The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in small-and micro-size companies outside the United States.

The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

Next, the research team focuses on companies that are domiciled outside the United States.

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The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in small-and micro-size companies outside the United States.

The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

Next, the research team focuses on companies that are domiciled outside the United States.

Also, the fund may invest a significant amount of its net assets in securities issued by companies domiciled in emerging and frontier market countries.

Domicile is determined by where the company is organized, headquartered, or has substantial concentration of assets or revenues.

The team then assesses the financial strength of each company.

The research process is driven by fundamental analysis of one stock at a time. In selecting securities for the portfolio, the research team focuses on best-in-class growth companies relative to their peers.

Additionally, the fundamental analysis includes evaluating the company, its industry, and its competitors, as well as visiting companies and talking with senior management.

The team also focuses on companies that are lagging in market price for temporary reasons and whose future earnings power is not reflected in their current valuations.

In addition, the team categorizes companies as best-in-class growth, fallen angels, and stalwarts.

According to the team, best-in-class growth refers to high-quality companies with stable growth and having lots of undiscovered opportunities.

In fallen angels, the team looks for growth companies whose future earnings power is not reflected in their current valuations.

As far as stalwarts are concerned, the team focuses on companies trading at reasonable valuations which have good growth prospects.

Also, the research team integrates environmental, social and governance factors as part of its process.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The fund will typically invest in securities issued by companies domiciled in at least three countries, including the United States.

Also, the fund may invest a significant percentage of its assets in a few sectors or regions.

At times, the fund may invest in early stage companies and initial public offerings.