C000035601 Fees and Costs — EQ/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio, Class IA

Data updated: 2026-08-25

The net expense ratio is 1.05%: a 0.70% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.22% other expenses, less a 0.12% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $114K in broker commissions, 0.0466% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 39%.

C000035601 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000035601. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.70%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.22%
Gross expense ratio1.17%
Fee waiver−0.12%
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

C000035601 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000035601, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $685 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.15% 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$595
Trading costs (broker commissions)$5$15$26
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$18$63
Total costs$115$377$685
Value after costs$10,385$11,200$12,078
Impact on return, per year1.15%1.15%1.15%

C000035601 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): 0.0466%
  • Total broker commissions: $114K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $90.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 39%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $6.8M
  • Net income from securities lending: $79K (0.032% of average net assets)

C000035601 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Barclays Capital, Inc.$14K17.62%
UBS Securities LLC$12K14.98%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$9K11.11%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$8K10.31%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$8K10.19%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$7K8.33%
ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INCORPORATED$6K7.86%
BMO Nesbitt Burns Securities Ltd.$6K7.71%
Jefferies LLC$5K6.47%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$4K5.41%

C000035601 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$90.4M99.58%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$377K0.42%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$8780.00%
BofA Securities, Inc.$7840.00%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$6310.00%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$4670.00%
UBS Securities LLC$3050.00%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2810.00%
Virtu Americas LLC$700.00%
Citadel Securities LLC$410.00%

EQ/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000104202Class K0.81%—
C000035601Class IA1.05%—
C000035602Class IB1.06%—

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.