ARMAX Fees and Costs — AllianzGI Global Natural Resources Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2020-05-27

The net expense ratio is 1.44%: a 1.15% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.03% other expenses. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.50% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $22K in broker commissions, 0.1441% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 76%.

ARMAX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of ARMAX. Prospectus, as of June 30, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.15%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.03%
Gross expense ratio1.44%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.44%
Sales charges
Max front load5.50%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

ARMAX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in ARMAX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,627 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.83% 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$648$550$550
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.44%)$143$443$764
Trading costs (broker commissions)$14$44$76
Lost growth on money paid in costs$28$111$237
Total costs$832$1,148$1,627
Value after costs$9,668$10,428$11,135
Impact on return, per year8.32%3.59%2.83%

ARMAX 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): 0.1441%
  • Total broker commissions: $22K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $40.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 76%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

ARMAX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$4K20.60%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$3K17.56%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.$3K14.36%
Barclays Capital Inc.$2K10.19%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$1K7.25%
UBS Securities LLC$1K6.80%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$1K6.09%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1K5.89%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$1K5.89%
BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd.$9955.37%

ARMAX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$40.8M99.90%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.$34K0.08%
Jane Street Execution Services, LLC$7K0.02%

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.