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Ms. Geritz is the founder and Chairwoman of Rondure Global Advisors. A seasoned international investor, she is the lead portfolio manager of Rondure New World, which focuses on emerging markets, and Rondure Overseas, which focuses on small- and mid-cap companies outside the United States. In 2023, Laura handed the CEO role to Jennifer McCulloch Dunne and CIO role to Blake Clayton to maximize her focus on research and portfolio management.
Prior to founding Rondure in 2016, Ms. Geritz spent ten years on the international team at Wasatch Advisors where she was the founding portfolio manager for the Wasatch Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund, a lead Portfolio Manager for the Wasatch International Opportunities Fund, and a lead Portfolio Manager for the Wasatch Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund. Ms. Geritz began her financial career in 1997 at American Century Investments, where she worked as an analyst on the US Core and Global strategies. In 2004, she joined Mellon Corporation as a senior analyst working on US Small-Cap and Micro-Cap strategies.
Ms. Geritz graduated with honors from the University of Kansas, earning a BA in Political Science and History. Later, she earned a Master’s degree in East Asian Languages and Culture from the University of Kansas.
Ms. Geritz is a CFA charterholder.
Laura is a Lipper Award-winning portfolio manager and is often featured in the financial media, including Barron’s, CNBC and Morningstar.
Laura has lived in Japan and speaks Japanese. She is an avid reader. Laura and her husband, Robb, enjoy traveling the globe, and working with children’s charities locally and globally.
Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses of the Fund(s) before investing. The prospectus contains this and other information about the Fund(s) and should be read carefully before investing. The prospectus may be obtained at 1-855-775-3337 or rondureglobal@utlimusfundsolutions.com
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An investor should consider investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. Click the link to obtain a prospectus for the Rondure Funds, which contains important information about risk factors and disclosures, or call 1.855.775.3337. Read the prospectus carefully before investing in the Rondure Funds.
IMPORTANT RISKS
Any investing, including in mutual funds, involves risks and loss of principal is possible. Investing in international or global funds, small- or micro-cap funds, or related strategies will be more volatile and the risk of principal loss could be greater than investing in domestic, large-cap or more diversified funds or strategies. Investing in foreign securities also entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus. Investments in emerging markets are subject to greater risk than investments in the United States or in foreign countries with more established economies and securities markets.
Rondure Funds are distributed by Northern Lights Distributors LLC. Member FINRA/SIPC.
Investment advisory services for the Rondure Funds and related separately managed accounts are provided by Rondure Global Advisors, LLC, a federally registered investment adviser. Northern Lights Distributors LLC is not affiliated with Rondure Global Advisors, LLC.
The adviser’s judgments about the growth, value or potential appreciation of an investment may prove to be incorrect or fail to have the intended results, which could adversely impact the Fund’s performance and cause it to underperform relative to other funds with similar investment goals or relative to its benchmark, or not to achieve its investment goal.
Diversification does not ensure a profit or guarantee against loss.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Value investing involves buying stocks that are out of favor and/or undervalued in comparison to their peers or their prospects for growth. Typically, their valuation levels are lower than those of growth stocks.
Grandeur Peak Global Advisors is an equity partner of Rondure and provides all back- and middle-office functions for Rondure via a shared services agreement. These services include operations, trading, compliance, IT and legal.