C000203174 Fees and Costs — EQ/PIMCO Total Return ESG Portfolio, Class IB

Data updated: 2026-08-25

The net expense ratio is 0.78%: a 0.50% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.23% other expenses, less a 0.20% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $7K in broker commissions, 0.0027% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 383%.

C000203174 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000203174. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.50%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.23%
Gross expense ratio0.98%
Fee waiver−0.20%
Net expense ratio0.78%
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

C000203174 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000203174, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $492 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.82% 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 0.78%)$82$256$445
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$13$45
Total costs$82$270$492
Value after costs$10,418$11,307$12,271
Impact on return, per year0.82%0.82%0.82%

C000203174 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0027%
  • Total broker commissions: $7K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.3B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 383%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $605K
  • Net income from securities lending: $2K (0.001% of average net assets)

C000203174 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$7K99.86%
BGC Financial, L.P.$100.14%

C000203174 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1.5B67.72%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$520.0M23.42%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$56.0M2.52%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$27.5M1.24%
BofA Securities, Inc.$24.7M1.11%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$22.4M1.01%
State Street Global Markets, LLC$17.6M0.79%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$17.3M0.78%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$16.3M0.74%
ASL CAPITAL MARKETS INC.$14.8M0.67%

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.