Madison Investments

The Madison International Equity Team operates on a single principle: seek extraordinary industry-leading companies with sustainable competitive advantages. We are patient, long-term investors—ever wary of fads and the predictions of financial "experts." We are more focused on the inherent value of consistently growing companies, strong products, and sound management than on market trends or movements of share prices. Consequently, we concentrate on the underlying economic and business fundamentals of each investment. Our multi-cultural, multi-national "lens" allows us to distinctively uncover, examine, and invest in dynamic opportunities throughout the world. We seek to truly and intricately understand the companies we invest in. We scrutinize current valuations and historic fundamentals, meet with management, and study a company's competitors. We focus on adding value to client portfolios through bottom-up stock selection, rather than relying on the precarious fortunes of market timing or currency hedging.