William Blair Investment Management has launched the William Blair Small-Mid Cap Growth SICAV fund in Taiwan.
The fund, which was launched in 2013, invests in high-quality, US small- and mid-cap growth companies expected to have solid earnings growth that the investment team Blair believes can sustain more durable growth than the market expects. In addition, the fund seeks to exploit market inefficiencies derived from the short-term focus of other investors.
“Our footprint in Asia has been growing over the past few years starting with the opening of an investment and distribution office in Singapore in 2020. Our distribution approach is to build a core business development team and cultivate on-the-ground local partnerships like the one with Navigate Investment Consultants, our partner in Taiwan,” said Lih-Yann Tan, CEO for Singapore and head of Asian distribution for William Blair Investment Management.
“Being closer to our clients allows us to leverage our deep heritage of global investing while creating a strong platform to deliver William Blair’s proven range of equities and emerging markets debt solutions to Asian investors.”
“We have a long history and heritage in managing small-mid cap equities,” said Dan Crowe, partner and co-portfolio manager of the William Blair Small-Mid Cap Growth strategy.
“In fact, we began investing in small-mid cap equities back in 1998. We are excited about the opportunity for this fund in Taiwan and believe that the current environment is positive for this asset class, supported by historically attractive relative valuations, shifting market leadership, and expected earnings growth for US smid cap equities.”
