SMALL CAP VALUE FUND
Fund Overview
Adviser:
Mason Street Advisors, LLC
Subadviser:
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Objective/Focus:
Invests primarily in the stocks of small capitalization companies whose current stock prices do not appear to adequately reflect their underlying value as measured by assets, earnings, cash flow, or business franchises. The objective is to seek long-term capital growth.
Asset Class:
Small-Cap Stocks
Style:
Value
Investing in small company stocks involves a greater degree of risk than investing in medium or large company stocks.
Fund Facts as of 03/31/21
Fund Inception
07–31–2001
First Available for Variable Annuity
07–31–2001
First Available for Variable Life
07–31–2001
Net Assets
$667.1 Million
Top 10 Portfolio Holdings % of Net Assets
Western Alliance Bancorporation
1.8%
Home BancShares, Inc.
1.7%
Littelfuse, Inc.
1.4%
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.
1.4%
UFP Industries, Inc.
1.3%
BankUnited, Inc.
1.3%
WSFS Financial Corp.
1.2%
Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.
1.2%
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable
Infrastructure Capital, Inc.
1.2%
BankUnited, Inc.
1.2%
Total % of Net Assets
13.7%
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Disclosed Holdings
Sector Weightings % of Equities
Financials
28.7%
Industrials
16.6%
Consumer Discretionary
11.3%
Real Estate
7.8%
Information Technology
7.5%
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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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