C000024603 Fees and Costs — EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio, Class IB
Data updated: 2026-08-25
The net expense ratio is 0.85%: a 0.39% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.21% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $8K in broker commissions, 0.0007% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 182%.
C000024603 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000024603. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.39% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.25% |
| Other expenses | 0.21% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.85% |
| Fee waiver | — |
| Net expense ratio | 0.85% |
| 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 | No |
C000024603 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000024603, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $534 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.89% 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 0.85%) | $89 | $279 | $484 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $14 | $49 |
| Total costs | $89 | $293 | $534 |
| Value after costs | $10,411 | $11,283 | $12,229 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.89% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
C000024603 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): 0.0007%
- Total broker commissions: $8K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $4.3B
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 182%
- Securities on loan, average value: $1.2M
- Net income from securities lending: $8K (0.001% of average net assets)
C000024603 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $5K | 62.39% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $1K | 16.38% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $1K | 14.07% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $552 | 6.95% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $12 | 0.15% |
| BGC Financial, L.P. | $5 | 0.07% |
C000024603 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $2.3B | 55.81% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $813.9M | 19.97% |
| BNP Paribas Securities Corp. | $288.9M | 7.09% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $147.1M | 3.61% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $145.6M | 3.57% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $118.4M | 2.91% |
| Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | $79.1M | 1.94% |
| Citadel Securities LLC | $72.8M | 1.79% |
| Nomura Securities International, Inc. | $70.5M | 1.73% |
| Barclays Capital, Inc. | $64.5M | 1.58% |
EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000104169 | Class K | 0.60% | — |
| C000024602 | Class IA | 0.85% | — |
| C000024603 | Class IB | 0.85% | — |
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.