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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. |
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Class: Institutional
Change to: Investor |
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Fact Sheet |
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Overview |
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| Category: |
Foreign Growth |
| Ticker Symbol: |
FEEIX |
| CUSIP: |
349913590 |
| Benchmark: |
MSCI Emerging Markets Europe 10/40 Index |
| Inception: |
December 31, 2007 |
| Net Assets: |
$2.9 Million |
| Load Fee: |
No Load |
| Gross Expense Ratio: |
2.80% |
| Net Expense Ratio: |
1.50%1 |
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Minimum Investment |
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| Initial: |
$100,000 |
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Statistics |
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| Price/Book:* |
3.04 |
| Forward P/E:* |
9.71 |
| EPS Growth Rate:* |
27.88% |
| Long-Term Debt-to-Equity:* |
9.25% |
| Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization:* |
$54.9 Billion |
| Average Capitalization:* |
$21.3 Billion |
| Number of Holdings: |
52 |
| Annualized Turnover: |
74.43% |
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1The Fund’s investment advisor has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and reimburse other expenses until April 30, 2009, in amounts necessary to limit the Fund’s operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends and extraordinary expenses) for the Institutional Class shares to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets) of 1.50%.
*Data refers to the Fund’s holdings and not to the Fund itself.
Price/Book Ratio and Price/Earnings Ratio represent equity securities within the Fund's portfolio, and are not intended to demonstrate Fund growth, income earned by the Fund, or distributions made by the Fund.
EPS Growth Rate represents current year consensus estimates weighed by distribution of the portfolio.
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