C000035599 Fees and Costs — EQ/Franklin Balanced Managed Volatility Portfolio, Class IA

Data updated: 2021-08-25

The net expense ratio is 1.05%: a 0.65% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.16% other expenses, less a 0.01% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $153K in broker commissions, 0.0185% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 24%.

C000035599 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000035599. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.65%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.16%
Gross expense ratio1.06%
Fee waiver−0.01%
Net expense ratio1.05%
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

C000035599 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000035599, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $667 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.12% 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 1.05%)$110$344$596
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$6$10
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$17$61
Total costs$112$367$667
Value after costs$10,388$11,209$12,095
Impact on return, per year1.12%1.12%1.12%

C000035599 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0185%
  • Total broker commissions: $153K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.6B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 24%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $7.2M
  • Net income from securities lending: $57K (0.007% of average net assets)

C000035599 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$27K21.26%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$25K19.96%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$15K12.13%
Rosenblatt Securities Inc.$14K10.79%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$10K7.96%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$10K7.69%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$7K5.83%
Virtu Americas LLC$7K5.67%
UBS Securities LLC$6K4.47%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$5K4.23%

C000035599 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1.3B85.77%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$50.5M3.29%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$39.0M2.54%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$28.4M1.85%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$24.4M1.59%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$23.6M1.54%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$17.1M1.11%
Societe Generale$12.6M0.82%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$11.5M0.75%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$11.3M0.73%

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.