C000115042 Fees and Costs — Nuveen International Dividend Growth Fund, Class R3

Data updated: 2025-12-30

The net expense ratio is 1.40%: a 0.71% management fee, a 0.50% 12b-1 fee plus 3.23% other expenses, less a 3.04% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $1K in broker commissions, 0.0232% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 18%.

C000115042 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000115042. Prospectus, as of November 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.71%
12b-1 fee0.50%
Other expenses3.23%
Gross expense ratio4.44%
Fee waiver−3.04%
Net expense ratio1.40%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000115042 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000115042, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $883 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.49% 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 1.40%)$147$457$788
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$8$13
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$23$81
Total costs$149$487$883
Value after costs$10,351$11,089$11,880
Impact on return, per year1.49%1.49%1.49%

C000115042 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0232%
  • Total broker commissions: $1K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 18%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $42K
  • Net income from securities lending: $167 (0.003% of average net assets)

C000115042 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup$43637.48%
UBS Financial Services Inc.$29024.92%
Jefferies LLC$13611.68%
Instinet LLC$13311.46%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$776.63%
Cowen and Company$534.52%
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.$282.39%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$80.68%
National Financial Services LLC$20.20%
Bank of America, National Association$00.04%

C000115042 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup$623K34.96%
Jefferies LLC$346K19.42%
UBS Financial Services Inc.$264K14.81%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$224K12.57%
Instinet LLC$181K10.15%
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.$64K3.58%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$31K1.74%
Cowen and Company$29K1.63%
Bank of America, National Association$12K0.65%
Piper Sandler & Co.$9K0.50%

Nuveen International Dividend Growth Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
NUIIXClass I0.90%none
NUIAXClass A1.15%5.75%
C000115042Class R31.40%none
NUICXClass C1.90%none

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.