XBAL: iShares Core Balanced ETF Portfolio

At a glance

Target mix: 60% stocks / 40% bonds
Total assets: $3.48B as of Aug 28, 2026
Management fee (current): 0.17%
Total fund costs (reported): 0.2%

Overview

The iShares Core Balanced ETF Portfolio is the 60% stock option in the iShares suite. Start with the asset allocation you can hold through changing markets, then compare funds built for that target. BlackRock automatically rebalances this portfolio as needed.

Its current management fee fell to 0.17% on December 18, 2025. The latest 0.19% management expense ratio (MER) and 0.01% trading expense ratio (TER) cover the period ended December 31, 2025, so the reported costs largely predate the fee cut. Distributions are scheduled quarterly, which does not measure the fund's return.

Portfolio and costs

Target allocation

Stocks: 60%
Fixed income: 40%The long-term strategic allocation targets 60% equities and 40% fixed income.

Costs

Management fee (current): 0.17%The current 0.17% management fee includes the management fees charged by the underlying ETFs.
Management expense ratio (MER): 0.19%
Trading expense ratio (TER): 0.01%
Total fund costs (reported): 0.2%MER + TER. The reported 0.19% MER and 0.01% TER largely precede the current management-fee reduction. Period ended December 2025.

Fund facts

Ticker: TSX: XBAL
Inception: June 21, 2007
Total assets: $3,481,119,839 CADNet assets were $3,481,119,839 on August 28, 2026.
Distributions: QuarterlyThe ETF schedules distributions quarterly.

How the portfolio is managed

Construction: Uses iShares ETFs that are generally expected to follow indexing strategies for broad-based equity and fixed-income market exposure. Its current objective and fee structure date from December 11, 2018.
Rebalancing: BlackRock continuously monitors the portfolio and automatically rebalances it as needed to maintain its target asset-class weights.
Currency hedging: The currency-hedging strategy applies to U.S.-dollar and other foreign-currency exposure within the non-Canadian fixed-income allocation.