RALOX Fees and Costs — Lazard Real Assets Portfolio, Open Shares

Data updated: 2026-08-21

The net expense ratio is 1.08% (6.04% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $1K in broker commissions, 0.0252% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 32%.

RALOX Fees and Expenses

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

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.65%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses5.11%
Gross expense ratio6.04%
Fee waiver−4.96%
Net expense ratio1.08%
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

RALOX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in RALOX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $690 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.16% 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 1.08%)$113$353$612
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$8$14
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$18$63
Total costs$116$380$690
Value after costs$10,384$11,197$12,073
Impact on return, per year1.16%1.16%1.16%

RALOX 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): 0.0252%
  • Total broker commissions: $1K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $6.2M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 32%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

RALOX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$21519.88%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$16715.44%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$15514.38%
TD Securities (USA) LLC$12711.76%
BofA Securities, Inc.$11410.54%
Penserra Securities LLC$746.86%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$656.03%
XP Investments US, LLC$585.33%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$545.05%
Evercore Group L.L.C.$514.74%

RALOX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$6.2M99.97%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2K0.03%

Lazard Real Assets Portfolio Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
RALYXR6 Shares0.78%—
RALIXInstitutional Shares0.83%—
RALOXOpen Shares1.08%—

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.