MGETX Fees and Costs — Global Real Estate Portfolio, Class II

Data updated: 2024-11-27

The net expense ratio is 1.10%: a 0.65% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.84% other expenses, less a 0.64% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $32K in broker commissions, 0.0886% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 73%.

MGETX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of MGETX. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.65%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.84%
Gross expense ratio1.74%
Fee waiver−0.64%
Net expense ratio1.10%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

MGETX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in MGETX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $741 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.25% 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 1.10%)$116$360$622
Trading costs (broker commissions)$9$29$50
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$19$68
Total costs$125$408$741
Value after costs$10,375$11,168$12,022
Impact on return, per year1.25%1.25%1.25%

MGETX Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0886%
  • Total broker commissions: $32K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $15.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 73%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $357K
  • Net income from securities lending: $2K (0.006% of average net assets)

MGETX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Jefferies LLC$8K29.23%
Barclays Capital Inc.$4K13.62%
BofA Securities, Inc.$3K12.71%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$3K11.88%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2K7.95%
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.$2K7.34%
UBS Securities LLC$2K5.98%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1K5.32%
Evercore Group L.L.C.$9463.45%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$6912.52%

MGETX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$14.9M97.17%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$98K0.64%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$86K0.56%
Van Lanschot Kempen (Usa) Inc.$77K0.50%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$65K0.42%
Numis Securities Inc.$43K0.28%
Berenberg Capital Markets LLC$29K0.19%
SG Americas Securities, LLC$18K0.12%
Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.$17K0.11%

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.