IDAEX Fees and Costs — Delaware Sustainable Equity Income Fund, Class E

Data updated: 2024-05-28

The net expense ratio is 0.58%: a 0.35% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.37% other expenses, less a 0.39% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 2.50% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $121K in broker commissions, 0.1368% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 160%.

IDAEX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of IDAEX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.35%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.37%
Gross expense ratio0.97%
Fee waiver−0.39%
Net expense ratio0.58%
Sales charges
Max front load2.50%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

IDAEX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in IDAEX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $759 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.28% 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$352$250$250
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.58%)$59$186$323
Trading costs (broker commissions)$14$44$76
Lost growth on money paid in costs$12$51$109
Total costs$438$530$759
Value after costs$10,062$11,046$12,004
Impact on return, per year4.38%1.63%1.28%

IDAEX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1368%
  • Total broker commissions: $121K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 160%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $1.3M
  • Net income from securities lending: $1K (0.002% of average net assets)

IDAEX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$13K12.51%
DASH FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC$12K10.87%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$11K10.70%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$11K10.18%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$11K9.97%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$10K9.80%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$10K9.79%
UBS Securities LLC$10K9.36%
EVERCORE GROUP L.L.C.$9K8.56%
BTIG, LLC$9K8.27%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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