EGALX Fees and Costs — Aberdeen International Real Estate Equity Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2022-09-28

The net expense ratio is 1.62%: a 1.00% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 1.20% other expenses, less a 0.83% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.75% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $14K in broker commissions, 0.0643% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 64%.

EGALX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of EGALX. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.00%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses1.20%
Gross expense ratio2.45%
Fee waiver−0.83%
Net expense ratio1.62%
Sales charges
Max front load5.75%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

EGALX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in EGALX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,713 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.98% 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
Sales charges$672$575$575
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.62%)$160$497$855
Trading costs (broker commissions)$6$20$34
Lost growth on money paid in costs$29$116$249
Total costs$868$1,208$1,713
Value after costs$9,632$10,369$11,049
Impact on return, per year8.68%3.79%2.98%

EGALX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0643%
  • Total broker commissions: $14K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $12.6M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 64%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

EGALX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
UBS Securities LLC$3K21.46%
BofA Securities, Inc.$2K20.97%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1K11.22%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$1K8.89%
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$9608.10%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$8727.36%
Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.$8497.16%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$6895.82%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$6025.08%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$4663.93%

EGALX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$11.9M94.27%
Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.$241K1.92%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$160K1.28%
SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.$119K0.95%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$109K0.86%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$91K0.72%

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.