CC&L Q International Equity

Investment Objective

• Maximize long-term total return by investing in a diversified portfolio of primarily non-US equity securities.
• Generate returns equal to or greater than the return of the benchmark MSCI ACWI Index (CAD) (net) plus 3.0% over rolling four-year periods.

Highlights

• Developed and emerging markets covering 12,000 stocks
• Integrated global investment framework
• Disciplined and objective investment process
• Proprietary risk model and portfolio construction process
• Deep, stable and experienced management team

Investment Philosophy

• Philosophy is based on sound fundamental investment principles.
• Informational and behavioural inefficiencies can be exploited within equity markets.
• Investment process is rigorous, objective and applied with consistency and discipline.
• Investment opportunities are dynamically assessed across countries, industries and stocks on a daily basis.
• Risk management reduces the potential negative impact of unexpected market volatility.
• A significant commitment to the ongoing research and development enhances the process.

Investment Process

• Quantitative process: Disciplined, risk-controlled investment approach.
• Fundamental ranking system: Evaluation of investment opportunities based on key investment themes, assessment of financial statements, analyst estimates, stock price and trading information.
• Evaluation of full investment universe: continuous evaluation of all opportunities in the investment universe
• Integrated global framework: Investment opportunities assessed across countries, industries and stocks on a daily basis
• Proprietary industry classifications: All stocks grouped into industry sectors, custom classifications provide appropriate peer comparisons, better investment decisions
• Disciplined risk management process: Stock, sector and country exposures as well as overall portfolio risk are managed using state of the art risk management techniques
• Ongoing research: Markets are in constant evolution, significant commitment to the ongoing enhancement of investment process and quantitative investment techniques

Portfolio Construction & Risk Management

• Daily optimization ensures that portfolios profit from new opportunities as they arise.
• Stock positions are determined using a proprietary portfolio construction process.
• Transactions costs are explicitly factored into investment decision-making.
• Proprietary factor-based risk model generates daily risk forecasts.
• Portfolio is optimized relative to client specific benchmarks.
• There are explicit position limits; portfolio is well diversified.