Investment Objective
Capital Appreciation
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Fund Characteristics
The International Developed Plus Fund seeks to invest in foreign companies with superior quality and growth characteristics relative to competitors, emphasizing large and medium cap companies, with limited small cap and emerging markets exposure.
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Investment Approach
- Seeks to invest in stocks of well-managed, quality growth companies expected to maintain superior growth, profitability and quality relative to other companies in the same industry worldwide
- The selection of individual stocks through in-depth, bottom-up research is the Fund’s primary focus. Industry sector allocation and country selection are the next most important investment criteria
- Invests primarily in common stocks of large and medium-sized companies included in the Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country World Ex-U.S. Investable Market Index (IMI) (net).
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Why Consider This Fund?
- Provides a high quality portfolio emphasizing mid and large cap companies with strong corporate performance
- Focuses on developed markets while also providing some exposure to emerging markets
- Applies comprehensive research systematically in an international peer context
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