C000226084 Fees and Costs — Absolute Convertible Arbitrage Fund, Investor Shares

Data updated: 2023-08-28

The net expense ratio is 1.60% (1.84% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $234K in broker commissions, 0.0263% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 34%.

C000226084 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000226084. Prospectus, as of July 31, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.20%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.37%
Gross expense ratio1.84%
Fee waiver−0.24%
Net expense ratio1.60%
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 recoupmentYes

C000226084 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000226084, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,005 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.71% 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 1.60%)$168$521$897
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$9$15
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$26$93
Total costs$171$556$1,005
Value after costs$10,329$11,021$11,758
Impact on return, per year1.71%1.71%1.71%

C000226084 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0263%
  • Total broker commissions: $234K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $811.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 34%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000226084 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
JEFFERIES LLC$230K98.63%
ED&F MAN CAPITAL MARKETS INC.$2K1.06%
ISI GROUP, INC.$2100.09%
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC$1200.05%
OPPENHEIMER$1050.04%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$750.03%
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH INC$750.03%
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.$600.03%
WACHOVIA SECURITIES INC$450.02%
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED$300.01%

C000226084 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH INC$120.6M18.57%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$111.3M17.13%
JEFFERIES LLC$86.0M13.23%
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC$77.2M11.88%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$65.5M10.08%
WACHOVIA SECURITIES INC$57.4M8.84%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.$43.3M6.66%
OPPENHEIMER$33.2M5.10%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$30.9M4.75%
ISI GROUP, INC.$24.5M3.77%

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.