C000142370 Fees and Costs — BMO Small-Cap Value Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2022-01-19

The net expense ratio is 1.24%: a 0.69% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.47% other expenses, less a 0.17% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.00% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $95K in broker commissions, 0.1155% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 67%.

C000142370 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000142370. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.69%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.47%
Gross expense ratio1.41%
Fee waiver−0.17%
Net expense ratio1.24%
Sales charges
Max front load5.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000142370 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000142370, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,438 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.48% 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
Sales charges$598$500$500
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.24%)$124$385$664
Trading costs (broker commissions)$12$36$62
Lost growth on money paid in costs$25$100$212
Total costs$759$1,020$1,438
Value after costs$9,741$10,556$11,325
Impact on return, per year7.59%3.18%2.48%

C000142370 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1155%
  • Total broker commissions: $95K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $44.7M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 67%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $6.6M
  • Net income from securities lending: $11K (0.013% of average net assets)

C000142370 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Virtu Americas LLC$21K23.93%
National Financial Services LLC$16K18.18%
Cowen and Company, LLC$13K15.01%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$9K10.90%
Barclays Capital Inc.$8K8.67%
Instinet, LLC$7K8.58%
Jefferies LLC$5K5.99%
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.$3K3.98%
Capital Institutional Services, Inc.$2K2.80%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2K1.95%

C000142370 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$44.7M100.00%

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.