CONOX Fees and Costs — Lazard US Convertibles Portfolio, Open Shares

Data updated: 2026-08-21

The net expense ratio is 1.00%: a 0.60% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 3.62% other expenses, less a 3.47% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $125 in broker commissions, 0.0008% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 51%.

CONOX Fees and Expenses

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

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.60%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses3.62%
Gross expense ratio4.47%
Fee waiver−3.47%
Net expense ratio1.00%
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

CONOX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in CONOX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $626 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.05% 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 1.00%)$105$328$568
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$0
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$16$57
Total costs$105$344$626
Value after costs$10,395$11,232$12,137
Impact on return, per year1.05%1.05%1.05%

CONOX 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): 0.0008%
  • Total broker commissions: $125
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $106.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 51%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

CONOX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$125100.00%

CONOX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$89.3M84.79%
BofA Securities, Inc.$3.5M3.33%
UBS Securities LLC$2.8M2.68%
Jefferies LLC$2.8M2.66%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$2.2M2.10%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1.4M1.34%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$1.1M1.08%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$775K0.74%
Barclays Capital Inc.$733K0.70%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$613K0.58%

Lazard US Convertibles Portfolio Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
CONRXR6 Shares0.70%—
CONIXInstitutional Shares0.75%—
CONOXOpen Shares1.00%—

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.