Delaware Global Equity Fund

Delaware Global Equity Fund

Key features

Seek securities that are potentially mispriced due to the market's short-term bias

Disciplined investment process that seeks to identify underappreciated businesses

Investment philosophy that balancing valuation and quality can reduce downside risk

Daily pricing as of 05/26/2023

NAV
$6.64
NAV 1-day net change
0.02
Max offer price
$6.64

Total net assets as of 04/30/2023

All share classes
$201.9 million

Overview

Fund information
Inception date 04/01/2013
Dividends paid (if any) Annually
Capital gains paid (if any) November or December
Fund identifiers
NASDAQ FIITX
CUSIP 24611D805

Benchmark and peer group

MSCI World Index (primary) (view definition)

Morningstar Global Large-Stock Blend Category (view definition)

Lipper Global Multi-Cap Value Funds Average (view definition)


Performance

The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted.

Total returns may reflect waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the manager and/or distributor for some or all of the periods shown. Performance would have been lower without such waivers and reimbursements.

Average annual total return as of month-end (04/30/2023)

Returns for less than one year are not annualized.

Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or expenses. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index.

Average annual total return as of quarter-end (03/31/2023)

Returns for less than one year are not annualized.

Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or expenses. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index.

Overall Morningstar RatingTM

Institutional Class shares - as of 04/30/2023

MorningstarMorningstarMorningstar
Rating No. of funds
Overall 3 339
3 years 2 339
5 years 3 292
10 years 3 186
Morningstar category Global Large-Stock Blend

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The Morningstar rating is based on risk-adjusted returns.

Morningstar ranking - as of //
Morningstar category

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The Morningstar ranking is based on historical total returns.

Lipper ranking - as of 04/30/2023
1 year 7 / 161
3 years 121 / 142
5 years 85 / 136
10 years 37 / 86
Lipper classification Lipper Global Multi-Cap Value Funds Average

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The Lipper ranking is based on historical total returns.

Expense ratio

Gross
1.12%
Net
0.91%

Net expense ratio reflects a contractual waiver of certain fees and/or expense reimbursements from January 30, 2023 through January 30, 2024. Please see the fee table in the Fund's prospectus for more information.

Calendar year total returns @ NAV

Year
Annual return
Year
Annual return
2022
-11.40%
2021
7.95%
2020
8.03%
2019
22.06%
2018
-10.89%
2017
24.23%
2016
1.75%
2015
2.54%
2014
4.68%

Portfolio

Portfolio characteristics as of 04/30/2023

Number of holdings
39
Market cap (median) Source: FactSet
$31.7 billion
Market cap (weighted average) Source: FactSet
$96.6 billion
Portfolio turnover (last fiscal year)
30%
Beta (relative to MSCI World Index (Net)) (view definition)
0.71
Annualized standard deviation, 3 years (view definition)
14.96

Portfolio composition as of 04/30/2023
Total may not equal 100% due to rounding.

International equities & depositary receipts
74.2%
Domestic equities
24.7%
Cash, cash equivalents and other assets
1.1%

Top 10 holdings as of 04/30/2023

Holdings are as of the date indicated and subject to change.

List may exclude cash and cash equivalents. Please see the Fund's complete list of holdings for more information.

Holdings based by issuer.

Holding
% of portfolio
Holding
% of portfolio
NESTLE SA
5.40
KONINKLIJKE AHOLD DELHAIZE NV
5.09
DANONE SA
4.19
SAP SE
4.06
AMADEUS IT GROUP SA
4.04
UNILEVER PLC
3.96
SMITH & NEPHEW PLC
3.87
CLOROX COMPANY
3.86
L AIR LIQUIDE SA POUR L ETUDE ET L EXPLO
3.72
DIAGEO PLC
3.68

Total % Portfolio in Top 10 holdings - 41.87%

List of monthly holdingsList of quarterly holdings

Top 10 countries as of 04/30/2023

List may exclude cash, cash equivalents, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that are used for cash management purposes.

Country
% of portfolio
Country
% of portfolio
United States
24.7%
France
14.6%
United Kingdom
13.4%
Germany
12.1%
Switzerland
10.0%
Sweden
7.9%
Netherlands
5.1%
Japan
4.7%
Spain
4.0%
Denmark
2.3%

Distribution history - annual distributions (Institutional Class)1,2
Distributions ($ per share)

Year
Capital gains3
Net investment income
Year
Capital gains3
Net investment income
2023
0.000
0.000
2022
0.083
0.077
2021
0.808
0.000
2020
0.269
0.081
2019
1.037
0.052
2018
0.997
0.000
2017
0.630
0.051
2016
0.000
0.018
2015
0.397
0.010
2014
1.514
0.000
2013
0.110
0.000

1If a Fund makes a distribution from any source other than net income, it is required to provide shareholders with a notice disclosing the source of such distribution (each a "Notice"). The amounts and sources of distributions reported above and in each Notice are only estimates and are not provided for tax reporting purposes. Each Fund will send each shareholder a Form 1099 DIV for the calendar year that will provide definitive information on how to report the Fund's distributions for federal income tax purposes. The information in the table above will not be updated to reflect any subsequent recharacterization of dividends and distributions. Click here to see recent Notices pertaining to the Fund (if any).

2Information on return of capital distributions (if any) is only provided from June 1, 2014 onward.

3Includes both short- and long-term capital gains.

Management

Jens Hansen

Jens Hansen 

  • Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer — Global Equity Team
  • Start date on the Fund: October 2019
  • Years of industry experience: 33
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Klaus Petersen

Klaus Petersen, CFA

  • Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager
  • Start date on the Fund: October 2019
  • Years of industry experience: 25
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Claus Juul

Claus Juul 

  • Vice President, Portfolio Manager
  • Start date on the Fund: October 2019
  • Years of industry experience: 24
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Asa Annerstedt

Åsa Annerstedt 

  • Vice President, Portfolio Manager
  • Start date on the Fund: October 2019
  • Years of industry experience: 26
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Allan Saustrup Jensen

Allan Saustrup Jensen, CFA, CAIA®

  • Vice President, Portfolio Manager
  • Start date on the Fund: May 2020
  • Years of industry experience: 25
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Chris Gowlland

Chris Gowlland, CFA

  • Senior Vice President, Head of Equity Quantitative Research
  • Start date on the Fund: October 2019
  • Years of industry experience: 26
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Fees

Shareholder fees
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases as a percentage of offering price none
Maximum contingent deferred sales charge (load) as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption price, whichever is lower none
Annual fund operating expenses
Management fees 0.85%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees none
Other expenses 0.27%
Total annual fund operating expenses 1.12%
Fee waivers and expense reimbursements1 (0.21%)
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waivers and expense reimbursements 0.91%

Please see the prospectus and SAI for additional information.

1Net expense ratio reflects a contractual waiver of certain fees/and/or expense reimbursements from January 30, 2023 through January 30, 2024. Please see the fee table in the Fund's prospectus for more information.

Institutional Class shares are available only to certain investors. See the prospectus for more information.

1 The Fund’s investment manager, Delaware Management Company (Manager), has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its investment advisory fees and/or pay/reimburse expenses (excluding any acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, short sale dividend and interest expenses, brokerage fees, certain insurance costs, and nonroutine expenses or costs, including, but not limited to, those relating to reorganizations, litigation, conducting shareholder meetings, and liquidations) in order to prevent total annual fund operating expenses from exceeding 1.01% of the Fund’s average daily net assets from January 28, 2022 through January 28, 2023. These waivers and reimbursements may only be terminated by agreement of the Manager and the Fund.

Resources

Carefully consider the Fund's investment objectives, risk factors, charges, and expenses before investing. This and other information can be found in the Fund's prospectus and it's summary prospectus, which may be obtained by visiting delawarefunds.com/literature or calling 877 693-3546. Investors should read the prospectus and the summary prospectus carefully before investing.

Carefully consider the Fund's investment objectives, risk factors, charges, and expenses before investing. This and other information can be found in the Fund's prospectus and it's summary prospectus, which may be obtained by visiting delawarefunds.com/literature or calling 800 523-1918. Investors should read the prospectus and the summary prospectus carefully before investing.

The Fund’s investment manager, Delaware Management Company (Manager), may permit its affiliates, Macquarie Investment Management Global Limited (MIMGL) and Macquarie Funds Management Hong Kong Limited, to execute Fund security trades on behalf of the Manager. The Manager may also seek quantitative support from MIMGL.

Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal.

International investments entail risks including fluctuation in currency values, differences in accounting principles, or economic or political instability. Investing in emerging markets can be riskier than investing in established foreign markets due to increased volatility, lower trading volume, and higher risk of market closures. In many emerging markets, there is substantially less publicly available information and the available information may be incomplete or misleading. Legal claims are generally more difficult to pursue.

Liquidity risk is the possibility that securities cannot be readily sold within seven days at approximately the price at which a fund has valued them.

The Fund may allocate more of their net assets to investments in single securities than “diversified” funds.

Narrowly focused investments may exhibit higher volatility than investments in multiple industry sectors.

Natural or environmental disasters, such as earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, and other severe weather-related phenomena generally, and widespread disease, including pandemics and epidemics, have been and can be highly disruptive to economies and markets, adversely impacting individual companies, sectors, industries, markets, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Given the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region are increasingly likely to adversely affect markets, issuers, and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries. These disruptions could prevent the Fund from executing advantageous investment decisions in a timely manner and could negatively impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective. Any such event(s) could have a significant adverse impact on the value and risk profile of the Fund.

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