This may make it hard to find buyers and sellers, hard to determine the current value, and may require
extraordinary fees and commissions to handle, store, or market.
Not exact matches
The Adviser of the Near - Term Tax Free Fund has contractually limited, through April 30, 2018, the total fund operating expenses (exclusive of acquired fund
fees and expenses,
extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage
commissions and interest) to not exceed 0.45 %.
The Adviser of the Gold
and Precious Metals Fund has voluntarily limited total fund operating expenses (exclusive of acquired fund
fees and expenses of 0.07 %,
extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage
commissions and interest,
and advisory
fee performance adjustments) to not exceed 1.90 %.
The Adviser of the World Precious Minerals Fund has voluntarily limited total fund operating expenses (exclusive of acquired fund
fees and expenses of 0.11 %,
extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage
commissions and interest,
and advisory
fee performance adjustments) to not exceed 1.90 %.
The expense ratio after waivers is a contractual limit through December 31, 2014, for the Near - Term Tax Free Fund, on total fund operating expenses (exclusive of acquired fund
fees and expenses,
extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage
commissions and interest).
The management
fee is a unified
fee that includes all of the operating costs
and expenses of the Fund (other than taxes, charges of governmental agencies, interest, brokerage
commissions incurred in connection with portfolio transactions, distribution
and / or service
fees payable under a plan pursuant to Rule 12b - 1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940
and extraordinary expenses), including accounting expenses, administrator, transfer agent
and custodian
fees, Fund legal
fees and other expenses.
The expense cap is a contractual limit through April 30, 2016, for the Near - Term Tax Free Fund, on total fund operating expenses (exclusive of acquired fund
fees and expenses,
extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage
commissions and interest).
The expense cap is a voluntary limit on total fund operating expenses (exclusive of any acquired fund
fees and expenses, performance
fees,
extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage
commissions and interest) that U.S. Global Investors, Inc. can modify or terminate at any time, which may lower a fund's yield or return.
The Fund's advisor & administrator have entered into a series of agreements that run through September 30, 2017 which limit the Fund's operating expenses to 1.70 % of the average daily net assets of the Fund, exclusive of brokerage
fees and commissions, taxes, borrowing costs (such as interest or dividend expenses on securities sold short), acquired fund
fees and expenses,
extraordinary expenses,
and distribution
and / or service (12b - 1)
fees.
* As stated in the prospectus (pdf) dated 5/1/2018 ** Pursuant to an operating expense limitation agreement between Heartland Advisors
and Heartland Group, Inc., on behalf of the Fund, Heartland Advisors has agreed to waive its management
fees and / or pay expenses of the Fund to ensure that the Fund's total annual fund operating expenses (excluding front - end or contingent deferred sales loads, taxes, leverage, interest, brokerage
commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, dividends or interest expenses on short positions, acquired fund
fees and expenses, or
extraordinary expenses) do not exceed 1.25 % of the Fund's average daily net assets for the Investor Class Shares
and 0.99 % for the Institutional Class Shares through at least May 1, 2019,
and subject to annual re-approval of the agreement by the Board of Directors, thereafter.
Beginning May 1, 2016, Southeastern has agreed to waive
fees and / or reimburse expenses so that Global Fund Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage
commissions and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed 1.2 % of average net assets on an annualized basis.
Under the Investment Management Agreements, the Manager is responsible for paying all of the Funds» expenses including expenses for the following services: transfer agency, fund accounting, fund administration, custody, legal, audit, compliance, directors»
fees, call center, fulfillment, travel, insurance, rent, printing, postage,
and other office supplies, except for
commissions, brokerage
fees,
and other transaction costs, taxes, interest, litigation expenses,
and related expenses,
and other
extraordinary expenses.
taxes, interest, brokerage
commissions, acquired fund
fees,
and expenses, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization,
and extraordinary expenses such as litigation) in order to limit the net expenses of the Allocation Fund to 0.75 % of the Allocation Fund's daily average net assets.
The Manager has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management
fees and / or pay the Allocation Fund's expenses (excluding taxes, interest, brokerage
commissions, acquired fund
fees and expenses, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization
and extraordinary expenses such as litigation) in order to limit the net expenses of the Allocation Fund to 0.75 % of the Allocation Fund's daily average net assets.
The Fund's Investment Manager (the «Manager») contractually caps certain direct expenses the Fund (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage
commissions, acquired fund
fees and expenses, dividend
and interest expenses relating to short sales,
and extraordinary expenses, if any; consequently, total (net) expenses may exceed the contractual cap) through 8/31/2021 for Institutional Class at 1.00 %, 1.36 % for Class A
and 2.11 % for Class C (each as a % of average net assets).