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Capital Discipline Equity Strategies
HOLT® Active Equity Group
Q1 2017
Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC
Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC
Please see “Important Legal Information” for important disclosures regarding the data and information contained and the
views and opinions expressed in this material.
Executive Summary
Introduction to Capital Discipline Equity Strategies
Capital Discipline Platform
Investment Process
Portfolio Performance and Snapshots
Appendix
Sustainable Dividend Details
Sustainable Growth Details
Investment Team
The HOLT Methodology
Investment
Philosophy
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Introduction to Capital Discipline Equity Strategies
The Capital Discipline investment team manages concentrated, low-turnover, high active share
equity portfolios.
The team manages two types of investment strategies: Sustainable Growth and Sustainable
Dividend.
Sustainable Growth strategies target growing companies, with improving Economic Profit and strong sentiment, that are trading at a reasonable price.
US Large Cap Core, US Small Cap Blue Chip, Canada
Sustainable Dividend strategies target established companies with above average dividend yield, sustainable cash flows, and deep, defensive moats.
Global Sustainable Dividend, US Sustainable Dividend, European Sustainable Dividend
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Two strategies to generate long-term performance
Sustainable Growth Sustainable Dividend
Seeks long-term capital appreciation by holding companies with growth prospects not fully discounted by the market
Seeks 150% of market yield with above market average dividend growth
Attractive Risk/Reward
Limited Drawdown: Lower historical max drawdowns than the
applicable benchmark
Seeks full up-market participation
Asymmetric Upside/Downside Capture
Limited Drawdown: Lower historical max drawdowns than the applicable benchmark
Seeks 90% of up market moves with only 70% of down
market moves
Tax efficient: average holding period approximately 2-3 years Tax efficient: average holding period approximately 2-3 years
Concentrated: 40-50 stock portfolios Concentrated: 30-45 stock portfolios
Sustainable Dividend and Sustainable Growth
Source: Credit Suisse Asset Management, eVestment. All data as of February 29, 2016.
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Source: Credit Suisse Asset Management
Growth opportunities, stock valuation and capital structure dictate how a
company should best deploy cash
Capital Discipline: Seeking Prudent Cash Deployment
If there are no profitable growth opportunities available,
managers should consider returning excess capital to
shareholders
Return cash to
capital providers 3
Organic
growth 1
New product development
International expansion
Investment in R&D
Diversification
M&A 2 In addition to organic growth opportunities, managers
should consider high-return inorganic investment
opportunities
Share
repurchase
Accelerated buyback
Open market
Tender offer
Leveraged buyback
Dividend
Regular cash dividend
Special dividend
Delever
Pay down existing debt
Subject to certain constraints, excess capital should
be allocated to all positive NPV projects available to
the firm
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Source: Credit Suisse Asset Management
Multi-Factor Modeling Fundamental Analysis Optimization and Portfolio
Construction
Stresses on cash flows
Scenario Analysis
Exogenous Risks
Companies are systematically ranked on key investment attributes
Investment team performs due diligence on top ranking names to identify suitable
holdings for each portfolio
Axioma1 optimization and risk analysis determines individual stock
weights in portfolio
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A higher risk stock will
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will only be in the portfolio if
its alpha score is high.
For illustrative purposes only. 1Axioma is a third party risk optimizer which the
investment team uses to construct the initial portfolio.
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Economic ProfitGrowth
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Valuation
Sustainable Growth Profile Sustainable Dividend Profile
Our Investment Philosophy is Implemented in a Disciplined Process
Employing a Repeatable Investment Process
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Capital Discipline Platform: A Strong Track Record of Performance
Source: Credit Suisse, Bloomberg
*Returns greater than one year are annualized. Past performance is no guarantee or indicator of future results. 1The Global Sustainable Dividend All World Composite, European Sustainable Dividend Composite and US Sustainable Dividend Composite include all fully discretionary portfolios that are managed to the Global Sustainable Dividend All World Strategy,
European Sustainable Dividend Strategy and US Sustainable Dividend Strategy, respectively. Prior to April 30, 2015, accounts were initially included when 95% of assets in the account were tracking the model and the cash balance comprises less than
2.5%. Beginning April 30, 2015, accounts will be initially included when the cash balance is less than 7.5% of the account. The US Large Cap Core Composite and US Small Cap Blue Chip Composite include all fully discretionary portfolios that are
managed to the US Large Cap Core Strategy and US Small Cap Blue Chip Strategy, respectively. Accounts are initially included when 95% of assets in the account are tracking the model and the cash balance comprises less than 2.5%. Portfolios
included in the composites are not necessarily 100% invested to the model for all time periods. Portfolios included in the composites are not necessarily 100% invested to the model for all time periods. All accounts pay a "wrap fee" based on a percentage
of assets under management. The maximum wrap fee schedule charged to accounts in the Global Sustainable Dividend All World Composite, US Sustainable Dividend Composite, US Large Cap Core Composite and US Small Cap Blue Chip Composite is
2.0%; the maximum wrap fee schedule charged to accounts in the European Sustainable Dividend Composite is 1.5%. Actual fees incurred by clients may vary. Gross-of-fees results are gross of the entire wrap fee and are shown as supplemental
information. Net-of-fees results are net of the entire wrap fee. Both gross and net results are reduced by execution costs. Policies for valuing portfolios, calculating performance, and preparing compliant presentations are available upon request. Both gross
and net results are reduced by execution costs. See last page for additional information. This information presented is supplemental to a GIPS®-compliant presentation, which is included in the appendix to this material. For illustrative and
informational purposes only. Indices are not subject to management fees and are not available for direct investment. 2Represents the HOLT Canada model portfolio.. Assumes an annual fee of 1.50%.
Data as of December 31, 2016 4Q16 3Q16 2Q16 1Q16 1-Yr 3-Yr* 5-Yr* ITD* Strategy
AuM Inception
Sustainable Dividend Strategies:
Global Sustainable Dividend Composite1 (Gross) 0.39% 1.55% 0.66% 1.91% 4.58% 2.35% 8.41% 8.51% $1,105 million 12/31/2010
Global Sustainable Dividend Composite (Net) 0.30% 1.47% 0.59% 1.70% 4.12% 1.53% 7.47% 7.56%
MSCI AC World Daily TR Net USD (NDUEACWF) 1.19% 5.30% 0.99% 0.24% 7.87% 3.13% 9.36% 6.38%
US Sustainable Dividend Composite1 (Gross) 4.36% 1.97% 2.26% 4.87% 14.11% 9.75% 14.06% 14.20% $161 million 12/31/2010
US Sustainable Dividend Composite (Net) 4.10% 1.79% 2.15% 4.54% 13.16% 8.53% 12.72% 12.84%
S&P 500 Index (SPX) 3.82% 3.85% 2.46% 1.35% 11.95% 8.87% 14.65% 12.46%
European Sustainable Dividend Composite1 (Gross) -2.62% 4.10% -4.53% -1.88% -5.03% -3.10% -- 2.77% $42 million 6/30/2013
European Sustainable Dividend Composite (Net) -2.76% 4.00% -4.62% -2.17% -5.64% -4.10% -- 1.68%
MSCI Daily TR Net Europe USD (NDDUE15) -0.40% 5.40% -2.69% -2.51% -0.40% -3.17% -- 3.10%
Sustainable Growth Strategies:
US Large Cap Core Composite1 (Gross) 4.19% 4.49% -1.12% -3.38% 4.01% 5.59% 13.03% 8.78% $59 million 6/30/2008
US Large Cap Core Composite (Net) 4.02% 4.32% -1.22% -3.68% 3.25% 4.49% 11.78% 7.55%
S&P 500 Index (SPX) 3.82% 3.85% 2.46% 1.35% 11.95% 8.87% 14.65% 9.15%
US Small Cap Blue Chip Composite1 (Gross) 12.10% 4.92% 0.31% 1.42% 19.65% 8.09% -- 13.95% $8 million 9/30/2012
US Small Cap Blue Chip Composite (Net) 11.99% 4.82% 0.21% 1.09% 18.92% 6.99% -- 12.72%
Russell 2000 Index (RTY) 8.82% 9.05% 3.79% -1.53% 21.28% 6.74% -- 13.61%
Canada Portfolio2 (Gross) 5.32% 6.48% 0.93% 0.77% 14.06% 8.09% -- 10.35% $20 million 2/29/2012
Canada Portfolio (Net) 4.92% 6.08% 0.55% 0.40% 12.37% 6.48% -- 8.74%
S&P/TSX Composite Index (SPTSX) 4.54% 5.45% 5.07% 4.54% 21.08% 7.06% -- 7.04%
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Alpha
Component 1
Alpha
Component 4
Alpha
Component 3
Alpha
Component 2
Sustainable Dividend
Quality /
Blue Chip Sustainable
Cash Flows Growth Valuation
1CFROI®: HOLT’s proprietary methodology, Cash Flow Return on Investment is an approximation of the economic return, or an estimate of the average real internal rate of return, earned by a firm on the portfolio of projects that constitute its operating assets.
Sustainable Growth
Quality Sentiment /
Momentum Economic Profit
Growth Valuation
Capital Discipline Investment Process
Quality, Growth and Value are cornerstones of our framework
Sustainable Growth Sustainable Dividend
US Large Cap Core, US Small Cap Blue Chip, Canada
US, Europe and Global Sustainable Dividend
Start-Up Industrial Life Cycle Restructuring
Capital Discipline Investment Strategies
Cost of Capital
CFROI®1
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Companies with deep, sustainable competitive advantages are best positioned to deliver top and bottom line growth
throughout a market cycle.
Company A is a classic Blue Chip company. Company A has highly persistent cash flow return on investment (CFROI®) and moderate to low asset growth.
Company B return and asset growth profile are higher and more volatile than what is historically observed for Blue Chip companies.
Both Sustainable Dividend and Sustainable Growth are overweight Blue Chip companies
The examples contained herein are not meant to be indicative or reflective of the portfolio of any fund or account managed by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC (the “Investment Manager”). Rather, such examples are meant to exemplify the Investment Manager’s analysis and the execution of its investment strategy. As such, the examples contained herein should not be viewed as representative of all trades made by the Investment Manager, but simply as examples of the types of trades the Investment Manager strives for.
Company A – Blue Chip Company B – Not a Blue Chip
High Asset Growth will attract
competition eroding current
competitive advantages
Stable and increasing returns
Low to moderate asset growth is unlikely
to attractive significant competition
Highly volatile CFROI
What is “Quality/Blue Chip”? Sustainable Dividend
Sustainable Growth
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Economic Profit CFROI
Asset Growth
Company F Biotechnology & Life Sciences
Sustainable Growth strategies invest in companies rapidly growing their economic profits
Economic Profits (EP) represent the Economic Earnings of a firm. Economic Profit is proportional to the spread on company’s return on capital and the cost of capital.
Economic Profits increase when a company increases CFROI or Asset Growth (holding other inputs constant). If a
firm earns the cost of capital, EP is zero. CFROI below the cost of capital or negative asset growth destroys shareholder
value.
High & increasing returns
well above the cost of capital
Company has reinvested heavily into the
business and grown at an average 25% Y/Y
Economic Profit has grown
rapidly particularly in the last two
years as returns increased
There is a positive relationship between Economic Profit and
market capitalization.
• Over time, market cap tends to increase with a company’s
ability to grow Economic Profit year-over-year, and shrink when
Economic Profit declines.
• The correlation between change in Economic Profit and change in
market cap for the current Russell 1000 universe is 69%
What is Economic Profit Growth? Sustainable Dividend
Sustainable Growth
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Company E Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods
Dividend
Dividend Yield 1.9% Dividend Payout 43.5%
Div. Growth (3-yr hist.) 14.4% Div. Growth (3-yr proj.) 8.1%
Growth takes many forms. Company E demonstrates both growth in its underlying business and growth in its dividend policy.
Our Sustainable Growth portfolios emphasize companies with superior profitable growth prospects, and prefers
companies that are reinvesting as much capital in their business as possible.
Our Sustainable Dividend portfolios emphasize companies who have struck the correct balance between growing their
business and returning capital to shareholders.
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Source: Credit Suisse HOLT The examples contained herein are not meant to be indicative or reflective of the portfolio of any fund or account managed by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC (the “Investment Manager”). Rather, such examples are meant to exemplify the Investment Manager’s analysis and the execution of its investment strategy. As such, the examples contained herein should not be viewed as representative of all trades made by the Investment Manager, but simply as examples of the types of trades the Investment Manager strives for.
What is “Dividend Growth”? Sustainable Dividend
Sustainable Growth
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Rigorous, long-term DCF forecasts drive our valuation models
Our Sustainable Growth portfolios emphasize companies whose capital appreciation potential can be realized by growing their businesses at a faster rate than expected by the market.
Our Sustainable Dividend portfolios emphasize companies whose capital appreciation potential can be realized by by
maintaining profitability throughout an economic cycle.
Source: Credit Suisse HOLT
How to Determine Valuation? Sustainable Dividend
Sustainable Growth
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Not all dividend payers are created equal
Company C cannot fund its dividend with operating cash flows. Company C’s leverage and capital intensity place an outsized demand on deteriorating cash flows. It must resort to other methods (assets sales, capital raise, restructuring) to fund dividend growth.
Company D is a sustainable, blue chip dividend payer. Company D can easily fund further dividend growth without altering
existing operations.
Our Sustainable Dividend portfolios prefer companies that look like Company D.
Source: Credit Suisse HOLT The examples contained herein are not meant to be indicative or reflective of the portfolio of any fund or account managed by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC (the “Investment Manager”). Rather, such examples are meant to exemplify the Investment Manager’s analysis and the execution of its investment strategy. As such, the examples contained herein should not be viewed as representative of all trades made by the Investment Manager, but simply as examples of the types of trades the Investment Manager strives for.
Defining Sustainable Cash Flows Sustainable Dividend
Sustainable Growth
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Sustainable Growth strategies seek companies that are improving on the margin.
Economic Profit Change calibrates the economic impact of analyst revisions based on the quality of earnings and asset efficiency.
Stocks with strong Economic Profit Change will have forecasted Economic Returns that are increasing from upward EPS
revisions. Economic Profits increase when forecasted CFROI is revised upward.
Early Stage HOLT Corporate Life Cycle Late Stage
HOLT Corporate Life-Cycle Framework
Early Stage HOLT Corporate Life Cycle Late Stage
CFROI
Growth Discount Rate
Economic Profit Economic Profit increases as CFROI and
Asset Growth increase, reaching an
inflection point, after which EP declines
Early & Middle stage companies have
increasing CFROI and Asset Growth
CFROI
Company G Communications Equipment
Recent consensus EPS
revisions have increased
forecasted CFROI even
further (light pink dash)
Company G has forecasted
CFROI (dark pink) higher
than historical CFROI (blue)
Company G is a wealth compounder. The company has increased
Economic Profit through higher returns. Consensus estimates point to
higher forecasted returns, which were recently revised even
higher.
What is “Sentiment/Momentum”? Sustainable Dividend
Sustainable Growth
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Portfolio Performance and Snapshots
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Source: Credit Suisse, December 31, 2016. 1 Returns greater than one year are annualized.
2 Strategy inception date: December 31, 2010
3 The MSCI AC World is a free float weighted equity index that captures large and mid cap representation across developed market countries. It covers approximately 85% of free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country. 4 Returns based characteristics are gross of fees for the Global Sustainable Dividend All World Composite.
The Global Sustainable Dividend All World Composite includes all fully discretionary portfolios that are managed to the Global Sustainable Dividend All World Strategy. Prior to April 30, 2015, accounts were initially included when
95% of assets in the account were tracking the model and the cash balance comprises less than 2.5%. Beginning April 30, 2015, accounts will be initially included when the cash balance is less than 7.5% of the account. Portfolios included in
the composite are not necessarily 100% invested to the model for all time periods. All accounts pay a "wrap fee" based on a percentage of assets under management. The maximum wrap fee schedule charged to accounts in the composite is
2.0%. Actual fees incurred by clients may vary. Past performance reflects the reinvestment of all dividends, gains, earnings and income. Policies for valuing portfolios, calculating performance, and preparing compliant presentations are available
upon request. Gross-of-fees results are gross of the entire wrap fee and are shown as supplemental information. Net-of-fees results are net of the entire wrap fee. Both gross and net results are reduced by execution costs. See last page for
additional information. Past performance is not indicative of future results. This information presented is supplemental to a GIPS®-compliant presentation, which is included in the appendix to this material. For illustrative and
Informational purposes only. Indices are not subject to management fees and are not available for direct investment.
Cumulative Returns
Annual Returns
Global Sustainable Dividend Strategy Performance
Annualized Composite Characteristics
Dec 2010 - Dec 2016 GSD4 MSCI ACWI
Return 8.51% 6.38%
Excess Return 2.13%
Volatility 10.09% 12.71%
Active Share ~90%
Information Ratio 0.41
Tracking Error 5.14%
Upside Capture Ratio 88.4%
Downside Capture Ratio 69.5%
As of December 31, 2016 MTD QTD YTD 1-YR 3-YR1 5-YR1 ITD1,2
Global Sustainable Dividend Equity Composite (Gross) 1.09% 0.39% 4.58% 4.58% 2.35% 8.41% 8.51%
Global Sustainable Dividend Equity Composite (Net) 1.07% 0.30% 4.12% 4.12% 1.53% 7.47% 7.56%
MSCI All Country World Index3 2.16% 1.19% 7.87% 7.87% 3.13% 9.36% 6.38%
Strategy AUM $1,105 million
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25%
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
GSD (Gross) GSD (Net) MSCI AC World Index
Source: Credit Suisse, Bloomberg, December 31, 2016
Top 10 Holdings include cash holding; Fundamental Data and exposure charts exclude cash holding.
As of December 31, 2016
Global Sustainable Dividend Strategy Snapshot
Sector Exposure
Country Exposure Fundamental and Market Data
Top 10 Strategy Positions
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Global Sustainable
Dividend MSCI ACWI
HOLT Capital Appreciation Potential 3.4% 6.6%
Forward Price/Earnings 16.0x 17.5x
Dividend Yield 3.0% 2.6%
Dividend Growth (3-yr historical) 10.7% 11.0%
Volatility (90-day Realized) 10.0% 9.2%
CFROI (last fiscal year) 14.8% 12.4%
Blue Chip Weight (% Total) 60.4% 33.4%
Security Name Sector Weight Dividend
Yield
JPMorgan Chase & Co Financials 5.7% 2.2%
General Electric Co Industrials 5.0% 3.0%
Johnson & Johnson Health Care 4.6% 2.8%
Honeywell International Inc Industrials 4.5% 2.2%
Hasbro Inc Consumer Discretionary 3.7% 2.6%
Target Corp Consumer Discretionary 3.5% 3.3%
Sysco Corp Consumer Staples 3.3% 2.3%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactu Information Technology 3.1% 3.3%
Unilever PLC Consumer Staples 3.1% 3.4%
Ambev SA Consumer Staples 3.1% 3.8% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%
Real Estate
Energy
Utilities
Telecom
Materials
Cons. Disc.
Info Tech
Cons. Staples
Financials
Health Care
Industrials
% of Strategy
GSD MSCI ACWI
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
United States
France
Britain
Germany
Switzerland
Taiwan
Brazil
Mexico
Ireland
Spain
Hong Kong
Other
% of Strategy
GSD MSCI ACWI
Source: Credit Suisse, December 31, 2016. 1 Returns greater than one year are annualized.
2 Strategy inception date: December 31, 2010
3 The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity and industry group representation. It is a market value weighted index with each stock's weight in the index proportionate to its market value. The reported returns
reflect a total return for each year inclusive of dividends but exclusive of taxes and management fees. 4 Returns based characteristics are gross of fees for the US Sustainable Dividend Equity Composite.
The US Sustainable Dividend Composite includes all fully discretionary portfolios that are managed to the US Sustainable Dividend Strategy. Prior to April 30, 2015, accounts were initially included when 95% of assets in the account were
tracking the model and the cash balance comprises less than 2.5%. Beginning April 30, 2015, accounts will be initially included when the cash balance is less than 7.5% of the account. Portfolios included in the composite are not necessarily
100% invested to the model for all time periods. All accounts pay a "wrap fee" based on a percentage of assets under management. The maximum wrap fee schedule charged to accounts in the composite is 2.0%. Actual fees incurred by
clients may vary. Past performance reflects the reinvestment of all dividends, gains, earnings and income. Policies for valuing portfolios, calculating performance, and preparing compliant presentations are available upon request. Gross-of-fees
results are gross of the entire wrap fee and are shown as supplemental information. Net-of-fees results are net of the entire wrap fee. Both gross and net results are reduced by execution costs. See last page for additional information. Past
performance is not indicative of future results. This information presented is supplemental to a GIPS®-compliant presentation, which is included in the appendix to this material. For illustrative and Informational
purposes only. Indices are not subject to management fees and are not available for direct investment.
Annual Returns
US Sustainable Dividend Strategy Performance
Cumulative Returns
Annualized Composite Characteristics
Dec 2010 - Dec 2016 USSD4 S&P 500
Return 14.20% 12.46%
Excess Return 1.74%
Volatility 9.69% 11.40%
Active Share ~90%
Information Ratio 0.38
Tracking Error 4.56%
Upside Capture Ratio 91.1%
Downside Capture Ratio 66.4%
As of December 31, 2016 MTD QTD YTD 1-YR 3-YR1 5-YR1 ITD1,2
US Sustainable Dividend Equity Composite (Gross) 1.01% 4.36% 14.11% 14.11% 9.75% 14.06% 14.20%
US Sustainable Dividend Equity Composite (Net) 0.99% 4.10% 13.16% 13.16% 8.53% 12.72% 12.84%
S&P 500 Index3 1.97% 3.82% 11.95% 11.95% 8.87% 14.65% 12.46%
Strategy AUM $161 million
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USSD (Gross) USSD (Net) S&P 500
As of December 31, 2016
US Sustainable Dividend Strategy Snapshot
Sector Exposure
Revenue Exposure Fundamental and Market Data
Top 10 Strategy Positions
Source: Credit Suisse, Bloomberg, December 31, 2016
Top 10 Holdings include cash holding; Fundamental Data and exposure charts exclude cash holding.
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0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%
Telecom
Real Estate
Utilities
Energy
Cons. Staples
Materials
Cons. Disc.
Info Tech
Health Care
Financials
Industrials
% of Strategy
USSD S&P 500
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Other /Unclassified
EmergingMarkets
Asia
Europe
NorthAmerica
% of Strategy
USSD
Security Name Sector Weight Dividend
Yield
JPMorgan Chase & Co Financials 7.0% 2.2%
General Electric Co Industrials 5.1% 3.0%
Honeywell International Inc Industrials 5.0% 2.2%
Johnson & Johnson Health Care 4.6% 2.8%
Target Corp Consumer Discretionary 4.1% 3.3%
Sysco Corp Consumer Staples 4.1% 2.3%
Hasbro Inc Consumer Discretionary 3.9% 2.6%
Accenture PLC Information Technology 3.6% 2.1%
Cisco Systems Inc Information Technology 3.5% 3.4%
Eaton Corp PLC Industrials 3.4% 3.4%
US Sustainable
Dividend S&P 500
HOLT Capital Appreciation Potential -5.0% 1.3%
Forward Price/Earnings 16.2x 18.9x
Dividend Yield 2.6% 2.1%
Dividend Growth (3-yr historical) 11.0% 11.9%
Volatility (90-day Realized) 10.8% 11.0%
CFROI (last fiscal year) 16.4% 14.4%
Blue Chip Weight (% Total) 60.7% 43.0%
Source: Credit Suisse, December 31, 2016. 1 Returns greater than one year are annualized.
2 Strategy inception date: June 30, 2013. 3 The MSCI Europe Index (net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of the developed markets in Europe. Net total return indexes reinvest dividends after the
deduction of withholding taxes. 4 Returns based characteristics are gross of fees for the European Sustainable Dividend Equity Composite.
The European Sustainable Dividend Composite includes all fully discretionary portfolios that are managed to the European Sustainable Dividend Strategy. Prior to April 30, 2015, accounts were initially included when 95% of assets in the
account were tracking the model and the cash balance comprises less than 2.5%. Beginning April 30, 2015, accounts will be initially included when the cash balance is less than 7.5% of the account. Portfolios included in the composite are
not necessarily 100% invested to the model for all time periods. All accounts pay a "wrap fee" based on a percentage of assets under management. The maximum wrap fee schedule charged to accounts in the composite is 2.0%. Actual fees
incurred by clients may vary. Past performance reflects the reinvestment of all dividends, gains, earnings and income. Policies for valuing portfolios, calculating performance, and preparing compliant presentations are available upon request.
Gross-of-fees results are gross of the entire wrap fee and are shown as supplemental information. Net-of-fees results are net of the entire wrap fee. Both gross and net results are reduced by execution costs. See last page for
additional information. Past performance is not indicative of future results. This information presented is supplemental to a GIPS®-compliant presentation, which is included in the appendix to this material. For illustrative
and Informational purposes only. Indices are not subject to management fees and are not available for direct investment.
Annual Returns
European Sustainable Dividend Strategy Performance
Cumulative Returns
As of December 31, 2016 MTD QTD YTD 1-YR 3-YR1 5-YR1 ITD1,2
European Sustainable Dividend Equity Composite (Gross) 4.61% -2.62% -5.03% -5.03% -3.10% -- 2.77%
European Sustainable Dividend Equity Composite (Net) 4.59% -2.76% -5.64% -5.64% -4.10% -- 1.68%
MSCI Europe Index3 5.24% -0.40% -0.40% -0.40% -3.17% -- 3.10%
Strategy AUM $42 million
Annualized Composite Characteristics
Jun 2013 - Dec 2016 ESD4 MSCI Europe
Return 2.77% 3.10%
Excess Return -0.33%
Volatility 12.75% 13.87%
Active Share ~90%
Information Ratio -0.09
Tracking Error 3.76%
Upside Capture Ratio 87.1%
Downside Capture Ratio 86.8%
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ESD (Gross) ESD (Net) MSCI Europe
Sector Exposure
Country Exposure Fundamental and Market Data
As of December 31, 2016
European Sustainable Dividend Strategy Snapshot
Top 10 Strategy Positions
Source: Credit Suisse, Bloomberg, December 31, 2016
Top 10 Holdings include cash holding; Fundamental Data and exposure charts exclude cash holding.
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Security Name Sector Weight Dividend
Yield
Siemens AG Industrials 5.0% 3.1%
Allianz SE Financials 4.5% 4.6%
Novartis AG Health Care 4.5% 3.7%
Roche Holding AG Health Care 4.5% 3.5%
BASF SE Materials 4.4% 3.3%
Unilever PLC Consumer Staples 4.4% 3.2%
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitt Consumer Discretionary 4.3% 2.0%
Sanofi Health Care 4.1% 3.8%
AXA SA Financials 4.1% 4.7%
Red Electrica Corp SA Utilities 3.9% 4.8%
European
Sustainable Dividend MSCI Europe
HOLT Capital Appreciation Potential 7.0% 6.6%
Forward Price/Earnings 14.9x 16.0x
Dividend Yield 3.5% 3.6%
Dividend Growth (3-yr historical) 7.8% 7.9%
Volatility (90-day Realized) 11.3% 12.8%
CFROI (last fiscal year) 14.1% 11.1%
Blue Chip Weight (% Total) 49.6% 31.6%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%
Real Estate
Energy
Telecom
Info Tech
Utilities
Materials
Cons. Disc.
Industrials
Cons. Staples
Health Care
Financials
% of Strategy
ESD MSCI Europe
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
France
Britain
Germany
Switzerland
Sweden
Spain
Norway
Netherlands
Ireland
% of Strategy
ESD MSCI Europe
Source: Credit Suisse, December 31, 2016. 1 Returns greater than one year are annualized.
2 Strategy inception date: June 30, 2008
3 The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity and industry group representation. It is a market value weighted index with each stock's weight in the index proportionate to its market value. The reported returns
reflect a total return for each year inclusive of dividends but exclusive of taxes and management fees. 4 Returns based characteristics are gross of fees for the US Large Cap Core. The U.S. Large Cap Core Composite includes all fully discretionary portfolios that are managed to the U.S. Large Cap Core Strategy. All accounts pay a "wrap fee"
based on a percentage of assets under management. The maximum wrap fee schedule charged to accounts in the composite is 2.0%. Actual fees incurred by clients may vary. Past performance reflects the reinvestment of all dividends, gains,
earnings and income. Policies for valuing portfolios, calculating performance, and preparing compliant presentations are available upon request. Gross-of-fees results are gross of the entire wrap fee and are shown as supplemental information.
Net-of-fees results are net of the entire wrap fee. Both gross and net results are reduced by execution costs. See last page for additional information. Past performance is not indicative of future results. This information presented is
supplemental to a GIPS®-compliant presentation, which is included in the appendix to this material. For illustrative and Informational purposes only. Indices are not subject to management fees and are not available for
direct investment.
Annual Returns
US Large Cap Core Strategy Performance
Cumulative Returns
Annualized Composite Characteristics
Jun 2008 - Dec 2016 LCC4 S&P 500
Return 8.78% 9.15%
Excess Return -0.37%
Volatility 15.94% 15.66%
Active Share ~85%
Information Ratio -0.10
Tracking Error 3.57%
Upside Capture Ratio 100.5%
Downside Capture Ratio 102.8%
As of December 31, 2016 MTD QTD YTD 1-YR 3-YR1 5-YR1 ITD1,2
US Large Cap Core Equity Composite (Gross) 1.38% 4.19% 4.01% 4.01% 5.59% 13.03% 8.78%
US Large Cap Core Equity Composite (Net) 1.36% 4.02% 3.25% 3.25% 4.49% 11.78% 7.55%
S&P 500 Index3 1.97% 3.82% 11.95% 11.95% 8.87% 14.65% 9.15%
Strategy AUM $59 million
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
LCC (Gross) LCC (Net) S&P 500
As of December 31, 2016
US Large Cap Core Strategy Snapshot
Sector Exposure
Revenue Exposure Fundamental and Market Data
Top 10 Strategy Positions
Source: Credit Suisse, Bloomberg, December 31, 2016
Top 10 Holdings include cash holding; Fundamental Data and exposure charts exclude cash holding.
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0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%
Telecom
Real Estate
Utilities
Energy
Cons. Staples
Industrials
Materials
Health Care
Cons. Disc.
Financials
Info Tech
% of Strategy
LCC S&P 500
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Other /Unclassified
EmergingMarkets
Asia
Europe
NorthAmerica
% of Strategy
LCC
Security Name Sector Weight Dividend
Yield
Apple Inc Information Technology 5.3% 1.9%
Alphabet Inc Information Technology 4.6% 0.0%
Citigroup Inc Financials 4.2% 1.1%
UnitedHealth Group Inc Health Care 3.9% 1.6%
Bank of America Corp Financials 3.5% 1.3%
United Technologies Corp Industrials 3.5% 2.4%
Travelers Cos Inc/The Financials 3.4% 2.2%
Walt Disney Co/The Consumer Discretionary 3.4% 1.5%
BlackRock Inc Financials 2.9% 2.4%
Brown-Forman Corp Consumer Staples 2.8% 1.6%
Large Cap Core S&P 500
HOLT Capital Appreciation Potential 27.6% 1.3%
Forward Price/Earnings 16.6x 18.6x
Dividend Yield 1.4% 2.1%
Dividend Growth (3-yr historical) 18.6% 11.9%
Volatility (90-day Realized) 11.1% 11.0%
CFROI (last fiscal year) 19.6% 14.4%
Blue Chip Weight (% Total) 70.7% 43.2%
Source: Credit Suisse, December 31, 2016. 1 Returns greater than one year are annualized.
2 Strategy inception date: September 30, 2012 3 Russell 2000 Index is a market-capitalization weighted index measuring the performance of the 2,000 smallest U.S. companies, on a market capitalization basis, in the Russell 3000 Index. 4 Returns based characteristics are gross of fees for the Small Cap Blue Chip Equity Composite
The Small Cap Blue Chip Composite includes all fully discretionary portfolios that are managed to the Small Cap Blue Chip Strategy. All accounts pay a "wrap fee" based on a percentage of assets under management. The maximum wrap fee
schedule charged to accounts in the composite is 2.0%. Actual fees incurred by clients may vary. Past performance reflects the reinvestment of all dividends, gains, earnings and income. Policies for valuing portfolios, calculating performance,
and preparing compliant presentations are available upon request. Gross-of-fees results are gross of the entire wrap fee and are shown as supplemental information. Net-of-fees results are net of the entire wrap fee. Both gross and net results
are reduced by execution costs. See last page for additional information. Past performance is not indicative of future results. This information presented is supplemental to a GIPS®-compliant presentation, which is included in
the appendix to this material. For illustrative and Informational purposes only. Indices are not subject to management fees and are not available for direct investment.
Annual Returns
US Small Cap Blue Chip Strategy Performance
Cumulative Returns
As of December 31, 2016 MTD QTD YTD 1-YR 3-YR1 5-YR1 ITD1,2
Small Cap Blue Chip Equity Composite (Gross) 1.86% 12.10% 19.65% 19.65% 8.09% -- 13.95%
Small Cap Blue Chip Equity Composite (Net) 1.83% 11.99% 18.92% 18.92% 6.99% -- 12.72%
Russell 2000 Index3 2.80% 8.82% 21.28% 21.28% 6.74% -- 13.61%
Strategy AUM $8 million
Annualized Composite Characteristics
Sep 2012 - Dec 2016 SCBC4 Russell 2000
Return 13.95% 13.61%
Excess Return 0.34%
Volatility 13.14% 14.81%
Active Share ~95%
Information Ratio 0.06
Tracking Error 5.50%
Upside Capture Ratio 89.5%
Downside Capture Ratio 79.1%
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SCBC (Gross) SCBC (Net) Russell 2000
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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
SCBC (Gross) SCBC (Net) Russell 2000
As of December 31, 2016
US Small Cap Blue Chip Strategy Snapshot
Sector Exposure
Revenue Exposure Fundamental and Market Data
Top 10 Strategy Positions
Source: Credit Suisse, Bloomberg, December 31, 2016
Top 10 Holdings include cash holding; Fundamental Data and exposure charts exclude cash holding.
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Telecom
Utilities
Real Estate
Energy
Cons. Staples
Materials
Health Care
Info Tech
Cons. Disc.
Industrials
Financials
% of Strategy
SCBC Russell 2000
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Other /Unclassified
EmergingMarkets
Asia
Europe
NorthAmerica
% of Strategy
SCBC
Security Name Sector Weight Dividend
Yield
Piper Jaffray Cos Financials 3.5% 0.0%
Mentor Graphics Corp Information Technology 3.4% 0.6%
Balchem Corp Materials 3.3% 0.5%
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc Consumer Discretionary 3.1% 2.2%
Belden Inc Information Technology 3.1% 0.3%
Chemed Corp Health Care 3.0% 0.6%
Hope Bancorp Inc Financials 2.9% 2.1%
Stifel Financial Corp Financials 2.9% 0.0%
Carlisle Cos Inc Industrials 2.9% 1.3%
Texas Roadhouse Inc Consumer Discretionary 2.8% 1.6%
Small Cap Blue
Chip Russell 2000
HOLT Capital Appreciation Potential 33.2% 0.1%
Forward Price/Earnings 18.5x 18.1x
Dividend Yield 1.0% 1.4%
Dividend Growth (3-yr historical) 7.4% 5.7%
Volatility (90-day Realized) 15.2% 17.3%
CFROI (last fiscal year) 20.2% 9.1%
Blue Chip Weight (% Total) 55.9% 13.3%
Annual Returns
Canada Strategy Snapshot
Cumulative Returns
As of December 31, 2016 MTD QTD YTD 1-YR 3-YR1 5-YR1 ITD1,2
Canada Model Portfolio (Gross of hypothetical 1.5% fee) CAD 1.42% 5.32% 14.06% 14.06% 8.09% -- 10.35%
Canada Model Portfolio (Net of hypothetical 1.5% fee) CAD 1.42% 4.92% 12.37% 12.37% 6.48% -- 8.74%
S&P/TSX Composite Index3 1.66% 4.54% 21.08% 21.08% 7.06% -- 7.04%
Strategy AUM $20 million
Annualized Model Characteristics
Feb 2012 - Dec 2016 CAD4 S&P TSX
Return 10.35% 7.04%
Excess Return 3.31%
Volatility 8.00% 8.34%
Active Share ~60%
Information Ratio 0.77
Tracking Error 4.30%
Upside Capture Ratio 101.2%
Downside Capture Ratio 66.6%
Source: Bloomberg, Ashland Partners, LLC, December 31, 2016. Past performance is no guarantee or indicator of future results. 1 Returns greater than one year are annualized.
2 Strategy inception date: February 29, 2012
3 S&P/TSX Composite Index is a capitalization-weighted index designed to measure activity of stocks listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). . 4 Returns based characteristics are gross of fees for the Canada Model Portfolio.
Net performance is calculated by taking into account an annual fee. The fee covers investment advice, execution, custody, administrative and account reporting services. Gross performance is computed before deducting annual fees. Actual
investment advisory fees incurred by clients may vary. For comparison purposes, the HOLT Canada Portfolio is measured against the S&P /TSX. It should not be assumed that the benchmark represents a similar investment strategy or asset
classes to the Credit Suisse Canada Portfolio. Indices cannot be invested in directly, are unmanaged and do not incur management fees, costs or expenses. If an index had expenses, its performance would be lower. Index returns have not
been examined. Monthly returns are calculated using the Modified Dietz formula. This methodology has been applied consistently for all periods. Other methods may produce different results. Historical rates of return may not be indicative of
future rates of return. Additional information regarding the calculation methodology is available upon request. Quarterly and annual rates of return for the Guidance Portfolio are computed by compounding the monthly rates of return for the
indicated number of months. Returns are based on realized and unrealized gains and losses and do include the effect of cash and the reinvestment of dividends. A third party examination of the strategy in accordance with attestation standards
generally accepted in the US has been conducted by Ashland Partners & Company LLP for the period February 28, 2012 through September 30, 2016 and is available upon request.
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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Canada (Gross) Canada (Net) S&P TSX
As of December 31, 2016
Canada Strategy Snapshot
Sector Exposure
Fundamental and Market Data
Top 10 Strategy Positions
Source: Credit Suisse, Bloomberg, December 31, 2016
Top 10 Holdings include cash holding; Fundamental Data and exposure charts exclude cash holding.
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Security Name Sector Weight Dividend
Yield
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The Financials 7.20% 3.3%
TransCanada Corp Energy 6.14% 3.7%
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc Consumer Staples 5.60% 0.6%
Royal Bank of Canada Financials 5.15% 3.6%
Thomson Reuters Corp Financials 5.06% 3.1%
Manulife Financial Corp Financials 4.82% 3.1%
Rogers Communications Inc Telecommunication
Services 4.53% 3.7%
Fortis Inc/Canada Utilities 4.48% 3.8%
Dollarama Inc Consumer Discretionary 4.41% 0.4%
Bank of Nova Scotia/The Financials 3.98% 3.9%
Canada SPTSX Index
HOLT Capital Appreciation Potential -5.1% -4.9%
Forward Price/Earnings 16.0x 18.1x
Dividend Yield 2.5% 2.8%
Dividend Growth (3-yr historical) 12.3% 5.4%
Volatility (90-day Realized) 8.3% 10.3%
CFROI (last fiscal year) 13.5% 9.1%
Blue Chip Weight (% Total) 40.1% 9.8%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
Health Care
Real Estate
Materials
Utilities
Industrials
Telecom
Cons. Staples
Cons. Disc.
Info Tech
Energy
Financials
% of Strategy
Canada SPTSX
Appendix
Investment
Philosophy
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Global Sustainable Dividend US Sustainable Dividend European Sustainable
Dividend
Objective Seeks current income, income growth and capital appreciation
Benchmark MSCI AC World S&P 500 MSCI Europe
Return Objective Exceed the benchmark over the full cycle with less risk than the broader equity market
Active Management Concentrated portfolios (30-45 stocks) with 4-5% tracking error and 85-95% active share
AUM1 $1,105 million $161 million $42 million
Inception Date 12/31/2010 12/31/2010 6/30/2013
Proprietary Investment
Process
Leverages Sustainable Dividend methodology:
Innovative stock selection method offers a consistent, structured and repeatable investment process
Identifies high quality, blue chip companies with deep defensive moats, sustainable cash flows and trading at a
discount to their intrinsic value
Portfolio construction / risk management ensures diversification across countries, sectors, industries and style
factors
Investment Team Experienced portfolio management team with an average of 10 years experience
Turnover 30-45% annual one-way turnover
Risk Management
Third-party risk models are used to ensure that the portfolio’s common factor risk profile (based on factors such as
style, country, industry and market risks) are consistent with the portfolio construction methodology. Furthermore, the
portfolio is reviewed on an ongoing basis with formal reviews on a monthly basis to ensure that the portfolio maintains
return/risk characteristics consistent with the investment objectives. Limited rebalancing occurs on a monthly basis with
heavier rebalancing on a quarterly to annual horizon.
Sustainable Dividend Strategies: Executive Summary
1As of December 31, 2016
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Global Sustainable Dividend US Sustainable Dividend European Sustainable
Dividend
Objectives: Maximize dividend yield and dividend growth while minimizing total absolute risk
Portfolio Requirements:
All constituents must have a dividend yield higher than the S&P 500 (but less than 7.5%)
All constituents must have sustainable dividends (e.g. sufficient cash flows to cover fixed costs, dividends, growth)
All constituents must have an attractive (to neutral) valuation profiles
Fundamental Constraints: Minimum portfolio dividend yield of 50% greater than the S&P 500
Minimum Blue Chip weight of 50%
Position Constraints
Number of positions: 30-45
Maximum Size: 6.5%
Minimum Size: 0.5%
Absolute Constraints:
GICS maximum sector weight of 25%
Region maximum weight of 50%
Country maximum weight of 45% (35% in ESD)
Relative Constraints:
Volatility less than 90% of the benchmark
Beta less than 90% of the benchmark
Tracking Error maximum of 6%
Turnover Constraints: 30-45% annual one-way turnover
Trading Constraints: Trading limited to maximum of 50% ADV
Sustainable Dividend: Portfolio Construction and Risk Management
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US Large Cap Core Canada US Small Cap Blue Chip
Objective Long-term capital appreciation
Benchmark S&P 500 S&P/TSX Composite Russell 2000
Return Objective Exceed the benchmark
Active Management
~50 stocks / 3-4% tracking error /
85% active share
~30 stocks / 3-4% tracking error /
60% active share
~50 stocks / ~5% tracking error /
95% active share
AUM1 $59 million $20 million $8 million
Inception Date 6/30/2008 2/29/2012 9/30/2012
Proprietary Investment
Process
Leverages Sustainable Growth stock selection methodology:
Innovative stock selection method offers a consistent, structured and repeatable investment process
Identifies best-in-class companies with strong market and analyst sentiment and attractive capital appreciation
potential
Portfolio construction / risk management ensures diversification across countries, sectors, industries and style
factors
Investment Team Experienced portfolio management team with an average of 10 years experience
Portfolio Construction Maximize alpha score while minimizing total relative risk
Turnover 50-60% annual one-way turnover
Risk Management
Third-party risk models are used to ensure that the portfolio’s common factor risk profile (based on factors such as
style, country, industry and market risks) are consistent with the portfolio construction methodology. Furthermore, the
portfolio is reviewed on an ongoing basis with formal reviews on a monthly basis to ensure that the portfolio maintains
return/risk characteristics consistent with the investment objectives. Limited rebalancing occurs on a monthly basis with
heavier rebalancing on a quarterly to annual horizon.
Sustainable Growth Strategies: Executive Summary
1As of December 31, 2016
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US Large Cap Core Canada US Small Cap Blue Chip
Objectives: Maximize alpha score while minimizing total relative risk
Target Universe:
S&P 500 constituents and US listed
companies or ADRs with market
capitalization in excess of $3B
S&P/TSX Composite Index
constituents (TSE 300)
Russell 2000 constituents and US
listed / domiciled companies with
market capitalization between
$0.5B-$4.0B
Portfolio Requirements: All stocks must rank in the top 40% of the HOLT Sustainable Growth stock selection model
Position Constraints
Number of positions: ~50
Maximum Size: 6.0%
Minimum Size: 0.5%
Active Weight: +/-3.5%
Number of positions: ~30
Maximum Size: 6.5%
Minimum Size: 1.5%
Number of positions: ~50
Maximum Size: 4.5%
Minimum Size: 0.5%
Relative Constraints:
Portfolio Beta: 1.0x
Tracking Error maximum of 3-4% (4-5% for SCBC)
GICS maximum Sector weight +/- 5% of index
GICS maximum Industry Group weight +/- 5% of index
GICS maximum Industry weight +/- 5% of index
Turnover Constraints: 50-60% annual one-way turnover
Trading Constraints: Trading limited to maximum of 50% ADV
Sustainable Growth: Portfolio Construction and Risk Management
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Investment management team with an average of 20+ years experience.
The team leverages the Credit Suisse HOLT research and sector specialist team (27 people) around the globe.
Source: Credit Suisse, December 2016
Capital Discipline Investment Team
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Chicago
HOLT research specialists
Capital Discipline hubs
New York
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1
8
1
1
2
2
1
Legend:
Credit Suisse Global
Trading Desk
Christian Stauss
Head of Capital Discipline Portfolio Manager
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2
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Todd Leigh
Head of HOLT Active
Equity Group, Senior Advisor
Christian Stauss
Portfolio Manager, Head of HOLT Capital Discipline Christian is the Portfolio Manager across the HOLT Capital Discipline strategies. He has been engaged in the asset management industry for 20 years. Christian joined Credit Suisse Asset Management in 2012 from ROK Capital, where he was a Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer. Prior to that, he spent five years at Tremblant Capital where he was a Managing Director investing in long/short equity strategies. Christian began his asset management career at Fidelity Investments in London, where he managed a Global Technology fund and a European Financials fund. He holds a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College and a MBA from The University of Pennsylvania Wharton School.
Todd Leigh
Senior Advisor Todd is Head of the HOLT Active Equity Group and a Senior Advisor to the HOLT Capital Discipline investment committee. Todd has been involved in investment banking and asset management for more than 20 years. He returned to Credit Suisse in 2012 from ROK Capital, where he was a Co-Founder and Director of Research. Prior to that, he spent three years at Relational Investors where he was a Managing Director and Partner in the investment management team. Todd’s earlier career at Credit Suisse spanned many roles and regions in the Investment Bank with his last role as a Managing Director in the Technology Investment Banking Group. Todd holds a BS in Commerce with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Virginia and is a CFA charterholder.
People Investment Team Biographies
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The proprietary HOLT methodology eliminates subjectivity by converting accounting data into economic returns (CFROI®1), that more closely approximates a company’s underlying economics
Fundamental analysts make some of these adjustments: HOLT makes all of them for over 20,000
stocks in 65 countries.
Accounting
Cash
Value
Income Statement
Balance Sheet
EPS, ROE, ROCE
CFROI®
Economic Performance
CFROI®
Asset Growth
Life Cycle Fade
Discount Rate
Inflation
Depreciation
Asset Life
Asset Mix
Deferred Taxes
Research & Development
Off Balance Sheet Items
LIFO & FIFO Accounting
Asset Write-Offs
Monetary Holding Gains or Losses
Acquisition Accounting (Purchase
vs. Pooling)
Investments
Pension Gains/Losses
In-process R&D
Non-recurring Items
1 Cash Flow Return on Investment
The HOLT Methodology
The analytical backbone of our process
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5.0%
6.0%
7.0%
8.0%
9.0%
1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
Global market real discount rate
Market-calibrated valuation
Forecasted free cash flow calibrated to current market values through
observed, market implied discount rate
Calibrate future CFROI and growth rates embedded in the current stock
price
Discount rate
Future performance implied by today’s stock price
Historical returns
Proprietary performance metric (CFROI)
CFROI is a cash-based return on capital metric that aims to improve
comparability of corporate performance across companies, geographies and
time
Systematic adjustments applied to a global database with:
~ 20,000 companies in 65 countries
~ 50 years of data
Manual review by HOLT’s accounting specialists
CFROI Cash flows
Capital investment
Future value
Asset Life Historical performance Model / user projections Terminal value
Objective, long-term valuation framework
Model and user-defined projections for future returns and growth drive
future free cash flows
Empirically derived terminal value recognizes competitive life-cycle of
returns and growth (mean-reverting fade concept)
Credit
crisis
Tech bubble peak
Tech bubble
burst Total
Market
Value =
(1 + DR)
Solve
Forecast
Observed
The HOLT discount rate is forward-looking, derived from observed market valuation,
and accurately reflects current investors’ risk appetite.
Market Derived Discount Rate
Source: Credit Suisse HOLT
The HOLT Methodology
The analytical backbone of our process
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Annual GIPS® Compliant Performance
Investment
Philosophy
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Global Sustainable Dividend Strategy
HOLT® Capital Discipline Group is a group within Credit Suisse Asset Management (“CSAM”) that provides investment advisory and management services. Using a proprietary framework, the HOLT Capital Discipline Group constructs equity portfolios for retail and institutional clients. Prior to April 2016, the firm operated under Credit Suisse Asset Management AG and provided services through Credit Suisse’s Discretionary Managed Portfolios Program.
HOLT® Capital Discipline Group claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) and has prepared and presented this report in compliance with the GIPS standards. HOLT® Capital Discipline Group has been independently verified for the periods July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2015. Verification assesses whether (1) the firm has complied with all the composite construction requirements of the GIPS standards on a firm-wide basis and (2) the firm’s policies and procedures are designed to calculate and present performance in compliance with the GIPS standards. The HOLT Global Sustainable Dividend Composite has been examined for the periods January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2015. Benchmark returns and gross of fee composite returns have not been examined. The verification and performance examination reports are available upon request.
The HOLT Global Sustainable Dividend - All World Composite includes all fully discretionary portfolios that are managed to the HOLT Global Sustainable Dividend - All World Strategy. The objective of the strategy is to seek current income, income growth, and capital appreciation by investing in U.S. and foreign stocks. Historically, exposure to foreign securities was primarily obtained through liquid American Depository Receipts (ADRs). Beginning January 2015, accounts in the composites must have the ability to directly invest in foreign stocks but may also obtain foreign exposure through ADRs. The date of the redefinition reflects the timing when Global Sustainable Dividend - All World began to be offered as a separate variation of the Global Sustainable Dividend investment strategy and was implemented when the composite was created. The change was made in order to better reflect the performance of Global Sustainable Dividend - All World portfolios that obtain foreign exposure primarily through direct investment in foreign securities, rather than through ADRs. The strategy focuses on high quality, blue chip companies with deep defensive moats, sustainable cash flows, and attractive valuations, without geographic constraints. These cash flow rich companies have excess capital to return to shareholders and are largely focused on wealth distribution. The Global Sustainable Dividend - All World Strategy leverages the Sustainable Dividend methodology powered by HOLT, an innovative stock selection method that offers a consistent, structured, and repeatable investment process. Portfolios must be materially invested to the model and hold a minimal amount of cash and other non-model assets prior to initial inclusion in the composite. Portfolios included in the composite are not necessarily 100% invested to the model for all time periods. The composite creation date is December 2014. The benchmark used for this composite is the MSCI ACWI Index (net) which is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance of emerging markets. Net total return indexes reinvest dividends after the deduction of withholding taxes.
Certain accounts in the composite pay a "wrap fee" based on a percentage of assets under management. The wrap fee includes portfolio management services, administrative fees, account reporting services, SEC and exchange fees associated with account activity, as well as maintenance and custodial fees related to the account. Net performance results for wrap-fee accounts have been reduced by the entire actual wrap fee charged to each portfolio included in the composite. Starting in 2015, the composite includes non-wrap accounts, where management fees and expenses incurred are not bundled into one fee. For non-wrap accounts, net-of-fees results have been reduced by actual management fees and other expenses incurred. All performance results have been reduced by commissions and other charges incurred in connection with transactions, as well as fees, charges or other costs and expenses related to trading in foreign securities and American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) conversion fees, which are not included in the wrap fee (when applicable). As of each year-end from inception through 2014, 100% of the composite assets paid a wrap fee. As of year-end 2015, 97.7% of the composite assets paid a wrap fee.
Gross performance results for wrap-fee accounts are gross of the entire wrap fee and, therefore, gross-of-fees composite results are presented as supplemental information. Gross-of-fees results for non-wrap accounts are gross of management fees and expenses. Beginning July 2016, gross-of-fees composite results are calculated by aggregating account-level gross-of-fees returns. Prior to July 2016, gross-of-fees composite results were calculated by increasing net-of-fees results by the weighted-average fee paid by the accounts in the composite. The maximum wrap fee schedule charged to accounts in the composite is 2.0%. Actual fees incurred by clients may vary.
Valuations are computed and performance is reported in U.S. dollars. All returns include the reinvestment of income and dividends. When applicable, performance is net of foreign withholding taxes. The measure of composite dispersion presented is the asset-weighted standard deviation of annual portfolio returns for portfolios included in the composite for the full year. The three-year annualized standard deviation of monthly returns for the composite and the benchmark are not presented when 36 consecutive monthly returns are not yet available for the composite. Policies for valuing portfolios, calculating performance, and preparing compliant presentations are available upon request. A complete list of composite descriptions is available upon request. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. In September 2016, the strategy experienced changes to the investment team due to the departure of two portfolio managers. The management transition did not result in any alteration to the investment process.
Year Composite Net
Return
Composite Gross
Return
(Supplemental)
Benchmark Return
MSCI ACWI Index
(Net)
Number of
Portfolios Dispersion
Composite Assets
(M)
Total Firm
Assets
(M)
3 Year Annualized
Composite
Std. Dev.
3 Year Annualized
Benchmark
Std. Dev.
2015 (0.1)% 0.8 % (2.4)% 865 0.4 % 1,131 2,154 10.2 % 10.8 %
2014 0.7 % 1.7 % 4.2 % 1,562 0.5 % 1,772 3,901 9.4 % 10.5 %
2013 21.7 % 22.8 % 22.8 % 1,493 0.8 % 1,660 3,174 10.0 % 13.9 %
2012 12.6 % 13.7 % 16.1 % 987 0.7 % 772 1,539 -- --
2011 8.0 % 9.0 % (7.3)% 423 0.7 % 322 634 -- --
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US Sustainable Dividend Strategy
Year Composite Net
Return
Composite Gross
Return
(Supplemental)
Benchmark Return
S&P 500 Index
Number of
Portfolios Dispersion
Composite Assets
(M)
Total Firm
Assets
(M)
3 Year Annualized
Composite
Std. Dev.
3 Year Annualized
Benchmark
Std. Dev.
2015 2.8 % 4.1 % 1.4 % 183 0.4 % 160 2,154 10.1 % 10.5 %
2014 9.9 % 11.3 % 13.7 % 202 0.4 % 215 3,901 8.3 % 9.0 %
2013 28.0 % 29.6 % 32.4 % 111 1.8 % 82 3,174 9.0 % 11.9 %
2012 11.3 % 12.7 % 16.0 % 43 N/A 34 1,539 -- --
2011 13.4 % 14.9 % 2.1 % Five or Fewer N/A <1 634 -- --
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HOLT® Capital Discipline Group is a group within Credit Suisse Asset Management (“CSAM”) that provides investment advisory and management services. Using a proprietary framework, the HOLT Capital Discipline Group constructs equity portfolios for retail and institutional clients. Prior to April 2016, the firm operated under Credit Suisse Asset Management AG and provided services through Credit Suisse’s Discretionary Managed Portfolios Program.
HOLT® Capital Discipline Group claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) and has prepared and presented this report in compliance with the GIPS standards. HOLT® Capital Discipline Group has been independently verified for the periods July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2015. Verification assesses whether (1) the firm has complied with all the composite construction requirements of the GIPS standards on a firm-wide basis and (2) the firm’s policies and procedures are designed to calculate and present performance in compliance with the GIPS standards. The HOLT U.S. Sustainable Dividend Composite has been examined for the periods January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2015. Benchmark returns and gross of fee composite returns have not been examined. The verification and performance examination reports are available upon request.
The HOLT U.S. Sustainable Dividend Composite includes all fully discretionary portfolios that are managed to the HOLT U.S. Sustainable Dividend Strategy. The objective of the strategy is to seek current income, income growth, and capital appreciation. The strategy focuses on high quality, blue chip, U.S. companies with deep defensive moats, sustainable cash flows, and attractive valuations. These cash flow rich companies have excess capital to return to shareholders and are largely focused on wealth distribution. The U.S. Sustainable Dividend Strategy leverages the Sustainable Dividend methodology powered by HOLT, an innovative stock selection method that offers a consistent, structured, and repeatable investment process. Portfolios must be materially invested to the model and hold a minimal amount of cash and other non-model assets prior to initial inclusion in the composite. Portfolios included in the composite are not necessarily 100% invested to the model for all time periods. The composite creation date is December 2014. The benchmark used for this composite is the S&P 500 Index which consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity and industry group representation. It is a market value weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. The reported returns reflect a total return for each year inclusive of dividends but exclusive of taxes and management fees.
Certain accounts in the composite pay a "wrap fee" based on a percentage of assets under management. The wrap fee includes portfolio management services, administrative fees, account reporting services, SEC and exchange fees associated with account activity, as well as maintenance and custodial fees related to the account. Net performance results for wrap-fee accounts have been reduced by the entire actual wrap fee charged to each portfolio included in the composite. As of each year-end from inception through 2015, 100% of the composite assets paid a wrap fee. Starting in 2016, the composite includes non-wrap accounts, where management fees and expenses incurred are not bundled into one fee. For non-wrap accounts, net-of-fees results have been reduced by actual management fees but are gross of administrative expenses. All performance results have been reduced by commissions and other charges incurred in connection with transactions, as well as fees, charges or other costs and expenses related to trading in foreign securities and American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) conversion fees, which are not included in the wrap fee (when applicable).
Gross performance results for wrap-fee accounts are gross of the entire wrap fee and, therefore, gross-of-fees composite results are presented as supplemental information. Gross-of-fees results for non-wrap accounts are gross of management fees and expenses. Beginning July 2016, gross-of-fees composite results are calculated by aggregating account-level gross-of-fees returns. Prior to July 2016, gross-of-fees composite results were calculated by increasing net-of-fees results by the weighted-average fee paid by the accounts in the composite. The maximum wrap fee schedule charged to accounts in the composite is 2.0%. Actual fees incurred by clients may vary.
Valuations are computed and performance is reported in U.S. dollars. All returns include the reinvestment of income and dividends. When applicable, performance is net of foreign withholding taxes. The measure of composite dispersion presented is the asset-weighted standard deviation of annual portfolio returns for portfolios included in the composite for the full year. The three-year annualized standard deviation of monthly returns for the composite and the benchmark are not presented when 36 consecutive monthly returns are not yet available for the composite. Policies for valuing portfolios, calculating performance, and preparing compliant presentations are available upon request. A complete list of composite descriptions is available upon request. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
In September 2016, the strategy experienced changes to the investment team due to the departure of two portfolio managers. The management transition did not result in any alteration to the investment process.
European Sustainable Dividend Strategy
HOLT® Capital Discipline Group is a group within Credit Suisse Asset Management (“CSAM”) that provides investment advisory and management services. Using a proprietary framework, the HOLT Capital Discipline Group constructs equity portfolios for retail and institutional clients. Prior to April 2016, the firm operated under Credit Suisse Asset Management AG and provided services through Credit Suisse’s Discretionary Managed Portfolios Program.
HOLT® Capital Discipline Group claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) and has prepared and presented this report in compliance with the GIPS standards. HOLT® Capital Discipline Group has been independently verified for the periods July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2015. Verification assesses whether (1) the firm has complied with all the composite construction requirements of the GIPS standards on a firm-wide basis and (2) the firm’s policies and procedures are designed to calculate and present performance in compliance with the GIPS standards. The HOLT European Sustainable Dividend Composite has been examined for the periods July 1, 2013 through December 31, 2015. Benchmark returns and gross of fee composite returns have not been examined. The verification and performance examination reports are available upon request.
The HOLT European Sustainable Dividend Composite includes all fully discretionary portfolios that are managed to the HOLT European Sustainable Dividend Strategy. The European Sustainable Dividend Strategy leverages the Sustainable Dividend methodology powered by HOLT, an innovative stock selection method that offers a consistent, structured, and repeatable investment process. The objective of the strategy is to seek current income, income growth, and capital appreciation. The strategy focuses on high quality, blue chip, European companies with deep defensive moats, sustainable cash flows, and attractive valuations. These cash flow rich companies have excess capital to return to shareholders and are largely focused on wealth distribution. Portfolios must be materially invested to the model and hold a minimal amount of cash and other non-model assets prior to initial inclusion in the composite. Portfolios included in the composite are not necessarily 100% invested to the model for all time periods. The composite creation date is December 2014.
The benchmark used for this composite is the MSCI Europe Index (net). The MSCI Europe Index (net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of the developed markets in Europe. Net total return indexes reinvest dividends after the deduction of withholding taxes.
Certain accounts in the composite pay a "wrap fee" based on a percentage of assets under management. The wrap fee includes portfolio management services, administrative fees, account reporting services, SEC and exchange fees associated with account activity, as well as maintenance and custodial fees related to the account. Net performance results for wrap-fee accounts have been reduced by the entire actual wrap fee charged to each portfolio included in the composite. As of each year-end from inception through 2015, 100% of the composite assets paid a wrap fee. Starting in 2016, the composite includes non-wrap accounts, where management fees and expenses incurred are not bundled into one fee. For non-wrap accounts, net-of-fees results have been reduced by actual management fees but are gross of administrative expenses. All performance results have been reduced by commissions and other charges incurred in connection with transactions, as well as fees, charges or other costs and expenses related to trading in foreign securities and American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) conversion fees, which are not included in the wrap fee (when applicable).
Gross performance results for wrap-fee accounts are gross of the entire wrap fee and, therefore, gross-of-fees composite results are presented as supplemental information. Gross-of-fees results for non-wrap accounts are gross of management fees and expenses. Beginning July 2016, gross-of-fees composite results are calculated by aggregating account-level gross-of-fees returns. Prior to July 2016, gross-of-fees composite results were calculated by increasing net-of-fees results by the weighted-average fee paid by the accounts in the composite. The maximum wrap fee schedule charged to accounts in the composite is 2.0%. Actual fees incurred by clients may vary.
Valuations are computed and performance is reported in U.S. dollars. All returns include the reinvestment of income and dividends. When applicable, performance is net of foreign withholding taxes. The measure of composite dispersion presented is the asset-weighted standard deviation of annual portfolio returns for portfolios included in the composite for the full year. The three-year annualized standard deviation of monthly returns for the composite and the benchmark are not presented when 36 consecutive monthly returns are not yet available for the composite. Policies for valuing portfolios, calculating performance, and preparing compliant presentations are available upon request. A complete list of composite descriptions is available upon request. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
In September 2016, the strategy experienced changes to the investment team due to the departure of two portfolio managers. The management transition did not result in any alteration to the investment process.
Year Composite Net
Return
Composite Gross
Return
(Supplemental)
Benchmark Return
MSCI Europe
Index (Net)
Number of
Portfolios Dispersion
Composite Assets
(M)
Total Firm
Assets
(M)
3 Year Annualized
Composite
Std. Dev.
3 Year Annualized
Benchmark
Std. Dev.
2015 (2.7)% (1.5)% (2.8)% 150 0.4 % 123 2,154 -- --
2014 (4.0)% (2.8)% (6.2)% 200 1.4 % 183 3,901 -- --
2013 20.2 % 20.9 % 22.6 % Five or Fewer N/A 14 3,174 -- --
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US Large Cap Core Strategy
HOLT® Capital Discipline Group is a group within Credit Suisse Asset Management (“CSAM”) that provides investment advisory and management services. Using a proprietary framework, the HOLT Capital Discipline Group constructs equity portfolios for retail and institutional clients. Prior to April 2016, the firm operated under Credit Suisse Asset Management AG and provided services through Credit Suisse’s Discretionary Managed Portfolios Program.
HOLT® Capital Discipline Group claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) and has prepared and presented this report in compliance with the GIPS standards. HOLT® Capital Discipline Group has been independently verified for the periods July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2015. Verification assesses whether (1) the firm has complied with all the composite construction requirements of the GIPS standards on a firm-wide basis and (2) the firm’s policies and procedures are designed to calculate and present performance in compliance with the GIPS standards. The HOLT U.S. Large Cap Core Composite has been examined for the periods July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2015. Benchmark returns and gross of fee composite returns have not been examined. The verification and performance examination reports are available upon request.
The HOLT U.S. Large Cap Core Composite includes all fully discretionary portfolios that are managed to the HOLT U.S. Large Cap Core Strategy. The U.S. Large Cap Core Strategy leverages the Capital Appreciation methodology powered by HOLT, an innovative stock selection method that offers a consistent, structured, and repeatable investment process. The strategy generally invests in fifty U.S. Large Cap Core stocks and focuses on well managed, best-in-class companies with improving fundamentals and attractive valuations. These companies are focused on wealth creation, either by investing in above cost-of-capital projects or by divesting below cost-of-capital projects. Portfolios must be materially invested to the model and hold a minimal amount of cash and other non-model assets prior to initial inclusion in the composite. Portfolios included in the composite are not necessarily 100% invested to the model for all time periods. The composite creation date is December 2014. The benchmark used for this composite is the S&P 500 Index which consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity and industry group representation. It is a market value weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. The reported returns reflect a total return for each year inclusive of dividends but exclusive of taxes and management fees.
Certain accounts in the composite pay a "wrap fee" based on a percentage of assets under management. The wrap fee includes portfolio management services, administrative fees, account reporting services, SEC and exchange fees associated with account activity, as well as maintenance and custodial fees related to the account. Net performance results for wrap-fee accounts have been reduced by the entire actual wrap fee charged to each portfolio included in the composite. As of each year-end from inception through 2015, 100% of the composite assets paid a wrap fee. Starting in 2016, the composite includes non-wrap accounts, where management fees and expenses incurred are not bundled into one fee. For non-wrap accounts, net-of-fees results have been reduced by actual management fees but are gross of administrative expenses. All performance results have been reduced by commissions and other charges incurred in connection with transactions, as well as fees, charges or other costs and expenses related to trading in foreign securities and American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) conversion fees, which are not included in the wrap fee (when applicable).
Gross performance results for wrap-fee accounts are gross of the entire wrap fee and, therefore, gross-of-fees composite results are presented as supplemental information. Gross-of-fees results for non-wrap accounts are gross of management fees and expenses. Beginning July 2016, gross-of-fees composite results are calculated by aggregating account-level gross-of-fees returns. Prior to July 2016, gross-of-fees composite results were calculated by increasing net-of-fees results by the weighted-average fee paid by the accounts in the composite. The maximum wrap fee schedule charged to accounts in the composite is 2.0%. Actual fees incurred by clients may vary.
Valuations are computed and performance is reported in U.S. dollars. All returns include the reinvestment of income and dividends. When applicable, performance is net of foreign withholding taxes. The measure of composite dispersion presented is the asset-weighted standard deviation of annual portfolio returns for portfolios included in the composite for the full year. The three-year annualized standard deviation of monthly returns for the composite and the benchmark are not presented when 36 consecutive monthly returns are not yet available for the composite. Policies for valuing portfolios, calculating performance, and preparing compliant presentations are available upon request. A complete list of composite descriptions is available upon request. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. In September 2016, the strategy experienced changes to the investment team due to the departure of two portfolio managers. The management transition did not result in any alteration to the investment process.
Year Composite Net
Return
Composite Gross
Return
(Supplemental)
Benchmark Return
S&P 500 Index
Number of
Portfolios Dispersion
Composite Assets
(M)
Total Firm
Assets
(M)
3 Year Annualized
Composite
Std. Dev.
3 Year Annualized
Benchmark
Std. Dev.
2015 2.5 % 3.7 % 1.4 % 150 0.7 % 113 2,154 11.2 % 10.5 %
2014 7.8 % 9.1 % 13.7 % 166 0.7 % 130 3,901 10.0 % 9.0 %
2013 30.8 % 32.4 % 32.4 % 132 0.6 % 122 3,174 12.7 % 11.9 %
2012 16.9 % 18.3 % 16.0 % 79 0.9 % 71 1,539 16.5 % 15.1 %
2011 1.2 % 2.4 % 2.1 % 65 1.2 % 55 634 19.0 % 18.7 %
2010 10.3 % 11.6 % 15.1 % 57 0.6 % 31 146 -- --
2009 25.9 % 27.4 % 26.4 % Five or Fewer N/A 3 12 -- --
2008 (24.3)% (23.9)% (28.5)% Five or Fewer N/A 1 1 -- --
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US Small Cap Blue Chip Strategy
HOLT® Capital Discipline Group is a group within Credit Suisse Asset Management (“CSAM”) that provides investment advisory and management services. Using a proprietary framework, the HOLT Capital Discipline Group constructs equity portfolios for retail and institutional clients. Prior to April 2016, the firm operated under Credit Suisse Asset Management AG and provided services through Credit Suisse’s Discretionary Managed Portfolios Program.
HOLT® Capital Discipline Group claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) and has prepared and presented this report in compliance with the GIPS standards. HOLT® Capital Discipline Group has been independently verified for the periods July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2015. Verification assesses whether (1) the firm has complied with all the composite construction requirements of the GIPS standards on a firm-wide basis and (2) the firm’s policies and procedures are designed to calculate and present performance in compliance with the GIPS standards. The HOLT U.S. Small Cap Blue Chip Composite has been examined for the periods October 1, 2012 through December 31, 2015. Benchmark returns and gross of fee composite returns have not been examined. The verification and performance examination reports are available upon request.
The HOLT U.S. Small Cap Blue Chip Composite includes all fully discretionary portfolios that are managed to the HOLT U.S. Small Cap Blue Chip Strategy. The strategy generally invests in approximately fewer than fifty U.S. Small Cap stocks and focuses on well managed, best-in-class companies with improving fundamentals and attractive valuations. The U.S. Small Cap Blue Chip Strategy leverages the Capital Appreciation methodology powered by HOLT, an innovative stock selection method that offers a consistent, structured, and repeatable investment process. Portfolios must be materially invested to the model and hold a minimal amount of cash and other non-model assets prior to initial inclusion in the composite. Portfolios included in the composite are not necessarily 100% invested to the model for all time periods. The composite creation date is December 2014.The benchmark for this composite is the Russell 2000 Index which is an market-capitalization weighted index measuring the performance of the 2,000 smallest U.S. companies, on a market capitalization basis, in the Russell 3000 Index.
Prior to April 2016, accounts in the composite paid a "wrap fee" based on a percentage of assets under management. The wrap fee included portfolio management services, administrative fees, account reporting services, SEC and exchange fees associated with account activity, as well as maintenance and custodial fees related to the account. Net performance results for wrap-fee accounts have been reduced by the entire actual wrap fee charged to each portfolio included in the composite. As of each year-end from inception through 2015, 100% of the composite assets paid a wrap fee. Starting in March 2016, the composite includes non-wrap accounts, where management fees and expenses incurred are not bundled into one fee. For non-wrap accounts, net-of-fees results have been reduced by actual management fees but are gross of administrative expenses. All performance results have been reduced by commissions and other charges incurred in connection with transactions, as well as fees, charges or other costs and expenses related to trading in foreign securities and American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) conversion fees, which are not included in the wrap fee (when applicable).
Gross performance results for wrap-fee accounts are gross of the entire wrap fee and, therefore, gross-of-fees composite results prior to July 2016 are presented as supplemental information. Gross-of-fees results for non-wrap accounts are gross of management fees and expenses. Beginning July 2016, gross-of-fees composite results are calculated by aggregating account-level gross-of-fees returns. Prior to July 2016, gross-of-fees composite results were calculated by increasing net-of-fees results by the weighted-average fee paid by the accounts in the composite. The maximum wrap fee schedule charged to accounts in the composite is 2.0%. Actual fees incurred by clients may vary.
Valuations are computed and performance is reported in U.S. dollars. All returns include the reinvestment of income and dividends. When applicable, performance is net of foreign withholding taxes. The measure of composite dispersion presented is the asset-weighted standard deviation of annual portfolio returns for portfolios included in the composite for the full year. The three-year annualized standard deviation of monthly returns for the composite and the benchmark are not presented when 36 consecutive monthly returns are not yet available for the composite. Policies for valuing portfolios, calculating performance, and preparing compliant presentations are available upon request. A complete list of composite descriptions is available upon request. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
In September 2016, the strategy experienced changes to the investment team due to the departure of two portfolio managers. The management transition did not result in any alteration to the investment process.
Year Composite Net
Return
Composite Gross
Return
(Supplemental)
Benchmark Return
Russell 2000
Index
Number of
Portfolios Dispersion
Composite Assets
(M)
Total Firm
Assets
(M)
3 Year Annualized
Composite
Std. Dev.
3 Year Annualized
Benchmark
Std. Dev.
2015 (3.3)% (2.1)% (4.4)% 51 0.5 % 24 2,154 13.2 % 14.0 %
2014 6.5 % 7.8 % 4.9 % 71 0.5 % 42 3,901 -- --
2013 33.0 % 34.6 % 38.8 % 71 1.5 % 42 3,174 -- --
2012 2.1 % 2.4 % 1.9 % 6 N/A 4 1,539 -- --
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Case studies are being provided for illustrative purposes only and should not be relied upon for any investment decision. The reader should not assume that any investments in companies, securities, sectors, strategies and/or markets identified or described herein were or will be profitable or that these investment opportunities will be executed upon or available upon similar terms if executed upon by an investment fund or account sponsored by the manager. The investment strategy described herein relies on proprietary models and predictions with regard to the performance of an asset class or particular investment generated by these models and may not be accurate because of imperfections in the models, their deterioration over time, or other factors, such as the quality of the data input into the model, which involves the exercise of judgment. Even if the model functions as anticipated, it cannot account for all factors that may influence the prices of the investments, such as event risk.
All accounts pay a "wrap fee" based on a percentage of assets under management. The wrap fee includes portfolio management services, administrative fees, account reporting
services, SEC and exchange fees associated with account activity, as well as maintenance and custodial fees related to the account. Net performance results have been reduced by the
actual wrap fee charged to each portfolio included in the composite. Gross performance results are gross of the entire wrap fee and are provided as supplemental information. Both
gross and net performance results have been reduced by commissions and other charges incurred in connection with transactions as well as fees, charges or other costs and
expenses related to trading in foreign securities and American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) conversion fees, which are not included in the wrap fee. Gross-of-fees results were
calculated by increasing net-of-fees results by the weighted-average fee paid by the accounts in the composite. The maximum wrap fee schedule charged to accounts in the composite
is 2.0%. Actual fees incurred by clients may vary.
The HOLT methodology does not assign ratings or a target price to a security. It is an analytical tool that involves use of a set of proprietary quantitative algorithms and warranted value calculations, collectively called the HOLT valuation model, that are consistently applied to all the companies included in its database. Third-party data (including consensus earnings estimates) are systematically translated into a number of default variables and incorporated into the algorithms available in the HOLT valuation model. The source financial statement, pricing, and earnings data provided by outside data vendors are subject to quality control and may also be adjusted to more closely measure the underlying economics of firm performance. These adjustments provide consistency when analyzing a single company across time, or analyzing multiple companies across industries or national borders. The default scenario that is produced by the HOLT valuation
model establishes a warranted price for a security, and as the third-party data are updated, the warranted price may also change. The default variables may also be adjusted to produce alternative warranted prices, any of which could occur. Additional information about the HOLT methodology is available on request. CFROI, CFROE, HOLT, HOLT Lens, HOLTfolio, HOLTSelect, HS60, HS40, ValueSearch, AggreGator, Signal Flag, Forecaster, “Clarity is Confidence” and “Powered by HOLT” are trademarks or registered trademarks of Credit Suisse Group AG or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. HOLT is a corporate performance and valuation advisory service of Credit Suisse. © Copyright 2017. CREDIT SUISSE GROUP AG and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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