Westcore International Frontier Fund
Overview
Inception Date |
Ticker Symbol |
WSJ Abbreviation |
CUSIP |
Investment Style |
| 12/15/1999 |
WTIFX |
IntlFront |
957904550 |
International
Small-Cap |
Investment Strategy |
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This Fund seeks long-term growth of capital primarily through investments in international small-cap companies.
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Westcore International Frontier Fund invests primarily in the common stock of small-cap international companies that appear to have above average revenue and earnings potential. The Fund managers travel the world to research operations and organizations of small companies. Their research is focused on a bottom-up approach which also factors where the company is located.
Downloadable Fact Sheet |
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Fact Sheet as a PDF file. This Fact Sheet contains complete information, including: |
- Fund Strategy
- Portfolio Review and Outlook
- Investment Performance versus Benchmark
- Portfolio Characteristics
- Top Ten Holdings
- Sector Diversification
- Morningstar Ratings
- Fees and Expenses
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Portfolio Characteristics
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Portfolio Characteristics
as of 6/30/2008 |
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Westcore International Frontier Fund |
| Fund Net Assets |
$34.2 mil. |
| Total International Small-Cap Assets |
$61.7 mil. |
| Number of holdings |
40 |
| Number of Countries Represented |
15 |
| Average Market Capitalization |
$876.2 mil. |
| P/E Ratio
2006 Estimated Earnings |
10.6x |
| P/C Ratio
2006 Estimated Earnings |
10.3x |
| Annual Turnover Ratio for period ended 6/30/2008 |
71.2% |
See our online glossary for definitions of the terms above.
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Expense Information |
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(1)The Fund's Adviser and Administrators have
contractually agreed to waive a portion of the investment advisory and/or administration fees and/or to reimburse other
expenses for the Westcore International Frontier Fund from April 29, 2008 until at least April 29, 2009, so that Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
will be no more than 1.50% for the current fiscal year. You will be notified if these waivers and/or reimbursements are
discontinued after that date resulting in a material change in expense ratio.
(2)Each Fund's shareholders indirectly bear the expenses of the other funds in which the Fund invests (Acquired
Funds). The operating expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial statements (or the financial highlights in the prospectus) because the
financial statements include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund, not the indirect costs of investing in the Acquired Funds.
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Investment Minimums |
| Westcore Funds requires a low minimum amount to open
an account, relative to many other fund companies. We also offer flexibility with the
Westcore Automatic Investment Plan. |
| To open a new
account |
$2,500 |
| To open a new
Retirement Account, Education Savings Account or UGMA/UTMA Account |
$1,000 |
To open a new
account with the Westcore Automatic Investment Plan |
$1,000 |
| Automatic
Investments |
Equivalent to
$100 per month |
| To add to any
type of account |
$100 |
Holdings/Sectors
Top
ten holdings are subject to change, and there
are no guarantees that the Fund will continue to
remain invested in any particular company or
holding.
| Sectors
as
of 6/30/2008
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| Electronic Technology |
2.7% |
| Producer Manufacturing |
11.9% |
| Consumer Services |
2.7% |
| Health Technology |
1.1% |
| Finance |
17.9% |
| Process Industries |
0.5% |
| Consumer Durables |
2.5% |
| Consumer Non-Durables |
5.3% |
| Industrial Services |
7.3% |
| Commercial Services |
26.8% |
| Transportation |
2.5% |
| Retail Trade |
2.6% |
| Cash |
0.1% |
| Distribution Services |
10.8% |
| Communications |
0.8% |
| Technology Services |
4.5% |
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| Country/Region |
%
Weight |
Country |
%
Weight |
| Europe |
38.2% |
United Kingdom |
24.7% |
| Asia Ex-Japan |
19.9% |
Japan |
16.7% |
| Canada |
0.4% |
Emerging Markets |
0.0% |
| Cash |
0.1% |
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Management/Commentary
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John C. Fenley, CFA Westcore International Frontier Fund
John has been Lead Portfolio Manager for
Westcore International Frontier Fund since November 27, 2006, and Co-Portfolio Manager since October 1, 2003. He joined Denver
Investment Advisors in 2000 from Hansberger Global Investments where he was
the Lead Portfolio Manager and Portfolio Team Member responsible for over
$1.0 billion in assets of international, global and small-cap mandates for
institutional clients and mutual funds. Prior to that he worked as a
Portfolio Manager at Sun Trust Bank where he was responsible for $900
million in Personal and Institutional Trust assets. John worked at the Fifth
Third Bank as a Portfolio Manager and Equity Analyst prior to joining Sun
Trust Bank. John received his MBA from Duke University?s Fuqua School of
Business and has a BA from Vanderbilt University. John is a Chartered
Financial Analyst and a member of the CFA Society of Colorado
and The Association for Investment Management & Research.
* Lead Portfolio Manager since November 27, 2006
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"The real opportunity in international small cap investing is to discover great companies at attractive prices before the rest of the world finds them."
Those individuals listed as CFAs have earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Manager Commentary/Current Issues
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As of 6/30/08
The Westcore International Frontier Fund could not
avoid the market turmoil during the second quarter as
it finished the period down 5.33%, falling short of
the MSCI EAFE Small-Cap Index return of -4.52%. We may
continue to see brief, unsustainable rallies as we enjoyed
in April and May. But over the next few quarters, it
is possible the markets will continue to suffer as investors
continue to respond to the risks caused by the credit
crisis and rapid inflation in energy and agricultural
commodities.
The Fund's strongest contributors to performance during
the quarter were in the finance and technology services
sectors. Interhyp is the leading online mortgage broker
in Germany. Like many mortgage-related companies, its
share price suffered through the current credit crisis.
However, Interhyp has no balance sheet risk to the real
estate industry and continued to show growth in revenues
and profits by taking share from the large, traditional
industry players-namely banks. Its growth profile and
low valuation attracted the attention of the Dutch bank
ING, which launched a public offer at a 36% premium
to Interhyp's share price. Another fast growing company,
e-commerce service provider D+S Europe, also saw its
share price dwindle during the current market sell-off
despite strong operational performance. This time, rather
than an industrial buyer, a private equity firm, APAX,
gained a controlling stake of D+S at a 29% premium.
The underperformance for the quarter is due primarily
to the distribution and commercial services sectors.
Esprinet, a Southern European IT distributor, is struggling
through the near-recessionary environments in Italy
and Spain. Management recovered from a logistics integration
problem a year ago but given the slowing end-demand
in this region, Esprinet has not been able to translate
the operational improvement into financial improvement.
Rightmove is the largest UK web portal for residential
properties. Thus, it has direct exposure to the UK housing
market, which is suffering for the same reasons as our
own mortgage markets here in the U.S. Savills is property
transaction and property management company that is
caught in the same storm.
*Percent of portfolio as of 6/30/08.
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Distributions
Recent Distributions |
| The
amounts shown below are paid per share. View our
fund prospectus
online for more information on distributions. |
| Type |
Amount |
Record
Date |
Ex-Date |
Pay
Date |
| Income |
$0.0861 |
12/26/2007 |
12/27/2007 |
12/31/2007 |
| ST Cap Gain |
$0.1124 |
12/26/2007 |
12/27/2007 |
12/31/2007 |
| LT Cap Gain |
$0.1993 |
12/26/2007 |
12/27/2007 |
12/31/2007 |
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shareholders as capital gain dividends. A
dividend will reduce the net asset value of a
fund share by the amount of the dividend on the
ex-dividend date.
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