PrivilEdge
William Blair Global Leaders

PrivilEdge - William Blair Global Leaders is an actively managed long-only global equity strategy. It seeks to beat the MSCI AC World ND index over the long term, without tracking it over the short term due to its exclusive focus on high quality growth stocks. The fundamental, bottom-up and research intensive investment approach targets 3 types of companies: World Leaders, Locally Dominant Players and Tomorrow’s Winners. Management strength and quality is the number one variable looked at, second are the firm’s business characteristics and the industry in which it operates, and third is economic valuation. All cap and high conviction portfolio of 60 to 100 holdings listed in developed and emerging markets (up to 30%). Compared to benchmark, the fund exhibits higher growth rate, higher ROE, higher multiples, and usually a lower capitalization. Risk of permanent capital impairment is managed through a strong focus on quality and an appropriate diversification of risks.