PRFIX Fees and Costs — Parnassus Fixed Income Fund, Investor Shares

Data updated: 2025-05-05

The net expense ratio is 0.58%: a 0.49% management fee plus 0.32% other expenses, less a 0.23% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $389 in broker commissions, 0.0001% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 49%.

PRFIX Fees and Expenses

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

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.49%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.32%
Gross expense ratio0.81%
Fee waiver−0.23%
Net expense ratio0.58%
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

PRFIX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in PRFIX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $366 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.61% 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 0.58%)$61$191$332
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$0
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$9$33
Total costs$61$200$366
Value after costs$10,439$11,376$12,397
Impact on return, per year0.61%0.61%0.61%

PRFIX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0001%
  • Total broker commissions: $389
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $179.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 49%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $0
  • Net income from securities lending: $1K (0.000% of average net assets)

PRFIX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA$389100.00%

PRFIX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$71.1M39.64%
BNY MELLON CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC$43.8M24.42%
Goldman Sachs & Co, LLC$20.9M11.66%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA$12.4M6.91%
Wells Fargo Securities LLC$11.8M6.55%
D.A. DAVIDSON & CO.$8.6M4.78%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.$8.2M4.58%
OPPENHEIMER & CO. INC.$2.7M1.48%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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