C000006677 Fees and Costs — Delaware VIP Diversified Income Series, Standard Class

Data updated: 2021-05-26

The net expense ratio is 0.60%: a 0.58% management fee plus 0.06% other expenses, less a 0.04% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $39K in broker commissions, 0.0015% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 171%.

C000006677 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000006677. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.58%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.06%
Gross expense ratio0.64%
Fee waiver−0.04%
Net expense ratio0.60%
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

C000006677 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000006677, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $379 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.63% 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 0.60%)$63$197$344
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$1
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$10$35
Total costs$63$208$379
Value after costs$10,437$11,369$12,384
Impact on return, per year0.63%0.63%0.63%

C000006677 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0015%
  • Total broker commissions: $39K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $9.1B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 171%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000006677 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
ADVANTAGE SECURITIES LLC$34K85.27%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$4K9.95%
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.$2K4.56%
ARCHR LLP$890.23%

C000006677 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BNY MELLON CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC$2.5B33.00%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$1.3B17.07%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$656.5M8.60%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$651.9M8.54%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$645.9M8.46%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$631.9M8.28%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$418.8M5.49%
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.$313.5M4.11%
HSBC SECURITIES (USA), INC.$254.6M3.34%
Amherst Pierpont Securities LLC$238.3M3.12%

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.