C000115420 Fees and Costs — Kellner Merger Fund, Investor Class

Data updated: 2021-03-16

The net expense ratio is 2.53%: a 1.25% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 1.03% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $108K in broker commissions, 0.0885% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 298%.

C000115420 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000115420. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.25%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses1.03%
Gross expense ratio2.53%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio2.53%
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

C000115420 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000115420, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,586 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.75% 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 2.53%)$266$815$1,389
Trading costs (broker commissions)$9$29$49
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$42$148
Total costs$275$886$1,586
Value after costs$10,225$10,690$11,177
Impact on return, per year2.75%2.75%2.75%

C000115420 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0885%
  • Total broker commissions: $108K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $969K
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 298%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000115420 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$74K69.87%
Seaport Global Securities, LLC$22K20.49%
Access Financial Group, Inc.$4K3.35%
Cowen and Company, LLC$2K1.71%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$2K1.43%
Pershing LLC$1K0.94%
Jefferies LLC$6620.62%
Detwiler Fenton & Co.$5940.56%
Penserra Securities, LLC$5660.53%
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.$5240.49%

C000115420 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Seaport Global Securities, LLC$968K99.88%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$1K0.12%

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.