Trimark Global Endeavour Fund

Posted by on Feb 21, 2015 in Mutual Fund Updates | 0 comments

While I have this fund in the Global Small and Mid-Cap Equity category on the Recommended List, it is really much more of an all cap mandate. Managers Jeff Hyrich and Erin Greenfield have built a concentrated portfolio of high quality names, with sustainable competitive advantages that trade at a discount to their estimate of intrinsic value. Their fundamentally driven, bottom up approach has resulted in a portfolio that looks nothing like its benchmark. They are very disciplined when it comes to valuation, and as a result, cash balances can run quite high. For example, at the end of September, cash was sitting at 14%. Over the course of the quarter, they used market weakness as an opportunity to chip away at a few opportunities, adding a couple of new names to the portfolio, and adding to existing names. This brought the cash down to around 11% at the end of the year. They continue to be patient, waiting for high quality names to trade at values they like. They are also starting to find some ideas in the emerging markets. This remains a great global mid cap pick for those investors who can be comfortable with a performance stream that is much different than the index.

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