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Investment in the Portfolio entails certain risks. Investment returns and principal value of the Portfolio will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Some of the principal risks of investing in the Portfolio include:
Strategy
Seeks long-term capital growth by:
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Investing in stocks of companies throughout Europe ex UK that offer compelling long-term return potential and attractive valuations
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Taking a long-term perspective in order to capitalize on short-term market inefficiencies created by investors’ overreaction to macroeconomic, industry, or company-specific concerns
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Employing a disciplined, bottom-up approach that combines fundamental research with proprietary quantitative tools to identify attractive investment opportunities
Portfolio Management Team
Investment Risks to Consider
These and other risks are described in the Portfolio's prospectus
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Country risk: Where the Portfolio invests in a single country, these assets are generally smaller, more sensitive to economic and political factors, and may be less easily traded which could cause a loss to the Portfolio.
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Currency risk: Investments may be denominated in one or more currencies which are different from the Portfolio’s base currency. Currency movements in the investments may significantly affect the net asset value of the Portfolio.
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Derivatives risk: The Portfolio may include financial derivative instruments. These may be used to obtain, increase or reduce exposure to underlying assets and may create gearing; their use may result in greater fluctuations of the net asset value.
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Emerging-markets risk: Where the Portfolio invests in emerging markets, these assets are generally smaller and more sensitive to economic and political factors, and may be less easily traded, which could cause a loss to the Portfolio.
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Equity securities risk: The value of equity investments may fluctuate in response to the activities and results of individual companies or because of market and economic conditions. These investments may decline over short- or long-term periods.
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Focused portfolio risk: Investing in a limited number of issuers, industries, sectors or countries may subject the Portfolio to greater volatility than one invested in a larger or more diverse array of securities.
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Fund turnover risk: A fund will be actively managed and turnover may, in response to market conditions, exceed 100%. A higher rate of fund turnover increases brokerage and other expenses. High fund turnover may also result in the realization of substantial net short-term capital gains, which may be taxable when distributed.
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Hedging risk: Hedging may be used when managing the Fund, as well as for currency hedge share classes to eliminate the potential for gains along with the risk for loss. Measures designed to offset specific risks may work imperfectly, may not be feasible at times or may fail completely. As there is no segregation of liabilities between the share classes, there is a remote risk that, under certain circumstances, currency hedging transactions could result in liabilities with might affect the NAV of the other share classes and their assets may be used to cover those liabilities incurred.
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Illiquid or restricted securities risk: Certain securities may be hard to value or sell at a particular time due to market illiquidity or restrictions on their resale. Selling illiquid or restricted securities usually requires more time and costs are often higher.
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Liquidity risk: The risk that arises when adverse market conditions affect the ability to sell assets when necessary. Reduced liquidity may have a negative impact on the price of the assets.
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Management risk: The use of derivative transactions may not achieve anticipated benefits or may realise losses, adversely impacting the Portfolio, if the Investment Manager is not able to correctly predict price movements, interest rates or currency exchange rate movements and, in addition, does not appropriately understand the derivative or the underlying instrument.
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OTC derivatives counterparty risk: Transactions in over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets may have generally less governmental regulation and supervision than transactions entered into on organized exchanges. These will be subject to the risk that its direct counterparty will not perform its obligations and that the Portfolio will sustain losses.
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Smaller capitalization companies risk: Investment in securities of companies with relatively small market capitalizations may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements because the securities are typically traded in lower volume and are subject to greater business risk.