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- Gotham Large Value Institutional (GVALX) is a mutual fund managed by Gotham Asset Management, LLC that employs a value-weighted, long-only U.S. equity investment strategy, primarily selecting stocks from the largest 500-700 U.S. companies by market capitalization. The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in equity securities priced at significant discounts to Gotham's proprietary assessments of intrinsic value, with the portfolio rebalanced daily to overweight the cheapest stocks; it aims to outperform the S&P 500 Index over a full market cycle encompassing both bull and bear phases. Core offerings include long positions in diversified large-cap value stocks across sectors such as industrials (approximately 20%), health care (15%), information technology (14%), financials (13%), consumer staples (10%), and others including consumer discretionary, communication services, energy, materials, real estate, and utilities; top holdings as of recent data feature companies like Chevron Corp., Caterpillar Inc., Booking Holdings Inc., Gilead Sciences Inc., and Comcast Corp. Gotham Asset Management, founded in 2008 and headquartered at 535 Madison Avenue, 30th Floor, New York, NY, manages the fund under Co-Chief Investment Officers Joel Greenblatt and Robert Goldstein, who lead a team applying rigorous proprietary equity research and risk controls to limit concentrations in individual companies, industries, or sectors while maintaining daily exposure limits. The institutional share class features a minimum investment of $100,000, net expense ratio of 0.75%, no sales loads, and a 1% redemption fee within 30 days, with shares available through platforms including Charles Schwab, Fidelity Investments, E*Trade, Interactive Brokers, Pershing LLC, TD Ameritrade, and Vanguard. In March 2025, the FundVantage Trust Board approved the reorganization of a related Gotham fund into the Gotham Index Plus Fund, reflecting ongoing strategic portfolio adjustments amid Gotham's expansion into complementary products like the Gotham Absolute Return Fund (GARIX), Gotham Index Plus Fund (GINDX), and active value ETFs including Gotham Short Strategies ETF (SHRT), Gotham 1000 Value ETF (GVLU), and Gotham Enhanced 500 ETF (GSPY). As of late 2025, fund net assets stand at approximately $35.6 million, with cumulative returns since inception on December 31, 2015, exceeding 200%, targeting institutional and individual investors focused on large-value U.S. equities through domestic operations centered in the United States.