C000017798 Fees and Costs — MetLife Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio, Class E

Data updated: 2026-08-27

The net expense ratio is 0.41%: a 0.25% management fee, a 0.15% 12b-1 fee plus 0.02% other expenses, less a 0.01% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. Portfolio turnover was 18%.

C000017798 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000017798. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.25%
12b-1 fee0.15%
Other expenses0.02%
Gross expense ratio0.42%
Fee waiver−0.01%
Net expense ratio0.41%
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

C000017798 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000017798, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $260 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.43% 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 0.41%)$43$135$236
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$7$24
Total costs$43$142$260
Value after costs$10,457$11,434$12,503
Impact on return, per year0.43%0.43%0.43%

C000017798 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): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.7B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 18%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $428.8M
  • Net income from securities lending: $622K (0.018% of average net assets)

C000017798 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$446.6M20.36%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$386.4M17.62%
Barclays Capital Inc.$256.7M11.70%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$250.7M11.43%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$162.8M7.42%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$153.6M7.00%
BofA Securities, Inc.$151.4M6.90%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$146.3M6.67%
Citadel Securities LLC$131.2M5.98%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$107.5M4.90%

MetLife Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000017796Class A0.26%—
C000017798Class E0.41%—
C000017797Class B0.51%—
C000075817Class G0.56%—

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.