AXABX Fees and Costs — AllianzGI Best Styles International Equity Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2020-02-25

The net expense ratio is 0.70%: a 0.30% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 1.07% other expenses, less a 0.92% fee waiver. 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 $11K in broker commissions, 0.0455% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 49%.

AXABX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of AXABX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.30%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses1.07%
Gross expense ratio1.62%
Fee waiver−0.92%
Net expense ratio0.70%
Sales charges
Max front load5.50%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

AXABX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in AXABX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,145 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.96% 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 0.70%)$69$217$378
Trading costs (broker commissions)$5$14$25
Lost growth on money paid in costs$28$98$192
Total costs$750$880$1,145
Value after costs$9,750$10,697$11,618
Impact on return, per year7.50%2.73%1.96%

AXABX Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0455%
  • Total broker commissions: $11K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $26.2M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 49%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

AXABX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Jefferies LLC$10K91.17%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$2322.17%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1681.57%
Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc.$1541.44%
JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC$1351.26%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.$1281.20%
Brasil Plural S.A. Banco Multiplo$630.59%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$420.39%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$220.21%

AXABX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$25.9M98.96%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$272K1.04%

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.