C000054988 Fees and Costs — TIAA-CREF Quant International Equity Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2021-01-14

The net expense ratio is 0.40%: a 0.38% management fee plus 0.02% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $1.3M in broker commissions, 0.0700% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 114%.

C000054988 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000054988. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.38%
12b-1 fee—
Other expenses0.02%
Gross expense ratio0.40%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.40%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000054988 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000054988, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $297 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.49% 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 0.40%)$42$132$230
Trading costs (broker commissions)$7$23$40
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$8$27
Total costs$49$162$297
Value after costs$10,451$11,414$12,466
Impact on return, per year0.49%0.49%0.49%

C000054988 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0700%
  • Total broker commissions: $1.3M
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $7.7B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 114%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $35.2M
  • Net income from securities lending: $303K (0.016% of average net assets)

C000054988 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Jefferies LLC$705K53.06%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$253K19.03%
Instinet, LLC$156K11.73%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$155K11.64%
UBS SECURITIES LLC$53K4.02%
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$4K0.27%
Piper Jaffray & Co.$3K0.24%
National Financial Services LLC$2000.02%

C000054988 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Jefferies LLC$2.5B32.79%
State Street Global Markets, LLC$1.3B16.66%
Barclays Capital Inc.$1.1B14.65%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$854.4M11.36%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$649.3M8.63%
Instinet, LLC$540.8M7.19%
UBS SECURITIES LLC$422.4M5.61%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$121.0M1.61%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc$61.3M0.82%
Piper Jaffray$51.4M0.68%

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.