| Investment Objective: |
Baron Global Durable Advantage ETF seeks capital appreciation through investments in large-cap growth companies with durable competitive advantages and are capital-efficient. Investments are made in high-quality compounders that tend to earn high returns on investment capital and generate excess free cash flow. A portion of excess cash is typically returned to shareholders. The portfolio invests globally, and under normal market conditions would hold at least 40% of the portfolio outside the U.S in at least three countries. The strategy is non-diversified fund that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in equity securities of established and developing countries throughout the world, with capitalizations within the range of companies included in the MSCI ACWI Index (USD). Developing countries include countries in the MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Index, countries in the MSCI Frontier Markets (FM) Index and other countries determined by the Adviser to be developing countries based on classifications made by the International Monetary Fund or on country characteristics similar to those of the countries in the EM and FM Indexes. |
