FDSTX Fees and Costs — AIG Focused Dividend Strategy Fund, Class C

Data updated: 2021-06-29

The net expense ratio is 1.74%: a 0.47% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 0.27% other expenses. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $4.3M in broker commissions, 0.0651% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 68%.

FDSTX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of FDSTX. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.47%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses0.27%
Gross expense ratio1.74%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.74%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

FDSTX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in FDSTX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,111 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.90% 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$103$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.74%)$183$565$972
Trading costs (broker commissions)$7$21$36
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$29$103
Total costs$293$616$1,111
Value after costs$10,207$10,961$11,652
Impact on return, per year2.93%1.90%1.90%

FDSTX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0651%
  • Total broker commissions: $4.3M
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $9.2B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 68%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

FDSTX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$3.1M71.42%
National Financial Services LLC$615K14.39%
BofA Securities, Inc.$138K3.23%
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated$121K2.83%
Virtu Itg LLC$105K2.47%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$87K2.04%
UBS Securities LLC$64K1.50%
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.$54K1.26%
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services LLC$20K0.47%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$17K0.39%

FDSTX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$9.2B100.00%

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.