IRPOX Fees and Costs — Delaware Ivy Strategic Income Fund, Class R6

Data updated: 2023-08-29

The net expense ratio is 0.67%: a 0.68% management fee plus 0.20% other expenses, less a 0.21% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $4K in broker commissions, 0.0014% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 57%.

IRPOX Fees and Expenses

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

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.68%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.20%
Gross expense ratio0.88%
Fee waiver−0.21%
Net expense ratio0.67%
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

IRPOX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in IRPOX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $423 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.70% 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 0.67%)$70$220$383
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$1
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$11$39
Total costs$70$232$423
Value after costs$10,430$11,345$12,340
Impact on return, per year0.70%0.70%0.70%

IRPOX 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): 0.0014%
  • Total broker commissions: $4K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $243.4M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 57%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $8.7M
  • Net income from securities lending: $114K (0.045% of average net assets)

IRPOX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$99527.16%
ADVANTAGE SECURITIES LLC$70119.14%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$62617.09%
SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN & CO., LLC$46512.69%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$39710.84%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$39510.78%
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.$842.29%

IRPOX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$49.4M27.79%
Amherst Pierpont Securities LLC$18.8M10.58%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$17.5M9.84%
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES, INC.$17.4M9.79%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$16.2M9.11%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$14.6M8.20%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$13.6M7.62%
HSBC SECURITIES (USA), INC.$12.0M6.73%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$9.2M5.18%
STATE STREET GLOBAL MARKETS, LLC$9.2M5.17%

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.