C000141031 Fees and Costs — Lazard Emerging Markets Income Portfolio, Open Shares

Data updated: 2019-11-19

The net expense ratio is 1.06%: a 0.65% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 12.61% other expenses, less a 12.46% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. Portfolio turnover was 65%.

C000141031 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000141031. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2018.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.65%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses12.61%
Gross expense ratio13.52%
Fee waiver−12.46%
Net expense ratio1.06%
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 recoupmentNo

C000141031 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000141031, 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 1.06%)$111$347$601
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%

C000141031 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $25.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 65%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000141031 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Global Markets, LLC$14.8M57.91%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.$5.0M19.65%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2.1M8.41%
HSBC Holdings PLC$832K3.27%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$822K3.22%
Nomura Holdings, Inc.$748K2.93%
Jefferies LLC$574K2.25%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$342K1.34%
The Bank of New York Mellon$199K0.78%
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.$59K0.23%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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