C000029537 Fees and Costs — Columbia Variable Portfolio - Small Company Growth Fund, Class 2
Data updated: 2026-08-28
The net expense ratio is 1.12%: a 0.87% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.06% other expenses, less a 0.06% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $281K in broker commissions, 0.1210% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 132%.
C000029537 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000029537. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.87% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.25% |
| Other expenses | 0.06% |
| Gross expense ratio | 1.18% |
| Fee waiver | −0.06% |
| Net expense ratio | 1.12% |
| 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 |
C000029537 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000029537, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $773 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.30% 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 1.12%) | $118 | $366 | $633 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $13 | $40 | $68 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $20 | $71 |
| Total costs | $130 | $426 | $773 |
| Value after costs | $10,370 | $11,151 | $11,990 |
| Impact on return, per year | 1.30% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
C000029537 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): 0.1210%
- Total broker commissions: $281K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $7.5M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 132%
- Securities lending: none during the year
C000029537 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $66K | 28.07% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $37K | 15.74% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $33K | 14.17% |
| Jefferies LLC | $26K | 11.19% |
| Virtu Americas LLC | $21K | 9.05% |
| UBS Securities LLC | $15K | 6.39% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $12K | 5.08% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $11K | 4.89% |
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | $8K | 3.36% |
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $5K | 2.06% |
C000029537 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $3.6M | 48.15% |
| Jefferies LLC | $1.7M | 23.04% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $1.2M | 15.49% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $756K | 10.13% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $164K | 2.20% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $74K | 0.99% |
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Small Company Growth Fund Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000029536 | Class 1 | 0.87% | — |
| C000029537 | Class 2 | 1.12% | — |
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.