FANFX Fees and Costs — FS Market Neutral Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2020-05-29

The net expense ratio is 1.70%: a 1.20% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 1.62% other expenses, less a 1.37% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.75%.

FANFX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of FANFX. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.20%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses1.62%
Gross expense ratio3.07%
Fee waiver−1.37%
Net expense ratio1.70%
Sales charges
Max front load5.75%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

FANFX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in FANFX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,722 over 5 years, cutting the return by 3.00% 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$575$575$575
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.70%)$168$521$897
Lost growth on money paid in costs$29$117$250
Total costs$772$1,213$1,722
Value after costs$9,728$10,364$11,041
Impact on return, per year7.72%3.80%3.00%

FANFX Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $420.6M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): —
  • Securities lending: none during the year

FANFX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$390.6M92.87%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$28.9M6.87%
State Street Bank and Trust Company$1.1M0.27%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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