C000028182 Fees and Costs — Pioneer Fund VCT Portfolio, : Class I

Data updated: 2025-03-14

The net expense ratio is 0.80%: a 0.65% management fee plus 0.15% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $36K in broker commissions, 0.0243% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 64%.

C000028182 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000028182. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.65%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.15%
Gross expense ratio0.80%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.80%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000028182 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000028182, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $517 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.87% 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 0.80%)$84$263$456
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$8$14
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$13$47
Total costs$87$284$517
Value after costs$10,413$11,292$12,245
Impact on return, per year0.87%0.87%0.87%

C000028182 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0243%
  • Total broker commissions: $36K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 64%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000028182 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
INSTINET, LLC$8K29.65%
PIPER SANDLER & CO.$4K17.15%
PERSHING LLC$3K12.09%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$3K10.38%
SG AMERICAS SECURITIES LLC$2K7.08%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$1K5.52%
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC$1K4.99%
KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC.$1K4.61%
JONESTRADING INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES LLC$1K4.44%
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC$1K4.08%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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