ABSGX Fees and Costs — AllianzGI Best Styles Global Equity Fund, Class C

Data updated: 2020-12-09

The net expense ratio is 1.40%: a 0.30% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 0.17% other expenses, less a 0.07% fee waiver. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $167K in broker commissions, 0.0953% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 33%.

ABSGX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of ABSGX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.30%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses0.17%
Gross expense ratio1.47%
Fee waiver−0.07%
Net expense ratio1.40%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

ABSGX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in ABSGX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $926 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.57% 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
Sales charges$103$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.40%)$147$456$787
Trading costs (broker commissions)$10$31$54
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$24$85
Total costs$260$512$926
Value after costs$10,240$11,065$11,837
Impact on return, per year2.60%1.57%1.57%

ABSGX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0953%
  • Total broker commissions: $167K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $406.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 33%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

ABSGX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Jefferies LLC$118K71.01%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$25K14.85%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$9K5.27%
Bofa Securities, Inc.$6K3.84%
Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc.$3K1.93%
UBS Securities LLC$2K0.97%
Plural S.A. Banco Multiplo$2K0.94%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$1K0.74%
Larrainvial Securities US LLC$4710.28%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$2720.16%

ABSGX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$406.2M99.98%
Bofa Securities, Inc.$100K0.02%
UBS Securities LLC$1K0.00%

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.