C000071711 Fees and Costs — Putnam Core Bond Fund

Data updated: 2026-09-25

The net expense ratio is 0.85%: a 0.54% management fee, a 0.30% 12b-1 fee plus 0.01% other expenses. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 0.75%. Portfolio turnover was 389%.

C000071711 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000071711. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.54%
12b-1 fee0.30%
Other expenses0.01%
Gross expense ratio0.85%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.85%
Sales charges
Max front load0.75%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000071711 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000071711, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $625 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.05% 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$75$75$75
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.85%)$89$277$481
Lost growth on money paid in costs$4$26$69
Total costs$167$377$625
Value after costs$10,333$11,199$12,138
Impact on return, per year1.67%1.15%1.05%

C000071711 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $29.9B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 389%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000071711 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$10.6B36.78%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$4.3B14.88%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$3.2B11.11%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$3.2B10.90%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$3.0B10.38%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$1.9B6.60%
BofA Securities, Inc.$1.6B5.44%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$635.5M2.20%
Citadel Securities LLC$285.1M0.99%
Bank of Montreal$207.8M0.72%

Putnam Core Bond Fund Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000071713CL Y0.39%none
C000118006CL R60.39%none
C000071714CL A0.64%4.00%
C000071711Putnam Fixed Income Absolute Return Fund CL M0.85%0.75%
C000071712CL R0.89%none
C000071716CL C1.39%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.