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Vaughan Nelson Investment Management

Specializes in mid-cap, all-cap, and small-cap equity strategies.

Vaughan Nelson manages high-conviction, high active share portfolios – all of which follow the same value-oriented investment approach and belief that temporary inefficiencies and time arbitrage create long-term opportunities. The firm manages equity strategies across market capitalizations and domestic fixed income – offered in a variety of investment types, including mutual funds, ETFs, separately managed accounts, and collective trusts.

“We believe investing is about offsetting future obligations, not just having market exposure.”
- Chris D. Wallis, CFA®, CEO, CIO and Senior Portfolio Manager
Vaughan Nelson Investment Management
Founded
1970
Headquartered
Houston, TX, USA
Expertise
Actively managed us, international and emerging market equity and fixed income
AUM
USD 18.1B as of March 31, 2024
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Approach

Focus on targeted return.

Seek investments which the team believes have the ability to generate a double-digit return over three years.

Trading time for value.

A longer time horizon allows the team to exploit short-term volatility and poor price discovery.

Investment process

Undervalued earnings growth

Future redeployment of capital is not reflected in current valuation.

Undervalued asset

Asset price at a significant discount. Identified catalyst to close valuation gap.

Undervalued dividend yield

High secure dividend yield, typically 10% or higher.

Risk management

The investment team focuses beyond sector and factor exposure to gain a view of a portfolio’s positioning and biases. Their factor-based risk analysis is used when constructing portfolios to better understand what active positions are in those selections and any unintentional exposures that may come through when constructing a bottom-up portfolio.

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Funds

VNMC
Natixis Vaughan Nelson Mid Cap ETF
High-conviction US mid-cap stock fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks of companies with undervalued assets, earnings growth, or dividend yield.
VNSE
Natixis Vaughan Nelson Select ETF
High-conviction US stock fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks of companies with undervalued assets, earnings growth, or dividend yield.
ADVMX
Vaughan Nelson Emerging Markets Fund
High-conviction emerging markets stock fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks of companies with undervalued assets, earnings growth, or dividend yield.
ADVLX
Vaughan Nelson International Fund
High-conviction international small cap stock fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks of companies with undervalued assets, earnings growth, or dividend yield.
VNVYX
Vaughan Nelson Mid Cap Fund
High-conviction US mid-cap stock fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks of companies with undervalued assets, earnings growth, or dividend yield.
VNSYX
Vaughan Nelson Select Fund
High-conviction US stock fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks of companies with undervalued assets, earnings growth, or dividend yield.
NEJYX
Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund
High-conviction small-cap value fund that seeks significant returns by investing in stocks of companies with undervalued assets, earnings growth, or dividend yield.

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Assets under management (“AUM”) as of March 31, 2024. AUM, as reported, may include notional assets, assets serviced, gross assets, assets of minority-owned affiliated entities and other types of non-regulatory AUM managed or serviced by firms affiliated with Natixis Investment Managers.

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