C000103328 Fees and Costs — Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2020-08-26

The net expense ratio is 1.55%: a 1.25% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.63% other expenses, less a 0.58% 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 $62K in broker commissions, 0.1061% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 31%.

C000103328 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000103328. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.25%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.63%
Gross expense ratio2.13%
Fee waiver−0.58%
Net expense ratio1.55%
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

C000103328 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000103328, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,697 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.95% 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$672$575$575
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.55%)$153$475$819
Trading costs (broker commissions)$10$33$56
Lost growth on money paid in costs$29$116$248
Total costs$865$1,199$1,697
Value after costs$9,635$10,377$11,065
Impact on return, per year8.65%3.76%2.95%

C000103328 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): 0.1061%
  • Total broker commissions: $62K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $65K
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 31%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $200K
  • Net income from securities lending: $10K (0.016% of average net assets)

C000103328 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Jeffries$8K20.78%
Credit Suisse$6K17.15%
BTIG LLC$4K11.81%
UBS$4K9.72%
Yuanta Securities Co., Ltd$3K9.51%
Credit Lyonnais$3K9.40%
Bradesco Securities Inc$2K6.05%
Korea Investment & Securities Co., Ltd.$2K5.46%
HSBC$2K5.31%
JM Financial Institutional Securities Limited$2K4.81%

C000103328 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley$64K98.33%
UBS$1K1.67%

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.