C000102352 Fees and Costs — AQR Multi-Strategy Alternative Fund, Class I

Data updated: 2020-11-20

The net expense ratio is 2.77% (2.81% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $2.0M in broker commissions, 0.2567% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 173%.

C000102352 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000102352. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.75%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.97%
Gross expense ratio2.81%
Fee waiver−0.04%
Net expense ratio2.77%
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

C000102352 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000102352, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,818 over 5 years, cutting the return by 3.18% 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 2.77%)$291$889$1,508
Trading costs (broker commissions)$27$82$140
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$49$170
Total costs$318$1,020$1,818
Value after costs$10,182$10,557$10,945
Impact on return, per year3.18%3.18%3.18%

C000102352 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.2567%
  • Total broker commissions: $2.0M
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $6.1B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 173%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000102352 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$965K48.62%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$609K30.70%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$161K8.10%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$152K7.65%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$72K3.61%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$15K0.75%
BofA Securities, Inc.$7K0.33%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$2K0.12%
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.$2K0.09%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$5420.03%

C000102352 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$5.3B88.66%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$276.8M4.64%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$97.7M1.64%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$68.4M1.15%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$49.2M0.82%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$48.9M0.82%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$44.2M0.74%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$34.1M0.57%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$31.8M0.53%
The Toronto-Dominion Bank$25.2M0.42%

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.