C000015297 Fees and Costs — Wilmington Short-Term Bond Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2021-07-13

The net expense ratio is 0.73%: a 0.40% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.78% other expenses, less a 0.70% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 1.75%. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $390 in broker commissions, 0.0008% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 140%.

C000015297 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000015297. Prospectus, as of August 31, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.40%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.78%
Gross expense ratio1.43%
Fee waiver−0.70%
Net expense ratio0.73%
Sales charges
Max front load1.75%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000015297 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000015297, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $675 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.13% 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$175$175$175
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.73%)$75$236$410
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$0
Lost growth on money paid in costs$9$39$90
Total costs$259$450$675
Value after costs$10,241$11,126$12,088
Impact on return, per year2.59%1.38%1.13%

C000015297 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0008%
  • Total broker commissions: $390
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $97.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 140%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $1.1M
  • Net income from securities lending: $1K (0.003% of average net assets)

C000015297 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$390100.00%

C000015297 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$26.1M32.28%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$15.2M18.77%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$7.7M9.55%
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC$5.8M7.23%
MARKETAXESS CORPORATION$5.3M6.55%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$4.9M6.04%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$4.5M5.63%
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.$4.0M4.98%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$3.8M4.65%
MILLENNIUM ADVISORS, LLC$3.5M4.32%

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.