C000140440 Fees and Costs — AST T. Rowe Price Diversified Real Growth Portfolio

Data updated: 2023-03-16

The net expense ratio is 1.05% (1.31% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $12K in broker commissions, 0.0088% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 60%.

C000140440 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000140440. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.73%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.27%
Gross expense ratio1.31%
Fee waiver−0.26%
Net expense ratio1.05%
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

C000140440 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000140440, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $662 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.11% 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 1.05%)$110$344$596
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$3$5
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$17$61
Total costs$111$364$662
Value after costs$10,389$11,212$12,101
Impact on return, per year1.11%1.11%1.11%

C000140440 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): 0.0088%
  • Total broker commissions: $12K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $6.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 60%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $2.1M
  • Net income from securities lending: $6K (0.004% of average net assets)

C000140440 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$1K15.42%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$99614.13%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$79011.21%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$72410.27%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$70710.03%
JEFFERIES LLC$6178.75%
UBS Securities LLC$5858.30%
Pershing LLC$5567.89%
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC$4947.01%
VIRTU AMERICAS LLC$4926.98%

C000140440 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
STONEX FINANCIAL INC.$1.1M17.75%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$997K16.84%
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES, INC.$959K16.21%
CAIS CAPITAL LLC$896K15.14%
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.$868K14.67%
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.$390K6.59%
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC$351K5.92%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$224K3.78%
UBS SECURITIES LLC$118K2.00%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$66K1.12%

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.