SCGNX Fees and Costs — Friess Small Cap Growth Fund, Investor Class

Data updated: 2022-05-24

The net expense ratio is 1.45% (2.04% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $277K in broker commissions, 0.5917% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 200%.

SCGNX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of SCGNX. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.00%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.64%
Gross expense ratio2.04%
Fee waiver−0.59%
Net expense ratio1.45%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

SCGNX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in SCGNX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,251 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.14% 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 1.45%)$152$470$806
Trading costs (broker commissions)$62$192$329
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$33$116
Total costs$214$695$1,251
Value after costs$10,286$10,882$11,512
Impact on return, per year2.14%2.14%2.14%

SCGNX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.5917%
  • Total broker commissions: $277K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.7M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 200%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

SCGNX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Tourmaline Partners LLC$122K59.55%
UBS Financial Services Inc.$18K8.98%
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.$10K5.01%
Wells Fargo Securities LLC$10K4.85%
Goldman Sachs & Co.$8K4.13%
RBC Dominion Securities Inc.$8K3.94%
Needham & Company$8K3.77%
Raymond James & Associates Inc.$7K3.62%
B Riley & Co. LLC$6K3.17%
CRAIG-HALLUM CAPITAL GROUP LLC$6K2.98%

SCGNX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Needham & Company$960K35.63%
Wedbush Securities Inc.$765K28.40%
Tourmaline Partners LLC$432K16.05%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$341K12.65%
B Riley & Co. LLC$196K7.27%

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.