AISCX Fees and Costs — Acuitas International Small Cap Fund, Institutional Shares

Data updated: 2020-09-11

The net expense ratio is 1.50%: a 1.20% management fee plus 1.23% other expenses, less a 0.93% fee waiver. This share class carries a redemption fee of 1.00%. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $2K in broker commissions, 0.2202% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 105%.

AISCX Fees and Expenses

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

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.20%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses1.23%
Gross expense ratio2.43%
Fee waiver−0.93%
Net expense ratio1.50%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee1.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

AISCX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in AISCX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,061 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.81% 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 1.50%)$158$488$839
Trading costs (broker commissions)$23$72$123
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$28$98
Total costs$181$587$1,061
Value after costs$10,319$10,989$11,702
Impact on return, per year1.81%1.81%1.81%

AISCX Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.2202%
  • Total broker commissions: $2K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 105%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

AISCX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
MACQUARIE CAPITAL (USA) INC.$37321.22%
DAIWA CAPITAL MARKETS AMERICA INC.$32518.47%
SOCIETE GENERALE SECURITIES$29616.85%
NESBITT BURNS SECURITIES INC.$19310.99%
ODDO BHF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT$1367.72%
HANDELSBANKEN SECURITIES$1237.00%
NUMIS SECURITIES$1096.21%
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH INC$955.42%
CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP$543.06%
INSTINET, LLC$543.05%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.