CAIRX Fees and Costs — Columbia Acorn International, Institutional 2 Class

Data updated: 2026-08-28

The net expense ratio is 0.89%: a 0.86% management fee plus 0.12% other expenses, less a 0.09% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $347K in broker commissions, 0.0397% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 46%.

CAIRX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of CAIRX. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.86%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.12%
Gross expense ratio0.98%
Fee waiver−0.09%
Net expense ratio0.89%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

CAIRX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in CAIRX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $582 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.98% 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 0.89%)$93$292$506
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$13$23
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$15$53
Total costs$98$320$582
Value after costs$10,402$11,256$12,180
Impact on return, per year0.98%0.98%0.98%

CAIRX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0397%
  • Total broker commissions: $347K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 46%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $7.2M
  • Net income from securities lending: $59K (0.007% of average net assets)

CAIRX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$40K16.33%
Jefferies LLC$37K15.20%
Cong Ty Co Phan Chung Khoan Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh$33K13.21%
UBS Securities LLC$26K10.66%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$23K9.22%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$22K8.76%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$17K7.08%
Liquidnet, Inc.$17K6.92%
Barclays Capital Inc.$16K6.44%
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$15K6.19%

Columbia Acorn International Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
CCYIXInstitutional 3 Class0.84%none
CAIRXInstitutional 2 Class0.89%none
ACINXInstitutional Class0.97%none
CCIDXClass S0.97%none
LAIAXClass A1.22%5.75%

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.