• A small-cap fund providing access to the global opportunity set of small-cap companies.
• The managers employ a “bottom-up” investment process, utilizing proprietary Grassroots^SM Research which adds a second layer of company specific and macroeconomic analysis.
• The fund offers access to the unique growth potential of global small-cap companies.

• Actively managed institutional investment process
• Managed by a seasoned team of portfolio managers and analysts
• Primarily invests in high-quality small capitalization companies with above average growth rates around the world

RCM Is an Experienced, Informed Manager

• RCM places a unique emphasis on global information and information flow. By generating and capitalizing on this “information advantage,” RCM seeks to deliver superior and consistent investment results for the Fund’s shareholders.
• RCM is a truly global firm. In lieu of a central headquarters, their offices are strategically located in key financial centers around the world—including San Francisco, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Sydney and Tokyo.
• RCM uses a distinctive dual research platform—consisting of their sector-based fundamental global research platform and unique Grassroots^SM Research division—to provide deep, bottom-up insight into a company’s fundamentals from a country, regional and global perspective.

As a “bottom-up” manager, RCM evaluates each investment idea by assessing the company's prospects for growth, quality and valuation. RCM has two separate research platforms: Fundamental and Grassroots^SM Research. The investment team's extensive experience and proprietary investment tools allow information to be processed quickly. After the quantitative and qualitative information have been gathered, the Team constructs portfolios that are typically 80% bottom-up and 20% top-down. The top-down process leverages the expertise of our internal economics and investment staff, developing a perspective regarding relative sector performance. The Team selects the individual names that meet the firm's valuation discipline and suit strategic sector/industry themes. The goal is to create a portfolio with growth characteristics above the benchmark and P/E at or near benchmark levels.

Thomas J. Ross is Director, CIO and Senior Portfolio Manager for U.S. and International Small Cap strategies. Prior to joining RCM in San Francisco in 2001, he was a Senior Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Dresdner Bank's dit subsidiary for 10 years. His investment experience in the U.S. and Europe began in 1982.

San Francisco, California

RCM is a truly global asset manager and a company of Allianz Global Investors. The firm operates across three continents and five time zones from six international offices- San Francisco, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sydney. RCM's range of investment solutions spans the market cap and style spectrum and reaches from regional and global strategies to multi-asset and structured products.