Is the Blackrock health sciences Trust a closed end fund?
Sophia Dalton
Updated on February 07, 2026
Is the Blackrock health sciences Trust a closed end fund?
As of 31-Dec-2020December 2020 Factsheet The BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, BME, is a perpetual closed-end equity fund. BME commenced operations in March 2005 with the investment objective of providing total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.
Who is the portfolio manager for Blackrock Health Sciences?
Erin Xie, PhD, Managing Director and portfolio manager, is the head of the Health Sciences team, part of BlackRock’s Active Equity Group. She is the portfolio manager for the Health Sciences equity portfolios.
What are expenses for Blackrock Credit allocation income trust?
The chart uses NAV performance or market price performance and assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. The chart assumes Fund expenses, including management fees and other expenses were deducted. The starting NAV for the NAV performance chart reflects a deduction of the sales charge from the initial public offering price.
What kind of securities do health sciences Trust invest in?
The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of companies principally engaged in the health sciences group of industries and equity derivatives with exposure to the health sciences group of industries.
As of 31-Dec-2020December 2020 Factsheet The BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, BME, is a perpetual closed-end equity fund. BME commenced operations in March 2005 with the investment objective of providing total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.
Erin Xie, PhD, Managing Director and portfolio manager, is the head of the Health Sciences team, part of BlackRock’s Active Equity Group. She is the portfolio manager for the Health Sciences equity portfolios.
The chart uses NAV performance or market price performance and assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. The chart assumes Fund expenses, including management fees and other expenses were deducted. The starting NAV for the NAV performance chart reflects a deduction of the sales charge from the initial public offering price.
How does Blackrock calculate NAV for mutual funds?
The chart assumes Fund expenses, including management fees and other expenses were deducted. The starting NAV for the NAV performance chart reflects a deduction of the sales charge from the initial public offering price. Source: Lipper. Data reflects different methodology from the BlackRock calculated returns in the Returns tab.
