Mackenzie US Quantitative Small Cap

Inception: Feb 2020

Benchmark: Russell 2000 Index

Investment Adviser: Mackenzie Investments Corporation

• Core focus that aims to add value across a variety of market conditions
• Nimble process runs models and rebalances daily in seeking to capture daily pricing inefficiencies
• Predictive transaction cost modeling seeks to avoid high transactions costs and strictly controlled AUM structured to preserve alpha generation potential

The Mackenzie Global Quantitative Equity team believes that consistent, long-term outperformance is most likely achieved through the construction of core, “all-weather” portfolios that have the potential to outperform in a wide array of market environments.  Quantitative processes methodically applied to the entire investable universe offer greater decision-making breadth and the potential for higher alpha generation.  We believe that our combination of strict AUM capacity controls, intimate team size, predictive transaction cost modeling, and daily rebalancing allows us to be nimbler than many of our peers in the deployment of innovative new alpha factors and the exploitation of daily pricing inefficiencies.

• Bottom-up, quantitative stock selection process is applied to a broad investable universe of over 2,500 in the US small-cap market.
• Stocks are analyzed through a sector relative model framework.
• Individual stock weights are assigned based upon sub-factors, which are grouped into the four super factors, Value, Growth, Quality and Informed Investor.
• Contextual modeling is utilized to further refine the weights of factors assigned to stocks and ensures that we are ranking them on metrics that are most relevant to each stock's underlying characteristics.
• The priority in executing the investment process is to remain nimble in seeking to generate alpha for clients. 

• Profile - Mackenzie US Quantitative Small Cap

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The Mackenzie US Quantitative Small Cap Composite contains fully discretionary, US Small Cap accounts. New accounts are included in the Composite beginning with the first full month under management after they have been fully invested.

GIPS Compliance Statement

Mackenzie Investments claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®).

Composite Description

The US Quantitative Small Cap Composite seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation and outperform its benchmark. The strategy applies a quantitative, bottom-up stock selection investment process, based on fundamental insights, to the US market across small-cap stocks. The investment process focuses on a succinct, high conviction set of factors, which are applied within the context of a sector/industry relative model. The composite inception and creation date is March 1, 2020.

Benchmark Description

The Russell 2000 Index is a free float adjusted, market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the small cap equity performance of the US Stock Market.

List of Composites

A complete list of composite descriptions is available to prospective clients upon request. Please contact Dean Silver at dean.silver@mackenzieinvestments.com.