SMDOX Fees and Costs — Sterling Capital SMID Opportunities Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2024-02-23

The net expense ratio is 0.79%: a 0.70% management fee plus 0.43% other expenses, less a 0.34% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $9K in broker commissions, 0.1401% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 23%.

SMDOX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of SMDOX. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.70%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.43%
Gross expense ratio1.13%
Fee waiver−0.34%
Net expense ratio0.79%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

SMDOX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in SMDOX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $583 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.98% 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 0.79%)$83$259$449
Trading costs (broker commissions)$15$46$80
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$15$53
Total costs$98$320$583
Value after costs$10,402$11,256$12,180
Impact on return, per year0.98%0.98%0.98%

SMDOX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1401%
  • Total broker commissions: $9K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $6.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 23%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

SMDOX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
INSTINET, LLC$3K35.52%
EVERCORE GROUP L.L.C.$2K24.98%
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC$2K24.83%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$3894.44%
KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC.$2342.67%
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated$2022.30%
Strategas Securities, LLC$1822.08%
B. RILEY SECURITIES, INC.$1361.55%
SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN & CO., LLC$1161.33%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$260.30%

SMDOX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
U.S. BANCORP INVESTMENTS, INC.$6.3M100.00%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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