BXTAX Fees and Costs — Barings Diversified Income Fund, Class I

Data updated: 2021-05-25

The net expense ratio is 0.55%: a 0.40% management fee plus 0.79% other expenses, less a 0.64% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $2K in broker commissions, 0.0055% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 104%.

BXTAX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of BXTAX. Prospectus, as of June 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.40%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.79%
Gross expense ratio1.19%
Fee waiver−0.64%
Net expense ratio0.55%
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

BXTAX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in BXTAX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $351 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.58% 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 0.55%)$58$181$315
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$2$3
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$9$32
Total costs$58$192$351
Value after costs$10,442$11,384$12,412
Impact on return, per year0.58%0.58%0.58%

BXTAX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0055%
  • Total broker commissions: $2K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $95.2M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 104%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

BXTAX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$2K100.00%

BXTAX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$11.6M18.33%
Barclays Capital Inc.$9.6M15.26%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$8.4M13.25%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$7.1M11.20%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$4.7M7.50%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$4.6M7.31%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$4.4M6.90%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$4.3M6.90%
MUFG Securities Americas Inc.$4.3M6.78%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$4.2M6.58%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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