Lazard US Systematic Small Cap Equity Portfolio
Name
As of 04/18/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
Watchlist
Vitals
YTD Return
-2.3%
1 yr return
12.7%
3 Yr Avg Return
N/A
5 Yr Avg Return
N/A
Net Assets
$40 M
Holdings in Top 10
7.3%
52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH
Expenses
OPERATING FEES
Expense Ratio 2.70%
SALES FEES
Front Load N/A
Deferred Load N/A
TRADING FEES
Turnover 22.00%
Redemption Fee N/A
Min Investment
Standard (Taxable)
$10,000
IRA
N/A
Fund Classification
Fund Type
Open End Mutual Fund
Name
As of 04/18/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
Watchlist
LUSIX - Profile
Distributions
- YTD Total Return -2.3%
- 3 Yr Annualized Total Return N/A
- 5 Yr Annualized Total Return N/A
- Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
- Net Income Ratio 1.39%
- Dividend Yield 0.4%
- Dividend Distribution Frequency None
Fund Details
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Legal NameLazard US Systematic Small Cap Equity Portfolio
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Fund Family NameLAZARDFUND
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Inception DateOct 29, 2021
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Shares Outstanding2886922
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Share ClassInstl
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CurrencyUSD
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Domiciled CountryUS
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ManagerStefan Tang
Fund Description
The Portfolio invests primarily in equity securities, principally common stocks, of small capitalization US companies. The Investment Manager considers “small cap companies” to be those companies that, at the time of initial purchase by the Portfolio, have market capitalizations within the range of companies included in the Russell 2000 Index (ranging from approximately $2.6 million to $7.9 billion as of March 31, 2023). The Portfolio typically invests in 300 to 500 companies.
Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities of small cap US companies. Equity securities also may include depositary receipts, including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts and European Depositary Receipts. The Portfolio may invest up to 20% of its assets in other securities which need not be equity securities of small cap US companies, including investments in larger US companies and in non-US companies, including securities of emerging markets companies traded on a US exchange.
The Investment Manager will manage the Portfolio using its proprietary investment strategy that creates and applies what the Investment Manager refers to as “Insights” and employs its “Insight-driven” process to identify investments with fundamental traits the Investment Manager believes are undervalued by the market. The Investment Manager’s strategy combines fundamental and quantitative techniques into a fully systematic process—that is, the Investment Manager converts subjective criteria used to evaluate potential investments into quantitative formulas based on, among other things, market observations and testing of resulting hypotheses. The Investment Manager considers an “Insight” to be a fundamental opportunity that the Investment Manager believes can be quantified, validated and implemented systematically by the Investment Manager:
·a fundamental opportunity is a recurring market inefficiency where the Investment Manager believes that investors are not fully incorporating the impact of a company’s changing operating fundamentals and/or attractive valuations;
·the Investment Manager converts its market observation into quantified conditions utilizing proprietary process knowledge and techniques;
·a potential Insight is validated through extensive proprietary testing that includes historical data, minimum targeted return objectives and persistence hurdles;
·through each Insight, a number of securities are identified; and
·the securities selection process is implemented systematically into automated daily operations.
The Investment Manager selects investments for the Portfolio by applying its securities selection process to an investable universe of all publicly-traded equity securities, with a focus on small cap companies. However, Insights, which may change over time, may be related to the broad market or specific to a particular sector or industry. In addition, the selection process described above is not sequential, and certain criteria may be given more importance than others. Target position sizes are determined at the time of investment based on one or more Insights and subsequently monitored on an ongoing basis. To improve tax efficiency, the Portfolio may limit investments that have undesirable tax characteristics and may employ other tax-management techniques, such as adjusting the timing of trades, by relying in part on fundamental research and analytical judgements of the Investment Manager.
LUSIX - Performance
Return Ranking - Trailing
Period | LUSIX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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YTD | -2.3% | -11.5% | 15.0% | 37.36% |
1 Yr | 12.7% | -15.9% | 43.0% | 23.29% |
3 Yr | N/A* | -10.6% | 37.4% | N/A |
5 Yr | N/A* | -14.4% | 30.0% | N/A |
10 Yr | N/A* | -3.0% | 16.4% | N/A |
* Annualized
Return Ranking - Calendar
Period | LUSIX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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2023 | 19.4% | -49.6% | 29.0% | 7.91% |
2022 | -17.0% | -59.3% | 118.2% | 23.10% |
2021 | N/A | -31.6% | 39.3% | N/A |
2020 | N/A | -51.0% | 39.5% | N/A |
2019 | N/A | -16.9% | 37.8% | N/A |
Total Return Ranking - Trailing
Period | LUSIX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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YTD | -2.3% | -11.5% | 15.0% | 37.36% |
1 Yr | 12.7% | -15.9% | 43.0% | 23.29% |
3 Yr | N/A* | -10.6% | 37.4% | N/A |
5 Yr | N/A* | -14.4% | 30.0% | N/A |
10 Yr | N/A* | -3.0% | 16.4% | N/A |
* Annualized
Total Return Ranking - Calendar
Period | LUSIX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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2023 | 19.8% | -21.7% | 31.8% | 14.57% |
2022 | -16.3% | -45.2% | 123.7% | 45.31% |
2021 | N/A | 0.0% | 47.7% | N/A |
2020 | N/A | -50.5% | 46.9% | N/A |
2019 | N/A | -12.6% | 43.7% | N/A |
NAV & Total Return History
LUSIX - Holdings
Concentration Analysis
LUSIX | Category Low | Category High | LUSIX % Rank | |
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Net Assets | 40 M | 529 K | 145 B | 91.92% |
Number of Holdings | 433 | 2 | 2519 | 29.53% |
Net Assets in Top 10 | 2.92 M | 104 K | 9.83 B | 98.24% |
Weighting of Top 10 | 7.30% | -2849.0% | 100.5% | 88.18% |
Top 10 Holdings
- State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund 1.06%
- Builders FirstSource Inc 0.88%
- M/I Homes Inc 0.80%
- Medpace Holdings Inc 0.76%
- Super Micro Computer Inc 0.76%
- Axcelis Technologies Inc 0.66%
- KB Home 0.66%
- Celestica Inc 0.64%
- ADMA Biologics Inc 0.54%
- Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.53%
Asset Allocation
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | LUSIX % Rank | |
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Stocks | 98.96% | -565235.00% | 108.16% | 36.38% |
Cash | 1.06% | 0.00% | 565934.00% | 67.14% |
Other | 0.00% | -598.74% | 39.24% | 38.14% |
Preferred Stocks | 0.00% | 0.00% | 7.53% | 58.17% |
Convertible Bonds | 0.00% | 0.00% | 3.17% | 57.75% |
Bonds | 0.00% | -2.00% | 74.53% | 59.75% |
Stock Sector Breakdown
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | LUSIX % Rank | |
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Industrials | 21.95% | 2.46% | 37.42% | 17.05% |
Healthcare | 17.13% | 0.00% | 26.53% | 7.99% |
Technology | 16.97% | 0.00% | 54.70% | 19.18% |
Consumer Cyclical | 11.14% | 0.99% | 47.79% | 55.77% |
Financial Services | 7.97% | 0.00% | 35.52% | 96.63% |
Basic Materials | 5.94% | 0.00% | 18.66% | 23.98% |
Consumer Defense | 5.71% | 0.00% | 18.87% | 15.99% |
Real Estate | 5.47% | 0.00% | 29.43% | 69.27% |
Communication Services | 3.38% | 0.00% | 14.85% | 33.21% |
Energy | 2.82% | 0.00% | 37.72% | 80.99% |
Utilities | 1.52% | 0.00% | 18.58% | 73.36% |
Stock Geographic Breakdown
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | LUSIX % Rank | |
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US | 98.96% | -565235.00% | 108.16% | 27.77% |
Non US | 0.00% | 0.00% | 94.14% | 64.67% |
LUSIX - Expenses
Operational Fees
LUSIX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Expense Ratio | 2.70% | 0.01% | 38.45% | 3.36% |
Management Fee | 0.70% | 0.00% | 1.50% | 43.39% |
12b-1 Fee | N/A | 0.00% | 1.00% | N/A |
Administrative Fee | N/A | 0.01% | 0.45% | N/A |
Sales Fees
LUSIX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Front Load | N/A | 3.50% | 5.75% | N/A |
Deferred Load | N/A | 1.00% | 5.00% | N/A |
Trading Fees
LUSIX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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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.
LUSIX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Turnover | 22.00% | 1.00% | 314.00% | 17.49% |
LUSIX - Distributions
Dividend Yield Analysis
LUSIX | Category Low | Category High | LUSIX % Rank | |
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Dividend Yield | 0.37% | 0.00% | 44.03% | 67.84% |
Dividend Distribution Analysis
LUSIX | Category Low | Category High | Category Mod | |
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Dividend Distribution Frequency | None | Annual | SemiAnnual | Annual |
Net Income Ratio Analysis
LUSIX | Category Low | Category High | LUSIX % Rank | |
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Net Income Ratio | 1.39% | -2.40% | 2.49% | 2.13% |
Capital Gain Distribution Analysis
LUSIX | Category Low | Category High | Capital Mode | |
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Capital Gain Distribution Frequency | Annually | Annually | Semi-Annually | Annually |
Distributions History
Date | Amount | Type |
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Dec 22, 2023 | $0.037 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 23, 2022 | $0.061 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 23, 2021 | $0.022 | OrdinaryDividend |
LUSIX - Fund Manager Analysis
Managers
Stefan Tang
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Oct 27, 2021
0.59
0.6%
Stefan T. Tang is a PM/A on the Lazard Systematic Equity team. Stefan began working in the investment field in 2005. Prior to joining Lazard in 2019, Stefan was a co-founder and managing partner with Baylight Capital. Prior to Baylight, Stefan was a founding principal and portfolio manager at QM Capital, a firm founded in 2005 that developed quantitative trading strategies. Prior to QM, Stefan was a PhD candidate in Computational Mathematics at Stanford University. Prior to Stanford, Stefan worked as a software developer in Germany where he developed algorithms for e-procurement applications.
Oren Shiran
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Oct 27, 2021
0.59
0.6%
Oren began working in the investment field in 2005. Prior to joining Lazard in 2019, Oren was a co-founder and managing partner with Baylight Capital. Prior to Baylight, Oren was a founding principal and portfolio manager at QM Capital, a firm founded in 2005 that developed quantitative trading strategies. Prior to QM, Oren was a PhD candidate in Computational Mathematics at Stanford University. Oren has a Master’s Degree in Computational Mathematics from Stanford University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley.
Tenure Analysis
Category Low | Category High | Category Average | Category Mode |
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0.08 | 49.61 | 7.05 | 2.58 |