C000173955 Fees and Costs — AZL Morgan Stanley Global Real Estate Fund, Class 1

Data updated: 2020-08-26

The net expense ratio is 0.89%: a 0.90% management fee plus 0.14% other expenses, less a 0.15% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $48K in broker commissions, 0.0444% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 24%.

C000173955 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000173955. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.90%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.14%
Gross expense ratio1.04%
Fee waiver−0.15%
Net expense ratio0.89%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000173955 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000173955, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $585 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.98% 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 0.89%)$93$292$506
Trading costs (broker commissions)$5$15$25
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$15$54
Total costs$98$321$585
Value after costs$10,402$11,255$12,178
Impact on return, per year0.98%0.98%0.98%

C000173955 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): 0.0444%
  • Total broker commissions: $48K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $26.4M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 24%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $2.8M
  • Net income from securities lending: $16K (0.015% of average net assets)

C000173955 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.$16K41.38%
JEFFERIES LLC$4K11.15%
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC$4K9.90%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$3K8.74%
UBS SECURITIES LLC$3K7.76%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$2K6.29%
MACQUARIE CAPITAL (USA) INC.$2K4.77%
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED$2K4.35%
ITG INC.$1K3.00%
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS$1K2.67%

C000173955 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BNY MELLON CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC$25.9M98.17%
MACQUARIE CAPITAL (USA) INC.$102K0.39%
UBS SECURITIES LLC$94K0.36%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$60K0.23%
Dain Bosworth$51K0.19%
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED$50K0.19%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$43K0.16%
DAIWA CAPITAL MARKETS AMERICA INC.$36K0.13%
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.$25K0.10%
MIZUHO SECURITIES USA LLC$22K0.08%

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.