MSRBX Fees and Costs — US Real Estate Portfolio, Class II

Data updated: 2024-11-27

The net expense ratio is 1.05%: a 0.55% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.31% other expenses, less a 0.06% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $170K in broker commissions, 0.0614% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 56%.

MSRBX Fees and Expenses

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

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.55%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.31%
Gross expense ratio1.11%
Fee waiver−0.06%
Net expense ratio1.05%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

MSRBX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in MSRBX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $694 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.17% 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 1.05%)$110$344$595
Trading costs (broker commissions)$6$20$35
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$18$64
Total costs$117$382$694
Value after costs$10,383$11,195$12,069
Impact on return, per year1.17%1.17%1.17%

MSRBX 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): 0.0614%
  • Total broker commissions: $170K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $99.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 56%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

MSRBX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Jefferies LLC$51K32.92%
Barclays Capital Inc.$25K16.32%
BofA Securities, Inc.$19K12.51%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$14K9.29%
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.$14K9.03%
Evercore Group L.L.C.$12K7.52%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$6K3.94%
Liquidnet, Inc.$6K3.61%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$4K2.49%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$4K2.37%

MSRBX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$99.9M100.00%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.