C000135638 Fees and Costs — Small Cap Value Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2025-04-28

The net expense ratio is 1.39%: a 0.94% management fee, a 0.30% 12b-1 fee plus 0.19% other expenses, less a 0.04% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.00% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $331K in broker commissions, 0.0610% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 38%.

C000135638 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000135638. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.94%
12b-1 fee0.30%
Other expenses0.19%
Gross expense ratio1.43%
Fee waiver−0.04%
Net expense ratio1.39%
Sales charges
Max front load5.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000135638 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000135638, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,493 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.58% 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$598$500$500
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.39%)$139$431$743
Trading costs (broker commissions)$6$19$33
Lost growth on money paid in costs$25$101$217
Total costs$768$1,051$1,493
Value after costs$9,732$10,526$11,270
Impact on return, per year7.68%3.28%2.58%

C000135638 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0610%
  • Total broker commissions: $331K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.3B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 38%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $3.4M
  • Net income from securities lending: $7K (0.001% of average net assets)

C000135638 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$33K14.66%
Jefferies LLC$30K13.18%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$23K10.28%
Royal Bank of Canada$21K9.34%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$20K9.06%
UBS AG$20K8.92%
BTIG, LLC$20K8.88%
JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC$20K8.65%
Piper Jaffray & Co.$19K8.63%
Cowen & Company$19K8.40%

C000135638 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Deutsche Bank AG$2.3B100.00%

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.