ICETX — MainStay Epoch International Choice Fund
Data updated: 2026-09-23
ICETX — MainStay Epoch International Choice Fund. Europe Large Cap Blend / Core Information Technology Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
ICETX Fund Overview
ICETX — MainStay Epoch International Choice Fund is a US mutual fund managed by New York Life Investments Funds Trust, categorised as Europe Large Cap Blend / Core Information Technology 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: Europe Large Cap Blend / Core Information Technology Equity
- Assets under management: $313.39M
- 1-year return: 7.8%
- Ticker: ICETX
- SEC CIK: 0001469192
- SEC series ID: S000028522
- Share class ID: C000087299
ICETX Investment Objective and Strategy
MainStay Epoch International Choice 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 total return.
Principal investment strategy
"The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a portfolio consisting mostly of equity securities of companies located outside the U.S., which may include companies in emerging markets. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets (net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of companies located outside of the United States. Equity securities include common stock, depository receipts, and securities convertible into common stock, such as warrants, rights, convertible bonds, debentures and convertible preferred stocks. The Fund will normally invest in companies located in at least three countries outside of the United States. A company is considered to be located in a particular country if it: (i) is organized under the laws of the country; (ii) has securities which are principally traded on a stock exchange in the country; (iii) derives at least 50% of its revenues from goods produced or sold, investments made, or services performed in the country; or (iv) maintains at least 50% of its assets in the country.
Although the Fund is not subject to any additional geographic requirement, the Fund expects that the majority of its investments will be in the developed markets of Canada, Western Europe, Asia and Australasia. The Fund may invest more than 25% of its net assets in securities of companies located in each of the United Kingdom and Japan. In order to gain additional exposure to international markets, the Fund may also invest in exchange traded funds (""ETFs""), whose underlying securities are issued by international companies. Investment Process: Epoch Investment Partners, Inc., the Fund's Subadvisor, invests primarily in companies that generate 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 may sell or reduce a position in a security when it believes its investment objectives have been met or when the security is deemed less attractive relative to another security on a return/risk basis. The Subadvisor may sell or reduce a position in a security if it sees the investment thesis failing to materialize."
ICETX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of MainStay Epoch International Choice Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| RELX plc | 4.09% |
| Keyence Corp. | 4.09% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 3.97% |
| ING Groep NV | 3.81% |
| Atlas Copco AB | 3.73% |
| Axa SA | 3.70% |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 3.68% |
| Deutsche Post AG | 3.62% |
| Linde plc | 3.60% |
| Deutsche Boerse AG | 3.45% |
ICETX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of MainStay Epoch International Choice Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 96.0% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 3.9% |
ICETX Performance
Total returns for ICETX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 7.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 2.7% |
ICETX Risk Information
Risk metrics for ICETX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.2%
ICETX Costs and Fees
ICETX costs about $108 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.08%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.08%
- Portfolio turnover: 51%
- Brokerage commissions: 10.40 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
ICETX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, MainStay Epoch International Choice Fund had net outflows of $19.77M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$2.49M |
| 2026-03 | −$1.31M |
| 2026-02 | −$2.92M |
| 2026-01 | −$237.08K |
| 2025-12 | $5.39M |
| 2025-11 | −$243.98K |
ICETX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in MainStay Epoch International Choice Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
ICETX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official MainStay Epoch International Choice 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.