C000100087 Fees and Costs — Brighthouse/Franklin Low Duration Total Return Portfolio, Class B
Data updated: 2026-08-27
The net expense ratio is 0.75%: a 0.50% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.07% other expenses, less a 0.07% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $9K in broker commissions, 0.0015% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 70%.
C000100087 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000100087. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.50% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.25% |
| Other expenses | 0.07% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.82% |
| Fee waiver | −0.07% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.75% |
| 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 |
C000100087 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000100087, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $472 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.79% 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 0.75%) | $79 | $246 | $428 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $0 | $0 | $1 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $12 | $43 |
| Total costs | $79 | $259 | $472 |
| Value after costs | $10,421 | $11,317 | $12,290 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.79% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
C000100087 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): 0.0015%
- Total broker commissions: $9K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $6.3B
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 70%
- Securities on loan, average value: $86.1M
- Net income from securities lending: $172K (0.028% of average net assets)
C000100087 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $9K | 100.00% |
C000100087 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| First Horizon Advisors, Inc. | $2.1B | 35.01% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $1.6B | 25.99% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $710.5M | 11.76% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $659.5M | 10.92% |
| Nomura Securities International, Inc. | $374.4M | 6.20% |
| UBS Securities LLC | $289.5M | 4.79% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $93.2M | 1.54% |
| Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | $83.4M | 1.38% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $76.2M | 1.26% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $69.3M | 1.15% |
Brighthouse/Franklin Low Duration Total Return Portfolio Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000100086 | Class A | 0.50% | — |
| C000100087 | Class B | 0.75% | — |
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.