C000177448 Fees and Costs — FS Multi-Strategy Alternatives Fund, Class I

Data updated: 2022-05-27

The net expense ratio is 2.16%: a 1.25% management fee plus 1.92% other expenses, less a 1.01% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $83K in broker commissions, 0.0622% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 244%.

C000177448 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000177448. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.25%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses1.92%
Gross expense ratio3.17%
Fee waiver−1.01%
Net expense ratio2.16%
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 recoupmentYes

C000177448 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000177448, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,356 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.33% 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 2.16%)$227$699$1,196
Trading costs (broker commissions)$7$20$34
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$36$126
Total costs$233$755$1,356
Value after costs$10,267$10,822$11,406
Impact on return, per year2.33%2.33%2.33%

C000177448 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0622%
  • Total broker commissions: $83K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $6.6B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 244%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000177448 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$42K54.68%
BofA Securities, Inc.$7K9.19%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$7K8.89%
National Financial Services LLC$6K8.39%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$4K5.62%
Pershing LLC$4K5.40%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$2K2.24%
Jefferies LLC$2K1.99%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$1K1.84%
UBS Securities LLC$1K1.75%

C000177448 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1.5B24.35%
Barclays Capital Inc.$1.2B20.14%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$699.8M11.32%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$651.0M10.53%
BofA Securities, Inc.$473.0M7.65%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$415.5M6.72%
State Street Bank and Trust Company$345.6M5.59%
SG Americas Securities, LLC$307.3M4.97%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$305.4M4.94%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$233.3M3.77%

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.