Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth

 

 

First Quarter 2008

Portfolio Manager:

 Howard Schwab

Assistant Portfolio Manager:

 Chad Cleaver    
Assets Under Management:

$807 Million
Inception Date:

1/1/97
Separately Managed Accounts Minimum Initial Investment:

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Closed to New Investors

 

Investment Objective: Maximize capital appreciation by investing primarily in the equity securities of emerging market companies.

 

Investment Strategy:  The Emerging Markets Growth Strategy invests in emerging markets companies. The strategy typically maintains a portfolio consisting of 70 to 90 stocks and generally limits individual positions to less than 5% at cost.

 

 

Regional Weightings (as of 3/31/08)

 

Top Ten Holdings (as of 3/31/08)

Pacific Rim

38.2%

 

Gazprom OAO (ADS)

3.5%

Eastern Europe

11.8%

 

Petroleo Brasileiro S/A (ADS)

3.1%

South America

11.7%

 

Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

2.7%

Africa

9.7%

 

China Mobile Ltd.

2.5%

Central Asia

7.3%

 

First Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

2.3%

North America

7.3%

 

Novatek JT STK Co Spon GDR Reg S

2.2%

Western Europe

5.9%

 

ITC Ltd.

2.2%

Cash/Other

8.2%

 

Douja Promotion Groupe Addoha

2.2%

 

 

 

Wellstream Holdings PLC

1.9%

High Tech Computer Corp.

1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Country Weightings (as of 3/31/08)

 

Sector Weightings (as of 3/31/08)

Taiwan

11.0%

 

Financials

17.3%

Russia

10.0%

 

Consumer Discretionary

16.8%

Brazil

9.6%

 

Energy

15.6%

Korea

8.7%

 

Materials

12.4%

China

7.1%

 

Telecommunication Services

11.2%

India

6.3%

 

Consumer Staples

6.5%

Thailand

5.7%

 

Information Technology

6.5%

Mexico

5.4%

 

Health Care

2.8%

United Kingdom

4.1%

 

Industrials

2.4%

Egypt

4.0%

Utilities

1.1%

South Africa

3.4%

Cash/Unassigned

 7.4%

Indonesia

2.9%

 

Morocco

2.2%

Turkey

1.9%

Canada

1.6%

Hong Kong

1.5%

Argentina

1.2%

Greece

1.2%

Malaysia

1.0%

Pakistan

1.0%
Peru

0.9%
United States

0.8%
Jersey

0.6%
Cayman Islands

0.5%
Cash/Unassigned

7.4%

 

 

 

 

Average Annual Total Return (as of 3/31/08)
__________Annualized__________  
 

1st QTR

 YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year  Since
Inception
(1/1/97)
Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth

-12.55%

-12.55%

20.85%

34.81%

39.17%

  20.03%

18.69%
MSCI Emerging Markets Growth Index

-12.53%

-12.53%

17.81%

28.27%

33.15%

11.21%

9.30%

 

 

Cumulative Total Return (1/1/97 to 3/31/08)
Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth

588%
MSCI Emerging Markets Growth Index

172%

 

 

For the most current month-end summary sheet for the Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Strategy, please click here.

 

 

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

 

The performance numbers represent a composite of emerging markets growth accounts managed by Driehaus Capital Management LLC (“DCM”) (the “Composite”).  These numbers are estimated for the period as all underlying accounts have not yet been reconciled. All rates of return include reinvested dividends and other earnings and are net of fees and brokerage commissions. The performance data shown above represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.

 

The performance results for the Composite are shown in comparison to indicies. Unlike the Composite, these indices are not actively managed and do not reflect the deduction of any advisory or other fees and expenses.  While the securities comprising these indices are not identical to those in the Composite, DCM believes these comparisons may be useful in evaluating performance. 

 
The Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Growth Index (MSCI Emerging Markets Growth Index) is a subset of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and includes only the MSCI Emerging Markets Index stocks which are categorized as growth stocks. The Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Index (MSCI Emerging Markets Index) is a market capitalization-weighted index designed to measure equity market performance in 27 global emerging markets. 
 

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