ESVIX Fees and Costs — Eaton Vance Global Small-Cap Equity Fund, Class I

Data updated: 2023-09-29

The net expense ratio is 1.10%: a 0.90% management fee plus 0.68% other expenses, less a 0.48% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $14K in broker commissions, 0.0424% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 45%.

ESVIX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of ESVIX. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.90%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.68%
Gross expense ratio1.58%
Fee waiver−0.48%
Net expense ratio1.10%
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 yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

ESVIX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in ESVIX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $713 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.20% 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 1.10%)$116$360$623
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$14$24
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$19$65
Total costs$120$392$713
Value after costs$10,380$11,184$12,050
Impact on return, per year1.20%1.20%1.20%

ESVIX Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0424%
  • Total broker commissions: $14K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $5.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 45%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

ESVIX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Instinet, LLC$2K19.14%
UBS Securities LLC$2K14.53%
SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.$1K13.07%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$1K11.96%
Virtu Americas LLC$9148.82%
BofA Securities, Inc.$7757.48%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$7216.95%
Berenberg Capital Markets LLC$6806.55%
Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.$6215.99%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$5715.50%

ESVIX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Global Markets, LLC$5.9M100.00%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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