C000021853 Fees and Costs — SA Franklin Allocation Moderately Aggressive Portfolio, Class 2

Data updated: 2026-08-28

The net expense ratio is 1.08%: a 0.85% management fee, a 0.15% 12b-1 fee plus 0.26% other expenses, less a 0.18% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2026 the fund paid $91K in broker commissions, 0.0435% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 51%.

C000021853 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000021853. Prospectus, as of March 31, 2026.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.15%
Other expenses0.26%
Gross expense ratio1.26%
Fee waiver−0.18%
Net expense ratio1.08%
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 recoupmentNo

C000021853 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000021853, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $701 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.18% 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 1.08%)$113$353$612
Trading costs (broker commissions)$5$14$25
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$18$64
Total costs$118$386$701
Value after costs$10,382$11,190$12,062
Impact on return, per year1.18%1.18%1.18%

C000021853 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0435%
  • Total broker commissions: $91K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.9B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 51%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000021853 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$19K22.23%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$12K13.95%
BofA Securities, Inc.$10K12.11%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$9K11.01%
Barclays Capital Inc.$9K10.90%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$9K10.81%
UBS Securities LLC$7K8.70%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$5K5.91%
SG Americas Securities, LLC$2K2.77%
TD Securities (USA) LLC$1K1.60%

C000021853 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BofA Securities, Inc.$1.0B54.41%
UBS Securities LLC$855.7M45.05%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2.8M0.15%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2.1M0.11%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1.7M0.09%
Barclays Capital Inc.$939K0.05%
Jane Street Execution Services, LLC$767K0.04%
BNY Capital Markets, LLC$693K0.04%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$684K0.04%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$658K0.03%

SA Franklin Allocation Moderately Aggressive Portfolio Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000021852Class 10.93%—
C000021853Class 21.08%—
C000021854Class 31.18%—

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.