The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in companies across any size 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 domiciled in foreign developed markets, including foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies.
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 companies demonstrating long-term growth prospects.
Additionally, 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.
Within each sector, the manager looks to overweight securities of companies that are estimated to trade below their fair values.
The fund seeks to outperform the benchmark index, while maintaining similar sector, geographic and risk characteristics.
Additionally, the fund invests n issuers in at least three foreign countries. However, the fund may invest a substantial part of its net assets in just one country.