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William Blair tells ISERS emerging‑markets growth strategy has underperformed recently but fundamentals look stronger
Summary
William Blair presented its emerging‑markets growth strategy to the ISERS board May 21, citing valuation headwinds, China policy shifts and tariff‑related uncertainty as drivers of underperformance and detailing team additions and on‑the‑ground research.
Renee McGrail, senior client relationship manager at William Blair, and Vivian Lynn Thurston, partner and co‑portfolio manager for William Blair’s emerging markets strategies, presented to the Imperial County Employees' Retirement System board on May 21 about the firm’s emerging‑markets growth strategy and recent performance.
McGrail described William Blair as a Chicago‑based, employee‑owned investment firm (she said the firm has “over 66,000,000,000 in assets under management”) and introduced the global equity team and recent senior research hires. Thurston said William Blair is a “quality growth investor,” combining fundamental stock‑picking with a proprietary quantitative screening tool (called…
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