MSBZX Fees and Costs — MassMutual Strategic Bond Fund, Class I

Data updated: 2024-11-27

The net expense ratio is 0.56%: a 0.40% management fee plus 0.16% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $140K in broker commissions, 0.0338% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 175%.

MSBZX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of MSBZX. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.40%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.16%
Gross expense ratio0.56%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.56%
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

MSBZX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in MSBZX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $374 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.62% 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 0.56%)$59$184$321
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$11$19
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$10$34
Total costs$62$205$374
Value after costs$10,438$11,371$12,388
Impact on return, per year0.62%0.62%0.62%

MSBZX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0338%
  • Total broker commissions: $140K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $5.3B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 175%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $4.6M
  • Net income from securities lending: $32K (0.008% of average net assets)

MSBZX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co.$112K79.82%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$27K19.22%
Bank of Montreal$9570.68%
Citigroup Inc.$2050.15%
Bank of America Merrill Lynch$1250.09%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.$500.04%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$20.00%

MSBZX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$2.3B44.64%
Goldman Sachs & Co.$1.8B35.02%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.$283.6M5.56%
Citigroup Inc.$209.1M4.10%
Bank of America Merrill Lynch$137.8M2.70%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$124.6M2.44%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$104.8M2.06%
Bank of Montreal$83.4M1.64%
Deutsche Bank AG$50.1M0.98%
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.$43.8M0.86%

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.