C000021469 Fees and Costs — Transamerica Morgan Stanley Capital Growth VP, Initial Class

Data updated: 2026-08-26

The net expense ratio is 0.76%: a 0.68% management fee plus 0.09% other expenses, less a 0.01% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $61K in broker commissions, 0.0338% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 66%.

C000021469 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000021469. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.68%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.09%
Gross expense ratio0.77%
Fee waiver−0.01%
Net expense ratio0.76%
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

C000021469 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000021469, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $499 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.83% 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 0.76%)$80$250$434
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$11$19
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$13$46
Total costs$83$273$499
Value after costs$10,417$11,303$12,264
Impact on return, per year0.83%0.83%0.83%

C000021469 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): 0.0338%
  • Total broker commissions: $61K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $3.3B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 66%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $11.0M
  • Net income from securities lending: $32K (0.018% of average net assets)

C000021469 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$13K26.37%
Jefferies LLC$8K15.28%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$7K13.65%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$7K13.40%
BofA Securities, Inc.$4K8.43%
BTIG, LLC$4K7.84%
Virtu Americas LLC$2K4.32%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2K4.19%
Canaccord Genuity LLC$2K3.48%
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated$1K3.03%

C000021469 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$3.3B99.68%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$7.6M0.23%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2.8M0.08%

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.