Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC (Rice Hall James) has been added to the SGMF U.S. Small Companies Fund (the Fund) as at 19 December 2017.

Addition of Rice Hall James

What They Do

The Rice Hall James investment team believes that superior long-term risk-adjusted returns can be generated by building a portfolio with three primary characteristics: high earnings growth, high (or improving) returns on invested capital and better sustainability characteristics than the portfolio’s benchmark. The team takes a long-term approach based on the premise that companies exhibiting these qualities outperform over time.

How They Do It

The team seeks to create a resilient portfolio by diversifying across different types of growth companies with market capitalisations (market cap) from $250 million to $10 billion.
Key to the investment process is the establishment of guideposts, which are factors that can be measured and monitored in an effort to identify deteriorating fundamentals before they are reflected in a company’s earnings or valuation. The investment team collaborates closely and engages in robust devil’s advocacy, although ultimate investment decisions do not require consensus.

The team’s sell discipline takes into consideration changes in fundamentals or competitive advantages, violations of guideposts and changes in management or valuation. If doubt surrounding any of these characteristics increases, so does the team’s motivation to sell.

About Rice Hall James

Founded in 1974 and headquartered in San Diego, Rice Hall James is a 100% employee-owned investment management firm that focuses on micro-, small- and small/mid-cap investing. As at 15 May 2017, the firm had over $2 billion in assets under management.

Glossary

Fundamentals: Fundamentals refers to data that can be used to assess a country or company's financial health such as amount of debt, level of profitability, cash-flow, inventory size, etc.

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