C000114571 Fees and Costs — Lazard Global Dynamic Multi-Asset Portfolio, Open Shares

Data updated: 2024-05-29

The net expense ratio is 1.16%: a 0.80% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 3.80% other expenses, less a 3.70% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $6K in broker commissions, 0.0509% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 108%.

C000114571 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000114571. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.80%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses3.80%
Gross expense ratio4.86%
Fee waiver−3.70%
Net expense ratio1.16%
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

C000114571 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000114571, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $754 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.27% 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 1.16%)$122$379$656
Trading costs (broker commissions)$5$17$29
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$20$69
Total costs$127$415$754
Value after costs$10,373$11,161$12,009
Impact on return, per year1.27%1.27%1.27%

C000114571 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): 0.0509%
  • Total broker commissions: $6K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $17.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 108%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000114571 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
BofA Securities, Inc.$2K29.28%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1K25.78%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$5279.70%
UBS Securities LLC$3987.32%
Barclays Capital Inc.$3917.19%
Cowen and Company, LLC$2995.50%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2534.65%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$2294.21%
CLSA Americas, LLC$2174.00%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1292.38%

C000114571 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$8.8M62.84%
MarketAxess Corporation$2.0M13.96%
TD Securities (USA) LLC$620K4.42%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$504K3.59%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$466K3.32%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$458K3.26%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$349K2.48%
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.$328K2.33%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$283K2.01%
CIBC World Markets Corp.$250K1.78%

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.