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A Team Approach |
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| The Forward Eastern Europe Equities Fund is team managed. All investment management decisions are made jointly by the team. |
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Sub-Advisor: Pictet Asset Management, Ltd. |
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Pictet Asset Management, Ltd., is part of Pictet Asset Management, the institutional investment management division of Geneva-based Pictet & Cie, a Swiss private bank that was founded in 1805.
Pictet Asset Management, Ltd., is located in London. |
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 Key Personnel |
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| Agne Zitkute, CFA*, Senior Investment Manager |
| Zitkute is a Senior Investment Manager in the Emerging Markets Equities Team specializing in Eastern European markets. She holds a BA in business from the Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania and an MBA from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. |
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| Oliver Bell, Senior Investment Manager |
| Bell is a Senior Investment Manager in the Emerging Markets Equities team specializing in the Turkish, Middle Eastern, African markets and Indian markets. Bell holds a BSc (with honors) in chemistry from the University of Exeter and holds the Investment Management Certificate. |
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| *Agne Zitkute has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. CFA Institute marks are trademarks owned by the CFA Institute. |
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 PDF Fund
Fact Sheet |
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Overview |
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| Category: |
Foreign Growth |
| Ticker Symbol: |
FEECX |
| CUSIP: |
349913624 |
| Benchmark: |
MSCI Emerging Markets Europe 10/40 Index |
| Inception: |
December 31, 2007 |
| Load Fee: |
No Load |
| Dealer Concession: |
1.00%1,2 |
| Trail: |
1.00%3 |
| Gross Expense Ratio: |
3.75% |
| Net Expense Ratio: |
2.40%* |
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Minimum Investment |
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| Initial: |
$4,000 |
| Initial–eDelivery: |
$2,000 |
| Initial–Automatic Investment Plan: |
$500 |
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*The Fund’s investment advisor has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and reimburse expenses until January 31, 2009, in amounts necessary to limit the Fund’s operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, and extraordinary expenses) for Class C shares to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets) of 2.40%.
1Maximum concession allowed. See prospectus for more details.
2Maximum deferred sales charge for shares held less than two years is 1.00%.
3Begins after the 24th month.
The MSCI Emerging Markets Europe 10/40 Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure equity performance in the emerging markets of Europe and adjusted for the limitations imposed by the UCITS III (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) directive on funds incorporated in member states of the European Union. The UCITS III directive constrains the weight of any single group entity, as defined therein, at 10% of a fund’s total assets and the sum of the weights of all group entities representing more than 5% of the fund at 40% of the fund's total assets. Investors cannot invest directly in the index. |
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