Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Fund
QFVIX
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in mil. unless spec.- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 55 Old Bedford Road Lincoln MA United States of America 01773
- IPO Date
- Dec 18, 1998
- CIK
- 0000722885
- Website
- peartreefunds.com
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- Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Fund (QFVIX) is an open-end mutual fund that seeks long-term growth of capital and income primarily through investments in equity securities of non-U.S. companies exhibiting strong, undervalued cash flows; it normally invests at least 80% of its net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes in such foreign value issuers located predominantly in developed markets comprising the MSCI EAFE Index, with additional allocations to emerging markets companies. The Fund employs a bottom-up investment process combining quantitative screening of over 40,000 companies using proprietary models to rank countries and industries by value, narrowing candidates to 300-500 for in-depth fundamental analysis; it typically holds 50 to 125 stocks across 15 or more countries, with sector weightings including financials (20.7%), industrials (17%), consumer discretionary (16.8%), materials (10.9%), and others, as of June 30, 2025, when net assets stood at $1.8 billion, 62 holdings comprised the portfolio, top holdings included SK Hynix Inc. (2.6%), Shinhan Financial Group (2.3%), and Canadian Tire Corporation (2.3%), and country exposures featured Japan (15%), France (13.5%), and South Korea (9.3%). Subadvised by Polaris Capital Management, LLC, a Boston, Massachusetts-based firm founded in 1995 specializing in global value equity strategies with over 40 years of collective experience, the Fund is managed by Bernard R. Horn, Jr., Bin Xiao, CFA, and Jason Crawshaw; it operates share classes including Institutional (QFVIX, inception December 18, 1998, net expense ratio 1.04%, minimum investment $1 million), Ordinary (QFVOX, inception May 15, 1998, net expense ratio 1.41%, minimum $2,500), and others such as R6 (QFVRX), all benchmarked against the MSCI EAFE Index and domiciled in the United States for institutional and individual investors seeking foreign large value exposure. Pear Tree Funds, the broader family encompassing this Fund, traces its origins to 1969 through affiliates like U.S. Boston Capital Corporation and Pear Tree Advisors, Inc., with co-founders Willard L. Umphrey and Leon Okurowski providing extensive finance and investment management expertise. In recent portfolio adjustments during the quarter ended June 30, 2025, the Fund liquidated positions in flatexDEGIRO, Tisco Financial, OpenText Corp., and LG Electronics; it initiated new holdings in JDE Peets NV (coffee conglomerate), Bankinter SA (European bank), Endesa SA (Spanish utilities), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (Japan), and Capgemini SE (French IT), reflecting ongoing adaptation to valuation targets, deteriorating fundamentals, and opportunities in compelling sectors amid favorable European and emerging market valuations driven by tariff concerns and U.S. growth slowdowns.