C000024966 Fees and Costs — Columbia Acorn Select, Class A

Data updated: 2021-03-12

The net expense ratio is 1.17%: a 0.85% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.28% other expenses, less a 0.21% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.75% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. Portfolio turnover was 140%.

C000024966 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000024966. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.28%
Gross expense ratio1.38%
Fee waiver−0.21%
Net expense ratio1.17%
Sales charges
Max front load5.75%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000024966 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000024966, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,421 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.45% 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
Sales charges$673$575$575
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.17%)$116$361$624
Lost growth on money paid in costs$29$109$222
Total costs$817$1,044$1,421
Value after costs$9,683$10,532$11,342
Impact on return, per year8.17%3.26%2.45%

C000024966 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 140%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $182K
  • Net income from securities lending: $980

C000024966 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Virtu Americas LLC$73K27.74%
Jeffries$56K21.32%
Liquidnet Inc$22K8.36%
JPMorgan$22K8.23%
William Blair & Company LLC$18K6.68%
ITG Inc$18K6.65%
Barclays$15K5.69%
Stifel Nicolaus$15K5.54%
Luminex Trading & Analytics LLC$14K5.28%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$12K4.49%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.