Pear Tree Polaris Fgn Val Sm Cap Ord
QUSOX
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in mil. unless spec.- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- LINCOLN NE 01773 Lincoln NE United States of America 01773
- IPO Date
- May 2, 2008
- CIK
- 0000722885
- Website
- peartreefunds.com
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- Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Small Cap Fund Ordinary (QUSOX) is an open-end mutual fund that seeks long-term growth of capital and income primarily through investment in common stocks of small-cap companies located outside the United States, generally defined as those with market capitalizations between $50 million and $5 billion. The Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of non-U.S. issuers, typically holding 50 to 100 stocks diversified across 15 or more foreign markets in Europe, Australia, the Far East, and emerging markets such as Brazil, Thailand, and India; key sectors include financial services, industrials, consumer discretionary, information technology, materials, and utilities. It employs a bottom-up value-oriented investment process combining proprietary quantitative screening of over 30,000 companies to identify undervalued cash flows with in-depth fundamental analysis, resulting in low annual turnover of approximately 13% and a weighted average market cap of around $4 billion; the Fund is managed by Polaris Capital Management, LLC, based in Boston, Massachusetts, with a portfolio management team led by Bernard R. Horn, Jr. (since inception), alongside Sumanta Biswas, Bin Xiao, and Jason Crawshaw. Launched on May 1, 2008, and domiciled in the United States, the Fund is part of the Pear Tree Funds family advised by Pear Tree Advisors, Inc., with Ordinary shares carrying a net expense ratio of 1.42% (after waivers through July 31, 2026), a minimum initial investment of $2,500, and total net assets of approximately $758 million as of mid-2025. Geographically, top country allocations as of June 30, 2025, include Japan (12.8%), France (11.9%), the United Kingdom (11.8%), Canada (5.9%), Norway (5.1%), South Korea (5.1%), Thailand (5.1%), Germany (4.2%), Belgium (3.7%), and Brazil (3.3%), with top holdings such as D'Ieteren S.A., Poongsan Corporation, EQB Inc., Equatorial Energia S.A., and Sixt SE comprising about 30.8% of assets. In recent portfolio activity during the quarter ended June 30, 2025, the Fund sold positions in Greencore Group, Duni AB, flatexDEGIRO (due to valuation targets reached), and Misto Holdings Corp. (due to deteriorating fundamentals), reallocating proceeds to new investments including Indian banks Karur Vysya Bank and Karnataka Bank amid solid regional growth prospects, as well as Zhongsheng Group Holdings at a discount tied to Chinese macro conditions. This reflects ongoing strategic adjustments to capitalize on value opportunities in emerging markets and defense-related sectors amid geopolitical tensions and tariff concerns, with the Fund outperforming its MSCI ACWI ex USA Small Cap Index benchmark by a narrow margin (17.20% vs. 17.16% for the quarter). No major structural changes such as acquisitions, funding rounds, or reorganizations for the Fund or its subadvisor Polaris Capital Management were reported in the past 1-2 years.