BGHDX Fees and Costs — Baillie Gifford Health Innovation Equities Fund, Class K

Data updated: 2025-03-10

The net expense ratio is 0.65%: a 0.50% management fee plus 1.06% other expenses, less a 0.91% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $5K in broker commissions, 0.0422% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 23%.

BGHDX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of BGHDX. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.50%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses1.06%
Gross expense ratio1.56%
Fee waiver−0.91%
Net expense ratio0.65%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

BGHDX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in BGHDX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $436 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.73% 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 0.65%)$68$214$372
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$14$24
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$11$40
Total costs$73$239$436
Value after costs$10,427$11,338$12,327
Impact on return, per year0.73%0.73%0.73%

BGHDX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0422%
  • Total broker commissions: $5K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $175K
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 23%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

BGHDX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2K40.02%
JEFFERIES LLC$51210.78%
UBS Securities LLC$50610.66%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$49110.34%
INSTINET, LLC$4719.92%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$2034.28%
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.$2004.21%
REDBURN (USA) LLC$1954.11%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$1924.04%
Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG$781.64%

BGHDX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$174K99.20%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$1K0.80%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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