C000097396 Fees and Costs — Columbia Contrarian Europe Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2020-06-23

The net expense ratio is 1.35%: a 0.88% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.24% other expenses, less a 0.02% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.75% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $212K in broker commissions, 0.0778% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 62%.

C000097396 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000097396. Prospectus, as of February 29, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.88%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.24%
Gross expense ratio1.37%
Fee waiver−0.02%
Net expense ratio1.35%
Sales charges
Max front load5.75%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000097396 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000097396, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,568 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.72% 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
Sales charges$673$575$575
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.35%)$134$415$716
Trading costs (broker commissions)$8$24$41
Lost growth on money paid in costs$29$112$236
Total costs$843$1,126$1,568
Value after costs$9,657$10,450$11,194
Impact on return, per year8.43%3.52%2.72%

C000097396 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0778%
  • Total broker commissions: $212K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.1M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 62%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000097396 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Liquidnet Inc$25K16.81%
Deutsche Bank$20K14.03%
UBS$20K13.91%
Goldman Sachs International$19K13.22%
Carnegie Investment Bank AB$12K8.18%
Jeffries$12K7.97%
Mirabaud Securities LTD$11K7.34%
Barclays$9K6.26%
Redburn (USA) LLC$9K6.19%
HSBC$9K6.09%

C000097396 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley International$1.8M82.82%
JPMorgan$369K17.18%

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.