C000030660 Fees and Costs — Brighthouse Small Cap Value Portfolio, Class A
Data updated: 2026-08-27
The net expense ratio is 0.78% (0.82% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $525K in broker commissions, 0.0708% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 73%.
C000030660 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000030660. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.75% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.00% |
| Other expenses | 0.04% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.82% |
| Fee waiver | −0.04% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.78% |
| 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 |
C000030660 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000030660, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $534 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.89% 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 0.78%) | $82 | $256 | $445 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $7 | $23 | $40 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $14 | $49 |
| Total costs | $89 | $293 | $534 |
| Value after costs | $10,411 | $11,283 | $12,229 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.89% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
C000030660 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): 0.0708%
- Total broker commissions: $525K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $30.5M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 73%
- Securities on loan, average value: $142.5M
- Net income from securities lending: $190K (0.026% of average net assets)
C000030660 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $193K | 44.37% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $54K | 12.50% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $41K | 9.30% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $38K | 8.64% |
| Liquidnet, Inc. | $31K | 7.02% |
| Capital Institutional Services, Inc. | $26K | 6.00% |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | $15K | 3.51% |
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. | $15K | 3.46% |
| Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated | $13K | 2.91% |
| Raymond James & Associates, Inc. | $10K | 2.30% |
C000030660 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $6.0M | 21.62% |
| TD Securities (USA) LLC | $6.0M | 21.42% |
| Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. | $5.2M | 18.73% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $4.4M | 15.69% |
| B. Riley & Co., LLC | $1.9M | 6.86% |
| Jefferies LLC | $1.3M | 4.77% |
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | $1.2M | 4.40% |
| Northern Trust Securities, Inc. | $859K | 3.08% |
| Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated | $609K | 2.19% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $348K | 1.25% |
Brighthouse Small Cap Value Portfolio Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000030660 | Class A | 0.78% | — |
| C000030661 | Class B | 1.03% | — |
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.