C000180084 Fees and Costs — AB FlexFee International Strategic Core Portfolio, Advisor Class

Data updated: 2020-11-25

The net expense ratio is 0.15%: a 0.05% management fee plus 7.04% other expenses, less a 6.94% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $3K in broker commissions, 0.0622% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 41%.

C000180084 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000180084. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.05%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses7.04%
Gross expense ratio7.09%
Fee waiver−6.94%
Net expense ratio0.15%
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

C000180084 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000180084, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $135 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.22% 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 0.15%)$16$50$87
Trading costs (broker commissions)$7$21$36
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$3$12
Total costs$22$74$135
Value after costs$10,478$11,503$12,628
Impact on return, per year0.22%0.22%0.22%

C000180084 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): 0.0622%
  • Total broker commissions: $3K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $6.2M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 41%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $8K
  • Net income from securities lending: $307 (0.006% of average net assets)

C000180084 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$1K33.96%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$65621.23%
BofA Securities, Inc.$40613.15%
Virtu Itg LLC$39812.87%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$2397.74%
Liquidnet, Inc.$1294.18%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$682.19%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$551.79%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$461.48%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$441.42%

C000180084 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.$6.2M100.00%

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.