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The natural choice for natural resources

The BlackRock Natural Resources team is arguably one of the strongest specialist teams in the sector, with extensive industry contacts, significant research capabilities and a broad fund offering. Since 2006, the team has won over 120 industry awards for investment performance and today manages over US$43.5 billion* for clients around the world. The key investment professionals on the team have worked together for over a decade.


Choice of funds: Gold, Mining, Energy and Agriculture
Investors can now choose from five equity funds which invest in companies worldwide with activities in the natural resources sector.

  Standard & Poor's OBSR Morningstar
BGF World Gold Fund AAA AAA Elite
BGF World Mining Fund AA AAA Elite
BGF New Energy Fund AA A Superior
BGF World Energy Fund AA AA Superior
BGF World Agriculture Fund


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Investment team drawn from industry and academia

  • One of the strongest natural resources teams in the industry, managing over US$43.5bn* in assets
  • Over 600 company visits each year, including visits to mines/exploration sites
  • Over 30 industry awards received during 2009 and 2010 for investment performance
  • Six of the Team's ten fund managers are geologists/ geophysicists/engineers


* as at 31 January 2011