C000017800 Fees and Costs — Loomis Sayles Small Cap Core Portfolio, Class B

Data updated: 2026-08-27

The net expense ratio is 1.15%: a 0.90% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 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%.

C000017800 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000017800. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.90%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.08%
Gross expense ratio1.23%
Fee waiver−0.08%
Net expense ratio1.15%
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

C000017800 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000017800, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $758 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.28% 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 1.15%)$121$376$650
Trading costs (broker commissions)$7$22$38
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$20$70
Total costs$128$418$758
Value after costs$10,372$11,159$12,005
Impact on return, per year1.28%1.28%1.28%

C000017800 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)

C000017800 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$53K30.61%
Capital Institutional Services, Inc.$24K13.80%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$17K9.90%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$16K9.04%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$12K7.03%
JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC$12K6.80%
BofA Securities, Inc.$11K6.19%
Truist Securities, Inc.$10K5.93%
Liquidnet, Inc.$10K5.77%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$8K4.93%

C000017800 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$1.2M39.95%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$627K21.34%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$360K12.23%
Jefferies LLC$308K10.48%
Barclays Capital Inc.$242K8.22%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$221K7.52%
Piper Sandler & Co.$8K0.26%

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Core Portfolio Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000017799Class A0.90%—
C000017801Class E1.05%—
C000017800Class B1.15%—

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.