C000157614 Fees and Costs — Barings U.S. High Yield Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2021-11-24

The net expense ratio is 1.00%: a 0.55% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.84% other expenses, less a 0.64% 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%. Portfolio turnover was 75%.

C000157614 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000157614. Prospectus, as of June 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.55%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.84%
Gross expense ratio1.64%
Fee waiver−0.64%
Net expense ratio1.00%
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

C000157614 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000157614, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,111 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.90% 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 1.00%)$101$315$545
Lost growth on money paid in costs$20$79$166
Total costs$621$793$1,111
Value after costs$9,879$10,783$11,652
Impact on return, per year6.21%2.45%1.90%

C000157614 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): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $72.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 75%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000157614 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$12.9M22.09%
Barclays Capital Inc.$8.5M14.58%
BofA Securities, Inc.$7.2M12.30%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$7.2M12.27%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$6.3M10.84%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$4.3M7.29%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$3.5M6.02%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$3.4M5.78%
MarketAxess Corporation$2.9M5.06%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$2.2M3.78%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.