WUSAX Fees and Costs — Columbia Variable Portfolio - Acorn Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-28
The net expense ratio is 0.86%: a 0.79% management fee plus 0.16% other expenses, less a 0.10% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $337K in broker commissions, 0.0709% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 78%.
WUSAX Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of WUSAX. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.79% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.00% |
| Other expenses | 0.16% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.96% |
| Fee waiver | −0.10% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.86% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | — |
| Max deferred load | — |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | Yes |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | No |
WUSAX Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in WUSAX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $583 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.98% 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 0.86%) | $90 | $282 | $489 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $7 | $23 | $40 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $15 | $53 |
| Total costs | $98 | $320 | $583 |
| Value after costs | $10,402 | $11,256 | $12,180 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.98% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
WUSAX 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): 0.0709%
- Total broker commissions: $337K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $9.5M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 78%
- Securities on loan, average value: $5.9M
- Net income from securities lending: $67K (0.014% of average net assets)
WUSAX Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $48K | 19.03% |
| Jefferies LLC | $32K | 12.59% |
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | $27K | 10.73% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $27K | 10.66% |
| Virtu Americas LLC | $26K | 10.19% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $26K | 10.18% |
| UBS Securities LLC | $21K | 8.47% |
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $18K | 6.96% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $15K | 5.98% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $13K | 5.20% |
WUSAX Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $4.6M | 48.06% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $1.4M | 15.20% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $1.3M | 13.56% |
| Piper Sandler & Co. | $1.2M | 12.28% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $910K | 9.57% |
| Jefferies LLC | $126K | 1.32% |
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.