C000205572 Fees and Costs — Lazard International Equity Value Portfolio, Institutional Shares

Data updated: 2022-05-27

The net expense ratio is 0.95%: a 0.80% management fee plus 4.16% other expenses, less a 4.01% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $4K in broker commissions, 0.1335% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 70%.

C000205572 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000205572. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.80%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses4.16%
Gross expense ratio4.96%
Fee waiver−4.01%
Net expense ratio0.95%
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

C000205572 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000205572, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $677 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.14% 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 0.95%)$100$311$539
Trading costs (broker commissions)$14$44$76
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$18$62
Total costs$114$372$677
Value after costs$10,386$11,204$12,086
Impact on return, per year1.14%1.14%1.14%

C000205572 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1335%
  • Total broker commissions: $4K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 70%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000205572 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$69718.88%
UBS Securities LLC$64317.42%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$62616.95%
BofA Securities, Inc.$40510.98%
Barclays Capital Inc.$3449.33%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$3379.12%
Exane, Inc.$1895.11%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1744.72%
Liquidnet, Inc.$1714.63%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1062.86%

C000205572 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$1.8M100.00%

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.