We were able to buy two new investments in the Fund—Ralph Lauren in the second quarter and T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ:TROW) in the fourth. TROW is a diversified investment advisory firm with a dominant position in U.S. target date fund retirement assets, which account for about twenty percent of assets under management (AUM). TROW’s funds have performed well and had net inflows, even with the active management headwinds the industry has faced. Over the last ten years, the company has put capital into building its international investments and distribution. The company currently has just below twenty percent of AUM in international funds and a mid-single digit percent of total AUM coming from offshore investors. As this business grows, margins should rise accordingly. The company’s balance sheet has net cash, and we are confident in the aligned management team who has a record of prudent capital allocation
From Longleaf Partners' fourth quarter 2016 commentary.
