Sanders Capital, LLC is a New York limited liability company; we were founded in
August of 2009 by Lewis A. Sanders, our Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chief Investment
Officer, and principal owner. We are 100 per cent owned by senior staff members.
We are a discretionary investment manager; we have the authority and
responsibility to formulate strategy and make decisions regarding what securities to buy or
sell and in what amounts in accordance with agreed upon client investment objectives and
guidelines.
This filing also covers SC SPV LLC, an affiliated company which is the general
partner of the Sanders Capital All Asset Value Fund, L.P. (the "Fund"), which is discussed
below. The Fund is sold only to qualified clients, as further defined in the offering
memorandum of the Fund. All of the persons who act on behalf of SC SPV LLC are under
the supervision and control of Sanders Capital and subject to our Ethics Code and
compliance policies and procedures, which are administered by our chief compliance
officer.
Our investment services include the following:
All Asset Value Portfolios
All Asset Value Portfolios can invest in a broad range of financial assets in all parts of the global capital markets. The investment objectives of these portfolios are to generate
attractive, risk adjusted investment returns, while conforming to specified absolute
volatility targets, currently ranging from moderate (similar to a half-equity portfolio) to
high (comparable to equities). The portfolios are managed to achieve absolute returns at
or above these volatility targets. Currently this service is available through portfolios of the
Fund, a Delaware limited partnership sponsored by our affiliated company and managed
by us (see Item 10 below for more information). Investments are offered by private
offering memorandum to qualified investors, including our investment management
clients. The offering memorandum contains details regarding the investment strategy and
risks of the portfolios.
US Value Equity Portfolios and Global Equity Portfolios
Sanders Capital currently offers two equity-only Portfolios for those clients with
fixed asset allocation policies. These Portfolios are managed in accordance with our
discipline and clients' guidelines.
• US Value Equity Portfolios invest predominantly in large capitalization stocks of US
companies, although they may invest some portion of their assets in companies
domiciled in developed or emerging markets outside the United States.
• Global Value Equity Portfolios invest predominantly in large capitalization stocks of
companies domiciled in developed nations throughout the world¸ although they
may also invest in companies domiciled in emerging markets.
Our equity portfolios are driven by the same research and portfolio management process
as our All Asset Value Portfolios. They benefit from our all asset research orientation,
which we believe produces superior forecasts at the asset class level. Please refer to Item 8
- Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss - for an explanation of our
investment philosophy and investment process.
As of December 31, 2019, Sanders Capital had regulatory capital under management
of $41.897 billion, of which $38.252 billion was managed on a fully discretionary basis and
$3.645 billion on an advisory (non-discretionary) basis.
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US Value Equity and Global Equity Fee Schedules
The firm's annual fee for US Value Equity and Global Value Equity Portfolios is:
0.900 percent of assets on the first $15 million;
0.500 percent on the next $35 million of assets, and
0.400 percent on the balance.
The minimum account size for a US Value Equity or a Global Value Equity Portfolio is
$10 million. We may waive the minimum account size at our discretion. Fees for accounts
(including their related accounts) above $225 million or those that expect to reach that level in a
reasonable time are negotiable. Related accounts as defined by the firm may be aggregated for
the purposes of fee computation. Performance fees are available. We include the value of
clients' cash reserves, including those that are invested in third party sponsored short term
investment funds as well as investments in other third party pooled vehicles such as ETFs, in
calculating market value for billing purposes. Clients generally also pay fees to the
sponsor/advisor of such commingled funds.
Fees are billed in arrears, generally on a quarterly basis. Fees are prorated for lesser
periods based on the time the account is under management.
Sanders Capital's all-asset value service is offered in the form of a limited
partnership; the offering memorandum contains details with respect to the fees and other
charges for this service.
Additional Fees and Expenses:
In addition to the investment management fees that clients pay to us, they also pay
fees to third parties in connection with their managed accounts. Such fees may include:
• custodial fees to their banks or other custodians, including fees to open certain
foreign markets;
• brokerage commissions or mark-ups/markdowns to broker-dealers who
execute transactions for their accounts (for more information on Sanders
Capital’s brokerage practices, please refer to Item 12 below starting on page 9).
• fees, transfer taxes, and/or stamp duties of governments or regulators in
jurisdictions where their securities are purchased or sold;
• consultants' fees in connection with asset allocation or other strategic decisions
affecting their accounts.
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Some clients pay performance-based fees to Sanders Capital for investment
management services; additionally, investors in the Sanders Capital All Asset Value Fund,
L.P., a Delaware Limited Partnership, pay performance allocations to SC SPV LLC, which is
the general partner of the partnership. SC SPV LLC is predominantly owned by the same
persons who own Sanders Capital; the balance is owned by our staff members who have
achieved the status of principal and share in a portion of our profits.
Clients’ accounts are managed alongside other clients' accounts without regard to
the type of fee or performance allocation the client pays to us or SC SPV LLC. We also
manage accounts for our staff in the same investment services that we offer clients; we
treat staff accounts as client accounts and manage them alongside non-related clients'
accounts. We believe that our staff having "skin in the game" is beneficial to clients since
we presumably would not take risks in our own accounts that we deem imprudent.
However, this type of side-by-side management may give rise to conflicts of interest. For
example, we may have an incentive to favor a client with a performance-based fee or an
account of a staff member by giving them preference in allocations and prices of securities.
We address these conflicts through our brokerage aggregation and allocation procedures,
set forth below.
Aggregation of Orders and Average Pricing
Our policy is to treat each account equitably and without favoritism and we have
adopted practical strategies to ensure equitable treatment. For example, we aggregate
orders for investment management accounts for the same security at the same limit in a
single order. If the entire order is not filled by day-end, we allocate shares executed to
underlying accounts on a pro rata basis. If an order is filled at several prices through
multiple trades with the same broker, an average price and commission will be used for
each trade executed and all participants receiving securities from the trade will receive the
average price. Only orders entered at the same time and executed on the same day may be
combined for purposes of calculating the average price. We cannot always aggregate
orders for different management services at the same time since account reviews for one
service may precede those for another service and cash flows into and out of accounts will
influence the timing of transactions. However, we have no systemic bias that prioritizes
the review of some investment management services over others.
Although we typically do not participate in initial public offerings (IPOs) of
securities, any allocation of an IPO would be treated in the same manner (consistent with
client guidelines, some of which prohibit the purchase of IPOs).
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Sanders Capital provides investment management services to pension and profit
sharing plans, government plans, sovereign wealth funds, investment companies and other
collective investment funds, other institutional investors, trusts, charitable organizations,
insurance companies, and high net worth individuals. The minimum size account is $10
million. We may waive the minimum account size in our discretion.
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Investment Philosophy
Sanders Capital employs a value driven investment approach. It rests on the
proposition that investors systematically overreact to adversity (a behavioral bias known
as loss aversion), unduly depressing the price of the affected assets, thereby producing
investments with above-average risk-adjusted returns. The source of adversity may be
company specific in nature or may affect entire industries or asset classes. The objective of
our research is to identify which assets are subject to such pressures and, in particular,
identify those for which the pressure will prove transitory. It is that subset of investments
where we believe that unusual opportunity is typically present.
A major tenet of our investment philosophy is that value opportunities are best
exploited if applied to multiple asset classes in a single portfolio as opposed to strategies
that focus exclusively on one asset type. We believe that analysis of the full spectrum of
opportunities generated by a particular dislocation leads to improved research insight and
a greatly enhanced ability to trade off risk and return.
Investment Universe
Consistent with our core beliefs, Sanders Capital sources investments for All Asset
Value portfolios from a broad range of financial assets in all parts of the global capital
markets including: common and preferred stock and related options, corporate debt
(bonds and bank loans), municipal debt securities, commercial paper, and US government
securities. We may invest in commodity futures in energy, industrial and agricultural
commodities; futures on intangible assets; ETFs; convertible preferred stock; asset-backed
securities including those backed by residential mortgages; credit cards, and other financial
assets; agency residential mortgage-backed securities; commercial mortgage-backed
securities; credit derivatives, and currency futures and forwards to actively manage risks
and seek opportunity in non-dollar investments. We may utilize leverage in certain
circumstances.
We believe that the capital markets have become very nearly borderless as it relates
to valuation and common factor risks. Thus, we define our investment universe in global
terms.
We source investments for US and Global Value equity portfolios from a subset of
these investments, consistent with our clients' asset allocation policies and guidelines.
Investment Process
1. Valuation
The research teams employed by Sanders Capital screen the investment universe for
securities or assets for which the expected internal return meets or exceeds the return
targets of our services. Such estimates are supported by extensive field research and the
use of disciplined valuation processes. The conversion of all forecasts to the common
language of expected total return facilitates comparisons of investments across the capital
stack of corporate issuers and all other asset classes.
Our valuation processes include the following:
• a present value modeling framework for common stocks that compares estimates of
future free cash flow to current stock prices, computing the expected internal
returns, comparing such returns to a broad universe of companies, and establishing
both absolute and relative views of return potential.
• a fixed income cash flow modeling framework that compares market prices to
predictions of loan performance permitting the computation of expected internal
returns. Such returns take into account the idiosyncratic features of deal structure
(including conversion features, prepayment options, etc.) and the cash flow
pathways triggered by events of default and other factors where applicable.
• econometric modeling at the global and national level used to drive predictions of
broad trends in corporate profits and supply and demand for real assets in the near
and longer term.
• quantitative factors that correlate with future stock and bond returns to facilitate
screening for opportunities, timing of purchases and sales and sizing of positions;
they also signal forecasting error, useful in research review. Such tools are
adjunctive to our portfolio management process; all investments must qualify on
fundamental grounds.
• surveillance systems to track predictions versus actual results
2. Research Review
The inputs that drive the above processes are subject to intensive research review
and quality assurance conducted by our Chief Investment Officers and Director of
Quantitative Analysis in collaboration with both internal and external research analysts.
3. Portfolio Construction/Risk Assessment
The portfolio construction process seeks to maximize risk adjusted returns by rank
ordering investment options by factors correlated with expected internal return
independent of asset type and comparing them systematically to estimates of absolute
volatility and covariance. In the case of corporate issuers, the process arrays expected
returns in all parts of the capital structure (common stock, preferred stock, convertible
securities, bonds, loans, certificates of deposit) so as to optimize risk/return trade-offs.
With respect to All Asset Value portfolios, asset allocation between stocks, bonds,
credit market instruments, synthetics, and commodities are a derivative of this process as
no predetermined guidelines are imposed. Similarly, there are no predetermined
constraints on ratings for fixed income holdings which can range from AAA to unrated.
These portfolios have the authority to shift asset allocation to short-term risk free assets
during periods when very low risk premiums characterize the capital markets. As a matter
of policy, the portfolios will not make risk bearing investments if, in our judgment, the
overall risk/return target of the portfolio is deemed unattractive. Thus the allocation to
risk free assets is a derivative of the presence or absence of attractive risk bearing
alternatives.
In sum Sanders Capital sees all asset value investing as the most advanced form of
the value investment paradigm. It leverages research insight to the fullest. It breaks free of
portfolio construction constraints that make sense in normal times but are often
counterproductive in times of stress, the very times when value opportunities are greatest
Our US Value Equity and Global Value Equity portfolios benefit from our all asset
research orientation, which we believe produces superior forecasts at the asset class level;
these portfolios respond to the requirements of clients with fixed asset class requirements.
Overall portfolio construction is managed with the objective of producing an
information ratio (total expected return divided by estimated volatility) of at least 1 while
meeting the volatility targets of each portfolio.
Risk of Loss:
All investments in securities subject the investor to risk of loss. Clients should be
prepared to bear such losses when deciding to invest. Stock markets and bond markets
fluctuate substantially over time; prices in individual securities may fluctuate more so. In
addition, global and domestic economic and political and other events may have a
substantial effect on securities markets and these effects may be prolonged. Moreover,
there are times when a particular style of investment, such as the value style Sanders
Capital employs, is out of favor and underperforms other investment styles or the broader
market. The investment services we offer are long term strategies and not suitable for
investors with short investment horizons.
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As stated previously, Sanders Capital is the investment manager of Sanders Capital
All Asset Value Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, whose general partner is SC SPV
LLC. The partnership offers limited partnership interests to qualified investors under the
securities laws, including our investment management clients. Such offerings are made in
private placements by means of an offering memorandum in which Sanders Capital’s
compensation, its affiliation with SC SPV LLC, as well as the latter’s performance allocation
are fully disclosed. We manage the portfolios of the partnership alongside other accounts
we manage. The potential conflicts that may arise from performance fees and side-by side
management and how they are addressed are discussed in Item 6 on page 3. Additionally,
we may have an incentive to recommend an investment in the partnership because our
affiliate, SC SPV LLC, is entitled to performance allocations, which ultimately benefit the
owners of Sanders Capital.
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Sanders Capital's Code of Ethics and Personal Trading Policy (the "Code") provides
that we and our staff must act competently and with diligence on behalf of clients and must
act with the utmost good faith solely in the best interests of our clients. This fiduciary duty
is the core principle underlying the Code. Our rules are designed to ensure that our
research and investment decisions benefit clients’ accounts first and foremost and that
staff’s personal investments be made only if they do not negatively affect clients’ interests
and only after client interests are satisfied. The Code requires that personal securities
trades of the staff and certain other persons be pre-cleared by the firm prior to being
executed and that these trades cannot be made before trades or proposed trades for clients
in these same securities are executed. We also do not permit staff to engage in short-term
securities transactions or to take contrary positions to those we take for clients (e.g., except
in rare circumstances they may not sell securities in their personal accounts while clients'
accounts hold such securities).
As stated previously, accounts we manage for staff on a fully discretionary basis are
not subject to these rules. We treat discretionary accounts we manage for staff as client
accounts and manage these accounts side-by-side with other clients’ accounts. Conflicts
related to side-by-side management of staff accounts have been previously discussed in
Item 6 above.
The Code contains other provisions to protect clients and comply with federal
securities laws:
• The staff must maintain confidentiality regarding the securities transactions
we enter into on behalf of clients and the holdings in clients' accounts.
• Staff must exercise diligence and care in maintaining and protecting clients’
nonpublic, confidential information.
• The staff must not act on inside information in their own accounts or on
behalf of clients.
• The staff cannot give or receive gifts above a de minimis level and business
entertainment, whether received or given, must be appropriate and for a
predominantly business purpose.
• The staff are prohibited from so-called “pay-to-play” practices in connection
with obtaining government business.
The staff file periodic reports of their securities transactions and annually certify
that they are in compliance with the Code. We also conduct staff training on the Code at
least annually.
As previously noted, investments in the Sanders Capital All Asset Value Fund are
offered to investment management clients and other qualified investors; conflicts
associated with our role with respect to the partnership are discussed in Items 6 and 10
above.
A complete copy of the Code can be obtained from Sanders Capital by addressing a
written request to us, c/o the Chief Compliance Officer.
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A. Broker Selection/Commissions
Sanders Capital has the authority to choose the broker-dealer to be used for each
trade in clients' accounts and the rate of commissions to be paid.
We have a fiduciary obligation to seek “best execution” of all client securities
transactions. Best execution does not necessarily mean paying the lowest possible
commission rate. We choose broker-dealers to execute transactions based on our
evaluation of the full range of their services, including the value of research provided,
execution capability, commission rate, financial strength and stability, responsiveness, and
technology infrastructure. We also take account of the broker’s trading expertise,
reputation and integrity, access to secondary markets, ability to provide anonymity, and,
with respect to particular trades, the timing and size of the order and available liquidity
and current market conditions. We make a good faith determination that the commissions
paid are reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services
provided by the broker-dealer and that the brokerage and research services provide lawful
and appropriate assistance within the scope of Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.
Currently we execute trades through eleven large broker-dealers, each of which, in
our judgment, has met the above criteria.
Each of the brokerage firms that Sanders Capital uses to execute clients’ trades
provides us with proprietary research - that is, research that the brokerage firm creates or
develops through the efforts of its own or its affiliates’ staff. Our ability to access such
research is an important component of our broker selection process. Our broker-dealers
also provide proprietary research of brokers with whom we do not trade and research of
other third parties who are not broker-dealers. In each case, we make a determination
that the research will provide us with lawful and appropriate assistance in managing client
accounts and that the research is within the scope of Section 28(e) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. In the calendar year 2018, brokers provided us with such research,
including:
• Research reports on countries, companies, industries and securities;
• Financial publications;
• Industry seminars;
• Computer data bases;
• Research oriented software;
• Consultations with experts;
• Other services and products.
Research and other services received from broker-dealers are in addition to, and not in lieu
of, the services performed by our own investment research, investment management and
trading staff.
No client pays for specific research. All discretionary accounts pay commission dollars
which are utilized to obtain research services. We attempt to determine over time that each
managed account has received a fair allocation of research services that is related to the
commission dollars generated by the client’s account.
To the extent that we receive research products and services provided by broker-
dealers in return for client commissions, we will not have to pay for these products and
services ourselves; accordingly, we may be relieved of expenses we would otherwise have
to pay. Commission rates would typically be lower if the value of research provided by the
broker were not taken into account.
Soft dollar practices raise a number of other potential conflicts that we address in
the description of our brokerage allocation procedures below. Among the potential
conflicts are that we may have an incentive to choose brokers primarily for the research
they provide and disregard our obligation to obtain the most favorable overall executions.
Additionally, we may have an incentive to trade client securities more frequently to
generate additional commissions for research.
2. Brokerage Allocation Procedures
Sanders Capital’s brokerage allocation and soft dollar practices are under the
supervision of our Brokerage Committee, which generally meets twice annually. The
Committee analyzes the executions of our brokers and determines whether any changes
need to be made in the broker roster based upon performance. It also approves a budget of
projected research requirements and sets commissions for the upcoming year based upon
those requirements, the amount of assets we have under management and the projected
turnover rate for accounts under management (historically averaging 21 to 23 percent per
year). The Committee may approve revised soft dollar requests within the overall budget
from the research and investment management staff at its regular meetings; between
meetings, soft dollar requests can be approved by a Chief Investment Officer. Some of the
Committee's and Chief Investment Officers’ decisions are guided by a periodic vote of the
Chief Investment Officers and research analysts with respect to the value of proprietary
brokerage and other research. In all cases the General Counsel must approve the request
as being within the parameters of Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act. A
brokerage allocation budget is approved by the Committee, based upon the evaluation of
execution capability and the value of proprietary and other research provided by the firm’s
brokers; the trading staff utilizes the budget to allocate trades to brokers overall, taking
into account any special execution capabilities required for the trade.
We do not direct brokerage in return for client referrals.
B. Aggregation of Client Orders
We aggregate client orders for the purchase and sale of securities; our procedures
are discussed in Item 6, page 4.
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A. Frequency, Triggers and Nature of Reviews
One or both of Sanders Capital's Co-Chief Investment Officers reviews all accounts
regularly. We subject all individual investments in accounts to continual surveillance for
developments that vary from initial and revised expectations and for changes in their
prices. We also review accounts in their entirety as a function of triggering events and in
the absence of such triggers at least once per month.
Triggering factors for account review include:
• Changes in expected returns for investments held in the portfolio that might lead to
a change in position weight or elimination from the portfolio. Such changes can
arise from a change in the price of security and/or a change in the forecast of its
future cash flows.
• Shifts in positions weights deriving from changes in the price of securities that
might require portfolio rebalancing to ensure compliance with the risk and return
objectives of the portfolio.
• The emergence of new opportunities that are superior to those now held in the
portfolio.
• Client directed additions and withdrawals of funds into and out of their accounts.
• Shifts in client circumstances that might alter their investment objectives and
therefore the suitability of the strategy applied to their accounts.
We subject all investments made on behalf of clients to pre- and post-trade
compliance with all contractual and regulatory constraints on portfolio construction.
Sanders Capital reconciles all client trades on a daily basis. We also reconcile all holdings
with clients’ custodians’ accounts on a daily basis. Exceptions identified by this
reconciliation process are researched and resolved in a timely manner.
B. Account Reports
Sanders Capital provides monthly and quarterly written reports to clients on their
accounts. At a minimum, reports include a listing of the positions held in the account, the
valuation of these positions and the value of all holdings in the account on the report date.
Reports also provide information on the transactions made in the account during the
report period, the price at which these transactions have occurred and information on
interest, dividends and other income received in the account during the report period.
Quarterly reports also contain a management commentary for the period.
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Sanders Capital does not compensate any third party for referring clients to it.
Neither does any person who is not a client provide the firm with any economic benefit for
providing investment management services to clients.
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Sanders Capital does not have custodial authority for any clients' accounts other
than the portfolios of the Sanders Capital All Asset Value Fund, L.P.
Sanders Capital and its affiliate, SC SPV LLC, the general partner of the Fund, may be
deemed to maintain custody of the assets of the Fund because of their authority to direct
the disposition of the assets of the Fund. This authority is utilized to pay Fund bills,
including those for advisory fees to Sanders Capital and performance allocations to SC SPV
LLC, as well as to process client redemptions from the Fund. Northern Trust Company is
the primary custodian and the administrator of the Fund; it holds the securities and other
assets of the Fund and processes all payments and redemptions. The Fund's prime broker
acts as an additional custodian in connection with the Fund's trades in futures or other
derivatives.
The firm has developed procedures to protect investors in the Fund from
misappropriation, including authentication procedures whereby no one person at Sanders
Capital or SC SPV LLC can direct Northern Trust Company to make payments or process
redemptions.
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Sanders Capital is a discretionary investment manager; we have the authority and
responsibility to formulate strategy and make decisions regarding what securities to buy or
sell and in what amounts in accordance with agreed upon client investment objectives and
guidelines. To commence an investment management relationship with us, clients sign an
investment management agreement; they may also establish formal investment guidelines
governing our management of their account. In these guidelines clients may restrict the
purchase of certain securities or the utilization of particular strategies, provided that we
agree we are able to manage within the parameters of such restrictions. In cases where
clients do not delegate investment discretion, we will provide advice with respect to which
securities are bought and sold in their accounts in accordance with their objectives and
guidelines.
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When authorized by clients to vote proxies with respect to securities in their
accounts, Sanders Capital has a fiduciary duty to vote such proxies in a timely manner and
make voting decisions that are in clients’ best interests over the long term. We have
adopted proxy voting guidelines that describe our approach to analyzing issues, identify
the persons responsible for determining how we vote, and describe procedures we use to
address material conflicts of interest. In evaluating proxy proposals, we give substantial
weight to the recommendations of a company’s board of directors. However, in certain
circumstances our guidelines or other factors may support a vote against management. For
example, our guidelines call for us to generally vote against proposals, such as those for
classified boards of directors, which would result in shareholders’ inability to change
management. When we believe we have a conflict of interest, for example in a case where
we manage an account for a company whose proxy we must vote, we may decide to have
the proxy voted by an outside voting service or require that our entire proxy voting
committee decide upon our vote. For clients who have entered into securities lending
arrangements with their custodians or others to generate additional revenue, we may not
be able to vote securities on loan at the time of the vote. Clients may obtain a copy of our
Proxy Voting Policy and information with respect to how we voted securities in their
accounts by contacting their account representative or by addressing the request to the
General Counsel at the firm’s principal address.
Sanders Capital does not assume responsibility to initiate, consider or participate in
any bankruptcy, class action or other litigation against or involving any issue of securities
held in or formerly held in clients' accounts. Information about these matters is sent to
clients' custodians, who should provide it directly to them. We are not in a position to know
of these actions, in many cases, or to take action on these matters on behalf of clients. We
will provide any information within our knowledge (e.g., dates of transactions in a security,
purchase and sale prices) that clients may need to pursue their claims against an issuer or
otherwise.
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Sanders Capital does not charge investment management fees in advance of
providing services or act as a custodian for client accounts.
Additional Item - Privacy Policy In the ordinary course of our business, we collect certain confidential information
about individual clients and prospective individual clients. Confidential information is
personally identifiable private information (information not available from public sources
such as the phone book or a website) about the client or prospective client, including
information regarding name and address, age, social security number, assets, income, net-
worth, account balance, account number, bank account information, beneficiary
information and investment activity. We do not share information about the identity of
individual clients or any other of their confidential information with third parties except as
provided by law. Some examples are noted below. Specifically, we may share nonpublic
personal information as necessary:
• To complete transactions or account changes (for example, communications with
brokers and custodians);
• To maintain or service a client’s account;
• If requested or authorized to do so by a client;
• With various service providers providing administrative functions for us, such as
our provider of middle and back office operations support and our technology
vendor, but only after they have entered into a contractual agreement with us that
prohibits the service provider from disclosing confidential information except as
necessary to carry out its assigned responsibilities; or
• If we are required or permitted by law or regulatory authorities with jurisdiction
over the firm to do so.
Additional Item - Disaster Recovery Plan Our comprehensive Disaster Recovery (DR) plan was developed in conjunction with
EZE Castle Integration ("ECI"), our technology vendor. The DR plan contains procedures
for successfully recovering people, business functions and systems in the event of an
emergency at our New York City office. The planning process required us to make
necessary decisions and delegate recovery responsibilities prior to a disaster occurring to
mitigate downtime and panic during a disaster.
The DR plan includes but is not limited to the following strategies: (1) staff access to
critical applications during a disaster from any location; (2) geographically dispersed data
centers; (3) geographically dispersed office locations; (4) staff awareness program; (5)
quarterly disaster recovery testing; (6) internal and external communication strategies; (7)
recovery strategies for office phones.
ECI currently manages disaster recovery systems for more than 100 private funds
and investment firms. DR services are managed and operated by highly experienced
professionals. DR services work by replicating mission critical data to remote, fully
redundant data centers outside the geographical region of our office. When an outage
occurs, any authorized employee can access the data and pre-installed applications with an
internet connection from virtually anywhere in the world.
ECI DR features the following core components:
• Certification: Eze DR is administered by Certified Business Continuity Professionals.
• Quarterly Testing: ECI conducts quarterly tests with us to help guarantee the system
operates as promised and that our staff are prepared in the event of an outage.
• Robust and Highly Redundant Infrastructure: From servers to routers to T1 lines,
Eze DR facilities are fully redundant.
• 24 x 7 x 365 Support: Outages can strike at any time, so ECI has staff available 24 x 7
x 365 to ensure that our business operations can resume quickly.
• Security: ECI delivers an uncompromisingly high level of security through
technologies such as virtual private networks (VPNs), virtual LANs, and firewalls.
• Comprehensive Maintenance: ECI DR services feature 24 x 7 x 365 hardware
monitoring, weekly software updates, remote access testing, weekly random user
account testing and bimonthly on-site co-location inspections.
Our business requirements are continually reviewed and technical solutions
generated to address any potential recovery gaps.
ADV Part 2 B - Brochure Supplement Item 1. This brochure supplement is provided for the following persons: Lewis A. Sanders
John P. Mahedy
Frank D. Speno
at
Sanders Capital, LLC
390 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
(212) 291-7900
www.sanderscapital.com
March 26, 2020
This brochure supplements Sanders Capital, LLC's brochure. Please contact the
firm's chief compliance officer at the address above if you have any questions about the
contents of this supplement.
Item 2. Educational Background and Business Experience - Lewis A. Sanders Name and Year of Birth: Lewis A. Sanders (1946)
Education: Columbia University, B.S. 1968
Business Experience:
Sanders Capital, LLC: Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer,
(August 2009-present)
AllianceBernstein L.P.: Chairman (2005-2008), Chief Investment Officer (2003-
2008), Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer
(2000-2005);
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (1993-2000);
President and COO (1981-1992); Research Director
(1972-1981); Research Analyst (1968-1972)
Item 3 - Disciplinary Information Item 4 - Other Business Activities Mr. Sanders is a principal owner of SC SPV LLC, the general partner of Sanders
Capital All Asset Value Fund, L.P., a Delaware Limited Partnership. As a member of SC SPV
LLC, Mr. Sanders benefits from a portion of any performance allocation received by SC SPV
LLC from the Sanders Capital All Asset Value Fund, L.P. This presents a potential conflict in
that he may recommend investments in the partnership based on his desire to receive such
performance allocations rather than on the client's best interest. Please refer to Item 6,
page 3, and Item 10, page 7 of the Brochure for information on the Partnership and the
potential conflicts associated with performance fees and allocations. Mr. Sanders has a
financial interest in a private business venture of one of his sons and investments in private
real estate offerings.
Item 5 - Additional Compensation None.
Item 6 - Supervision Mr. Sanders is under the general supervision of Sanders Capital's board of managers, comprised of six of its senior executives, including Mr. Sanders. Mr. Sanders
shares responsibility for management of client accounts with John P. Mahedy, the Co-Chief
Investment Officer and Director of Research; decisions regarding the management of client
accounts are generally shared decisions of the CIOs and each may be broadly said to have
supervision of the other with respect to such decisions. The firm's Chief Compliance Officer
and General Counsel, Jean Margo Reid, has broad oversight of the Co-CIOs' compliance with
client contracts and guidelines and with adherence to the firm's stated objectives and
strategies in the management of client accounts, as well as the firm's Ethics Code. She can
be reached at the firm's address; her telephone number is (212) 291-7917.
Item 2 - Educational Background and Business Experience - John P. Mahedy Name and Year of Birth: John P. Mahedy (1963)
Education: New York University, B.S 1985; M.B.A. 1991
Business Background:
Sanders Capital, LLC: Co-Chief Investment Officer, Director of Research
(November 2009-Present)
AllianceBernstein L.P.: Chief Investment Officer of US Value Equities (2009);
Co-Chief Investment Officer of US Value Equities (2003-
2009); Director of Research US Value Equities (2001-
2008)
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.: Senior Research Analyst (1995-2001)
Morgan Stanley: Senior Research Analyst (1991-1995)
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.: Senior Research Analyst (1988-1991)
Item 3 - Disciplinary Information None
Item 4 - Other Business Activities Mr. Mahedy is member (part owner) of SC SPV LLC, the general partner of Sanders
Capital All Asset Value Fund, L.P., a Delaware Limited Partnership. As a member of SC SPV
LLC, he benefits from a portion of any performance allocation received by SC SPV LLC from
the Sanders Capital All Asset Value Fund, L.P. This presents a potential conflict in that he
may recommend investments in the partnership based on his desire to receive such
performance allocations rather than on the client's best interest. Please refer to Item 6,
page 3, and Item 10, page 7 of the Brochure for information on the Partnership and the
potential conflicts associated with performance fees and allocations. Mr. Mahedy has a
passive investment in a private real estate company.
Item 5 - Additional Compensation Item 6 - Supervision Mr. Mahedy is under the general supervision of Sanders Capital's CEO as well as Sanders Capital's board of managers, comprised of six of its senior executives, including Mr.
Mahedy. Investment management of client accounts is shared with Lewis A. Sanders, the
CEO and Co-Chief Investment Officer; decisions regarding the management of client
accounts are generally shared decisions of the CIOs and each may be broadly said to have
supervision of the other with respect to such decisions. The firm's Chief Compliance Officer
and General Counsel, Jean Margo Reid, has broad oversight of the Co-CIOs' compliance with
client contracts and guidelines and with the firm's stated objectives and strategies used in
the management of client accounts, as well as the firm's Ethics Code. She can be reached at
the firm's address; her telephone number is (212) 291-7917.
Item 2 - Educational and Business Background - Frank D. Speno Name and Date of Birth: Frank D. Speno (1964)
Education: Colgate University, B.S. 1987; Kellogg School of
Northwestern University, M.B.A. 1994
Business Background:
Sanders Capital, LLC: Director of Marketing and Client Service (2010-
Present)
AllianceBernstein L.P.: Co-Head Defined Contribution (2009); Global
Head of Consultant Relations, Institutional
Business Development Dept (2008-2009); Senior
Managing Director AllianceBernstein All Asset
Deep Value Fund (2004-2008); Head of Global
Distribution/Retail, Senior Vice President of
Institutional Marketing, Product Manager -
Bernstein Value Equity (2001-2004)
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.: Institutional Asset Advisor (1997-2001);
Director Consultant Relations (1995-1997)
ANB Investment Management: Regional Director (1992-1997)
Item 3 - Disciplinary Information Item 4 - Other Business Activities Mr. Speno is a member (part owner) of SC SPV LLC, the general partner of Sanders
Capital All Asset Value Fund, L.P., a Delaware Limited Partnership. As a member of SC SPV
LLC, Mr. Speno benefits from a portion of any performance allocation received by SC SPV
LLC from the Sanders Capital All Asset Value Fund, L.P. This presents a potential conflict in
that he may recommend investments in the partnership based on his desire to receive such
performance allocations rather than on the client's best interest. Please refer to Item 6,
page 3, and Item 10, page 7 of the Brochure for information on the Partnership and the
potential conflicts associated with performance fees and allocations. Mr. Speno has a
passive investment in a private medical device company.
Item 5 - Additional Compensation Item 6 - Supervision Mr. Speno is under the general supervision of Sanders Capital's CEO, Lewis A. Sanders, as well as Sanders Capital's board of managers, of which Mr. Speno is a member.
Mr. Sanders frequently attends client meetings with Mr. Speno and he has had significant
professional experience with many of the firm's clients. All marketing literature utilized by
the firm is approved by Mr. Sanders and reviewed by the legal department prior to its
utilization. Mr. Sanders can be reached at the firm's address above or by telephone at (212)
291-7900.
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