C000166290 Fees and Costs — Federated Hermes Equity Advantage Fund f/k/a Federated Equity Advantage Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2020-12-08

The net expense ratio is 1.23%: a 0.85% management fee plus 9.03% other expenses, less a 8.65% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.50%. Portfolio turnover was 51%.

C000166290 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000166290. Prospectus, as of November 30, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses9.03%
Gross expense ratio9.88%
Fee waiver−8.65%
Net expense ratio1.23%
Sales charges
Max front load5.50%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000166290 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000166290, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,426 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.46% 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$550$550$550
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.23%)$122$380$657
Lost growth on money paid in costs$27$106$218
Total costs$700$1,035$1,426
Value after costs$9,800$10,541$11,337
Impact on return, per year7.00%3.23%2.46%

C000166290 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): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 51%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000166290 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Instinet, LLC$1K87.41%
Liquidnet, Inc.$1198.67%
Barclays Capital Inc.$181.32%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$151.07%
ISI Financial Group Inc$100.76%
Cowen and Company, LLC$80.57%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$30.19%

C000166290 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$972K100.00%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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