C000015450 Fees and Costs — Putnam Global Income Trust, CL M

Data updated: 2026-09-25

The net expense ratio is 1.47%: a 0.54% management fee, a 0.50% 12b-1 fee plus 0.45% other expenses, less a 0.02% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 3.25%. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $6K in broker commissions, 0.0026% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 241%.

C000015450 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000015450. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.54%
12b-1 fee0.50%
Other expenses0.45%
Gross expense ratio1.49%
Fee waiver−0.02%
Net expense ratio1.47%
Sales charges
Max front load3.25%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000015450 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000015450, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,298 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.23% 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$325$325$325
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.47%)$149$464$800
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$1
Lost growth on money paid in costs$16$74$171
Total costs$491$864$1,298
Value after costs$10,009$10,712$11,465
Impact on return, per year4.91%2.68%2.23%

C000015450 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0026%
  • Total broker commissions: $6K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $7.5B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 241%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000015450 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$4K68.30%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2K31.45%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$100.18%
BofA Securities, Inc.$40.08%

C000015450 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2.4B32.57%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1.1B15.77%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$835.5M11.50%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$775.4M10.67%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$622.3M8.56%
BofA Securities, Inc.$572.2M7.87%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$565.0M7.77%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$274.3M3.77%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$58.3M0.80%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$51.4M0.71%

Putnam Global Income Trust Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000118068CL R60.48%none
C000118067CL R50.55%none
C000015447CL Y0.65%none
PGGIXCL A0.90%4.00%
PGBRXCL R1.15%none
C000015450CL M1.47%3.25%
C000015446CL C1.65%none
PGLBXCL B1.68%none

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.