C000201588 Fees and Costs — Metropolitan West Corporate Bond Fund, Class M

Data updated: 2024-11-22

The net expense ratio is 0.75%: a 0.40% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 3.91% other expenses, less a 3.81% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $303 in broker commissions, 0.0052% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 136%.

C000201588 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000201588. Prospectus, as of July 31, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.40%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses3.91%
Gross expense ratio4.56%
Fee waiver−3.81%
Net expense ratio0.75%
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

C000201588 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000201588, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $475 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.79% 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 0.75%)$79$246$428
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$2$3
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$12$43
Total costs$79$260$475
Value after costs$10,421$11,316$12,288
Impact on return, per year0.79%0.79%0.79%

C000201588 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): 0.0052%
  • Total broker commissions: $303
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $23.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 136%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000201588 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$10935.97%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$5819.14%
R.J. O'Brien Securities, LLC$3912.87%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$3210.56%
Advantage Trading Ltd$258.25%
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.$258.25%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$103.30%
ABN AMRO SECURITIES (USA) LLC$51.65%

C000201588 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$8.0M38.62%
CITADEL SECURITIES LLC$2.8M13.65%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$2.4M11.49%
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.$1.8M8.68%
Bank of America Corporation$1.3M6.34%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1.1M5.42%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$994K4.79%
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES, INC.$902K4.35%
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC$869K4.19%
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.$514K2.48%

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.