TBDFX Fees and Costs — Transamerica High Quality Bond, Class R4

Data updated: 2023-02-27

The net expense ratio is 0.65%: a 0.38% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.08% other expenses, less a 0.06% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. Portfolio turnover was 74%.

TBDFX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of TBDFX. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.38%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.08%
Gross expense ratio0.71%
Fee waiver−0.06%
Net expense ratio0.65%
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 recoupmentYes

TBDFX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in TBDFX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $409 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.68% 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 0.65%)$68$214$372
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$11$37
Total costs$68$224$409
Value after costs$10,432$11,352$12,353
Impact on return, per year0.68%0.68%0.68%

TBDFX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2022.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $215.7M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 74%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $1.6M
  • Net income from securities lending: $5K (0.003% of average net assets)

TBDFX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Barclays Capital Inc.$55.5M29.81%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$28.3M15.22%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$24.7M13.27%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$23.6M12.69%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$15.0M8.04%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$14.0M7.53%
BofA Securities, Inc.$7.6M4.10%
Pershing LLC$7.2M3.88%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$5.1M2.75%
Stonex Financial Inc.$5.0M2.71%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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