HDMBX Fees and Costs — Hartford Small Company Hls Fund, Class IB
Data updated: 2026-08-28
The net expense ratio is 1.06%: a 0.76% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.05% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $201K in broker commissions, 0.0490% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 68%.
HDMBX Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of HDMBX. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.76% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.25% |
| Other expenses | 0.05% |
| Gross expense ratio | 1.06% |
| Fee waiver | — |
| Net expense ratio | 1.06% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | — |
| Max deferred load | — |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | No |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | No |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | No |
HDMBX Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in HDMBX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $692 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.16% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.06%) | $111 | $347 | $601 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $5 | $16 | $28 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $18 | $64 |
| Total costs | $116 | $381 | $692 |
| Value after costs | $10,384 | $11,195 | $12,071 |
| Impact on return, per year | 1.16% | 1.16% | 1.16% |
HDMBX Trading Costs
Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
- Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0490%
- Total broker commissions: $201K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $238.1M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 68%
- Securities on loan, average value: $2.6M
- Net income from securities lending: $15K (0.004% of average net assets)
HDMBX Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $25K | 18.98% |
| Jefferies LLC | $18K | 13.79% |
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $16K | 12.34% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $13K | 9.66% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $12K | 9.39% |
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | $10K | 7.85% |
| BMO Capital Markets Corp. | $10K | 7.38% |
| TD Securities (USA) LLC | $9K | 7.19% |
| Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. | $9K | 7.10% |
| Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated | $8K | 6.33% |
HDMBX Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| State Street Bank and Trust Company | $211.6M | 89.41% |
| Jefferies LLC | $6.1M | 2.58% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $5.8M | 2.43% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $3.6M | 1.53% |
| Raymond James & Associates, Inc. | $2.1M | 0.87% |
| B. Riley & Co., LLC | $1.9M | 0.80% |
| Truist Securities, Inc. | $1.7M | 0.70% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $1.4M | 0.60% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $1.4M | 0.59% |
| UBS Securities LLC | $1.2M | 0.49% |
Hartford Small Company Hls Fund Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIASX | Class IA | 0.81% | — |
| HDMBX | Class IB | 1.06% | — |
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.