LCPTX Fees and Costs — Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund, Class T

Data updated: 2026-08-28

The net expense ratio is 0.74%: a 0.32% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.18% other expenses, less a 0.01% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 2.50%. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $112K in broker commissions, 0.0014% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 164%.

LCPTX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of LCPTX. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.32%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.18%
Gross expense ratio0.75%
Fee waiver−0.01%
Net expense ratio0.74%
Sales charges
Max front load2.50%
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

LCPTX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in LCPTX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $774 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.30% 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$250$250$250
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.74%)$76$237$412
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$1
Lost growth on money paid in costs$13$51$111
Total costs$338$539$774
Value after costs$10,162$11,038$11,989
Impact on return, per year3.38%1.65%1.30%

LCPTX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0014%
  • Total broker commissions: $112K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $60.6B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 164%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

LCPTX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$112K100.00%

LCPTX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$28.1B51.64%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$4.3B7.88%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$3.8B7.02%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$3.7B6.87%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$3.3B6.06%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2.9B5.27%
Citadel Securities LLC$2.6B4.70%
BofA Securities, Inc.$2.3B4.28%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$2.0B3.73%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1.4B2.56%

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
NERNXClass N0.39%none
NERYXClass Y0.48%none
NEFRXClass A0.73%4.25%
LCPTXClass T0.74%2.50%
NECRXClass C1.48%none

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.