C000125623 Fees and Costs — AST AQR Large-Cap Portfolio

Data updated: 2020-08-24

The net expense ratio is 0.81%: a 0.56% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.02% other expenses, less a 0.02% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $63K in broker commissions, 0.0029% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 95%.

C000125623 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000125623. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.56%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.02%
Gross expense ratio0.83%
Fee waiver−0.02%
Net expense ratio0.81%
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

C000125623 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000125623, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $510 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.85% 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 0.81%)$85$266$462
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$13$47
Total costs$85$280$510
Value after costs$10,415$11,296$12,252
Impact on return, per year0.85%0.85%0.85%

C000125623 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0029%
  • Total broker commissions: $63K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $5.2M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 95%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $73.6M
  • Net income from securities lending: $132K (0.006% of average net assets)

C000125623 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$26K41.84%
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC$10K15.40%
HSBC SECURITIES (USA), INC.$9K14.94%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$6K9.47%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$3K4.58%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$3K4.50%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$2K3.61%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$2K3.10%
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.$2K2.55%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.