C000134198 Fees and Costs — Lazard Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio, R6 Shares

Data updated: 2023-05-30

The net expense ratio is 0.81%: a 0.70% management fee plus 244.62% other expenses, less a 244.52% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $0 in broker commissions, and portfolio turnover was 81%.

C000134198 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000134198. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.70%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses244.62%
Gross expense ratio245.33%
Fee waiver−244.52%
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

C000134198 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000134198, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $509 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
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$13$47
Total costs$85$279$509
Value after costs$10,415$11,297$12,254
Impact on return, per year0.85%0.85%0.85%

C000134198 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): —
  • Total broker commissions: $0
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $58.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 81%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000134198 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$0100.00%

C000134198 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$22.9M45.00%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$5.1M10.07%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$4.4M8.71%
BofA Securities, Inc.$3.4M6.74%
Barclays Capital Inc.$2.9M5.73%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2.7M5.37%
Jefferies LLC$2.7M5.28%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2.4M4.76%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$2.1M4.18%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$2.1M4.16%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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