C000108847 Fees and Costs — Neuberger Berman Commodity Strategy Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2022-11-10

The net expense ratio is 1.10%: a 0.76% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.36% other expenses, less a 0.27% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.75%. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $23K in broker commissions, 0.0107% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 56%.

C000108847 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000108847. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.76%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.36%
Gross expense ratio1.37%
Fee waiver−0.27%
Net expense ratio1.10%
Sales charges
Max front load5.75%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000108847 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000108847, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,387 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.39% 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$575$575$575
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.10%)$109$339$588
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$3$6
Lost growth on money paid in costs$29$108$219
Total costs$714$1,025$1,387
Value after costs$9,786$10,551$11,376
Impact on return, per year7.14%3.20%2.39%

C000108847 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2022.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0107%
  • Total broker commissions: $23K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.3B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 56%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000108847 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$23K100.00%

C000108847 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$939.3M76.15%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$90.8M7.36%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$52.9M4.29%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$50.6M4.10%
BofA Securities, Inc.$25.6M2.07%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$21.1M1.71%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$20.9M1.69%
Barclays Capital Inc.$14.7M1.19%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$11.0M0.89%
MarketAxess Corporation$6.7M0.54%

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.