Searching for alpha without the extra risk?

The Target Growth Strategy seeks to enhance equity returns—with built-in clarity and one-to-one downside tracking

Why Target Growth?

  • Seeks to unlock engineered outperformance potential in traditional equity markets
  • Designed to generate additional upside potential through performance multipliers
  • Systematic, rules-based process—no guesswork when it comes to stock picking
  • Tracks market downturns one-to-one—no enhanced relative downside risk
  • Transparent structure: know the index, the upside multiplier, deductible and how it works
Why invest in the Target Growth Strategy?

Why invest in the Target Growth Strategy?

Seeks to generate additional upside through performance multipliers after a deductible

Many investors rely on equities to fuel long-term growth, increase purchasing power, and meet their financial goals. To access equity exposure, they face a wide range of options—passive indexing, factor-based strategies, fundamental active management, and more.

The Target Growth Strategy seeks to offer something different: a precision-engineered approach that applies a clearly defined, pre-determined multiplier to equity index returns. It is designed to give investors full transparency—knowing exactly which index they’re looking to track and the targeted upside performance multiplier.

Systematic process seeks to remove the guesswork of traditional active management

The return mechanism follows a rules-based process implemented across all Target Growth Strategies. This seeks to remove the guesswork inherent to traditional active management.

Performance doesn’t rely on choosing the right stocks, sectors, or factors to beat a benchmark. Instead, it follows a systematic approach that is intended to address the persistent challenge of traditional active managers underperforming the benchmark over time.

Chart showing Target Growth Strategy process
Strategy designed to track downside risk on a one-to-one basis

In addition to upside potential, we recognize investors want to manage risk—especially during downturns. Unlike traditional active or leveraged strategies, the Target Growth Strategy is designed to track downside one-to-one. This gives investors the opportunity to capture more upside potential in rising markets, without taking on more risk when markets fall.

How It Works

How It Works

The strategy has four key elements:

Reference Asset

An ETF such as the SPDR® S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY).

Accelerated Alpha

If the reference asset experiences positive returns over the outcome period, the strategy is designed to enhance gains compared to the reference asset by a predetermined performance multiplier, after a specified deductible.

Outcome Period

A term, such as a 1-year period, for which gains or losses are calculated.

Maintain Downside Control

If the reference asset experiences negative returns over the outcome period, the strategy is designed to seek losses that track the reference asset one-to-one to avoid additional downside risk.

Strategy Chart
IMPORTANT: This information is hypothetical in nature and for illustrative purposes only. It does not reflect actual investment outcomes and is not a guarantee of future results. Hypothetical target outcomes do not reflect fees or expenses that may apply. The outcome values may only be realized for an investor who holds shares for the outcome period.
Where It Can Fit in the Portfolio

Where It Can Fit in the Portfolio

Enhancing Passive Indexing Strategies

Passive index funds are often used to build core portfolio exposure—but they come with a tradeoff: little or no alpha potential.

Target Growth Strategies are designed to outperform passive indexing strategies in strong upward markets by adding a multiplier to the index returns. This gives investors the potential for additional upside.

Carve-Out from Traditional Actively Managed Strategies

Traditional active equity strategies often promise alpha but struggle to deliver consistent results.

Target Growth seeks to offer an alternative—allowing investors to pursue outperformance potential through a clearly defined, systematic structure, rather than relying on stock selection or timing.

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