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Invests in high quality, undervalued small- and medium-sized companies
- > Ariel Appreciation Fund
Invests in high quality, undervalued medium-sized companies
- > Ariel Focus Fund
Invests in a concentrated number of high quality, undervalued companies across all market capitalization ranges
- > Ariel Discovery Fund
Invests in deeply undervalued small companies
- > Ariel International Equity Fund
Invests in undervalued, quality franchises in overseas markets
- > Ariel Global Equity Fund
Invests in undervalued, quality franchises in markets around the world
Separately Managed Accounts
Ariel Micro-Cap Value
Invests in deeply undervalued micro-cap companies- > Ariel Small Cap Value
Invests in high quality, undervalued small companies
- > Ariel Small/Mid Cap Value
Invests in high quality, undervalued small- and medium-sized companies
- > Ariel Mid Cap Value
Invests in high quality, undervalued medium-sized companies
- > Ariel Focused Value
Invests in a concentrated number of high quality, undervalued medium- and large-sized companies
- > Ariel International Equity (DM)
Invests in undervalued, quality franchises in overseas markets
- > Ariel International Equity (DM/EM)
Invests in undervalued, quality franchises in overseas and emerging markets
- > Ariel Global Equity
Invests in undervalued, quality franchises in markets around the world
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Charles K. Bobrinskoy
Vice Chairman, Director of Research
Co-Portfolio Manager
Ariel Focus Fund and Ariel Focused Value Product
Charlie manages Ariel’s investment and trading teams and also serves as the firm’s director of research. Additionally, he is co-portfolio manager of our focused value strategies—concentrated portfolios investing in mid-to-large cap companies. Charlie brings more than two decades of investment experience to the firm. Prior to joining Ariel in 2004, he spent 21 years as an investment banker at Salomon Brothers and its successor company, Citigroup, where he held many leadership positions, most recently managing director and head of North American Investment Banking Branch Offices. Beyond Ariel, Charlie is active in the Chicago community, teaching monthly investing classes at two Chicago inner-city schools as well as serving on the boards of the Museum of Science and Industry, La Rabida Children’s Foundation and the Big Shoulders Fund. He is also a member of the Duke University Trinity Board and the board of directors for InnerWorkings, Inc. Charlie graduated from Duke University with an AB in economics and earned an MBA from the University of Chicago.
