IMHAX Fees and Costs — Delaware Ivy California Municipal High Income Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2023-08-29

The net expense ratio is 0.80%: a 0.53% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.74% other expenses, less a 0.72% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 4.50% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. Portfolio turnover was 28%.

IMHAX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of IMHAX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.53%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.74%
Gross expense ratio1.52%
Fee waiver−0.72%
Net expense ratio0.80%
Sales charges
Max front load4.50%
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

IMHAX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in IMHAX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,054 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.79% 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$549$450$450
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.80%)$80$251$436
Lost growth on money paid in costs$22$83$168
Total costs$652$784$1,054
Value after costs$9,848$10,792$11,709
Impact on return, per year6.52%2.43%1.79%

IMHAX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $4.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 28%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

IMHAX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC$1.9M38.57%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$808K16.60%
JEFFERIES LLC$684K14.05%
STIFEL, NICHOLAUS & CO, INC$431K8.87%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$400K8.22%
TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC$300K6.17%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$280K5.76%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$51K1.05%
CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO.$35K0.72%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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