TGREX Fees and Costs — TCW Global Real Estate Fund, I Class

Data updated: 2026-09-28

The net expense ratio is 0.90%: a 0.80% management fee plus 0.37% other expenses, less a 0.27% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $32K in broker commissions, 0.0772% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 60%.

TGREX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of TGREX. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.80%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.37%
Gross expense ratio1.17%
Fee waiver−0.27%
Net expense ratio0.90%
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 recoupmentYes

TGREX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in TGREX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $612 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.03% 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 0.90%)$94$295$512
Trading costs (broker commissions)$8$25$44
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$16$56
Total costs$103$336$612
Value after costs$10,397$11,240$12,151
Impact on return, per year1.03%1.03%1.03%

TGREX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0772%
  • Total broker commissions: $32K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $31.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 60%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

TGREX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$19K57.99%
UBS Securities LLC$5K14.72%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$4K10.98%
Redburn (USA) LLC$2K5.96%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$1K3.83%
Jefferies LLC$9583.00%
Barclays Capital Inc.$5451.70%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$3341.05%
BofA Securities, Inc.$2430.76%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$10.00%

TGREX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$31.0M100.00%

TCW Global Real Estate Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
TGREXI Class0.90%—
TGRYXN Class1.00%—

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.