C000145069 Fees and Costs — Lazard Global Strategic Equity Portfolio, Open Shares

Data updated: 2024-05-29

The net expense ratio is 1.15%: a 0.75% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 3.79% other expenses, less a 3.64% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $9K in broker commissions, 0.0870% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 32%.

C000145069 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000145069. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.75%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses3.79%
Gross expense ratio4.79%
Fee waiver−3.64%
Net expense ratio1.15%
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

C000145069 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000145069, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $770 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.30% 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 1.15%)$121$376$650
Trading costs (broker commissions)$9$28$49
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$20$71
Total costs$130$424$770
Value after costs$10,370$11,152$11,993
Impact on return, per year1.30%1.30%1.30%

C000145069 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0870%
  • Total broker commissions: $9K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $8.7M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 32%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000145069 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
NH Investment & Securities Co., Ltd.$2K20.29%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$97112.43%
UBS Securities LLC$95612.24%
BofA Securities, Inc.$90111.54%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$78410.04%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$6187.92%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$6157.88%
Barclays Capital Inc.$4806.15%
Jefferies LLC$4515.77%
CLSA Americas, LLC$4485.74%

C000145069 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$8.7M100.00%

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.