ILTIX Fees and Costs — Delaware Ivy Limited-Term Bond Fund, Class I

Data updated: 2023-08-29

The net expense ratio is 0.52%: a 0.48% management fee plus 0.16% other expenses, less a 0.12% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $27K in broker commissions, 0.0037% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 120%.

ILTIX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of ILTIX. Prospectus, as of March 31, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.48%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.16%
Gross expense ratio0.64%
Fee waiver−0.12%
Net expense ratio0.52%
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 recoupmentNo

ILTIX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in ILTIX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $331 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.55% 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 0.52%)$55$171$298
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$9$30
Total costs$55$181$331
Value after costs$10,445$11,395$12,432
Impact on return, per year0.55%0.55%0.55%

ILTIX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0037%
  • Total broker commissions: $27K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.9B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 120%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $18.6M
  • Net income from securities lending: $84K (0.012% of average net assets)

ILTIX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
ADVANTAGE SECURITIES LLC$16K61.55%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$10K38.45%

ILTIX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.$350.4M22.12%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$255.1M16.11%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$223.8M14.13%
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC$206.8M13.06%
TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC$123.7M7.81%
STATE STREET GLOBAL MARKETS, LLC$102.7M6.48%
HSBC SECURITIES (USA), INC.$97.7M6.17%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$96.5M6.09%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$68.0M4.29%
Amherst Pierpont$59.2M3.74%

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.