C000017769 Fees and Costs — Frontier Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, Class A
Data updated: 2026-08-27
The net expense ratio is 0.69%: a 0.72% management fee plus 0.04% other expenses, less a 0.07% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $492K in broker commissions, 0.0491% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 78%.
C000017769 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000017769. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.72% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.00% |
| Other expenses | 0.04% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.76% |
| Fee waiver | −0.07% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.69% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | — |
| Max deferred load | — |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | Yes |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | No |
C000017769 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000017769, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $465 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.78% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.69%) | $72 | $227 | $394 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $5 | $16 | $28 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $12 | $43 |
| Total costs | $78 | $255 | $465 |
| Value after costs | $10,422 | $11,321 | $12,298 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.78% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
C000017769 Trading Costs
Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
- Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0491%
- Total broker commissions: $492K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 78%
- Securities on loan, average value: $108.6M
- Net income from securities lending: $130K (0.013% of average net assets)
C000017769 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Liquidnet, Inc. | $119K | 31.38% |
| Capital Institutional Services, Inc. | $114K | 30.13% |
| Virtu Americas LLC | $29K | 7.55% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $25K | 6.50% |
| Nomura Securities International, Inc. | $19K | 4.94% |
| Evercore Group L.L.C. | $17K | 4.44% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $16K | 4.24% |
| UBS Securities LLC | $14K | 3.71% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $14K | 3.62% |
| Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated | $13K | 3.50% |
Frontier Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000017769 | Class A | 0.69% | — |
| C000030922 | Class D | 0.79% | — |
| C000017771 | Class E | 0.84% | — |
| C000017770 | Class B | 0.94% | — |
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.