FRCDX Fees and Costs — Delaware Covered Call Strategy Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2024-05-28

The net expense ratio is 1.06%: a 0.80% management fee plus 0.26% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $179K in broker commissions, 0.1794% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 10%.

FRCDX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of FRCDX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.80%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.26%
Gross expense ratio1.06%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.06%
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

FRCDX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in FRCDX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $772 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.30% 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 1.06%)$111$346$599
Trading costs (broker commissions)$19$59$101
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$20$71
Total costs$130$425$772
Value after costs$10,370$11,151$11,991
Impact on return, per year1.30%1.30%1.30%

FRCDX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1794%
  • Total broker commissions: $179K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $63K
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 10%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

FRCDX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$52K29.30%
STONEX FINANCIAL INC.$39K21.74%
SUSQUEHANNA FINANCIAL GROUP, LLLP$34K19.03%
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.$18K10.02%
DASH FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC$14K7.92%
EXANE, INC.$11K6.37%
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.$8K4.71%
SUSQUEHANNA INVESTMENT GROUP$2K0.90%

FRCDX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Dash Financial Technologies LLC$63K100.00%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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