This strategy is offered by Newton Investment Management North America LLC (‘NIMNA’) in the United States. NIMNA is part of the Newton Investment Management Group.

Strategy Overview

We seek to outperform the Russell 1000® Value Index while offering a dividend yield greater than that of the index. The strategy is managed by an experienced and well-tenured team whose interests are aligned with our clients.

Our unique dividend approach seeks to combine sustainable current income, solid dividend growth and compelling valuation characteristics.

The Equity Income strategy offers a balanced approach between dividend yield and dividend growth. Our approach is augmented by a valuation-sensitive process, seeks attractively valued companies with solid fundamentals and business momentum, and aims to capture both income and capital appreciation.

Strategy Profile

Objective

The objective of the Equity Income strategy is to outperform the Russell 1000® Value Index while delivering at least a 50% dividend yield profile versus the benchmark over a full market cycle, resulting in compelling index and peer relative performance.

Benchmark

Russell 1000® Value Index

The Russell 1000® Value Index performance benchmark is used as a comparator for this strategy. Information about the indices shown here is provided to allow for comparison of the performance of the strategy to that of certain well-known and widely recognized indices. There is no representation that such index is an appropriate benchmark for such comparison.

Strategy inception

May 1, 1998

Investment Team

Our investment team of research analysts and portfolio managers work together across regions and sectors, helping to ensure that our investment process is highly flexible.

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John C Bailer
John C Bailer

Deputy head of equity income, portfolio manager

Brian Ferguson
Brian Ferguson

Portfolio manager, Equity Income team

Keith Howell Jr.
Keith Howell Jr.

Portfolio manager, Equity Income team

Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Your capital may be at risk. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the original amount invested.