Macquarie VIP Pathfinder Moderately Conservative Series

Macquarie VIP Pathfinder Moderately Conservative Series(formerly, Delaware Ivy VIP Pathfinder Moderately Conservative)

Key features

Objective

Macquarie VIP Pathfinder Moderately Conservative Series seeks to achieve its objective by allocating its assets among asset classes so that approximately 45-65% of the value of the Series' assets are in equities (with a maximum of 20% allocated to international/global stocks) and approximately 35-55% of the Series' assets are in fixed income (including cash).

Daily pricing as of 05/20/2024

NAV
$4.17
NAV 1-day net change
0.01
Max offer price
$4.17

Total net assets as of 04/30/2024

All share classes
$125.1 million

Overview

Series information
Inception date 03/12/2008
Dividends paid (if any) Annual
Series identifiers
CUSIP 46600H729

Benchmark

40% Russell 3000® Index + 30% Bloomberg US Credit Index + 15% Bloomberg 1-3 Year US Government/Credit Index + 15% MSCI EAFE Index (view definition)

Russell 3000® Index (view definition)

Bloomberg US Credit Index (view definition)

MSCI EAFE Index (view definition)

Bloomberg 1-3 Year US Government/Credit Index (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 (as applicable) 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 (04/30/2024)

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 (03/31/2024)

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.

Expense ratio

Gross
0.95%
Net
0.95%

The performance and expense ratio information shown represent the performance and fees as they relate to actual shares of the Series. These examples do not include any fees or sales charges imposed by the variable insurance contract for which the Series is an investment option. If they were included, your costs would be higher and performance would be lower. Investors should consult the contract prospectus or disclosure documents for more information.

Calendar year total returns @ NAV

Year
Annual return
Year
Annual return
2023
13.99%
2022
-14.71%
2021
12.37%
2020
13.52%
2019
16.85%
2018
-2.67%
2017
12.77%
2016
3.10%
2015
0.33%
2014
3.88%

Portfolio

Portfolio characteristics as of 04/30/2024

Number of holdings
10
Portfolio turnover (last fiscal year)
27%
Beta (relative to Blend Index - Pathfinder Moderately Conservative) (view definition)
0.97
Annualized standard deviation, 3 years (view definition)
11.58

Top 10 Underlying Funds (% of net assets) as of 04/30/2024

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

List excludes cash and cash equivalents.

Holding
% of portfolio
Holding
% of portfolio
MACQUARIE VIP CORPORATE BOND SERIE
28.88
MACQUARIE VIP INTERNATIONAL CORE E
15.13
MACQUARIE VIP LIMITED-TERM BOND SE
14.91
MACQUARIE VIP VALUE SERIES
10.31
MACQUARIE VIP CORE EQUITY SERIES
10.28
MACQUARIE VIP GROWTH SERIES
9.95
MACQUARIE VIP MID CAP GROWTH SERIE
4.40
MACQUARIE VIP SMID CAP CORE SERIES
4.00
MACQUARIE VIP HIGH INCOME SERIES
1.03
MACQUARIE VIP SMALL CAP GROWTH SER
0.89

Total % Fund in Top 10 holdings - 99.78%

Management

Investment manager

Delaware Management Company, a series of Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust (a Delaware statutory trust)

Aaron Young

Aaron D. Young 

  • Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager – Global Multi-Asset
  • Start date on the Fund: October 2016
  • Years of industry experience: 19
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Sub-advisor

Macquarie Investment Management Austria Kapitalanlage AG (MIMAK) serves as sub-advisor for the Fund.

Stefan Lowenthal

Stefan Löwenthal, CFA

  • Managing Director, Head of Global Multi-Asset
  • Start date on the Fund: November 2021
  • Years of industry experience: 16
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Jurgen Wurzer

Jürgen Wurzer 

  • Managing Director, Deputy Head of Global Multi-Asset
  • Start date on the Fund: November 2021
  • Years of industry experience: 17
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Fees

Annual portfolio operating expenses
Management fees 0.00%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees none
Other expenses1 0.95%
Total annual series operating expenses 0.95%
Fee waivers and expense reimbursements none
Total annual series operating expenses after fee waivers and expense reimbursements 0.95%

Please see the prospectus and SAI for additional information.

1Other expenses contain a 0.91% acquired fund fees and expenses. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses sets forth the Series' pro rata portion of the cumulative expenses charged by the Underlying Funds in which the Series invested during its last fiscal year. The actual Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses will vary with changes in the allocations of the Series' assets. The Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses shown are based on the total expense ratio of each Underlying Fund for the Series' most recent fiscal year.

Resources

Effective May 1, 2024, Class I was renamed Standard Class and Class II was renamed Service Class.

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

Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal.

Fixed income securities and bond funds can lose value, and investors can lose principal, as interest rates rise. They also may be affected by economic conditions that hinder an issuer’s ability to make interest and principal payments on its debt. The Fund may also be subject to prepayment risk, the risk that the principal of a bond that is held by a portfolio will be prepaid prior to maturity, at the time when interest rates are lower than what the bond was paying. A portfolio may then have to reinvest that money at a lower interest rate.

IBOR risk is the risk that changes related to the use of the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) or similar rates (such as EONIA) could have adverse impacts on financial instruments that reference these rates. The abandonment of these rates and transition to alternative rates could affect the value and liquidity of instruments that reference them and could affect investment strategy performance.

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 Series' 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 Series from executing advantageous investment decisions in a timely manner and could negatively impact the Series' ability to achieve its investment objective. Any such event(s) could have a significant adverse impact on the value and risk profile of the Series.

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Macquarie VIP funds are not available for direct investment except for issuers of variable insurance product contracts. They are available only through the purchase of certain variable insurance products.

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