C000055675 Fees and Costs — Columbia Variable Portfolio - Balanced Fund, Class 3
Data updated: 2026-08-28
The net expense ratio is 0.84%: a 0.66% management fee, a 0.13% 12b-1 fee plus 0.09% other expenses, less a 0.04% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $203K in broker commissions, 0.0126% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 126%.
C000055675 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000055675. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.66% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.13% |
| Other expenses | 0.09% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.88% |
| Fee waiver | −0.04% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.84% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | — |
| Max deferred load | — |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | No |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | No |
C000055675 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000055675, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $535 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.90% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.84%) | $88 | $276 | $479 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $1 | $4 | $7 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $14 | $49 |
| Total costs | $90 | $294 | $535 |
| Value after costs | $10,410 | $11,283 | $12,228 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.90% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
C000055675 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): 0.0126%
- Total broker commissions: $203K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.9B
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 126%
- Securities lending: none during the year
C000055675 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $41K | 23.80% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $30K | 17.65% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $23K | 13.54% |
| Virtu Americas LLC | $19K | 11.37% |
| Jefferies LLC | $16K | 9.26% |
| UBS Securities LLC | $11K | 6.40% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $10K | 5.71% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $8K | 4.53% |
| BMO Capital Markets Corp. | $7K | 3.92% |
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | $6K | 3.81% |
C000055675 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | $1.9B | 68.65% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $522.9M | 18.63% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $124.0M | 4.42% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $70.5M | 2.51% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $51.9M | 1.85% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $41.2M | 1.47% |
| Stonex Financial Inc. | $31.0M | 1.10% |
| BMO Capital Markets Corp. | $15.6M | 0.56% |
| Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | $11.5M | 0.41% |
| Jefferies LLC | $11.3M | 0.40% |
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Balanced Fund Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000143976 | Class 1 | 0.71% | — |
| C000055675 | Class 3 | 0.84% | — |
| C000143977 | Class 2 | 0.96% | — |
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.