Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust - NVIT GS Emerging Markets Equity Insights Fund Class Y

Overview

The NVIT GS Emerging Markets Equity Insights Fund Class Y is a mutual fund managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, focusing on equity investments in emerging market countries. The fund aims to achieve long-term capital growth by investing primarily in companies located in emerging markets, including regions such as Central and South America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. Under normal circumstances, it maintains investments in at least six emerging countries. The fund employs a diversified investment strategy, allocating assets across various sectors and industries within emerging markets. It seeks to minimize country, region, sector, and industry risks relative to its benchmark, aiming for consistent exposure to well-researched return drivers. The portfolio construction process is bottom-up and company-specific, utilizing fundamental and data science tools to drive systematic, bottom-up stock evaluation. The fund's investment philosophy emphasizes a disciplined, quantitative method to evaluate a broad universe of developed and emerging market stocks daily, focusing on fundamentals such as growth potential, valuation, market sentiment, and quality. This approach ensures that portfolio construction is driven by deep insights at the individual company level, with strict risk controls on various factors to maintain diversification and manage exposure to specific styles, capitalization, geography, or sectors. For more detailed information, including regulatory documents and holdings, financial professionals can visit Nationwide's official website. Individual investors should consult their financial advisors or the fund's official prospectus for personalized investment guidance.