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Quality Low Volatility
A Core Equity Strategy for All Markets
Mark C. Sodergren, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Mark Sodergren head of the quantitative active equity team responsible for research and implementation of several quantitative equity strategies. He currently co-manages the Northern International Equity Fund, Northern Large Cap Core Fund and Northern Large Cap Value Fund.
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The Quality Low Volatility strategy is designed to deliver resilient equity exposure with reduced volatility—through every market cycle.
Many low volatility strategies aim to reduce risk—but often at the cost of return potential or unintended exposures. QLV takes a smarter approach, combining quality with disciplined portfolio construction to help mitigate common pitfalls like sector bias and limited upside. The result: a strategy built to pursue more consistent, risk-adjusted returns over time.
Strategy Highlights
- Historically favorable up and down market capture profile
- Has acted as a shock absorber during market drawdowns
- A focus on Quality – management efficiency, profitability, and cash flow – drives security selection
A Multi-Factor Quality Model To Drive Security Selection
Companies with strong fundamentals – conservative management, high profitability, high cash flows – have been shown to have lower future volatility. Quality is integrated in QLV to avoid sole reliance on historical volatility and adding a source of compensated risk.
Why invest with Northern Trust Asset Management?
We seek to add investment value across several essential dimensions
