Driehaus Global Growth Fund

 

 

Lead Portfolio Manager:

 

Co-Portfolio Manager

 

Co-Portfolio Manager

Daniel Rea

 

Howard Schwab

 

Dan Wasiolek

Assets Under Management as of 12/31/09:

$40 Million

Inception Date:

5/1/08

Minimum Initial Investment:

$10,000

Ticker Symbol:

DRGGX

 

 

Driehaus Global Growth Fund. The Driehaus Global Growth Fund seeks to maximize capital appreciation.  The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of both U.S. and non-U.S. companies exhibiting strong growth characteristics. Under normal market conditions, the Fund primarily invests in common stocks and other equity securities, including preferred stocks, both within and outside the U.S., whose market capitalization is greater than $1.0 billion at the time of investment, although the Fund may invest in companies with lower market capitalizations if market conditions suggest doing so will help the Fund achieve its objective.

 

 

 

 

Regional Weightings (as of 12/31/09)

 

Top Ten Holdings (as of 1/31/10)

North America

54.5%

 

Bucyrus International Inc.

2.0%

Pacific Rim

18.9%

 

OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes S/A

1.9%

Western Europe

12.1%

 

Celgene Corp.

1.6%

South America

6.5%

 

BE Aerospace Inc.

1.5%

Eastern Europe

2.7%

 

Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC (ADS)

1.5%

Central Asia

1.1%

 

Vale S.A. (ADS)

1.5%

Cash

3.1%

 

China Coal Energy Co. Ltd.

1.5%

Unassigned

1.2%

 

Equinix Inc.

1.4%

 

 

 

Google Inc. (Cl A)

1.4%

 

 

Bank of America Corp.

1.4%

 

 

Country Weightings (as of 12/31/09)

 

Sector Weightings (as of 12/31/09)

United States

48.7%

 

Information Technology

19.6%

China

9.6%

 

Industrials

14.9%

Brazil

6.5%

 

Materials

14.5%
Japan 5.0%

Consumer Discretionary

 12.0%
United Kingdom 4.3%

Health Care

 10.2%

Russia

3.9%

 

Financials

8.9%

Canada

3.6%

 

Consumer Staples

8.1%

Germany

3.1%

 

Energy

7.8%

Australia

2.0%

 

Telecommunication Services

0.9%

Taiwan

1.8%

 

Cash

3.1%

Bermuda

1.4%

 

 

 

Mexico

1.3%

 

 

Netherlands

1.1%

 

 

India

1.1%

Sweden

1.0%

Ireland

0.9%

France

0.9%

Greece

0.8%

Cash

3.1%

 

 

 

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Sources: eVestment Alliance, LLC, SS&C Inc., FactSet Research Systems Inc., Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor's Global Industry Classification Standard methodology to identify sector classifications, Thomson Financial IBES, Thomson Worldscope Fundamentals to identify regional weightings.

 

Investments in overseas markets can pose more risks than U.S. investments, and the Fund's share price is expected to be more volatile than that of a U.S.-only fund. In addition, the Fund's returns will fluctuate with changes in stock market conditions, currency values, interest rates, foreign government regulations, and economic and political conditions in countries in which the Fund invests. These risks are generally greater when investing in emerging markets.

 

Since Fund performance is subject to change after the month-end, please call (800) 560-6111 or check our daily  NAVs  for more current performance information.

 

Please consider the investment objectives, risks, fees and expenses of the Funds carefully prior to investing. The  prospectus contains this and other important information about the Funds. To obtain a copy of the prospectus, please call  us at (800) 560-6111.  Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.