Key features
Equity fund investing in securities with products, services or practices that align with the UN SDGs with similar risk profiles to the Russell 1000 Value Index
The Fund's portfolio seeks a dividend yield higher than its benchmark, the Russell 1000® Value Index
Striving to satisfy dual societal and investment objectives, the Fund’s investment team combines sustainability experience with quantitative experience
Daily pricing
as of
09/29/2023
NAV 1-day net change
-0.03
Total net assets
as of
08/31/2023
All share classes
$62.6 million
Overview
| Fund identifiers |
| NASDAQ |
IDAIX |
| CUSIP |
46600A617 |
Benchmark
Portfolio
Market cap (median) Source: FactSet
$40.6 billion
Market cap (weighted average) Source: FactSet
$120.1 billion
Portfolio turnover (last fiscal year)
94%
International equities & depositary receipts
2.4%
Cash, cash equivalents and other assets
0.1%
Top 10 holdings
as of 08/31/2023
Holdings are as of the date indicated and subject to change.
List may exclude cash and cash equivalents. Please see the Fund's complete list of holdings for more information.
Holdings based by issuer.
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
1.54
Total % Portfolio in Top 10 holdings - 18.21%
Sector allocation
as of 08/31/2023
List may exclude cash, cash equivalents, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that are used for cash management purposes. Please see the Fund’s complete list of holdings for more information.
Information technology
9.5%
Communication services
5.2%
Consumer discretionary
4.9%
Distribution history - annual distributions (Institutional Class)1,2
Distributions ($ per share)
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
Barry Gladstein, CFA, CPA
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Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investing – Public Investments
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Start date on the Fund:
November 2021
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Years of industry experience:
27
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Barry Gladstein
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investing – Public Investments
- Joined Macquarie in 2016
- Based in Philadelphia
Barry is the Head of Sustainable Investing for Macquarie Asset Management’s (MAM’s) Public Investments division. In this role, he supports the investment teams in their efforts to integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into their investment processes and co-manages several dedicated sustainability strategies.
Previously, Barry was Founding Member and Portfolio Manager for Cross Ledge Investments from 2010 to 2015. Prior to that, he worked at Delaware Investments for 15 years, leaving the firm as Co-Chief Investment Officer for the firm’s Emerging Growth Team in 2010.
Barry serves on the CFA Institute’s ESG Technical Committee and the Investment Management Education Association’s ESG Committee leadership group.
Barry earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a Master of Business Administration in finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation, and he is a certified public accountant, a Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential® holder, and he has completed the CFA Institute’s Certificate in ESG Investing.
Chris Gowlland, CFA
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Senior Vice President, Head of Equity Quantitative Research
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Start date on the Fund:
November 2021
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Years of industry experience:
26
-
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Chris Gowlland
Senior Vice President, Head of Equity Quantitative Research
Chris Gowlland is the Head of Equity Quantitative Research, a role he assumed in July 2019. As part of his role, he also serves as portfolio manager for certain portfolios managed by the Global Equity team and for several different strategies in the firm’s multi-asset class offerings. Previously, he was a senior quantitative analyst for the firm’s equity department. Prior to joining Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) in May 2007, he spent seven years working in fundamental equity research and corporate finance for Morgan Stanley and Commerzbank Securities, followed by two years as a quantitative strategist at Morgan Stanley and at State Street Global Markets. Gowlland holds a bachelor’s degree in Chinese and Spanish from the University of Leeds (U.K.), a master’s degree in development studies from Brown University, and another master’s degree in international management from Thunderbird. He also spent several years in a Ph.D. program in political economy at Harvard University. Gowlland is a member of the CFA Institute, the CFA Society New York, the CFA Society of Philadelphia, and the Society of Quantitative Analysts.
Fees
The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table below. You may qualify for sales-charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Delaware Funds by Macquarie. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary, in the Fund’s Prospectus under the section entitled “About your account,” and in the Fund’s statement of additional information (SAI) under the section entitled “Purchasing Shares.”
| 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 |
0.35% |
| Distribution and service (12b-1) fees |
none |
| Other expenses |
0.33% |
| Total annual fund operating expenses |
0.68% |
| Fee waivers and expense reimbursements1 |
(0.18%) |
| Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waivers and expense reimbursements |
0.50% |
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.
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