C000199351 Fees and Costs — First Investors Premium Income Fund, Advisor Class

Data updated: 2019-12-13

The net expense ratio is 1.06%: a 0.80% management fee plus 0.33% other expenses, less a 0.07% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $190K in broker commissions, 0.1684% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 77%.

C000199351 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000199351. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2018.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.80%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.33%
Gross expense ratio1.13%
Fee waiver−0.07%
Net expense ratio1.06%
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

C000199351 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000199351, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $765 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.29% 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 1.06%)$111$346$599
Trading costs (broker commissions)$18$55$95
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$20$70
Total costs$129$421$765
Value after costs$10,371$11,155$11,998
Impact on return, per year1.29%1.29%1.29%

C000199351 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1684%
  • Total broker commissions: $190K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $95.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 77%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000199351 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Susquehanna Financial Group, LLC$89K47.99%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$57K30.71%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$31K16.97%
Dash Financial Technologies, LLC$8K4.33%

C000199351 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Dash Financial Technologies, LLC$53.6M55.94%
Susquehanna Financial Group, LLC$28.3M29.55%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$10.5M10.98%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$3.4M3.52%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.