FAUMX Fees and Costs — Frost Municipal Bond Fund, Investor Class

Data updated: 2024-10-11

The net expense ratio is 0.96%: a 0.25% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.46% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. Portfolio turnover was 17%.

FAUMX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of FAUMX. Prospectus, as of November 30, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.25%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.46%
Gross expense ratio0.96%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.96%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

FAUMX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in FAUMX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $601 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.01% 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 0.96%)$101$315$546
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$16$55
Total costs$101$330$601
Value after costs$10,399$11,246$12,162
Impact on return, per year1.01%1.01%1.01%

FAUMX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $3.7M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 17%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

FAUMX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
CHASE SECURITIES, INC.$4.9M26.76%
RBC DAIN RAUSCHER INC.$3.3M18.06%
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS$2.3M12.53%
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH$1.8M9.61%
JEFFERIES LLC$1.1M5.95%
MONTGOMERY/BANK OF AMERICA$1.1M5.89%
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.$1.0M5.70%
LIQUIDNET$1.0M5.58%
US BANCORP INVESTMENTS INC.$1.0M5.56%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.$797K4.35%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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