C000095824 Fees and Costs — AST Bond Portfolio 2022

Data updated: 2023-03-16

The net expense ratio is 0.91%: a 0.48% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.23% other expenses, less a 0.05% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $5K in broker commissions, 0.0077% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 32%.

C000095824 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000095824. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.48%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.23%
Gross expense ratio0.96%
Fee waiver−0.05%
Net expense ratio0.91%
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 recoupmentYes

C000095824 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000095824, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $575 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.96% 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 0.91%)$96$298$518
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$3$4
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$15$53
Total costs$96$316$575
Value after costs$10,404$11,260$12,188
Impact on return, per year0.96%0.96%0.96%

C000095824 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0077%
  • Total broker commissions: $5K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $137.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 32%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $243K
  • Net income from securities lending: $217 (0.000% of average net assets)

C000095824 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$5K91.31%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$3506.79%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$931.80%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$50.10%

C000095824 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC$94.0M69.75%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$19.0M14.12%
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.$4.1M3.07%
BGC FINANCIAL, L.P.$4.0M2.97%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$3.4M2.49%
CITADEL SECURITIES LLC$3.3M2.44%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$2.9M2.14%
HSBC SECURITIES (USA), INC.$1.7M1.25%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$1.4M1.07%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$951K0.71%

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.