C000017173 Fees and Costs — Delaware VIP Global Equity, Class II

Data updated: 2024-05-28

The net expense ratio is 1.04%: a 0.70% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.12% other expenses, less a 0.03% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $80K in broker commissions, 0.0614% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 47%.

C000017173 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000017173. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.70%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.12%
Gross expense ratio1.07%
Fee waiver−0.03%
Net expense ratio1.04%
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

C000017173 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000017173, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $688 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.16% 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 1.04%)$109$340$590
Trading costs (broker commissions)$6$20$35
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$18$63
Total costs$116$378$688
Value after costs$10,384$11,198$12,075
Impact on return, per year1.16%1.16%1.16%

C000017173 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): 0.0614%
  • Total broker commissions: $80K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $9
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 47%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $5.5M
  • Net income from securities lending: $5K (0.004% of average net assets)

C000017173 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$21K29.22%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$9K12.67%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$8K10.76%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$7K9.85%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$7K9.16%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$7K9.09%
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC$6K7.75%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$3K4.71%
EXANE, INC.$3K3.69%
UBS Securities LLC$2K3.10%

C000017173 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$9100.00%

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.