VPVEMDV Fees and Costs — PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio, Administrative Class

Data updated: 2026-08-31

The net expense ratio is 1.17%: a 0.85% management fee, a 0.15% 12b-1 fee plus 0.17% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $7K in broker commissions, 0.0033% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 67%.

VPVEMDV Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of VPVEMDV. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.15%
Other expenses0.17%
Gross expense ratio1.17%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.17%
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

VPVEMDV Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in VPVEMDV, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $731 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.23% 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 1.17%)$123$383$662
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$19$67
Total costs$123$403$731
Value after costs$10,377$11,174$12,031
Impact on return, per year1.23%1.23%1.23%

VPVEMDV 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): 0.0033%
  • Total broker commissions: $7K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $343.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 67%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

VPVEMDV Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, & Smith$7K99.97%
BGC Financial, L.P.$20.03%

VPVEMDV Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co.$47.3M16.10%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$43.8M14.89%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$40.5M13.78%
Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.$36.3M12.36%
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.$28.4M9.66%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, & Smith$27.6M9.40%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$22.9M7.79%
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc.$19.1M6.49%
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC$18.3M6.21%
Nomura Securities International Inc.$9.7M3.31%

PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
PVEMBPAInstitutional Class1.02%—
VPVEMDVAdministrative Class1.17%—
VPVEMVVAdvisor Class1.27%—
PVEMBPMClass M1.47%—

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.