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- Cullen Value Fund Retail Class (CVLEX) is an open-end mutual fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation and current income by investing at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in common stocks of companies across all market capitalizations with a focus on value-oriented equities; it emphasizes companies exhibiting low price-to-earnings ratios, low debt-to-equity levels, and potential for earnings and dividend growth. The fund offers three share classes including Retail Class (CVLEX, net expense ratio 1.00%, minimum investment $1,000), Class C (CVLFX, net expense ratio 1.75%), and Class I (CVLVX, net expense ratio 0.75%, minimum investment $1,000,000), all subject to a 2.00% redemption fee for shares redeemed within seven days of purchase; as of September 30, 2025, the portfolio holds 41 securities with top allocations to Citigroup (4.8%), RTX (4.3%), Oracle (3.9%), and JPMorgan Chase (3.5%), sector weights led by financials (23.6%), industrials (17.8%), and health care (14.0%), and geographic exposure primarily to the United States (83.8%) with additional positions in Ireland, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Canada. CVLEX, with inception August 31, 2012, and assets under management of approximately $26.7 million as of September 30, 2025, is managed by Cullen Capital Management LLC (d/b/a Schafer Cullen Capital Management), founded in 1983 and headquartered at 645 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York. In December 2025, Cullen Capital Management established a strategic partnership with Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, to integrate the firm's Value Equity strategy into Parametric's Custom Active solution for tax-optimized active equity management, marking a significant distribution expansion; the firm continues to maintain contractual expense limitations through at least October 31, 2023 (with recent fact sheets as of Q3 2025), reflecting ongoing commitment to cost control amid a portfolio turnover of 19% and a 12-month trailing yield of 3.94% for CVLEX.