C000205396 Fees and Costs — AB Short Duration Income Portfolio, Class A

Data updated: 2024-06-25

The net expense ratio is 1.00%: a 0.35% management fee, a 0.20% 12b-1 fee plus 0.98% other expenses, less a 0.53% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 2.25%. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $4K in broker commissions, 0.0043% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 185%.

C000205396 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000205396. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.35%
12b-1 fee0.20%
Other expenses0.98%
Gross expense ratio1.53%
Fee waiver−0.53%
Net expense ratio1.00%
Sales charges
Max front load2.25%
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

C000205396 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000205396, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $901 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.53% 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$225$225$225
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.00%)$103$320$555
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$11$51$118
Total costs$339$598$901
Value after costs$10,161$10,978$11,862
Impact on return, per year3.39%1.84%1.53%

C000205396 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0043%
  • Total broker commissions: $4K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $931.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 185%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000205396 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$4K98.75%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$250.68%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$120.31%
BofA Securities, Inc.$90.25%
Liquidnet, Inc.$00.01%

C000205396 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$433.4M50.85%
State Street Bank and Trust Company$159.8M18.75%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$63.1M7.40%
BofA Securities, Inc.$54.2M6.36%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$41.3M4.85%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$36.9M4.32%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$21.5M2.52%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$20.5M2.41%
Citadel Securities LLC$12.1M1.42%
Jane Street Execution Services, LLC$9.5M1.12%

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.