Equity Income Fund
| Fund Overview | |
| Adviser: | Mason Street Advisors, LLC |
| Subadviser: | T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. |
| Objective/Focus: | Seeks companies that appear to be undervalued by various measures but have good prospects for capital appreciation and dividend growth. The fund will normally invest at least 80% of net assets in common stocks, with a focus on companies paying above-average dividends. The objective is long-term growth of capital and income. |
| Asset Class: | Large-Cap Stocks |
| Style: | Value |
| Fund Facts as of 6/30/17 | |
| Fund Inception | 05-01-2003 |
| First Available for Variable Annuity | 05-01-2003 |
| First Available for Variable Life | 05-01-2003 |
| Net Assets | $799.22 Million |
| Top 10 Portfolio Holdings | % of Net Assets |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 3.6% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.4% |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 2.4% |
| Morgan Stanley | 2.1% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2.0% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 2.0% |
| The Boeing Co. | 1.9% |
| Verizon Communications, Inc. | 1.8% |
| Total SA, ADR | 1.8% |
| E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. | 1.7% |
| Total % of Net Assets | 21.7% |
| Download Publicly Disclosed Holdings | |
| Sector Weightings | % of Equities |
| Financials | 26.4% |
| Health Care | 11.5% |
| Energy | 10.8% |
| Industrials | 10.5% |
| Information Technology | 10.0% |
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Mason Street Advisors, LLC (MSA) is the principal investment adviser for all the Portfolios in the Northwestern Mutual Series Fund (Series Fund). (Portfolios in the Series Fund are identified by the parenthetical next to the portfolio name.) MSA has engaged and oversees sub-advisers who provide day-to-day management for certain of the Series Fund Portfolios. Each sub-adviser may be replaced without the approval of shareholders. Please see the prospectus for more information. Additional fund options are advised by Russell Investments, Fidelity Investments, Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC and Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC
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