C000087833 Fees and Costs — Variable Portfolio - Partners International Growth Fund, Class 2

Data updated: 2026-08-28

The net expense ratio is 1.06%: a 0.88% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.02% other expenses, less a 0.09% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $914K in broker commissions, 0.0684% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 69%.

C000087833 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000087833. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.88%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.02%
Gross expense ratio1.15%
Fee waiver−0.09%
Net expense ratio1.06%
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

C000087833 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000087833, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $704 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.18% 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 1.06%)$111$347$601
Trading costs (broker commissions)$7$22$39
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$18$65
Total costs$118$387$704
Value after costs$10,382$11,189$12,059
Impact on return, per year1.18%1.18%1.18%

C000087833 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): 0.0684%
  • Total broker commissions: $914K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 69%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000087833 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$114K16.73%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$113K16.64%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$105K15.44%
Jefferies LLC$81K11.91%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$54K7.89%
UBS Securities LLC$51K7.44%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$46K6.74%
SG Americas Securities, LLC$43K6.30%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$40K5.91%
Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.$34K4.99%

Variable Portfolio - Partners International Growth Fund Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000087832Class 10.81%—
C000087833Class 21.06%—

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.