C000152597 Fees and Costs — SmallCap Account, Class 2

Data updated: 2026-08-25

The net expense ratio is 1.10%: a 0.83% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.02% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $133K in broker commissions, 0.0792% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 37%.

C000152597 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000152597. Prospectus, as of May 1, 2026.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.83%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.02%
Gross expense ratio1.10%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.10%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000152597 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000152597, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $735 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.24% 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 1.10%)$116$360$623
Trading costs (broker commissions)$8$26$45
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$19$68
Total costs$124$405$735
Value after costs$10,376$11,172$12,028
Impact on return, per year1.24%1.24%1.24%

C000152597 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0792%
  • Total broker commissions: $133K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $8.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 37%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $933K
  • Net income from securities lending: $24K (0.015% of average net assets)

C000152597 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC.$20K20.47%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.$16K17.00%
BANK OF AMERICA$13K13.66%
GOLDMAN SACHS CO.$11K11.42%
JEFFERIES & COMPANY$10K9.86%
UBS SECURITIES LLC$8K7.80%
VIRTU FINANCIAL LLC$5K5.36%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$5K5.04%
LIQUIDNET$5K4.84%
MIZUHO SECURITIES USA INC.$4K4.55%

C000152597 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$2.9M42.01%
JEFFERIES & COMPANY$1.2M17.09%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC.$894K12.85%
GOLDMAN SACHS CO.$575K8.27%
BANK OF AMERICA$466K6.70%
UBS SECURITIES LLC$460K6.61%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.$449K6.45%

SmallCap Account Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000020923Class 10.84%—
C000152597Class 21.10%—

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.