Foreign Specialty Equity Sectors

Here are the characteristics of the Foreign Specialty Equity sectors.

May have portfolios that are concentrated in specific industry sectors or geographic areas.
They do not have to be well diversified and can invest in smaller companies.

Use with core funds.
As compared to the benchmark, allows concentration of holdings in desired industry sectors, countries or with specific management styles.
Further reduces the correlation to Canadian equities and can add significant returns. Risks of these specialty equity funds are hence higher than core equity funds because of higher concentration.