C000138921 Fees and Costs — Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolio, Class IA

Data updated: 2020-08-25

The net expense ratio is 1.10%: a 0.80% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.27% other expenses, less a 0.22% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $37K in broker commissions, 0.0219% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 48%.

C000138921 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000138921. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.80%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.27%
Gross expense ratio1.32%
Fee waiver−0.22%
Net expense ratio1.10%
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

C000138921 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000138921, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $700 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.18% 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$360$623
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$7$12
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$18$64
Total costs$118$385$700
Value after costs$10,382$11,191$12,063
Impact on return, per year1.18%1.18%1.18%

C000138921 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0219%
  • Total broker commissions: $37K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $7.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 48%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $4.4M
  • Net income from securities lending: $71K (0.042% of average net assets)

C000138921 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
National Financial Services LLC$15K52.30%
Weeden & Co. L.P.$3K10.60%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2K7.96%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2K6.28%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$2K5.85%
Piper Sandler & Co.$1K4.13%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$1K3.87%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$9483.21%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$8562.90%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$8492.88%

C000138921 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$7.5M99.84%
Instinet, LLC$9K0.12%
BTIG, LLC$2K0.02%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$4160.01%
Virtu Americas LLC$4070.01%
BofA Securities, Inc.$880.00%
Piper Sandler & Co.$00.00%

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.