C000024581 Fees and Costs — 1290 VT Equity Income Portfolio, Class IB
Data updated: 2026-08-25
The net expense ratio is 0.95%: a 0.75% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.13% other expenses, less a 0.18% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $89K in broker commissions, 0.0194% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 26%.
C000024581 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000024581. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.75% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.25% |
| Other expenses | 0.13% |
| Gross expense ratio | 1.13% |
| Fee waiver | −0.18% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.95% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | — |
| Max deferred load | — |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | Yes |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | Yes |
C000024581 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000024581, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $607 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.02% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.95%) | $100 | $311 | $540 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $2 | $6 | $11 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $16 | $56 |
| Total costs | $102 | $333 | $607 |
| Value after costs | $10,398 | $11,243 | $12,156 |
| Impact on return, per year | 1.02% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
C000024581 Trading Costs
Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
- Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0194%
- Total broker commissions: $89K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 26%
- Securities on loan, average value: $6.1M
- Net income from securities lending: $99K (0.022% of average net assets)
C000024581 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Piper Sandler & Co. | $32K | 37.25% |
| ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INCORPORATED | $12K | 13.32% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $11K | 12.76% |
| Liquidnet, Inc. | $10K | 11.43% |
| Instinet, LLC | $9K | 10.36% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $4K | 4.88% |
| Truist Securities, Inc. | $4K | 4.39% |
| Strategas Securities, LLC DBA Strategas Research Partners | $3K | 3.32% |
| Virtu Americas LLC | $1K | 1.36% |
| Barclays Capital, Inc. | $806 | 0.92% |
1290 VT Equity Income Portfolio Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000104161 | Class K | 0.70% | — |
| C000024581 | Class IB | 0.95% | — |
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.