C000021838 Fees and Costs — SA Multi-Managed Moderate Growth Portfolio, Class 2

Data updated: 2025-06-12

The net expense ratio is 1.19%: a 0.85% management fee, a 0.15% 12b-1 fee plus 0.58% other expenses, less a 0.39% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $24K in broker commissions, 0.0406% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 51%.

C000021838 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000021838. Prospectus, as of July 31, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.15%
Other expenses0.58%
Gross expense ratio1.58%
Fee waiver−0.39%
Net expense ratio1.19%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000021838 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000021838, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $766 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.29% 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 1.19%)$125$389$673
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$13$23
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$20$70
Total costs$129$422$766
Value after costs$10,371$11,154$11,997
Impact on return, per year1.29%1.29%1.29%

C000021838 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0406%
  • Total broker commissions: $24K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $397.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 51%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000021838 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$4K21.30%
Cowen and Company, LLC$4K19.35%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$3K16.32%
Jefferies LLC$2K10.89%
Liquidnet, Inc.$1K6.86%
BofA Securities, Inc.$1K5.87%
Piper Sandler & Co.$1K5.33%
UBS Securities LLC$9585.10%
Virtu Americas LLC$8894.74%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$7964.24%

C000021838 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BofA Securities, Inc.$69.6M17.86%
Barclays Capital Inc.$65.9M16.92%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$64.4M16.52%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$52.1M13.36%
Natwest Markets Securities Inc.$51.4M13.19%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$50.8M13.03%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$16.4M4.20%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$10.4M2.67%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$5.7M1.46%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$3.1M0.80%

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.