C000108825 Fees and Costs — BMO Dividend Income Fund, Class I

Data updated: 2022-01-19

The net expense ratio is 0.65%: a 0.50% management fee plus 0.27% other expenses, less a 0.12% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $68K in broker commissions, 0.0270% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 32%.

C000108825 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000108825. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.50%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.27%
Gross expense ratio0.77%
Fee waiver−0.12%
Net expense ratio0.65%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000108825 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000108825, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $426 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.71% 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 0.65%)$68$214$372
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$9$15
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$11$39
Total costs$71$234$426
Value after costs$10,429$11,343$12,337
Impact on return, per year0.71%0.71%0.71%

C000108825 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0270%
  • Total broker commissions: $68K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $162.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 32%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $12.5M
  • Net income from securities lending: $36K (0.014% of average net assets)

C000108825 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Virtu Americas LLC$15K25.33%
Capital Institutional Services, Inc.$10K16.43%
Cowen and Company, LLC$7K12.45%
Instinet, LLC$6K10.07%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$5K8.26%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$4K6.80%
Jefferies LLC$4K6.32%
National Financial Services LLC$3K5.58%
Stephens Inc.$3K4.96%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2K3.80%

C000108825 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$162.3M100.00%

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.