TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Oct. 23, 2015) - Further to a press release dated September 23, 2015, BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited ("BlackRock Canada"), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. ("BlackRock") (NYSE:BLK) and manager of the Canadian iShares suite of funds, announced today that Passive Foreign Investment Company ("PFIC") Annual Information Statements ("PFIC Statements") will be available for the 2015 tax year for the revised list of iShares Funds set out below. These statements contain reporting information that can enable investors classified as "U.S. Persons" for the purposes of U.S. tax laws to make the Qualified Electing Fund ("QEF") election for U.S. tax reporting purposes. |