NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_11146399882596035.htm BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

January 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Brazil — 4.1%  

Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes SA

    2,015,791     $ 34,815,997  

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, ADR

    3,744,573       37,632,959  

Suzano SA(a)

    2,999,580       34,017,608  
   

 

 

 
    106,466,564  
Canada(a) — 0.8%  

Eldorado Gold Corp.(b)

    1,785,412       20,014,469  

Eldorado Gold Corp.

    41,862       469,771  
   

 

 

 
    20,484,240  
Chile — 1.5%  

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, ADR

    783,962       39,935,024  
   

 

 

 
China — 35.2%  

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR(a)

    281,626       71,485,128  

Baidu, Inc., ADR(a)

    122,570       28,806,401  

China Construction Bank Corp., Class H

    56,104,000       42,494,208  

China Feihe Ltd.(c)

    10,855,000       32,367,077  

China Molybdenum Co. Ltd., Class A

    35,975,200       33,656,632  

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Class H

    73,790,000       34,945,600  

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

    623,200       33,800,917  

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd.

    3,215,100       49,584,623  

Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd., Class A

    9,245,300       45,487,108  

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

    4,127,271       27,308,935  

Jinyu Bio-Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

    7,871,284       27,728,964  

Jiumaojiu International Holdings Ltd.(a)(c)

    7,528,000       27,459,513  

Kuaishou Technology(c)

    2,828,600       41,955,180  

Meituan, Class B(a)(c)

    2,260,300       104,221,023  

NetEase, Inc.

    1,367,200       31,150,373  

Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., Class H

    4,672,000       55,025,785  

RLX Technology, Inc., ADR(a)

    1,206,199       27,139,478  

Shandong Sinocera Functional Material Co. Ltd., Class A

    1,993,700       14,788,636  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

    1,938,900       172,762,337  

Tencent Holdings Ltd., ADR

    196,696       17,566,920  
   

 

 

 
          919,734,838  
Egypt — 0.3%  

Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE

    2,173,180       8,715,196  
   

 

 

 
Hong Kong — 2.3%  

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

    11,748,000       31,219,213  

SJM Holdings Ltd.

    26,901,000       28,843,344  
   

 

 

 
    60,062,557  
India — 10.8%  

Axis Bank Ltd.(a)

    4,577,916       41,486,427  

Bandhan Bank Ltd.(a)(c)

    5,851,871       24,750,252  

ICICI Bank Ltd.(a)

    5,881,217       43,470,801  

ICICI Bank Ltd., ADR(a)

    91,437       1,380,699  

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co.
Ltd.(a)(c)

    3,680,578       24,215,663  

InterGlobe Aviation Ltd.(a)(c)

    1,199,770       25,418,652  

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

    372,489       36,715,175  

Petronet LNG Ltd.

    5,199,368       16,864,111  

Tech Mahindra Ltd.

    2,425,370       31,842,300  

Titan Co. Ltd.

    1,788,183       34,738,443  
   

 

 

 
    280,882,523  
Security   Shares     Value  
Indonesia — 2.1%  

Astra International Tbk PT

    55,458,900     $ 24,031,957  

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

    63,036,500       29,491,680  
   

 

 

 
    53,523,637  
Italy — 1.0%  

PRADA SpA(a)

    4,410,200       27,100,092  
   

 

 

 
Kazakhstan — 1.0%  

Kaspi.KZ JSC, GDR(a)

    434,358       27,094,876  
   

 

 

 
Mexico(a) — 3.3%  

Cemex SAB de CV

    11,201,619       6,426,218  

Cemex SAB de CV, ADR

    3,254,181       18,646,457  

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV, ADR

    128,875       12,860,436  

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV, Class B

    2,274,947       22,928,145  

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Class O

    5,332,914       26,423,927  
   

 

 

 
    87,285,183  
Panama — 1.0%  

Copa Holdings SA, Class A

    321,028       24,837,936  
   

 

 

 
Russia — 5.0%  

LUKOIL PJSC, ADR

    646,091       45,726,784  

Ozon Holdings PLC, ADR(a)

    645,064       31,182,394  

Sberbank of Russia PJSC

    5,762,143       19,547,441  

Sberbank of Russia PJSC, ADR

    2,478,262       33,907,499  
   

 

 

 
    130,364,118  
South Korea — 10.8%  

NCSoft Corp.

    56,879       48,190,726  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

    1,497,895       109,506,559  

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.

    59,320       38,753,797  

SK Holdings Co. Ltd.

    105,394       29,286,987  

SK Hynix, Inc.

    519,637       56,734,231  
   

 

 

 
    282,472,300  
Taiwan — 10.8%  

Nanya Technology Corp.

    10,324,000       29,362,051  

Silicon Motion Technology Corp., ADR

    328,906       16,251,245  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    7,948,000       167,968,198  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., ADR

    162,844       19,788,803  

Unimicron Technology Corp.

    8,655,000       26,638,010  

Wiwynn Corp.

    741,000       21,759,321  
   

 

 

 
    281,767,628  
Turkey — 1.9%  

Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS, Registered Shares

    7,669,462       14,986,432  

Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri A/S(a)

    2,474,520       33,452,324  
   

 

 

 
    48,438,756  
United Kingdom — 0.0%  

Prudential PLC

    32,357       517,693  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 91.9%
(Cost: $1,859,217,952)

      2,399,683,161  
   

 

 

 

Preferred Securities

 

Preferred Stocks — 1.5%

 

Brazil — 1.5%  

Azul SA, Preference Shares(a)

    3,173,997       23,401,513  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Brazil (continued)  

Banco Nacional SA, Preference
Shares(d)

    42,567,626     $ 78  

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Preference
Shares

    3,113,776       15,189,290  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Securities — 1.5%
(Cost: $29,629,026)

 

    38,590,881  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 93.4%
(Cost: $1,888,846,978)

 

    2,438,274,042  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Money Market Funds — 8.7%

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.01%(e)(f)

    220,972,662       220,972,662  

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, 0.17%(e)(f)(g)

    4,320,358       4,322,087  
   

 

 

 
    225,294,749  
   

 

 

 
    

Par

(000)

        

Time Deposits — 0.1%

 

United States — 0.1%

 

Citibank NA, New York, 0.09%, 02/01/21

  $ 2,881       2,880,696  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 8.8%
(Cost: $228,175,012)

 

    228,175,445  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 102.2%
(Cost: $2,117,021,990)

 

    2,666,449,487  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.2)%

 

    (56,529,956
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 2,609,919,531  
   

 

 

 

 

(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 affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended January 31, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
04/30/20
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
01/31/21
   

Shares

Held at
01/31/21

    Income     Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class

  $  130,852,320     $  90,120,342 (a)    $     $     $     $  220,972,662       220,972,662     $  47,777     $  

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series

    12,151,467             (7,823,880 )(a)      1,539       (7,039     4,322,087       4,320,358       34,283 (b)       
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 1,539     $ (7,039   $ 225,294,749       $ 82,060     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

  (b) 

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.

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount (000)
      

Value/

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Long Contracts

                 

MSCI Emerging Markets Index

     783          03/19/21          $     51,917          $   (2,382,142
                 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

 

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

Reference Entity   Payment
Frequency
  

Counterparty(a)

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

Equity Securities Long

  Monthly    HSBC Bank PLC(b)      02/10/23      $ 34,870,846      $ (4,313,549 )(c)    $ 30,571,562        1.3
  Monthly    JPMorgan Chase Bank
N.A.(d)
     02/08/23        36,221,799        75,154 (e)       36,335,819        1.4  
          

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    
           $ 71,092,645      $ (4,238,395   $ 66,907,381     
       

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

(a) 

The Fund receives the total return on a portfolio of long positions underlying the total return swap. The Fund pays the total return on a portfolio of short positions underlying the total return swap. In addition, the Fund pays or receives a variable rate of interest, based on a specified benchmark. The benchmark and spread are determined based upon the country and/or currency of the individual underlying positions.

(c) 

Amount includes $(14,265) of net dividends and financing fees.

(e) 

Amount includes $(38,866) of net dividends and financing fees.

The following are the specified benchmarks (plus or minus a range) used in determining the variable rate of interest:

 

 

(b)

  

(d)

Range:

 

60 basis points

  

50-95 basis points

Benchmarks:        

 

USD - 1M US Dollar LIBOR BBA

  

USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate (OBFR01)

    

USD - 1M US Dollar LIBOR BBA

 

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with HSBC Bank PLC as of period end, termination date February 10, 2023:

 

Security   Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

Reference Entity — Long

     

Common Stocks

     

United Kingdom

     

Standard Chartered Plc.

    5,052,571       $30,571,562       100.0
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity — HSBC Bank PLC

      $30,571,562    
   

 

 

   

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

                        

Brazil

     

Suzano SA

    78,918       $    894,992       2.5
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Security   Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 
Egypt                  

Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE

    2,586,465       $  10,372,611       28.5
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

India

     
ICICI Bank Ltd.   1,486,036     22,439,144     61.8  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
United Kingdom                  

Prudential PLC

    164,323       2,629,072       7.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

 

    $  36,335,819    
   

 

 

   
 

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of 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); and

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

 

   

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 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 financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the 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 financial instruments, refer to its most recent financial statements.

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 table summarizes 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

   $ 106,466,564        $        $             —        $ 106,466,564  

Canada

     20,484,240                            20,484,240  

Chile

     39,935,024                            39,935,024  

China

     144,997,927          774,736,911                   919,734,838  

Egypt

              8,715,196                   8,715,196  

Hong Kong

              60,062,557                   60,062,557  

India

     1,380,699          279,501,824                   280,882,523  

Indonesia

              53,523,637                   53,523,637  

Italy

              27,100,092                   27,100,092  

Kazakhstan

              27,094,876                   27,094,876  

Mexico

     87,285,183                            87,285,183  

Panama

     24,837,936                            24,837,936  

Russia

     31,182,394          99,181,724                   130,364,118  

South Korea

              282,472,300                   282,472,300  

Taiwan

     36,040,048          245,727,580                   281,767,628  

Turkey

              48,438,756                   48,438,756  

United Kingdom

              517,693                   517,693  

Preferred Securities

                 

Preferred Stocks

     38,590,803                   78          38,590,881  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     220,972,662                            220,972,662  

Time Deposits

              2,880,696                   2,880,696  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $     752,173,480        $  1,909,953,842        $ 78          2,662,127,400  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Investments Valued at NAV(a)

                    4,322,087  
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 2,666,449,487  
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(b)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $        $ 75,154        $        $ 75,154  

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

     (2,382,142        (4,313,549                 (6,695,691
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ (2,382,142      $ (4,238,395      $        $ (6,620,537
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (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 and futures contracts. Swaps and futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

 

Currency Abbreviation
USD    United States Dollar
Portfolio Abbreviation
ADR    American Depositary Receipt
GDR    Global Depositary Receipt
JSC    Joint Stock Company
MSCI    Morgan Stanley Capital International
PJSC    Public Joint Stock Company
SAB    Special Assessment Bonds

 

 

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