The TCW International Small Cap Stock Fund was terminated and removed from the International Stock Option on 4/13/15. The fund was terminated after the board was notified that the fund manager was leaving this fund. This fund had been on the manager watch list for performance that was consistently detracting from the International Stock Option performance. The funds were moved into the International Stock Option’s index fund – BlackRock ACWI Ex US IMI Index until the board finds a suitable replacement fund. The new International Stock Option target allocation is as follows:
Manager | Previous Target Allocation | New Target Allocation effective 4/13/15 |
American Century Intl. Growth | 10% | 10% |
Templeton Instl. Foreign Equities | 12% | 12% |
Thornburg Intl. Value | 8% | 8% |
DFA Emerging Markets Value | 10% | 10% |
TCW Intl. Small Cap Equities | 8% | 0% |
MFS Intl. Value | 12% | 12% |
Brandes Intl. Small Cap Equities | 6% | 6% |
BlackRock ACWI Ex-US IMI Index | 34% | 42% |