BJBGX Fees and Costs — Aberdeen Total Return Bond Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2021-09-28

The net expense ratio is 0.70%: a 0.35% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.43% other expenses, less a 0.34% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $10K in broker commissions, 0.0050% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 269%.

BJBGX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of BJBGX. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.35%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.43%
Gross expense ratio1.04%
Fee waiver−0.34%
Net expense ratio0.70%
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 recoupmentYes

BJBGX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in BJBGX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $444 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.74% 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 0.70%)$74$230$400
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$2$3
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$11$41
Total costs$74$243$444
Value after costs$10,426$11,333$12,319
Impact on return, per year0.74%0.74%0.74%

BJBGX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0050%
  • Total broker commissions: $10K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.3B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 269%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

BJBGX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
UBS Securities LLC$10K100.00%

BJBGX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$319.5M28.67%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$135.2M12.13%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$132.6M11.90%
BofA Securities, Inc.$122.3M10.97%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$114.3M10.26%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$91.5M8.21%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$68.3M6.13%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$56.2M5.05%
Citadel Securities LLC$49.0M4.40%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$25.3M2.27%

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.