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Pzena receives ’Highly Recommended’ rating from Lonsec Research

24 June 2024

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Founded in 1996, the New York-based, classic value manager, Pzena Investment Management is responsible for US$64bn of assets under management, globally. Over the past 16 years, Pzena has established a strong presence in the Australian and New Zealand institutional markets with currently over A$6bn of assets under management.

Pzena has expanded its presence and resources in Australia to offer its capabilities in the wholesale wealth management channels, including to managed accounts, and their advisors, and approved product lists for major wealth management firms. For a second time, Lonsec’s “Highly Recommended” rating of the two funds Pzena offers in Australia, Global Focused Value and Emerging Markets Value has marked an important step along this journey for our firm.

Over its 28- year history, Pzena has consistently applied its classic value philosophy across a range of equity capabilities, identifying good companies which are out of favour with investors, which are suffering temporary issues or challenges. Pzena’s 30-person investment team is responsible for conducting deep-dive investment analysis to establish the normalised earnings power for such companies that screen in the cheapest quintile of our various investment universes.

Pzena’s CEO, Caroline Cai, who is also a Co-Portfolio Manager for the two strategies offered in Australia, commented “we are delighted that our capabilities have been recognised with these ratings by Lonsec, giving us the opportunity to take our tried and tested investment skills to new investors in the Australian advice market. Buying good companies that are ‘on sale’ in a disciplined manner should always be part of a well-structured portfolio.”

For more information about Pzena Investment Management and our investment strategies, please visit our website www.pzena.com or reach out to the team at Pzena investment Management Australia (Paul Whymper-Williams, whymper-williams@pzena.com or John Jardim, jardim@pzena.com).

Pzena Global Focused Value Fund – Highly Recommended

Pzena Emerging Markets Value Fund – Highly Recommended

Disclaimer: The rating issued 05/2024 for ETL0483AU & 05/2024 for ETL0484AU are published by Lonsec Research Pty Ltd ABN 11 151 658 561 AFSL 421 445 (Lonsec). Ratings are general advice only, and have been prepared without taking account of your objectives, financial situation or needs. Consider your personal circumstances, read the product disclosure statement and seek independent financial advice before investing. The rating is not a recommendation to purchase, sell or hold any product. Past performance information is not indicative of future performance. Ratings are subject to change without notice and Lonsec assumes no obligation to update. Lonsec uses objective criteria and receives a fee from the Fund Manager. Visit lonsec.com.au for ratings information and to access the full report. © 2024 Lonsec. All rights reserved.

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All investments involve risk, including loss of principal. The price of equity securities may rise or fall because of economic or political changes or changes in a company’s financial condition, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Investments in foreign securities involve political, economic and currency risks, greater volatility and differences in accounting methods. These risks are greater for investments in Emerging Markets. Investments in small-cap or mid-cap companies involve additional risks such as limited liquidity and greater volatility than larger companies. PIM’s strategies emphasize a “value” style of investing, which targets undervalued companies with characteristics for improved valuations. This style of investing is subject to the risk that the valuations never improve or that returns on “value” securities may not move in tandem with the returns on other styles of investing or the stock market in general.

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This document has been prepared and issued by Pzena Investment Management, LLC (ARBN 108 743 415), a limited liability company (“Pzena”). Pzena is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under U.S. laws, which differ from Australian laws. Pzena is exempt from the requirement to hold an Australian financial services license in Australia in accordance with ASIC Corporations (Repeal and Transitional) Instrument 2016/396. Pzena offers financial services in Australia to ‘wholesale clients’ only pursuant to that exemption. This document is not intended to be distributed or passed on, directly or indirectly, to any other class of persons in Australia.

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