C000055684 Fees and Costs — Columbia Variable Portfolio - Select Mid Cap Value Fund, Class 3

Data updated: 2026-08-28

The net expense ratio is 0.96%: a 0.82% management fee, a 0.13% 12b-1 fee plus 0.09% other expenses, less a 0.08% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $22K in broker commissions, 0.0091% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 11%.

C000055684 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000055684. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.82%
12b-1 fee0.13%
Other expenses0.09%
Gross expense ratio1.04%
Fee waiver−0.08%
Net expense ratio0.96%
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 recoupmentNo

C000055684 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000055684, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $607 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.02% 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 0.96%)$101$315$546
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$3$5
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$16$56
Total costs$102$333$607
Value after costs$10,398$11,243$12,156
Impact on return, per year1.02%1.02%1.02%

C000055684 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): 0.0091%
  • Total broker commissions: $22K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 11%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000055684 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$3K14.04%
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.$2K12.56%
Jefferies LLC$2K12.28%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2K11.87%
Truist Securities, Inc.$2K11.26%
Virtu Americas LLC$2K10.85%
Barclays Capital Inc.$2K9.10%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$2K7.91%
UBS Securities LLC$1K6.27%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$7363.85%

Columbia Variable Portfolio - Select Mid Cap Value Fund Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000088771Class 10.83%—
C000055684Class 30.96%—
C000088772Class 21.08%—

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.