FSIFX Fees and Costs — Delaware Strategic Income II Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2021-08-30

The net expense ratio is 1.14%: a 0.55% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.34% other expenses. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 4.50%. Portfolio turnover was 244%.

FSIFX Fees and Expenses

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

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.55%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.34%
Gross expense ratio1.14%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.14%
Sales charges
Max front load4.50%
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

FSIFX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in FSIFX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,253 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.15% 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$450$450$450
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.14%)$114$356$617
Lost growth on money paid in costs$23$89$187
Total costs$587$895$1,253
Value after costs$9,913$10,682$11,509
Impact on return, per year5.87%2.78%2.15%

FSIFX 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): $453.6M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 244%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

FSIFX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
GREENWICH PARTNERS LLC$49.4M15.17%
Bank of America Corporation$48.8M15.00%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$48.0M14.73%
Amherst Pierpont Securities LLC$34.3M10.54%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$30.5M9.38%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$30.4M9.34%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$30.3M9.32%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$26.5M8.14%
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.$13.9M4.27%
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES, INC.$13.4M4.11%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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