C000032334 Fees and Costs — Westwood Income Opportunity Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2022-01-13

The net expense ratio is 0.84%: a 0.75% management fee plus 0.14% other expenses, less a 0.05% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $566K in broker commissions, 0.0677% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 111%.

C000032334 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000032334. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.75%
12b-1 fee—
Other expenses0.14%
Gross expense ratio0.89%
Fee waiver−0.05%
Net expense ratio0.84%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000032334 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000032334, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $569 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 0.84%)$88$275$478
Trading costs (broker commissions)$7$22$39
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$15$52
Total costs$95$312$569
Value after costs$10,405$11,264$12,194
Impact on return, per year0.95%0.95%0.95%

C000032334 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0677%
  • Total broker commissions: $566K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $566.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 111%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000032334 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
NORTHERN TRUST BROKERAGE INSTITUTION$564K99.63%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO, INC$2K0.36%
UBS SECURITIES LLC$290.01%

C000032334 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS$131.4M30.54%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO, INC$82.9M19.27%
RBC DAIN RAUSCHER INC.$46.2M10.74%
BEAR STEARNS & CO INC.$31.8M7.39%
JEFFERIES LLC$30.3M7.04%
MONTGOMERY/BANK OF AMERICA$29.9M6.96%
JP Morgan$25.7M5.99%
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.$20.0M4.64%
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS$19.7M4.57%
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH$12.3M2.87%

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.