PILIX — International Equity Index Fund
Data updated: 2026-07-24
PILIX — International Equity Index Fund. Europe Blend / Core Equity · $1.12B AUM · 1.21% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
PILIX Fund Overview
PILIX — International Equity Index Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Principal Funds, Inc., categorised as Europe Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Principal Funds, Inc.
- Category: Europe Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $1.12B
- 1-year return: 11.6%
- Ticker: PILIX
- SEC CIK: 0000898745
- SEC series ID: S000027179
- Share class ID: C000082036
PILIX Investment Objective and Strategy
International Equity Index Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Principal Funds, Inc..
Investment objective
The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.
Principal investment strategy
"Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities that compose the MSCI EAFE NR Index (the ""Index"") at the time of purchase. The Index is a market-weighted equity index designed to measure the equity performance of developed markets (Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Far East, which includes Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore), excluding the United States and Canada. The Index includes growth and value stocks and is rebalanced semi-annually. The Fund employs a passive investment approach designed to attempt to track the performance of the Index. In seeking its objective, the Fund typically employs a replication strategy which involves investing in the securities that make up the Index, in the same approximate proportions as the Index.
The Fund utilizes exchange-traded funds (""ETFs"") and derivative strategies (including index futures) on a daily basis to gain exposure to the Index in an effort to minimize tracking error relative to the benchmark. A derivative is a financial arrangement, the value of which is derived from, or based on, a traditional security, asset, or market index. The Fund will not concentrate (invest more than 25% of its assets) its investments in a particular industry except to the extent the Index is so concentrated."
PILIX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of International Equity Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| ASML Holding NV | 2.80% |
| iShares MSCI EAFE ETF | 1.59% |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.44% |
| Roche Holding AG | 1.32% |
| AstraZeneca PLC | 1.28% |
| Novartis AG | 1.27% |
| Nestle SA | 1.16% |
| Shell PLC | 1.07% |
| Siemens AG | 1.06% |
| BHP Group Ltd | 1.01% |
PILIX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of International Equity Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.9% |
PILIX Performance
Total returns for PILIX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 11.6% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 3.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 4.9% |
PILIX Risk Information
Risk metrics for PILIX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 11.8%
PILIX Costs and Fees
PILIX costs about $121 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.21%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.21%
- Portfolio turnover: 28%
- Brokerage commissions: 2.52 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
PILIX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, International Equity Index Fund had net outflows of $187.08M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | −$74.11M |
| 2026-04 | −$13.55M |
| 2026-03 | −$362.97M |
| 2026-02 | −$49.73M |
| 2026-01 | −$63.60M |
| 2025-12 | $18.19M |
PILIX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in International Equity Index Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
PILIX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official International Equity Index Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-12-23
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-02-26
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-07-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-04-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-01-23
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-11-14
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2023-11-13
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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.