C000014697 Fees and Costs — NVIT Government Bond Fund, Class II

Data updated: 2026-08-26

The net expense ratio is 0.94%: a 0.50% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.23% other expenses, less a 0.04% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $5K in broker commissions, 0.0017% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 40%.

C000014697 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000014697. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.50%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.23%
Gross expense ratio0.98%
Fee waiver−0.04%
Net expense ratio0.94%
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

C000014697 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000014697, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $590 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.99% 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 0.94%)$99$308$535
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$1
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$15$54
Total costs$99$324$590
Value after costs$10,401$11,252$12,173
Impact on return, per year0.99%0.99%0.99%

C000014697 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0017%
  • Total broker commissions: $5K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $209.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 40%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $11.2M
  • Net income from securities lending: $7K (0.003% of average net assets)

C000014697 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
UBS Securities LLC$5K100.00%

C000014697 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$39.9M19.86%
Keybanc Capital Markets Inc.$36.8M18.31%
Citadel Securities LLC$32.2M16.02%
BofA Securities, Inc.$28.5M14.17%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$25.1M12.50%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$11.1M5.50%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$10.8M5.39%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$7.6M3.78%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$6.1M3.02%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2.9M1.45%

NVIT Government Bond Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000139942Class Y0.54%—
C000014696Class I0.69%—
C000014699Class IV0.69%—
C000014697Class II0.94%—

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.