C000146454 Fees and Costs — AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund

Data updated: 2024-05-30

The net expense ratio is 0.98%: a 0.85% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.06% other expenses, less a 0.18% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $32K in broker commissions, 0.0167% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 10%.

C000146454 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000146454. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.06%
Gross expense ratio1.16%
Fee waiver−0.18%
Net expense ratio0.98%
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

C000146454 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000146454, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $623 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.05% 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 0.98%)$103$321$557
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$5$9
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$16$57
Total costs$105$343$623
Value after costs$10,395$11,234$12,139
Impact on return, per year1.05%1.05%1.05%

C000146454 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): 0.0167%
  • Total broker commissions: $32K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $251.1M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 10%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $626K
  • Net income from securities lending: $5K (0.002% of average net assets)

C000146454 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Jefferies LLC$11K35.40%
Virtu Americas LLC$9K27.60%
Instinet, LLC$9K27.53%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1K4.05%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$5501.73%
Loop Capital Markets LLC$3731.17%
ROSENTHAL COLLINS GROUP LLC$3581.13%
JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC$1950.61%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$1610.51%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$820.26%

C000146454 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC$251.1M100.00%

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.