Firm Description
Harris Associates L.P. (“Harris”) or its predecessors have served as investment advisers to individuals and institutions
since 1975.
Harris is a limited partnership with Harris Associates, Inc. as its general partner. Harris and Harris Associates, Inc. are
indirect subsidiaries of Natixis Investment Managers, LLC, which is an indirect subsidiary of Natixis Investment
Managers (“Natixis IM”), an international asset management group based in Paris, France that is part of the Global
Financial Services division of Groupe BPCE. Natixis IM is wholly owned by Natixis, a French investment banking and
financial services firm. Natixis is wholly owned by BPCE, France’s second largest banking group. Harris’ principal
owners are BPCE, Natixis, Natixis Investment Managers, Natixis Investment Managers Participations 1 and Natixis
Investment Managers, LLC.
Types of Investment Advisory Services
Discretionary Investment Advisory Services
Harris primarily provides discretionary investment advisory services to individuals and institutions, including
registered investment companies. As of December 31, 2023, Harris managed approximately $101,220,749,567 on a
discretionary basis. When Harris has sole investment discretion, it is authorized to make all investment decisions
and to direct the execution of all transactions for the client's account (subject to the investment objectives,
guidelines and restrictions that a client may impose on an account) without consulting the client in connection with
each transaction.
Harris’ discretionary investment advisory services include a variety of investment strategies from which clients may
select. These strategies include U.S. equity, U.S. concentrated equity, equity and income, core plus fixed income,
global all cap equity, global equity, global concentrated equity, international equity, international small cap equity,
Japan equity, balanced, U.S. mid cap equity, private client balanced and private client equity. Harris also provides
variations of certain of these strategies to accommodate, among other things, currency hedging or country
exclusions. Harris also provides U.S. equity and balanced portfolios to Private Wealth Management clients. In the
future, Harris may offer new strategies as opportunities arise.
In addition, Harris provides discretionary investment advisory and administrative services to mutual funds, private
investment partnerships and other pooled investment vehicles. Harris provides access to these investment vehicles
to eligible clients, other advisers’ clients, and financial intermediaries. For more information about an investment
vehicle, including investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses, a client should carefully review such
vehicle’s prospectus or offering memorandum before investing. Harris also has arrangements with other advisory
firms wherein, while Harris has discretionary authority over certain assets of the other advisory firms’ clients, Harris
is not the client’s primary adviser and instead acts in a subadvisory capacity.
Wrap Fee Programs, Model Portfolios and Non-Discretionary Advisory Services
Harris serves as an adviser or subadviser to third-party sponsored wrap fee programs, whereby the program clients
generally receive, in exchange for an all-inclusive "wrap" fee, assistance in determining investment objectives,
choosing investment managers, trade execution, custodial services, periodic performance reports and certain other
services provided by the program sponsor or broker-dealer, as well as investment management services from
investment managers (including Harris) that act as advisers or subadvisers to the program. With respect to certain
wrap programs, Harris provides a model portfolio to the program sponsor or broker-dealer that Harris updates from
time to time whereby the program sponsor trades the securities in the model portfolio on behalf of their clients.
When Harris has sole investment discretion, Harris provides individualized portfolio advice for certain wrap program
clients that have selected Harris to manage their program account. Harris manages such program accounts in
accordance with the investment policies and any instructions from, and reasonable investment restrictions imposed
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by, the client. The program sponsor generally pays Harris a fee based on the assets managed by Harris in connection
with these programs, and that fee is generally a portion of the wrap fee paid by the wrap program client.
Harris generally does not negotiate advisory fees with any wrap fee program client. Rather, Harris' advisory fees are
agreed to with the program sponsor or broker-dealer. The fees received by Harris in connection with wrap programs
may vary from fees charged to Harris' other clients and may vary between program sponsors and/or broker-dealers.
Harris also provides model portfolios and other investment advisory services to institutional clients or sponsors of
certain advisory programs. Sponsors may use Harris’ model portfolios, as well as any ongoing updates to the model
portfolio, independently or with other model portfolios to manage the accounts of their clients. Harris provides
investment advisory services to certain clients designated by a sponsor to act as investment adviser to each such
client and in that capacity, to exercise discretion in selecting securities for the client’s account by delivering the
model portfolio. In these arrangements, intermediary sponsors retain the ultimate decision making and
discretionary responsibility for the determination of which securities are to be purchased and sold for their account
and effect all security transactions in connection with such determinations.
Harris generally does not have any
transparency into which securities were ultimately purchased or sold, or the ending portfolio weighting of the
institutional client account(s), or the accounts of such advisory programs.
There may be differences between the portfolios for which Harris provides a model and the portfolios Harris
manages for other clients that follow the same investment strategy. These differences may result from various
factors, including but not limited to: cash availability, investment restrictions, timing of transactions (as directed by
the client in certain instances), account size, holding limits, tax considerations and trade execution. As a result, the
performance of Harris’ discretionary advisory client portfolios and that of a model portfolio following the same
investment strategy may differ. For more information regarding transactions involving model portfolios, see the
section entitled “Brokerage Practices”.
Harris also provides non-discretionary services related to certain private wealth client assets. In these instances,
private wealth clients retain the ultimate decision-making and discretionary responsibility for the determination of
which securities will be purchased, held and sold, and the timing of such transactions. When Harris is retained on a
non-discretionary basis, all investment decisions are made by the private wealth client, and account transactions are
executed only in accordance with the private wealth client's non-discretionary agreement or other authorization
from the client. The timing of such non-discretionary investment decisions varies relative to transactions for clients
that have given Harris discretionary authority, and depend on, among other things, the investment strategy, the
degree of transparency of and attribution to Harris’ portfolios to certain underlying clients and client agreements.
Harris does not conduct research on the securities in non-discretionary accounts or where it provides non-
discretionary services, and therefore does not provide ongoing monitoring of said securities. Given these securities
are not followed by Harris’ analysts, it is likely said securities are not operationally set-up in Harris’ trading systems
and, therefore, the private wealth client’s trades will not be effected at the time the client provides authorization,
but rather within a reasonable amount of time thereafter, and client understands that Harris does not monitor for
price movements after the client has provided authorization. The private wealth client must be willing to accept that
Harris cannot effect any account transactions without obtaining prior verbal or written consent to any such
transaction(s) from the client. Harris reserves the right to deny certain transaction(s) in cases of fraud or abuse.
To the extent a private wealth client directs Harris to purchase an Oakmark mutual fund in a Pershing account, the
client will be eligible for the Oakmark mutual fund’s least expensive share class. To the extent the client directs Harris
to purchase an Oakmark mutual fund, or third-party mutual fund, outside of a Pershing account, the client remains
responsible for seeking the least expensive share class to which they are eligible. In all cases, Harris does not charge
a fee for non-discretionary services; however, the private wealth client assumes all costs associated with effecting
trades and custody of assets, and assumes the cost of the total expense ratio of the share class of the Oakmark
mutual fund or third-party mutual fund in which they have invested.
Harris does not possess or exercise discretionary authority over non-discretionary assets held in any private wealth
client account and Harris is not authorized in any way to manage such client account or to make any decisions to
buy, sell, or hold any investments in such client account. If a private wealth client elects to follow any
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recommendations received from Harris, the client makes the decision to buy, hold or sell the investment. Harris does
not monitor these assets, although the client understands and acknowledges that Harris may voluntarily review the
client’s account, and recommend certain securities based on the client’s investment goals. However, the purchase
or selling of said securities is solely at the discretion of the private wealth client.
As of December 31, 2023, Harris advised approximately $25,931,275 on a non-discretionary basis for the accounts
described above.
Nothing herein, will restrict or waive any remedies which the client may have pursuant to applicable federal and
state laws or regulations.
Investment Guidelines and Restrictions
Harris may agree to certain investment guidelines or restrictions requested by a client and will endeavor to abide by
such guidelines or restrictions. Clients who impose investment guidelines or restrictions should be aware that any
guidelines or restrictions placed on an account may affect the account’s performance, which can result in
performance that is better or worse relative to other similar client accounts.
Occasionally, a client will request guidelines or restrictions that require we avoid investments based on common
socially responsible investment (“SRI”) themes (e.g., alcohol, tobacco or gambling). These requests are considered
on an account-by-account basis. To the extent that a client has SRI guidelines or restrictions but does not provide
Harris with a list of prohibited securities or issuers, Harris will use a third-party service provider to identify the
securities or issuers that will be deemed restricted. Absent a client’s list of prohibited securities or issuers, Harris’
interpretation of which securities to restrict will control.