FSDDX Fees and Costs — FS Event Driven Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2020-11-27

The net expense ratio is 1.70%: a 1.20% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 8.07% other expenses, less a 7.82% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.75%. Portfolio turnover was 0%.

FSDDX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of FSDDX. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.20%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses8.07%
Gross expense ratio9.52%
Fee waiver−7.82%
Net expense ratio1.70%
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

FSDDX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in FSDDX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,722 over 5 years, cutting the return by 3.00% 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 1.70%)$168$521$897
Lost growth on money paid in costs$29$117$250
Total costs$772$1,213$1,722
Value after costs$9,728$10,364$11,041
Impact on return, per year7.72%3.80%3.00%

FSDDX Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $212.2M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 0%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

FSDDX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$191.3M90.14%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$20.3M9.56%
State Street Bank and Trust Company$631K0.30%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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