David Nadel in CitywireUSA’s “Research Radar"
article 05-30-2018

David Nadel in CitywireUSA’s “Research Radar: Three managers rising up our ratings”

David Nadel was featured in the website’s showcase of three portfolio managers who’ve enjoyed recent success.

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David Nadel was recently featured on CitywireUSA.com’s piece, “Research Radar: Three managers rising up our ratings” for landing “the top Citywire rating – an AAA – for their risk-adjusted returns.”

Read the article here.

Please note that the piece reports that David “delivered a 53.3% total return over the past three years” while the three-year cumulative return for Royce International Premier Fund was 53.1% for the period ended 3/31/18.

The article said that David had garnered the publication’s best manager ratio in the International Small/Mid-Cap Growth category and that David and PM Mark Rayner attributed 2017’s returns to “strong stock selection.”

The methodology for CitywireUSA’s AAA ratings is as follows: The rating is solely based on the manager's three-year risk-adjusted returns, across all the funds they run, which contribute to their Manager Ratio. While the total returns are mentioned in the article, they are not part of rating process.

Portfolio managers who CitywireUSA believes added value over the past three years received a rating, which generally amounts to around 35% of those with three years of experience. Of these, 40% get a +, 30% an A, 20% an AA, and 10% an AAA.

The sector manager ratio is the average information ratio—or the annualized average excess return divided by the tracking error—of the funds the manager has run in a given category over the past three years and is based on monthly data points. A positive figure means the manager has outperformed his/her benchmark.

The International Small/Mid-cap Growth category uses Lipper’s categories and consisted of 59 funds (run by 104 managers) with a three-year track record at 3/31/18.

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Average Annual Total Returns as of 3/31/18 (%) 

  QTR1 1YR 3YR 5YR SINCE INCEPT. DATE
International Premier 0.38 28.50 15.50 11.21 8.61 12/31/10
Russell Global x US SC -0.34 19.33 9.82 7.79 5.74 N/A

Annual Operating Expenses:Gross 1.37% Net 1.19%

1 Not annualized.

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