Fund Descriptions

Fund Descriptions
as of April 2015
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The Reform Pension Board offers its participants four strategically diversified funds from which to
choose, each of which is designed with an investment goal in mind:
•
Capital Appreciation Fund
•
Appreciation and Income Fund
•
Income Focused Fund
•
Capital Preservation Fund
The RPB investment structure is designed so that participants can choose one fund as their sole
investment choice to implement a long-term savings strategy. However, participants can choose
more than one fund to meet their retirement savings objectives if they wish.
Volatility Scale
LESS VOLATILITY
MORE VOLATILITY
Capital Preservation Fund
Income Focused Fund
Appreciation and
Income Fund
Focus on capital
preservation
Focus on generating
income and maintaining
purchasing power in
retirement
Focus on asset growth and
income (60% Capital
Appreciation Fund and
40% Income Focused Fund)
Capital Appreciation Fund
Focus on asset growth
Capital Appreciation Fund
Fund Objective
CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND
The Capital Appreciation Fund consists of
growth-oriented investments. These include stocks,
real estate and certain kinds of fixed income
instruments. While these instruments have
historically provided a high rate of return, they are
also more volatile than income-oriented investments.
This volatility can result in significant gains and
losses over shorter periods of time.
Who Should Invest
Growth investing is more appropriate for participants
who have a longer time horizon, or those who are
focused on capital appreciation and can tolerate
significant short-term losses in their account.
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Lower Return
Higher Return
Less Volatility
More Volatility
Capital Appreciation Fund
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Asset Classes
Asset Class
Target Allocation
Equity
Domestic Equity
Large Cap Passive
10.50%
Large Cap Value
8.00%
Large Cap Growth
8.00%
Small Cap Active
5.25%
Dividend Focus
2.50%
Domestic Equity Total
34.25%
International Equity
Global Equity
10.50%
International Large Cap Value
8.00%
International Large Cap Growth
8.00%
International Small Cap
5.25%
Emerging Markets
13.00%
International Equity Total
44.75%
Equity Total
79.00%
Fixed Income
Convertible Bond
5.25%
High Yield Bond
5.25%
Fixed Income Total
10.50%
Real Assets
Public Real Estate
5.25%
Master Limited Partnerships
5.25%
Real Assets Total
10.50%
Grand Total
100.00%
Note: Fund composition and allocations may change over time.
Domestic Equity
Large-cap passive mandate
(S&P Index fund)
managed by The Vanguard Group
Large-cap value mandate
managed by Eagle Capital Management
Large-cap growth mandate
managed by Brown Investment Advisory
Small/mid-cap mandate
managed by Pinnacle Associates Ltd.
• The objective of the S&P Index fund is to replicate the investment results of the S&P 500
Index by investing in all 500 stocks in the benchmark index.
• The strategy invests in stock of companies that are undervalued with the expectation that
the value will rise and translate into higher share prices in the future.
• The portfolio generally holds 25 – 30 stocks.
• The strategy invests in stock of companies with a high expectation of earnings growth.
• The portfolio generally holds 30 – 45 stocks.
• The strategy employs a bottom-up approach that favors companies with strong
traditional valuation measures.
• Pinnacle generally holds between 50 – 70 stocks.
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Capital Appreciation Fund
Asset Classes
Domestic Equity
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Dividend-focused mandate
managed by Northern Trust
Global Investments
• The strategy seeks to invest in stock of companies across a broad range of domestic
market capitalizations and styles with dividend yields in excess of 3.0%.
• The fund employs a strict, rules-based quantitative approach to identify high quality
companies that pay a dividend.
• The higher returns of equities and the strong yield component to total return should serve
as a longer-term inflation hedge.
• The portfolio generally holds between 650 – 700 stocks.
International/Global Equity
Global equity fund
managed by Walter Scott & Partners
International value-oriented fund
managed by Artisan Partners
International growth-oriented fund
managed by Gryphon International
Investment Corporation
International growth-oriented fund
managed by Highclere International Advisors
Emerging markets equity fund
managed by Brandes Investment Partners
• The strategy invests in the stock of companies across a range of market capitalizations
domiciled both domestically and abroad.
• Walter Scott utilizes bottom-up stock selection with a focus on growth and price
sensitivity.
• The fund generally holds between 40 – 60 stocks and has a relatively low level of
turnover.
• The strategy invests in the stock of companies across a range of market capitalizations.
• Artisan invests in stocks of companies located in the developed markets of Western
Europe, the Far East and the Pacific Basin.
• Artisan may also invest a percentage of the portfolio in emerging markets.
• The strategy is focused on identifying high quality, undervalued companies that offer the
potential for superior risk/reward outcomes.
• The fund typically holds between 40 – 60 stocks.
• The strategy invests in the stock of companies across a range of market capitalizations in
the developed markets of Western Europe, the Far East and the Pacific Basin.
• The fund utilizes a bottom-up fundamental stock selection process to identify stocks that
exhibit growth at a reasonable price (GARP) versus true momentum driven stocks with
weaker fundamentals.
• The fund generally holds between 30 – 55 stocks.
• The strategy invests in the stocks of “quality” small and mid-cap companies with sound
business models and strong balance sheets.
• Highclere typically invests in the developed markets of Western Europe, the Far East and
the Pacific Basin.
• Highclere may invest in emerging markets to capitalize on unusual value or niche sectors.
• The fund holds between 40 – 80 stocks.
• The strategy invests in the stock of companies across a range of market capitalizations.
• Brandes invests in companies located in emerging economic areas around the world that
it considers undervalued by utilizing a bottom-up, value-oriented approach.
• The fund holds 45 – 75 stocks and experiences relatively high volatility.
Fixed Income
Convertible bond mandate
managed by Shenkman
Capital Management
• The strategy invests in convertible bonds, which have historically provided the downside
protection of bonds and the upside potential of equities. In addition, convertible bonds
have a lower correlation to traditional fixed income securities.
• Shenkman employs a conservative and defensive approach to managing convertible
assets with a focus on disciplined credit research.
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Capital Appreciation Fund
Asset Classes
Fixed Income
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High yield bond mandate
managed by Shenkman
Capital Management
• The strategy invests in higher quality non-investment grade rated U.S. corporate bonds.
• Shenkman’s portfolio employs a bottom-up fundamental research process that
maximizes capital preservation and yield while minimizing the risk of credit defaults.
Real Assets
REIT (Real Estate
Investment Trust) Index fund
managed by The Vanguard Group
Energy master limited
partnership (MLP)
managed by Harvest Fund Advisors
• The objective of the REIT Index fund is to replicate the investment results of the MSCI US
REIT Index by investing in all 110 stocks in the index.
• The strategy is actively managed and seeks to add value through individual stock
selection.
• The portfolio of approximately 40 securities focuses on energy infrastructure MLPs
including pipeline, storage, gathering system and processing facilities.
Appreciation and Income Fund
Fund Objective
The Appreciation and Income Fund was designed to
offer participants a rate of return and volatility between
that of the Capital Appreciation Fund and the Income
Focused Fund. The portfolio consists of 60% of the
Capital Appreciation Fund and 40% of the Income
Focused Fund.
APPRECIATION & INCOME FUND
Who Should Invest
The Appreciation and Income Fund is intended for
participants who are still actively saving for, or may be in,
retirement and desire growth of capital and income.
For information on the asset classes and investment managers included
within this fund, please refer to the fund descriptions of the Capital
Appreciation Fund and the Income Focused Fund.
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Lower Return
Higher Return
Less Volatility
More Volatility
Income Focused Fund
Fund Objective
The Income Focused Fund consists of income-oriented investments and those that have historically performed well
during inflationary periods to help participants maintain their purchasing power. These include fixed income
instruments (including inflation-linked bonds) and high dividend-paying stocks. Income investments have historically
provided a lower rate of return with less volatility than growth investments. While the opportunity for loss is still a
possibility, the frequency and magnitude of losses has historically been less than that of growth-oriented investments.
Who Should Invest
Income investing is more appropriate for participants with a shorter time horizon who have achieved their savings goals
and are focused on maintaining a certain income level in retirement.
Asset Classes
Asset Class
Target Allocation
Equity
Domestic Equity
Dividend Focus
Domestic Equity Total
INCOME FOCUSED FUND
7.50%
7.50%
Fixed Income
TIPS
10.00%
Core Bond
37.50%
Unconstrained Bond
20.00%
Global Bond (sovereign)
5.25%
Global Bond
(sovereign and credit)
9.75%
Fixed Income Total
82.50%
Real Assets
Commodities
10.00%
Real Assets Total
10.00%
Grand Total
100.00%
Lower Return
Higher Return
Less Volatility
More Volatility
Note: Fund composition and allocations may change over time.
Domestic Equity
Dividend-focused mandate
managed by Northern Trust
Global Investments
• The strategy seeks to invest in stock of companies across a broad range of domestic
market capitalizations and styles with dividend yields in excess of 3.0%.
• The fund employs a strict, rules-based quantitative approach to identify high quality
companies that pay a dividend.
• The higher returns of equities and the strong yield component to total return should serve
as a longer-term inflation hedge.
• The portfolio generally holds between 650 – 700 stocks.
Fixed Income
Treasury Inflation Protected
Securities (TIPS) mandate
managed by Income Research
+ Management
Core bond mandate
managed by Income Research
+ Management
• The TIPS mandate invests in inflation-linked bonds issued by the U.S. government.
• TIPS feature an adjustment to principal based on the Consumer Price Index, resulting in a
natural inflation hedge.
• The strategy invests in U.S. Treasury and agency securities, high quality
mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities and corporate debt.
• IR&M’s approach is to add value through security selection and portfolio construction.
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Income Focused Fund
Asset Classes
Fixed Income
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Unconstrained bond mandate
managed by Goldman Sachs Asset
Management (GSAM) (50%) and
BlackRock (50%)
Global bond fund
managed by Colchester Global
Investors, Ltd.
Global bond fund
managed by Loomis Sayles &
Company, L.P.
• Both of the firms utilized by the RPB in the asset class, GSAM and BlackRock, employ
similar and complementary strategies.
• Unconstrained bond is an opportunistic investment strategy that allows the managers
to add value by tactically shifting allocations to different fixed income sectors based on
their relative value.
• Sectors include investment grade credit, non-dollar debt, high yield, bank loans,
emerging market debt, treasuries and currencies, among others.
• Each firm can also manage the risk of rising interest rates by lowering the duration of
their portfolios.
• The strategy applies a value-oriented approach focusing on high quality global sovereign
bonds with attractive real yields.
• The process uses both bottom-up and top-down considerations in building the portfolio.
• The strategy applies a long-term value approach concentrating on specific security
selection within the sovereign and credit sectors with a focus on non-U.S. issuers.
Real Assets
Commodities mandate
managed by Gresham Investment
Management
• Gresham manages a portfolio of commodity futures with sector allocations consistent
with the DJ-UBS Commodity Index benchmark.
• The diversified portfolio has exposure to energy, precious metals, industrial metals,
livestock and agriculture. The nature of the strategy does not allow Gresham to make a
substantial bet on any particular sector.
• The manager adds value through holding contract(s) along the futures curve to take
advantage of perceived mispricing based on supply and demand variables.
Capital Preservation Fund
Fund Objective
The Capital Preservation Fund is structured to preserve
the principal balance of its assets. The fund has a
relatively low rate of return and corresponding level of risk.
CAPITAL PRESERVATION FUND
Who Should Invest
The Capital Preservation Fund is appropriate for
participants who are seeking to only maintain their
principal balance and may have a shorter time horizon.
Asset Class
Asset Class
Target Allocation
Principal Preservation/
Cash Equivalent
Stable Value (403(b) only)
Grand Total
100.00%
100.00%
Note: Fund composition and allocations may change over time.
Lower Return
Higher Return
Less Volatility
More Volatility
Participants under age 60 are not permitted to invest more than 80% of their account balance in the Capital
Preservation Fund.
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Capital Preservation Fund
Asset Class
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Principal Preservation / Cash Equivalent
Stable Value fund
managed by Goldman Sachs Asset
Management (GSAM) Stable Value
• GSAM invests in high quality bonds combined with insurance contracts that are
structured to maintain a stable value.
• The fund’s investment strategy seeks to preserve capital.
• This option provides a low level of risk and return volatility.
Rabbi Trust Only
Within the Rabbi Trust, the Capital Preservation Fund
consists of the Northern Institutional U.S. Government
Select Portfolio, a money market fund managed by
Northern Trust. The money market fund pertains only to Capital Preservation funds invested in the Rabbi Trust and is not available to participants for investment in the 403(b) Plan.
Money Market fund
managed by Northern Trust
Global Investments
Asset Class
Target Allocation
Principal Preservation/
Cash Equivalent
Money Market (Rabbi Trust only)
Grand Total
100.00%
100.00%
Note: Fund composition and allocations may change over time.
• The strategy seeks to maximize current income to the extent consistent with the
preservation of capital and maintenance of liquidity.
• The fund invests substantially (at least 80%) in securities issued or guaranteed as to
principal and interest by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities.
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RPB Investment Managers by Asset Class April 2015
Asset Class
Manager
Capital
Appreciation Fund
Appreciation &
Income Fund*
Income Focused
Fund
Capital
Preservation Fund
Equity
Domestic Equity
Large Cap Passive
The Vanguard Group
10.50%
6.30%
Large Cap Value
Eagle Capital Management
8.00%
4.80%
Large Cap Growth
Brown Investment Advisory
8.00%
4.80%
Small Cap Active
Pinnacle Associated Ltd.
5.25%
3.15%
Dividend Focus
Northern Trust Global Investments
Domestic Equity Total
2.50%
4.50%
7.50%
34.25%
23.55%
7.50%
International Equity
Global Equity
Walter Scott
10.50%
6.30%
International Large Cap Value
Artisan Partners
8.00%
4.80%
International Large Cap Growth
Gryphon International
8.00%
4.80%
International Small Cap
Highclere International Investors
5.25%
3.15%
Emerging Markets
Brandes Investment Partners
13.00%
7.80%
International Equity Total
44.75%
26.85%
0.00%
Equity Total
79.00%
50.40%
7.50%
Fixed Income
Convertible Bond
Shenkman Capital Managment
TIPS
Income Research + Management
5.25%
4.00%
10.00%
Core Bond
Income Research + Management
15.00%
37.50%
High Yield Bond
Shenkman Capital Management
Unconstrained Bond
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (50%)
and BlackRock (50%)
8.00%
20.00%
Global Bond (sovereign)
Colchester
2.10%
5.25%
Global Bond (sovereign and credit)
Loomis Sayles
3.90%
9.75%
10.50%
39.30%
82.50%
5.25%
Fixed Income Total
3.15%
3.15%
Real Assets
Public Real Estate
The Vanguard Group
5.25%
3.15%
Master Limited Partnerships
Harvest Fund Advisors
5.25%
3.15%
Commodities
Gresham Investment Management
Real Assets Total
10.50%
4.00%
10.00%
10.30%
10.00%
Principal Preservation/Cash Equivalent
Stable Value (403(b) only)
GSAM Stable Value
Money Market (Rabbi Trust only)
Northern Trust Global Investments
100.0%
100.0%
Grand Total
100.0%
*The Appreciation & Income Fund is comprised of 60% of the Capital Appreciation Fund and 40% of the Income Focused Fund.
Note: Fund composition and allocations may change over time.
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100.0%
100.0%
100.0%