C000148201 Fees and Costs — AZL MetWest Total Return Bond Fund

Data updated: 2023-03-16

The net expense ratio is 0.81%: a 0.60% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.06% other expenses, less a 0.10% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $5K in broker commissions, 0.0019% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 258%.

C000148201 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000148201. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.60%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.06%
Gross expense ratio0.91%
Fee waiver−0.10%
Net expense ratio0.81%
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

C000148201 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000148201, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $510 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.85% 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 0.81%)$85$266$462
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$1
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$13$47
Total costs$85$280$510
Value after costs$10,415$11,297$12,253
Impact on return, per year0.85%0.85%0.85%

C000148201 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0019%
  • Total broker commissions: $5K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $3.3B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 258%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $302K
  • Net income from securities lending: $1K (0.000% of average net assets)

C000148201 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1K30.65%
R.J. O`BRIEN SECURITIES, LLC$1K29.93%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$70715.29%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$54011.67%
ADVANTAGE FUTURES LLC$2876.20%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1904.10%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$1002.16%

C000148201 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC$827.6M28.35%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$467.7M16.02%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$310.0M10.62%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$279.8M9.59%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$197.5M6.77%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$185.9M6.37%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$179.2M6.14%
Barclays Capital Inc.$166.6M5.71%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$163.3M5.60%
Citadel Securities LLC$141.2M4.84%

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.