Research International Core Fund
| Fund Overview | |
| Adviser: | Mason Street Advisors, LLC |
| Subadviser: | Massachusetts Financial Services Company |
| Objective/Focus: | The Portfolio primarily invests in foreign equity securities, including emerging market equity securities. The objective is capital appreciation. |
| Asset Class: | International Stocks |
| Style: | Blend |
| Investors should be aware of the risks of investments in foreign securities, particularly investments in securities of companies in developing nations. These include the risks of currency fluctuation, of political and economic instability and of less well-developed government supervision and regulation of business and industry practices, as well as differences in accounting standards. | |
| Investing in small company stocks involves a greater degree of risk than investing in medium or large company stocks. Investing in medium company stocks involves a greater degree of risk than investing in large company stocks. | |
| Fund Facts as of 6/30/17 | |
| Fund Inception | 04-30-2007 |
| First Available for Variable Annuity | 04-30-2007 |
| First Available for Variable Life | 06-30-2011 |
| Net Assets | $586.71 Million |
| Top 10 Portfolio Holdings | % of Net Assets |
| Nestle SA | 3.6% |
| Roche Holding AG | 3.1% |
| Bayer AG | 2.8% |
| Novartis AG | 2.3% |
| Schneider Electric SE | 2.0% |
| UBS Group AG | 2.0% |
| AIA Group, Ltd. | 1.8% |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | 1.7% |
| Danone SA | 1.7% |
| Akzo Nobel NV | 1.7% |
| Total % of Net Assets | 22.7% |
| Download Publicly Disclosed Holdings | |
| Geographic Allocation | % of Equities |
| Europe | 59.7% |
| Asia | 27.2% |
| North America | 5.2% |
| Australia/New Zealand | 4.0% |
| Latin America/Caribbean | 2.4% |
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