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Investment Type: pif

Global Emerging Markets Inst Fund (PIEIX)

Quick Facts Ticker: PIEIX Inception Date: 03/01/2001 Extended Performance Inception Date: 12/06/2000 Morningstar Category: Diversified Emerging Mkts Total Net Assets (mil): $2,543.41	Investment Strategy    What's this? The investment seeks long-term growth of capital. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of emerging market companies. The fund's manager considers "emerging market" to mean any market that is considered to be an emerging market by the international financial community (including the MSCI Emerging Markets Index or Bloomberg Emerging Markets USD Aggregate Bond Index). It invests in equity securities regardless of market capitalization (small, medium or large) and style (growth or value).
Morningstar Style Box™   as of 03/31/2025    What's this?	Overall Morningstar Star Rating™   as of 04/30/2025    What's this? Out of 722 Diversified Emerging Mkts Funds Morningstar's Star Ratings reflect risk adjusted performance and are derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three, five, and ten-year (if applicable) time periods.

Total Returns

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Average Annual Total Returns as of 04/30/2025

1 Month 3 Month YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since      Inception* Total Return % -0.37 1.98 4.36 6.90 4.87 7.13 2.77 7.30 MSCI Emerging Markets NR Index % 1.31 2.45 4.28 9.02 3.85 6.35 3.07 --- Diversified Emerging Mkts Category % 1.39 1.77 3.15 6.63 4.39 7.11 3.09 --- Morningstar Percentile Rankings** --- --- --- 54 38 48 60 --- # of Funds in Category 802 797 795 777 722 639 440 ---

* Inception Date: 03/01/2001 ; Extended Performance Inception Date: 12/06/2000

**Morningstar percentile rankings are based on total returns.

Expenses   as of 04/30/2025 Total Investment Expense - Gross: 1.26% Total Investment Expense - Net: 1.12% Contractual Cap Date: 02/28/2026 Total Investment Expense Gross Per $1,000 Invested: $12.60

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Jeffrey Kilkenny , CFA Since 01/10/2020 B.A./B.S. , University of Iowa