C000028093 Fees and Costs — Ab Global Real Estate Investment Fund, Inc., Class B

Data updated: 2025-04-28

The net expense ratio is 2.16%: a 0.55% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 0.61% other expenses. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 4.00%. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $21K in broker commissions, 0.0390% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 56%.

C000028093 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000028093. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.55%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses0.61%
Gross expense ratio2.16%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio2.16%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load4.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000028093 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000028093, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,343 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.31% 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$411$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 2.16%)$227$699$1,197
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$13$22
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$36$125
Total costs$642$747$1,343
Value after costs$9,858$10,829$11,420
Impact on return, per year6.42%2.31%2.31%

C000028093 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0390%
  • Total broker commissions: $21K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $34.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 56%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $703K
  • Net income from securities lending: $2K (0.004% of average net assets)

C000028093 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
BofA Securities, Inc.$3K15.56%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2K13.77%
UBS Securities LLC$2K13.28%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$2K12.55%
Jefferies LLC$2K9.83%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1K8.18%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$1K7.97%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$1K7.05%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1K6.97%
Liquidnet, Inc.$8004.85%

C000028093 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Brown Brothers Harriman Investments, LLC$34.6M99.55%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$156K0.45%

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.