C000024987 Fees and Costs — EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolio, Class IB

Data updated: 2026-08-25

The net expense ratio is 0.81%: a 0.50% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.15% other expenses, less a 0.09% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $54K in broker commissions, 0.0067% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 77%.

C000024987 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000024987. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.50%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.15%
Gross expense ratio0.90%
Fee waiver−0.09%
Net expense ratio0.81%
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

C000024987 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000024987, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $513 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.86% 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 0.81%)$85$266$462
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$2$4
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$13$47
Total costs$86$281$513
Value after costs$10,414$11,295$12,250
Impact on return, per year0.86%0.86%0.86%

C000024987 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): 0.0067%
  • Total broker commissions: $54K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.3B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 77%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $2.6M
  • Net income from securities lending: $6K (0.001% of average net assets)

C000024987 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$54K100.00%

C000024987 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Barclays Capital, Inc.$529.2M26.99%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$344.3M17.56%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$185.8M9.48%
BofA Securities, Inc.$179.1M9.14%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$162.6M8.30%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$160.7M8.20%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$121.0M6.17%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$103.9M5.30%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$99.8M5.09%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$74.1M3.78%

EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolio Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000104191Class K0.56%—
C000024987Class IB0.81%—

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.