NSI

NSI invests in the emerging markets equity space without compromising the US national security. Starting with an initial universe of emerging markets stocks, the fund uses National Security Governance (NSG) screening process to remove companies that fall into any of the following: (a) companies subject to a US government sanctions program, (b) defense contractors or suppliers of military items in a country of concern (i.e., China and Russia), (c) firms in a country of concern that provide dual-use items to a military end-user, or that are involved in a military-civil fusion program, (d) firms engaged in state-sponsored influence operations targeted against the US or its allies, (e) companies that are a strategic, cybersecurity, or an espionage threat to US or its allies, (f) human rights violators, and (g) operators in disputed areas of the South or East China Sea. All remaining securities are selected and weighted by market-cap. The index reconstitutes semi-annually and rebalances quarterly.