C000201857 Fees and Costs — James Alpha Structured Credit Value Portfolio, Class S

Data updated: 2021-04-28

The net expense ratio is 1.13%: a 1.20% management fee plus 0.73% other expenses, less a 0.81% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $29K in broker commissions, 0.0271% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 111%.

C000201857 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000201857. Prospectus, as of March 31, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.20%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.73%
Gross expense ratio1.94%
Fee waiver−0.81%
Net expense ratio1.13%
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

C000201857 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000201857, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $722 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.21% 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 1.13%)$119$370$640
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$9$15
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$19$66
Total costs$121$397$722
Value after costs$10,379$11,179$12,041
Impact on return, per year1.21%1.21%1.21%

C000201857 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0271%
  • Total broker commissions: $29K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $706.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 111%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000201857 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
SEAPORT GROUP$29K100.00%

C000201857 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$195.6M33.66%
BAIRD, PATRICK & CO., INC.$144.9M24.94%
RAYMOND JAMES$83.4M14.35%
MESIROW FINANCIAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.$31.3M5.39%
SEAPORT GROUP$28.7M4.93%
ODEON CAPITAL GROUP LLC$23.3M4.01%
BREAN CAPITAL, LLC$20.7M3.56%
FIRST BALLANTYNE, LLC$20.1M3.46%
Citigroup$17.0M2.93%
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC$16.1M2.77%

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.