FMFFX Fees and Costs — FS Managed Futures Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2022-05-27

The net expense ratio is 1.65%: a 1.15% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 12.88% other expenses, less a 12.63% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.75%. Portfolio turnover was 0%.

FMFFX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of FMFFX. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.15%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses12.88%
Gross expense ratio14.28%
Fee waiver−12.63%
Net expense ratio1.65%
Sales charges
Max front load5.75%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

FMFFX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in FMFFX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,694 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.95% 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$575$575$575
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.65%)$163$506$872
Lost growth on money paid in costs$29$116$247
Total costs$767$1,197$1,694
Value after costs$9,733$10,379$11,069
Impact on return, per year7.67%3.75%2.95%

FMFFX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $41.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 0%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

FMFFX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Barclays Capital Inc.$16.0M38.59%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$7.4M17.92%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$4.7M11.31%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$4.4M10.53%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$3.6M8.56%
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$2.8M6.76%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$1.2M2.90%
State Street Bank and Trust Company$787K1.90%
BofA Securities, Inc.$638K1.54%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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