Global Growth Strategy

Focused global investing built on quality, consistency, and sustainable long term growth.

The Polen Global Growth Strategy is led by Polen Capital’s Large Company Growth team, applying their flagship, time-tested, high-conviction approach to investing in exceptional businesses across the globe. With a focus on financially sound companies that exhibit durable earnings growth, strong competitive advantages, and proven management teams, the strategy seeks to deliver superior long-term returns while managing downside risk.

Polen Capital

Manager

January 2015

Inception of Strategy

USD

Base Currency

Investment Philosophy

The Polen Global Growth strategy seeks to achieve long-term growth by building a concentrated portfolio of outstanding businesses with competitive advantages and the potential for sustained superior growth.

At Polen Capital, long-term thinking is at the heart of every decision. They implement a disciplined, bottom-up investment approach that focuses on building concentrated portfolios of exceptional global businesses with enduring competitive advantages. This philosophy is grounded in the belief that high-quality companies, those with strong balance sheets, resilient earnings profiles, and forward-looking leadership, are best positioned to deliver sustainable, above-average earnings growth over time. This repeatable, high-conviction process is designed not only to compound wealth but to preserve capital and navigate market volatility with confidence and clarity.

Polen's research framework is built on a fundamental observation: consistent earnings growth is the primary engine of long-term value creation. They seek to identify companies with a durable and defensible earnings stream, underpinned by sound financials and visionary management teams. Through rigorous, in-depth analysis and a business owner mindset, the team aims to invest in businesses that can thrive across market cycles. By focusing on quality and maintaining a long term investment horizon, Polen aligns their process with clients’ goals, delivering resilience, transparency, and the opportunity for meaningful long-term results.

The Team

Damon Ficklin

Polen Capital
Head of Team,
Portfolio Manager & Analyst

Stephen Atkins, CFA

Polen Capital
Portfolio Manager,
Strategist & Analyst

Disclosure:

Polen Capital Management, LLC is an independent registered investment advisor.

The MSCI ACWI Index is a market capitalization weighted equity index that measures the performance of large and mid-cap segments across developed and emerging market countries. The index is maintained by Morgan Stanley Capital International. The volatility and other material characteristics of the indices referenced may be materially different from the performance achieved by an individual investor. In addition, an investor’s holdings may be materially different from those within the index. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index.

ESG refers to Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria. The Global Emerging Markets ex-China Growth strategy integrates material environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into research analysis as part of a comprehensive evaluation of a company’s long-term financial sustainability. There is a risk that the investment techniques and risk analyses applied, including but not limited to the integration of ESG factors into the research analysis, will not produce the desired results and that legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may affect the investment techniques available. There is no guarantee that the investment objective will be achieved.

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