C000149436 Fees and Costs — PIMCO Multi-Strategy Alternative Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2021-06-10

The net expense ratio is 1.87% (2.59% before fee waivers). This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 3.75% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $2K in broker commissions, 0.0017% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 146%.

C000149436 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000149436. Prospectus, as of July 31, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.30%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.02%
Gross expense ratio2.59%
Fee waiver−0.72%
Net expense ratio1.87%
Sales charges
Max front load3.75%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000149436 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000149436, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,586 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.75% 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$474$375$375
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.87%)$189$584$1,004
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$1
Lost growth on money paid in costs$19$88$206
Total costs$682$1,048$1,586
Value after costs$9,818$10,528$11,177
Impact on return, per year6.82%3.27%2.75%

C000149436 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0017%
  • Total broker commissions: $2K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $458.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 146%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000149436 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$63641.97%
Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.$63541.93%
Goldman Sachs & Co.$24416.09%

C000149436 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Global Markets, LLC$300.8M66.53%
Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.$43.9M9.71%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$26.7M5.91%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA), LLC$17.2M3.81%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$14.2M3.14%
Goldman Sachs & Co.$13.9M3.07%
Nomura Securities International Inc.$13.8M3.04%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$8.8M1.96%
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC$7.3M1.61%
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.$5.5M1.21%

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.