The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in companies across any size outside the United States.

The fund manages assets with the help of three sub-advisers. The sub-advisers are LSV Asset Management, Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC, and Irish Life Investment Managers Limited.

The sub-advisers’ investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research tea More

The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in companies across any size outside the United States.

The fund manages assets with the help of three sub-advisers. The sub-advisers are LSV Asset Management, Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC, and Irish Life Investment Managers Limited.

The sub-advisers’ investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

LSV looks for international companies that are estimated to trade below their fair values with high potential for capital growth potential in the near-term.

Franklin Templeton focuses on attractive companies offering higher expected revenue and earnings growth relative to peers.

ILIM seeks to replicate the composition of the benchmark index, holding each security in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Index.

Next, the research team focuses on securities of issuers economically tied to countries other than the U.S., including those in emerging markets.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The fund may from time to time, have significant investments in a particular sector or country, a small number of countries, or a particular geographic region; provided that it invests in at least three different countries other than the U.S.

According to the investment team, the issuer of a security is generally deemed to be economically tied to a particular country other than the U.S. if the security is issued or guaranteed by the government of that country or any of its agencies, authorities or instrumentalities.

Also, the team considers if the issuer is organized under the laws of that country, or maintains a principal office in that country.

Furthermore, the team considers an issuer that has its principal securities trading market in that country, or derives 50% or more of its total revenues from goods sold or services performed in that country.

Additionally, the team determines if the issuer has 50% or more of its assets in that country; or is included in an index which is representative of that country.