BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust is a closed-end investment management company. It invests on behalf of its clients. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide a high level of current income, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. The company seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, a majority of its assets in loan and debt instruments and other investments with similar economic characteristics. Its portfolio consists of Corporate Bonds, Asset-Backed Securities, Preferred Securities and others.