EISEX Fees and Costs — Eaton Vance Special Equities Fund, Class I

Data updated: 2023-08-22

The net expense ratio is 0.95%: a 0.63% management fee plus 0.37% other expenses, less a 0.05% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $24K in broker commissions, 0.0413% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 40%.

EISEX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of EISEX. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.63%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.37%
Gross expense ratio1.00%
Fee waiver−0.05%
Net expense ratio0.95%
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

EISEX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in EISEX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $620 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.04% 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 0.95%)$100$311$540
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$14$23
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$16$57
Total costs$104$341$620
Value after costs$10,396$11,235$12,143
Impact on return, per year1.04%1.04%1.04%

EISEX Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0413%
  • Total broker commissions: $24K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $21.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 40%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

EISEX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Virtu Americas LLC$5K26.85%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$4K21.78%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2K11.77%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2K10.03%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$1K6.11%
UBS Securities LLC$1K5.78%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$1K5.27%
BofA Securities, Inc.$9344.66%
Jefferies LLC$8164.07%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$7363.67%

EISEX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Global Markets, LLC$21.8M100.00%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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