C000108832 Fees and Costs — AST Bond Portfolio 2023

Data updated: 2024-03-15

The net expense ratio is 0.90% (0.92% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $7K in broker commissions, 0.0110% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 42%.

C000108832 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000108832. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.47%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.18%
Gross expense ratio0.92%
Fee waiver−0.02%
Net expense ratio0.90%
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

C000108832 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000108832, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $571 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.96% 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 0.90%)$94$295$512
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$4$6
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$15$52
Total costs$96$314$571
Value after costs$10,404$11,263$12,192
Impact on return, per year0.96%0.96%0.96%

C000108832 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0110%
  • Total broker commissions: $7K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $166.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 42%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000108832 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$7K91.28%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$3314.55%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$3034.17%

C000108832 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC$153.1M91.80%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$6.7M4.05%
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.$5.2M3.14%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1.7M1.02%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.