Brown Advisory, an independent investment management and strategic advisory firm headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, has launched a suite of global equity strategies to uncover companies trading at a discount to their intrinsic value.

These flagship strategies, led by a specialized investment team, comprise Global Value Select and International Value Select. The Global Value Select strategy will scour worldwide markets for compelling investments, while the International Value Select strategy will follow the same process but exclude the US equity market.  

Brown Advisory will be launching the Global Value Select UCITS Fund, a European-domiciled vehicle for these strategies, in the coming weeks. 

“We’re thrilled to offer this modern, data-led, true-to-label value approach to the market,” comments partner and portfolio manager Nick Kirrage, who is leading the new strategies.  “Through our contemporary approach and deep fundamental analysis, we aim to capitalize on contrarian ideas that drive long-term returns. Starting afresh has afforded us the opportunity to deliver a differentiated offering, focused on doing what others don’t, won’t, or can’t.”

Kirrage joined Brown Advisory in October 2025 after more than two decades in investment management, most recently as head of global value at Schroders.

Working alongside Kirrage is Michael Heap, associate portfolio manager, who joined Brown Advisory in December 2025 and most recently held an investment analyst position with a global remit at Orbis Investment Management.    

Investment research will be supported by dedicated analysts Haseem Shah, who most recently served as portfolio manager at Mondrian Investment Partners, and Valerio Dussizza, who joined the firm from Lansdowne Partners. The team is based in Brown Advisory’s London office.

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Commenting on the Value Select strategies, Kirrage says: “These strategies share a common philosophy, process and objective. They are grounded in modern behavioural value investing, designed to uncover companies where market psychology has led to them trading at a discount to their intrinsic value.

“We aim to generate absolute annualized double-digit ( net of fees ) returns over the long term, as well as long-term returns in excess of respective benchmarks, consistent with the excess return potential we believe disciplined value investing can deliver over time.”

Brown Advisory has more than 1,000 colleagues – each with an equity interest – serving private clients and institutions in around 50 countries from 20 offices globally and is responsible for approximately US$173.5 billion in assets for private and institutional clients and charities as of December 2025.