C000028497 Fees and Costs — AB Total Return Bond Portfolio, Class R

Data updated: 2025-03-27

The net expense ratio is 1.02%: a 0.45% management fee, a 0.50% 12b-1 fee plus 0.64% other expenses, less a 0.57% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $6K in broker commissions, 0.0035% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 168%.

C000028497 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000028497. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.45%
12b-1 fee0.50%
Other expenses0.64%
Gross expense ratio1.59%
Fee waiver−0.57%
Net expense ratio1.02%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000028497 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000028497, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $640 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.07% 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 1.02%)$107$334$579
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$17$59
Total costs$107$352$640
Value after costs$10,393$11,224$12,123
Impact on return, per year1.07%1.07%1.07%

C000028497 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0035%
  • Total broker commissions: $6K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $737.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 168%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000028497 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$6K100.00%

C000028497 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$159.3M23.70%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$153.2M22.79%
BofA Securities, Inc.$103.1M15.34%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$62.7M9.33%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$47.1M7.00%
Barclays Capital Inc.$36.8M5.47%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$30.1M4.47%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$28.6M4.25%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$28.3M4.21%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$23.0M3.42%

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.