C000030486 Fees and Costs — Short Duration Plus Portfolio, AB Short Duration Class A

Data updated: 2024-02-27

The net expense ratio is 0.97%: a 0.35% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.37% other expenses. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 2.25%. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $8K in broker commissions, 0.0031% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 48%.

C000030486 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000030486. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.35%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.37%
Gross expense ratio0.97%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.97%
Sales charges
Max front load2.25%
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

C000030486 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000030486, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $882 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.49% 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$225$225$225
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.97%)$100$311$539
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$11$51$117
Total costs$336$588$882
Value after costs$10,164$10,989$11,880
Impact on return, per year3.36%1.81%1.49%

C000030486 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0031%
  • Total broker commissions: $8K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $709.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 48%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000030486 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$8K100.00%

C000030486 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$149.7M23.10%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$129.7M20.02%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$93.1M14.37%
BofA Securities, Inc.$87.6M13.52%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$48.2M7.44%
SG Americas Securities, LLC$35.5M5.48%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$35.0M5.41%
Citadel Securities LLC$34.3M5.30%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$21.7M3.35%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$13.1M2.02%

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.