Wells Fargo Advantage Intrinsic World Equity Fund
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ADVISER | Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
SUB-ADVISER | Metropolitan West Capital Management, LLC ("MWCM")
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

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Jeffrey Peck Years of investment experience: 18
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Mr. Jeffrey Peck is a managing director and serves as lead portfolio manager for the Large Cap Intrinsic Value strategy with the investment team at Metropolitan West Capital Management (MWCM). He also serves as co-lead portfolio manager for the Global Intrinsic Equity and International Intrinsic Equity strategies. Mr. Peck joined MWCM in 2004. Previously, he served as equity research analyst with both Janney Montgomery Scott and Bear Stearns & Co., Inc.
Mr. Peck began his investment management career in 1995. He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from State University of New York, Buffalo, and a master's degree in business administration from New York University. In 2004, Mr. Peck received the honor of being named a "Best on the Street Analyst" by The Wall Street Journal.
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Jean-Baptiste Nadal, CFA Years of investment experience: 27
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Mr. Jean-Baptiste Nadal, CFA, is a managing director and serves as co-lead portfolio manager for the Global Intrinsic Equity and International Intrinsic Equity strategies with the investment team at Metropolitan West Capital Management (MWCM). Mr. Nadal joined MWCM in 2011. Previously, he served as managing member and portfolio manager at Nadal Capital Management, LLC; principal, managing director, and portfolio manager with Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC; portfolio manager and equity research analyst with Banque Degroof (formerly Bearbull Asset Management); and financial auditor with Ernst & Young, LLP, in France.
Mr. Nadal began his investment management career in 1986. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration/finance at Groupe Ecole Supérieure de Commerce et de Management (ESCEM) and holds a French professional accounting degree (Diplôme d'Études Comptable Supérieures/DECS). He also holds an Executive Program certificate from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Mr. Nadal has also earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation from CFA Institute.
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THE FUND | The Wells Fargo Advantage Intrinsic World Equity Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in equity securities of approximately 40 to 60 companies located worldwide.
FUND STRATEGY
- Invests in high-quality businesses defined as those with sound competitive positions, established operating histories, financial strength, and proven management teams.
- Uses a global, all-cap research process to identify high-quality companies in industries around the world that trade at discounts to our estimates of intrinsic value and possess catalysts that we expect to unlock intrinsic value over the next three to five years.
- Manages company and portfolio risk by diversifying fund holdings across sector, industry, economic cyclicality, and interest-rate sensitivity, resulting in a concentrated portfolio of 40 to 60 high-conviction investments.
- Drives portfolio construction through bottom-up stock selection, which can lead to significant differences in sector and country weights relative to the MSCI World Index.
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
- Transformational catalysts: The team identifies company-specific catalysts that it believes will help a company attain its full value over a three- to five-year investment horizon. Catalysts may include a meaningful change in a company's products or services, a significant restructuring, or a change in management.
- Attempt to limit downside risk: Two aspects of the team's strategy help to moderate risk – assigning a different analyst to evaluate underperforming stocks, which helps to keep the analysis unbiased; and investing only in high-quality companies with established operating histories, financial strength, and strong management teams.
RISKS |
Stock fund values fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. Foreign investments are especially volatile and can rise or fall dramatically due to differences in the political and economic conditions of the host country. These risks are generally intensified in emerging markets. The use of derivatives may reduce returns and/or increase volatility. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). This fund is exposed to smaller-company securities risk. Consult the fund's prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.
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