Our Strategies

Each of our strategies follows essentially the same classic value investment approach. The central difference lies in the universe considered for investment.

Click on the strategy name for portfolio details.

U.S. STRATEGIES         UNIVERSE*STATUSPORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT TEAM
Large Cap Value       500 Largest U.S. Open Tony DeSpirito, John Goetz, Rich Pzena
Value 1000 Largest U.S. Open Tony DeSpirito, John Goetz, Rich Pzena
Small Cap Value Ranked 1001-3000 U.S. Open Ben Silver, John Goetz, Rich Pzena
Mid Cap Value Ranked 201-1200 U.S. Open Manoj Tandon, John Goetz, Rich Pzena
All Cap Value 3000 Largest U.S. Open Lawrence Kohn, John Goetz, Rich Pzena
NON-U.S. STRATEGIES  UNIVERSE*       STATUS PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT TEAM
Global Value 500 Largest U.S.
Largest 1500 non-U.S.
     Open      Caroline Cai, John Goetz, Michael Peterson
EAFE Value 1500 Largest non-U.S.      Open Caroline Cai, John Goetz, Michael Peterson
Global Diversified Value 500 Largest U.S.
1500 Largest non-U.S.
     Open Caroline Cai, John Goetz, Michael Peterson
EAFE Diversified Value 1500 Largest non-U.S.      Open Caroline Cai, John Goetz, Michael Peterson
European Value 750 Largest European      Open Caroline Cai, John Goetz, Michael Peterson
Emerging Markets Value 1500 Largest
in Emerging Markets
     Open Allison Fisch, Caroline Cai, John Goetz

*While our investment process includes ongoing review of the companies in the listed universes, our ultimate investment decisions may include companies outside of these ranges at the time of purchase.

Portfolio Details
  VALUELARGE CAP VALUEMID CAP VALUESMALL CAP VALUEALL CAP VALUE
UNIVERSE Largest 1000
U.S. Companies
Largest 500
U.S. Companies
Ranked 201-1200
U.S. Companies
Ranked 1001-3000
U.S. Companies
Largest 3000
U.S. Companies
# OF POSITIONS 30 - 40 30 - 40 30 - 40 40 - 50 20 - 25
POSITION LIMITS:
    -At Purchase
    -At Market

5%
7.5%

5%
7.5%

5%
7.5%

4%
6%

6%
8%
SECTOR LIMITS 25% of Russell
1000® Value*
±15% of Russell
1000® Value
25% of Russell
Midcap® Value*
±15% of Russell
2000® Value
n/a
  GLOBAL
VALUE
EAFE
VALUE
GLOBAL
DIVERSIFIED VALUE
UNIVERSE 500 Largest U.S. + 1500 Largest
non-U.S. Companies
1500 Largest
non-U.S. Companies
500 Largest U.S. + 1500 Largest
non-U.S. Companies
# OF POSITIONS 40 - 60 30 - 50 70 - 110
POSITION LIMITS:
    -At Purchase
    -At Market

5%
7.5%

5%
7.5%

3%
4%
SECTOR LIMITS* 25% of MSCI World(SM) 25% of MSCI EAFE® +/- 7.5% of MSCI World(SM)
EMERGING MARKET
LIMITS
10% 10% 10%
COUNTRY LIMITS N/A N/A N/A
  EAFE
DIVERSIFIED VALUE
EUROPEAN
VALUE
EMERGING
MARKETS VALUE
UNIVERSE 1500 Largest
non-U.S. Companies
750 Largest European
Companies
1500 Largest Companies
in Emerging Markets
# OF POSITIONS 60 - 100 40 - 60 40 - 80
POSITION LIMITS:
    -At Purchase
    -At Market

3%
4%

5%
7.5%

4%
6%
SECTOR LIMITS* +/- 7.5% of MSCI EAFE® 25% of MSCI Europe® N/A
EMERGING MARKET
LIMITS
10% 10% N/A
COUNTRY LIMITS N/A N/A Not to exceed the greater
of (a) 20% of the total
portfolio or (b) 150% of
the country's weight in the
MSCI Emerging Market or
MSCI Frontier Market Index

*Absolute level for all sectors except financials which is limited to 45%.

All Pzena strategies follow the same process and philosophy, differing only in market cap selection, concentration and/or inception date. New buys must come from the cheapest quintile of our proprietary computer model. Positions are sold when they reach the universe mid-point of the computer model ranking.