A Top International Fund for Risk-Tolerant Investors
An experienced team and disciplined process add to Causeway International Value's appeal.
William Samuel Rocco
Bill Rocco is a senior manager research analyst for Morningstar Research Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. He specializes in international-stock and emerging-markets funds and is the lead analyst covering asset managers Harding Loevner, Matthews and Seafarer. Rocco is a member of the Morningstar Analyst Ratings Committee for international-equity funds. He joined Morningstar in 1994 as a mutual fund analyst.
Rocco holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Duke University and a master's degree in comparative politics from Georgetown University.
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