C000135596 Fees and Costs — PIMCO RAE Low Volatility PLUS Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2020-05-19

The net expense ratio is 1.27%: a 0.94% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.08% other expenses. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 3.75% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $22K in broker commissions, 0.0120% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 431%.

C000135596 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000135596. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.94%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.08%
Gross expense ratio1.27%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.27%
Sales charges
Max front load3.75%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000135596 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000135596, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,246 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.14% 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
Sales charges$475$375$375
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.27%)$128$399$690
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$4$7
Lost growth on money paid in costs$19$79$174
Total costs$623$857$1,246
Value after costs$9,877$10,719$11,517
Impact on return, per year6.23%2.66%2.14%

C000135596 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0120%
  • Total broker commissions: $22K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $3.9B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 431%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000135596 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Credit Suisse Securities (USA), LLC$22K100.00%

C000135596 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.$860.7M23.85%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA), LLC$856.1M23.72%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$375.0M10.39%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, & Smith$314.6M8.72%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$275.1M7.62%
State Street Global Markets, LLC$253.0M7.01%
Goldman Sachs & Co.$231.7M6.42%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$151.5M4.20%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$146.4M4.05%
Nomura Securities International Inc.$145.4M4.03%

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.