ACIQX Fees and Costs — International Core Equity Fund, A Class

Data updated: 2020-02-25

The net expense ratio is 1.41%: a 1.14% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.01% other expenses. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.75%. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $13K in broker commissions, 0.0479% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 93%.

ACIQX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of ACIQX. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.14%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.01%
Gross expense ratio1.41%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.41%
Sales charges
Max front load5.75%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

ACIQX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in ACIQX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,586 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.75% 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$575$575$575
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.41%)$140$433$748
Trading costs (broker commissions)$5$15$25
Lost growth on money paid in costs$29$113$237
Total costs$748$1,136$1,586
Value after costs$9,752$10,440$11,177
Impact on return, per year7.48%3.55%2.75%

ACIQX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0479%
  • Total broker commissions: $13K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $49.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 93%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $250K
  • Net income from securities lending: $4K (0.013% of average net assets)

ACIQX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley$3K20.81%
Sanford C. Bernstein$2K18.24%
Bank of America Merrill Lynch$2K17.41%
Citigroup Capital Markets Inc$2K15.94%
Barclays Capital$1K8.58%
UBS Warburg$1K8.01%
J.P. Morgan Securities$7816.13%
Macquarie Securities$2201.73%
Credit Suisse First Boston Corp$2031.59%
Jefferies LLC$2001.57%

ACIQX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BMO Capital Markets$25.4M50.90%
Credit Suisse First Boston Corp$5.9M11.76%
Bank of America Merrill Lynch$5.1M10.19%
Goldman Sachs$4.1M8.19%
Morgan Stanley$2.7M5.48%
UBS Warburg$2.5M5.11%
J.P. Morgan Securities$2.2M4.33%
State Street Global Markets$2.0M4.05%

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.