FIKSX Fees and Costs — Frost Mid Cap Equity Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2020-03-30

The net expense ratio is 1.55%: a 0.50% management fee plus 1.81% other expenses, less a 0.76% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $13K in broker commissions, 0.1812% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 57%.

FIKSX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of FIKSX. Prospectus, as of November 30, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.50%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses1.81%
Gross expense ratio2.31%
Fee waiver−0.76%
Net expense ratio1.55%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

FIKSX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in FIKSX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,067 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.82% 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 1.55%)$163$504$867
Trading costs (broker commissions)$19$59$101
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$28$99
Total costs$182$591$1,067
Value after costs$10,318$10,985$11,696
Impact on return, per year1.82%1.82%1.82%

FIKSX Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1812%
  • Total broker commissions: $13K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 57%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

FIKSX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
BMO NESBITT BURNS CORP.$4K26.76%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INC.$3K25.01%
RBC DAIN RAUSCHER INC.$2K18.41%
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC$2K14.63%
BLAIR, WILLIAM, & COMPANY, LLC$9296.90%
SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN & CO., INC.$5724.25%
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES INC.$5414.02%
SUNTRUST CAPITAL MARKETS INC.$40.03%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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