C000142374 Fees and Costs — BMO High Yield Bond Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2020-07-20

The net expense ratio is 0.91%: a 0.50% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 1.49% other expenses, less a 1.34% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 3.50% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. Portfolio turnover was 24%.

C000142374 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000142374. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.50%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses1.49%
Gross expense ratio2.25%
Fee waiver−1.34%
Net expense ratio0.91%
Sales charges
Max front load3.50%
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

C000142374 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000142374, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $997 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.69% 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$450$350$350
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.91%)$92$288$500
Lost growth on money paid in costs$17$69$147
Total costs$560$707$997
Value after costs$9,940$10,869$11,766
Impact on return, per year5.60%2.18%1.69%

C000142374 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $14.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 24%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $3.5M
  • Net income from securities lending: $7K (0.071% of average net assets)

C000142374 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$9.3M67.14%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.$941K6.82%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$759K5.50%
Pershing LLC$743K5.38%
Barclays Capital Inc.$559K4.05%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$417K3.02%
Jefferies LLC$356K2.58%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$319K2.31%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$247K1.79%
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.$194K1.40%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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