Strategy Attributes
- Focused on small-cap growth companies that possess distinct competitive advantages, strong management teams, organic revenue growth and high margins.
- Leverages detailed fundamental research and deep industry contacts in seeking to identify companies early in the growth curve.
- Our deep and experienced research team consists of seven investment professionals who average more than 15 years of investment experience. Over the years, we have developed and honed a focus on growth investing. We believe the experience of our investment team can exploit inefficiencies in these securities over time.
- Seeks to invest for the long-term and outperform the benchmark over complete market cycles.
Investment Objective
Long-term capital growth.
Style:
Small Cap Growth
Fund Facts
(Class A)| Inception | 11/30/87 |
| AUM (as of 12/31/11) | $505,546,562 |
| Ticker | RSEGX |
| CUSIP | 74972H101 |
| Minimum Investment | $2,500 |
| Minimum Investment in IRA | $1,000 |
| Minimum Subsequent Investment | $100 |
| Maximum Sales Load | 4.75% |
| Management Fees* | 0.95% |
| Distribution (12b-1) Fees* | 0.25% |
| Other Expenses*1 | 0.27% |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses*2 | 1.47% |
| Fee Waiver / Expense Limitation*2 | 0.12% |
| Net Expenses*2 | 1.35% |
| * As reported in the May 1, 2011 Prospectus. | |
1"Other Expenses" are restated based upon amounts for the current fiscal year.
2 RS Investments has contractually agreed through April 30, 2012, to reduce its management fee with respect to Class A shares of the Fund to the extent that Class A's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding expenses indirectly incurred by the Fund through investments in pooled investment vehicles, interest, taxes and extraordinary expense) exceed 1.35%, and to reduce the management fee paid by each of the other classes of the Fund so that each of those classes bears the same level of management fees as Class A shares during the period.
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses are based on amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year, as expressed as a percentage of average net assets during the fiscal year. The decline in the Fund's average net assets over the past year or more due to market volatility or other factors will cause the Fund's expense ratios for the Fund's current fiscal year to be higher than the expense information presented.