C000099201 Fees and Costs — American Funds Global Balanced Fund, Class 1
Data updated: 2026-08-27
The net expense ratio is 0.51%: a 0.45% management fee plus 0.08% other expenses, less a 0.02% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $91K in broker commissions, 0.0217% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 86%.
C000099201 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000099201. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2026.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.45% |
| 12b-1 fee | — |
| Other expenses | 0.08% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.53% |
| Fee waiver | −0.02% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.51% |
| 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 |
C000099201 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000099201, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $336 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.56% 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 0.51%) | $54 | $168 | $293 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $2 | $7 | $12 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $9 | $31 |
| Total costs | $56 | $184 | $336 |
| Value after costs | $10,444 | $11,393 | $12,427 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.56% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
C000099201 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): 0.0217%
- Total broker commissions: $91K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $391.1M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 86%
- Securities on loan, average value: $323K
- Net income from securities lending: $3K (0.001% of average net assets)
C000099201 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $10K | 15.73% |
| Jefferies & Company Inc. | $9K | 14.31% |
| UBS AG | $8K | 12.07% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $7K | 11.16% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $7K | 10.81% |
| Bank of America, N.A. | $7K | 10.60% |
| CLSA B.V. | $5K | 8.04% |
| RBC Capital Markets LLC | $5K | 7.86% |
| Barclays Bank PLC | $3K | 5.22% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $3K | 4.20% |
C000099201 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $81.1M | 22.90% |
| Barclays Bank PLC | $56.8M | 16.04% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $48.6M | 13.73% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $46.1M | 13.01% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $42.4M | 11.97% |
| Bank of America, N.A. | $40.1M | 11.33% |
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | $13.7M | 3.86% |
| Deutsche Bank A.G. | $11.4M | 3.22% |
| BNP Paribas | $7.2M | 2.03% |
| Mizuho Bank, Ltd. | $6.8M | 1.92% |
American Funds Global Balanced Fund Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000099201 | Class 1 | 0.51% | — |
| C000099202 | Class 2 | 0.76% | — |
| C000176249 | Class 1A | 0.76% | — |
| C000121517 | Class 4 | 1.01% | — |
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.