DHGBX Fees and Costs — Diamond Hill Global Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2021-11-29

The net expense ratio is 1.13%: a 0.65% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.23% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $31K in broker commissions, 0.1869% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 110%.

DHGBX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of DHGBX. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.65%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.23%
Gross expense ratio1.13%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.13%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

DHGBX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in DHGBX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $819 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.38% 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 1.13%)$119$369$638
Trading costs (broker commissions)$20$61$105
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$21$75
Total costs$138$451$819
Value after costs$10,362$11,125$11,944
Impact on return, per year1.38%1.38%1.38%

DHGBX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1869%
  • Total broker commissions: $31K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 110%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $663K
  • Net income from securities lending: $2K (0.012% of average net assets)

DHGBX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
MACQUARIE CAPITAL, INC.$25K81.35%
PIPER SANDLER AND CO.$3K8.90%
THEMIS TRADING$5641.82%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$5561.79%
SANFORD C BERNSTEIN & CO LLC$5241.69%
MORGAN STANLEY and CO., LLC$4301.39%
SIEBERT WILLIAMS SHANK & CO., LLC$3721.20%
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC$2550.82%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$1790.58%
COWEN and CO., LLC$1470.47%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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