TLSTX Fees and Costs — Nuveen Life Stock Index Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-27
The net expense ratio is 0.08%: a 0.06% management fee plus 0.02% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $3K in broker commissions, 0.0004% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 2%.
TLSTX Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of TLSTX. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.06% |
| 12b-1 fee | — |
| Other expenses | 0.02% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.08% |
| Fee waiver | — |
| Net expense ratio | 0.08% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | 0.00% |
| Max deferred load | 0.00% |
| Redemption fee | 0.00% |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | No |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | No |
TLSTX Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in TLSTX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $51 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.08% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.08%) | $8 | $26 | $46 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $1 | $5 |
| Total costs | $8 | $28 | $51 |
| Value after costs | $10,492 | $11,548 | $12,712 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
TLSTX Trading Costs
Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
- Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0004%
- Total broker commissions: $3K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.4B
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 2%
- Securities on loan, average value: $3.9M
- Net income from securities lending: $35K (0.004% of average net assets)
TLSTX Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $1K | 41.99% |
| Instinet, LLC | $1K | 34.04% |
| Loop Capital Markets LLC | $309 | 9.04% |
| Cabrera Capital Markets LLC | $245 | 7.16% |
| Guzman & Company | $191 | 5.58% |
| Jefferies LLC | $54 | 1.58% |
| Piper Sandler & Co. | $16 | 0.47% |
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $5 | 0.15% |
TLSTX Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| State Street Bank and Trust | $981.2M | 69.74% |
| BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC | $316.9M | 22.53% |
| Instinet, LLC | $41.0M | 2.91% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $18.1M | 1.29% |
| Bank of America | $15.6M | 1.11% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $12.2M | 0.87% |
| Loop Capital Markets LLC | $6.5M | 0.46% |
| Nomura Securities International, Inc. | $5.5M | 0.39% |
| Cabrera Capital Markets LLC | $5.0M | 0.35% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $5.0M | 0.35% |
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.