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- Villere Balanced Fund (VILLX) is a balanced mutual fund that seeks long-term capital growth consistent with preservation of capital and current income through an active, selective investment approach focused primarily on small- and mid-cap domestic companies. The fund maintains a concentrated equity portfolio of 20-30 best ideas, allocating 50% to 80% of assets to equity securities selected for growth potential, including common stocks of U.S. companies with a minimum market capitalization of $150 million at purchase, and 20% to 50% to fixed-income securities such as high-quality U.S. government obligations, corporate bonds, notes, and bills for income and risk balancing; top holdings as of October 31, 2025, include Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. (4.4%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.0%), and Pool Corp. (4.0%), with sector exposures led by health care (17.3%), consumer discretionary (17.2%), and financials (16.9%). It offers investors a diversified mix of stocks, bonds, and cash in a single vehicle without benchmark constraints, targeting sustainable growth at reasonable valuations and reduced volatility via its fixed-income sleeve. Managed by Villere & Co., a registered investment adviser founded in 1911 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, the fund operates within the financial services and asset management industry, serving high-net-worth individuals, multi-generational families, and institutional clients through customized accounts and mutual funds with over $1.8 billion in total assets under management. Launched on September 30, 1999, VILLX emphasizes a long-term horizon with low turnover and bias toward small- and mid-sized growth-oriented companies. Recent developments include updates to Villere & Co.'s Form ADV Part 2A brochure filed in 2025, revising fee structures by removing the minimum fee and adding enhanced risk disclosures since the prior annual update on March 15, 2024, alongside sustained portfolio management with quarterly fact sheets confirming ongoing 20-50% fixed-income allocations and active equity selection as of second quarter 2025. The firm continues multi-generational family-led operations from New Orleans, focusing on U.S. markets without noted acquisitions, partnerships, funding rounds, or major strategic shifts in the last 1-2 years, while maintaining net expense ratio of 0.90% and distributing capital gains and dividends annually.