C000055694 Fees and Costs — Columbia Variable Portfolio - Dividend Opportunity Fund, Class 3
Data updated: 2026-08-28
The net expense ratio is 0.78%: a 0.70% management fee, a 0.13% 12b-1 fee plus 0.09% other expenses, less a 0.14% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $191K in broker commissions, 0.0209% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 30%.
C000055694 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000055694. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.70% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.13% |
| Other expenses | 0.09% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.92% |
| Fee waiver | −0.14% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.78% |
| 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 |
C000055694 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000055694, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $503 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.84% 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 0.78%) | $82 | $256 | $445 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $2 | $7 | $12 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $13 | $46 |
| Total costs | $84 | $276 | $503 |
| Value after costs | $10,416 | $11,300 | $12,260 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.84% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
C000055694 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): 0.0209%
- Total broker commissions: $191K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $36.5M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 30%
- Securities lending: none during the year
C000055694 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $51K | 29.77% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $23K | 13.48% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $18K | 10.65% |
| Truist Securities, Inc. | $17K | 9.67% |
| Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. | $14K | 7.92% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $12K | 6.77% |
| UBS Securities LLC | $11K | 6.37% |
| Jefferies LLC | $10K | 6.06% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $10K | 5.60% |
| Canaccord Genuity LLC | $6K | 3.71% |
C000055694 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $23.6M | 64.76% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $7.8M | 21.27% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $4.7M | 12.74% |
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | $451K | 1.24% |
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Dividend Opportunity Fund Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000088785 | Class 1 | 0.65% | — |
| C000055694 | Class 3 | 0.78% | — |
| C000088786 | Class 2 | 0.90% | — |
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.