12/16/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/16/2024 16:17
September 30, 2024, as amended through December 16, 2024
SUMMARY PROSPECTUS
SIIT World Select Equity Fund (SWSAX)
Class A
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's Prospectus, which contains information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's Prospectus and other information about the Fund, including the Fund's Statement of Additional Information and annual and semi-annual reports, online at seic.com/fundprospectuses. You can also get this information at no cost by dialing 1-800-DIAL-SEI. The Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, dated September 30, 2024, as may be supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus and may be obtained, free of charge, at the website or phone number noted above.
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Investment Goal
Capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell Fund shares. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in this table and examples below.
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
Class A Shares |
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Management Fees |
0.55 |
% |
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Distribution (12b-1) Fees |
None |
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Other Expenses |
0.09 |
% |
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.64 |
% |
EXAMPLE
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
1 Year |
3 Years |
5 Years |
10 Years |
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World Select Equity Fund - Class A Shares |
$ |
65 |
$ |
205 |
$ |
357 |
$ |
798 |
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 79% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of U.S. and foreign companies of all capitalization ranges. These securities will include one or more of the following types of instruments: common stocks, preferred stocks, depositary receipts, warrants, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on an equity index, and derivative instruments whose value is based on an equity index or an underlying equity security or basket of equity securities (principally futures and forward contracts). The Fund will invest in securities of foreign issuers located in developed or emerging market countries, including frontier markets. To a lesser extent and depending on market conditions, the Fund will also invest in swaps on securities both for risk management or investment purposes. The Fund may invest in securities denominated in U.S. dollars or foreign currency. The Fund expects, under normal market conditions, to invest at least 40% of its assets in the securities of companies that are tied economically to at least three countries outside the U.S.
The Fund uses a multi-manager approach, relying upon a number of sub-advisers (each, a Sub-Adviser and collectively, the Sub-Advisers) with differing investment strategies to manage portions of the Fund's portfolio under the general supervision of SEI Investments Management Corporation (SIMC or the Adviser). Assets of the Fund not allocated to Sub-Advisers are managed directly by SIMC. The Fund is expected to have an absolute return and risk profile similar to the global equity market. The Fund is diversified as to issuers, market capitalization, industry and country.
The Sub-Advisers have the ability to seek to enhance the Fund's return by actively managing the Fund's foreign currency exposure. In doing so, the Sub-Advisers can buy and sell currencies (i.e., take long or short positions) using options, futures and foreign currency forward contracts. The Sub-Advisers can also take long and short positions in foreign currencies in excess of the value of the Fund's assets denominated in a particular currency or when the Fund does not own assets denominated in that currency. The Sub-Advisers may attempt to take advantage of certain inefficiencies in the currency exchange market, to increase the Fund's exposure to a foreign currency or to shift exposure to foreign currency fluctuations from one currency to another. Separate from active management of the Fund's foreign currency exposure, the Sub-Advisers have the ability to invest in futures contracts and forward contracts for hedging purposes, including to seek to manage the Fund's currency exposure to foreign securities and mitigate the Fund's overall risk.
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Principal Risks
Market Risk - The risk that the market value of a security may move up and down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, an industry, a sector or the equity market as a whole. Equity markets may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, economic or other developments that may cause broad changes in market value, public perceptions concerning these developments, and adverse investor sentiment or publicity. Similarly, environmental and public health risks, such as natural disasters, epidemics, pandemics or widespread fear that such events may occur, may impact markets adversely and cause market volatility in both the short- and long-term.
Foreign Investment/Emerging and Frontier Markets Risk - The risk that non-U.S. securities may be subject to additional price volatility, illiquidity and decreases in value due to, among other things, political, social and economic developments abroad, government ownership or control of portions of the private sector or certain companies, trade barriers and currency movements, exchange controls and managed adjustments in relative currency values, and different or new and unsettled securities and tax markets, laws and regulations. These additional risks may be heightened with respect to emerging market countries because political turmoil and rapid changes in economic conditions are more likely to occur in these countries. These risks may be magnified further with respect to "frontier market countries," which are a subset of emerging market countries with even smaller national economies.
Investment Style Risk - The risk that the Fund's investment strategy may underperform other segments of the equity markets or the equity markets as a whole.
Preferred Stock Risk - Preferred stock represents an equity or ownership interest in an issuer that pays dividends at a specified rate and that has precedence over common stock in the payment of dividends. In the event an issuer is liquidated or declares bankruptcy, the claims of owners of bonds take precedence over the claims of those who own preferred and common stock.
Depositary Receipts Risk - Depositary receipts, such as American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), are certificates evidencing ownership of shares of a foreign issuer that are issued by depositary banks and generally trade on an established market. Depositary receipts are subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities, including, among other things, political, social and economic developments abroad, currency movements and different legal, regulatory, tax, accounting and audit environments.
Warrants Risk - Warrants are instruments that entitle the holder to buy an equity security at a specific price for a specific period of time. Warrants may be more speculative than other types of investments. The price of a warrant may be more volatile than the price of its underlying security, and a warrant may offer greater potential for capital appreciation as well as capital loss. A warrant ceases to have value if it is not exercised prior to its expiration date.
Exchange-Traded Funds Risk - The risks of owning shares of an ETF generally reflect the risks of owning the underlying securities the ETF is designed to track, although lack of liquidity in an ETF could result in its value being more volatile than the underlying portfolio securities. When the Fund invests in an ETF, in addition to directly bearing the expenses associated with its own operations, it will bear a pro rata portion of the ETF's expenses.
Derivatives Risk - The Fund's use of futures contracts, forwards contracts, options and swaps is subject to market risk, leverage risk, correlation risk and liquidity risk. Leverage risk and liquidity risk are described below and market risk is described above. Many over-the-counter (OTC) derivative instruments will not have liquidity beyond the counterparty to the instrument. Correlation risk is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. The Fund's use of forward contracts, options and swaps is also subject to credit risk and valuation risk. Credit risk is described below. Valuation risk is the risk that the derivative may be difficult to value and/or valued incorrectly. Each of these risks could cause the Fund to lose more than the principal amount invested in a derivative instrument. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the Fund's initial investment. The other parties to certain derivative contracts present the same types of credit risk as issuers of fixed income securities. The Fund's use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders. Both U.S. and non-U.S. regulators have adopted and implemented regulations governing derivatives markets, the ultimate impact of which remains unclear.
Currency Risk - As a result of the Fund's investments in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies, the Fund will be subject to currency risk. Currency risk is the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency hedged. In either event, the dollar value of an investment in the Fund would be adversely affected. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate in response to, among other things, changes in interest rates, intervention (or failure to intervene) by U.S. or foreign governments, central banks or supranational entities, or by the imposition of currency controls or other political developments in the United States or abroad.
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Liquidity Risk - The risk that certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that the Fund would like. The Fund may have to lower the price of the security, sell other securities instead or forego an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on Fund management or performance.
Credit Risk - The risk that the issuer of a security or the counterparty to a contract will default or otherwise become unable to honor a financial obligation.
Leverage Risk - The Fund's use of derivatives may result in the Fund's total investment exposure substantially exceeding the value of its portfolio securities and the Fund's investment returns depending substantially on the performance of securities that the Fund may not directly own. The use of leverage can amplify the effects of market volatility on the Fund's share price and may also cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it would not be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its obligations. The Fund's use of leverage may result in a heightened risk of investment loss.
Prepayment Risk - The risk that, in a declining interest rate environment, fixed income securities with stated interest rates may have the principal paid earlier than expected, requiring the Fund to invest the proceeds at generally lower interest rates.
Investing in the Fund involves risk, and there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment goal. You could lose money on your investment in the Fund, just as you could with other investments. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The bar chart and the performance table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year for the past six calendar years and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1 and 5 years, and since the Fund's inception, compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The performance information shown is based on a full calendar year. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. For current performance information, please call 1-800-DIAL-SEI.
Best Quarter: 19.76% (6/30/20) Worst Quarter: -27.49% (3/31/20) The Fund's total return from January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024 was 7.07%. |
Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2023)
This table compares the Fund's average annual total returns to those of an appropriate broad-based index and an additional index with characteristics relevant to the Fund's investment strategy.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
World Select Equity Fund |
1 Year |
5 Years |
Since Inception (6/30/2017) |
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Return Before Taxes |
20.43 |
% |
11.78 |
% |
8.73 |
% |
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Return After Taxes on Distributions |
19.60 |
% |
10.03 |
% |
6.87 |
% |
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Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
12.68 |
% |
9.02 |
% |
6.42 |
% |
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MSCI All Country World Ex-US Net Index Return (reflects no deductions for fees or expenses) |
15.62 |
% |
7.08 |
% |
4.68 |
% |
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MSCI All Country World Net Index Return (reflects no deductions for fees or expenses) |
22.20 |
% |
11.72 |
% |
9.01 |
% |
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Management
Investment Adviser and Portfolio Manager. SEI Investments Management Corporation
Portfolio Manager |
Experience with the Fund |
Title with Adviser |
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Eugene Barbaneagra, CFA |
Since 2017 |
Portfolio Manager |
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Jason Collins |
Since 2023 |
Portfolio Manager, Head of Sub-Advised Equity |
Sub-Advisers and Portfolio Managers.
Sub-Adviser |
Portfolio Manager |
Experience with the Fund |
Title with Sub-Adviser |
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Brickwood Asset Management LLP |
Dermot Murphy Ben Whitmore |
Since 2024 Since 2024 |
Fund Manager Fund Manager |
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Lazard Asset Management LLC |
Louis Florentin-Lee Barnaby Wilson, CFA Robert Failla, CFA |
Since 2023 Since 2023 Since 2023 |
Managing Director, Portfolio Manager/Analyst Managing Director, Portfolio Manager/Analyst Managing Director, Portfolio Manager/Analyst |
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LSV Asset Management |
Josef Lakonishok, Ph.D. Menno Vermeulen, CFA Puneet Mansharamani, CFA Greg Sleight Guy Lakonishok, CFA Jason Karceski, Ph.D. |
Since 2017 Since 2017 Since 2017 Since 2017 Since 2017 Since 2018 |
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Partner, Portfolio Manager Partner, Portfolio Manager Partner, Portfolio Manager Partner, Portfolio Manager Partner, Portfolio Manager Partner, Portfolio Manager |
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PineStone Asset Management Inc. |
Nadim Rizk, CFA Andrew Chan, CIM |
Since 2018 Since 2018 |
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer Head of Research |
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Poplar Forest Capital LLC |
J. Dale Harvey Derek Derman, CFA |
Since 2018 Since 2022 |
CEO and Chief Investment Officer Co-Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst |
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Towle & Co |
Christopher D. Towle Peter J. Lewis, CFA James M. Shields, CFA Wesley R. Tibbetts, CFA G. Lukas Barthelmess, CFA |
Since 2017 Since 2017 Since 2017 Since 2017 Since 2021 |
President, CEO & Portfolio Manager Portfolio Manager Head of Private Funds & Portfolio Manager Portfolio Manager Portfolio Manager |
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
The Fund's minimum investment requirements for Class A Shares are: (a) that you must be an Eligible Investor (i.e., institutions or other SIMC advisory clients that have entered into an investment management agreement with SIMC or institutional investors, employee benefit plans and other similar entities purchasing through approved intermediaries); and (b) that your minimum initial investment must be $100,000, with minimum subsequent investments of $1,000, which may be waived at the discretion of SIMC. You may purchase and redeem shares of the Fund on any day that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open for business (a Business Day). You may sell your Fund shares by contacting your authorized financial institution or intermediary directly. Authorized financial institutions and intermediaries may redeem Fund shares on behalf of their clients by contacting the Fund's transfer agent (the Transfer Agent) or the Fund's authorized agent, using certain SEI Investments Company (SEI) or third party systems or by calling 1-800-858-7233, as applicable.
Tax Information
The distributions made by the Fund are generally taxable and will be taxed as qualified dividend income, ordinary income or capital gains. If you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or individual retirement account, you will generally not be subject to federal taxation on Fund distributions until you begin receiving distributions from your tax-deferred arrangement. You should consult your tax advisor regarding the rules governing your tax-deferred arrangement.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase Fund shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, such as a bank, the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.
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