VGSRX Fees and Costs — Vert Global Sustainable Real Estate Fund, Institutional Shares

Data updated: 2023-11-29

The net expense ratio is 0.45%: a 0.40% management fee plus 0.22% other expenses, less a 0.17% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $31K in broker commissions, 0.0150% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 9%.

VGSRX Fees and Expenses

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

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.40%
12b-1 fee—
Other expenses0.22%
Gross expense ratio0.62%
Fee waiver−0.17%
Net expense ratio0.45%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

VGSRX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in VGSRX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $294 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.49% 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 0.45%)$47$148$259
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$5$9
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$8$27
Total costs$49$161$294
Value after costs$10,451$11,416$12,469
Impact on return, per year0.49%0.49%0.49%

VGSRX 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): 0.0150%
  • Total broker commissions: $31K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 9%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

VGSRX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Jefferies, LLC$9K28.90%
Instinet, LLC$9K28.69%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.$4K11.94%
Virtu ITG, LLC$2K8.22%
SG Americas Securities, LLC$2K8.12%
Cowen & Company, LLC$2K5.40%
Goldman Sachs & Co., LLC$1K3.51%
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.$7422.46%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA), LLC$6792.25%
UBS Securities, LLC$1540.51%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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