MSPMX Fees and Costs — Multi-Asset Portfolio, Class IS

Data updated: 2020-08-27

The net expense ratio is 1.07%: a 0.85% management fee plus 23.70% other expenses, less a 23.48% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $31K in broker commissions, 0.1100% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 178%.

MSPMX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of MSPMX. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses23.70%
Gross expense ratio24.55%
Fee waiver−23.48%
Net expense ratio1.07%
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

MSPMX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in MSPMX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $735 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.24% 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 1.07%)$112$350$606
Trading costs (broker commissions)$12$36$62
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$19$68
Total costs$124$405$735
Value after costs$10,376$11,171$12,027
Impact on return, per year1.24%1.24%1.24%

MSPMX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1100%
  • Total broker commissions: $31K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $713.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 178%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

MSPMX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$15K50.30%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$5K15.10%
Virtu Itg LLC$2K7.75%
UBS Securities LLC$2K6.29%
Barclays Capital Inc.$1K4.55%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$1K3.92%
BofA Securities, Inc.$1K3.85%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$9133.05%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$8642.89%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$6912.31%

MSPMX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$406.6M57.74%
State Street Bank and Trust Company$99.2M14.08%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$62.1M8.82%
Barclays Capital Inc.$52.4M7.45%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$36.8M5.23%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$17.1M2.43%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$16.3M2.31%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$5.1M0.72%
Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.$4.7M0.67%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$3.9M0.55%

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.