TEWCX Fees and Costs — Nuveen Social Choice Low Carbon Equity Fund, Retirement Class

Data updated: 2025-01-14

The net expense ratio is 0.55%: a 0.25% management fee plus 0.30% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $22K in broker commissions, 0.0018% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 26%.

TEWCX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of TEWCX. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.25%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.30%
Gross expense ratio0.55%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.55%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

TEWCX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in TEWCX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $348 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.58% 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 0.55%)$58$181$315
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$1
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$9$32
Total costs$58$191$348
Value after costs$10,442$11,386$12,415
Impact on return, per year0.58%0.58%0.58%

TEWCX Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0018%
  • Total broker commissions: $22K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.7B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 26%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $1.8M
  • Net income from securities lending: $45K (0.004% of average net assets)

TEWCX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
INSTINET, LLC$13K59.13%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$4K16.63%
Guzman & Company$2K7.64%
Cabrera Capital Markets LLC$1K6.79%
Loop Capital Markets LLC$1K6.69%
JEFFERIES LLC$6573.02%
Piper Jaffray & Co.$180.08%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$50.02%

TEWCX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Global Markets, LLC$1.8B69.87%
Bank of America$227.1M8.64%
INSTINET, LLC$186.1M7.09%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$93.2M3.55%
Guzman & Company$64.3M2.45%
Pershing LLC$60.7M2.31%
Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC$52.4M2.00%
Loop Capital Markets LLC$52.3M1.99%
Jefferies LLC$33.0M1.26%
JP Morgan Securities LLC$22.1M0.84%

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.