INCAX Fees and Costs — James Alpha Hedged High Income Portfolio, Class A

Data updated: 2021-04-28

The net expense ratio is 2.92% (3.37% before fee waivers). This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.75%. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $19K in broker commissions, 0.0611% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 277%.

INCAX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of INCAX. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.70%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses—
Gross expense ratio3.37%
Fee waiver−0.45%
Net expense ratio2.92%
Sales charges
Max front load5.75%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

INCAX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in INCAX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $2,423 over 5 years, cutting the return by 4.33% 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$575$575$575
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 2.92%)$289$883$1,500
Trading costs (broker commissions)$6$18$31
Lost growth on money paid in costs$29$136$317
Total costs$899$1,613$2,423
Value after costs$9,601$9,964$10,340
Impact on return, per year8.99%5.12%4.33%

INCAX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0611%
  • Total broker commissions: $19K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $254.1M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 277%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

INCAX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
JPMorgan Chase$18K93.64%
Knight Capital Group$6303.33%
Boreal Capital Management$3151.67%
Goldman Sachs$1270.67%
Deutsche Bank$400.21%
BTIG LLC$300.16%
SG Americas Securities$200.11%
Canaccord Genuity Wealth$200.11%
Barclays$200.11%

INCAX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
JPMorgan Chase$35.4M21.65%
Bank of American Merrill Lynch$28.4M17.41%
Goldman Sachs$14.6M8.93%
Citigroup$14.0M8.60%
Morgan Stanley$13.8M8.47%
Deutsche Bank$13.5M8.30%
Stifel$13.2M8.11%
UBS AG$10.4M6.39%
Cantor Fitzgerald$10.1M6.20%
Barclays$9.7M5.96%

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.