AZMPX Fees and Costs — Virtus NFJ Emerging Markets Value Fund, Class P

Data updated: 2026-08-28

The net expense ratio is 0.99%: a 0.85% management fee plus 0.60% other expenses, less a 0.46% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $30K in broker commissions, 0.1883% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 74%.

AZMPX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of AZMPX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.60%
Gross expense ratio1.45%
Fee waiver−0.46%
Net expense ratio0.99%
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

AZMPX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in AZMPX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $734 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.24% 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 0.99%)$104$324$560
Trading costs (broker commissions)$20$62$107
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$19$67
Total costs$124$404$734
Value after costs$10,376$11,172$12,028
Impact on return, per year1.24%1.24%1.24%

AZMPX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1883%
  • Total broker commissions: $30K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 74%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

AZMPX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$10K35.50%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$4K15.46%
JEFFERIES LLC$3K10.22%
BTIG, LLC$2K8.18%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$2K7.56%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$2K7.06%
INSTINET, LLC$1K5.52%
ITAU BBA USA SECURITIES, INC.$1K5.03%
B. Riley & Co., LLC$7972.95%
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.$6812.52%

Virtus NFJ Emerging Markets Value Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
AZMIXInstitutional Class0.89%none
AZMPXClass P0.99%none
AZMAXClass A1.14%5.50%
AZMCXClass C1.89%none

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.