C000022321 Fees and Costs — International Equity Portfolio, Class S

Data updated: 2024-05-16

The net expense ratio is 1.51%: a 1.15% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.64% other expenses, less a 0.53% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $34K in broker commissions, 0.1064% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 64%.

C000022321 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000022321. Prospectus, as of March 31, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.15%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.64%
Gross expense ratio2.04%
Fee waiver−0.53%
Net expense ratio1.51%
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

C000022321 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000022321, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $999 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.70% 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 1.51%)$159$492$847
Trading costs (broker commissions)$11$35$60
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$26$92
Total costs$170$552$999
Value after costs$10,330$11,024$11,764
Impact on return, per year1.70%1.70%1.70%

C000022321 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1064%
  • Total broker commissions: $34K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $19.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 64%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $725K
  • Net income from securities lending: $17K (0.052% of average net assets)

C000022321 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
UBS Securities LLC$4K15.79%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$4K15.28%
BofA Securities, Inc.$4K13.52%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$3K12.19%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$3K11.36%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$2K7.90%
Jefferies LLC$2K6.72%
Berenberg Capital Markets LLC$2K5.93%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$2K5.68%
Barclays Capital Inc.$1K5.63%

C000022321 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$19.3M100.00%

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.