Investment Management Agreement Sample Contracts

DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC. DFA SHORT-TERM SELECTIVE STATE MUNICIPAL BOND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • April 8th, 2022 • Dfa Investment Dimensions Group Inc • Texas

AGREEMENT made as of the 11th day of April, 2022, by and between DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Fund”), on behalf of the DFA Short-Term Selective State Municipal Bond Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), a separate series of the Fund, and DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Manager”).

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT for MassMutual RetireSMARTSM by JPMorgan 2065 Fund
Investment Management Agreement • January 31st, 2023 • Massmutual Select Funds • Massachusetts

This INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT (the “Management Agreement”), dated as of February 1, 2023, is between MML Investment Advisers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”), and MassMutual Select Funds, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of its series MassMutual RetireSMART by JPMorgan 2065 Fund (the “Fund”).

WITNESSETH:
Investment Management Agreement • November 26th, 2019 • First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund Viii • Illinois
Exhibit (g)(1) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT SCUDDER STRATEGIC INCOME TRUST TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110
Investment Management Agreement • February 22nd, 2007 • DWS Strategic Income Trust • Massachusetts
FRANKLIN GLOBAL REAL ESTATE VIP FUND FORM OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • February 8th, 2023 • Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust • California

THIS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of [ ], is made between FRANKLIN TEMPLETON VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST, a Delaware

AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • April 27th, 2023 • Franklin Mutual Series Funds • Delaware

THIS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of [___________], 2023, is made between FRANKLIN MUTUAL SERIES FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of FRANKLIN MUTUAL INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND (the “Fund”), a series of the Trust, and FRANKLIN MUTUAL ADVISERS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”), and amends and restates the prior Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreements between the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, and the Adviser, dated as of July 1, 2014.

AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • April 24th, 2023 • Deutsche DWS Investments Vit Funds

AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1, 2006, and revised as of January 1, 2007, October 1, 2021, and October 1, 2022, respectively, among Deutsche DWS Investments VIT Funds, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), on its own behalf and on behalf of each of the Funds listed on Schedule I to this Agreement (each a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”), and DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Adviser”) as successor to Deutsche Asset Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“DeAM”), effective with respect to each Fund as of the date set out with respect to such Fund on Schedule I to this Agreement, as may be amended from time to time.

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT Between
Investment Management Agreement • August 14th, 2020 • T. Rowe Price Index Trust, Inc.

This INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, made as of the 30th day of July, 2020, by and between T. ROWE PRICE INDEX TRUST, INC. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, and T. ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC. (the “Manager”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland.

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INTERNATIONAL TRUST on behalf of FRANKLIN INDIA GROWTH FUND
Investment Management Agreement • February 26th, 2008 • Franklin Templeton International Trust • California
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • July 28th, 2022 • BlackRock 2037 Municipal Target Term Trust • New York

AGREEMENT, dated [●], 2022, between BlackRock 2037 Municipal Target Term Trust (the “Fund”), a Maryland statutory trust, and BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Advisor”), a Delaware limited liability company.

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT Between
Investment Management Agreement • July 22nd, 2021 • T. Rowe Price Retirement Funds, Inc.

This INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, made as of the 12th day of May, 2021, by and between T. ROWE PRICE RETIREMENT FUNDS, INC. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, and T. ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC. (the “Manager”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland.

NUVEEN CALIFORNIA DIVIDEND ADVANTAGE MUNICIPAL FUND 3 RENEWAL OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • April 15th, 2011 • Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3

This Agreement made this 31st day of July 2008 by and between Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Fund”), and Nuveen Asset Management, a Delaware corporation (the “Adviser”), to be effective August 1, 2008.

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT for MML PIMCO Total Return Fund
Investment Management Agreement • August 9th, 2010 • MML Series Investment Fund

This INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT (the “Management Agreement”), is between Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Manager”), and MML Series Investment Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), effective this 9th day of August, 2010.

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Agreement Voya SENIOR INCOME FUND
Investment Management Agreement • April 29th, 2015 • Voya SENIOR INCOME FUND • New York

AGREEMENT, effective as of November 18, 2014, between Voya Senior Income Fund (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust (hereinafter called the “Fund”), and Voya Investments, LLC (the “Adviser”), a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Arizona (the “Agreement”);

DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC. GLOBAL SMALL COMPANY PORTFOLIO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • February 28th, 2022 • Dfa Investment Dimensions Group Inc • Texas

AGREEMENT made this 31st day of January, 2022, by and between DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Fund”), on behalf of the Global Small Company Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), a separate series of the Fund, and DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Manager”), amending and restating the Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement dated December 16, 2020, to lower the fee rate paid to the Manager.

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • August 18th, 2014 • Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3 • Illinois

AGREEMENT made this 13th day of November 2007, by and between Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Fund”), and NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, a Delaware corporation (the “Adviser”).

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • March 17th, 2023 • Stone Ridge Trust VIII • New York

This INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, dated and effective as of January 25, 2023 (the “Agreement”), is between Stone Ridge Asset Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Investment Manager”), and Stone Ridge Trust VIII, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of its series, Stone Ridge Art Risk Premium Fund (the “Fund”).

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT for MML Series Investment Funds
Investment Management Agreement • August 22nd, 2007 • MML Series Investment Fund

This INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated August 31, 2007 by and between MML Series Investment Fund (the “Trust”) on behalf of MML Moderate Allocation Fund (the “Fund”) and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (the “Adviser”).

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • November 12th, 2021 • Blackrock Municipal Income Trust Ii • New York

AGREEMENT, dated September 29, 2006, between BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, and BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Advisor”), a Delaware limited liability company.

ATTACHMENT 1
Investment Management Agreement • April 24th, 2009 • Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust

To Schedule A of the Investment Management Agreement, dated April 27, 2001, by and between USAllianz Advisers, LLC (now Allianz Investment Management LLC) and USAllianz Variable Insurance Products Trust (now Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust).

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT between
Investment Management Agreement • October 24th, 2017 • T. Rowe Price State Tax-Free Income Trust

This INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT made as of the 30th day of October, 2017, by and between T. ROWE PRICE STATE TAX-FREE FUNDS, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Corporation”), and T. ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Manager”).

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT Between
Investment Management Agreement • November 7th, 2014 • T. Rowe Price International Funds, Inc.

This INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, made as of the 21st day of October, 2014, by and between T. ROWE PRICE INTERNATIONAL FUNDS, INC. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, and T. ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC. (the “Manager”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland.

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • August 31st, 2020 • Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund • Illinois

AGREEMENT made this1st day of October 2014, by and between Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Fund”), and NUVEEN FUND ADVISORS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”).

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • July 23rd, 2010 • Liberty Mutual Agency Corp • Fire, marine & casualty insurance • Massachusetts

This Investment Management Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into this 1st day of January 2010 by and between Safeco Lloyds Insurance Company (the “Company”), a Texas Lloyd’s plan company and Liberty Mutual Group Inc. (the “Advisor”), a Massachusetts corporation.

DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • June 23rd, 2023 • Dimensional ETF Trust • Texas

AGREEMENT made as of the ___ day of _______, 202_, by and between DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of the DIMENSIONAL GLOBAL CREDIT ETF (the “ETF”), a separate series of the Trust, and DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Manager”).

WITNESSETH:
Investment Management Agreement • March 29th, 2017 • First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III • Illinois
AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • November 30th, 2022 • Deutsche DWS Global/International Fund, Inc. • Maryland

AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1, 2006 and revised as of October 1, 2007, June 23, 2008, October 1, 2008, December 1, 2008, October 1, 2013, October 1, 2014, October 1, 2015, July 1, 2017, October 1, 2017, and October 1, 2022, respectively, among Deutsche DWS Global/International Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”), on its own behalf and on behalf of each of the Funds listed on Schedule I to this Agreement (each a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”), and DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Adviser”), effective with respect to each Fund as of the date set out with respect to such Fund on Schedule I to this Agreement, as may be amended from time to time.

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT FIRST TRUST HEDGED STRATEGIES FUND
Investment Management Agreement • June 23rd, 2023 • First Trust Hedged Strategies Fund • Delaware

AGREEMENT effective as of this 31st day of May, 2023, by and between First Trust Hedged Strategies Fund, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”), and First Trust Capital Management L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Advisor”).

WITNESSETH:
Investment Management Agreement • October 6th, 2015 • First Trust Variable Insurance Trust
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • March 28th, 2014 • Delaware Group Equity Funds Ii

AGREEMENT, made by and between DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS II, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of each series of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust that is listed on Exhibit A to this Agreement, as that Exhibit may be amended from time to time (each such series of shares is hereinafter referred to as a “Fund” and, together with other series of shares listed on such Exhibit, the “Funds”), and DELAWARE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, a series of Delaware Management Business Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Investment Manager”).

THE DFA INVESTMENT TRUST COMPANY THE CANADIAN SMALL COMPANY SERIES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • February 28th, 2017 • Dfa Investment Trust Co • Texas

AGREEMENT made this 21st day of July, 2015, by and between THE DFA INVESTMENT TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of The Canadian Small Company Series (the “Series”), a separate series of the Trust, and DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Manager”).