C000021444 Fees and Costs — Transamerica JPMorgan Tactical Allocation VP, Service Class

Data updated: 2026-08-26

The net expense ratio is 1.05%: a 0.72% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.08% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $133K in broker commissions, 0.0149% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 47%.

C000021444 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000021444. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.72%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.08%
Gross expense ratio1.05%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.05%
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 yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000021444 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000021444, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $665 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.12% 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 1.05%)$110$344$596
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$5$8
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$17$61
Total costs$112$366$665
Value after costs$10,388$11,210$12,098
Impact on return, per year1.12%1.12%1.12%

C000021444 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): 0.0149%
  • Total broker commissions: $133K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $6.3B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 47%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $4.6M
  • Net income from securities lending: $21K (0.002% of average net assets)

C000021444 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$67K56.51%
Jefferies LLC$12K10.43%
BofA Securities, Inc.$10K8.82%
UBS Securities LLC$6K5.16%
Barclays Capital Inc.$6K4.87%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$4K3.61%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$4K3.61%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$4K3.25%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$2K1.95%
CLSA Americas, LLC$2K1.79%

C000021444 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$5.8B93.19%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$80.6M1.30%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$64.5M1.04%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$61.4M0.99%
BofA Securities, Inc.$48.6M0.78%
Barclays Capital Inc.$44.3M0.71%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$43.8M0.71%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$39.4M0.64%
Citadel Securities LLC$21.2M0.34%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$18.7M0.30%

Transamerica JPMorgan Tactical Allocation VP Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000021443Initial Class0.80%none
C000021444Service Class1.05%none

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.