AKFRX Fees and Costs — abrdn Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Class R

Data updated: 2023-03-31

The net expense ratio is 1.30%: a 0.60% management fee, a 0.50% 12b-1 fee plus 0.69% other expenses, less a 0.49% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. Portfolio turnover was 72%.

AKFRX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of AKFRX. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.60%
12b-1 fee0.50%
Other expenses0.69%
Gross expense ratio1.79%
Fee waiver−0.49%
Net expense ratio1.30%
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

AKFRX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in AKFRX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $808 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.36% 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 1.30%)$136$425$734
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$21$74
Total costs$136$446$808
Value after costs$10,364$11,131$11,955
Impact on return, per year1.36%1.36%1.36%

AKFRX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2022.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $84.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 72%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

AKFRX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$40.8M55.53%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$9.9M13.52%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$4.9M6.72%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$4.0M5.40%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$3.1M4.16%
Barclays Capital Inc.$2.9M3.92%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$2.8M3.88%
Jefferies LLC$2.6M3.51%
BofA Securities, Inc.$1.5M2.04%
UBS Securities LLC$974K1.33%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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