C000068454 Fees and Costs — MFS Inflation-Adjusted Bond Portfolio, Initial Class
Data updated: 2026-08-24
The net expense ratio is 0.60%: a 0.50% management fee plus 0.11% other expenses, less a 0.01% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $9K in broker commissions, 0.0057% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 43%.
C000068454 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000068454. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.50% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.00% |
| Other expenses | 0.11% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.61% |
| Fee waiver | −0.01% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.60% |
| 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 |
C000068454 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000068454, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $382 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.64% 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 0.60%) | $63 | $197 | $344 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $1 | $2 | $3 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $10 | $35 |
| Total costs | $64 | $209 | $382 |
| Value after costs | $10,436 | $11,367 | $12,381 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.64% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
C000068454 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): 0.0057%
- Total broker commissions: $9K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $171.8M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 43%
- Securities lending: none during the year
C000068454 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $9K | 100.00% |
C000068454 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $33.3M | 24.18% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $19.4M | 14.07% |
| BMO Capital Markets Corp. | $17.8M | 12.90% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $15.2M | 11.05% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $12.1M | 8.81% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $10.9M | 7.88% |
| Santander Securities LLC | $9.4M | 6.79% |
| Nomura Securities International, Inc. | $6.9M | 4.98% |
| BNP Paribas Securities Corp. | $6.7M | 4.82% |
| BNY Capital Markets, LLC | $6.2M | 4.51% |
MFS Inflation-Adjusted Bond Portfolio Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000068454 | Initial Class | 0.60% | — |
| SBISX | Service Class | 0.85% | — |
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.