The fund's investment team employs a fundamental investment process to construct a diversified portfolio of U.S. and non-U.S. growth companies across a broad capitalization range. The team seeks to invest in companies that the advisor believes possess franchise characteristics, are benefiting from an accelerating profit cycle and are trading at a discount to its estimate of private market value. The fund primarily invests in common stocks and other equity securities of U.S. and non-U.S. companies, including depositary receipts.