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Overview

We offer clients a diverse range of equity strategies driven by specialized teams with global reach and local expertise.

Key Differentiators

Structure

Highly specialized teams with long-tenured managers
Each team has a distinctive approach and viewpoint, unconstrained by a central CIO
Meaningful sustainability research integrated into various equity products

Strength

Diverse perspectives
Exceptional resources and networks
Culture of curiosity and collaboration

Strategies

Span geographies and investment styles
Wide range of risk appetites to suit client needs
Operate where we have conditions for excellence

Our Equity Platform

Our specialized solutions are focused on long-term performance and span the world's markets.

U.S.

International & Global

Emerging Markets

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Featured Insights

Big Picture

Video: Tariffs – Illusion Versus Reality

Tariffs don’t just hit abroad, they hit at home. In our latest Big Picture video, Jitania Kandhari, Deputy CIO, Solutions & Multi Asset Group breaks down the limitations of country-driven tariff policy given complex global dependencies in sectoral manufacturing supply chains.

02-Dec-2025

Takeaways & Key Expectations

Equity Market Commentary - November 2025

In his most recent TAKE, Senior Portfolio Manager Andrew Slimmon discusses why less liquidity could have the effect of extending the Euphoria stage in this late stage of the current equity bull market.

19-Nov-2025

Global Equity Observer

When every data business looks like a target – separating signal from noise in financial information services

At the time of writing, the sell-off in financial information companies has been swift and indiscriminate, reflecting a growing fear that Advanced AI could erode these companies’ competitive advantages. We believe financial information services are not easily replicated, with moats built on several interlocking defences including data ownership, the ecosystem effect and their integration into client workflows. Advanced AI, rather than undermining incumbents, may ultimately strengthen them.

18-Nov-2025

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Our Equity Teams

Led by long-tenured investors, our specialized teams use disciplined processes and strive to provide strong long-term investment results.

Applied Equity Advisors Team	The Applied Equity Advisors team combines the best of fundamental and quantitative approaches to investing to deliver highly active, style-flexible, concentrated equity portfolios with heavy emphasis on risk-control techniques throughout the investment process. The longstanding experience and judgment of its portfolio managers inform both the portfolio style positioning and the final stock selection.
Counterpoint Global	Counterpoint Global’s culture fosters collaboration, creativity, continued development and differentiated thinking.
Emerging Markets Equity Team	The Emerging Markets Equity team bases its investment philosophy on proprietary research that shows how both country-level and stock-specific factors can drive risks and returns in emerging markets.
Global Opportunity	The Global Opportunity team creates high-conviction, concentrated portfolios of undervalued, high-quality businesses with strategies available on a global, regional and customizable basis.
International Equity Team	The International Equity team follows a disciplined investment process based on fundamental analysis and bottom-up stock selection. They believe that the best route to attractive long-term returns is through compounding and providing reduced downside participation.
Calvert Research and Management Team	Calvert has one of the industry's largest and most diverse teams of ESG professionals, spanning research, engagement and investment solutions.
Japanese Equity Team	The Japanese Equity Team invests in stocks that it believes are undervalued but have a high likelihood of a positive price correction. Strategy implementation for the non Japanese Equity portfolio is delegated to our Japanese affiliate Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd.

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All investing involves risks, including a loss of principal.

Please refer to the strategy detail page for important information on the strategy, including additional risk considerations.