C000221905 Fees and Costs — Delaware VIP International Series, Service Class

Data updated: 2024-05-28

The net expense ratio is 1.16%: a 0.85% management fee, a 0.30% 12b-1 fee plus 0.12% other expenses, less a 0.11% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $123K in broker commissions, 0.0690% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 29%.

C000221905 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000221905. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.30%
Other expenses0.12%
Gross expense ratio1.27%
Fee waiver−0.11%
Net expense ratio1.16%
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

C000221905 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000221905, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $765 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.29% 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 1.16%)$122$379$656
Trading costs (broker commissions)$7$23$39
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$20$70
Total costs$129$422$765
Value after costs$10,371$11,155$11,998
Impact on return, per year1.29%1.29%1.29%

C000221905 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0690%
  • Total broker commissions: $123K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 29%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000221905 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$82K73.61%
UBS Securities LLC$7K6.08%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$6K5.51%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$4K3.29%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$3K2.31%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2K2.25%
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC$2K2.24%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$2K1.88%
JEFFERIES LLC$2K1.59%
LIQUIDNET, INC.$1K1.24%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.