C000081288 Fees and Costs — William Blair Ultra-Short Duration Bond Fund, Class N

Data updated: 2022-05-24

The net expense ratio is 0.55%: a 0.30% management fee, a 0.15% 12b-1 fee plus 0.39% other expenses, less a 0.29% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. Portfolio turnover was 72%.

C000081288 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000081288. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.30%
12b-1 fee0.15%
Other expenses0.39%
Gross expense ratio0.84%
Fee waiver−0.29%
Net expense ratio0.55%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000081288 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000081288, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $347 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.58% 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 0.55%)$58$181$315
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$9$32
Total costs$58$190$347
Value after costs$10,442$11,386$12,416
Impact on return, per year0.58%0.58%0.58%

C000081288 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.2B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 72%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000081288 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$256.5M24.86%
Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.$179.8M17.43%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$155.6M15.09%
State Street Bank and Trust Company$139.0M13.48%
MUFG Securities Americas Inc.$74.9M7.26%
BofA Securities, Inc.$57.8M5.60%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$53.9M5.23%
Barclays Capital Inc.$49.0M4.75%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$32.6M3.16%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$32.4M3.14%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.