C000157605 Fees and Costs — Barings Emerging Markets Debt Blended Total Return Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2021-11-24

The net expense ratio is 1.20%: a 0.75% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.73% other expenses, less a 0.53% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 4.00% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $688 in broker commissions, 0.0008% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 52%.

C000157605 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000157605. Prospectus, as of June 30, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.75%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.73%
Gross expense ratio1.73%
Fee waiver−0.53%
Net expense ratio1.20%
Sales charges
Max front load4.00%
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

C000157605 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000157605, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,229 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.10% 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$500$400$400
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.20%)$121$377$652
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$0
Lost growth on money paid in costs$20$82$176
Total costs$641$859$1,229
Value after costs$9,859$10,718$11,534
Impact on return, per year6.41%2.66%2.10%

C000157605 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0008%
  • Total broker commissions: $688
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $137.7M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 52%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000157605 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$688100.00%

C000157605 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$29.4M26.37%
BofA Securities, Inc.$18.4M16.54%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$16.5M14.79%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$8.6M7.69%
Barclays Capital Inc.$8.5M7.64%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$7.9M7.09%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$7.1M6.37%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$6.2M5.61%
Standard Chartered Securities (North America) LLC$5.0M4.50%
Jefferies LLC$3.8M3.41%

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.