C000017799 Fees and Costs — Loomis Sayles Small Cap Core Portfolio, Class A
Data updated: 2026-08-27
The net expense ratio is 0.90%: a 0.90% management fee plus 0.08% other expenses, less a 0.08% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $239K in broker commissions, 0.0675% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 37%.
C000017799 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000017799. 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 | −0.08% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.90% |
| 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 |
C000017799 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000017799, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $606 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.02% 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 0.90%) | $94 | $295 | $512 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $7 | $22 | $38 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $16 | $56 |
| Total costs | $102 | $333 | $606 |
| Value after costs | $10,398 | $11,243 | $12,157 |
| Impact on return, per year | 1.02% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
C000017799 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): 0.0675%
- Total broker commissions: $239K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.9M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 37%
- Securities on loan, average value: $22.7M
- Net income from securities lending: $35K (0.010% of average net assets)
C000017799 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $53K | 30.61% |
| Capital Institutional Services, Inc. | $24K | 13.80% |
| Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC | $17K | 9.90% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $16K | 9.04% |
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $12K | 7.03% |
| JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC | $12K | 6.80% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $11K | 6.19% |
| Truist Securities, Inc. | $10K | 5.93% |
| Liquidnet, Inc. | $10K | 5.77% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $8K | 4.93% |
C000017799 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $1.2M | 39.95% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $627K | 21.34% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $360K | 12.23% |
| Jefferies LLC | $308K | 10.48% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $242K | 8.22% |
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $221K | 7.52% |
| Piper Sandler & Co. | $8K | 0.26% |
Loomis Sayles Small Cap Core Portfolio Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000017799 | Class A | 0.90% | — |
| C000017801 | Class E | 1.05% | — |
| C000017800 | Class B | 1.15% | — |
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.