NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_883967656066193.htm BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

July 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Brazil — 5.2%

 

B2W Cia Digital(a)

    722,474     $ 16,525,404  

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA

    1,908,386       10,181,132  

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, ADR

    2,866,660       24,853,942  

Vale SA, ADR

    1,674,668       19,493,136  
   

 

 

 
    71,053,614  
Canada — 1.2%  

Eldorado Gold Corp.(a)(b)

    1,314,282       16,540,622  
   

 

 

 
Chile — 1.0%  

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, ADR

    436,227       13,326,735  
   

 

 

 
China — 35.3%  

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.(a)

    398,700       12,509,626  

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR(a)

    291,691       73,220,275  

Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd., Class H

    3,032,500       22,932,208  

Beijing New Building Materials PLC, Class A

    3,009,362       13,266,144  

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class H

    6,011,000       13,788,703  

CNOOC Ltd.

    15,473,000       16,331,754  

CNOOC Ltd., ADR

    71,165       7,518,582  

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd.

    2,649,300       32,114,163  

Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd.

    8,152,000       17,101,131  

Han’s Laser Technology Industry Group Co. Ltd., Class A

    4,196,071       24,002,924  

Huazhu Group Ltd., ADR

    634,378       21,778,197  

JD.com, Inc., ADR(a)

    278,622       17,773,297  

JD.com, Inc., Class A(a)

    232,050       7,209,739  

Jinyu Bio-Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

    3,681,200       15,377,620  

LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

    1,887,000       15,388,300  

Meituan Dianping, Class B(a)

    566,100       14,008,989  

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd., ADR

    833,018       13,711,476  

Sunac China Holdings Ltd.

    3,316,000       15,635,785  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

    1,505,400       103,267,661  

Walvax Biotechnology Co. Ltd., Class A

    1,351,863       15,638,756  

Weimob, Inc.(a)(c)

    5,548,000       7,667,565  
   

 

 

 
    480,242,895  
Egypt — 0.6%  

Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE

    2,092,799       8,236,889  
   

 

 

 
Hong Kong — 4.4%  

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

    8,398,000       20,603,315  

PRADA SpA(a)(b)

    3,562,600       13,752,647  

SJM Holdings Ltd.

    22,423,000       25,301,241  
   

 

 

 
    59,657,203  
Hungary(a) — 1.6%  

OTP Bank Nyrt

    441,809       15,824,218  

Wizz Air Holdings PLC(c)

    135,690       5,690,615  
   

 

 

 
    21,514,833  
India — 9.1%  

Bharti Airtel Ltd.(a)

    2,055,471       15,223,875  

ICICI Bank Ltd.(a)

    4,239,484       19,729,032  

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd.(c)

    2,424,219       14,641,547  

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

    269,770       22,547,381  

Petronet LNG Ltd.

    5,679,203       18,795,230  
Security   Shares     Value  
India (continued)  

Tech Mahindra Ltd.

    1,700,437     $ 15,430,659  

Titan Co. Ltd.

    1,270,216       17,666,065  
   

 

 

 
      124,033,789  
Indonesia — 3.6%  

Astra International Tbk PT

    67,427,600       23,752,284  

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

    62,415,900       24,807,185  
   

 

 

 
    48,559,469  
Mexico — 2.0%  

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV, ADR

    103,943       6,973,536  

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV, Class B(b)

    1,086,015       7,209,031  

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Class O

    3,635,994       13,053,962  
   

 

 

 
    27,236,529  
Panama — 0.5%  

Copa Holdings SA, Class A

    168,236       6,971,700  
   

 

 

 
Philippines — 0.4%  

Bank of the Philippine Islands

    4,087,620       5,676,441  
   

 

 

 
Russia — 6.3%  

LUKOIL PJSC, ADR

    406,418       27,569,512  

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC

    1,790,473       7,886,800  

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, ADR

    1,631,038       14,450,997  

Sberbank of Russia PJSC

    2,923,076       8,752,524  

Sberbank of Russia PJSC, ADR

    1,514,756       17,974,554  

Tatneft PJSC, ADR(a)

    222,733       9,913,729  
   

 

 

 
    86,548,116  
South Korea— 9.2%  

Coway Co. Ltd.

    183,532       11,831,665  

NCSoft Corp.

    18,051       12,299,877  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

    1,178,796       57,612,287  

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.

    67,430       22,574,315  

SK Hynix, Inc.

    291,720       20,425,140  
   

 

 

 
    124,743,284  
Taiwan — 11.2%  

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.

    4,907,000       13,114,585  

Largan Precision Co. Ltd.

    153,000       19,964,734  

Silicon Motion Technology Corp., ADR

    315,014       13,032,129  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    4,032,000       58,680,105  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., ADR

    180,315       14,225,051  

Unimicron Technology Corp.

    1,820,000       3,994,811  

Win Semiconductors Corp.

    1,320,000       14,234,473  

Wiwynn Corp.

    599,000       16,059,731  
   

 

 

 
    153,305,619  
United Kingdom — 0.7%  

Prudential PLC

    683,591       9,769,032  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 92.3%
(Cost: $1,108,226,649)

 

    1,257,416,770  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

July 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

    

Shares

    Value  

Preferred Securities

   
Preferred Stocks — 1.1%  
Brazil — 1.1%  

Banco Nacional SA, Preference Shares(a)(d)

    42,567,626     $ 82  

Itau Unibanco Holding SA, Preference Shares

    2,842,136       14,650,494  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Securities — 1.1%
(Cost: $15,871,972)

      14,650,576  
   

 

 

 

Rights

   

Brazil — 0.0%

 

B2W Cia Digital (Expires 08/25/20)(a)

    47,892       64,265  
   

 

 

 

Total Rights — 0.0%
(Cost: $ — )

 

    64,265  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments —93.4%
(Cost: $1,124,098,621)

 

    1,272,131,611  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   

Money Market Funds — 7.1%

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.08%(e)(f)

    88,021,339       88,021,339  

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, 0.38%(e)(f)(g)

    7,884,187       7,888,918  
   

 

 

 
      95,910,257  
   

 

 

 
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Time Deposits

 

Hong Kong — 0.0%

 

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., 0.01%, 08/05/20

  HKD  1,090     $ 140,640  
   

 

 

 
      140,640  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 7.1%
(Cost: $96,051,335)

 

    96,050,897  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.5%
(Cost: $1,220,149,956)

 

    1,368,182,508  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.5)%

 

    (6,483,645
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 1,361,698,863  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(d) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(e) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(f) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(g) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate/affiliates of the Fund during the period ended July 31, 2020, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer    Shares
Held at
04/30/20
     Shares
Purchased
     Shares
Sold
    Shares
Held at
07/31/20
     Value at
07/31/20
     Income     Net Realized
Gain (Loss)(a)
    

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class

     130,852,320               (42,830,981)(b)       88,021,339      $ 88,021,339      $ 24,273     $      $  

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series

     12,141,753               (4,257,566 )(b)       7,884,187        7,888,918        14,724 (c)      5,748        (7,910
             

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
              $ 95,910,257      $ 38,997     $ 5,748      $ (7,910
             

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes net capital gain distributions, if applicable.

 
  (b) 

Represents net shares purchased (sold).

 
  (c) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount (000)
       Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Long Contracts

                 

MSCI Emerging Markets Index

     370          09/18/20        $ 19,782        $ 139,768  
                 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

July 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Currency
Purchased
       Currency
Sold
       Counterparty      Settlement Date        Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD     28,252,335        HKD     222,006,846        JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        08/26/20        $ (393,059
                       

 

 

 

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

Reference Entity    Payment
Frequency
     Counterparty      Termination
Date
       Net Notional        Accrued
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Net Value of
Reference
Entity
       Gross
Notional
Amount
Net Asset
Percentage
 

Equity Securities Long

   Monthly        JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. (a)       02/08/23        $ 58,911,636        $ (2,289,591 )(b)     $ 55,492,628          4.3
               

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

The Fund receives the total return on a portfolio of long positions underlying the total return swap. In addition, the Fund pays a variable rate of interest, based on a specified benchmark, plus or minus a spread in a range of 55-95 basis points. The benchmark and spread are determined based upon the country and/or currency of the individual underlying positions. The following are the specified benchmarks used in determining the variable rate of interest: HKD - 1M Hong Kong Interbank Offer rate (HIBOR) and USD - 1M US Dollar LIBOR BBA.

 
  (b) 

Amount includes $1,129,417 of net dividends and financing fees.

 

 

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. as of period end, termination date February 8, 2023:

 

Security   Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

Reference Entity — Long

 

Common Stocks

 

China

 

Bank of China Ltd., Class H

    29,724,000     $ 9,898,710       17.8

Tencent Holdings Ltd

    319,500       21,917,832       39.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    31,816,542    
Security   Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 
Egypt  

Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE

    960,578     $ 3,780,666       6.8
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
India  

ICICI Bank Ltd.

    1,029,070       9,662,967       17.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
United Kingdom  

Prudential Plc

    716,019       10,232,453       18.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    55,492,628    
   

 

 

   

Net Value of Reference Entity —
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A

    $ 55,492,628    
   

 

 

   
 

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 — Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

   

Level 2 — Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs)

 

   

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee’s (the “Global Valuation Committee’s”) assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investments and derivative financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments, refer to its most recent financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

July 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

Certain investments of the Fund were fair valued using net asset value (“NAV”) per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.

The following tables summarize the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

 

Investments

 

Long-Term Investments

 

Common Stocks

                 

Brazil

   $ 71,053,614        $        $             —        $ 71,053,614  

Canada

     16,540,622                            16,540,622  

Chile

     13,326,735                            13,326,735  

China

     141,211,566          339,031,329                   480,242,895  

Egypt

              8,236,889                   8,236,889  

Hong Kong

              59,657,203                   59,657,203  

Hungary

              21,514,833                   21,514,833  

India

              124,033,789                   124,033,789  

Indonesia

              48,559,469                   48,559,469  

Mexico

     27,236,529                            27,236,529  

Panama

     6,971,700                            6,971,700  

Philippines

              5,676,441                   5,676,441  

Russia

     14,450,997          72,097,119                   86,548,116  

South Korea

              124,743,284                   124,743,284  

Taiwan

     31,251,991          122,053,628                   153,305,619  

United Kingdom

              9,769,032                   9,769,032  

Preferred Securities

                 

Preferred Stocks

     14,650,494                   82          14,650,576  

Rights

     64,265                            64,265  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     88,021,339                            88,021,339  

Time Deposits

              140,640                   140,640  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 424,779,852        $ 935,513,656        $ 82          1,360,293,590  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Investments Valued at NAV(a)

                    7,888,918  
    

 

 

 
                  $ 1,368,182,508  
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(b)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 139,768        $        $        $ 139,768  

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

              (2,289,591                 (2,289,591

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

              (393,059                 (393,059
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 139,768        $ (2,682,650      $        $ (2,542,882
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Certain investments of the Fund were fair valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.

 
  (b) 

Derivative financial instruments are swaps, futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and options written. Swaps, futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument and options written are shown at value.

 

Currency Abbreviation

 

HKD    Hong Kong Dollar
USD    United States Dollar

Portfolio Abbreviation

 

ADR    American Depositary Receipt
MSCI    Morgan Stanley Capital International
PJSC    Public Joint Stock Company
SAB    Special Assessment Bonds

 

 

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