C000069948 Fees and Costs — Brighthouse/Dimensional International Small Company Portfolio, Class A

Data updated: 2026-08-27

The net expense ratio is 0.78%: a 0.81% management fee plus 0.13% other expenses, less a 0.16% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $47K in broker commissions, 0.0099% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 5%.

C000069948 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000069948. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.81%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.13%
Gross expense ratio0.94%
Fee waiver−0.16%
Net expense ratio0.78%
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

C000069948 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000069948, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $496 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.83% 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 0.78%)$82$256$445
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$3$6
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$13$45
Total costs$83$272$496
Value after costs$10,417$11,304$12,267
Impact on return, per year0.83%0.83%0.83%

C000069948 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): 0.0099%
  • Total broker commissions: $47K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $7.7M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 5%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $76.7M
  • Net income from securities lending: $351K (0.074% of average net assets)

C000069948 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$14K30.97%
Jefferies LLC$14K30.93%
Virtu Americas LLC$7K14.01%
UBS Securities LLC$6K12.26%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2K4.46%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$2K3.68%
ABN AMRO Securities (USA) LLC$6911.49%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$4190.90%
BofA Securities, Inc.$3980.86%
BNY Capital Markets, LLC$2080.45%

C000069948 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
UBS Securities LLC$105K31.23%
Canaccord Genuity LLC$65K19.36%
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$33K9.88%
BofA Securities, Inc.$32K9.66%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$30K8.85%
Euroz Hartleys Securities Pty Ltd$23K6.74%
Morgans Financial Limited$22K6.59%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$12K3.73%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$9K2.62%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$4K1.32%

Brighthouse/Dimensional International Small Company Portfolio Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000069948Class A0.78%—
C000069949Class B1.03%—

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.