C000055679 Fees and Costs — Columbia Variable Portfolio - Income Opportunities Fund, Class 3
Data updated: 2026-08-28
The net expense ratio is 0.77%: a 0.65% management fee, a 0.13% 12b-1 fee plus 0.05% other expenses, less a 0.06% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $7K in broker commissions, 0.0013% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 44%.
C000055679 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000055679. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.65% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.13% |
| Other expenses | 0.05% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.83% |
| Fee waiver | −0.06% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.77% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | — |
| Max deferred load | — |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | Yes |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | No |
C000055679 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000055679, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $485 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.81% 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 0.77%) | $81 | $253 | $440 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $0 | $0 | $1 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $13 | $44 |
| Total costs | $81 | $266 | $485 |
| Value after costs | $10,419 | $11,310 | $12,278 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.81% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
C000055679 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): 0.0013%
- Total broker commissions: $7K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $410.9M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 44%
- Securities lending: none during the year
C000055679 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Street Execution Services, LLC | $7K | 100.00% |
C000055679 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $76.8M | 21.86% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $60.1M | 17.11% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $53.2M | 15.14% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $45.1M | 12.83% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $32.1M | 9.15% |
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | $23.3M | 6.63% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $18.2M | 5.17% |
| Jefferies LLC | $17.1M | 4.87% |
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $14.5M | 4.13% |
| SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. | $10.9M | 3.10% |
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Income Opportunities Fund Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000088761 | Class 1 | 0.64% | — |
| C000055679 | Class 3 | 0.77% | — |
| C000088762 | Class 2 | 0.89% | — |
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.