Investment Objective

Our goal in the TIM Small/Mid Growth portfolios is to provide superior risk-adjusted returns and long-term capital appreciation and to outperform relative benchmarks such as the Russell 2000 Growth Index and the Russell 2500 Growth Index over a full market cycle (typically 3-5 years).

Philosophy

  • Fundamental and research driven approach to investing in small-to-mid growth stocks that have market caps greater than $300 million
  • Team oriented investment decision-making process encompassing in-house research
  • Identify catalysts for secular and fundamental change
  • Companies that exhibit: sustainable business models, superior managements and substantial increases in discretionary free cash flow
  • Attractive valuations based on discounted cash flow analysis

Portfolio Structure

  • Concentrated portfolio of generally 40 to 80 securities
  • Minimum market cap of $300 million; maximum market cap of $5 billion
  • Broadly diversified by industry and sector
  • Turnover range of typically 50-80%
  • Fully invested

Monthly Returns available upon request:

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Current quarter returns subject to performance examination. Performance represents the dollar weighted results of all accounts with substantially similar investment objectives, policies, strategies and risks present for the entire quarter managed by Transamerica Investment Management, LLC. Non-performance material such as, but not limited to, portfolio level fundamentals are deemed supplemental and complements the performance disclosure below which is an integral part of this presentation. 

Small/Mid Growth Composite contains fully discretionary equity accounts that have a mandate of investing in small cap growth securities with a maximum market capitalization of $5 billion. This composite was previously known as Small Cap Growth Plus Composite. For comparison purposes, the composite is measured against the Russell 2500 Growth Index. Prior to 2006 this composite was measured against the Russell 2000 Growth Index. This was changed to more accurately reflect the strategy of the composite. The minimum account size for this composite is $1 million.

Transamerica Investment Management, LLC has prepared and presented this report in compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPSĀ®).

Transamerica Investment Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser, which commenced operations as of January 1, 2000.  Transamerica Investment Management, LLC is controlled by Transamerica Investment Services, Inc., which became part of the AEGON Group of companies in July1999.

Results are based on fully discretionary accounts under management, including those accounts no longer with the firm. Composite policy requires the temporary removal of any portfolio incurring a client initiated significant cash inflow or outflow of at least 10% of portfolio assets. An account which is removed from the composite due to the occurrence of a significant cash flow is to be included back in the composite at the beginning of the next measurement period (i.e. since January 1, 2006, the next month, and prior to January 1, 2006, the next quarter.) Additional information regarding the treatment of significant cash flows is available upon request. The U.S. Dollar is the currency used to express performance. Returns are presented gross and net of management fees and include the reinvestment of all income. Net of fee performance is calculated using the highest management fee of 1.00% applied monthly. Prior to January 1, 2006, net of fee performance was calculated based on actual, accrued fees. The annual composite dispersion measure presented is an asset-weighted standard deviation calculated for the accounts in the composite the entire year. Additional information regarding policies for calculating and reporting returns is available upon request. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

The Small Mid Growth Composite was created April 1, 2004. Performance presented prior to August 4, 2005, was established at Westcap Investors, LLC. Effective August 4, 2005, Transamerica Investment Management, LLC acquired the investment advisory accounts of Westcap Investors, LLC and no material change in personnel responsible for the investment management process occurred. Transamerica Investment Management, LLC's compliance with the GIPS standards has been verified for the period January 1, 2000, through December 31, 2007, by Ashland Partners & Company LLP. In addition, a performance examination was conducted on the Small Mid Growth Composite beginning August 1, 2005. Performance prior to August 1, 2005 was also examined by Ashland Partners & Company LLP. A copy of the verification report is available upon request. The firm maintains a complete list and description of composites, which is available upon request.

The investment management fee schedule for the Small/Mid Growth Composite is as follows:

First $25 million 1.00%
Next $25 million 0.90%
Next $50 million 0.85%
Remaining assets 0.80%
*Fees may be negotiated, depending on various factors, which may include the services required by the client and the size of the account.