C000028853 Fees and Costs — AB Balanced Hedged Allocation Portfolio, Class B
Data updated: 2026-08-26
The net expense ratio is 0.98% (0.99% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $11K in broker commissions, 0.0072% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 7%.
C000028853 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000028853. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.45% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.25% |
| Other expenses | 0.24% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.99% |
| Fee waiver | −0.01% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.98% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | — |
| Max deferred load | — |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | Yes |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | No |
C000028853 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000028853, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $618 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.04% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.98%) | $103 | $321 | $557 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $1 | $2 | $4 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $16 | $57 |
| Total costs | $104 | $339 | $618 |
| Value after costs | $10,396 | $11,237 | $12,145 |
| Impact on return, per year | 1.04% | 1.04% | 1.04% |
C000028853 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): 0.0072%
- Total broker commissions: $11K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $60.8M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 7%
- Securities on loan, average value: $9.7M
- Net income from securities lending: $17K (0.011% of average net assets)
C000028853 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $8K | 76.44% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $1K | 11.11% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $453 | 4.08% |
| TD Securities (USA) LLC | $296 | 2.66% |
| UBS Securities LLC | $256 | 2.30% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $131 | 1.18% |
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $131 | 1.18% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $88 | 0.79% |
| National Financial Services LLC | $30 | 0.27% |
C000028853 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| State Street Bank and Trust Company | $60.8M | 100.00% |
AB Balanced Hedged Allocation Portfolio Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000028852 | Class A | 0.73% | — |
| C000028853 | Class B | 0.98% | — |
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.