- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Global
- Address
- 1 Freedom Valley Drive Oaks PA United States of America 19087
- IPO Date
- Mar 31, 2010
- Business
- Sands Capital Global Growth Fund Institutional Shares (SCMGX) is an open-end mutual fund managed by Sands Capital Management LLC that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of publicly-traded companies located anywhere in the world, including developed and emerging markets; the fund focuses on high-quality, innovative growth businesses across sectors such as technology, communication services, consumer cyclical, financial services, industrials, and cash equivalents, with top holdings including NVIDIA Corp, Netflix Inc, MercadoLibre Inc, Visa Inc Class A, and Amazon.com Inc. The fund employs an active, long-term investment approach combining analytical rigor and creative thinking to identify leading growth companies, supported by a team of portfolio managers including lead manager David Levanson and comanagers Brian Christiansen and Daniel Pilling, alongside a roughly 40-person analyst team. Sands Capital Global Growth Fund Institutional Shares, with inception date March 31, 2010, is headquartered at 1000 Wilson Blvd, Suite 3000, Arlington, Virginia, and serves institutional investors globally through Sands Capital's integrated platform spanning public equity, growth equity, and venture capital strategies offered from offices in the Washington, D.C. area, London, and Singapore. In recent developments, Sands Capital announced on August 1, 2025, that comanager T. Perry Williams transitioned to co-CIO of the firm, stepping down from day-to-day portfolio management responsibilities on the fund while the strategy remains well-staffed under the continuing managers; additionally, Sands Capital's Global Ventures Fund II achieved a successful exit in June 2025 through the acquisition of portfolio company Brightflag, an AI-powered legal operations provider, by Wolters Kluwer for €425 million, highlighting the firm's commitment to high-impact growth investments across public and private markets. The fund operates within the global large-stock growth category, targeting institutional clients seeking exposure to innovative businesses driving future earnings growth, with portfolio turnover around 17% reflecting a disciplined, long-term holding strategy.