EPSZX — MainStay Epoch Global Equity Yield Fund
Data updated: 2026-09-23
EPSZX — MainStay Epoch Global Equity Yield Fund. Global (incl. US) Large Cap Value Equity · $996.72M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
EPSZX Fund Overview
EPSZX — MainStay Epoch Global Equity Yield Fund is a US mutual fund managed by New York Life Investments Funds Trust, categorised as Global (incl. US) Large Cap Value Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: New York Life Investments Funds Trust
- Category: Global (incl. US) Large Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $996.72M
- 1-year return: 7.8%
- Ticker: EPSZX
- SEC CIK: 0001469192
- SEC series ID: S000026786
- Share class ID: C000138227
EPSZX Investment Objective and Strategy
MainStay Epoch Global Equity Yield Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by New York Life Investments Funds Trust.
Investment objective
The Fund seeks a high level of income.
Principal investment strategy
The Fund generally invests in a diversified portfolio consisting of equity securities of companies located throughout the world, including the U.S., that have a history of attractive dividend yields and positive growth in operating cash flow. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its assets (net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of dividend-paying companies across all market capitalizations. Equity securities include common stocks and depositary receipts. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in securities issued by companies located in emerging markets, as determined by the Fund's Subadvisor, Epoch Investment Partners, Inc., when it believes those securities represent attractive investment opportunities. Securities held by the Fund may be denominated in both U.S.
and non-U.S. currencies. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest a significant amount of its net assets (at least 40%, unless the Subadvisor deems market conditions to be unfavorable, in which case the Fund will invest at least 30%) in securities of foreign securities. Generally, foreign securities are issued by companies organized outside the U.S. or that trade primarily in non-U.S. securities markets. The Fund will normally invest in companies located in at least three countries outside of the U.S. The Fund seeks a dividend yield greater than the dividend yield of the MSCI World Index. Investment Process: The Subadvisor invests primarily in companies that generate increasing levels of free cash flow and have managements that allocate it effectively to create shareholder value.
The security selection process focuses on free-cash-flow analytics as opposed to traditional accounting-based metrics. The Subadvisor seeks to identify companies with a consistent, straightforward ability to both generate free cash flow and to intelligently allocate it among internal reinvestment opportunities, acquisitions, dividends, share repurchases and/or debt reduction. The Subadvisor seeks to find and invest in companies that meet its definition of quality-companies that are free cash flow positive or becoming free cash flow positive, that are debt free or deleveraging, and that are led by strong management. The Subadvisor evaluates whether a company has a focus on shareholder yield by analyzing the company's existing cash dividend, the company's share repurchase activities, and the company's debt reduction activities as well as the likelihood of positive changes to each of these criteria, among other factors.
The Subadvisor may sell or reduce a position in a security when it believes its investment objectives have been met or if the investment thesis is failing to materialize. The Subadvisor may also sell or reduce a position in a security if it sees an interruption to the dividend policy, a deterioration in fundamentals or when the security is deemed less attractive relative to another security on a return/risk basis.
EPSZX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of MainStay Epoch Global Equity Yield Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 2.34% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 2.30% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 2.24% |
| Dell Technologies, Inc. | 2.15% |
| CVS Health Corp. | 2.12% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 2.11% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 2.07% |
| Texas Instruments, Inc. | 1.86% |
| Analog Devices, Inc. | 1.84% |
| Manulife Financial Corp. | 1.40% |
EPSZX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of MainStay Epoch Global Equity Yield Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.0% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.0% |
| Other | 1.0% |
EPSZX Performance
Total returns for EPSZX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 7.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 7.8% |
EPSZX Risk Information
Risk metrics for EPSZX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 12.5%
EPSZX Costs and Fees
EPSZX costs about $126 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.26%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.26%
- Portfolio turnover: 30%
- Brokerage commissions: 3.68 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
EPSZX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, MainStay Epoch Global Equity Yield Fund had net inflows of $16.33M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $427.14K |
| 2026-03 | −$288.36K |
| 2026-02 | −$6.08M |
| 2026-01 | −$4.56M |
| 2025-12 | $38.40M |
| 2025-11 | $752.87K |
EPSZX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in MainStay Epoch Global Equity Yield Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
EPSZX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official MainStay Epoch Global Equity Yield Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-02-26
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-02-25
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-02-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-09-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-01-13
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-01-13
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.