C000229484 Fees and Costs — Westwood Total Return Fund, Class C

Data updated: 2024-06-26

The net expense ratio is 1.40%: a 0.35% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 0.15% other expenses, less a 0.10% fee waiver. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $28K in broker commissions, 0.0224% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 53%.

C000229484 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000229484. Prospectus, as of February 29, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.35%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses0.15%
Gross expense ratio1.50%
Fee waiver−0.10%
Net expense ratio1.40%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000229484 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000229484, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $882 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.49% 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$104$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.40%)$147$457$788
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$7$13
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$23$81
Total costs$253$487$882
Value after costs$10,247$11,089$11,881
Impact on return, per year2.53%1.49%1.49%

C000229484 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0224%
  • Total broker commissions: $28K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $54.2M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 53%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000229484 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Northern Trust Securities, Inc.$28K100.00%

C000229484 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC$20.4M40.34%
BOFA Securities, Inc.$7.5M14.81%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$5.9M11.75%
Wells Fargo Securities Co., LLC$5.2M10.37%
CitiGroup Global Markets, Inc.$3.7M7.35%
Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC$2.3M4.50%
Goldman, Sachs & Co.$1.6M3.23%
Marketaxess Corporation$1.6M3.14%
RBC Capital Markets LLC$1.4M2.73%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$906K1.80%

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.