C000127918 Fees and Costs — TCW Emerging Markets Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund, I Class

Data updated: 2023-09-12

The net expense ratio is 1.00%: a 0.90% management fee plus 0.57% other expenses, less a 0.47% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $341K in broker commissions, 0.5706% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 234%.

C000127918 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000127918. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.90%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.57%
Gross expense ratio1.47%
Fee waiver−0.47%
Net expense ratio1.00%
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

C000127918 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000127918, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $971 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.65% 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 1.00%)$105$326$561
Trading costs (broker commissions)$60$186$320
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$25$90
Total costs$165$537$971
Value after costs$10,335$11,039$11,792
Impact on return, per year1.65%1.65%1.65%

C000127918 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2022.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.5706%
  • Total broker commissions: $341K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $218.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 234%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000127918 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$131K38.47%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$106K31.10%
Instinet, LLC$42K12.25%
BofA Securities, Inc.$22K6.43%
Itau International Securities Inc.$21K6.16%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$11K3.26%
UBS Securities LLC$4K1.20%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2K0.47%
Financial Brokerage Group S.A.E$2K0.44%
OOO UBS Bank$7930.23%

C000127918 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$138.3M64.73%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$16.9M7.91%
Jefferies LLC$12.6M5.92%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$10.3M4.83%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$9.0M4.21%
BofA Securities, Inc.$7.2M3.35%
Barclays Capital Inc.$7.0M3.30%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$6.3M2.93%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$4.9M2.31%
Santander Securities LLC$1.1M0.52%

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.