C000227650 Fees and Costs — Federated Hermes Core Bond Fund, Class R6

Data updated: 2025-11-24

The net expense ratio is 0.33%: a 0.35% management fee plus 2.08% other expenses, less a 2.10% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $687 in broker commissions, 0.0037% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 34%.

C000227650 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000227650. Prospectus, as of November 30, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.35%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses2.08%
Gross expense ratio2.43%
Fee waiver−2.10%
Net expense ratio0.33%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000227650 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000227650, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $212 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.35% 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 0.33%)$35$109$190
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$5$19
Total costs$35$116$212
Value after costs$10,465$11,461$12,551
Impact on return, per year0.35%0.35%0.35%

C000227650 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0037%
  • Total broker commissions: $687
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $81.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 34%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000227650 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$687100.00%

C000227650 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Federated Securities Corp.$53.8M67.46%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$8.0M10.02%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$5.2M6.52%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$3.9M4.90%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$2.2M2.78%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$2.2M2.76%
Citadel Securities LLC$1.5M1.92%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$1.4M1.74%
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC$901K1.13%
Barclays Capital Inc.$611K0.77%

Federated Hermes Core Bond Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000227650Class R60.33%none
FGFIXInstitutional Shares0.34%none
FGFSXClass A0.59%4.50%

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.