C000088790 Fees and Costs — Variable Portfolio - Partners Core Equity Fund, Class 2
Data updated: 2026-08-28
The net expense ratio is 0.93%: a 0.69% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.01% other expenses, less a 0.02% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $262K in broker commissions, 0.0115% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 52%.
C000088790 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000088790. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.69% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.25% |
| Other expenses | 0.01% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.95% |
| Fee waiver | −0.02% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.93% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | — |
| Max deferred load | — |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | Yes |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | No |
C000088790 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000088790, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $590 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.99% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.93%) | $98 | $305 | $529 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $1 | $4 | $7 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $15 | $54 |
| Total costs | $99 | $324 | $590 |
| Value after costs | $10,401 | $11,252 | $12,173 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.99% | 0.99% | 0.99% |
C000088790 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): 0.0115%
- Total broker commissions: $262K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $13.6M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 52%
- Securities lending: none during the year
C000088790 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $28K | 17.07% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $26K | 15.55% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $18K | 10.53% |
| UBS Securities LLC | $16K | 9.61% |
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $15K | 9.30% |
| Jefferies LLC | $15K | 8.93% |
| Virtu Americas LLC | $14K | 8.28% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $13K | 7.82% |
| Evercore Group L.L.C. | $12K | 6.94% |
| Brown Brothers Harriman Investments, LLC | $10K | 5.97% |
C000088790 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BNY Capital Markets, LLC | $6.2M | 45.26% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $6.1M | 45.19% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $1.3M | 9.55% |
Variable Portfolio - Partners Core Equity Fund Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000088789 | Class 1 | 0.68% | — |
| C000055696 | Class 3 | 0.81% | — |
| C000088790 | Class 2 | 0.93% | — |
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.