C000156259 Fees and Costs — Lazard Managed Equity Volatility Portfolio, Open Shares

Data updated: 2024-08-20

The net expense ratio is 1.00%: a 0.60% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 6.99% other expenses, less a 6.84% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $24K in broker commissions, 0.1037% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 83%.

C000156259 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000156259. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.60%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses6.99%
Gross expense ratio7.84%
Fee waiver−6.84%
Net expense ratio1.00%
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

C000156259 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000156259, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $689 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.16% 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 1.00%)$105$327$567
Trading costs (broker commissions)$11$34$59
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$18$63
Total costs$116$379$689
Value after costs$10,384$11,197$12,074
Impact on return, per year1.16%1.16%1.16%

C000156259 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): 0.1037%
  • Total broker commissions: $24K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $12.2M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 83%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000156259 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$8K35.65%
BofA Securities, Inc.$3K13.82%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$3K13.08%
Cowen and Company, LLC$2K10.89%
UBS Securities LLC$2K8.39%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$9704.43%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$8964.10%
Barclays Capital Inc.$8473.87%
Jefferies LLC$7803.57%
Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.$4812.20%

C000156259 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$12.2M100.00%

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.