APTIX Fees and Costs — VP Inflation Protection Fund, Class I

Data updated: 2024-05-29

The net expense ratio is 0.52%: a 0.46% management fee plus 0.06% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $17K in broker commissions, 0.0028% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 86%.

APTIX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of APTIX. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.46%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.06%
Gross expense ratio0.52%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.52%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

APTIX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in APTIX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $330 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.55% 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 0.52%)$55$171$298
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$8$30
Total costs$55$181$330
Value after costs$10,445$11,396$12,433
Impact on return, per year0.55%0.55%0.55%

APTIX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0028%
  • Total broker commissions: $17K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $7.2B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 86%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

APTIX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Bank of America Merrill Lynch$17K100.00%

APTIX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Global Markets$3.0B43.22%
J.P. Morgan Securities$1.4B20.69%
Bank of America Merrill Lynch$1.0B14.76%
BMO Capital Markets$905.7M12.96%
Goldman Sachs$143.6M2.06%
Wells Fargo Securities$124.2M1.78%
Citigroup Capital Markets Inc$124.1M1.78%
Barclays Capital$71.6M1.02%
UBS Warburg$69.4M0.99%
Credit Lyonnais$52.3M0.75%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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