C000142380 Fees and Costs — BMO Short Tax-Free Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2022-01-19

The net expense ratio is 0.55%: a 0.20% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.29% other expenses, less a 0.19% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 2.00%. Portfolio turnover was 62%.

C000142380 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000142380. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.20%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.29%
Gross expense ratio0.74%
Fee waiver−0.19%
Net expense ratio0.55%
Sales charges
Max front load2.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000142380 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000142380, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $595 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.00% 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$200$200$200
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.55%)$57$177$309
Lost growth on money paid in costs$10$40$86
Total costs$267$418$595
Value after costs$10,233$11,159$12,167
Impact on return, per year2.67%1.28%1.00%

C000142380 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): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $388.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 62%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000142380 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$189.0M52.01%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$34.9M9.60%
BofA Securities, Inc.$29.8M8.20%
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.$27.5M7.57%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$25.1M6.90%
Barclays Capital Inc.$17.9M4.91%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$13.2M3.64%
Pershing LLC$10.4M2.87%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$8.7M2.39%
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated$6.9M1.90%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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