C000021195 Fees and Costs — Transamerica Total Return, Class I2

Data updated: 2022-09-23

The net expense ratio is 0.68%: a 0.67% management fee plus 0.05% other expenses, less a 0.04% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $9K in broker commissions, 0.0014% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 29%.

C000021195 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000021195. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.67%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.05%
Gross expense ratio0.72%
Fee waiver−0.04%
Net expense ratio0.68%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000021195 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000021195, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $429 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.72% 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 0.68%)$71$224$389
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$1
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$11$39
Total costs$72$235$429
Value after costs$10,428$11,341$12,334
Impact on return, per year0.72%0.72%0.72%

C000021195 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0014%
  • Total broker commissions: $9K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $7.2B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 29%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $76.5M
  • Net income from securities lending: $59K (0.009% of average net assets)

C000021195 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$9K96.40%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$3373.60%

C000021195 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1.4B20.21%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1.3B19.24%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$1.3B18.99%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1.0B15.02%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$685.0M10.03%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$323.0M4.73%
State Street Bank and Trust Company$293.2M4.29%
Barclays Capital Inc.$180.8M2.65%
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.$174.0M2.55%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$156.5M2.29%

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.