BlackRock LifePath Index 2040 Fund

BlackRock Funds III · Series S000032780

Target-date fund of funds
$15.52B NAV
13 positions · as of 2026-06-30 · filed 2026-08-25
data updated 2026-09-08

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 Q2

Partial coverage
99.98%
of net assets
Stocks99.80%
Cash & short-term0.19%

Latest quarter

What changed since the fund's previous filing

2026Q2 vs 2026Q1: 1 new0 exited

New: BlackRock Funds III

Return profile

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

1-year
+23.67%
3-year
+53.05%
5-year
+44.65%
Volatility
9.61%
Worst 3-yr fall
-9.29%
Cumulative return· Jul 2023 – Apr 2026

May 2026 and Jun 2026 have been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so they are 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 LIFEPATH42.05%$6.52B
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF26.66%$4.14B
iShares US Intermediate Government Bond Index Fund/BlackRockBIGBX7.37%$1.14B
iShares US Securitized Bond Index Fund/BlackRockBISBX6.11%$947.71M
iShares US Intermediate Credit Bond Index Fund/BlackRockBICBX3.94%$610.62M
iShares US Long Credit Bond Index Fund/BlackRockBLCBX3.14%$487.60M
iShares US Long Government Bond Index Fund/BlackRockBLGBX3.10%$480.95M
iShares FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index FundBREBX2.98%$462.81M
iShares Global Infrastructure ETF2.25%$349.55M
SMALL CAP LIFEPATH1.88%$292.30M
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Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-06-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.

Top 10 positions are 99.47% of net assets, top 25 99.98%, across 13 issuers.

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