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Fisher Investments Camas, WA Headquarters Fisher Investments Woodside, CA Office
Fisher Investments EuropeLondon Headquarters
Fisher Investments Branch Office Dubai International Financial Centre
Fisher Investments AustralasiaSydney Office
Fisher Investments JapanTokyo Office
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Inside cover photographs: Two offices of FI are located in Washington and California, USA. The London, UK office is the headquarters of Fisher Investments Europe, Limited, FI’s wholly owned subsidiary in England. The Dubai International Financial Centre office is a branch office of FI. Fisher Investments Australasia Pty Ltd (FIA) is FI’s wholly‐owned subsidiary based in Sydney, Australia. Fisher Investments Japan (FIJ) is FI’s wholly‐owned subsidiary based in Tokyo, Japan
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FISHER INVESTMENTS
Experienced Founded by Ken Fisher in 1979
• Contributes to consistency of investment results
Independent 100% Fisher employee and family‐owned
• Aligns the interests of our employees with our clients
• Helps retain key investment professionals
FocusedAsset management is our business
• Reduces potential for conflicts of interest and competition for resources
Complete Investment Process Top‐down approach accounts for three critical decisions helping to maximize probability of excess
return
AN OVERVIEW
Investment Policy Committee membersʹ average experience at FI: 24 years
As of 06/30/2018.
● Over C$129 billion in assets under management
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INVESTMENT POLICY COMMITTEE
William Glaser Ken Fisher Aaron Anderson Jeffery Silk Michael HansonExecutive VP of Executive Chairman, Senior VP of Vice Chairman, Senior VP of
Portfolio Management Co‐CIO Research Co‐CIO Research
18 years at 39 years at 13 years at 35 years at 16 years atFisher Investments Fisher Investments Fisher Investments Fisher Investments Fisher Investments
As of 06/30/2018. Please see additional disclosures in the Appendix.
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Three Critical Decisions
Country and sector decisions enhance security selection odds
THREE PRIMARY DETERMINANTS OF PORTFOLIO RETURN
Stock
Country Sector
EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY
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8Percentage breakdown of the absolute factor contributions to MSCI Emerging Markets’ performance based on annual returns, from01/01/2008 through 12/31/2017. Source: MSCI Barra Portfolio Manager, GEM2L model.
TOP‐DOWN INVESTING IN EMERGING MARKETS
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Top‐down factors explain almost
90% of theMSCI EMʹs return
since 2007
On average, over the past 10 years, top‐down factors accounted for almost 90% of MSCI EM’s returns.
*Excluding the World equity factor from GEM2L
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Source: FactSet and Fisher Investments Research as of August 2018. MSCI EM indexed to 100 December 1987.
RECENT EM CALM LONGEST IN HISTORYEM equities tend to experience more frequent corrections or bear markets than developed. The unusually long calm period between the end of the last EM bear and this year’s downturn was the longest in the category’s history.
Start End EM Calm Period (Trading Days)01/22/2016 01/25/2018 67008/25/1992 02/10/1994 53501/17/1991 04/16/1992 45612/31/1987 06/01/1989 40703/12/2003 04/11/2004 397
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EM Bear EM Correction MSCI EM (Price)
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Currency leadership shifts periodically and is nearly impossible to time. The US dollar’s strength has posed a recent headwind to EM equity returns – however, many fail to recognize EM returns in USD actually outperform returns in local currencies during most of the current bull market.
Source: FactSet as of 08/31/2018.
DOLLAR’S MUTED IMPACT OVER THIS BULL
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EM PERFORMANCE DURING US RATE HIKESEM does not necessarily underperform when the Fed tightens monetary policy
Source: FactSet as of 08/31/2018.
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EM CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCESEM current account balances have significantly improved since the taper tantrum.
Source: FactSet as of 06/30/2018.
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Russia
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China
Hungary
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Brazil
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India
South Africa
Turkey
Current Account Balance / GDP (%)
As of 6/30/2018 As of 12/31/2012Current Account Balance as % of GDP
Current Account Balances as a % of GDP for the Fragile 5 (India, Brazil, Indonesia,South Africa and Turkey)
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With the recent additional Chinese tariffs, duties as a percentage of total US imports for consumption rose just 0.79% ‐much smaller than most major historical tariff hikes...
Top Chart Source: US International Trade Commission, as of 6/4/2018. US duties as a percentage of imports for consumption, daily, 1/31/1891 ‐ 12/30/2016. Projections based off estimates, daily, 1/31/2017 – 5/31/2018. Bottom Chart Source: IMF as of 1/3/2018. Worst‐case tariff impact from the Office of US Trade Representative, White House and US Bureau of Economic Analysis, 6/28/2018.
RELATIVE TO HISTORY, NEW TARIFFS LACK SCALE
…and the worst‐case tariff impact is not enough to cause a Wallop
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Global GDP (in tillions of USD)
2018: +$5.1 trillion (est.)
2017: $79.3 trillion
To cause a global recession in 2018, a Wallop would need to knock at least $5.1 trillion from global GDP
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Increase from China, steel & aluminium tariffs at 2.29%
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EM usually outperforms in the 6 months following US midterm elections. As current trade war fears dissipate, US midterms should boost EM performance.
Source: FactSet as of 06/29/2018. Data from 05/01/1926 – 05/04/2014. Based on MSCI EM Index price returns in USD.
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EM OUTPERFORMANCE POST US MIDTERMS
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72%21%
17%13%13%12%11%7%5%
MexicoChinaIndia
MalaysiaBrazilKorea
IndonesiaSouth Africa
Russia
% of Exports to US
MEXICO AND US MIDTERMS
Top chart source: Bloomberg as of 6/22/2018.Bottom chart source: US Census Bureau, US BEA. Share of Foreign Exports to Mexico for 2017 – the latest available data.
Being the most exposed to US protectionism, Mexico has the most to gain from passing midterms.
GOP States trading with Mexico have most to lose from a trade war.
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Share of Foreign Exports to Mexico
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EM VALUATIONS ARE ATTRACTIVEEM valuations are at a favorable discount to their developed peers.
Source: FactSet, as of 6/30/2018. Based on monthly forward valuations.
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EM EASTERN EUROPE’S BENEFITS OF PROXIMITY
Top chart source: FactSet as of 4/30/2018. Based on monthly data points. Bottom chart source: FactSet as of 7/31/2018. Data indexed to 1 in January 2003.
Performance in Eastern Europe is heavily linked to developed Europe’s demand growth.
Further, EM Europe’s relative performance to the MSCI EM is highly correlated to that of developed Europe’s relative performance to the MSCI World.
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Eastern Europe Exports to the EU Account for 75‐85% of Total Exports
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EMERGING MARKETS INTERNET SOFTWARE AND SERVICESEM Information Technology should benefit from robust global IT spending driven by the growing demand for products and services related to mobile, cloud computing and the “Internet of Things”. Internet Software & Services has grown rapidly as a percentage of the EM Information Technology Index over time.
Source: FactSet GeoRev and Oxford Economics as of December 2017. Big Pharma is based on MSCI World Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology & Life Sciences constituents.
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CHINESE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Top Chart Source: National Bureau of Statistics China. Data is for 2016 – the latest available period.Bottom Chart Source: Factset, Inc. as of 7/31/2018. Gross Margin is shown for the top 10 industries by weight in the MSCI China index and is calculated by taking the aggregates of constituents’ last twelve month gross income divided by last twelve month sales. Excluding Financials.
We remain overweight to consumption and service‐related portions of the Chinese economy, notably, Information Technology. There is room for future growth in online retail activity. With penetration rates below 50%, growth rates remain strong in both deeply penetrated and less penetrated regions.
Information Technology represents about 40% of the MSCI China. Technology tends to be higher margin, a characteristic we favor in the later stages of a bull market. Software & Services contains the highest gross margins of all industries in the MSCI China. 2018 global IT services and enterprise software spending is expected to grow in excess of global GDP, driven primarily by trends in cloud computing.
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BIG PHARMA’S BIG EM OPPORTUNITYHuge swathes of EM populations are breaching key income thresholds, allowing for the purchase of pharmaceuticals and medical devices for the first time. Developed world Pharma sees an increasing share of their revenues come from EM.
Source: FactSet GeoRev and Oxford Economics as of December 2017. Big Pharma is based on MSCI World Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology & Life Sciences constituents.
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Revenue Growth (10 Year Ann.) Share of Revenues ʹ17 Share of Revenues ʹ07EM 13% 14% 11%DM 4% 79% 84%
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SOUTH KOREAN EXPORT DEMAND
FactSet as of 07/31/2018.
Global expansion drives demand for Korea’s exports – supporting Korean equities.
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PERFORMANCE
The foregoing information is based on the FIIG EM composite, which was incepted on 04/01/2006 and is benchmarked against the MSCI EM index. Performance is preliminary. Preliminary performance is subject to the final reconciliation of accounts and deduction of any outstanding advisory fees, which will have the effect of lowering performance by the amount of the deductions. Performance results are inclusive of dividends, royalties, interest and other forms of accrued income. Gross returns are gross of advisory fees and net of brokerage or other commissions. See full net of fees performance and important disclosures in the Appendix. MSCI EM returns sources: Eagle Investment Systems, LLC & FactSet. Data in CAD.
FISHER EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY COMPOSITE
Gross of Fee Returns
MSCI Emerging Markets IndexFisher Emerging Markets Equity
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6.6%
8.2%
12.1%
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8.4%
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SinceInception(04/06)
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AS OF 06/30/2018
Fisher Emerging Markets Equity composite performance net of fees: cumulative return (since inception, 04/06), 151.8%.
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CONSISTENCY OF EXCESS RETURN
The foregoing information is based on the FIIG EM composite, which was incepted on 04/01/2006 and is benchmarked against the MSCI EM Index. Performance is preliminary. Preliminary performance is subject to the final reconciliation of accounts and deduction of any outstanding advisory fees, which will have the effect of lowering performance by the amount of the deductions. Each point represents the intersection of the respective performance period and computation frequency referenced in the sub header of Fisher Investments Institutional Group Emerging Markets Equity composite and MSCI EM Index using data for the period indicated above. Performance is inclusive of dividends, royalties, interest and other forms of accrued income. Returns are gross of advisory fees and net of brokerage or other commissions. MSCI EM Index sources: FactSet and Eagle Investment Systems LLC. Please see the performance disclosure in the Appendix. Data in CAD.
ANNUALIZED 3‐YEAR PERFORMANCE ROLLED MONTHLY
Fisher Investments Emerging Markets Equity (Gross)
MSCI Emerging Markets Index
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PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTION
Performance is preliminary. Preliminary performance is subject to the final reconciliation of accounts and deduction of any outstanding advisory fees, which will have the effect of lowering performance by the amount of the deductions. Based on a representative Fisher Investments Institutional Group Emerging Markets (FIIG EM) portfolio, including cash. Please see the representative portfolio disclosure and full performance history in the Appendix. Portfolio characteristics listed above are shown as supplemental information to the FIIG EM composite. The FIIG EM composite, which was incepted on 1 April 2006, is benchmarked against the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Barra Ex‐Ante Active Risk is calculated using MSCI Barra’s Aegis Portfolio Manager system. Equity Selection Risk is Barra’s Asset Selection factor while the combination of Market Timing and Common Factor risk make up Top Down Risk. Variance of Return is calculated using Eagle Investment Systems (Brinson attribution methodology). equity selection reflects the difference between the sum of both the country and sector allocations from the total excess return. Variance: for a given factor, absolute value of excess return divided by sum of absolute value of total excess return for all three factors. Average variance of return: average of annual variance of return for each factor. “Average” is calculated as a weighted average of the periods shown. Sources: Eagle Investment Systems LLC, MSCI Barra Aegis Portfolio Manager. Data in USD.
EX ANTE RISK IS ALIGNED WITH EX POST RETURN
Ex Ante Active Risk (Barra)Ex Post Return
As of 06/30/2018
Country, 38% Sector, 26% Stock, 36%Top Down Risk, 58% Bottom Up Risk, 42%
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INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS
Owen Muehlfeld Vice President, Portfolio Specialist 16 years at Fisher InvestmentsOwen serves as a liaison between the Investment Policy Committee and FI’s institutional clients and consultants. In this role, Owen communicates portfolio strategy, market outlook, performance, and conducts ad hoc research projects. Prior to joining Fisher Investments, Owen worked as a financial adviser for UBS Financial Services.
BIOGRAPHIES
Benjamin Kothe Vice President, Relationship Manager 17 years at Fisher Investments Ben serves as a liaison between the Investment Policy Committee and our institutional clients and their investment consultants. In this role, Ben communicates portfolio strategy, market outlook, performance, stock analysis and conducts ad hoc research projects. Prior to his current role, Ben was the Vice President of Marketing & Analytics where he oversaw the firm’s global institutional marketing efforts. Previously, Ben was an Investment Counselor responsible for maintaining relationships with high‐net‐worth private clients, as well as a Group Manager within Investment Operations where he supervised back office activities.
Scott Botterman Research Analyst, Capital Markets 11 years at Fisher Investments Scott generates fundamental and quantitative macroeconomic research for use in the investment process. Scott is also a member of the Portfolio Engineering Team focused on the FIIG Emerging Market Equity strategies. He previously worked in the Research Group as an analyst on the Securities Research and Research Analytics and Production Teams conducting company specific research and performance analysis for the Investment Policy Committee.
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DISCLOSURESEMERGING MARKETS EQUITY PERFORMANCE
Fisher Investments Institutional Group claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) and has prepared and presented this report in compliance with the GIPS standards. The firm has been independently verified for the periods January 01, 1990 through December 31, 2016. Verification assesses whether (1) the firm has complied with all the composite construction requirements of the GIPS standards on a firm‐widebasis and (2) the firm’s policies and procedures are designed to calculate and present performance in compliance with the GIPS standards. The Fisher Investments Institutional Group Emerging Markets Equity Composite has been examined for the periods April 01, 2006 through December 31, 2016. The verification and performance examination reports are available upon request. Performance is preliminary as of September 06, 2018.
1. Fisher Asset Management, LLC, doing business as Fisher Investments (FI), is an investment adviser registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. As of August 31, 2018 FI managed assets valued over $131 billion. FI maintains two principal business units – Fisher Investments Institutional Group (FIIG) and Fisher Investments Private Client Group (FIPCG). FIPCG services substantially all private client accounts managed by FI and FIIG services substantially all institutional accounts managed by FI (including those accounts sub‐managed for Fisher Investments Europe and Fisher Investments Australasia). The Investment Policy Committee is responsible for all strategic investment decisions for both business units.2. The FIIG Emerging Markets Equity composite consists of accounts managed against the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (MSCI EM) with a view towards capital appreciation.3. MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a free float‐adjusted market cap‐weighted index that is designed to measure equity market performance of emerging markets. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index consists of 24 emerging market country indices. Unless otherwise specified, returns shown include dividends after deducting estimated withholding taxes. MSCI calculates estimated withholding taxes using the maximum rate of the constituent company’s country of incorporation applicable to non‐resident institutional investors that do not benefit from double‐taxation treaties.
*Total FI Institutional Assets and % of FI Institutional Assets represent assets within Fisher Investments Institutional Group strategies only.
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Return (%)Net Annual Return (%)
Benchmark Return (%)
Number of Portfolios
Composite Dispersion
Total Strategy Assets at End of Period (CAD millions)
FI Institutional Assets* (CAD millions)
% of FI Institutional Assets*
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Standard Deviation
Benchmark Trailing 3 Year
Standard Deviation
2018 (31/08) ‐4.6% ‐5.0% ‐3.4% ‐‐ ‐‐ ‐‐ ‐‐ ‐‐ ‐‐ ‐‐2017 30.3% 29.5% 28.3% 27 0.9% C$23,354 C$55,377 42.2% 13.4% 12.9%2016 2.7% 2.2% 7.3% 30 1.2% C$18,360 C$45,544 40.3% 13.1% 12.6%2015 7.5% 7.0% 2.0% 26 1.3% C$15,713 C$42,977 36.6% 11.8% 11.4%2014 11.9% 11.2% 6.7% 20 0.7% C$9,449 C$32,624 29.0% 11.4% 11.5%2013 13.1% 12.4% 4.3% 16 0.6% C$3,705 C$25,494 14.5% 14.7% 14.2%2012 12.0% 11.4% 14.8% 13 0.5% C$2,657 C$18,924 14.0% 16.9% 15.1%2011 ‐14.6% ‐15.1% ‐16.5% 15 0.9% C$988 C$14,065 7.0% 19.4% 17.0%2010 19.5% 18.9% 12.7% 11 0.5% C$731 C$13,695 5.3% ‐‐ ‐‐2009 61.3% 60.3% 54.1% 7 0.8% C$257 C$12,434 2.1% ‐‐ ‐‐
TrailingSince Inception (Annualised) 8.1% 7.5% 5.8%
Trailing 1 Year 1.9% 1.3% 3.3%Trailing 3 Years 11.2% 10.5% 10.7%Trailing 5 Years 11.8% 11.2% 9.6%Trailing 7 Years 9.0% 8.3% 7.1%Trailing 10 Years 7.6% 7.0% 5.6%
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DISCLOSURESEMERGING MARKETS EQUITY PERFORMANCE
4. For the period from April 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007, performance for this composite was determined using time‐weighted rates of return, with valuation on at least a monthly basis and geometric linking of periodic returns. On October 1, 2007, Fisher Investments adopted a new performance calculation system using time‐weighted rates of return, with valuation on a daily basis and geometric linking of periodic returns. Valuations are based on trade date. Neither leverage nor derivatives have been used in obtaining performance. Returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends, royalties, interest and other forms of accrued income. Composite performance is presented net of foreign withholding taxes on dividends, interest income and capital gains. Withholding taxes may vary according to each investorʹs domicile. Net performance figures are presented after deduction of actual management fees and are inclusive of performance based fees where applicable.5. Valuations and returns are computed in US Dollars (USD) and converted to Canadian Dollars (CAD). Prior to October 1, 2007, composite returnconversions utilized exchange rates provided by Thomson Reuters. Canadian T‐Bill returns were provided by Global Financial Data, Inc. Benchmark exchange rates were provided by MSCI. The exchange rates provided might differ as a result of their source. On October 1, 2007, Fisher Investments adopted a new performance calculation system that utilized Bloomberg exchange rates for all currency converted values. As of February 1, 2014, Fisher Investments utilizes WM/Reuters exchanges rates provided by FactSet for all currency converted values. This includes converting US T‐bill and all trailing returns to CAD.6. The dispersion of annual returns is measured by the asset‐weighted standard deviation across portfolio returns gross of fees represented within the composite for the full year. The composite dispersion is shown as N/A when there is 1 or fewer accounts in the composite for the full calendar year.7. Fisher Investments Institutional Group standard US dollar fee schedule for Emerging Markets Equity (also listed in Part 2A of Fisher Investments’ Form ADV) is: 1.00% on the first $25 million, 0.95% on the next $25 million, 0.90% on the next $50 million, 0.85% on the next $50 million, and negotiable beyond $150 million.8. Fisher Investments Institutional Group standard Canadian dollar fee schedule for Emerging Markets Equity is: 1.00% on the first $25 million, 0.95% on the next $25 million, 0.90% on the next $50 million, 0.85% on the next $50 million, and negotiable beyond $150 million.ʺ9. This composite was created in April 200610. A list of FIIG composite descriptions is available upon request.11. The policies regarding valuing portfolios, calculating performance, and preparing compliant presentations are available upon request.12. From March 2014 to September 2014, individual portfolio cash flows (either cash or in‐kind legacy holdings) greater than 50% of portfolio assets were placed in temporary accounts until the assets were implemented or disbursed, and performance of these temporary accounts were excluded from the composite. Effective October 2014, the cash flow criteria was updated to either 50% of portfolio assets or $500 Million USD.13. Three year annualized ex‐post standard deviation is measured using asset‐weighted monthly composite returns gross of fees. 14. Investment in securities involves the risk of loss. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns. Other methods may produce different results, and the results for individual portfolios and for different periods may vary depending on market conditions and the composition of the portfolio.
GIPS® is a registered trademark of CFA Institute. CFA Institute has not been involved in the preparation or review of this report.
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DISCLOSURES
Fisher Investments (FI) is an investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As of June 30, 2018, FI managed over C$129billion, including assets sub‐managed for its wholly‐owned subsidiaries. FI and its subsidiaries maintain four principal business units – Fisher InvestmentsInstitutional Group (FIIG), Fisher Investments Private Client Group (FIPCG), Fisher Investments International (FII), and Fisher Investments 401(k)Solutions Group (401(k) Solutions). These groups serve a global client base of diverse investors including corporations, public and multi‐employer pension funds, foundations and endowments, insurance companies, healthcare organizations, governments and high‐net‐worth individuals. FI’s Investment Policy Committee (IPC) is responsible for investment decisions for all investment strategies.
For purposes of defining “years with Fisher Investments,” FI was established as a sole proprietorship in 1979, incorporated in 1986, registered with the US SEC in 1987, replacing the prior registration of the sole proprietorship, and succeeded its investment adviser registration to a limited liability company in 2005. “Years with Fisher Investments” is calculated using the date on which FI was established as a sole proprietorship through June 30, 2018.
FI is wholly owned by Fisher Investments, Inc . Since Inception, Fisher Investments, Inc . has been 100% Fisher‐family and employee owned, currently Fisher Investments Inc. benefic ially owns 100% of Fisher Investments (FI), as listed in Schedule A to FI s Form ADV Part 1. Ken Fisher beneficially owns more than 75% of Fisher Investments, Inc. as noted in Schedule B to FI s Form ADV Part 1.
REPRESENTATIVE PORTFOLIOThe foregoing information is based on a representative portfolio (rather than a composite or an average of a group of portfolios), excluding cash,unless otherwise denoted. This representative portfolio information is derived from an actual client portfolio. Clients’ portfolio characteristics maydiffer given the various investment restrictions, cash requirements and other circumstances that can apply to particular clients. Portfolioinformation is as of the dates indicated, and no assurances can be given that it has not changed or that it will not change in the future.
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