C000003324 Fees and Costs — Salient International Small Cap Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2019-11-25

The net expense ratio is 1.55%: a 1.00% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.65% other expenses, less a 0.35% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2018 the fund paid $81K in broker commissions, 0.0827% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 47%.

C000003324 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000003324. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.00%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.65%
Gross expense ratio1.90%
Fee waiver−0.35%
Net expense ratio1.55%
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

C000003324 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000003324, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,008 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.71% 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 1.55%)$163$504$869
Trading costs (broker commissions)$9$27$46
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$26$93
Total costs$171$558$1,008
Value after costs$10,329$11,018$11,754
Impact on return, per year1.71%1.71%1.71%

C000003324 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0827%
  • Total broker commissions: $81K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 47%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000003324 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Maxim Group, LLC$31K41.19%
Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC$26K34.35%
UBS Securities LLC$5K6.79%
Merrill Lynch$3K3.64%
Sanford C. Bernstein Limited$2K3.27%
Investec Securities LLC$2K2.85%
Goldman Sachs & CO. LLC$2K2.63%
Citigroup (Citibank)$1K1.95%
Instinet, LLC$1K1.88%
LIQUIDNET, INC.$1K1.45%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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