STRATEGIES
Comgest Equity Strategies
Comgest manages over 15 equity products, including global, regional and single countries portfolios covering developed and emerging markets. Each of our strategies follow our distinct investment process based on our core investment belief of creating value via bottom-up research on the companies we consider able to sustain above-average growth in earnings per share. We aim to deliver above-average investment performance at below-average risk to our investors over a full market cycle. Contact us to find out if our open-ended vehicles or investment mandates available in your region.
OUR QUALITY GROWTH STRATEGIES INCLUDE:
GLOBAL
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GLOBAL ALL-COUNTRY:
Comgest's longest Global strategy launched in 1991, which is predominantly large-cap and includes emerging markets -
GLOBAL DEVELOPED MARKETS:
Global strategy launched in 2003 focused on investment in developed markets -
EAFE PLUS (A/K/A "GLOBAL EX-US"):
Global strategy launched in 2012 focused on investment in all markets excluding the US -
GLOBAL FLEX:
Launched in 2017, the Global All-Country strategy is combined with a quantitative dynamic hedging overlay on equities and currencies that aims to provide a more conservative risk/return profile with lower volatility and controlled drawdowns
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GEM:
Comgest's longest Global Emerging Markets strategy launched in 1994, which is predominantly large-cap
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GEM Promising Companies:
Small-and mid-cap-biased, opportunistic strategy launched in 2007, which invests in companies at an earlier stage in their growth trajectory, with significant long-term appreciation potential and may invest in frontier markets
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GEM FLEX:
Launched in 2012, the GEM equity strategy is combined with a quantitative dynamic hedging overlay on equities and currencies that aims to provide a more conservative risk/return profile with lower volatility and controlled drawdowns
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REGIONAL
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PAN-EUROPE:
Large-cap strategy that invests in Pan-European companies; flagship product (dating from 1993) -
EUROPE OPPORTUNITIES
Launched in 2009, this all-cap strategy aims to invest in companies with particularly dynamic earnings growth and what we believe to be above-average earnings visibility. Compared to our flagship European strategy, this portfolio’s profile may have a higher growth rate, coupled with slightly higher sensitivity to the economic cycle and broader country and sector reach
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EUROPE SMALLER COMPANIES:
Launched in 2000, this is a dynamic small- and mid-cap companies strategy with a market cap generally ranging from €300m-€10bn; slightly more concentrated than Comgest's flagship Pan-European equity strategy -
PAN-EUROPE SHARIAH:
Launched in 2010, sector and financial requirements for Shariah compliance are applied to Comgest’s flagship Pan-European equity strategy -
EUROPE EX UK:
Launched in 2014, this large-cap strategy that invests in Pan-European companies excluding the United Kingdom -
EUROPE EX SWITZERLAND:
Launched in 2014, this large-cap strategy that invests in Pan-European companies excluding Switzerland
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ASIA EX-JAPAN:
All-cap strategy; flagship product (dating from 1991) -
ASIA INCLUDING JAPAN:
All-cap quality growth strategy (dating from 1993) -
ASIA PACIFIC EX JAPAN:
All-cap quality growth strategy (dating from 1997)
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LATIN AMERICAN (LATAM) EQUITIES:
All-cap, quality growth strategy launched in 2009; Comgest has invested in LATAM since 1994 via our Global Emerging Markets (GEM) strategy, and approx. 20% of our GEM portfolios have been invested in LATAM over the past decade.
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SINGLE-COUNTRY
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US EQUITIES:
All-cap, quality growth strategy (dating from 2000), although our Global All-Country strategy has invested in US equities since its inception in 1991.
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CHINESE EQUITIES:
All-cap, quality growth strategy (dating from 2001)
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INDIAN EQUITIES:
All-cap, quality growth strategy (dating from 2005)
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