C000105887 Fees and Costs — Lazard US Realty Equity Portfolio, Institutional Shares

Data updated: 2020-05-26

The net expense ratio is 1.00%: a 0.75% management fee plus 0.43% other expenses, less a 0.18% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $15K in broker commissions, 0.0247% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 19%.

C000105887 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000105887. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.75%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.43%
Gross expense ratio1.18%
Fee waiver−0.18%
Net expense ratio1.00%
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 recoupmentNo

C000105887 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000105887, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $641 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.08% 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 1.00%)$105$328$568
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$8$14
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$17$59
Total costs$108$352$641
Value after costs$10,392$11,224$12,122
Impact on return, per year1.08%1.08%1.08%

C000105887 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): 0.0247%
  • Total broker commissions: $15K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $36.6M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 19%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000105887 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Barclays Capital Inc.$5K35.71%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2K12.83%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2K12.30%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$2K11.70%
BofA Securities, Inc.$2K10.72%
Citation Group Ltd.$1K7.49%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$6144.12%
Virtu Itg LLC$4062.73%
Virtu Americas LLC$2811.88%
UBS Securities LLC$760.51%

C000105887 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$36.6M100.00%

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.