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 12/31/18
Fund Inception
05-01-2003
First Available for Variable Annuity
05-01-2003
First Available for Variable Life
05-01-2003
Net Assets
$704.7 Million
Top 10 Portfolio Holdings % of Net Assets
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
3.4%
Wells Fargo & Co.
3.2%
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. - Class B
2.5%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
2.4%
Verizon Communications, Inc.
2.2%
DowDuPont, Inc.
2.1%
Pfizer, Inc.
2.1%
Total SA, ADR
2.1%
Johnson & Johnson
2.1%
The Southern Co.
2.0%
Total % of Net Assets
24.1%
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Disclosed Holdings
Sector Weightings % of Equities
Financials
23.4%
Health Care
13.0%
Industrials
10.8%
Energy
9.2%
Communication Services
8.1%
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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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