C000130522 Fees and Costs — First Investors Floating Rate Fund, Advisor Class

Data updated: 2019-12-13

The net expense ratio is 0.90%. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. Portfolio turnover was 60%.

C000130522 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000130522. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2018.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.60%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.26%
Gross expense ratio0.86%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.90%
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

C000130522 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000130522, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $564 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.94% 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 0.90%)$94$295$512
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$15$52
Total costs$94$310$564
Value after costs$10,406$11,266$12,199
Impact on return, per year0.94%0.94%0.94%

C000130522 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $570.7M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 60%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000130522 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc.$94.1M19.48%
Barclays Capital Inc.$78.8M16.32%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$55.9M11.58%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$49.0M10.14%
Goldman Sachs Bank USA$42.0M8.70%
D.A. Davidson & Co.$36.0M7.45%
INTL FCStone Financial Inc.$35.0M7.24%
The Williams Capital Group, L.P$35.0M7.24%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$31.5M6.52%
Jefferies LLC$25.7M5.33%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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