C000104161 Fees and Costs — 1290 VT Equity Income Portfolio, Class K

Data updated: 2026-08-25

The net expense ratio is 0.70%: a 0.75% management fee plus 0.13% other expenses, less a 0.18% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $89K in broker commissions, 0.0194% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 26%.

C000104161 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000104161. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.75%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.13%
Gross expense ratio0.88%
Fee waiver−0.18%
Net expense ratio0.70%
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

C000104161 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000104161, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $453 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.76% 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 0.70%)$74$230$400
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$6$11
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$12$41
Total costs$76$248$453
Value after costs$10,424$11,328$12,310
Impact on return, per year0.76%0.76%0.76%

C000104161 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): 0.0194%
  • Total broker commissions: $89K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 26%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $6.1M
  • Net income from securities lending: $99K (0.022% of average net assets)

C000104161 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Piper Sandler & Co.$32K37.25%
ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INCORPORATED$12K13.32%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$11K12.76%
Liquidnet, Inc.$10K11.43%
Instinet, LLC$9K10.36%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$4K4.88%
Truist Securities, Inc.$4K4.39%
Strategas Securities, LLC DBA Strategas Research Partners$3K3.32%
Virtu Americas LLC$1K1.36%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$8060.92%

1290 VT Equity Income Portfolio Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000104161Class K0.70%—
C000024581Class IB0.95%—

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.