C000017784 Fees and Costs — Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Portfolio, Class A
Data updated: 2026-08-27
The net expense ratio is 0.89%: a 0.90% management fee plus 0.08% other expenses, less a 0.09% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $223K in broker commissions, 0.0678% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 43%.
C000017784 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000017784. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.90% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.00% |
| Other expenses | 0.08% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.98% |
| Fee waiver | −0.09% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.89% |
| 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 |
C000017784 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000017784, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $600 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.01% 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 0.89%) | $93 | $292 | $506 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $7 | $22 | $39 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $16 | $55 |
| Total costs | $101 | $329 | $600 |
| Value after costs | $10,399 | $11,247 | $12,163 |
| Impact on return, per year | 1.01% | 1.01% | 1.01% |
C000017784 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): 0.0678%
- Total broker commissions: $223K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $5.4M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 43%
- Securities on loan, average value: $15.5M
- Net income from securities lending: $32K (0.010% of average net assets)
C000017784 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $44K | 26.57% |
| Capital Institutional Services, Inc. | $23K | 14.01% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $21K | 12.45% |
| Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC | $13K | 8.01% |
| Truist Securities, Inc. | $13K | 7.98% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $12K | 7.48% |
| Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. | $11K | 6.62% |
| Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated | $10K | 6.22% |
| Liquidnet, Inc. | $10K | 6.02% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $8K | 4.63% |
C000017784 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $1.4M | 26.28% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $1.2M | 22.43% |
| Jefferies LLC | $1.2M | 21.59% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $972K | 18.15% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $588K | 10.97% |
| Piper Sandler & Co. | $30K | 0.57% |
Loomis Sayles Small 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000017784 | Class A | 0.89% | — |
| C000017786 | Class E | 1.04% | — |
| C000017785 | Class B | 1.14% | — |
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.