LSMFX Fees and Costs — Lord Abbett Sustainable Municipal Bond Fund, Class F

Data updated: 2025-02-28

The net expense ratio is 0.53%: a 0.32% management fee, a 0.10% 12b-1 fee plus 2.60% other expenses, less a 2.49% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. Portfolio turnover was 48%.

LSMFX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of LSMFX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.32%
12b-1 fee0.10%
Other expenses2.60%
Gross expense ratio3.02%
Fee waiver−2.49%
Net expense ratio0.53%
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

LSMFX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in LSMFX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $335 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.56% 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 0.53%)$56$174$304
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$9$31
Total costs$56$183$335
Value after costs$10,444$11,393$12,428
Impact on return, per year0.56%0.56%0.56%

LSMFX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $5.1M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 48%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

LSMFX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BNY Capital Markets, LLC$1.1M25.55%
BofA Securities, Inc.$849K18.87%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$583K12.96%
Barclays Capital Inc.$488K10.85%
Jefferies LLC$308K6.85%
Loop Capital Markets LLC$277K6.16%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$273K6.07%
Truist Securities, Inc.$251K5.59%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$160K3.55%
UBS Securities LLC$160K3.55%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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