C000205560 Fees and Costs — Nuveen Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2022-06-29

The net expense ratio is 1.21%: a 0.86% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 1.36% other expenses, less a 1.27% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.75%. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $18K in broker commissions, 0.1227% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 81%.

C000205560 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000205560. Prospectus, as of November 30, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.86%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses1.36%
Gross expense ratio2.48%
Fee waiver−1.27%
Net expense ratio1.21%
Sales charges
Max front load5.75%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000205560 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000205560, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,514 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.62% 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$575$575$575
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.21%)$120$372$643
Trading costs (broker commissions)$12$38$65
Lost growth on money paid in costs$29$111$231
Total costs$736$1,096$1,514
Value after costs$9,764$10,480$11,248
Impact on return, per year7.36%3.42%2.62%

C000205560 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1227%
  • Total broker commissions: $18K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.2M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 81%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $190K
  • Net income from securities lending: $5K (0.033% of average net assets)

C000205560 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
CLSA AMERICAS, LLC$4K25.58%
Citigroup$3K21.33%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$3K15.73%
Bank of America, National Association$2K11.46%
JPMorgan Securities LLC$8575.39%
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$6944.36%
Virtu Americas LLC$6834.29%
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.$6614.15%
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated$6193.89%
Morgan Stanley$6063.81%

C000205560 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
JPMorgan Securities LLC$543K24.80%
Cowen and Company$509K23.28%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$293K13.37%
Jefferies LLC$269K12.31%
Mizuho Securities USA, INC$229K10.45%
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$145K6.62%
Morgan Stanley$120K5.51%
Instinet LLC$80K3.65%

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.