As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2016
Securities Act File No. 333-92935
Investment Company Act File No. 811-09729
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | x | |||
Pre-Effective Amendment No. | ¨ | |||
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,640 | x | |||
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT | ||||
UNDER | ||||
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | x | |||
Amendment No. 1,640 | x | |||
(Check appropriate box or boxes) |
iShares Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
c/o State Street Bank and Trust Company
1 Iron Street
Boston, MA 02210
(Address of Principal Executive Office)(Zip Code)
Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code (415) 670-2000
The Corporation Trust Company
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
With Copies to:
MARGERY K. NEALE, ESQ. WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP 787 SEVENTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10019-6099 |
DEEPA DAMRE, ESQ. BLACKROCK FUND ADVISORS 400 HOWARD STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 |
Continuous
(May 25, 2016)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
x | immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
¨ | on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) |
¨ | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
¨ | on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
¨ | 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
¨ | on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485. |
If appropriate, check the following box:
¨ | This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
This filing relates solely to the following Fund, a series of iShares Trust:
iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Materials ETF
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,640 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco and the State of California on the 24th day of May, 2016.
iSHARES TRUST
By: |
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Manish Mehta* | ||
President | ||
Date: May 24, 2016 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,640 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Mark Wiedman* |
Trustee |
Date: May 24, 2016 |
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John E. Martinez* |
Trustee |
Date: May 24, 2016 |
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Cecilia H. Herbert* |
Trustee |
Date: May 24, 2016 |
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Charles A. Hurty* |
Trustee |
Date: May 24, 2016 |
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John E. Kerrigan* |
Trustee |
Date: May 24, 2016 |
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Robert S. Kapito* |
Trustee |
Date: May 24, 2016 |
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Madhav V. Rajan* |
Trustee |
Date: May 24, 2016 |
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Jane D. Carlin* |
Trustee |
Date: May 24, 2016
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/s/ Jack Gee |
Jack Gee** |
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
Date: May 24, 2016
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/s/ Jack Gee |
* By: Jack Gee |
Attorney-in-fact |
Date: May 24, 2016 |
* | Powers of Attorney, each dated March 25, 2015, for Manish Mehta, Jane D. Carlin, Mark Wiedman, Charles A. Hurty, Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, John E. Martinez, Madhav V. Rajan and Robert S. Kapito are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,490, filed August 6, 2015. |
** | Power of Attorney, dated March 24, 2016, for Jack Gee is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,616, filed April 19, 2016. |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Description of Exhibit | |
EX-101.INS | XBRL Instance Document | |
EX-101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
EX-101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase | |
EX-101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase | |
EX-101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase | |
EX-101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase |
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Label | Element | Value |
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Document Type | dei_DocumentType | 485BPOS |
Document Period End Date | dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate | May 10, 2016 |
Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | iSHARES TRUST |
Central Index Key | dei_EntityCentralIndexKey | 0001100663 |
Amendment Flag | dei_AmendmentFlag | false |
Document Creation Date | dei_DocumentCreationDate | May 10, 2016 |
Document Effective Date | dei_DocumentEffectiveDate | May 10, 2016 |
Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | May 10, 2016 |
iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Materials ETF | ||||||||||
iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR MATERIALS ETF Ticker: MATF Stock Exchange: BATS | ||||||||||
Investment Objective | ||||||||||
The iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Materials ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. large- and mid-capitalization stocks in the materials sector that have favorable exposure to target style factors subject to constraints. | ||||||||||
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 Trust (the “Trust”) and BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) (formerly, Barclays Global Fund Advisors (“BGFA”)) (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 and other charges 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) | ||||||||||
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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: | ||||||||||
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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. | ||||||||||
Principal Investment Strategies | ||||||||||
The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI USA Materials Diversified Multiple-Factor Capped Index (the “Underlying Index”), which has been developed by MSCI Inc. (the “Index Provider” or “MSCI”). The Underlying Index is designed to select equity securities from the MSCI USA Materials Index (the “Parent Index”) that have high exposure to four investment style factors: value, quality, momentum and low size, while maintaining a level of risk similar to that of the Parent Index. The Underlying Index is also constrained in its construction to limit turnover and has a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no single issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Underlying Index. MSCI, in selecting equity securities from the Parent Index, assigns a composite score for a security through a proprietary model based on four equally-weighted investment style factors: the value score is derived from a company’s valuation ratios (e.g., forward share price to earnings, share price to book value and enterprise value to operating cash flow); the quality score is calculated from a company’s underlying metrics (e.g., return-on-equity, debt-to-equity and earnings variability); the momentum score is calculated through a global equity model, which aims to measure a security’s sustained relative performance against the global market over a two-year period and against other securities based in the same country over the previous six and 12 months (with a one month lag); and the low size score is derived from a global equity model that seeks to measure the market capitalization of a company as compared to other companies based in the same country. As of March 31, 2016, the Underlying Index consisted of approximately 26 U.S. companies. The Underlying Index may include large- and mid-capitalization companies. Components of the Underlying Index primarily include materials companies. The components of the Underlying Index are likely to 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 that of 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 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 will invest at least 90% of its assets in the component securities of the Underlying Index and may invest up to 10% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, including shares of money market funds advised by BFA or its affiliates, as well as in securities not included in the Underlying Index, but which BFA believes will help the Fund track the Underlying Index. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Underlying Index before the fees and expenses of the Fund. The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund's total assets (including the value of any collateral received). The Underlying Index is sponsored by MSCI, which 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. 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) and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities 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 certain risks, including 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 and other assets in the Underlying Index or in the Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general financial markets, a particular financial market or other asset classes. Authorized Participant Concentration Risk. Only an Authorized Participant (as defined in the Creations and Redemptions section of the Fund's prospectus (the “Prospectus”)) may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of institutions that act as Authorized Participants. To the extent that these institutions exit the business or are unable to proceed with creation and/or redemption orders with respect to the Fund and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to create or redeem Creation Units (as defined below), Fund shares may trade at a premium or discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting. Calculation Methodology Risk. The Underlying Index relies on various sources of information to assess the criteria of issuers included in the Underlying Index (or its Parent Index), including information that may be based on assumptions and estimates. Neither the Fund nor BFA can offer assurances that the Underlying Index’s calculation methodology or sources of information will provide an accurate assessment of included issuers. Concentration Risk. The Fund may be susceptible to an increased risk of loss, including losses due to adverse events that affect the Fund’s investments more than the market as a whole, to the extent that the Fund's investments are concentrated in the securities of a particular issuer or issuers, country, group of countries, region, market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class. Cyber Security Risk. Failures or breaches of the electronic systems of the Fund, the Fund's adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund’s business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and its shareholders. While the Fund has established business continuity plans and risk management systems seeking to address system breaches or failures, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems. Furthermore, the Fund cannot control the cyber security plans and systems of the Fund’s service providers, market makers, Authorized Participants or issuers of securities in which the Fund invests. Equity Securities Risk. Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than those of other asset classes. Holders of common stock incur more risks than holders of preferred stock and debt securities because common stockholders generally have rights to receive payments from stock issuers that are inferior to the rights of other asset classes. 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 could have an adverse effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. 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. Management Risk. As the Fund may not fully replicate the Underlying Index, it is subject to the risk that BFA's investment 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 more prolonged 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 disruptions in the creation/redemption process. ANY OF THESE FACTORS, AMONG OTHERS, MAY LEAD TO THE FUND'S SHARES TRADING AT A PREMIUM OR DISCOUNT TO NAV. Materials Sector Risk. Companies in the materials sector may be adversely impacted by the volatility of commodity prices, exchange rates, depletion of resources, over-production, litigation and government regulations, among other factors. Model Risk. Neither the Fund nor BFA can offer assurances that the MSCI model used to calculate the Underlying Index will achieve its intended results or maintain a level of risk similar to that of the Parent Index. 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. Operational Risk. The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of factors, including, but not limited to, human error, processing and communication errors, errors of the Fund’s service providers, counterparties or other third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems failures. The Fund and BFA seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended to address. 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. Risk of Investing in Developed Countries. The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic growth than some less developed countries. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the economic health of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt burdens and the price or availability of certain commodities. Risk of Investing in the United States. The Fund has significant exposure to U.S. issuers. Certain changes in the U.S. economy, such as when the U.S. economy weakens or when its financial markets decline, may have an adverse effect on the securities to which the Fund has exposure. 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 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 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. 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 and other instruments held in the Fund’s portfolio and those included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs, the Fund’s holding of uninvested cash, differences in timing of the accrual of dividends or interest, tax gains or losses, 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. | ||||||||||
Performance Information | ||||||||||
As of the date of the Prospectus, the Fund has been in operation for less than one full calendar year and therefore does not report its performance information. |
Label | Element | Value |
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | iSHARES TRUST |
Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | May 10, 2016 |
iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Materials ETF | ||
Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Risk/Return [Heading] | rr_RiskReturnHeading | iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR MATERIALS ETF Ticker: MATF Stock Exchange: BATS |
Objective [Heading] | rr_ObjectiveHeading | Investment Objective |
Objective, Primary [Text Block] | rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock | The iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Materials ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. large- and mid-capitalization stocks in the materials sector that have favorable exposure to target style factors subject to constraints. |
Expense [Heading] | rr_ExpenseHeading | Fees and Expenses |
Expense Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock | 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 Trust (the “Trust”) and BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) (formerly, Barclays Global Fund Advisors (“BGFA”)) (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 and other charges when buying or selling shares of the Fund, which are not reflected in the Example that follows: |
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] | rr_OperatingExpensesCaption | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (ongoing expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investments) |
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading | Portfolio Turnover. |
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock | 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. |
Expense Exchange Traded Fund Commissions [Text] | rr_ExpenseExchangeTradedFundCommissions | You may also incur usual and customary brokerage commissions and other charges when buying or selling shares of the Fund, which are not reflected in the Example that follows: |
Expense Example [Heading] | rr_ExpenseExampleHeading | Example. |
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock | 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: |
Strategy [Heading] | rr_StrategyHeading | Principal Investment Strategies |
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock | The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI USA Materials Diversified Multiple-Factor Capped Index (the “Underlying Index”), which has been developed by MSCI Inc. (the “Index Provider” or “MSCI”). The Underlying Index is designed to select equity securities from the MSCI USA Materials Index (the “Parent Index”) that have high exposure to four investment style factors: value, quality, momentum and low size, while maintaining a level of risk similar to that of the Parent Index. The Underlying Index is also constrained in its construction to limit turnover and has a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no single issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Underlying Index. MSCI, in selecting equity securities from the Parent Index, assigns a composite score for a security through a proprietary model based on four equally-weighted investment style factors: the value score is derived from a company’s valuation ratios (e.g., forward share price to earnings, share price to book value and enterprise value to operating cash flow); the quality score is calculated from a company’s underlying metrics (e.g., return-on-equity, debt-to-equity and earnings variability); the momentum score is calculated through a global equity model, which aims to measure a security’s sustained relative performance against the global market over a two-year period and against other securities based in the same country over the previous six and 12 months (with a one month lag); and the low size score is derived from a global equity model that seeks to measure the market capitalization of a company as compared to other companies based in the same country. As of March 31, 2016, the Underlying Index consisted of approximately 26 U.S. companies. The Underlying Index may include large- and mid-capitalization companies. Components of the Underlying Index primarily include materials companies. The components of the Underlying Index are likely to 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 that of 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 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 will invest at least 90% of its assets in the component securities of the Underlying Index and may invest up to 10% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, including shares of money market funds advised by BFA or its affiliates, as well as in securities not included in the Underlying Index, but which BFA believes will help the Fund track the Underlying Index. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Underlying Index before the fees and expenses of the Fund. The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund's total assets (including the value of any collateral received). The Underlying Index is sponsored by MSCI, which 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. 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) and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. |
Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] | rr_StrategyPortfolioConcentration | 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) and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. |
Risk [Heading] | rr_RiskHeading | Summary of Principal Risks |
Risk Narrative [Text Block] | rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock | 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 certain risks, including 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 and other assets in the Underlying Index or in the Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general financial markets, a particular financial market or other asset classes. Authorized Participant Concentration Risk. Only an Authorized Participant (as defined in the Creations and Redemptions section of the Fund's prospectus (the “Prospectus”)) may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of institutions that act as Authorized Participants. To the extent that these institutions exit the business or are unable to proceed with creation and/or redemption orders with respect to the Fund and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to create or redeem Creation Units (as defined below), Fund shares may trade at a premium or discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting. Calculation Methodology Risk. The Underlying Index relies on various sources of information to assess the criteria of issuers included in the Underlying Index (or its Parent Index), including information that may be based on assumptions and estimates. Neither the Fund nor BFA can offer assurances that the Underlying Index’s calculation methodology or sources of information will provide an accurate assessment of included issuers. Concentration Risk. The Fund may be susceptible to an increased risk of loss, including losses due to adverse events that affect the Fund’s investments more than the market as a whole, to the extent that the Fund's investments are concentrated in the securities of a particular issuer or issuers, country, group of countries, region, market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class. Cyber Security Risk. Failures or breaches of the electronic systems of the Fund, the Fund's adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund’s business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and its shareholders. While the Fund has established business continuity plans and risk management systems seeking to address system breaches or failures, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems. Furthermore, the Fund cannot control the cyber security plans and systems of the Fund’s service providers, market makers, Authorized Participants or issuers of securities in which the Fund invests. Equity Securities Risk. Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than those of other asset classes. Holders of common stock incur more risks than holders of preferred stock and debt securities because common stockholders generally have rights to receive payments from stock issuers that are inferior to the rights of other asset classes. 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 could have an adverse effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. 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. Management Risk. As the Fund may not fully replicate the Underlying Index, it is subject to the risk that BFA's investment 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 more prolonged 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 disruptions in the creation/redemption process. ANY OF THESE FACTORS, AMONG OTHERS, MAY LEAD TO THE FUND'S SHARES TRADING AT A PREMIUM OR DISCOUNT TO NAV. Materials Sector Risk. Companies in the materials sector may be adversely impacted by the volatility of commodity prices, exchange rates, depletion of resources, over-production, litigation and government regulations, among other factors. Model Risk. Neither the Fund nor BFA can offer assurances that the MSCI model used to calculate the Underlying Index will achieve its intended results or maintain a level of risk similar to that of the Parent Index. 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. Operational Risk. The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of factors, including, but not limited to, human error, processing and communication errors, errors of the Fund’s service providers, counterparties or other third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems failures. The Fund and BFA seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended to address. 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. Risk of Investing in Developed Countries. The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic growth than some less developed countries. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the economic health of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt burdens and the price or availability of certain commodities. Risk of Investing in the United States. The Fund has significant exposure to U.S. issuers. Certain changes in the U.S. economy, such as when the U.S. economy weakens or when its financial markets decline, may have an adverse effect on the securities to which the Fund has exposure. 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 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 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. 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 and other instruments held in the Fund’s portfolio and those included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs, the Fund’s holding of uninvested cash, differences in timing of the accrual of dividends or interest, tax gains or losses, 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. |
Risk Lose Money [Text] | rr_RiskLoseMoney | 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. |
Risk Nondiversified Status [Text] | rr_RiskNondiversifiedStatus | 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. |
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] | rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading | Performance Information |
Performance Narrative [Text Block] | rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock | As of the date of the Prospectus, the Fund has been in operation for less than one full calendar year and therefore does not report its performance information. |
Performance One Year or Less [Text] | rr_PerformanceOneYearOrLess | As of the date of the Prospectus, the Fund has been in operation for less than one full calendar year and therefore does not report its performance information. |
iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Materials ETF | iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Materials ETF | ||
Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Management Fees | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.35% |
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees | rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets | none |
Other Expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | none |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 0.35% |
1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | $ 36 |
3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | $ 113 |
Label | Element | Value |
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | iSHARES TRUST |
Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | May 10, 2016 |
Document Creation Date | dei_DocumentCreationDate | May 10, 2016 |
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