C000218779 Fees and Costs — Westwood Alternative Income Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2022-01-13

The net expense ratio is 1.09%: a 0.85% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.57% other expenses, less a 0.58% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 3.00% and a redemption fee of 1.00%. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $3K in broker commissions, 0.0024% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 137%.

C000218779 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000218779. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.57%
Gross expense ratio1.67%
Fee waiver−0.58%
Net expense ratio1.09%
Sales charges
Max front load3.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee1.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000218779 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000218779, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,044 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.78% 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$300$300$300
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.09%)$111$346$600
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$1
Lost growth on money paid in costs$15$64$144
Total costs$426$711$1,044
Value after costs$10,074$10,865$11,718
Impact on return, per year4.26%2.20%1.78%

C000218779 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0024%
  • Total broker commissions: $3K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $435.6M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 137%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000218779 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
JEFFERIES$3K97.70%
INTERACTIVE BROKERS LLC$742.30%

C000218779 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
JP MORGAN$70.3M20.30%
PERSHING LLC$61.3M17.68%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS$55.7M16.09%
WACHOVIA SECURITIES, INC.$37.9M10.93%
JEFFERIES LLC$37.4M10.81%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO, INC$30.7M8.87%
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH$19.7M5.69%
BNP PARIBAS$13.5M3.91%
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.$10.4M3.00%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC$9.5M2.74%

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.