# Boston Partners Long/Short Equity Fund Investor Class (BPLEX): Mutual Fund Facts & Distributions > Markdown mirror of https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/bplex for AI agents. Same live data as the HTML page, regenerated on the same refresh cycle. Not investment advice. - Issuer: — · Asset class: Equity - Strategy: Passive Index · Inception: 1998-11-16 This investment vehicle strives for significant long-term capital appreciation while simultaneously diminishing its susceptibility to broad equity market volatility. Its objective is to deliver a total return that surpasses the S&P 500® Index over a full market cycle. The fund implements a strategy of establishing "long" positions in stocks identified by the Adviser as undervalued, concurrently taking "short" positions in those the Adviser deems overvalued. Under typical circumstances, the Adviser plans to commit a minimum of 80% of the fund's net assets, encompassing borrowed capital for i... ## Key Facts | Metric | Value | |---|---| | Price | $13.44 | | Expense Ratio | 2.01% | | AUM (All Share Classes) | $134.8M | | NAV | $13.44 | | Holdings Count | — | | Distribution Yield (TTM) | 8.58% | | Annual Distribution (TTM) | $1.15 /share | | Distribution Frequency | Annual | | 52-Week Range | $10.41 – $13.60 | | Beta | 0.50 | ## Latest Distribution - Amount: $1.1535 /share - Ex-date: 2025-12-12 - Pay date: 2025-12-12 ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What does BPLEX invest in? This investment vehicle strives for significant long-term capital appreciation while simultaneously diminishing its susceptibility to broad equity market volatility. Its objective is to deliver a total return that surpasses the S&P 500® Index over a full market cycle. The fund implements a strategy of establishing "long" positions in stocks identified by the Adviser as undervalued, concurrently taking "short" positions in those the Adviser deems overvalued. Under typical circumstances, the Adviser plans to commit a minimum of 80% of the fund's net assets, encompassing borrowed capital for investment purposes, to equity securities. Furthermore, the Adviser anticipates that, under normal market conditions, the fund's long positions will generally not exceed approximately 125% of its net assets. ### What is the expense ratio of BPLEX? Boston Partners Long/Short Equity Fund Investor Class (BPLEX) charges an expense ratio of 2.01%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations. ### How big is BPLEX? Boston Partners Long/Short Equity Fund Investor Class (BPLEX) is one share class of a fund that manages $134.8M across all of its share classes (BPLSX reports the same total). Our data does not carry the assets of this share class alone. AUM determines bid-ask liquidity and the fund's vulnerability to closure. Funds below ~$50M are at higher risk of liquidation. ### Is BPLEX actively managed or an index fund? BPLEX is a passive index fund. It tracks a published benchmark by holding the constituents in their published weights. Index funds typically charge low expense ratios (BPLEX's is 2.01%) because there's no security selection cost. ### When was BPLEX launched? Boston Partners Long/Short Equity Fund Investor Class (BPLEX) launched in November 1998 and is managed by the fund issuer. ### How has BPLEX performed? BPLEX's total return (price change plus reinvested distributions) is charted at the top of this page. Switch the price chart to Total Return and pick a 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, or 10-year window to read the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over each horizon. ### Does BPLEX pay a dividend? Boston Partners Long/Short Equity Fund Investor Class (BPLEX) currently distributes little or no income. Trailing-twelve-month yield is 8.58%. Investors looking for income should consider income-focused alternatives. See the Peers tab. ### How often does BPLEX pay dividends? Boston Partners Long/Short Equity Fund Investor Class pays dividends Annual. Each ex-dividend date, record date, and payment date is listed in the dividend history table on this page. ### What is BPLEX's dividend yield? BPLEX's trailing-twelve-month yield is 8.58%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price. ### When is BPLEX's next ex-dividend date? The most recently announced ex-dividend date for BPLEX was 2025-12-12. The next ex-date typically follows Annual; once announced it appears at the top of the dividend history table on this page. ### How much will BPLEX's expense ratio cost me over 30 years? On a $10,000 investment compounding at 7% gross return, a 2.01% expense ratio quietly compounds against your balance every year. The Fee Compounding Forecast card above projects the dollar drag for any holding period and assumption you pick. The typical result for a 1.0% expense ratio on a 30-year hold is roughly 25% of the final balance lost to fees. ### How does BPLEX charge its expense ratio? The expense ratio is deducted in tiny daily slices from BPLEX's net asset value (NAV). You never see a bill. The price quoted on every exchange is already net of fees. There's no "fee day" to avoid; the cost is continuous and built into the trading price. ### Why does BPLEX cost more than a fund like VOO? BPLEX is a passive index fund (current expense ratio 2.01%). Differences from broad-market ETFs like VOO usually come from index licensing fees, asset class (bond funds typically run cheaper than equity), or fund scale (smaller funds spread fixed operating costs across less AUM). ### Are there cheaper alternatives to BPLEX? The Lower-Fee Alternatives card above lists mutual funds following the same investment strategy as BPLEX (2.01%) but at a lower expense ratio. Each row shows the fee gap, the peer's AUM as a liquidity sanity-check, and a direct link to that fund's analysis page. Cheaper price doesn't automatically mean better. Verify the peer holds what you actually want. ## More on Dividend Data - Overview (HTML): https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/bplex - Distribution history: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/bplex/dividend - Holdings & diversification: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/bplex/diversification - Fees & cheaper alternatives: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/bplex/expenses - Peer comparison: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/bplex/peers Data sourced from primary filings and market data providers; see https://www.dividenddata.com/methodology.