C000230180 Fees and Costs — FlexShares ESG & Climate High Yield Corporate Core Index Fund

Data updated: 2023-06-26

The net expense ratio is 0.23%: a 0.23% management fee plus 0.01% other expenses, less a 0.01% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. Portfolio turnover was 119%.

C000230180 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000230180. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.23%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.01%
Gross expense ratio0.24%
Fee waiver−0.01%
Net expense ratio0.23%
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

C000230180 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000230180, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $146 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.24% 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 0.23%)$24$76$133
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$4$13
Total costs$24$80$146
Value after costs$10,476$11,497$12,617
Impact on return, per year0.24%0.24%0.24%

C000230180 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2022.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $78.1M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 119%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000230180 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Jane Street Execution Services, LLC$40.9M52.50%
Jane Street Capital, LLC$11.2M14.34%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$10.2M13.13%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$5.1M6.54%
Jefferies LLC$4.4M5.70%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$4.4M5.60%
Flow Traders U.S. Institutional Trading LLC$1.5M1.88%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$103K0.13%
BofA Securities, Inc.$72K0.09%
MarketAxess Corporation$66K0.08%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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