GVSAX Fees and Costs — AllianzGI Retirement 2025 Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2020-08-24

The net expense ratio is 0.95% (1.20% before fee waivers). This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.50% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $2K in broker commissions, 0.0039% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 24%.

GVSAX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of GVSAX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.05%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.30%
Gross expense ratio1.20%
Fee waiver−0.25%
Net expense ratio0.95%
Sales charges
Max front load5.50%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

GVSAX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in GVSAX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,266 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.17% 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$648$550$550
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.95%)$94$294$511
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$27$101$204
Total costs$770$947$1,266
Value after costs$9,730$10,629$11,496
Impact on return, per year7.70%2.94%2.17%

GVSAX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0039%
  • Total broker commissions: $2K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $234.2M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 24%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

GVSAX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2K95.47%
Instinet, LLC$492.92%
Barclays Capital Inc.$271.61%

GVSAX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$223.8M95.55%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$3.2M1.37%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$1.7M0.72%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1.6M0.68%
Jane Street Execution Services, LLC$1.5M0.64%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.$1.2M0.51%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$1.1M0.47%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$145K0.06%

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.