PBGRX Fees and Costs — Polen Global SMID Company Growth Fund, Investor Class

Data updated: 2024-07-15

The net expense ratio is 1.50% (2.94% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $13K in broker commissions, 0.1132% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 41%.

PBGRX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of PBGRX. Prospectus, as of August 31, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.00%
12b-1 fee—
Other expenses1.69%
Gross expense ratio2.94%
Fee waiver−1.44%
Net expense ratio1.50%
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 recoupmentYes

PBGRX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in PBGRX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $997 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.69% 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 1.50%)$158$488$841
Trading costs (broker commissions)$12$37$63
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$26$92
Total costs$169$551$997
Value after costs$10,331$11,025$11,766
Impact on return, per year1.69%1.69%1.69%

PBGRX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1132%
  • Total broker commissions: $13K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 41%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

PBGRX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
JEFFERIES LLC$5K43.25%
PERSHING LLC$1K12.55%
SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN & CO., LLC$7926.90%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$7396.44%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$7186.26%
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated$6665.80%
WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY, L.L.C.$6205.40%
INSTINET, LLC$5694.96%
LIQUIDNET, INC.$5034.38%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$4644.04%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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