C000203186 Fees and Costs — EQ/Wellington Energy Portfolio, Class IB

Data updated: 2026-08-25

The net expense ratio is 1.19%: a 0.85% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.20% other expenses, less a 0.11% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $15K in broker commissions, 0.0114% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 41%.

C000203186 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000203186. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.20%
Gross expense ratio1.30%
Fee waiver−0.11%
Net expense ratio1.19%
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

C000203186 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000203186, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $748 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.26% 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 1.19%)$125$389$673
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$4$6
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$19$69
Total costs$126$412$748
Value after costs$10,374$11,164$12,014
Impact on return, per year1.26%1.26%1.26%

C000203186 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): 0.0114%
  • Total broker commissions: $15K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 41%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $2.0M
  • Net income from securities lending: $13K (0.010% of average net assets)

C000203186 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Barclays Capital, Inc.$3K26.19%
UBS Securities LLC$2K14.13%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2K13.53%
Jefferies LLC$1K11.04%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$1K8.96%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$9517.42%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$8126.33%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$5354.17%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$5334.16%
BofA Securities, Inc.$5224.07%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.