C000082327 Fees and Costs — AST Bond Portfolio 2021

Data updated: 2021-11-24

The net expense ratio is 0.86%: a 0.47% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.14% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $8K in broker commissions, 0.0071% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 76%.

C000082327 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000082327. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.47%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.14%
Gross expense ratio0.86%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.86%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000082327 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000082327, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $544 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.91% 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 0.86%)$90$282$490
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$2$4
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$14$50
Total costs$91$299$544
Value after costs$10,409$11,278$12,219
Impact on return, per year0.91%0.91%0.91%

C000082327 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0071%
  • Total broker commissions: $8K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $241.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 76%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $10.4M
  • Net income from securities lending: $22K (0.019% of average net assets)

C000082327 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$8K94.30%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$4225.15%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$260.32%
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.$150.19%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$30.04%

C000082327 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$48.1M24.09%
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES, INC.$44.3M22.18%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$40.5M20.31%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$16.6M8.30%
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC$13.5M6.77%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$12.1M6.08%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$9.4M4.71%
HSBC SECURITIES (USA), INC.$5.9M2.95%
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.$4.6M2.32%
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA), INC.$4.6M2.29%

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.