IVWAX Fees and Costs — IVA Worldwide Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2021-05-24

The net expense ratio is 1.20%: a 0.80% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.14% other expenses. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.00%, a deferred sales charge of up to 0.75% and a redemption fee of 2.00%. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $1.9M in broker commissions, 0.0443% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 49%.

IVWAX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of IVWAX. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.80%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.14%
Gross expense ratio1.20%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.20%
Sales charges
Max front load5.00%
Max deferred load0.75%
Redemption fee2.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

IVWAX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in IVWAX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,374 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.36% 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$574$500$500
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.20%)$120$373$644
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$14$24
Lost growth on money paid in costs$25$98$206
Total costs$723$984$1,374
Value after costs$9,777$10,592$11,389
Impact on return, per year7.23%3.06%2.36%

IVWAX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0443%
  • Total broker commissions: $1.9M
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $41.8B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 49%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

IVWAX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$359K23.62%
UBS Securities LLC$201K13.20%
Redburn (USA) LLC$183K12.06%
Societe Generale$146K9.59%
Bofa Securities, Inc.$131K8.62%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$122K8.06%
CITIC Securities International USA, LLC$122K8.03%
Barclays Capital Inc.$112K7.35%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$78K5.14%
Exane, Inc.$66K4.33%

IVWAX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Bofa Securities, Inc.$13.4B32.13%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$9.3B22.25%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$7.8B18.59%
State Street Bank and Trust Company$7.7B18.51%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$3.1B7.50%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$222.1M0.53%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$99.9M0.24%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$96.6M0.23%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$5.7M0.01%
R.W.Pressprich & Co.$2.1M0.01%

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.