Class A | Class C | Institutional | Class IR | |||||||||||||
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment) |
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
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5.5% | None | None | None | ||||||||||||
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the
lower of original purchase price or sale
proceeds)1
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None | 1.0% | None | None | ||||||||||||
Class A | Class C | Institutional | Class IR | |||||||||||||
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
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Management Fees
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1.30% | 1.30% | 1.30% | 1.30% | ||||||||||||
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
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0.25% | 1.00% | None | None | ||||||||||||
Other Expenses
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0.37% | 0.37% | 0.22% | 0.37% | ||||||||||||
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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1.92% | 2.67% | 1.52% | 1.67% | ||||||||||||
Fee Waiver and Expense Limitation2 | (0.13)% | (0.13)% | (0.13)% | (0.13)% | ||||||||||||
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and Expense Limitation
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1.79% | 2.54% | 1.39% | 1.54% | ||||||||||||
1 | A contingent deferred sales charge of 1% is imposed on Class C Shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase. | |
2 | Effective July 1, 2011, the Investment Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its management fee in order to achieve an effective net management fee rate of 1.16% as an annual percentage rate of the average daily net assets of the Fund. This arrangement will remain in effect through at least February 28, 2012, and prior to such date, the Investment Adviser may not terminate the arrangement without the approval of the Board of Trustees. |
Class A | Class B | Class C | Institutional | Service | Class IR | |||||||||||||||||||
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
|
5.5% | None | None | None | None | None | ||||||||||||||||||
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the
lower of original purchase price or sale
proceeds)1
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None | 5.0% | 1.0% | None | None | None | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | Class B | Class C | Institutional | Service | Class IR | |||||||||||||||||||
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
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Management Fees
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1.20% | 1.20% | 1.20% | 1.20% | 1.20% | 1.20% | ||||||||||||||||||
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
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0.25% | 1.00% | 1.00% | None | None | None | ||||||||||||||||||
Other Expenses
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0.46% | 0.46% | 0.46% | 0.31% | 0.81% | 0.46% | ||||||||||||||||||
Service Fees
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Non | e | Non | e | Non | e | Non | e | 0.25 | % | Non | e | ||||||||||||
Shareholder Administration Fees
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Non | e | Non | e | Non | e | Non | e | 0.25 | % | Non | e | ||||||||||||
All Other Expenses
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0.46 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.31 | % | 0.31 | % | 0.46 | % | ||||||||||||
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
1.91% | 2.66% | 2.66% | 1.51% | 2.01% | 1.66% | ||||||||||||||||||
Fee Waiver and Expense
Limitation2
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(0.12)% | (0.12)% | (0.12)% | (0.12)% | (0.12)% | (0.12)% | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and Expense Limitation
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1.79% | 2.54% | 2.54% | 1.39% | 1.89% | 1.54% | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) is imposed on Class B Shares redeemed within six years of purchase, declining from a rate of 5% in the first year to 1% in the sixth year, and eliminated thereafter. A CDSC of 1% is imposed on Class C Shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase. | |
2 | Effective July 1, 2011, the Investment Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its management fee in order to achieve an effective net management fee rate of 1.08% as an annual percentage rate of the average daily net assets of the Fund. This arrangement will remain in effect through at least February 28, 2012, and prior to such date, the Investment Adviser may not terminate the arrangements without the approval of the Board of Trustees. |
Actual Rate |
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for the Fiscal |
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Contractual |
Average Daily |
Year Ended |
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Fund | Rate | Net Assets | August 31, 2010 | |||||||||
BRIC | 1 | .30% | First $2 Billion | 1 | .27%* | |||||||
1 | .17% | Next $3 Billion | ||||||||||
1 | .11% | Next $3 Billion | ||||||||||
1 | .09% | Over $8 Billion | ||||||||||
Emerging Markets Equity | 1 | .20% | First $2 Billion | 1 | .20%* | |||||||
1 | .08% | Next $3 Billion | ||||||||||
1 | .03% | Next $3 Billion | ||||||||||
1 | .01% | Over $8 Billion | ||||||||||
* | Effective July 1, 2011, the Investment Adviser has also agreed to waive a portion of its management fee in order to achieve an effective net management fee rate of 1.16% and 1.08%, respectively, as an annual percentage rate of the average daily net assets of the BRIC Fund and Emerging Markets Equity Fund. These arrangements will remain in effect through at least February 28, 2012, and prior to such date, the Investment Adviser may not terminate the arrangement without the approval of the Board of Trustees. These management fee waivers may be modified or terminated by the Investment Adviser at its discretion and without shareholder approval after such date, although the Investment Adviser does not presently intend to do so. |