WestEnd Advisors believes that sector and industry performance is highly correlated with particular stages of the business cycle. It uses a top-down, macro-economic investment approach complemented by bottom-up investigation into individual companies, to help ensure that the best quality stocks are held within favored sectors.
Baillie Gifford & Co., employs a unique investment process and has a long tradition of successfully investing in companies offering superior long-term growth prospects and returns.
Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP,, uses a highly selective investment process to construct a concentrated portfolio (typically around 25 holdings) of the highest quality companies. Reflecting its patient approach, positions are generally held for five years.
The MSCI AC World Index ex-US is a market-capitalization-weighted index maintained by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and designed to provide a broad measure of stock performance throughout the world, with the exception of U.S.-based companies.
The S&P 500 Index is a capitalization weighted index that measures the performance of 500 large-capitalization stocks representing all major industries. The index is unmanaged and does not reflect fees or expenses associated with a mutual fund. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
For those Funds which employ the 'manager of manager' structure, SEI Investments Management Corporation (SIMC) has the ultimate responsibility for the investment performance of the fund due to its responsibility to oversee the sub-advisers and recommend their hiring, termination and replacement.