C000201597 Fees and Costs — Barings Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2021-11-24

The net expense ratio is 1.15%: a 0.90% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 5.06% other expenses, less a 5.06% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 4.00% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $6K in broker commissions, 0.0480% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 37%.

C000201597 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000201597. Prospectus, as of June 30, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.90%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses5.06%
Gross expense ratio6.21%
Fee waiver−5.06%
Net expense ratio1.15%
Sales charges
Max front load4.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000201597 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000201597, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,227 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.10% 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
Sales charges$500$400$400
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.15%)$116$361$625
Trading costs (broker commissions)$5$15$26
Lost growth on money paid in costs$20$82$176
Total costs$640$858$1,227
Value after costs$9,860$10,719$11,536
Impact on return, per year6.40%2.66%2.10%

C000201597 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0480%
  • Total broker commissions: $6K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $46K
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 37%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000201597 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1K18.60%
CICC US Securities, Inc.$95116.84%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$84414.94%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$5349.45%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$5199.19%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$4808.51%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$4227.48%
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$3105.50%
UBS Securities LLC$2734.83%
Xp Investimentos Corretora de Cambio, Titulos e Valores Mobiliarios S/A$2634.66%

C000201597 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$46K100.00%

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.