BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST, also called BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust, is a closed-end management investment trust that engages in capital allocation in the fixed income securities market through the evaluation of portfolio risk. It invests in asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations, multiple class pass-through securities, zero-coupon bonds, capital trusts and trust preferred securities, preferred stock, floating rate loan interests, forward commitments and when-issued delayed delivery securities, TBA commitments, mortgage dollar roll transactions, and reverse repurchase agreements. Read More The company was founded on February 25, 2013 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.