Kenneth Gau - Ivy Small Fund Manager

IYSYX Fund  USD 16.60  0.02  0.12%   
Kenneth Gau is Fund Manager at Ivy Small Cap
Kenneth G. Gau is Vice President of IICO and WRIMCO, Vice President of the Trust, and Vice President of and portfolio manager for another investment company for which IICO serves as investment manager. He joined Waddell Reed in June 2000 as an investment analyst and joined the smallcap growth team as an assistant portfolio manager in March 2006. Mr. Gau graduated from The Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business Administration in May 1994 with a BS in Finance and earned an MBA from Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management in May 2000.
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The fund invests primarily in various types of equity securities of small- and mid-capitalization companies that the manager believes have the greatest potential for capital appreciation. Ivy Small is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in the United States. The fund is listed under Small Blend category and is part of Ivy Funds family.

Ivy Small Cap Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Ivy Small's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Ivy Small inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Ivy. The board's role is to monitor Ivy Small's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Ivy Small's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Ivy Small's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
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