HJPSX Fees and Costs — Hennessy Japan Small Cap Fund, Investor Class

Data updated: 2026-09-28

The net expense ratio is 1.50%: a 0.80% management fee, a 0.15% 12b-1 fee plus 0.55% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $77K in broker commissions, 0.0635% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 45%.

HJPSX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of HJPSX. Prospectus, as of March 2, 2026.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.80%
12b-1 fee0.15%
Other expenses0.55%
Gross expense ratio1.50%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.50%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

HJPSX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in HJPSX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $967 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.64% 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 1.50%)$158$489$842
Trading costs (broker commissions)$7$21$36
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$25$89
Total costs$164$535$967
Value after costs$10,336$11,042$11,796
Impact on return, per year1.64%1.64%1.64%

HJPSX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0635%
  • Total broker commissions: $77K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $26K
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 45%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

HJPSX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.$27K35.63%
Daiwa Capital Markets Inc.$24K31.36%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$8K11.08%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$7K9.41%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$3K4.43%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$2K2.79%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$2K2.10%
CLSA Americas, LLC$8911.17%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$8521.12%
SBI Securities (Hong Kong) Limited$7110.93%

HJPSX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.$26K100.00%

Hennessy Japan Small Cap Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
HJSIXInstitutional Class1.11%—
HJPSXInvestor Class1.50%—

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.