C000156380 Fees and Costs — American Beacon Ionic Strategic Arbitrage Fund, C Class

Data updated: 2019-11-27

The net expense ratio is 3.57% (3.78% before fee waivers). This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2018 the fund paid $283K in broker commissions, 0.3418% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 556%.

C000156380 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000156380. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.15%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses1.29%
Gross expense ratio3.78%
Fee waiver−0.21%
Net expense ratio3.57%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000156380 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000156380, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $2,308 over 5 years, cutting the return by 4.11% 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$101$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 3.57%)$375$1,135$1,908
Trading costs (broker commissions)$36$109$183
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$63$218
Total costs$512$1,306$2,308
Value after costs$9,988$10,270$10,454
Impact on return, per year5.12%4.11%4.11%

C000156380 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.3418%
  • Total broker commissions: $283K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $508.4M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 556%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000156380 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$169K59.33%
Wolverine Trading, LLC$59K20.76%
National Financial Services Corporation$25K8.70%
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$15K5.14%
ITG Inc.$4K1.49%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$3K1.16%
BTIG, LLC$3K1.10%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$3K0.95%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$2K0.70%
Pershing LLC$2K0.67%

C000156380 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$126.6M32.37%
MUFG Securities Americas Inc.$50.6M12.95%
Jefferies LLC$49.4M12.63%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$33.5M8.57%
Wells Fargo Brokerage Services, LLC$26.9M6.88%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$26.4M6.74%
Barclays Capital Inc.$21.3M5.45%
Deutsche Bank Capital Corporation$20.2M5.16%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$19.6M5.00%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$16.6M4.26%

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.