For investors seeking a packaged global real asset strategy.
The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Northern Trust Real Assets Allocation IndexTM (Underlying Index).
The Northern Trust Real Assets Allocation Index is designed to reflect the performance of a universe of inflation sensitive securities operating in the following sectors: global infrastructure, global real estate and global natural resources. The index is intended to reflect an exposure to "real" assets, and is constructed using a proprietary optimization in an effort to reduce volatility of returns, while maintaining diversification amongst the eligible securities.
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