MORGX Fees and Costs — Morgan Stanley Mortgage Securities Trust, Class R6

Data updated: 2025-09-26

The net expense ratio is 0.65%: a 0.47% management fee plus 29.53% other expenses, less a 29.35% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $27K in broker commissions, 0.0077% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 383%.

MORGX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of MORGX. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.47%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses29.53%
Gross expense ratio30.00%
Fee waiver−29.35%
Net expense ratio0.65%
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

MORGX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in MORGX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $414 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.69% 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 0.65%)$68$214$372
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$3$4
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$11$38
Total costs$69$227$414
Value after costs$10,431$11,349$12,349
Impact on return, per year0.69%0.69%0.69%

MORGX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0077%
  • Total broker commissions: $27K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $3.5B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 383%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

MORGX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$27K100.00%

MORGX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$1.2B35.38%
State Street Bank and Trust Company$626.8M19.16%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$473.2M14.46%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$359.0M10.97%
BofA Securities, Inc.$221.0M6.75%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$158.6M4.85%
Barclays Capital Inc.$81.6M2.49%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$71.4M2.18%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$65.2M1.99%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$57.8M1.77%

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.