C000021997 Fees and Costs — SA WellsCap Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Class 3

Data updated: 2021-12-29

The net expense ratio is 1.04%: a 0.72% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.07% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $62K in broker commissions, 0.0375% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 53%.

C000021997 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000021997. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.72%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.07%
Gross expense ratio1.04%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.04%
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

C000021997 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000021997, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $673 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.13% 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 1.04%)$109$340$590
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$12$21
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$17$62
Total costs$113$370$673
Value after costs$10,387$11,206$12,090
Impact on return, per year1.13%1.13%1.13%

C000021997 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0375%
  • Total broker commissions: $62K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $547.6M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 53%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000021997 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$13K25.46%
Liquidnet, Inc.$10K20.35%
BofA Securities, Inc.$8K16.30%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$4K7.38%
Capital Institutional Services, Inc.$4K7.08%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$3K6.65%
Jefferies LLC$3K5.30%
William Blair & Company, L.L.C.$2K4.82%
Evercore Group L.L.C.$2K3.40%
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.$2K3.26%

C000021997 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$545.0M99.52%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1.1M0.21%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$832K0.15%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$438K0.08%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$238K0.04%
Barclays Capital Inc.$1K0.00%

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.