VAN BERKOM AND ASSOCIATES INC.


Established in 1991, and majority controlled by J. Sebastian van Berkom, President and Chief Executive Officer, Van Berkom and Associates Inc. (‘’VBA’’) is an SEC-registered investment advisor located in Montreal, Canada. VBA is also registered with the Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba Securities Commissions. The firm manages small-cap and small-mid cap stock portfolios for large Canadian and U.S. pension funds, corporations, foundations and high-net worth clients on a segregated basis. The firm specializes in managing portfolios of U.S. and Canadian Small-Cap Equities.

Effective February 22, 2012, Van Berkom Golden Dragon Limited (“VBGD”) was incorporated in Hong Kong to provide an Asian small-cap equity product to professional investors. VBGD is registered with the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong with a Type 9 license effective July 22, 2012. Mr. J. Sebastian van Berkom is President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Lawrence Lai is the Managing Partner, based in Hong Kong. VBGD is directly owned by JSVB Investments Inc. (32.33%), Advance Glory Group Limited (32.33%), VBA (32.08%), Mr. Marcus Tze (3%) and Mr. Simon Lussier (0.25%).

VBA looks for companies with strong management with a significant ownership position, several years of consistent growth in revenues and earnings, strong ROIC and free cash flow, competitive advantage, a clearly defined strategy for long-term growth and conservative accounting methods. VBA also attempts to identify companies with an important franchise, a significant market share, a global reach and a unique product or service.

VBA’s research process focuses on fundamental analysis. Most of our research efforts center on the identification and analysis of individual companies that are prepared for the economic and secular trends of the future. VBA emphasizes bottom-up analysis to identify high-quality and undervalued companies.

All services are provided pursuant to a written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of services rendered. Each client’s portfolio is managed in a manner consistent with the Investment Management Agreement and with the Investment Policy agreed upon.

Since all of VBA’s clients have similar investment objectives and constraints, all of its client portfolios are managed in a very similar way. Each individual Investment Policy or Investment Management Agreement contains a list of prohibited investments and a list of the types of securities permitted. As at July 31, 2019, VBA’s total assets under management are US$5.033 billion broken- down as follows: VBA’s U.S. Small-Cap Equities Product total assets under management are US$3.319 billion, VBA’s U.S. Small-Mid Cap Equities Product total assets under management are US$0.052 billion, and VBA’s Canadian Small-Cap Equities total assets under management are US$1.662 billion. These are all discretionary assets. Van Berkom and Associates Inc. Page 5 please register to get more info

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Discretionary $5,033,051,511
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