ADSRX — Aperture Discover Equity Fund
Data updated: 2024-03-15
ADSRX — Aperture Discover Equity Fund. United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity · $212.63M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
ADSRX Fund Overview
ADSRX — Aperture Discover Equity Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III, categorised as United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III
- Category: United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $212.63M
- 1-year return: 18.7%
- Ticker: ADSRX
- SEC CIK: 0001593547
- SEC series ID: S000067439
- Share class ID: C000216812
ADSRX Investment Objective and Strategy
Aperture Discover Equity Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III.
Investment objective
The Aperture Discover Equity Fund (the Discover Equity Fund or the Fund) seeks a return in excess of the Russell 2000 Total Return Index (the Russell Index).
Principal investment strategy
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities. This investment policy may be changed by the Fund upon 60 days prior written notice to shareholders. The equity securities in which the Fund primarily invests are common stocks of North American companies, including initial public offerings (IPOs). For purposes of the Funds 80% investment policy, however, equity securities also include exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and derivatives with economic characteristics similar to equity securities. The Fund may invest in both small capitalization companies and medium capitalization companies, and may invest in companies located in both the U.S. and non-U.S. developed market countries. The Fund may invest in derivatives, including swaps, to create long or short exposure without investing directly in the underlying assets, increase the return of the Fund and/or hedge (protect) the value of the Funds assets.
The Fund seeks to achieve its objective primarily by taking long and short positions in equity securities of companies that the Adviser believes are undergoing transformational change. The Fund takes long positions in equity securities of companies that the Adviser believes are high quality companies with attractive valuations that are undergoing positive, fundamental changes. Examples of positive, fundamental changes may include: new management, technology initiatives, new product development, cost reduction, operational efficiencies and/or acquisitions/divestitures. The Adviser believes that these types of changes can be transformational in their ability to accelerate revenue growth, operating income, cash flow and/or return of invested capital for a company. The Fund takes short positions in equity securities of companies that the Adviser believes are companies with unattractive valuations that are experiencing deteriorating fundamentals and/or structural challenges.
Examples of deteriorating fundamentals may include: slowing revenue growth, contracting margins, declining market share and/or deteriorating returns. Examples of structural challenges may include: inflexible structure, entrenched management, competitive threats and/or weak pricing power. While the Funds primary goal is to generate excess returns, the Adviser seeks to assess the financial risks and opportunities presented by certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in accordance with the Advisers Responsible Investment and ESG Policy (the ESG Policy). In managing the Fund, the Adviser may consider one or more ESG factors alongside other, non-ESG factors in its investment decisions, but such ESG factors are generally no more significant than other factors in the investment selection process, such that (except with respect to the exclusionary screens described elsewhere) ESG factors may not be determinative in deciding to include or exclude any particular investment in the Funds portfolio.
Even when ESG factors are considered, investments presenting significant ESG-related risks may be purchased and retained by the Fund because considerable discretion is given to the investment team in weighing ESG factors along with other factors in making investment decisions. In addition, the Fund employs an exclusionary screen that prohibits investment in certain types of investments, specifically producers of certain types of weapons and munitions (e.g. landmines). If reliable ESG information regarding a particular investment is not readily available to the Adviser from its regular sources and in certain other situations (including, but not limited to, with respect to (a) investments of a de minimis size when compared to the total size of the Funds portfolio and (b) investments intended to be held only for a short period of time), the Adviser may not consider ESG factors when making portfolio decisions with respect to such investment.
When the Fund takes a long position, the Fund purchases a security outright and will benefit from an increase in the price of the security. Similarly, when the Fund takes a long position through a derivative instrument, it will benefit from an increase in the price of the underlying instrument. When the Fund takes a short position, the Fund borrows the security from a third party and sells it at the then current market price. The Fund is then obligated to buy the security on a later date so that it can return the security to the lender. When the Fund takes a short position, it will benefit from a decrease in the price of the security and will incur a loss if the price of the security increases between the time it is sold and when the Fund replaces the borrowed security. Similarly, when the Fund takes a short position through a derivative instrument, it will benefit from a decrease in the price of the underlying instrument and will incur a loss if the price of the underlying instrument increases.
The Fund may reinvest the proceeds of its short sales by taking additional long positions, thus allowing the Fund to maintain long positions in excess of 100% of its net assets. Under normal circumstances, the Fund intends to hold long positions in securities for long periods (typically over two years). The Fund is classified as non-diversified, which means that it may invest a larger percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. Due to its investment strategy, the Fund may buy and sell securities frequently.
ADSRX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Aperture Discover Equity Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Mks Instruments, Inc. | 5.83% |
| Aritzia Inc. | 5.49% |
| Cyberark Software Ltd. | 5.19% |
| DoubleVerify Holdings Inc | 5.16% |
| Trex Company, Inc. | 4.42% |
| Brunswick Corporation | 4.30% |
| The New York Times Company | 4.26% |
| Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. | 4.04% |
| Enpro Inc. | 3.98% |
| Avidxchange Holdings Inc | 3.93% |
ADSRX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Aperture Discover Equity Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 92.2% |
| Fixed Income | 3.5% |
| Derivatives | 2.0% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.9% |
ADSRX Performance
Total returns for ADSRX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 18.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 0.0% |
ADSRX Risk Information
Risk metrics for ADSRX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 33.3%
ADSRX Costs and Fees
ADSRX costs about $65 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.65%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.65%
- Portfolio turnover: 94%
- Brokerage commissions: 17.03 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
ADSRX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2023-12, Aperture Discover Equity Fund had net inflows of $265.60M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2023-12 | −$256.34K |
| 2023-11 | $1.93M |
| 2023-10 | $102.38M |
| 2023-09 | $1.34M |
| 2023-08 | $53.61M |
| 2023-07 | $670.48K |
ADSRX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Aperture Discover Equity Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States of America | 3.50% |
ADSRX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Aperture Discover Equity Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-04-28
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2022-11-01
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2022-05-10
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2024-02-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2023-11-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2023-08-29
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-03-15
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2023-03-14
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.