GLCAX Fees and Costs — Counterpoint Global Portfolio, Class A

Data updated: 2024-08-23

The net expense ratio is 1.40%: a 0.80% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 5.44% other expenses, less a 5.09% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.25%. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $4K in broker commissions, 0.0458% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 55%.

GLCAX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of GLCAX. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.80%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses5.44%
Gross expense ratio6.49%
Fee waiver−5.09%
Net expense ratio1.40%
Sales charges
Max front load5.25%
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

GLCAX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in GLCAX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,519 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.63% 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$525$525$525
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.40%)$139$433$747
Trading costs (broker commissions)$5$14$24
Lost growth on money paid in costs$26$105$223
Total costs$695$1,077$1,519
Value after costs$9,805$10,500$11,243
Impact on return, per year6.95%3.36%2.63%

GLCAX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0458%
  • Total broker commissions: $4K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $4.6M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 55%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

GLCAX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Jefferies LLC$65722.73%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$40113.86%
BofA Securities, Inc.$38413.30%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$38413.29%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2428.36%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$1946.69%
Barclays Capital Inc.$1776.11%
Cowen and Company, LLC$1715.93%
UBS Securities LLC$1485.12%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1344.63%

GLCAX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$4.6M98.31%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$40K0.86%
UBS Securities LLC$24K0.52%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$12K0.26%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$8430.02%
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC$4430.01%
CLSA Americas, LLC$3310.01%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$2750.01%
Carnegie, Inc.$1730.00%
ABN AMRO Securities (USA) LLC$1270.00%

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.