C000021556 Fees and Costs — SA Wellington Government and Quality Bond Portfolio, Class 3

Data updated: 2026-04-27

The net expense ratio is 0.84%: a 0.54% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.05% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $9K in broker commissions, 0.0005% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 75%.

C000021556 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000021556. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.54%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.05%
Gross expense ratio0.84%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.84%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000021556 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000021556, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $527 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.88% 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 0.84%)$88$276$479
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$0
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$14$48
Total costs$88$289$527
Value after costs$10,412$11,287$12,235
Impact on return, per year0.88%0.88%0.88%

C000021556 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0005%
  • Total broker commissions: $9K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $46.3B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 75%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000021556 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$9K100.00%

C000021556 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BofA Securities, Inc.$9.7B21.19%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$8.9B19.44%
Natwest Markets Securities Inc.$8.7B18.95%
Barclays Capital Inc.$7.7B16.90%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$7.0B15.22%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$1.3B2.82%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$952.5M2.08%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$699.1M1.53%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$574.3M1.25%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$285.5M0.62%

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.