C000016839 Fees and Costs — Aberdeen Global Equity Impact Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2022-01-14

The net expense ratio is 1.16%: a 0.80% management fee plus 0.81% other expenses, less a 0.45% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $13K in broker commissions, 0.0177% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 32%.

C000016839 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000016839. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.80%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.81%
Gross expense ratio1.61%
Fee waiver−0.45%
Net expense ratio1.16%
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

C000016839 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000016839, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $734 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.24% 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 1.16%)$122$379$657
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$6$10
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$19$67
Total costs$124$404$734
Value after costs$10,376$11,172$12,029
Impact on return, per year1.24%1.24%1.24%

C000016839 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0177%
  • Total broker commissions: $13K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $23.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 32%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000016839 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$4K29.94%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$2K14.12%
Jefferies LLC$1K10.34%
Barclays Capital Inc.$1K9.12%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$1K8.38%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$9767.94%
Renaissance Macro Securities, LLC$7526.12%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$7526.12%
UBS Securities LLC$5734.66%
BofA Securities, Inc.$4003.25%

C000016839 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$23.8M100.00%

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.