Empower Emerging Markets Equity Fund | Empower International Growth Fund |
Institutional Class Ticker / MXENX | Institutional Class Ticker / MXHTX |
Investor Class Ticker / MXEOX | Investor Class Ticker / MXIGX |
Empower International Index Fund | Empower International Value Fund |
Institutional Class Ticker / MXPBX | Institutional Class Ticker / MXJVX |
Investor Class Ticker / MXINX | Investor Class Ticker / MXIVX |
(a) | All or a portion of the security is on loan as of March 31, 2025. |
(b) | Non-income producing security. |
(c) | Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As of March 31, 2025, the aggregate fair value of 144A securities was $57,188,039, representing 4.27% of net assets. |
(d) | Collateral received for securities on loan. |
(e) | Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of March 31, 2025. |
ADR | American Depositary Receipt |
ETF | Exchange Traded Fund |
GDR | Global Depositary Receipt |
NVDR | Non-Voting Depository Receipt |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
Country | Fair Value | Percentage of Fund Investments | |
China | $413,565,000 | 31.11% | |
India | 227,809,649 | 17.14 | |
Taiwan | 223,450,031 | 16.81 | |
South Korea | 125,258,686 | 9.42 | |
Saudi Arabia | 40,797,273 | 3.07 | |
Brazil | 39,881,962 | 3.00 | |
South Africa | 28,079,673 | 2.11 | |
Mexico | 27,756,793 | 2.09 | |
Indonesia | 24,605,322 | 1.85 | |
United Arab Emirates | 21,713,312 | 1.63 | |
Thailand | 20,165,615 | 1.52 | |
United States | 18,553,575 | 1.39 | |
Greece | 17,975,331 | 1.35 | |
Poland | 17,026,277 | 1.28 | |
Philippines | 14,376,061 | 1.08 | |
Malaysia | 10,154,364 | 0.76 | |
Hungary | 9,384,482 | 0.71 | |
Ireland | 8,875,658 | 0.67 | |
Peru | 8,285,091 | 0.62 | |
Turkey | 7,558,847 | 0.57 | |
Uruguay | 5,130,788 | 0.39 | |
Slovenia | 3,857,221 | 0.29 | |
Singapore | 3,818,497 | 0.29 | |
Egypt | 3,310,453 | 0.25 | |
Hong Kong | 3,157,266 | 0.24 | |
Belgium | 1,809,657 | 0.14 | |
United Kingdom | 1,126,592 | 0.08 | |
Chile | 1,057,285 | 0.08 | |
Colombia | 764,483 | 0.06 | |
Total | $1,329,305,244 | 100.00% |
Shares | Fair Value | |
Technology — (continued) | ||
40,900 | Otsuka Corp | $ 885,543 |
285,203 | Sage Group PLC | 4,475,947 |
60,559 | SAP SE | 16,226,813 |
20,850 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd Sponsored ADR | 3,461,100 |
90,262,653 | ||
Utilities — 0.87% | ||
217,373 | SSE PLC | 4,476,147 |
TOTAL COMMON STOCK — 97.22% (Cost $453,106,630) | $503,190,971 | |
GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET MUTUAL FUNDS | ||
3,223,950 | Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Money Market Fund Institutional Class(d), 4.29%(e) | 3,223,950 |
TOTAL GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET MUTUAL FUNDS — 0.63% (Cost $3,223,950) | $3,223,950 | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 97.85% (Cost $456,330,580) | $506,414,921 | |
OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET — 2.15% | $11,150,613 | |
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.00% | $517,565,534 |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As of March 31, 2025, the aggregate fair value of 144A securities was $13,529,538, representing 2.61% of net assets. |
(c) | All or a portion of the security is on loan as of March 31, 2025. |
(d) | Collateral received for securities on loan. |
(e) | Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of March 31, 2025. |
ADR | American Depositary Receipt |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
Country | Fair Value | Percentage of Fund Investments | |
United Kingdom | $87,072,827 | 17.19% | |
Japan | 71,278,964 | 14.08 | |
Switzerland | 60,670,934 | 11.98 | |
Germany | 53,312,904 | 10.53 | |
France | 51,592,081 | 10.19 | |
Israel | 27,292,180 | 5.39 | |
Netherlands | 26,579,131 | 5.25 | |
Denmark | 19,119,492 | 3.78 | |
Australia | 19,030,904 | 3.76 | |
Spain | 15,151,861 | 2.99 | |
Canada | 14,952,597 | 2.95 | |
Ireland | 12,853,359 | 2.54 | |
Sweden | 11,535,572 | 2.28 | |
Uruguay | 9,169,089 | 1.81 | |
Singapore | 6,992,238 | 1.38 | |
Hong Kong | 5,845,225 | 1.15 | |
China | 3,814,800 | 0.75 | |
Indonesia | 3,465,713 | 0.68 | |
Taiwan | 3,461,100 | 0.68 | |
United States | 3,223,950 | 0.64 | |
Total | $506,414,921 | 100.00% |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | All or a portion of the security is on loan as of March 31, 2025. |
(c) | Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As of March 31, 2025, the aggregate fair value of 144A securities was $29,098,983, representing 1.12% of net assets. |
(d) | Security is fair valued using significant unobservable inputs. |
(e) | Represents less than 0.005% of net assets. |
(f) | Collateral received for securities on loan. |
(g) | Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of March 31, 2025. |
(h) | Zero coupon bond; the interest rate shown is the effective yield on date of purchase. |
ADR | American Depositary Receipt |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
As of March 31, 2025, the Fund held the following outstanding exchange traded futures contracts: | |||||
Description | Number of Contracts | Notional Amount (000) | Expiration Date | Fair Value and Net Unrealized (Depreciation) | |
Long | |||||
MSCI EAFE Index Futures | 416 | USD | 50,259 | Jun 2025 | $(1,031,455) |
Net Depreciation | $(1,031,455) |
As of March 31, 2025 the Fund held the following over-the-counter ("OTC") forward foreign currency contracts: | ||||||
Counterparty | Currency Purchased | Quantity of Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Quantity of Currency Sold | Settlement Date | Net Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) |
CGM | USD | 14,126 | AUD | 22,708 | 04/02/2025 | $(64) |
CGM | USD | 75,141 | AUD | 120,786 | 04/11/2025 | (335) |
CGM | USD | 16,239 | AUD | 25,744 | 04/16/2025 | 152 |
CGM | USD | 38,061 | AUD | 61,176 | 04/23/2025 | (167) |
CGM | USD | 465,646 | DKK | 3,219,849 | 04/01/2025 | (1,022) |
CGM | USD | 231,988 | EUR | 214,490 | 04/01/2025 | 59 |
CGM | USD | 11,593 | EUR | 10,717 | 04/03/2025 | 3 |
CGM | USD | 151,468 | GBP | 119,683 | 04/04/2025 | (3,132) |
CGM | USD | 10,448 | GBP | 8,069 | 04/25/2025 | 26 |
CGM | USD | 229,717 | GBP | 177,406 | 04/28/2025 | 567 |
CGM | USD | 226,497 | GBP | 175,646 | 05/07/2025 | (378) |
CGM | USD | 23,344 | GBP | 18,103 | 05/08/2025 | (39) |
CGM | USD | 87,288 | GBP | 67,605 | 05/09/2025 | (35) |
CGM | USD | 48,313 | GBP | 37,466 | 05/14/2025 | (81) |
CGM | USD | 969,156 | GBP | 750,000 | 06/02/2025 | 409 |
CGM | USD | 12,426 | HKD | 96,476 | 04/22/2025 | 20 |
CGM | USD | 11,287 | JPY | 1,676,200 | 05/01/2025 | 73 |
CGM | USD | 6,271 | JPY | 930,580 | 05/08/2025 | 40 |
CGM | USD | 37,140 | JPY | 5,508,000 | 05/13/2025 | 237 |
CGM | USD | 3,737 | JPY | 553,350 | 05/27/2025 | 24 |
CGM | USD | 38,055 | JPY | 5,633,800 | 05/29/2025 | 239 |
CGM | USD | 50,198 | SEK | 501,932 | 04/01/2025 | 264 |
MEL | USD | 87,194 | AUD | 137,205 | 04/01/2025 | 1,462 |
MEL | USD | 38,796 | AUD | 61,766 | 04/10/2025 | 201 |
MEL | USD | 22,751 | AUD | 36,041 | 04/14/2025 | 230 |
MEL | USD | 63,834 | CHF | 56,356 | 04/01/2025 | 133 |
MEL | USD | 154,491 | CHF | 136,102 | 04/02/2025 | 614 |
MEL | USD | 3,559,716 | CHF | 3,214,000 | 04/10/2025 | (77,575) |
MEL | USD | 2,663 | EUR | 2,468 | 04/01/2025 | (6) |
MEL | USD | 35,096 | EUR | 32,476 | 04/02/2025 | (24) |
MEL | USD | 55,033 | EUR | 50,987 | 04/08/2025 | (122) |
MEL | USD | 3,493,729 | EUR | 3,375,000 | 04/10/2025 | (157,524) |
MEL | USD | 128,196 | EUR | 118,509 | 05/09/2025 | (212) |
MEL | USD | 124,945 | GBP | 99,303 | 04/10/2025 | (3,327) |
MEL | USD | 12,348 | GBP | 9,814 | 04/11/2025 | (329) |
MEL | USD | 9,600 | ILS | 35,508 | 04/07/2025 | 50 |
MEL | USD | 154,115 | JPY | 24,075,612 | 04/01/2025 | (6,400) |
MEL | USD | 32,999 | JPY | 5,066,425 | 04/28/2025 | (887) |
MEL | USD | 51,320 | JPY | 7,703,040 | 05/23/2025 | (349) |
MEL | USD | 416,187 | JPY | 62,440,787 | 05/27/2025 | (2,838) |
MEL | USD | 183,490 | JPY | 27,523,000 | 05/29/2025 | (1,254) |
MEL | USD | 143,559 | JPY | 21,531,168 | 05/30/2025 | (982) |
MEL | USD | 231,790 | JPY | 34,748,425 | 06/03/2025 | (1,581) |
MEL | USD | 327,799 | JPY | 49,135,987 | 06/04/2025 | (2,236) |
MEL | USD | 43,784 | JPY | 6,562,340 | 06/05/2025 | (299) |
MEL | USD | 254,816 | JPY | 38,187,728 | 06/06/2025 | (1,738) |
MEL | USD | 73,128 | JPY | 10,955,650 | 06/09/2025 | (499) |
MEL | USD | 77,501 | JPY | 11,609,470 | 06/10/2025 | (529) |
MEL | USD | 20,584 | JPY | 3,083,035 | 06/11/2025 | (140) |
MEL | USD | 35,116 | JPY | 5,175,650 | 06/17/2025 | 302 |
MEL | USD | 54,483 | JPY | 8,154,220 | 06/18/2025 | (371) |
MEL | USD | 531,324 | JPY | 79,504,282 | 06/20/2025 | (3,626) |
MEL | USD | 222,413 | JPY | 33,269,952 | 06/23/2025 | (1,520) |
MEL | USD | 525,853 | JPY | 78,651,962 | 06/24/2025 | (3,594) |
MEL | USD | 343,573 | JPY | 51,382,882 | 06/25/2025 | (2,350) |
MEL | USD | 202,416 | JPY | 30,268,925 | 06/26/2025 | (1,385) |
MEL | USD | 337,912 | JPY | 50,525,398 | 06/27/2025 | (2,313) |
MEL | USD | 1,082,464 | JPY | 161,800,815 | 06/30/2025 | (7,412) |
MEL | USD | 9,683 | NZD | 16,687 | 04/04/2025 | 208 |
MEL | USD | 511,896 | SEK | 5,129,406 | 04/02/2025 | 1,541 |
MEL | USD | 64,704 | SEK | 648,922 | 04/03/2025 | 135 |
Net Depreciation | $(279,686) |
Abbreviations | ||
CGM | Citigroup Global Markets | |
MEL | Mellon Capital |
Currency Abbreviations | ||
AUD | Australian Dollar | |
CHF | Swiss Franc | |
DKK | Danish Krone | |
EUR | Euro Dollar | |
GBP | British Pound | |
HKD | Hong Kong Dollar | |
ILS | Israeli New Shekel | |
JPY | Japanese Yen | |
NZD | New Zealand Dollar | |
SEK | Swedish Krona | |
USD | U.S. Dollar |
Country | Fair Value | Percentage of Fund Investments | |
Japan | $553,644,519 | 20.46% | |
United Kingdom | 367,534,209 | 13.58 | |
France | 286,370,888 | 10.58 | |
Switzerland | 265,769,634 | 9.82 | |
Germany | 254,682,247 | 9.41 | |
Australia | 165,231,675 | 6.11 | |
United States | 162,502,300 | 6.01 | |
Netherlands | 117,692,805 | 4.35 | |
Sweden | 94,113,791 | 3.48 | |
Spain | 76,425,930 | 2.82 | |
Italy | 73,737,226 | 2.73 | |
Denmark | 60,850,165 | 2.25 | |
Hong Kong | 53,213,038 | 1.97 | |
Singapore | 43,293,115 | 1.60 | |
Finland | 26,174,918 | 0.97 | |
Israel | 23,942,834 | 0.88 | |
Ireland | 20,109,660 | 0.74 | |
Belgium | 19,685,206 | 0.73 | |
Norway | 16,910,603 | 0.62 | |
New Zealand | 7,054,434 | 0.26 | |
Austria | 5,013,815 | 0.19 | |
Luxembourg | 4,942,337 | 0.18 | |
Portugal | 3,655,248 | 0.14 | |
Chile | 1,246,075 | 0.05 | |
Macau | 745,664 | 0.03 | |
China | 629,353 | 0.02 | |
Poland | 564,760 | 0.02 | |
United Arab Emirates | 464 | 0.00 | |
Total | $2,705,736,913 | 100.00% |
(a) | All or a portion of the security is on loan as of March 31, 2025. |
(b) | Non-income producing security. |
(c) | Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As of March 31, 2025, the aggregate fair value of 144A securities was $34,609,229, representing 2.83% of net assets. |
(d) | Collateral received for securities on loan. |
(e) | Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of March 31, 2025. |
ADR | American Depositary Receipt |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
Country | Fair Value | Percentage of Fund Investments | |
Japan | $209,189,963 | 16.34% | |
United Kingdom | 177,059,737 | 13.83 | |
France | 154,203,760 | 12.05 | |
United States | 126,613,178 | 9.89 | |
Germany | 101,161,619 | 7.90 | |
Switzerland | 100,807,169 | 7.88 | |
Netherlands | 56,007,553 | 4.38 | |
Spain | 53,445,903 | 4.18 | |
Ireland | 42,049,496 | 3.29 | |
Australia | 40,953,494 | 3.20 | |
Canada | 38,569,713 | 3.01 | |
Sweden | 30,577,563 | 2.39 | |
Taiwan | 16,341,372 | 1.28 | |
Italy | 15,509,607 | 1.21 | |
Hong Kong | 15,173,913 | 1.19 | |
Denmark | 14,733,103 | 1.15 | |
Norway | 14,513,463 | 1.13 | |
South Korea | 13,235,779 | 1.03 | |
Israel | 10,509,518 | 0.82 | |
Finland | 10,123,460 | 0.79 | |
Austria | 9,135,096 | 0.71 | |
Singapore | 8,773,328 | 0.69 | |
Portugal | 5,369,662 | 0.42 | |
Greece | 3,679,648 | 0.29 | |
Belgium | 3,265,996 | 0.26 | |
Bermuda | 3,248,378 | 0.25 | |
Brazil | 2,929,514 | 0.23 | |
Luxembourg | 2,726,247 | 0.21 | |
Total | $1,279,907,232 | 100.00% |
Class | Inputs |
Common Stock | Exchange traded close price, bids, evaluated bids, open and close price of the local exchange, exchange rates, fair values based on significant market movement and various index data |
Preferred Stock | Benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids, evaluated bids, offers and reference data including market research publications. Inputs also may include exchange prices |
Rights | Exchange traded close price, bids and evaluated bids |
Exchange Traded Funds | Exchange traded close price |
Government Money Market Mutual Funds | Net asset value of underlying mutual fund |
Short Term Investments | Maturity date, credit quality and interest rates |
Futures Contracts | Exchange traded close price |
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts | Foreign currency spot and forward rates |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||
Assets | |||||||
Investments, at fair value: | |||||||
Common Stock | |||||||
Basic Materials | $10,822,102 | $43,323,225 | $— | $54,145,327 | |||
Communications | 35,009,394 | 224,246,774 | — | 259,256,168 | |||
Consumer, Cyclical | 18,457,537 | 117,494,822 | — | 135,952,359 | |||
Consumer, Non-cyclical | 25,504,247 | 89,640,868 | — | 115,145,115 | |||
Diversified | 1,256,534 | 2,542,580 | — | 3,799,114 | |||
Energy | 14,087,907 | 23,055,204 | — | 37,143,111 | |||
Financial | 67,777,890 | 269,501,264 | — | 337,279,154 | |||
Industrial | 9,711,605 | 87,350,774 | — | 97,062,379 | |||
Technology | 837,628 | 255,993,986 | — | 256,831,614 | |||
Utilities | 3,826,470 | 13,568,917 | — | 17,395,387 | |||
187,291,314 | 1,126,718,414 | — | 1,314,009,728 | ||||
Exchange Traded Funds | 6,066,970 | — | — | 6,066,970 | |||
Government Money Market Mutual Funds | 9,228,546 | — | — | 9,228,546 | |||
Total Assets | $202,586,830 | $1,126,718,414 | $— | $1,329,305,244 |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||
Assets | |||||||
Investments, at fair value: | |||||||
Common Stock | |||||||
Basic Materials | $— | $16,778,888 | $— | $16,778,888 | |||
Communications | 18,126,513 | 9,224,423 | — | 27,350,936 | |||
Consumer, Cyclical | 6,857,179 | 77,506,791 | — | 84,363,970 | |||
Consumer, Non-cyclical | — | 98,388,566 | — | 98,388,566 | |||
Financial | — | 73,181,819 | — | 73,181,819 | |||
Industrial | — | 108,387,992 | — | 108,387,992 | |||
Technology | 33,861,037 | 56,401,616 | — | 90,262,653 | |||
Utilities | — | 4,476,147 | — | 4,476,147 | |||
58,844,729 | 444,346,242 | — | 503,190,971 | ||||
Government Money Market Mutual Funds | 3,223,950 | — | — | 3,223,950 | |||
Total Assets | $62,068,679 | $444,346,242 | $— | $506,414,921 |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||
Assets | |||||||
Investments, at fair value: | |||||||
Common Stock | |||||||
Basic Materials | $7,629,656 | $117,962,574 | $— | $125,592,230 | |||
Communications | 25,942,751 | 104,296,596 | — | 130,239,347 | |||
Consumer, Cyclical | 859,454 | 323,071,691 | — | 323,931,145 | |||
Consumer, Non-cyclical | 5,453,444 | 575,143,067 | 464 | 580,596,975 | |||
Diversified | 880,511 | — | — | 880,511 | |||
Energy | — | 96,548,455 | — | 96,548,455 | |||
Financial | 8,679,793 | 633,829,071 | — | 642,508,864 | |||
Industrial | 2,459,723 | 380,403,891 | — | 382,863,614 | |||
Technology | 7,308,602 | 162,547,025 | — | 169,855,627 | |||
Utilities | 18,923,604 | 62,711,830 | — | 81,635,434 | |||
78,137,538 | 2,456,514,200 | 464 | 2,534,652,202 | ||||
Preferred Stock | |||||||
Consumer, Cyclical | — | 5,364,533 | — | 5,364,533 | |||
Consumer, Non-cyclical | 2,061,591 | — | — | 2,061,591 | |||
Industrial | — | 914,766 | — | 914,766 | |||
2,061,591 | 6,279,299 | — | 8,340,890 | ||||
Rights | — | 222,627 | 18,894 | 241,521 | |||
Government Money Market Mutual Funds | 142,277,141 | — | — | 142,277,141 | |||
Short Term Investments | — | 20,225,159 | — | 20,225,159 | |||
Total investments, at fair value: | 222,476,270 | 2,483,241,285 | 19,358 | 2,705,736,913 | |||
Other Financial Investments: | |||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts(a) | — | 6,989 | — | 6,989 | |||
Total Assets | $222,476,270 | $2,483,248,274 | $19,358 | $2,705,743,902 |
Liabilities | |||||||
Other Financial Investments: | |||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts(a) | — | (286,675) | — | (286,675) | |||
Futures Contracts(a) | $(1,031,455) | $— | $— | $(1,031,455) | |||
Total Liabilities | $(1,031,455) | $(286,675) | $— | $(1,318,130) |
(a) | Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and Futures Contracts are reported at the security's unrealized appreciation (depreciation), which represents the change in the contract's value from trade date. |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||
Assets | |||||||
Investments, at fair value: | |||||||
Common Stock | |||||||
Basic Materials | $38,569,714 | $45,913,818 | $— | $84,483,532 | |||
Communications | — | 29,795,184 | — | 29,795,184 | |||
Consumer, Cyclical | 6,593,139 | 126,762,042 | — | 133,355,181 | |||
Consumer, Non-cyclical | 29,167,692 | 228,221,843 | — | 257,389,535 | |||
Energy | 2,929,514 | 69,241,042 | — | 72,170,556 | |||
Financial | 12,006,032 | 307,743,282 | — | 319,749,314 | |||
Industrial | 9,897,657 | 174,846,352 | — | 184,744,009 | |||
Technology | 29,235,374 | 60,966,359 | — | 90,201,733 | |||
Utilities | 6,659,792 | 9,488,128 | — | 16,147,920 | |||
135,058,914 | 1,052,978,050 | — | 1,188,036,964 | ||||
Preferred Stock | — | 2,897,894 | — | 2,897,894 | |||
Government Money Market Mutual Funds | 88,972,374 | — | — | 88,972,374 | |||
Total Assets | $224,031,288 | $1,055,875,944 | $— | $1,279,907,232 |
Empower International Index Fund | |
Futures Contracts: | |
Average long contracts | 570 |
Average notional long | $67,096,450 |
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts: | |
Average notional amount | $10,695,863 |