NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) April 9, 2012--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today said it raised its fund credit quality ratings on five BlackRock Fund Advisors (BFA) funds and raised its fund volatility rating on one of the funds (see the ratings list). We raised the credit quality ratings on the iShares Global Inflation-Linked Bond Fund, the iShares International Inflation-Linked Bond Fund, the iShares S&P/Citigroup 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond Fund, and the iShares S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond Fund because the funds eliminated their exposure to Greek bonds. This exposure had negatively affected the funds' overall credit quality, and the elimination of this exposure has strengthened the funds' credit profiles. The Hellenic Republic was similarly removed as an eligible investment
