Quarterly PSN Top Guns List published by Zephyr identifies best-in-class separate accounts, managed accounts, and managed ETF strategies

San Diego, California—February 21, 2023— Validus Growth Investors (VG) announced today it has been named to the celebrated PSN Top Guns List of best performing separate accounts, managed accounts, and managed ETF strategies for Q4 2022.  The highly anticipated list, published by Zephyr, remains one of the most important references for investors and asset managers.  

“With the growing interest in separately managed accounts, the PSN Top Guns List has attracted greater attention,” says Margaret Tobiasen, SVP of Data Distribution who cites PSN’s pioneering efforts as the first SMA database as the reason for the list’s popularity. VG has done remarkable work and we are pleased to include them as a top performer.” 

Validus Growth’s International Growth strategy seeks capital appreciation by identifying 30 of the best growth inflection ideas validated through risk management techniques.  

“This is just further evidence that our strategies deliver as advertised – a differentiated approach that seeks out growth inflection from the bottom up, resulting in exceptional risk-adjusted performance against our peer group over time,” said Mark Scalzo, Chief Investment Officer of VG.  

Through a combination of PSN’s proprietary performance screens, the PSN Top Guns List ranks products in six proprietary categories in over 75 universes based on continued performance over time.  

  • VG International Growth strategy received a Top Gun 4-star rating. 

Given the current significant valuation disparity between US and international stocks, adding some non-US equity exposure to portfolios could have a meaningful impact on relative performance over time while lowering certain overall risk characteristics. 

See below for ranking info and methodology: 

Had an r-squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for the recent five-year period. Moreover, the strategy’s returns exceeded the style benchmark for the three latest three-year rolling periods. The top ten returns for the latest three-year period then become the 4 Star Top Guns.

The complete list of PSN Top Guns and an overview of the methodology can be located at https://psn.fi.informais.com/.  Registration is required. 

About PSN

For nearly four decades, PSN has been a top resource for investment professionals. Asset managers rely on Zephyr’s PSN to effectively reach institutional and retail investors. Over 2,800 firms, 285 universes, and more than 21,000 products comprise the PSN SMA database showing asset breakdowns, compliance, key personnel, ownership diversity, ESG, business objectives and strategy, style, fees, GIC sectors, fixed income ranges and full holdings. Unique to PSN is its robust historical database of nearly 40 Years of Data Including Net and Gross-of-Fee Returns. For more details on the methodology behind the PSN Top Guns Rankings or to purchase PSN Top Guns Reports, contact Margaret Tobiasen at Margaret.tobiasen@informa.com. Visit PSN online to learn more.

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