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ADVISER | Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
SUB-ADVISER | Wells Capital Management Incorporated ("Wells Capital Management"), Wells Capital Management Singapore
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
THE FUND | The Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through fundamentally driven equity investments in Asia or the Pacific Basin.
FUND STRATEGY
- Active fundamental investment discipline combines rigorous bottom-up and top-down analysis to provide core exposure to the Asia Pacific region.
- Conscious de-emphasis of country and sector weights, seeking to maximize benefits of stock selection.
- Attempt to balance between growth and value and large and small caps, using a "core-satellite" portfolio construction process.
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
- A flexible investment approach: The team believes that taking a panoramic view o f the Asian region and using a flexible approach in terms of investment style and market capitalization are the best ways to create excess returns. This flexible approach lets the team concentrate on wherever it sees the most opportunity, regardless of equity style, market capitalization, or stage of economic development.
- Bottom-up research on companies is synthesized with its top-down understanding of countries in the Asia Pacific region: the team's two-pronged approach to investing incorporates a macrolevel examination of each country with a micro-level analysis of each company.
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 regional risk, and smaller-company securities risk. Consult the fund's prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.
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