C000128763 Fees and Costs — AlphaSimplex Global Alternatives Fund, Class N

Data updated: 2023-05-30

The net expense ratio is 1.20%: a 1.10% management fee plus 0.22% other expenses, less a 0.12% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $169K in broker commissions, 0.0646% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 124%.

C000128763 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000128763. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.10%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.22%
Gross expense ratio1.32%
Fee waiver−0.12%
Net expense ratio1.20%
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 recoupmentYes

C000128763 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000128763, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $787 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.33% 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 1.20%)$126$392$678
Trading costs (broker commissions)$7$21$36
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$20$72
Total costs$133$434$787
Value after costs$10,367$11,143$11,976
Impact on return, per year1.33%1.33%1.33%

C000128763 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0646%
  • Total broker commissions: $169K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $5.1B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 124%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000128763 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$110K64.94%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$48K28.10%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$7K4.37%
BofA Securities, Inc.$4K2.59%

C000128763 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BofA Securities, Inc.$2.7B52.90%
State Street Bank and Trust Company$1.8B36.37%
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.$279.1M5.49%
TP ICAP Markets Limited$164.0M3.23%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$35.0M0.69%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$26.0M0.51%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$15.7M0.31%
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.$15.0M0.30%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$10.5M0.21%

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.