# BlackRock LifePath ESG Index Retirement Fund — new fund registration BlackRock Funds III registered 10 new fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2020-05-15. Featured series: BlackRock LifePath ESG Index Retirement Fund. ## Registration - Registrant / trust: BlackRock Funds III - CIK: 0000893818 - Form: 485APOS - Filed: 2020-05-15 - State of incorporation: DE - Accession: 0001193125-20-144137 - Reported net assets: $14.0M ## Series & classes (30) _Showing 25 of 30 series/class rows._ | Series | Class | Ticker | New | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index Retirement Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069122) | Class K | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index Retirement Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069122) | Institutional | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index Retirement Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069122) | Investor A | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2065 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069123) | Investor A | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2065 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069123) | Class K | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2065 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069123) | Institutional | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2025 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069124) | Institutional | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2025 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069124) | Class K | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2025 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069124) | Investor A | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2030 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069125) | Institutional | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2030 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069125) | Investor A | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2030 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069125) | Class K | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2035 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069126) | Institutional | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2035 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069126) | Investor A | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2035 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069126) | Class K | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2040 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069127) | Institutional | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2040 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069127) | Class K | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2040 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069127) | Investor A | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2045 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069128) | Investor A | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2045 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069128) | Institutional | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2045 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069128) | Class K | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2050 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069129) | Investor A | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2050 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069129) | Institutional | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2050 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069129) | Class K | — | Yes | | [BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2055 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069130) | Investor A | — | Yes | ## Fees (from the effective prospectus) - 12b-1 fee: 0.00% - Gross expense ratio: 0.65% - Management fee: 0.05% - Net expense ratio: 0.20% - Other expenses: 0.45% ## Investment objective The investment objective of BlackRock LifePath ESG Index Retirement Fund (LifePath ESG Index Retirement Fund or the Fund), a series of BlackRock Funds III (the Trust), is to seek to provide for retirement outcomes based on quantitatively measured risk. In pursuit of this objective, LifePath ESG Index Retirement Fund will be broadly diversified across global asset classes. ## Advisers - [BlackRock Fund Advisors (Advisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/105247) ## Other filings by this registrant (15) - [485APOS — 2026-02-23](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-26-063944) - [485APOS — 2024-05-22 (4 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-24-144836) - [485APOS — 2024-05-22 (3 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-24-144834) - [485APOS — 2024-05-22 (5 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-24-144839) - [485APOS — 2023-06-08](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-23-163343) - [485APOS — 2023-06-07 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-23-162447) - [485APOS — 2022-09-30 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-22-255751) - [485APOS — 2019-05-29 (4 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-19-159789) - [485APOS — 2019-05-29 (5 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-19-159795) - [485APOS — 2019-03-11](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-19-070994) - [485APOS — 2018-04-19](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-18-122744) - [485APOS — 2018-04-19](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-18-122679) ## More - [Registrant profile: BlackRock Funds III](https://search.stillhousedata.com/registrant/893818) - [This page as markdown (for LLM agents)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-20-144137.md) - [Search all SEC filings, advisers and people on Adviser Search](https://search.stillhousedata.com/) --- Source: public SEC filing data via Adviser Search (https://search.stillhousedata.com). Agents: this data is also queryable via MCP tools and read-only SQL — see https://search.stillhousedata.com/llms.txt.