BLACKROCK MUNIYIELD INVESTMENT QUALITY FUND

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-07156

Name of Fund: BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund (MFT)

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock MuniYield

Investment Quality Fund, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 882-0052, Option 4

Date of fiscal year end: 07/31/2013

Date of reporting period: 10/31/2012


Item 1 – Schedule of Investments


 

 

Schedule of Investments October 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

 

BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund (MFT)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

    

Par

(000)

     Value  

Municipal Bonds

 

     

Alabama — 4.2%

                 

Birmingham Special Care Facilities
Financing Authority, RB, Children’s
Hospital (AGC):

     

6.13%, 6/01/34

   $ 1,500       $ 1,790,205   

6.00%, 6/01/39

     2,985         3,549,941   

Selma IDB, RB, International Paper Co.
Project, 5.38%, 12/01/35

     350         383,408   
                5,723,554   

Arizona — 0.4%

     

Arizona Board of Regents, Refunding
RB, University of Arizona, Series A,
5.00%, 6/01/42

     500         573,760   

California — 20.1%

     

California Educational Facilities
Authority, RB, University of Southern
California, Series A, 5.25%, 10/01/38

     1,960         2,321,150   

California Health Facilities Financing
Authority, RB:

     

Stanford Hospital and Clinics,
Series A, 5.00%, 8/15/42

     1,110         1,247,918   

Sutter Health, Series B,
6.00%, 8/15/42

     1,150         1,381,794   

California State Public Works Board, RB,
Various Capital Projects, Series G-1
(AGC), 5.25%, 10/01/24

     2,000         2,319,760   

California State University, RB,
Systemwide, Series A (AGM), 5.00%,
11/01/39

     700         764,561   

City of San Jose California, Refunding
ARB, Series A-1, AMT:

     

5.50%, 3/01/30

     1,600         1,834,464   

6.25%, 3/01/34

     1,250         1,502,550   

County of Sacramento California, ARB,
Senior, Series A (AGC), 5.50%,
7/01/41

     1,400         1,574,874   

Los Angeles Community College District
California, GO, Election of 2001,
Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 8/01/32

     2,780         3,161,916   

Redondo Beach Unified School District,
GO, Election of 2008, Series E,
5.50%, 8/01/34

     1,000         1,192,790   

San Bernardino Community College
District, GO, Election of 2002,
Series A, 6.25%, 8/01/33

     840         1,006,202   

San Diego Public Facilities Financing
Authority, Refunding RB, Series B
(AGC), 5.38%, 8/01/34

     1,020         1,198,296   

State of California, GO, Various Purpose
(AGC), 5.50%, 11/01/39

     3,450         3,962,773   

State of California, GO, Refunding, Tax-
Exempt, Various Purpose,
5.00%, 9/01/41

     2,260         2,495,673   
    

Par

(000)

     Value  

Municipal Bonds

 

     

California (concluded)

                 

University of California, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 5/15/37

   $ 1,000       $ 1,165,730   
                27,130,451   

Colorado — 3.6%

     

City & County of Denver Colorado, Refunding ARB, Airport Revenue,
Series B, 5.00%, 11/15/37

     600         681,612   

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, RB, Hospital NCMC, Inc. Project, Series B (AGM), 6.00%, 5/15/26

     1,300         1,550,406   

University of Colorado, Refunding RB, Enterprise System, Series A-2:

     

5.00%, 6/01/32

     1,185         1,423,742   

5.00%, 6/01/33

     1,030         1,229,799   
                4,885,559   

Florida — 3.1%

     

City of Jacksonville Florida Sales Tax, Refunding RB, Better Jacksonville,
Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/30

     755         873,150   

County of Lee Florida, Refunding ARB, Series A, AMT, 5.38%, 10/01/32

     1,000         1,105,280   

County of Miami-Dade Florida,
Refunding RB, Special Obligation, Sub-Series B, 5.00%, 10/01/31 (a)

     530         597,061   

Florida Housing Finance Corp., HRB, Brittany Rosemont Apartments,
Series C-1, AMT (AMBAC), 6.75%, 8/01/14

     225         225,533   

Jacksonville Florida Port Authority, Refunding RB, AMT, 5.00%,
11/01/38

     850         918,765   

Manatee County Housing Finance
Authority, RB, Series A, AMT (Fannie Mae), 5.90%, 9/01/40

     360         391,608   
                4,111,397   

Georgia — 2.4%

     

City of Atlanta Georgia, Refunding ARB, Series C, AMT:

     

5.00%, 1/01/37

     2,000         2,198,840   

5.00%, 1/01/42

     1,000         1,098,600   
                3,297,440   

Illinois — 15.0%

     

Chicago Illinois Board of Education, GO, Series A:

     

5.50%, 12/01/39

     1,500         1,755,855   

5.00%, 12/01/42

     1,890         2,053,674   

Chicago Transit Authority, RB:

     

Federal Transit Administration Section 5309, Series A (AGC),
6.00%, 6/01/26

     1,400         1,646,680   

Sales Tax Receipts Revenue,
5.25%, 12/01/36

     425         487,777   
 

 

                 
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

 

BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund (MFT)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

     Par
(000)
     Value  

Municipal Bonds

 

     

Illinois (concluded)

                 

Chicago Transit Authority, RB
(concluded):

     

Sales Tax Receipts Revenue,
5.25%, 12/01/40

   $ 2,355       $ 2,698,901   

City of Chicago Illinois, ARB, O’Hare
International Airport, General, Third Lien:

     

Series A, 5.75%, 1/01/39

     770         908,885   

Series C, 6.50%, 1/01/41

     3,680         4,567,432   

City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding RB,
O’Hare International Airport, General,
Third Lien, Series C (AGC), 5.25%,
1/01/38

     525         607,635   

Cook County Forest Preserve District,
GO, Series C, 5.00%, 12/15/32

     385         443,023   

Cook County Forest Preserve District,
GO, Refunding, Limited Tax Project,
Series B, 5.00%, 12/15/32

     180         207,128   

Illinois Finance Authority, RB, Carle
Foundation, Series A, 6.00%,
8/15/41

     1,555         1,866,389   

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority,
Refunding RB, McCormick Place
Project, Series B, 5.00%, 12/15/28

     1,360         1,597,007   

Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement
Authority, RB:

     

5.50%, 6/01/23

     940         1,097,807   

6.00%, 6/01/28

     270         320,544   
                20,258,737   

Indiana — 4.0%

     

Indiana Finance Authority Waste Water
Utility, RB, CWA Authority Project, First
Lien, Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/41

     1,500         1,686,915   

Indianapolis Local Public Improvement
Bond Bank, Refunding RB,
Waterworks Project, Series A (AGC),
5.50%, 1/01/38

     3,310         3,760,590   
                5,447,505   

Kansas — 2.6%

     

Kansas Development Finance Authority,
Refunding RB, Adventist Health
System, Sunbelt Obligation Group,
Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/32

     3,000         3,472,920   

Louisiana — 0.5%

                 

New Orleans Aviation Board Louisiana,
Refunding GARB, Restructuring (AGC):

     

Series A-1, 6.00%, 1/01/23

     375         447,904   

Series A-2, 6.00%, 1/01/23

     160         191,105   
                639,009   

Michigan — 4.9%

     

City of Detroit Michigan, RB, Second
Lien, Series B (AGM), 6.25%, 7/01/36

     1,800         2,102,436   
     Par
(000)
     Value  

Municipal Bonds

 

     

Michigan (concluded)

                 

City of Detroit Michigan, Refunding RB (AGM):

     

Senior Lien, Series C-1, 7.00%, 7/01/27

   $ 1,650       $ 2,020,326   

Sewage Disposal System,
Senior Lien, Series B,
7.50%, 7/01/33

     660         827,772   

Royal Oak Hospital Finance Authority Michigan, Refunding RB, William Beaumont Hospital, 8.25%, 9/01/39

     1,265         1,631,218   
                6,581,752   

Minnesota — 2.7%

     

City of Minneapolis Minnesota,
Refunding RB, Fairview Health
Services, Series B (AGC), 6.50%, 11/15/38

     3,000         3,705,180   

Mississippi — 1.7%

     

Mississippi Development Bank,
Refunding RB, Jackson Mississippi Water & Sewer System, Series A,
5.00%, 9/01/30

     1,965         2,291,976   

Nevada — 4.1%

     

Clark County Water Reclamation
District, GO, Series A, 5.25%,
7/01/34

     1,500         1,834,185   

County of Clark Nevada, ARB:

     

Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, Series A (AGM), 5.25%, 7/01/39

     2,375         2,676,388   

Subordinate Lien, Series A-2
(NPFGC), 5.00%, 7/01/36

     1,000         1,052,460   
                5,563,033   

New Jersey — 3.1%

     

New Jersey Health Care Facilities
Financing Authority, RB, Virtua Health (AGC), 5.50%, 7/01/38

     1,400         1,562,484   

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB, Transportation System:

     

Series A, 5.50%, 6/15/41

     1,195         1,397,684   

Series B, 5.25%, 6/15/36

     1,000         1,155,810   
                4,115,978   

New York — 6.9%

     

Metropolitan Transportation Authority,
Refunding RB, Transportation
Revenue, Series C, 5.00%, 11/15/28

     1,200         1,415,820   

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Series FF-2,
5.50%, 6/15/40

     1,545         1,851,435   

New York City Transitional Finance
Authority, RB, Fiscal 2009, Series S-4
(AGC), 5.50%, 1/15/29

     2,000         2,394,920   
 

 

                 
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

 

BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund (MFT)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

    Par
(000)
   Value

Municipal Bonds

 

    

New York (concluded)

        

New York State Dormitory Authority, RB,
Series B:

    

5.00%, 3/15/37

  $2,150    $    2,481,874

5.00%, 3/15/42

  1,000    1,148,220
         9,292,269

North Carolina — 1.2%

    

North Carolina Medical Care
Commission, RB, Duke University
Health System, Health Care Facilities,
Series A, 5.00%, 6/01/32

  1,360    1,586,290

Pennsylvania — 3.4%

    

Pennsylvania Higher Educational
Facilities Authority, RB, Temple
University, 5.00%, 4/01/42

  2,000    2,257,680

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RB,
Sub-Series A, 6.00%, 12/01/41

  2,000    2,281,140
         4,538,820

Puerto Rico — 1.2%

    

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp.,
RB, First Sub-Series A, 6.38%,
8/01/39

  1,425    1,647,072

South Carolina — 0.8%

    

City of North Charleston South Carolina,
RB, 5.00%, 6/01/35

  905    1,026,514

Texas — 19.0%

    

Austin Community College District, RB,
Educational Facilities Project, Round
Rock Campus, 5.25%, 8/01/33

  2,250    2,577,870

City of Houston Texas, Refunding RB,
Combined, First Lien, Series A (AGC):

    

6.00%, 11/15/35

  2,700    3,325,347

6.00%, 11/15/36

  2,055    2,545,097

5.38%, 11/15/38

  1,000    1,157,400

Frisco ISD Texas, GO, School Building
(AGC), 5.50%, 8/15/41

  1,210    1,507,999

Harris County Health Facilities
Development Corp., Refunding RB,
Memorial Hermann Healthcare
System, Series B, 7.25%, 12/01/35

  500    627,465

Katy ISD Texas, GO, Refunding,
Unlimited Tax School Building, Series
A (PSF-GTD), 5.00%, 2/15/42

  755    883,939

Lamar Texas Consolidated ISD, GO,
Refunding, School House, Series A
(PSF-GTD), 5.00%, 2/15/45

  1,000    1,162,810

North Texas Tollway Authority, RB,
Special Projects System, Series A,
5.50%, 9/01/41

  2,750    3,275,195

North Texas Tollway Authority,
Refunding RB:

    

First Tier (AGM), 6.00%, 1/01/43

  1,000    1,200,580

Series K-1 (AGC), 5.75%, 1/01/38

  1,400    1,600,816
    Par
(000)
   Value

Municipal Bonds

 

    

Texas (concluded)

        

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Refunding
RB, Christus Health, Series A (AGC),
6.50%, 7/01/37

  $1,100    $    1,293,556

Texas State Turnpike Authority, RB, First Tier, Series A (AMBAC), 5.00%, 8/15/42

  1,000    1,006,530

Texas Tech University, Refunding RB, Improvement Bonds, 14th Series A,
5.00%, 8/15/29

  1,105    1,317,878

University of Texas System, Refunding RB, Financing System, Series B,
5.00%, 8/15/43

  1,835    2,168,144
         25,650,626

Virginia — 6.0%

    

Fairfax County IDA, RB, Inova Health System Project, Series A, 5.00%, 5/15/40

  700    786,940

Norfolk EDA, Refunding RB, Sentara Healthcare, Series B, 5.00%, 11/01/36

  4,000    4,575,200

Virginia Public School Authority, RB, School Financing, 6.50%, 12/01/35

  1,000    1,241,730

Virginia Resources Authority, RB, 5.00%, 11/01/42

  1,245    1,454,061
         8,057,931

Washington — 1.5%

    

City of Seattle Washington, Refunding RB,
Series A, 5.25%, 2/01/36

  1,000    1,169,680

State of Washington, GO, Various Purpose,
Series B, 5.25%, 2/01/36

  725    853,840
         2,023,520

Wisconsin — 1.3%

    

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, RB, Series D, 5.00%, 11/15/41

  1,250    1,395,225

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Froedtert Health, Inc. Obligated Group, Series A, 5.00%, 4/01/42

  320    357,075
         1,752,300

Total Municipal Bonds – 113.7%

       153,373,593

    

    
    

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond (TOB) Trusts  (b)

 

Alabama — 1.2%

        

Mobile Board of Water & Sewer Commissioners, RB (NPFGC), 5.00%, 1/01/31

  1,500    1,590,855
 

 

                 
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

 

BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund (MFT)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

     Par
(000)
     Value  

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond (TOB) Trusts (b)

 

   

District of Columbia — 0.7%

                 

District of Columbia Water & Sewer
Authority, Refunding RB, Series A,
6.00%, 10/01/35 (c)

   $ 750       $ 915,085   

Florida — 2.9%

     

County of Miami-Dade Florida,
Refunding RB, Transit System, Sales
Surtax, 5.00%, 7/01/42

     660         744,612   

Hillsborough County Aviation Authority,
RB, Series A, AMT (AGC), 5.50%,
10/01/38

     2,499         2,728,027   

Lee County Housing Finance Authority,
RB, Multi-County Program, Series A-2,
AMT (Ginnie Mae), 6.00%, 9/01/40

     465         494,300   
                3,966,939   

Illinois — 3.3%

     

Chicago Transit Authority, Refunding RB,
Federal Transit Administration Section
5309 (AGM), 5.00%, 6/01/28

     2,999         3,311,103   

City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding RB,
5.00%, 11/01/42

     960         1,090,573   
                4,401,676   

Kentucky — 0.9%

     

Kentucky State Property & Building
Commission, Refunding RB, Project
No. 93 (AGC), 5.25%, 2/01/27

     1,002         1,163,294   

Massachusetts — 1.7%

     

Massachusetts School Building
Authority, RB, Senior, Series B, 5.00%,
10/15/41

     2,040         2,370,480   

Nevada — 7.3%

     

Clark County Water Reclamation
District, GO:

     

Limited Tax, 6.00%, 7/01/38

     2,010         2,467,657   

Series B, 5.50%, 7/01/29

     1,994         2,460,322   

Las Vegas Valley Water District, GO,
Refunding, Series C, 5.00%, 6/01/28

     4,200         4,925,046   
                9,853,025   

New Jersey — 2.2%

     

New Jersey EDA, RB, School Facilities
Construction, Series Z (AGC), 6.00%,
12/15/34

     1,000         1,177,010   

New Jersey State Housing & Mortgage
Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing,
Series CC, 5.25%, 10/01/29

     1,610         1,783,753   
                2,960,763   

New York — 21.3%

     

Hudson New York Yards Infrastructure
Corp., RB, Series A, 5.75%, 2/15/47

     1,000         1,180,576   

New York City Municipal Water Finance
Authority, Refunding RB:

     

5.00%, 6/15/45

     2,999         3,429,636   
     Par
(000)
     Value  

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond (TOB) Trusts (b)

 

   

New York (concluded)

     

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Refunding RB (concluded):

     

Second General Resolution,
Fiscal 2012, Series BB,
5.25%, 6/15/44

   $ 2,999       $ 3,523,180   

Series FF-2, 5.50%, 6/15/40

     1,095         1,311,879   

New York City Transitional Finance
Authority, RB:

     

Fiscal 2009, Series S-3,
5.25%, 1/15/39

     1,000         1,128,675   

Sub-Series E-1, 5.00%,
2/01/42

     1,160         1,336,747   

New York Liberty Development Corp.,
RB, 1 World Trade Center Project,
5.25%, 12/15/43

     3,000         3,449,743   

New York Liberty Development Corp., Refunding RB, 4 World Trade Center Project, 5.75%, 11/15/51

     1,770         2,086,812   

New York State Dormitory Authority,
ERB, Series B, 5.25%, 3/15/38

     3,250         3,922,977   

New York State Dormitory Authority, RB, General Purpose, Series C, 5.00%, 3/15/41

     4,500         5,147,460   

New York State Thruway Authority,
Refunding RB, Series G (AGM), 5.00%, 1/01/32

     2,000         2,206,620   
                28,724,305   

Puerto Rico — 1.0%

     

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., Refunding RB, Series C, 5.25%,
8/01/40

     1,200         1,317,204   

Texas — 4.2%

     

City of San Antonio Texas, Refunding
RB, Series A, 5.25%,
2/01/31 (c)

     2,609         3,137,523   

Waco Educational Finance Corp.,
Refunding RB, Baylor University,
5.00%, 3/01/43

     2,220         2,547,849   
                5,685,372   

Utah — 0.8%

     

City of Riverton Utah Hospital, RB, IHC
Health Services, Inc., 5.00%, 8/15/41

     1,005         1,101,430   

Washington — 1.6%

     

University of Washington, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 7/01/41

     1,875         2,190,569   
Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond (TOB) Trusts – 49.1%          66,240,997   

Total Long-Term Investments

(Cost – $198,823,201) – 162.8%

  

  

     219,614,590   
 

 

                 
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

 

BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund (MFT)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

      Shares      Value  

Short-Term Securities

 

               

FFI Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund, 0.04% (d)(e)

     4,210,779       $ 4,210,779   

Total Short-Term Securities

(Cost – $4,210,779) – 3.1%

              4,210,779   

Total Investments

(Cost—$203,033,980*) – 165.9%

        223,825,369   

Other Assets Less Liabilities – 1.2%

        1,646,464   

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including Interest Expense and Fees Payable – (25.2)%

        (34,024,745 ) 

VMTP Shares, at Liquidation Value – (41.9)%

        (56,500,000 ) 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares – 100.0%

      $ 134,947,088   

 

 

* As of October 31, 2012, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Tax Cost

   $ 169,220,560   

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 20,811,398   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (212,481

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 20,598,917   

 

(a) When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as follows:

 

 

Counterparty    Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
 

Citigroup, Inc.

   $ 597,061       $ 2,009   
(b) Securities represent bonds transferred to a TOB in exchange for which the Fund acquired residual interest certificates. These securities serve as collateral in a financing transaction.
(c) All or a portion of security is subject to a recourse agreement which may require the Fund to pay the Liquidity Provider in the event there is a shortfall between the TOB Trust Certificates and proceeds received from the sale of the security contributed to the TOB trust. In the case of a shortfall, the aggregate maximum potential amount the Fund could ultimately be required to pay under the agreements is $2,114,529.
(d) Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the period ended October 31, 2012, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 

Affiliate    Shares
Held at
July 31,
2012
  

Net

Activity

   Shares
Held at
October 31,
2012
   Income

FFI Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

      4,210,779    4,210,779    $134

 

(e) Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

Portfolio Abbreviations

To simplify the listings of portfolio holdings in the Schedule of Investments, the names and descriptions of many of the securities have been abbreviated according to the following list:

 

AGC

   Assured Guaranty Corp.

AGM

   Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

AMBAC

   American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.

AMT

   Alternative Minimum Tax (subject to)

ARB

   Airport Revenue Bonds

EDA

   Economic Development Authority

ERB

   Education Revenue Bonds

Fannie Mae

   Federal National Mortgage-Association

GARB

   General Airport Revenue Bonds

Ginnie Mae

   Government National Mortgage-Association

GO

   General Obligation Bonds

HRB

   Housing Revenue Bonds

IDA

   Industrial Development Authority

IDB

   Industrial Development Board

ISD

   Independent School District

NPFGC

   National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.

PSF-GTD

   Permanent School Fund Guaranteed

RB

   Revenue Bonds

S/F

   Single-Family

 

Fair Value Measurements – Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

  Level 1 – unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

  Level 2 – other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)

 

  Level 3 – unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)
 

 

                 
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Schedule of Investments (concluded)

 

 

BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund (MFT)

 

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Fund’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent financial statements as contained in its annual report.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s investments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy as of October 31, 2012:

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Assets:

           

Investments:

           

Long-Term

Investments1

           $ 219,614,590               $ 219,614,590   

Short-Term

Securities……..

   $ 4,210,779                         4,210,779   

Total

   $ 4,210,779       $ 219,614,590               $ 223,825,369   
1 

See above Schedule of Investments for values in each state or political subdivision.

Certain of the Fund’s liabilities are held at carrying amount, which approximates fair value for financial reporting purposes. As of October 31, 2012, such liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Liabilities:

          

TOB trust certificates…..

           $ (34,005,892           $ (34,005,892

VMTP Shares…………

             (56,500,000             (56,500,000

Total

           $ (90,505,892           $ (90,505,892

There were no transfers between levels during the period ended October 31, 2012.

 

 

                 
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Item 2 – Controls and Procedures

 

2(a) – The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

2(b) – There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3 – Exhibits

Certifications – Attached hereto


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund

 

By:     

/s/ John M. Perlowski

     John M. Perlowski
     Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
     BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund

Date: December 21, 2012

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:     

/s/ John M. Perlowski

     John M. Perlowski
     Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
     BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund

Date: December 21, 2012

 

By:     

/s/ Neal J. Andrews

     Neal J. Andrews
     Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
     BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund

Date: December 21, 2012