FLDLX Fees and Costs — Delaware Limited Duration Bond Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2021-08-30

The net expense ratio is 0.49%: a 0.50% management fee plus 0.32% other expenses, less a 0.33% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. Portfolio turnover was 162%.

FLDLX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of FLDLX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.50%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.32%
Gross expense ratio0.82%
Fee waiver−0.33%
Net expense ratio0.49%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

FLDLX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in FLDLX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $310 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.51% 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 0.49%)$51$161$281
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$8$28
Total costs$51$169$310
Value after costs$10,449$11,407$12,453
Impact on return, per year0.51%0.51%0.51%

FLDLX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $827.7M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 162%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

FLDLX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Bank of America Corporation$107.4M20.72%
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.$72.4M13.97%
HSBC SECURITIES INC$58.7M11.33%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$52.1M10.06%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$51.5M9.93%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$45.6M8.80%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$37.0M7.14%
SEAPORT SECURITIES CORP.$35.5M6.85%
State Street Bank & Trust Co.$30.5M5.89%
The Toronto-Dominion Bank$27.5M5.31%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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