William Blair International Growth I
222 W Adams St Chicago IL 60606
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Phone: 877-962-5247
| Category: | Foreign Large Growth | | Fund Family: | William Blair | | Net Assets: | 1.80B | | Year-to-Date Return: | 36.34% | | Yield: | 0.00% | | Morningstar Rating: |  | | Fund Inception Date: | 01-Oct-99 |
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W. George Greig
Lead Manager since
23-Jul-96 | | | Greig is a portfolio manager with William Blair & Company, his employer since 1996. He previously headed international equities for PNC Bank in Philadelphia. He was the founding partner of Pilgrim Baxter & Associates.George has over 25 years of experience in domestic and international investment research and portfolio management. |
| Min Initial Investment: | $500,000 | | Min Initial Investment, IRA: | $3,000 | | Min Initial Investment, AIP: | $5,000 | | Min Subsequent Investment: | $0 | | Min Subsequent Investment, IRA: | $1,000 | | Min Subsequent Investment, AIP: | $250 |
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| The investment fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund invests a substantial portion of assets in a diversified portfolio of common stocks of foreign companies of all sizes. The advisor generally seeks common stocks of companies that historically are expected to maintain superior growth, profitability and quality relative to local markets and relative to companies within the same industry worldwide. It normally allocates among at least six different countries and may invest the greater of 35% of its net assets or twice the emerging markets component of the MSCI All Country World Ex-U.S. The fund may invest in new companies. |
| Last Dividend
(19-Dec-07):
| 0.43 | | Last Cap Gain
(18-Dec-08):
| 0.75 | | Annual Holdings Turnover
| 91.00% | | Average for Category:
| 97.87% |
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| Expense | BIGIX | Category
Avg | | Total Expense Ratio: | 1.08%
| 1.52% | | Max 12b1 Fee: | %
| N/A | | Max Front End Sales Load: | %
| 5.40% | | Max Deferred Sales Load: | %
| 2.46% | | 3 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$ 343 | $680 | | 5 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$ 595 | $1,076 | | 10 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$ 1,317 | $2,160 |
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