21% -5.34%
 
3 year risk 22.43 19.25 17.72
3 year beta 1.00 0.99 1.00

*MSCI EAFE ($ Cdn)

Growth of $10,000

This graph shows how a $10,000 investment in this fund would have changed in value compared with the MSCI EAFE ($ Cdn).

Risk Measures as at June 30, 2010

Best/Worst 12 months (since inception)
Best (ending Mar 04): 40.96 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
Worst (ending Nov 08): -44.09 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
Volatility meter (Based on 3 year standard deviation from Globefund.com)
Low VOLATILITY METER: 22 High

Fund Objectives

The Fund is a trust created by BGI Canada under the laws of Ontario. The Fund seeks to provide long term growth in capital by replicating, to the extent possible, the performance of the MSCI Provisional EAFE Index. To achieve this objective, the Fund invests primarily in exchange-traded futures contracts based on the Index as well as high quality short-term money market instruments. The Fund may also invest in currency forward and futures contracts, equity securities underlying the Index, index participation units and other similar instruments.

Fund Facts

Fund Sponsor: BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
Managed by: BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
Fund Type: MF Trust
Inception Date: September 2001
Asset Class: International Equity
Quartile Rank: 3 (3YR ending June 30, 2010)
Total Assets: $907.3 million
Mgmt Exp. Ratio (MER): 0.49%
Management Fee: 0.50%
Load Type: No Load
Globe 5-Star Rating:
RRSP Eligible:
Canadian
Min. Invest (initial):
-
Subsequent:
-
Min. Invest (initial RRSP):
-
Subsequent RRSP:
-
Closed:
No
Restricted:
No
Restriction:
 
 

Asset Allocation June 30, 2010

Equity Sector Weightings June 30, 2010

Fund Geography June 30, 2010

Top Holdings as at June 30, 2010

Symbol Company Name Sector Geographic
Area
Asset
Type
% of
Total Assets
  Performance as at July 29, 2010
1 Year Performance (%)
EFA-N iShares MSCI EAFE E.T.F. Investment Companies and Funds United States Stock 100.0   6.92 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)

Distribution Report (18 months up to July 29, 2010)

Frequency of Income Distributions: Annually

Frequency of Capital Gain Distributions: Annually

Date Income Dividend Capital Gain Total (Current Period) Trailing 12-Months Total Reinvestment Price
Jun 30, 2010 0.2642 0.2642 0.5476 16.030
Dec 31, 2009 0.2834 0.2834 0.5435 17.930
Jun 30, 2009 0.2601 0.2601 0.4383 15.517

Portfolio Manager(s)

Barclays Global Investors - Mgmt Team

BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

Start Date: July, 2003

Fund Return: 1.60%

Also manages:Astra Bond Index, Astra International Index, BGI S&P/TSX Equity Index, BlackRock Balanced Aggressive Index, BlackRock Balanced Conservative Idx, BlackRock Balanced Moderate Index, Desjardins Fn Pl Barclays LongBdIdx, Desjardins Fn Pl Barclays U.S.EqIdx, Desjardins Fn Pl BarclaysEAFE EqIdx, Desjardins Fn Pl S&P/TSX Index (B), Desjardins Fn Pool Actv Cdn Equ (B), Desjardins Fn Pool Uni Bond Idx (B), Foresters American Index, Foresters Canadian Index, Foresters Eurasia Index, Foresters Global Index, F�RIQUE Equity, SPDR Barclays Cap Int Treas BD ETF, iShares Alt Completion Port Builder, iShares Barclays 7-10yr Trs BD ETF, iShares CDN Bond Index, iShares CDN Completion Index, iShares CDN Composite Index, iShares CDN Corporate Bond Index, iShares CDN Dividend Index, iShares CDN Energy Sector Index, iShares CDN Financial Sector Index, iShares CDN Gold Sector Index, iShares CDN Government Bond Index, iShares CDN Growth Index, iShares CDN Income Trust Sector Idx, iShares CDN Jantzi Social Index, iShares CDN LargeCap 60 Index, iShares CDN Long Term Bond Index, iShares CDN MSCI Emerging Mkt Index, iShares CDN MSCI World Index, iShares CDN Materials Sector Index, iShares CDN REIT Sector Index, iShares CDN Real Return Bond Index, iShares CDN Russell 2000 Index, iShares CDN S&P 500 Index, iShares CDN Short Bond Index, iShares CDN SmallCap Index, iShares CDN Tech Sector Index, iShares CDN Value Index, iShares China Index, iShares Cons Core Portfolio Builder, iShares Glo Completion Port Builder, iShares Growth Core Port Builder, iShares JP Morgan EM Bond Fund ETF, iShares MSCI Brazil Index, iShares S&P CNX Nifty India Index, iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index, iShares U.S. Corporate CAD-Hedged, iShares U.S. High Yield CAD-Hedged

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