C000017772 Fees and Costs — Brighthouse/Wellington Core Equity Opportunities Portfolio, Class A

Data updated: 2026-08-27

The net expense ratio is 0.62%: a 0.72% management fee plus 0.02% other expenses, less a 0.12% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $328K in broker commissions, 0.0114% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 37%.

C000017772 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000017772. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.72%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.02%
Gross expense ratio0.74%
Fee waiver−0.12%
Net expense ratio0.62%
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

C000017772 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000017772, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $398 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.66% 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 0.62%)$65$204$355
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$4$7
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$10$36
Total costs$66$218$398
Value after costs$10,434$11,358$12,365
Impact on return, per year0.66%0.66%0.66%

C000017772 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): 0.0114%
  • Total broker commissions: $328K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $103.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 37%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $69.7M
  • Net income from securities lending: $94K (0.003% of average net assets)

C000017772 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$63K24.25%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$46K17.70%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$42K16.12%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$31K11.86%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$16K6.06%
Jefferies LLC$14K5.60%
Barclays Capital Inc.$14K5.54%
UBS Securities LLC$14K5.24%
BofA Securities, Inc.$12K4.75%
TD Securities (USA) LLC$7K2.88%

C000017772 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$27.4M26.48%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$25.4M24.56%
Citadel Securities LLC$22.0M21.26%
Barclays Capital Inc.$16.8M16.29%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$11.8M11.41%

Brighthouse/Wellington Core Equity Opportunities Portfolio Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000017772Class A0.62%—
C000017774Class E0.77%—
C000017773Class B0.87%—

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.