C000003345 Fees and Costs — Cohen & Steers Alternative Income Fund, Inc., Class C

Data updated: 2024-03-28

The net expense ratio is 1.71%: a 0.70% management fee, a 0.75% 12b-1 fee plus 0.98% other expenses, less a 0.72% fee waiver. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $58K in broker commissions, 0.0936% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 83%.

C000003345 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000003345. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.70%
12b-1 fee0.75%
Other expenses0.98%
Gross expense ratio2.43%
Fee waiver−0.72%
Net expense ratio1.71%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000003345 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000003345, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,110 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.89% 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
Sales charges$103$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.71%)$180$556$955
Trading costs (broker commissions)$10$30$52
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$29$103
Total costs$292$615$1,110
Value after costs$10,208$10,961$11,653
Impact on return, per year2.92%1.89%1.89%

C000003345 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0936%
  • Total broker commissions: $58K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $86.4M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 83%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000003345 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$11K22.83%
BofA Securities, Inc.$5K11.44%
UBS Securities LLC$5K11.28%
Jefferies LLC$5K11.25%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$5K9.99%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$5K9.80%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$4K7.88%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$3K6.27%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2K5.34%
CLSA Americas, LLC$2K3.91%

C000003345 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$42.4M56.35%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$8.1M10.73%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$5.4M7.18%
BofA Securities, Inc.$4.0M5.33%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$3.8M5.09%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$3.2M4.22%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2.7M3.64%
UBS Securities LLC$2.2M2.92%
Jefferies LLC$1.8M2.37%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$1.6M2.17%

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.