SPCAX Fees and Costs — SilverPepper Commodity Strategies Global Macro Fund, Advisor Class

Data updated: 2023-11-29

The net expense ratio is 1.99%: a 1.50% management fee plus 0.49% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $1.1M in broker commissions, 0.6678% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 0%.

SPCAX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of SPCAX. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.50%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.49%
Gross expense ratio1.99%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.99%
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 yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

SPCAX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in SPCAX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,608 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.79% 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 1.99%)$209$641$1,092
Trading costs (broker commissions)$70$215$366
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$43$150
Total costs$279$899$1,608
Value after costs$10,221$10,678$11,155
Impact on return, per year2.79%2.79%2.79%

SPCAX Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.6678%
  • Total broker commissions: $1.1M
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $214.4M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 0%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

SPCAX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
SOCIETE GENERALE$790K75.55%
Cme Group Inc.$130K12.43%
ROCK RIVER COMM$62K5.97%
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.$39K3.70%
MAREX SPECTRON GROUP LIMITED$19K1.84%
INTERACTIVE BROKERS CORP.$5K0.52%

SPCAX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
SOCIETE GENERALE$208.6M97.26%
INTERACTIVE BROKERS CORP.$5.9M2.74%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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