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Forward International Small Companies Fund

Investor Class
Fund Management
Updated as of:
June 30, 2008
 
 
 
  A Team Approach
  The Forward International Small Companies Fund is managed out of Pictet’s London office by a team of five senior investment managers, headed by Aylin Suntay. Team member responsibilities are organized by region and country.
 
 

Sub-Advisor: Pictet Asset Management, Ltd.
   
 
Pictet Asset Management, Ltd., is the institutional investment management division of Geneva-based Pictet & Cie, a Swiss private bank that was founded in 1805. As of December 31, 2007, Pictet & Cie had approximately $236 billion in client assets.
The investment management team is based in London.
 

Key Personnel
  Aylin Suntay, Team Head and Senior Investment Manager
  Suntay is a Senior Investment Manager as well as the Head of the Small Cap Equities Team. She holds a BSc in economics from Istanbul University and a Masters in finance from the London Business School.
 
  Justin Hill, Senior Investment Manager
  Hill is a Senior Investment Manager in the Specialist Equities Team, concentrating on the U.K. and Asia small cap markets. He is a graduate of St. Hugh’s College, Oxford, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
 
  Michael McLaughlin, Senior Investment Manager
  McLaughlin is a Senior Investment Manager in the Specialist Equities Team responsible for equity strategy, stock selection and research, as well as asset allocation for Japan and the Asia-Pacific region. He graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc in industry and trade.
 
  Oliver Knobloch, Senior Investment Manager
  Knobloch is a Senior Investment Manager of the Specialist Equities Team responsible for Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Scandinavia. He holds a Masters in economics and a CFPI.
 
  Bill Barker, Senior Investment Manager
  Barker is a Senior Investment Manager in the Small Cap Team responsible for the U.K. He holds a BSc in Economics and Econometrics from Hull University.
 
  Class: Investor
Change to: Institutional
Change to: Class A
   
PDF Fund Fact Sheet
Overview
Category: Int’l Small Capitalization
Ticker Symbol: PISRX
CUSIP: 349913830
Benchmark: MSCI EAFE Small Cap Index
Inception: March 5, 2002
Net Assets: $202.7 Million
Load Fee: No Load
Gross Expense Ratio: 1.62%
Net Expense Ratio: 1.62%
Minimum Investment
Initial: $4,000
Initial–eDelivery: $2,000
Initial–Automatic Investment Plan:
$500
Statistics
Price/Book:* 3.37
Forward P/E:* 13.39
EPS Growth Rate:* 27.83%
Long-Term Debt-to-Equity:* 16.69%
Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization:* $2.4 Billion
Avg. Capitalization:* $2.3 Billion
Beta: 0.96
R-Squared: 0.93
Number of Holdings: 125
Annualized Turnover: 95.04%

*Data refers to the Fund’s holdings and not to the Fund itself.

Price/Book Ratio and Price/Earnings represent equity securities within the Fund’s portfolio, and are not intended to demonstrate Fund growth income earned by the Fund, or distributions made by the Fund.

EPS Growth Rate represents current year consensus estimates weighted by distribution of the portfolio.

Beta is a measure of risk which shows the Fund's volatility relative to its benchmark index.

R-Squared reflects the percentage of a Fund’s movements that are explained by movement in its benchmark index.
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