AADDX Fees and Costs — Aberdeen Income Builder Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2020-03-27

The net expense ratio is 1.18%: a 1.00% management fee plus 0.21% other expenses, less a 0.03% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $12K in broker commissions, 0.0136% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 88%.

AADDX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of AADDX. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2018.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.00%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.21%
Gross expense ratio1.21%
Fee waiver−0.03%
Net expense ratio1.18%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

AADDX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in AADDX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $744 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.25% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.18%)$124$386$668
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$4$8
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$19$68
Total costs$125$410$744
Value after costs$10,375$11,167$12,019
Impact on return, per year1.25%1.25%1.25%

AADDX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0136%
  • Total broker commissions: $12K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $121.1M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 88%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $4.4M
  • Net income from securities lending: $6K (0.006% of average net assets)

AADDX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$4K36.52%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$3K25.05%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2K18.07%
Virtu Americas LLC$8046.52%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$7916.42%
BofA Securities, Inc.$4753.86%
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.$4403.57%

AADDX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$65.2M60.60%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$8.8M8.14%
BofA Securities, Inc.$6.9M6.37%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$5.6M5.21%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$5.5M5.11%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$4.9M4.56%
STIFEL NICOLAUS & CO INC.$3.6M3.30%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$3.1M2.85%
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.$2.1M1.93%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$2.1M1.92%

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.