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Fund Overview
William Blair International Growth Fund Honored with 2010 Lipper Fund Award
Investment Objective
Long-term capital appreciation
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Equity Style:
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Fund Characteristics
- Common stocks from a broad range of foreign growth companies of all sizes, including developed and emerging markets
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Investment Approach
- Seeks to invest in stocks of well-managed, quality growth companies expected to maintain superior growth, profitability and quality relative to other companies in the same industry worldwide
- The selection of individual stocks through in-depth, bottom-up research is the Fund’s primary focus. Industry sector allocation and country selection are the next most important investment criteria
- Invests primarily in developed market economies, but will generally invest about 10-35% of its assets in emerging markets
What Makes this Fund Different?
- Rigorous bottom-up research, top-down analytical perspective; adherence to well-defined investment parameters and disciplines ensures quality selection and management of international securities
- The Fund generates an overview of markets by region; looks at broader issues, including economic themes as well as sector and market trends
- Risk management through its focus on the quality of company management, diversification across market sectors, capitalizations (small, medium and large) and countries, including emerging markets. Constant review of portfolio parameters
- Experienced management; support from a team of seasoned analysts with more than 50 years of combined experience in international developed and emerging markets
- No style drift; consistent focus on foreign quality growth companies of all sizes
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International investing involves special risk considerations, including currency fluctuations, lower liquidity, economic and political risk.
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