MRLAX Fees and Costs — Global Real Estate Portfolio, Class I

Data updated: 2024-11-27

The net expense ratio is 0.80%: a 0.65% management fee plus 1.04% other expenses, less a 0.89% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $33K in broker commissions, 0.0867% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 73%.

MRLAX Fees and Expenses

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

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.65%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses1.04%
Gross expense ratio1.69%
Fee waiver−0.89%
Net expense ratio0.80%
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

MRLAX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in MRLAX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $556 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.93% 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 0.80%)$84$262$456
Trading costs (broker commissions)$9$28$49
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$14$51
Total costs$93$305$556
Value after costs$10,407$11,271$12,207
Impact on return, per year0.93%0.93%0.93%

MRLAX 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): 0.0867%
  • Total broker commissions: $33K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $14.2M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 73%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $372K
  • Net income from securities lending: $2K (0.005% of average net assets)

MRLAX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Jefferies LLC$8K29.47%
Barclays Capital Inc.$4K13.86%
BofA Securities, Inc.$4K12.94%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$3K11.32%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2K7.84%
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.$2K7.45%
UBS Securities LLC$2K5.86%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1K5.11%
Evercore Group L.L.C.$1K3.55%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$7422.61%

MRLAX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$13.7M96.75%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$103K0.72%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$92K0.64%
Van Lanschot Kempen (Usa) Inc.$83K0.59%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$69K0.49%
Numis Securities Inc.$46K0.32%
Berenberg Capital Markets LLC$32K0.23%
SG Americas Securities, LLC$20K0.14%
Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.$18K0.13%

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.