IVOAX
Nomura Mid Cap Income Opportunities Fund
IVY FUNDS
Expense ratio1
1.08%
Net assets2
$721.45M
Holdings2
40
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
8.19%

Investment objective & strategy

As of July 29, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. Macquarie Mid Cap Income Opportunities Fund seeks to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.

Strategy. Macquarie Mid Cap Income Opportunities Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of income-producing common stocks of mid-capitalization companies that the Manager believes demonstrate favorable prospects for total return. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in the securities of mid-capitalization companies, which for purposes of this Fund, typically are companies with market capitalizations similar to those of issuers included in the Russell Midcap Index over the last 13 months at the time of acquisition. As of June 30, 2025 , this range of market capitalizations was between approximately $ 831 million and $ 89.2 billion. The Fund focuses primarily on mid-capitalization companies that the Manager believes have … Macquarie Mid Cap Income Opportunities Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of income-producing common stocks of mid-capitalization companies that the Manager believes demonstrate favorable prospects for total return. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in the securities of mid-capitalization companies, which for purposes of this Fund, typically are companies with market capitalizations similar to those of issuers included in the Russell Midcap Index over the last 13 months at the time of acquisition. As of June 30, 2025 , this range of market capitalizations was between approximately $ 831 million and $ 89.2 billion. The Fund focuses primarily on mid-capitalization companies that the Manager believes have the ability to sustain, and potentially increase, dividends while providing capital appreciation over the long-term. The Fund also may invest, to a lesser extent, in companies that pay other types of income to shareholders, including return of capital. In selecting securities for the Fund, the Manager primarily emphasizes a bottom-up (researching individual issuers) approach and may look at a number of factors in its consideration of a company, such as: competitive and sustainable dividend yield; potential growth in dividends; strong financial and operational capabilities; stable and consistent revenue, earnings, and cash flow; a sound balance sheet; market potential; profit potential and a proven track record of, or the potential for, returning capital to shareholders. Part of the Managers investment process also includes a review of the macroeconomic environment, with a focus on factors such as interest rates, inflation, consumer confidence and corporate spending. The Fund typically will hold a limited number of stocks (generally 35 to 50). The Fund will emphasize investments in dividend-paying and other income-producing securities to seek to provide a steady return. The Funds portfolio holdings generally will be of approximate equal weight, but the Manager may adjust the weighting depending upon market conditions, for investment opportunities, or when the Manager adds or divests certain positions. The Manager intends to re-balance the Funds portfolio holdings at least quarterly in an effort to maintain an approximate equal weighting. Generally, in determining whether to sell a security, the Manager uses the same type of analysis that it uses in buying securities of that type. For example, the Manager may sell a security if it believes the security is no longer able to pay a dividend in the future, no longer offers attractive current income prospects or significant growth potential or if there have been changes in economic or market factors in general or with respect to a particular industry or sector, changes in the market trends or other factors affecting an individual security. The Manager also may sell a security to rebalance the portfolio, to reduce the Funds holding in that security, to take advantage of what it believes are more attractive investment opportunities or to raise cash. The Manager may permit its affiliate, Macquarie Investment Management Global Limited (MIMGL), to execute Fund security trades on behalf of the Manager. The Manager may also seek quantitative support from MIMGL.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
FASTENAL CO $23.12M 3.20%
CARDINAL HEALTH INC $22.09M 3.06%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA $22.06M 3.06%
SNAP-ON INCORPORATED $21.95M 3.04%
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO $21.82M 3.02%
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC $21.64M 3.00%
GARMIN LTD $21.56M 2.99%
AVERY DENNISON CORP $21.17M 2.93%
TRAVEL+LEISURE CO $21.07M 2.92%
DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC $21.04M 2.92%
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Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
2
Exited
1
Increased
5
Decreased
21
Unchanged
12

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of March 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust Adviser
Macquarie Investment Management Global Limited Sub-adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of July 29, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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