Profile: BlackRock Real Asset Equity Trust (BCF)

BlackRock Real Asset Equity Trust (the Trust) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Trust’s investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income, current gains and capital appreciation. It invests primarily in equity securities of companies engaged in energy, natural resources and basic materials businesses, and companies engaged in associated businesses and equity derivatives with exposure to those companies.

The Trust invests in sectors, such as mining, oil and gas, chemicals, forest products and paper, oil and gas services, coal, iron and steel, metal and pipelines. The Trust’s investment advisor is BlackRock Advisors, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (BIM) and BlackRock Investment Management International Limited (BII), each a wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc., serve as sub-advisor to the Trust.