C000031710 Fees and Costs — MML Global Fund, Class I

Data updated: 2026-08-27

The net expense ratio is 0.81%: a 0.60% management fee plus 0.21% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $293K in broker commissions, 0.0916% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 71%.

C000031710 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000031710. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.60%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.21%
Gross expense ratio0.81%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.81%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000031710 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000031710, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $565 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.95% 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 0.81%)$85$266$461
Trading costs (broker commissions)$10$30$52
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$15$52
Total costs$95$310$565
Value after costs$10,405$11,266$12,198
Impact on return, per year0.95%0.95%0.95%

C000031710 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): 0.0916%
  • Total broker commissions: $293K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.1B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 71%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $4.7M
  • Net income from securities lending: $43K (0.013% of average net assets)

C000031710 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$101K36.47%
BofA Securities, Inc.$59K21.35%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$46K16.53%
UBS Securities LLC$22K8.00%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$16K5.92%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$14K4.95%
Barclays Capital Inc.$6K2.07%
Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.$5K1.78%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$4K1.60%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$4K1.33%

C000031710 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$1.1B100.00%

MML Global Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000031710Class I0.81%—
C000034569Class II0.81%—
C000067768Service Class I1.06%—

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.