C000164578 Fees and Costs — International Portfolio, AB International Class Z

Data updated: 2020-12-10

The net expense ratio is 0.83%: a 0.75% management fee plus 0.08% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $507K in broker commissions, 0.0398% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 47%.

C000164578 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000164578. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.75%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.08%
Gross expense ratio0.83%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.83%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000164578 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000164578, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $545 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.91% 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 0.83%)$87$272$473
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$13$23
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$14$50
Total costs$91$299$545
Value after costs$10,409$11,277$12,217
Impact on return, per year0.91%0.91%0.91%

C000164578 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0398%
  • Total broker commissions: $507K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $537.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 47%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000164578 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$110K23.39%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$86K18.37%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$68K14.46%
Bofa Securities, Inc.$66K14.11%
Virtu Itg LLC$39K8.38%
UBS Securities LLC$30K6.37%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$29K6.22%
Liquidnet, Inc.$18K3.86%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$14K2.99%
Pershing LLC$9K1.85%

C000164578 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$528.6M98.44%
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$3.4M0.63%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$2.3M0.43%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$1.7M0.32%
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB$608K0.11%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$377K0.07%

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.