C000141428 Fees and Costs — First Investors Limited Duration Bond Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2019-12-13

The net expense ratio is 0.36% (0.60% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $2K in broker commissions, 0.0007% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 102%.

C000141428 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000141428. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2018.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.41%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.19%
Gross expense ratio0.60%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.36%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000141428 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000141428, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $229 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.38% 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 0.36%)$38$119$207
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$0
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$6$21
Total costs$38$125$229
Value after costs$10,462$11,451$12,534
Impact on return, per year0.38%0.38%0.38%

C000141428 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0007%
  • Total broker commissions: $2K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $590.4M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 102%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000141428 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Jefferies LLC$2K100.00%

C000141428 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Barclays Capital Inc$93.8M22.05%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$53.6M12.60%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$45.8M10.77%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$41.7M9.80%
Etico Partners LLC$41.5M9.75%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$35.6M8.38%
TD Securities Ltd.$32.8M7.71%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$32.6M7.66%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. LLC$27.9M6.55%
JP Morgan Securities LLC$20.1M4.73%

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.