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Investment Insight

Market Implications of the First 100 Days: What’s Next?

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Global Emerging Markets Team

PROFILE

Ahead of The Herd

In a recent profile, Ruchir Sharma highlights how he developed a framework for identifying emerging-market winners.

INVESTMENT VIEW

Wall Street’s New Global Thinker

Ruchir Sharma, Head of Emerging Markets and Chief Global Strategist, is featured on the cover of Barron's discussing his original thinking around China, Russia as well as why the U.S., India and Germany are poised for growth.

INSIGHT

Economic Gears of A Disruptive World

Ruchir Sharma offers a system of 10 rules for distinguishing the good economies from the average and the ugly, in his new book The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in a Post-Crisis World.

Team Profile

Global Emerging Markets Team

The Global Emerging Markets team bases its investment philosophy on proprietary research that shows how both country-level and stock-specific factors can drive risks and returns in emerging markets.

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Global Franchise Portfolio

MSFAX

CUSIP: 61744J283
SHARE CLASS: I

Global Franchise Portfolio

DAILY NAV

24.45 USD

MORNINGSTAR OVERALL RATING

Share Class - I

714 World Large Stock - 06/30/2017

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Manager Q & A

Q&A with Nic Sochovsky

Feb 17, 2017

Nic Sochovsky, a portfolio manager on the International Equity Team, discusses the team’s significant exposure to what they consider high-quality Consumer Staples.

Investment Insight

Quality Traits

Jun 30, 2016

High quality companies have the ability, and habit, of generating high and consistent returns on operating capital, which leads to strong free cash flow and the ability to compound over the long term.

Manager Q & A

Q&A with William Lock

Jan 31, 2017

William Lock discusses how a strategy that his team manages has incorporated the Buffett philosophy into a long standing, successful global investment strategy.

High Yield Portfolio

MSYIX

CUSIP: 617440235
SHARE CLASS: I

High Yield Portfolio

DAILY NAV

10.14 USD

MORNINGSTAR OVERALL RATING

Share Class - I

590 High Yield Bond - 06/30/2017

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Investment Insight

The Case for Middle Market High-Yield Investing

Feb 28, 2017

With the risk of potential rate hikes, investors are searching for the best place to be in the bond market. In this paper, Richard Lindquist highlights his belief that the answer is high yield, now more than ever.

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Opportunities for High Yield in a Rising-Rate Environment

Mar 31, 2017

In this video, Richard Lindquist discusses why he believes high yield bonds remain one of the most appealing investment options available in fixed income, particularly in the current rising interest rate environment.

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Investment Insight

The Potential Advantages of High-Yield Middle Market Investing

In this video, Richard Lindquist highlights the potential competitive advantages middle-market issuers may offer investors over larger issuers within the high yield fixed income market.

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Global Fixed Income Opportunities Fund

DINDX

CUSIP: 616961405
SHARE CLASS: I

Global Fixed Income Opportunities Fund

DAILY NAV

5.70 USD

MORNINGSTAR OVERALL RATING

Share Class - I

298 World Bond - 06/30/2017

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Media Appearance

Jim Caron on Bloomberg

Jun 15, 2017

Jim Caron discusses how emerging markets fixed income has winning characteristics for the current market environment.

Investment Insight

The Changing Investment Climate

May 26, 2016

Investors need to account for a new risk as effects of QE fade. Risk premia, not fundamentals, are driving asset performance. Correlation risks thus rise making diversification harder to achieve.

Investment Insight

Fixed Income Investment Strategy for 2017

Dec 22, 2016

Jim Caron discusses why it is critical to have a balanced portfolio in 2017.

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Global Opportunity Portfolio

MGGIX

CUSIP: 61756E693
SHARE CLASS: I

Global Opportunity Portfolio

DAILY NAV

20.79 USD

MORNINGSTAR OVERALL RATING

Share Class - I

714 World Large Stock - 06/30/2017

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. For complete information click here.

Investment Insight

Behind the Scenes with Kristian Heugh

Mar 01, 2016

Kristian Heugh defines the key differentiators and core values of his team’s investment process, focusing on competitive advantage and quality companies able to create value through growth.

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Investment Insight

ESG and the Sustainability of Competitive Advantage

Jan 09, 2017

ESG factors are integral to assessing the quality of a company. A holistic approach to sustainability may help minimize risk events and identify opportunities characterized by competitive advantages.

Team Profile

Growth Team

The Growth team seeks capital appreciation by investing with a long-term ownership mindset and focusing on fundamental, bottom-up analysis across the market-cap spectrum and geographies.

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In-depth Market Research

GLOBAL FIXED INCOME BULLETIN

Moving Past the French Election

The team discusses the recent French elections as well as proposed tax plan and regulatory changes in the U.S.

Macro Insight

Weaning the Global Economy Off Stimulus

The era of quantitative easing (QE) – the life support offered by central banks since 2008 – may soon come to an end. Andrew Harmstone discusses the prognosis for the world’s major economies, including potential complications.

Investment Insight

The EDGE: Machine Learning

The Growth Team examines machine learning, a new way to train computer systems to generate useful insights from data sets and apply those insights to new situations. This form of artificial intelligence has the potential to breed new industries and create efficiencies in existing ones.