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

Data updated: 2023-08-29

The net expense ratio is 0.86%: a 0.52% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.17% other expenses, less a 0.08% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 4.50%. Portfolio turnover was 79%.

IYIAX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of IYIAX. Prospectus, as of March 31, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.52%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.17%
Gross expense ratio0.94%
Fee waiver−0.08%
Net expense ratio0.86%
Sales charges
Max front load4.50%
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

IYIAX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in IYIAX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,089 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.86% 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$450$450$450
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.86%)$86$269$468
Lost growth on money paid in costs$23$84$172
Total costs$559$804$1,089
Value after costs$9,941$10,773$11,673
Impact on return, per year5.59%2.49%1.86%

IYIAX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $501.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 79%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

IYIAX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$103.6M24.00%
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC$78.7M18.24%
STIFEL, NICHOLAS & COMPANY, INC.$68.7M15.93%
TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC$45.4M10.52%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$43.3M10.03%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$28.9M6.70%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$24.6M5.69%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$19.3M4.48%
MURIEL SIEBERT & CO INC.$10.2M2.37%
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.$8.9M2.06%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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