C000138364 Fees and Costs — Oberweis International Opportunities Institutional Fund

Data updated: 2023-12-22

The net expense ratio is 1.10%: a 1.00% management fee plus 0.24% other expenses, less a 0.14% fee waiver. This share class carries a redemption fee of 2.00%. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $1.4M in broker commissions, 0.2109% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 74%.

C000138364 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000138364. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.00%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.24%
Gross expense ratio1.24%
Fee waiver−0.14%
Net expense ratio1.10%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee2.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000138364 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000138364, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $815 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.38% 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 1.10%)$116$359$621
Trading costs (broker commissions)$22$69$119
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$21$75
Total costs$138$449$815
Value after costs$10,362$11,127$11,948
Impact on return, per year1.38%1.38%1.38%

C000138364 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): 0.2109%
  • Total broker commissions: $1.4M
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 74%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000138364 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Liquidnet, Inc.$335K33.46%
JP Morgan Securities, Inc$229K22.87%
Daiwa Capital Markets America, Inc.$89K8.92%
Merrill Lynch Capital Markets$68K6.83%
SMBC Nikko Securities, Inc.$67K6.74%
Carnegie, Inc.$49K4.90%
Berenberg Capital Market LLC$44K4.37%
Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc.$42K4.20%
Mitsubishi$40K3.99%
Barclays Capital LE$37K3.71%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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