C000195599 Fees and Costs — Empower Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Class L

Data updated: 2026-08-20

The net expense ratio is 1.47%: a 0.93% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.52% other expenses, less a 0.23% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $2.0M in broker commissions, 0.1336% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 65%.

C000195599 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000195599. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.93%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.52%
Gross expense ratio1.70%
Fee waiver−0.23%
Net expense ratio1.47%
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 recoupmentYes

C000195599 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000195599, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $991 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.68% 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 1.47%)$154$479$825
Trading costs (broker commissions)$14$43$75
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$26$91
Total costs$168$548$991
Value after costs$10,332$11,028$11,772
Impact on return, per year1.68%1.68%1.68%

C000195599 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1336%
  • Total broker commissions: $2.0M
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.9B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 65%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $15.0M
  • Net income from securities lending: $333K (0.022% of average net assets)

C000195599 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$289K17.79%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$258K15.87%
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INC$236K14.50%
UBS SECURITIES LLC$197K12.10%
CITIC SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL USA, LLC$139K8.56%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$131K8.08%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC$131K8.07%
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC$90K5.53%
JEFFERIES LLC$77K4.76%
MACQUARIE CAPITAL (USA) INC$77K4.73%

C000195599 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$284.5M18.57%
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INC$262.0M17.11%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$200.6M13.09%
UBS SECURITIES LLC$164.8M10.76%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC$150.0M9.79%
CITIC SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL USA, LLC$135.4M8.84%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$133.0M8.68%
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC$93.6M6.11%
MACQUARIE CAPITAL (USA) INC$57.5M3.75%
JEFFERIES LLC$50.4M3.29%

Empower Emerging Markets Equity Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
MXENXInstitutional Class0.91%—
MXEOXInvestor Class1.26%—
C000195599Class L1.47%—

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.