BAFTX Fees and Costs — Brown Advisory Total Return Fund, Institutional Shares

Data updated: 2023-05-26

The net expense ratio is 0.42%: a 0.30% management fee plus 0.12% other expenses. This share class carries a redemption fee of 1.00%. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $48K in broker commissions, 0.0109% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 131%.

BAFTX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of BAFTX. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.30%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.12%
Gross expense ratio0.42%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.42%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee1.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

BAFTX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in BAFTX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $273 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.45% 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 0.42%)$44$138$241
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$4$6
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$7$25
Total costs$45$149$273
Value after costs$10,455$11,427$12,490
Impact on return, per year0.45%0.45%0.45%

BAFTX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0109%
  • Total broker commissions: $48K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.3B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 131%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

BAFTX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC$38K80.09%
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC$10K19.91%

BAFTX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
STONEX FINANCIAL INC.$508.6M47.98%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$117.3M11.06%
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES LLC$94.6M8.93%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$87.1M8.22%
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL INC.$54.3M5.12%
BOFA SECURITIES INC.$47.0M4.44%
U.S. BANCORP INVESTMENTS INC.$44.2M4.17%
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC$39.8M3.76%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$35.0M3.30%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.$32.0M3.02%

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.