Forward International Fixed Income Fund

Institutional Class

Overview

Updated as of:
May 1, 2008

The Fund’s non-diversified portfolio consists of fixed income securities of companies and governments located outside the United States.

Diversify risks across a number of fixed income strategies, each with defined risk contributions
Investment decisions are not consensus based, rather portfolio construction is based on contributions from specialists who are responsible for their own area
Allocate risk to the various positions using standardized measures of risk
Pictet Asset Management has a long history specializing in international investing

		Class: Institutional Change to: Investor Change to: Class A Change to: Class C

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Overview

Category:	Foreign Fixed Income
Ticker Symbol:	FFXIX
CUSIP:	349913640
Benchmarks:¹	Citigroup World BIG Bond ex-U.S. Index and Blended Benchmark (60% Citigroup World BIG ex-U.S.Index/20% Merrill Lynch European Currency High Yield Index/20% JP Morgan GBI-EM Global Diversified Composite)
Inception:	October 5, 2007
Net Assets:	$13.6 Million
Load Fee:	No Load
Gross Expense Ratio:	1.65%
Net Expense Ratio:	0.99%²

Minimum Investment

Initial:	$4,000
Initial–eDelivery:	$2,000
Initial–Automatic Investment Plan:	$500

Statistics

Average Maturity (years):	3.94
Modified Duration:	5.07
Convexity:	0.59
Weighted Avg. YTM:	4.89
Weighted Avg. Coupon:	5.07
Weighted Avg. Credit Quality:	A

¹Unhedged USD

²The Fund’s investment advisor has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and reimburse other expensees 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 Institutional Class shares to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets) of 0.99%.

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