TSGIX Fees and Costs — John Hancock Government Income Fund, Class B

Data updated: 2025-01-28

The net expense ratio is 1.78%: a 0.53% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 0.26% other expenses, less a 0.01% fee waiver. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 5.00%. Portfolio turnover was 431%.

TSGIX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of TSGIX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.53%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses0.26%
Gross expense ratio1.79%
Fee waiver−0.01%
Net expense ratio1.78%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load5.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

TSGIX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in TSGIX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,096 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.87% 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$516$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.78%)$187$578$995
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$29$101
Total costs$703$607$1,096
Value after costs$9,797$10,969$11,667
Impact on return, per year7.03%1.87%1.87%

TSGIX Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.9B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 431%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

TSGIX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.$313.8M17.34%
Bank of Montreal$305.1M16.86%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$283.3M15.66%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$231.9M12.82%
State Street Global Markets, LLC$178.9M9.89%
Barclays Bank PLC$165.7M9.16%
BNP Paribas$147.4M8.15%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$102.6M5.67%
Deutsche Bank AG$55.0M3.04%
Stonex Financial Inc.$25.6M1.41%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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