Effective 12/31/17, this Fund is closed to certain qualified pension and retirement plans. For more information, please refer to the fund's statutory prospectus.
Objective
Seeks long-term growth of capital.
Overview
An international stock fund that seeks long-term growth of capital by looking for companies with improving or sustainable returns.
The portfolio manager is supported by the full resources of Wellington.
Performance
Performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.
SI = Since Inception.
Fund Inception: 07/02/1990
Share Class Inception: 4/1/98.
Class IB-share performance prior to its inception date reflects Class IA-share performance adjusted to reflect the fees and expenses of Class IB-shares. SI performance is calculated from 7/2/90.
Characteristics
# of Holdings | 82 |
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% in Equities | 99 |
% in Foreign Equities | 96 |
Beta (3 year) | 0.98 |
R Squared (3 year) | 0.97 |
Standard Deviation | 17.08% |
Turnover | 54% |
Active Share | 78% |
FUND | MSCI ACWI ex USA Index | |
---|---|---|
Price/Earnings | 13.7x | 12.6x |
Price/Book | 2.5x | 1.9x |
EPS Growth Rate | 16.7% | 12.9% |
Asset Weighted Market Cap (billions) | $138.6 | $111.1 |
Return on Equity | 16.2% | 16.1% |
Median Market Cap (billions) | $49.6 | $10.5 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 4.23 |
Tencent Holdings Ltd. | 2.76 |
Shell PLC | 2.32 |
Unilever PLC | 2.24 |
SAP SE | 2.10 |
Allianz SE | 2.08 |
London Stock Exchange Group PLC | 2.03 |
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 2.03 |
AstraZeneca PLC | 1.98 |
Deutsche Telekom AG | 1.96 |
Total Portfolio % | 23.73 |
Less than $2 billion | 0 | |
$2 billion - $5 billion | 1 | |
$5 billion - $10 billion | 5 | |
Greater than $10 billion | 95 | |
Not Classified | 0 |
FUND |
BENCHMARK | UNDERWEIGHT / OVERWEIGHT | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/30/24 | 10/31/24 | 10/31/24 | -4 0 4 | ||||
Information Technology | 16 | 16 | 13 | ||||
Industrials | 15 | 16 | 14 | ||||
Communication Services | 8 | 8 | 6 | ||||
Consumer Discretionary | 10 | 12 | 11 | ||||
Energy | 6 | 6 | 5 | ||||
Financials | 22 | 23 | 23 | ||||
Consumer Staples | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Utilities | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Real Estate | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Health Care | 9 | 7 | 9 | ||||
Materials | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Insights
Fund Literature
Hartford HLS Funds are distributed by Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC (HFD), Member FINRA. Advisory services are provided by Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (HFMC). The Funds are sub-advised by Wellington Management Company LLP. HFMC and Wellington Management are SEC registered investment advisers. Hartford Funds refers to HFD and HFMC, which are not affiliated with any sub-adviser.