Industry description
The investment seeks long-term growth of capital.
The fund invests primarily in common stocks of companies with smaller market capitalizations located in developed and emerging markets outside the U.S. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations. Smaller market capitalization companies have market capitalizations that do not exceed the highest market capitalization of a company included in the fund's benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Small Cap Index (Gross), at the time of purchase.