C000024888 Fees and Costs — 1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio, Class IB
Data updated: 2026-08-25
The net expense ratio is 1.05%: a 0.69% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.11% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $170K in broker commissions, 0.0047% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 4%.
C000024888 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000024888. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.69% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.25% |
| Other expenses | 0.11% |
| Gross expense ratio | 1.05% |
| Fee waiver | — |
| Net expense ratio | 1.05% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | — |
| Max deferred load | — |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | No |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | No |
C000024888 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000024888, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $659 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.11% 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 1.05%) | $110 | $344 | $596 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $0 | $2 | $3 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $17 | $60 |
| Total costs | $111 | $362 | $659 |
| Value after costs | $10,389 | $11,214 | $12,104 |
| Impact on return, per year | 1.11% | 1.11% | 1.11% |
C000024888 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): 0.0047%
- Total broker commissions: $170K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $130.9M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 4%
- Securities on loan, average value: $51.1M
- Net income from securities lending: $234K (0.006% of average net assets)
C000024888 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UBS Securities LLC | $33K | 20.42% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $28K | 17.55% |
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | $27K | 16.59% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $22K | 13.77% |
| Needham & Company, LLC | $21K | 13.29% |
| Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | $9K | 5.63% |
| Barclays Capital, Inc. | $7K | 4.65% |
| Piper Sandler & Co. | $5K | 3.33% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $4K | 2.64% |
| Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. | $3K | 2.12% |
C000024888 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $130.9M | 99.97% |
| Needham & Company, LLC | $35K | 0.03% |
1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000104178 | Class K | 0.80% | — |
| C000024888 | Class IB | 1.05% | — |
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.