C000190334 Fees and Costs — Delaware Ivy Government Securities Fund, Class Y

Data updated: 2024-05-28

The net expense ratio is 0.97%: a 0.50% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.25% other expenses, less a 0.03% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $3K in broker commissions, 0.0021% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 136%.

C000190334 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000190334. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.50%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.25%
Gross expense ratio1.00%
Fee waiver−0.03%
Net expense ratio0.97%
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

C000190334 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000190334, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $608 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.02% 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 0.97%)$102$318$551
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$1
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$16$56
Total costs$102$334$608
Value after costs$10,398$11,242$12,154
Impact on return, per year1.02%1.02%1.02%

C000190334 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0021%
  • Total broker commissions: $3K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $462.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 136%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $1.9M
  • Net income from securities lending: $5K (0.003% of average net assets)

C000190334 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
ADVANTAGE SECURITIES LLC$3K77.56%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$76422.44%

C000190334 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$68.7M17.26%
STATE STREET GLOBAL MARKETS, LLC$55.4M13.90%
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC$47.0M11.80%
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.$46.3M11.62%
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.$45.4M11.41%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$41.7M10.48%
TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC$32.7M8.22%
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC$21.8M5.47%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$20.9M5.26%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$18.2M4.58%

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.