C000099509 Fees and Costs — Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Total Return Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2025-04-14

The net expense ratio is 0.92%: a 0.85% management fee plus 0.07% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $312K in broker commissions, 0.0124% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 22%.

C000099509 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000099509. Prospectus, as of March 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.07%
Gross expense ratio0.92%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.92%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000099509 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000099509, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $584 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.98% 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 0.92%)$97$302$523
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$4$7
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$15$54
Total costs$98$321$584
Value after costs$10,402$11,255$12,179
Impact on return, per year0.98%0.98%0.98%

C000099509 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0124%
  • Total broker commissions: $312K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $9.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 22%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000099509 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC$45K18.16%
BARCLAY INVESTMENTS, LLC$35K14.29%
Piper Sandler & Co$28K11.50%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$25K10.34%
MERRILL LYNCH INC.$21K8.51%
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC$21K8.48%
JONESTRADING INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES, LLC$20K8.23%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$18K7.54%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$16K6.66%
CITIBANK GROUP MARKETS$15K6.28%

C000099509 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
CITIBANK GROUP MARKETS$8.6M95.32%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$422K4.68%

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.