C000022020 Fees and Costs — SA Morgan Stanley International Equities Portfolio, Class 3

Data updated: 2026-09-28

The net expense ratio is 1.12%: a 0.84% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.09% other expenses, less a 0.06% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2026 the fund paid $99K in broker commissions, 0.0292% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 56%.

C000022020 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000022020. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.84%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.09%
Gross expense ratio1.18%
Fee waiver−0.06%
Net expense ratio1.12%
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

C000022020 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000022020, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $717 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.21% 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 1.12%)$118$366$634
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$10$17
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$19$66
Total costs$121$395$717
Value after costs$10,379$11,182$12,046
Impact on return, per year1.21%1.21%1.21%

C000022020 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0292%
  • Total broker commissions: $99K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 56%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000022020 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
UBS Securities LLC$19K21.30%
SG Americas Securities, LLC$11K12.41%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$11K12.19%
Jefferies LLC$9K10.79%
BofA Securities, Inc.$9K9.85%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$7K8.49%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$6K6.60%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$6K6.37%
CLSA Americas, LLC$5K6.24%
Barclays Capital Inc.$5K5.77%

SA Morgan Stanley International Equities Portfolio Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000022018Class 10.87%—
C000022019Class 21.02%—
C000022020Class 31.12%—

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.