DFFIX Fees and Costs — Delaware Strategic Allocation Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2023-02-27

The net expense ratio is 0.85%: a 0.65% management fee plus 0.29% other expenses, less a 0.09% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $75K in broker commissions, 0.0302% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 70%.

DFFIX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of DFFIX. Prospectus, as of March 31, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.65%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.29%
Gross expense ratio0.94%
Fee waiver−0.09%
Net expense ratio0.85%
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

DFFIX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in DFFIX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $552 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.92% 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 0.85%)$89$279$484
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$10$17
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$14$51
Total costs$92$303$552
Value after costs$10,408$11,273$12,211
Impact on return, per year0.92%0.92%0.92%

DFFIX Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0302%
  • Total broker commissions: $75K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $383.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 70%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

DFFIX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.$29K41.44%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$13K19.01%
JP MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$6K9.08%
UBS Securities LLC$6K8.42%
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC$5K6.82%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$4K5.28%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$2K2.94%
ADVANTAGE SECURITIES LLC$2K2.81%
DAIWA CAPITAL MARKETS AMERICA INC.$2K2.17%
REDBURN (USA) LLC$1K2.03%

DFFIX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BNY MELLON CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC$152.9M43.13%
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.$48.3M13.64%
STATE STREET GLOBAL MARKETS, LLC$35.8M10.11%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$27.0M7.63%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$20.1M5.66%
JP MORGAN SECURITIES INC.$18.3M5.15%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$16.1M4.56%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$13.1M3.71%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$12.7M3.58%
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.$10.1M2.84%

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.