C000023171 Fees and Costs — EQ/Core Plus Bond Portfolio, Class A

Data updated: 2023-11-27

The net expense ratio is 0.93%: a 0.60% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.19% other expenses, less a 0.11% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $30K in broker commissions, 0.0043% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 187%.

C000023171 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000023171. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.60%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.19%
Gross expense ratio1.04%
Fee waiver−0.11%
Net expense ratio0.93%
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

C000023171 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000023171, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $585 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.98% 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 0.93%)$98$305$529
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$15$54
Total costs$98$321$585
Value after costs$10,402$11,255$12,178
Impact on return, per year0.98%0.98%0.98%

C000023171 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0043%
  • Total broker commissions: $30K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.7B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 187%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000023171 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$27K90.61%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$3K9.39%

C000023171 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$545.7M25.51%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$290.1M13.56%
BofA Securities, Inc.$289.0M13.51%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$274.2M12.81%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$190.3M8.89%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$162.0M7.57%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$139.3M6.51%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$122.5M5.72%
Citadel Securities LLC$71.3M3.33%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$55.0M2.57%

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.