C000017165 Fees and Costs — Delaware VIP Real Estate Securities, Class II

Data updated: 2024-05-28

The net expense ratio is 1.21%: a 0.90% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.23% other expenses, less a 0.17% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $9K in broker commissions, 0.0311% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 59%.

C000017165 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000017165. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.90%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.23%
Gross expense ratio1.38%
Fee waiver−0.17%
Net expense ratio1.21%
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

C000017165 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000017165, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $773 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.30% 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 1.21%)$127$395$684
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$10$18
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$20$71
Total costs$130$426$773
Value after costs$10,370$11,151$11,990
Impact on return, per year1.30%1.30%1.30%

C000017165 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0311%
  • Total broker commissions: $9K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $117K
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 59%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000017165 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$1K18.19%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$1K16.92%
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.$1K15.26%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$73810.69%
UBS Securities LLC$6369.21%
BTIG, LLC$5958.62%
MIZUHO SECURITIES (USA) INC.$4606.66%
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC$3515.08%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$3404.92%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$3074.45%

C000017165 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$107K91.98%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$9K8.02%

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.