SUSLX Fees and Costs — Lazard US Sustainable Equity Portfolio, Open Shares

Data updated: 2025-08-21

The net expense ratio is 1.00%: a 0.60% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 1.77% other expenses, less a 1.62% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $1K in broker commissions, 0.0099% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 28%.

SUSLX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of SUSLX. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.60%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses1.77%
Gross expense ratio2.62%
Fee waiver−1.62%
Net expense ratio1.00%
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

SUSLX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in SUSLX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $632 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.06% 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 1.00%)$105$328$568
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$3$6
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$16$58
Total costs$106$347$632
Value after costs$10,394$11,229$12,131
Impact on return, per year1.06%1.06%1.06%

SUSLX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0099%
  • Total broker commissions: $1K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $60.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 28%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

SUSLX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$30425.43%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$17214.42%
Barclays Capital Inc.$15012.57%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$13111.00%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$1109.24%
UBS Securities LLC$867.18%
BofA Securities, Inc.$806.66%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$796.61%
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated$494.10%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$332.78%

SUSLX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$60.3M100.00%

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.