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NYLI Conservative ETF Allocation Class I Overview

NYLI Conservative ETF Allocation Class I (MNELX) is an actively managed Allocation Global Moderately Conservative Allocation fund. New York Life Investment Management LLC launched the fund in 2020.

The investment seeks current income and, secondarily, long-term growth of capital. The fund is a "fund of funds" that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in unaffiliated passively-managed exchange-traded funds (the "Underlying ETFs"). It seeks to achieve its investment objective by normally investing approximately 60% (within a range of 50% to 70%) of its assets in Underlying Fixed-Income ETFs and approximately 40% (within a range of 30% to 50%) of its assets in Underlying Equity ETFs. The fund may invest approximately 10% (within a range of 0% to 20%) of its assets in Underlying International Equity ETFs.

About NYLI Conservative ETF Allocation Class I (MNELX)

There are 3 members of the management team with an average tenure of 4.49 years: Migene Kim (2025), Amit Soni (2020), Jonathan Swaney (2020). Management tenure is more important for actively managed funds than passive index funds.

The fund has 2 primary benchmarks: Bloomberg US Agg Bond TR USD index with a weighting of 100% and S&P 500 (TR) (1970) index with a weighting of 100%. NYLI Conservative ETF Allocation Class I has 16 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 92.9% of the fund’s assets. The fund meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a diversified fund. The fund is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

NYLI Conservative ETF Allocation Class I is part of the Allocation global asset class and is within the Allocation fund group. NYLI Conservative ETF Allocation Class I has 16.4% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 31.3%. There is 11.1% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.0% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 54.7% (49.3% domestic bond, 5.4% foreign bond and 0.0% convertible bond). NYLI Conservative ETF Allocation Class I has 2.9% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $44 million in total assets, which is below the $304 million average for the Global Moderately Conservative Allocation category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

MNELX Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The NYLI Conservative ETF Allocation Class I expense ratio is above average compared to funds in the Global Moderately Conservative Allocation category. NYLI Conservative ETF Allocation Class I has an expense ratio of 0.70%, which is 29% lower than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a B. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. NYLI Conservative ETF Allocation Class I has a portfolio turnover rate of 55%, indicating that holds its assets around 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 50% for the Global Moderately Conservative Allocation category.

Recently, in the month of July 2026, NYLI Conservative ETF Allocation Class I returned -1.2%, which earned it a grade of F, as the Global Moderately Conservative Allocation category had an average return of -0.5%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all funds in that category.

NYLI Conservative ETF Allocation Class I has a trailing yield of 2.86%, which is below the 3.07% category average. The fund normally distributes its income quarterly.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

NYLI Conservative ETF Allocation Class I Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 4.8%, 0.3 percentage points worse than the category, which translates into a grade of C. The fund has returned 10.9% over the past year (grade of B), 8.9% over the past three years (grade of C) and 4.4% per year over the past five years (grade of B).

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