TNSAX Fees and Costs — Touchstone International Growth Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2024-05-24

The net expense ratio is 1.24%: a 0.80% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 1.75% other expenses, less a 1.56% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.00%. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $29K in broker commissions, 0.0485% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 38%.

TNSAX Fees and Expenses

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

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.80%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses1.75%
Gross expense ratio2.80%
Fee waiver−1.56%
Net expense ratio1.24%
Sales charges
Max front load5.00%
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

TNSAX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in TNSAX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,399 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.41% 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
Sales charges$500$500$500
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.24%)$124$385$665
Trading costs (broker commissions)$5$15$26
Lost growth on money paid in costs$25$99$208
Total costs$654$998$1,399
Value after costs$9,846$10,578$11,363
Impact on return, per year6.54%3.11%2.41%

TNSAX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0485%
  • Total broker commissions: $29K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 38%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $893K
  • Net income from securities lending: $8K (0.013% of average net assets)

TNSAX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Instinet, LLC$25K84.76%
Cowen and Company, LLC$2K6.55%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2K5.88%
Piper Sandler & Co.$2120.73%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$1840.63%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$1560.54%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$1140.39%
Jones Trading$950.33%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$320.11%
Jefferies LLC$210.07%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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