C000138916 Fees and Costs — Multimanager Core Bond Portfolio, Class IB

Data updated: 2026-08-25

The net expense ratio is 0.93%: a 0.55% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.29% other expenses, less a 0.16% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $35K in broker commissions, 0.0043% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 281%.

C000138916 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000138916. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.55%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.29%
Gross expense ratio1.09%
Fee waiver−0.16%
Net expense ratio0.93%
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 recoupmentYes

C000138916 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000138916, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $585 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.98% 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 0.93%)$98$305$529
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$15$54
Total costs$98$321$585
Value after costs$10,402$11,255$12,178
Impact on return, per year0.98%0.98%0.98%

C000138916 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0043%
  • Total broker commissions: $35K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $5.8B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 281%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $4.7M
  • Net income from securities lending: $23K (0.003% of average net assets)

C000138916 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$18K54.10%
R.J. O'Brien & Associates, LLC$4K10.69%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$3K7.92%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2K7.37%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2K6.05%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$1K3.89%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$1K3.84%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$1K3.04%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$5451.62%
BofA Securities, Inc.$4971.48%

C000138916 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$2.9B53.48%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$707.3M13.04%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$646.5M11.92%
BofA Securities, Inc.$349.5M6.45%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$272.4M5.02%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$154.9M2.86%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$151.7M2.80%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$98.8M1.82%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$76.4M1.41%
Citadel Securities LLC$64.7M1.19%

Multimanager Core Bond Portfolio Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000138917Class K0.68%—
C000138916Class IB0.93%—

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.