FIPRX Fees and Costs — Federated Hermes Inflation Protected Securities Fund, Class R6

Data updated: 2026-08-25

The net expense ratio is 0.31%: a 0.30% management fee plus 0.39% other expenses, less a 0.38% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $17K in broker commissions, 0.0152% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 51%.

FIPRX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of FIPRX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.30%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.39%
Gross expense ratio0.69%
Fee waiver−0.38%
Net expense ratio0.31%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

FIPRX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in FIPRX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $206 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.34% 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 0.31%)$33$102$179
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$5$9
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$5$19
Total costs$34$113$206
Value after costs$10,466$11,464$12,557
Impact on return, per year0.34%0.34%0.34%

FIPRX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0152%
  • Total broker commissions: $17K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $375.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 51%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

FIPRX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$17K100.00%

FIPRX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$107.0M30.11%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$53.7M15.12%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$42.5M11.97%
Citadel Securities LLC$38.2M10.75%
Federated Securities Corp.$33.9M9.55%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$24.5M6.89%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$19.4M5.47%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$13.5M3.81%
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC$11.5M3.24%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$11.0M3.09%

Federated Hermes Inflation Protected Securities Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
FIPRXClass R60.31%none
RRFIXInstitutional Shares0.35%none
RRFAXClass A0.60%4.50%
RRFCXClass C1.38%none

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.