C000203190 Fees and Costs — EQ/Science and Technology Portfolio, Class IB

Data updated: 2020-08-25

The net expense ratio is 1.15%: a 0.85% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.17% other expenses, less a 0.12% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $97K in broker commissions, 0.0623% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 117%.

C000203190 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000203190. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.17%
Gross expense ratio1.27%
Fee waiver−0.12%
Net expense ratio1.15%
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 recoupmentNo

C000203190 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000203190, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $755 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.27% 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 1.15%)$121$376$650
Trading costs (broker commissions)$7$20$35
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$20$69
Total costs$127$416$755
Value after costs$10,373$11,160$12,008
Impact on return, per year1.27%1.27%1.27%

C000203190 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0623%
  • Total broker commissions: $97K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $114.1M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 117%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $4.3M
  • Net income from securities lending: $111K (0.071% of average net assets)

C000203190 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$24K29.86%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$12K15.66%
Jefferies LLC$9K11.75%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$9K11.40%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$8K9.98%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$5K5.94%
UBS Securities LLC$4K5.08%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$3K4.26%
Virtu ITG LLC$3K3.43%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$2K2.63%

C000203190 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$91.6M80.26%
UBS Securities LLC$13.2M11.59%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$8.6M7.51%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$507K0.44%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$124K0.11%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$103K0.09%

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.