C000109475 Fees and Costs — James Alpha Global Real Estate Investments Portfolio, Class C

Data updated: 2021-04-20

The net expense ratio is 2.36%: a 0.90% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 0.45% other expenses. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $2.3M in broker commissions, 0.2664% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 187%.

C000109475 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000109475. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.90%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses0.45%
Gross expense ratio2.36%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio2.36%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000109475 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000109475, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,590 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.76% 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
Sales charges$102$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 2.36%)$248$760$1,296
Trading costs (broker commissions)$28$86$146
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$42$148
Total costs$378$888$1,590
Value after costs$10,122$10,688$11,173
Impact on return, per year3.78%2.76%2.76%

C000109475 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.2664%
  • Total broker commissions: $2.3M
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $295.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 187%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000109475 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
JPMorgan Chase$534K28.17%
Citigroup$384K20.25%
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney$326K17.18%
Goldman Sachs$148K7.83%
Knight Capital Group$130K6.84%
UBS AG$107K5.64%
Raymond James$72K3.82%
Kempen & Co$66K3.46%
Evercore Partners$65K3.45%
MKM Partners LLC$64K3.36%

C000109475 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney$79.8M32.65%
Bank of America Merrill Lynch$41.2M16.87%
Goldman Sachs$33.5M13.69%
JPMorgan Chase$33.0M13.49%
UBS AG$14.4M5.88%
KeyBank$13.0M5.33%
Raymond James$11.6M4.76%
Wells Fargo Bank$10.5M4.30%
Citigroup$5.6M2.29%
BTIG LLC$1.8M0.74%

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.