C000032920 Fees and Costs — Columbia Disciplined Small Core Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2020-07-28

The net expense ratio is 1.33%: a 0.85% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.37% other expenses, less a 0.14% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.75% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $172K in broker commissions, 0.1649% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 87%.

C000032920 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000032920. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.37%
Gross expense ratio1.47%
Fee waiver−0.14%
Net expense ratio1.33%
Sales charges
Max front load5.75%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000032920 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000032920, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,606 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.79% 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$672$575$575
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.33%)$132$409$705
Trading costs (broker commissions)$16$51$87
Lost growth on money paid in costs$29$113$239
Total costs$849$1,148$1,606
Value after costs$9,651$10,429$11,156
Impact on return, per year8.49%3.59%2.79%

C000032920 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1649%
  • Total broker commissions: $172K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 87%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000032920 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
JPMorgan$28K20.53%
RBC Capital Markets$20K14.93%
Jeffries$18K13.41%
Wells Fargo Securities LLC$15K11.30%
Barclays$11K8.24%
Credit Suisse$11K8.03%
Virtu Financial Capital Markets LLC$11K7.88%
Liquidnet Inc$9K6.48%
Citi$7K5.04%
Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc$6K4.17%

C000032920 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
JPMorgan$566K54.94%
Jeffries$308K29.87%
Goldman Sachs$100K9.71%
Leerink Partners LLC$56K5.48%

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.