C000021456 Fees and Costs — Transamerica Jennison Growth VP, Service Class

Data updated: 2019-11-25

The net expense ratio is 1.01%: a 0.74% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.02% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2018 the fund paid $326K in broker commissions, 0.0250% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 52%.

C000021456 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000021456. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.74%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.02%
Gross expense ratio1.01%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.01%
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 recoupmentNo

C000021456 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000021456, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $647 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.09% 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 1.01%)$106$331$573
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$8$14
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$17$59
Total costs$109$356$647
Value after costs$10,391$11,221$12,116
Impact on return, per year1.09%1.09%1.09%

C000021456 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0250%
  • Total broker commissions: $326K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.7B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 52%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $8.9M
  • Net income from securities lending: $52K (0.004% of average net assets)

C000021456 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Capital Institutional Services, Inc.$65K23.91%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$52K19.26%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.$45K16.66%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$41K15.13%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$19K6.85%
Cowen and Company, LLC$15K5.65%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$14K5.00%
ISI Group, Inc$7K2.69%
Virtu Americas LLC$7K2.60%
Jefferies LLC$6K2.24%

C000021456 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$2.7B99.88%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2.4M0.09%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.$988K0.04%
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$3K0.00%
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.$6510.00%

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.