BlackRock LifePath Index 2040 Fund

BlackRock Funds III · Series S000032780

Equity fund · 100% stocks
$14.32B NAV
12 positions · as of 2026-03-31 · filed 2026-05-28
data updated 2026-08-10

Fund profile

As filed in the prospectus · 2026 Q2

The investment objective of BlackRock LifePath Index 2040 Fund (LifePath Index 2040 Fund or the Fund), a series of BlackRock Funds III (the Trust), is to seek to provide for retirement outcomes based on quantitatively measured risk. In pursuit of this objective, LifePath Index 2040 Fund will be broadly diversified across global asset classes, with asset allocations becoming more conservative over time.

Strategy · summarised

The fund allocates its assets among affiliated equity index funds, bond index funds, and money market funds according to a custom benchmark and a predetermined glide path that shifts allocations toward fixed income as the 2040 target date approaches. The fund employs passive management, seeking to match the performance of its custom benchmark index through its holdings of underlying funds. Asset allocation targets are adjusted periodically based on market conditions and risk assessments, which may cause the fund's composition to diverge from its benchmark.

Expenses
0.09% 0.39%across 4 share classes
Share classGrossNet
C0001011490.43%0.39%
C0001011500.18%0.14%
C0001011510.13%0.09%
C0002019730.43%0.39%

Net is what a holder pays after the adviser's contractual waiver; gross is before it. A waiver can expire.

Portfolio turnover 16.00% · as of 2026 Q2

Allocation

Asset groups · long / short shown separately, never netted · 2026 Q1

99.80%
of net assets
Stocks99.74%
Cash & short-term0.06%

Latest quarter

What changed since the fund's previous filing

vs 2025Q4: 0 new1 exited

Exited: BlackRock Funds III

Return profile

Total return as filed — price change plus distributions reinvested · trailing figures to Feb 2026

1-year
3-year
5-year
Volatility
Worst 3-yr fall
Cumulative return· Apr 2023 – Feb 2026

Mar 2026 has been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so it is not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.

This fund changed legal form during the period shown. The history above is continuous — it spans both eras, and the change is not a gap in reporting.

Holdings

By % of NAV · equity positions carry filed share counts · every resolvable issuer links to its company page

Issuer%NAVValue
RUSSEL 1000 LIFEPATH40.33%$5.77B
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF26.22%$3.75B
iShares US Intermediate Government Bond Index Fund/BlackRock7.69%$1.10B
iShares US Securitized Bond Index Fund/BlackRock6.76%$967.25M
iShares US Intermediate Credit Bond Index Fund/BlackRock4.60%$658.54M
iShares US Long Government Bond Index Fund/BlackRock3.54%$506.47M
iShares US Long Credit Bond Index Fund/BlackRock3.23%$462.95M
iShares FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index Fund3.23%$462.77M
iShares Global Infrastructure ETF2.09%$299.50M
SMALL CAP LIFEPATH1.70%$242.85M
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Top 10 positions are 99.38% of net assets, top 25 99.79%, across 12 issuers.

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