The GMO International Equity Strategy seeks to generate high total return by investing primarily in non-U.S. developed market equities. The Strategy’s benchmark is the MSCI EAFE Index.
The Strategy’s investment approach is grounded in the Global Equity team’s belief that, in the short term, equity markets exhibit exploitable inefficiencies as a result of irrational investor actions, the imperfect flow of information, and the participation of non-economic actors, while in the long term returns are ultimately driven by economic reality. The Strategy aims to take advantage of this inefficiency by utilizing a multi-factor valuation model in conjunction with other methods, such as cross-asset signals and corporate alerts, to identify mispriced equity securities.
Risks associated with investing in the Strategy may include Market Risk - Equities, Non-U.S. Investment Risk, Management and Operational Risk Currency Risk, and Derivatives and Short Sales Risk.