C000066854 Fees and Costs — Putnam Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Class B

Data updated: 2026-07-27

The net expense ratio is 2.02% (2.32% before fee waivers). This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 5.00%. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $2.1M in broker commissions, 0.5067% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 96%.

C000066854 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000066854. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.90%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses0.40%
Gross expense ratio2.32%
Fee waiver−0.30%
Net expense ratio2.02%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load5.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000066854 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000066854, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,533 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.65% 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
Sales charges$512$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 2.02%)$212$651$1,111
Trading costs (broker commissions)$53$163$279
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$41$143
Total costs$777$856$1,533
Value after costs$9,723$10,721$11,230
Impact on return, per year7.77%2.65%2.65%

C000066854 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.5067%
  • Total broker commissions: $2.1M
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 96%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $8.7M
  • Net income from securities lending: $85K (0.020% of average net assets)

C000066854 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
BofA Securities, Inc.$636K33.04%
UBS Securities LLC$371K19.28%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$241K12.52%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$182K9.44%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$173K8.99%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$103K5.37%
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$68K3.56%
CLSA Americas, LLC$59K3.05%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$50K2.58%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$42K2.19%

Putnam Emerging Markets Equity Fund Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000203063Class R60.89%none
C000066858Class Y1.04%none
C000066853Class A1.29%5.75%
C000066857Class R1.54%none
C000066854Class B2.02%none
C000066855Class C2.04%none

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.