DLPCX Fees and Costs — Delaware Global Real Estate Opportunities Fund, Class C

Data updated: 2020-09-25

The net expense ratio is 2.15%: a 0.99% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 0.81% other expenses, less a 0.65% fee waiver. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $95K in broker commissions, 0.2733% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 133%.

DLPCX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of DLPCX. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.99%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses0.81%
Gross expense ratio2.80%
Fee waiver−0.65%
Net expense ratio2.15%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

DLPCX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in DLPCX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,473 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.54% 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
Sales charges$102$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 2.15%)$226$694$1,186
Trading costs (broker commissions)$29$88$151
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$39$137
Total costs$357$821$1,473
Value after costs$10,143$10,755$11,290
Impact on return, per year3.57%2.54%2.54%

DLPCX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.2733%
  • Total broker commissions: $95K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.4M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 133%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

DLPCX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$11K18.05%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$11K17.88%
UBS Securities LLC$8K13.19%
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC$6K10.26%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$5K8.37%
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.$5K7.87%
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.$4K6.99%
JEFFERIES LLC$4K6.06%
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.$4K5.90%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$3K5.43%

DLPCX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$509K35.80%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$420K29.56%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$270K18.98%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$202K14.19%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$21K1.48%

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.