ARSPX — AllianzGI Global Small-Cap Fund
Data updated: 2026-09-11
ARSPX — AllianzGI Global Small-Cap Fund. Global (incl. US) Mid Cap Blend / Core Industrials Equity · $35.13M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
ARSPX Fund Overview
ARSPX — AllianzGI Global Small-Cap Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Virtus Investment Trust, categorised as Global (incl. US) Mid Cap Blend / Core Industrials Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Virtus Investment Trust
- Category: Global (incl. US) Mid Cap Blend / Core Industrials Equity
- Assets under management: $35.13M
- 1-year return: 9.6%
- Ticker: ARSPX
- SEC CIK: 0000867297
- SEC series ID: S000007979
- Share class ID: C000066137
ARSPX Investment Objective and Strategy
AllianzGI Global Small-Cap Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Virtus Investment Trust.
Investment objective
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by normally investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings made for investment purposes) in companies with market capitalizations comparable to those of companies included in the MSCI World Small-Cap Index (between $118.3 million and $11 billion as of June 30, 2018). Under normal market and other conditions, the Fund expects to maintain a weighted-average market capitalization between 50% and 200% of the weighted-average market capitalization of the securities in the MSCI World Small-Cap Index, which as of June 30, 2018 would permit the Fund to maintain a weighted- average market capitalization ranging from $1.7 billion to $6.7 billion. The Fund normally will allocate its investments among securities of issuers located in at least eight different countries (which may include the U.S.) and expects that the majority of its non-U.S.
investments will normally be in Japan and Western Europe. The Fund will normally invest no more than 25% of its assets in issuers located in any one country outside the U.S., other than France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom. The Fund may invest up to 30% of its assets in emerging market securities (but no more than 10% in any one emerging market country). Regional portfolio managers in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Asia (ex-Japan) collaborate to produce a portfolio that is believed likely to have the best investment opportunities from each of those regions. The allocation of Fund assets among these four regions is set from time to time and periodically adjusted through a collaborative effort among the most senior portfolio managers in the regions. The portfolio managers in Europe, Japan and Asia (ex-Japan) may consider the anticipated economic growth rate, political outlook, current and forecasted inflation rates, currency outlook and interest rate environment to help identify countries and other geographies within the applicable region that are likely to offer the best investment opportunities.
Although there are differences in the processes used by regional teams, in general, when evaluating individual issuers, the portfolio managers in Europe and Asia (both Japan and ex-Japan) ordinarily look for the following characteristics: higher than average growth and strong potential for capital appreciation; substantial capacity for growth in revenue through either an expanding market or market share; a strong balance sheet; superior management; and differentiated or superior products and services or a steady stream of new products and services. The portfolio managers in the U.S. follow a disciplined, fundamental bottom-up research process focusing on North American companies with sustainable growth characteristics that are undergoing positive fundamental change. The portfolio managers look for what they believe to be the best risk-reward candidates within the investment universe, defined as equities that are expected to appreciate based on accelerating fundamental performance and related increases in valuation multiples.
Company-specific research includes industry and competitive analysis, revenue model analysis, profit analysis and balance sheet assessment. Once the portfolio managers in the U.S. believe that positive fundamental change is occurring and will likely lead to accelerating fundamental performance, they seek evidence that performance will be a longer-term sustainable trend. Lastly, these portfolio managers determine if the investment is timely with regard to relative valuation and price strength, exploiting stocks that are under-priced relative to their potential. In addition to common stocks and other equity securities (such as preferred stocks, convertible securities and warrants), the Fund may invest in securities issued in initial public offerings (IPOs) and real estate investment trusts (REITs), and may utilize foreign currency exchange contracts, options, stock index futures contracts and other derivative instruments.
Although the Fund did not invest significantly in derivative instruments as of the most recent fiscal year end, it may do so at any time.
ARSPX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of AllianzGI Global Small-Cap Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Primerica, Inc. | 7.23% |
| Caixa Seguridade Participacoes SA | 5.16% |
| Corporacion Moctezuma Sab De Cv | 4.94% |
| Landstar System, Inc. | 4.56% |
| Aj Bell PLC | 4.55% |
| Toro Company | 4.22% |
| Finecobank Banca Fineco Spa | 4.18% |
| Watts Water Technologies, Inc. | 4.16% |
| Alliance Laundry Holdings, Inc. | 4.10% |
| Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | 4.05% |
ARSPX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of AllianzGI Global Small-Cap Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 97.2% |
ARSPX Performance
Total returns for ARSPX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 9.6% |
| 3 years (annualised) | -4.0% |
ARSPX Risk Information
Risk metrics for ARSPX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 17.3%
ARSPX Costs and Fees
ARSPX costs about $138 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.38%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.39%
- Portfolio turnover: 25%
- Brokerage commissions: 12.46 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
ARSPX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, AllianzGI Global Small-Cap Fund had net outflows of $6.00M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$1.02M |
| 2026-05 | −$674.42K |
| 2026-04 | −$670.86K |
| 2026-03 | −$629.44K |
| 2026-02 | −$343.72K |
| 2026-01 | −$626.66K |
ARSPX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in AllianzGI Global Small-Cap Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
ARSPX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official AllianzGI Global Small-Cap Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-10-22
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-10-24
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-10-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-09-11
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-09-12
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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.