MGLIX Fees and Costs — MFS Global Real Estate Fund, Class I

Data updated: 2026-07-27

The net expense ratio is 0.93%: a 0.81% management fee plus 0.13% other expenses, less a 0.01% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $598K in broker commissions, 0.0257% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 35%.

MGLIX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of MGLIX. Prospectus, as of August 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.81%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.13%
Gross expense ratio0.94%
Fee waiver−0.01%
Net expense ratio0.93%
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

MGLIX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in MGLIX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $598 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.00% 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 0.93%)$98$305$529
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$8$15
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$16$55
Total costs$100$329$598
Value after costs$10,400$11,248$12,164
Impact on return, per year1.00%1.00%1.00%

MGLIX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0257%
  • Total broker commissions: $598K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 35%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

MGLIX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Jefferies LLC$118K24.29%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$82K16.79%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$71K14.63%
JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC$43K8.78%
UBS Securities LLC$37K7.61%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$35K7.22%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$32K6.65%
BofA Securities, Inc.$26K5.40%
Barclays Capital Inc.$21K4.37%
TD Securities (USA) LLC$21K4.27%

MFS Global Real Estate Fund Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
MGLRXClass R60.84%none
MGLIXClass I0.93%none
MGLMXClass R40.93%none
MGLAXClass A1.18%5.75%
MGLLXClass R31.18%none
MGLKXClass R21.43%none
MGLCXClass C1.93%none
MGLDXClass B1.93%none
MGLJXClass R11.93%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.