NEJYX Fees and Costs — Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Fund, Class Y

Data updated: 2026-08-28

The net expense ratio is 1.01%: a 0.85% management fee plus 0.21% other expenses, less a 0.06% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $1.3M in broker commissions, 0.0996% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 120%.

NEJYX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of NEJYX. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.21%
Gross expense ratio1.07%
Fee waiver−0.06%
Net expense ratio1.01%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

NEJYX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in NEJYX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $693 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 1.01%)$106$331$573
Trading costs (broker commissions)$10$33$56
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$18$64
Total costs$117$381$693
Value after costs$10,383$11,195$12,070
Impact on return, per year1.17%1.17%1.17%

NEJYX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0996%
  • Total broker commissions: $1.3M
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $13.8B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 120%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

NEJYX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Liquidnet, Inc.$740K62.02%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$153K12.82%
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.$67K5.62%
Jefferies LLC$60K5.03%
BofA Securities, Inc.$47K3.96%
BTIG, LLC$38K3.16%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$30K2.55%
Piper Sandler & Co.$20K1.71%
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.$19K1.58%
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated$18K1.55%

NEJYX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$13.8B100.00%

Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
VSCNXClass N0.95%none
NEJYXClass Y1.01%none
NEJTXClass T1.25%2.50%
NEFJXClass A1.26%5.75%
NEJCXClass C2.01%none

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.