Product Profile
- Number of accounts 2
- Product assetsUS$818 million
- Years managed 4
- Benchmark
- MSCI AC Far East ex-Japan
Key Investment Professionals

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- Dennis Lai, CPA
- Portfolio Manager
- Investment Career Began: 1994
- Joined RCM: 2003
Overview
The Mid-Small Cap Asian Equity (Little Dragons) strategy aims to achieve long term capital growth principally through investment in small to medium sized companies listed in Asian stock markets ex Japan with an emphasis on the smaller and emerging markets of the region. To achieve this objective the strategy consists of diversified portfolios of (i) companies that are expected to re-rate as a result of the market not fully recognizing the growth potential of the business, and (ii) companies that will benefit from share price appreciation resulting from an earnings surprise. Through RCM’s dedicated country specialists we have the ability to study under-researched and under-owned small and mid-cap stocks to exploit market inefficiencies of higher volatility stocks.
Investment Process
- Our philosophy and process aims to add value in three key areas, namely stock selection, portfolio construction, and implementation.
- Research coverage is shared between the country specialists and the regional sector analysts representing a subtle difference from the RCM global approach. Country specialists tend to cover those companies that relate to local factors more than any regional (or global) factor. Sector specialists cover the larger capitalized names and typically would compromise stocks that could be recommended for regional or global portfolios.
- The team’s goal is to build integrated portfolios on a bottom-up basis, comprising the best companies in the region.
- Working in a team-oriented meritocracy, our investment professionals focus on constructing portfolios offering attractive risk-adjusted returns .
The RCM Advantage
- Innovative dual research platform – producing bottom-up stock selection:
- Fundamental research analysts specialize in their sector of expertise
- Proprietary GrassrootsSM Research* network with 50,000 industry contacts and approximately 300 independent reporters and field force investigators
- Institutionalized investment culture/Consultative client relationships
Performance**

Representative Account Characteristics† - Supplemental Information
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Performance Composite Statistics
RCM Little Dragons (Asian Mid-Small Cap Equity) Composite |
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Period |
Composite Gross Return (%) |
Composite Net Return (%) |
Benchmark (%) |
Tracking Error % |
Information Ratio |
Composite Dispersion (%) |
No of Accounts |
Market Value ($ M) |
Total Firm Assets ($ M) |
2007 |
47.35 |
43.51 |
36.51* |
5.12 |
2.12 |
N/A♦ |
2 |
976 |
168,131 |
2006 |
41.13 |
37.41 |
31.72* |
4.08 |
2.31 |
N/A♦ |
1 |
257 |
164,876 |
2005 |
24.78 |
21.43 |
21.33* |
4.57 |
0.75 |
N/A♦ |
1 |
134 |
147,527 |
2004 |
3.88 |
1.05 |
17.20* |
5.88 |
-2.27 |
N/A♦ |
1 |
168 |
128,432 |
2003 |
61.95 |
57.72 |
44.52* |
6.63 |
2.63 |
N/A♦ |
1 |
181 |
123,142 |
2002 |
3.35 |
0.55 |
-9.37* |
6.16 |
2.06 |
N/A♦ |
1 |
102 |
111,780 |
2001 |
-10.14 |
-12.61 |
-2.24* |
7.95 |
-0.99 |
N/A♦ |
1 |
98 |
141,056 |
2000 |
-26.39 |
-28.45 |
-36.80 |
30.77 |
0.34 |
N/A♦ |
1 |
130 |
82,483 |
1999 |
118.53 |
112.95 |
62.11 |
21.88 |
2.58 |
N/A♦ |
1 |
87 |
84,715 |
1998 |
-6.75 |
-9.31 |
-4.82 |
23.01 |
-0.08 |
N/A♦ |
1 |
34 |
64,825 |

