IRBCX Fees and Costs — Delaware Ivy Total Return Bond Fund, Class C

Data updated: 2024-05-28

The net expense ratio is 1.95%: a 0.90% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 1.25% other expenses, less a 1.20% fee waiver. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $15K in broker commissions, 0.0246% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 127%.

IRBCX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of IRBCX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.90%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses1.25%
Gross expense ratio3.15%
Fee waiver−1.20%
Net expense ratio1.95%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
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

IRBCX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in IRBCX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,211 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.07% 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$103$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.95%)$205$632$1,085
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$8$14
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$32$112
Total costs$310$672$1,211
Value after costs$10,190$10,904$11,552
Impact on return, per year3.10%2.07%2.07%

IRBCX 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): 0.0246%
  • Total broker commissions: $15K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $275.1M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 127%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $1.6M
  • Net income from securities lending: $7K (0.012% of average net assets)

IRBCX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
ARCHR LLP$7K44.23%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$6K42.77%
ADVANTAGE SECURITIES LLC$1K8.94%
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.$4573.05%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1511.01%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$00.00%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$00.00%

IRBCX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BNY MELLON CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC$99.0M45.69%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$19.4M8.97%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$16.9M7.80%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$15.8M7.30%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$12.2M5.64%
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.$11.9M5.48%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$11.7M5.38%
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.$11.4M5.27%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$10.9M5.01%
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES, INC.$7.5M3.47%

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.