Strategies/Equity Strategies
INTERNATIONAL GROWTH - Risk Management
Our objective is to achieve excess returns relative to the MSCI EAFE Growth Index.
  • Active securities level weighting vs. benchmark
  • Industry constraints are contained at the security, sector and country level
  • Does not use currency as a hedging tool
  • 75-85 securities
  • Average annual turnover is between 50-60%
  • Historical tracking error of 4-6% over the last five years

 

 Minimum Allocation

 Maximum Allocation

 Stock

 Absolute Limit

 0%

 5%

 Country

 All EAFE Countries (>2%), ex. UK & Japan
 UK and Japan
 Emerging Countries

 0%
 50% benchmark weight
 0%

 3x benchmark weight
 2x benchmark weight
 20% of total portfolio*

 Sector

 If < 10% in the benchmark
 if > 10% in the benchmark

 0%
 50% benchmark weight

 3x benchmark weight
 2x benchmark
weight


*Investments in emerging markets and Canada are opportunistic with a maximum total allocation of 20%.