SGSDX Fees and Costs — MFS Limited Maturity Portfolio, Service Class
Data updated: 2026-08-24
The net expense ratio is 0.73%: a 0.40% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.09% other expenses, less a 0.01% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $2K in broker commissions, 0.0007% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 46%.
SGSDX Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of SGSDX. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.40% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.25% |
| Other expenses | 0.09% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.74% |
| Fee waiver | −0.01% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.73% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | — |
| Max deferred load | — |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | Yes |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | No |
SGSDX Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in SGSDX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $460 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.77% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.73%) | $77 | $240 | $417 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $12 | $42 |
| Total costs | $77 | $252 | $460 |
| Value after costs | $10,423 | $11,324 | $12,303 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.77% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
SGSDX 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): 0.0007%
- Total broker commissions: $2K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $208.1M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 46%
- Securities lending: none during the year
SGSDX Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $2K | 100.00% |
SGSDX Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $45.5M | 25.10% |
| BMO Capital Markets Corp. | $32.4M | 17.88% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $21.3M | 11.73% |
| BNY Capital Markets, LLC | $17.6M | 9.69% |
| Natwest Markets Securities Inc. | $16.2M | 8.96% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $14.6M | 8.07% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $11.4M | 6.28% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $9.5M | 5.23% |
| Nomura Securities International, Inc. | $6.6M | 3.62% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $6.2M | 3.43% |
MFS Limited Maturity Portfolio Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| SGSSX | Initial Class | 0.48% | — |
| SGSDX | Service Class | 0.73% | — |
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.