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Name

As of 03/27/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$13.95

$458 M

2.15%

$0.30

0.96%

Vitals

YTD Return

11.2%

1 yr return

23.4%

3 Yr Avg Return

7.5%

5 Yr Avg Return

9.8%

Net Assets

$458 M

Holdings in Top 10

29.8%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$13.8
N/A
N/A

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 0.96%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover 52.00%

Redemption Fee N/A


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

$1,000

IRA

N/A


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Open End Mutual Fund


Name

As of 03/27/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$13.95

$458 M

2.15%

$0.30

0.96%

SPGEX - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 11.2%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 7.5%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 9.8%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency N/A
  • Net Income Ratio 1.13%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 2.2%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Annual

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    Symmetry Panoramic Global Equity Fund
  • Fund Family Name
    Symmetry Partners
  • Inception Date
    Nov 12, 2018
  • Shares Outstanding
    42231073
  • Share Class
    I
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    Philip McDonald

Fund Description

The Fund is a diversified multi-strategy fund that seeks to achieve its investment objective primarily by implementing factor styles that the Fund’s investment adviser, Symmetry, believes have the potential to produce positive returns before fees over time. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest, directly or indirectly, at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of U.S. and foreign companies. The Fund may invest in securities and other instruments either directly or by investing in shares of registered, open-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) (collectively, “Underlying Funds”). The Fund will invest in the equity securities of U.S. companies, foreign companies in developed markets and/or companies located in emerging markets. In addition to Underlying Funds and securities that are principally invested in companies located in the United States, the Fund also will generally be invested in Underlying Funds who are principally invested in, or directly in securities of, at least three foreign countries. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will allocate its investments between U.S. and non-U.S. securities and other investments in amounts comparable to the allocation represented in the Fund’s benchmark. However, the Fund may overweight or underweight those allocations by up to 10% of net assets and also may depart from those allocations during times when market conditions are not deemed favorable. The Fund generally will invest

in stocks and other equity securities directly or through sponsored or unsponsored depositary receipts. The Fund does not target a specific market capitalization and may invest across different segments of the equity markets, including large (“large-cap”), mid (“mid-cap”), small (“small-cap”) and micro-capitalization (“micro-cap”) equity securities that the Adviser believes offer the prospect of long-term capital appreciation. The Fund may also invest in U.S. and foreign real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). Although the Adviser focuses on the broad market in terms of market capitalization, the Fund’s investments may be overweight to mid-cap, small-cap and micro-cap securities relative to their market weight. These companies generally are considered by the Adviser to be those whose market capitalizations are within the lower 25% of market capitalization of the MSCI ACWI IMI Index. The Underlying Funds also may invest in the financial sector. Certain Underlying Funds also may engage in strategies that require heightened turnover, and the Adviser may not consider portfolio turnover a limiting factor in making decisions for the Fund.

The Fund currently intends to invest its assets primarily in Underlying Funds and directly in the common stocks, preferred stocks or securities convertible into stocks of U.S. and foreign companies in both developed countries and emerging market countries, either directly by the Adviser or pursuant to investment sub-advisory agreements with investment managers selected by the Adviser. The Fund generally will purchase the stocks and other equity securities directly or through depositary receipts.

The Adviser seeks to manage a multi-factor fund that provides exposure to different managers that in the Adviser’s view are best able to deliver certain factor exposures as identified by the Adviser. The Adviser will generally access these investment managers either through Underlying Funds, or through a direct sub-advisory relationship with an investment manager. The Adviser will make a determination for each investment manager as to which type of access it believes is most advantageous to the Fund, and will make changes at its discretion. The Adviser looks for Underlying Funds or sub-advisory mandates that will feature characteristics associated with investment style factors that have been identified in certain academic research papers and that, although there is no guarantee of future results, the Adviser has identified as having historically shown the potential to deliver greater returns over time. Such factors may include market, value, momentum, quality, and size of the equity securities. Liquidity, volatility, and other factors that, in the opinion of the Adviser, are appropriate for achieving the Fund’s investment objective may also be considered. The Fund will diversify its investments by investing in Underlying Funds and securities that focus on different factors in the foreign equity markets, including emerging markets, as well as domestic equity markets.

There is no limit in the number of Underlying Funds in which the Fund may invest, and the Fund may invest more than 25% of its assets in one Underlying Fund. The Adviser sets an overall asset allocation based on long-term strategic considerations and monitors the portfolio on an ongoing basis. The Adviser will periodically rebalance the portfolio and may change managers and/or exposures over time based on its evolving investment views amid changing market and economic conditions. Periodically, the Adviser will review certain factors in each Underlying Fund and may add or remove Underlying Funds without notice to shareholders. The Adviser may also temporarily over or under-weight certain exposures for the purpose of managing distributions, which may include selling Fund investments to offset gains. To the extent that this activity causes the Fund to deviate from its typical factor exposures, it may not meet its investment objective. The Adviser may also temporarily alter its investments if market, economic or other signals warrant doing so in the view of the Adviser.

With respect to the sub-advised portion of the Fund’s assets, the Fund utilizes a “multi-manager” approach whereby the Fund’s assets are allocated to one or more Sub-Advisers, in percentages determined at the discretion of the Adviser. Each Sub-Adviser acts independently from the others and utilizes its own distinct investment style. However, each Sub-Adviser must operate within the constraints of the Fund’s investment objective, strategies and restrictions. The Trust and the Adviser were granted an exemptive order from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) that permits Symmetry, subject to certain conditions, and without the approval of shareholders, to hire and terminate sub-advisers (“Sub-Advisers”). At this time, each of AQR Capital Management, LLC (“AQR”) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (“DFA”) is a Sub-Adviser to the Fund. The Adviser may add additional Sub-Advisers at its discretion.

AQR generally invests its allocated portion of the Fund in equity securities of U.S. and non-U.S. companies, including non-U.S. companies in both developed and emerging markets. AQR’s investments in U.S. companies will generally be in large-cap companies, which for U.S. companies AQR generally considers to be those companies with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index at the time of purchase. The Russell 1000® Index is designed to measure the performance of large capitalization stocks in the United States. The size of companies in the Russell 1000 Index may change with market conditions or due to changes in the composition of the Index. AQR’s investments in non-U.S. developed markets will generally be in large-cap companies, which for non-U.S. developed market companies AQR generally considers to be those companies with market capitalizations within the range of the MSCI World ex-U.S. Index at the time of purchase. As of October 31, 2023, the market capitalization of the companies in the MSCI World ex-U.S. Index ranged from $169.0 million to $312.9 billion. The size of companies in the MSCI World ex-U.S. Index may change with market conditions or due to changes in the composition of the Index. AQR’s investments in emerging markets will generally be in equity securities of large-cap and

mid-cap companies, which for emerging market companies AQR generally considers to be those companies with market capitalizations within the range of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index at the time of purchase. As of October 31, 2023, the market capitalization of the companies in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index ranged from $118.6 million to $401.8 billion. The size of companies in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index may change with market conditions or due to changes in the composition of the Index. Although AQR does not limit its investments to any one country, AQR may invest in any one country without limit. AQR may also invest directly in equity index futures, forward foreign currency contracts, foreign currencies, ETFs, REITs and depositary receipts. AQR also may invest in the financial sector.

AQR’s strategy combines multiple investment styles, including value, momentum and quality, using an integrated approach. In managing its allocated portion of the Fund, AQR seeks to invest in attractively valued companies with positive momentum characteristics, and stable business operations and practices. A company may be considered to be a value investment if it appears inexpensive based on multiple fundamental measures, which may include price-to-book or price-to-earnings ratios relative to other securities in its investment universe. In assessing momentum, AQR generally favors securities with positive performance relative to other securities within the investment universe. AQR also generally favors companies exhibiting consistent business health and stability, and may include those with strong profitability or stable earnings. These characteristics are generally evaluated at time of purchase, and may change throughout the holding period. AQR may add to or modify the economic factors employed in selecting securities.

AQR determines the weight of each security in its allocated portion of the Fund using a combination of the liquidity of the security, AQR’s assessment of attractiveness of the security based on factors described above, or using additional criteria that form part of AQR’s security selection process. AQR utilizes portfolio optimization techniques, which incorporate anticipated transaction costs, to determine portfolio composition and trading activity.

To achieve the Fund’s investment objective, DFA, with respect to its allocated portion of the Fund, implements an integrated investment approach that combines research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading functions. As further described below, DFA’s approach emphasizes long-term drivers of expected returns identified by DFA’s research, while balancing risk through broad diversification across companies and sectors. DFA’s portfolio management and trading processes further balance those long-term drivers of expected returns with shorter-term drivers of expected returns and trading costs.

With respect to the DFA’s allocated portion, DFA purchases a broad and diverse group of readily marketable securities of U.S. companies that DFA determines to be large capitalization companies within the U.S. Universe. A company’s market capitalization is the number of its shares outstanding times its price per share. DFA generally defines the U.S. Universe as a market capitalization weighted set (e.g., the larger the company, the greater the proportion of the U.S. Universe it represents) of U.S. operating companies listed on a securities exchange in the United States that is deemed appropriate by DFA. As of the date of this Prospectus, for purposes of its allocated portion of the Fund, DFA considers large cap companies to be companies whose market capitalizations are generally in the highest 85-90% of total market capitalization within the U.S. Universe. Total market capitalization is based on the market capitalization of eligible operating companies within the U.S. Universe. Under DFA’s market capitalization guidelines described above, based on market capitalization data as of November 30, 2023, the market capitalization of a large cap company would be $10.941 billion or above. This threshold will change due to market conditions.

In addition, DFA may overweight certain securities, including smaller companies, lower relative price stocks, and/or higher profitability stocks within the large cap segment of the U.S. Universe. An equity issuer is considered to have a low relative price (i.e., a value stock) primarily because it has a low price in relation to its book value. In assessing relative price, DFA may consider additional factors such as price to cash flow or price to earnings ratios. An equity issuer is considered to have high profitability because, in DFA’s view, it has high earnings or profits from operations in relation to its book value or assets. The criteria DFA uses for assessing relative price and profitability are subject to change from time to time. DFA may also increase or reduce its allocated portion of the Fund’s exposure to an eligible company, or exclude a company, based on shorter-term considerations, such as a company’s price momentum. In addition, DFA seeks to reduce trading costs using a flexible trading approach that looks for opportunities to participate in the available market liquidity, while managing turnover and explicit transaction costs.

DFA, with respect to its allocated portion of the Fund, may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts for U.S. equity securities and indices, to increase or decrease equity market exposure based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from its allocated portion of the Fund.

The Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests and the Fund itself also may use a variety of derivative instruments including futures and option contracts, forward contracts for equity securities and indices, forward foreign currency contracts, and swaps, including equity index and total return swaps.

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SPGEX - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period SPGEX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 11.2% -35.6% 29.2% 13.09%
1 Yr 23.4% 17.3% 252.4% 41.25%
3 Yr 7.5%* -3.5% 34.6% N/A
5 Yr 9.8%* 0.1% 32.7% N/A
10 Yr N/A* -6.9% 18.3% N/A

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period SPGEX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 11.7% -24.3% 957.1% 67.97%
2022 -17.0% -38.3% 47.1% 57.27%
2021 15.0% -54.2% 0.6% N/A
2020 7.5% -76.0% 54.1% N/A
2019 20.2% -26.1% 47.8% N/A

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period SPGEX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 11.2% -35.6% 29.2% 13.20%
1 Yr 23.4% 11.4% 252.4% 37.50%
3 Yr 7.5%* -3.5% 34.6% N/A
5 Yr 9.8%* 0.1% 32.7% N/A
10 Yr N/A* -6.9% 18.3% N/A

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period SPGEX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 18.0% -24.3% 957.1% 67.97%
2022 -11.3% -33.1% 47.1% 57.65%
2021 22.2% -44.4% 1.8% N/A
2020 10.9% -6.5% 54.1% N/A
2019 23.8% -14.4% 47.8% N/A

NAV & Total Return History


SPGEX - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

SPGEX Category Low Category High SPGEX % Rank
Net Assets 458 M 199 K 133 B 48.57%
Number of Holdings 1239 1 9075 1.43%
Net Assets in Top 10 137 M -18 M 37.6 B 47.47%
Weighting of Top 10 29.84% 9.1% 100.0% 36.50%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. ISHARES MSCI GLOBAL MIN VOL MUTUAL FUND 5.22%
  2. DFA US TARGETED VALUE MUTUAL FUND 4.17%
  3. DFA L/C INTERNATIONAL PORTF MUTUAL FUND 3.80%
  4. DFA RL EST SECS MUTUAL FUND 3.36%
  5. DFA EMERGING MARKETS PORT MUTUAL FUND 3.17%
  6. AVANTIS EMERGING MARKETS EQ MUTUAL FUND 2.23%
  7. DFA INTERNATIONAL VALUE MUTUAL FUND 2.04%
  8. DFA US SMALL CAP PORTFOLIO MUTUAL FUND 1.96%
  9. DFA INTL HI RELAT PROFIT-INS MUTUAL FUND 1.95%
  10. DFA INTL SMALL CAP VALUE PT MUTUAL FUND 1.95%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High SPGEX % Rank
Stocks
98.26% 61.84% 125.47% 66.74%
Cash
1.13% -174.70% 23.12% 35.13%
Other
1.09% -13.98% 19.14% 10.79%
Preferred Stocks
0.07% -0.01% 5.28% 15.53%
Convertible Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 4.46% 41.30%
Bonds
0.00% -1.50% 161.67% 11.23%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High SPGEX % Rank
Financial Services
16.72% 0.00% 38.42% 58.48%
Technology
15.76% 0.00% 49.87% 62.78%
Industrials
12.25% 0.00% 44.06% 21.48%
Healthcare
9.76% 0.00% 35.42% 75.66%
Consumer Cyclical
9.74% 0.00% 40.94% 55.73%
Basic Materials
7.35% 0.00% 38.60% 11.89%
Consumer Defense
6.91% 0.00% 73.28% 44.16%
Communication Services
6.68% 0.00% 57.66% 73.68%
Real Estate
6.32% 0.00% 39.48% 5.51%
Energy
5.92% 0.00% 21.15% 41.63%
Utilities
2.60% 0.00% 29.12% 38.22%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High SPGEX % Rank
US
86.08% 0.13% 103.82% 45.70%
Non US
12.18% 0.58% 99.46% 59.14%

SPGEX - Expenses

Operational Fees

SPGEX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 0.96% 0.01% 44.27% N/A
Management Fee 0.63% 0.00% 1.82% 32.17%
12b-1 Fee N/A 0.00% 1.00% N/A
Administrative Fee N/A 0.01% 0.76% N/A

Sales Fees

SPGEX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 2.50% 5.75% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 1.00% 5.00% N/A

Trading Fees

SPGEX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 1.00% 2.00% N/A

Related Fees

Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.

SPGEX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover 52.00% 0.00% 395.00% 83.94%

SPGEX - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

SPGEX Category Low Category High SPGEX % Rank
Dividend Yield 2.15% 0.00% 3.26% 40.92%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

SPGEX Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Annual Annually Annually Annually

Net Income Ratio Analysis

SPGEX Category Low Category High SPGEX % Rank
Net Income Ratio 1.13% -4.27% 12.65% 21.59%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

SPGEX Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually Semi-Annually Annually

Distributions History

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SPGEX - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Philip McDonald


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Nov 12, 2018

3.55

3.6%

Philip McDonald is a Portfolio Manager and Managing Director at Symmetry Partners, LLC, and a member of the Investment Committee. Mr. McDonald joined Symmetry Partners in 2010. Mr. McDonald holds a B.S. from Georgetown University and an MBA from the University of Connecticut. He became a CFA® charterholder in 2003, a CIPM certificate holder in 2011 and a CAIA® charterholder in 2012.

Rebecca Cioban


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Nov 12, 2018

3.55

3.6%

Rebecca Cioban is Portfolio Manager and Associate Director of Investments at Symmetry Partners, LLC. Ms. Cioban joined Symmetry Partners in 2007. Ms. Cioban holds a B.A. from the University of Connecticut.

John McDermott


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Nov 12, 2018

3.55

3.6%

John McDermott is Portfolio Manager, Chief Investment Strategist at Symmetry Partners, LLC, and a member of the Investment Committee. Dr. McDermott began his affiliation with Symmetry Partners in 2005. Dr. McDermott holds a B.S. from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, an MBA from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut.

Andrea Frazzini


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Nov 12, 2018

3.55

3.6%

Andrea Frazzini is a Principal at AQR Capital Management, where he is the Head of our Global Stock Selection team. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He has published in top academic journals and won several awards for his research, including the Smith Breeden Award, the Fama-DFA Prize, the BGI Michael Brennan Award, several Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy Awards and the PanAgora Crowell Memorial Prize. Prior to joining AQR, Andrea was an associate professor of finance at the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He also served as a consultant for DKR Capital Partners and J.P. Morgan Securities and was on the board of directors of the Center for Research in Security Prices at the University of Chicago. He earned a B.S. in economics from the University of Roma Tre, an M.S. in economics from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University.

Lars Nielsen


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jan 01, 2020

2.41

2.4%

Nielsen is a Principal of AQR Capital Management. Mr. Nielsen joined AQR in 2000 and currently serves as the co-head of portfolio management, research, risk and trading. He earned a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in economics from the University of Copenhagen. Prior to joining the Adviser in 2000, he was an Analyst in the Quantitative Research Group of Danske Invest.

Michele Aghassi


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jan 01, 2020

2.41

2.4%

Michele Aghassi is a Principal at AQR Capital Management, where she serves as a portfolio manager for the firm's equity strategies. Throughout her tenure at AQR, she has been a leader in research and strategy development, contributing to the advancement of the stock selection investment process. She played a key role in launching the firm’s emerging equities strategy in 2008 and developed the proprietary robust optimization technology that AQR uses to build portfolios. In addition to her responsibilities at AQR, she serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Journal of Portfolio Management. Earlier in her career, Michele worked as a quantitative analyst in the proprietary equities department of D.E. Shaw & Co. Michele graduated magna cum laude from Brown University with a B.Sc. in applied mathematics and subsequently earned a Ph.D. in operations research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and an MIT Presidential Graduate Fellow.

Jed Fogdall


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Sep 15, 2020

1.71

1.7%

Jed S. Fogdall is a Co-Head of Portfolio Management and Vice President of Dimensional and a member of Dimensional’s Investment Committee. Mr. Fogdall has an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles and a BS from Purdue University. Mr. Fogdall joined Dimensional as a Portfolio Manager in 2004 and has been responsible for international portfolios since 2010 and domestic portfolios since 2012.

Mary Phillips


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Sep 15, 2020

1.71

1.7%

Mary T. Phillips, CFA, Deputy Head of Portfolio Management, North America, Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President of Dimensional, joined Dimensional in 2012 and has been a portfolio manager since 2014. Ms. Phillips began managing Dimensional’s allocated portion of the Fund’s portfolio in March 2018. Ms. Phillips earned an MBA with concentration in analytic finance, statistics and econometrics, and managerial and organizational behavior from the University of Chicago and a BA from the University of Puget Sound.

Nathan Sosner


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jan 01, 2022

0.41

0.4%

Nathan Sosner, Ph.D. is a Principal of the Adviser. Dr. Sosner joined the Adviser in June 2015 is Head of the Specialized Investments Group, which focuses on situations where laws and regulations have meaningful effects on trading decisions, portfolio design and the choice of investment vehicles. He earned a B.A. and M.A. in economics from Tel Aviv University and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.

John Huss


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jan 01, 2022

0.41

0.4%

John J. Huss, Principal, rejoined AQR in 2013 and oversees multi-asset class strategies as a researcher and portfolio manager. Mr. Huss rejoined the AQR Capital Management in 2013 and is a portfolio manager for the firm’s World Allocation strategy where he focuses on macroeconomic and portfolio construction research for risk parity and other asset allocation strategies. Prior to rejoining the firm, where he first worked from 2004 to 2008, Mr. Huss was a vice president in RBC’s Global Arbitrage and Trading division and a systematic portfolio manager for Tudor Investment Corp. Mr. Huss earned a B.S. in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.01 35.82 6.24 1.25