C000158033 Fees and Costs — AST Goldman Sachs Global Income Portfolio

Data updated: 2020-11-24

The net expense ratio is 0.94%: a 0.63% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.06% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $103K in broker commissions, 0.0146% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 472%.

C000158033 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000158033. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.63%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.06%
Gross expense ratio0.94%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.94%
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

C000158033 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000158033, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $598 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.00% 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 0.94%)$99$308$535
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$5$8
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$15$55
Total costs$100$328$598
Value after costs$10,400$11,248$12,165
Impact on return, per year1.00%1.00%1.00%

C000158033 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0146%
  • Total broker commissions: $103K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $17.9B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 472%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $8.9M
  • Net income from securities lending: $25K (0.003% of average net assets)

C000158033 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC$43K42.00%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$39K37.57%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$19K17.95%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$1K1.11%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$1K1.00%
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.$3830.37%

C000158033 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC$10.9B63.09%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$1.6B9.03%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1.5B8.67%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$1.1B6.55%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$978.5M5.66%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$673.0M3.90%
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES, INC.$171.7M0.99%
HSBC SECURITIES (USA), INC.$156.6M0.91%
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC$115.6M0.67%
BNY MELLON CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC$90.3M0.52%

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.