C000201583 Fees and Costs — Metropolitan West Flexible Income Fund, Class I

Data updated: 2024-06-11

The net expense ratio is 0.56%: a 0.45% management fee plus 0.29% other expenses, less a 0.19% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $27K in broker commissions, 0.0081% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 248%.

C000201583 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000201583. Prospectus, as of July 31, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.45%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.29%
Gross expense ratio0.75%
Fee waiver−0.19%
Net expense ratio0.56%
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

C000201583 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000201583, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $358 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.60% 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 0.56%)$59$184$321
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$3$5
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$9$33
Total costs$60$196$358
Value after costs$10,440$11,380$12,404
Impact on return, per year0.60%0.60%0.60%

C000201583 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0081%
  • Total broker commissions: $27K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.9B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 248%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000201583 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$11K41.75%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$7K25.61%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$5K19.54%
R.J. O'Brien Securities, LLC$2K5.80%
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.$1K4.36%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$3851.42%
Advantage Trading Ltd$3221.18%
ABN AMRO SECURITIES (USA) LLC$950.35%

C000201583 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$723.6M26.60%
Bank of America Corporation$459.0M16.88%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$357.8M13.16%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$355.2M13.06%
MIZUHO SECURITIES (USA) INC.$265.0M9.74%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$192.1M7.06%
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC$128.4M4.72%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$125.0M4.60%
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.$66.6M2.45%
UBS Group AG$47.3M1.74%

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.