GLSRX Fees and Costs — abrdn Focused U.S. Small Cap Equity Fund, Class R

Data updated: 2025-04-01

The net expense ratio is 1.53%: a 0.75% management fee, a 0.50% 12b-1 fee plus 1.37% other expenses, less a 1.09% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $8K in broker commissions, 0.0630% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 17%.

GLSRX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of GLSRX. Prospectus, as of February 29, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.75%
12b-1 fee0.50%
Other expenses1.37%
Gross expense ratio2.62%
Fee waiver−1.09%
Net expense ratio1.53%
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 recoupmentYes

GLSRX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in GLSRX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $985 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.67% 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 1.53%)$161$498$859
Trading costs (broker commissions)$7$21$35
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$26$91
Total costs$167$544$985
Value after costs$10,333$11,032$11,778
Impact on return, per year1.67%1.67%1.67%

GLSRX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0630%
  • Total broker commissions: $8K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $11.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 17%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

GLSRX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$4K56.91%
UBS Securities LLC$5207.52%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$5147.43%
SG Americas Securities, LLC$3414.93%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$3374.87%
Cowen and Company, LLC$2854.12%
Jefferies LLC$2653.83%
Barclays Capital Inc.$2523.65%
BNY Capital Markets, LLC$2383.44%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2283.29%

GLSRX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$11.3M100.00%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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