Large Cap Growth

Why This Strategy?

  • The investment team employs a quality growth investment philosophy that focuses on identifying growing companies in growing industries—referred to as structurally advantaged companies—whose long-term growth is underappreciated by the market
  • The strategy seeks to invest in companies that are likely to gain share within industries whose profits are growing at least as fast, or ideally faster, than the overall economy over a 3-5 year investment horizon
  • We believe this focused, high conviction approach to investing, together with our goal to maintain approximate sector and market cap neutrality relative to our benchmark over a market cycle, may limit the volatility of relative returns and provide a smoother experience for investors
Key Facts

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Key Facts 
Inception Date7/1/1998
BenchmarkRussell 1000® Growth Index

 

Investment Philosophy
  • Quality growth companies embody long-term corporate success given experienced and incentivized management teams, differentiated business models, and attractive financial characteristics
  • We believe our ability to outperform is driven by seeking to exploit two market inefficiencies among stocks of quality growth companies:


 

Seek to Exploit Two Primary Market Influences

 

Management

Jim Golan
Jim Golan, CFA, Partner

Portfolio Manager

Tenure with William Blair:Since

2000
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David Ricci
David Ricci, CFA, Partner

Portfolio Manager

Tenure with William Blair:Since

1994
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