The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in 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 invests directly in foreign stocks primarily on the foreign exchanges.

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 manager invests in 120 plus securities diversified across a broad number of sectors in more than 20 countries.

Additionally, the fund seeks to generate excess returns relative to the Index.