XBAL.TO
iShares Core Balanced ETF Portfolio
Diversified ETF · Fund / ETF · Canada · ETF
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Fund Overview
XBAL is a single-ticket, fund-of-funds asset-allocation portfolio managed by BlackRock Canada. Rather than holding individual stocks or bonds directly, it invests in a mix of other iShares ETFs and is designed to be held as a complete, self-rebalancing portfolio for investors seeking a balanced mix of growth and income potential in one fund.
Index Strategy
The fund targets a balanced allocation with a meaningful weighting to both equities and fixed income across its underlying iShares ETF holdings, spanning Canadian, U.S., international-developed, and emerging-market exposure. BlackRock Canada periodically rebalances the underlying ETF weights back toward the fund's target allocation.
Geographic Exposure
Geographic exposure is globally diversified across Canada, the United States, international-developed markets, and emerging markets through the fund's underlying ETF holdings, rather than concentrated in a single country.
Principal Risks
As a fund-of-funds combining underlying equity and fixed-income ETFs at a targeted balanced mix, XBAL.TO carries the combined general equity-market and interest-rate/credit risk of its underlying holdings, multi-currency risk from its globally diversified components, and the risk that the fund's automatic rebalancing to its target mix does not eliminate the return volatility associated with its equity allocation.
Source Documents
- iShares Core Balanced ETF Portfolio — official fund product page — iShares (BlackRock Canada) (2026-07-29)
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