Industry description
The investment seeks to provide investment results that correspond to the total return of foreign developed and emerging stock markets.
The fund invests at least 80% of assets in securities included in the MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA Index and in depositary receipts representing securities included in the index. The advisor uses statistical sampling techniques based on such factors as capitalization, industry exposures, dividend yield, price/earnings (P/E) ratio, price/book (P/B) ratio, earnings growth, country weightings, and the effect of foreign taxes to attempt to replicate the returns of the index.