Investment objective & strategy
As of July 29, 2025 · prospectusObjective. The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. Any income received is incidental to this objective.
Strategy. In seeking its investment objective, the Fund will invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in a broadly diversified portfolio of equity securities of large capitalization U.S. companies, including foreign issuers that are traded in the U.S. Large capitalization companies generally are considered to be those whose market capitalization is, at the time the Fund makes an investment, within the range of the market capitalization of the companies in the Russell 1000 Index. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by employing a strategy that uses statistics and advanced econometric methods to evaluate fundamental and quantifiable stock or firm characteristics (such as relative valuation, price momentum and earnings quality). The characteristics are combined to create … In seeking its investment objective, the Fund will invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in a broadly diversified portfolio of equity securities of large capitalization U.S. companies, including foreign issuers that are traded in the U.S. Large capitalization companies generally are considered to be those whose market capitalization is, at the time the Fund makes an investment, within the range of the market capitalization of the companies in the Russell 1000 Index. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by employing a strategy that uses statistics and advanced econometric methods to evaluate fundamental and quantifiable stock or firm characteristics (such as relative valuation, price momentum and earnings quality). The characteristics are combined to create a proprietary multifactor quantitative stock selection model, which generates stock specific forecasts that are used along with controls intended to manage risk to determine security weightings. The Fund may use derivatives such as stock index futures contracts to equitize cash and enhance portfolio liquidity. NTI will normally sell a security that it believes is no longer attractive based upon the evaluation criteria described above. From time to time the Fund may have a focused investment (i.e., investment exposure comprising more than 15% of its total assets) in one or more particular sectors. As of March 31, 2025, the Fund had a focused investment in the information technology sector. Frank Russell Company does not endorse any of the securities in the Russell 1000 Index. It is not a sponsor of the Large Cap Core Fund and is not affiliated with the Fund in any way.
Top holdings
As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA CORP | — | $26.13M | 8.09% |
| APPLE INC | — | $23.42M | 7.25% |
| MICROSOFT CORP | — | $17.66M | 5.46% |
| ALPHABET INC CL A | — | $15.56M | 4.82% |
| AMAZON.COM INC | — | $10.52M | 3.26% |
| BROADCOM INC | — | $10.31M | 3.19% |
| META PLATFORMS INC CL A | — | $7.04M | 2.18% |
| JPMORGAN CHASE and CO | — | $5.80M | 1.79% |
| JOHNSON&JOHNSON | — | $5.49M | 1.70% |
| BERKSHIRE HATH-B | — | $4.83M | 1.49% |
Portfolio moves
Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026How 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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|---|---|---|
| FlexShares US Quality Large Cap Index Fund · QLC | 69% | 0.25% |
| Income Equity Fund · NOIEX | 62% | 0.49% |
| LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Factor Large Cap Equity Fund | 61% | 0.36% |
Advisers
| Firm | Role |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, INC. | Adviser |
Footnotes
- Expense ratio as of July 29, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
- Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
- 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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