Avantis Investors was founded in 2019 as a subsidiary under American Century Investments (ACI), a US-focused investment management firm managing over US$300bn of assets. Avantis was created to offer low-cost actively managed systematic solutions, and was setup and run by a veteran team previously from Dimensional Fund Advisors, thus having a similar investment philosophy that relies strongly on academically-supported financial science and consistent portfolio management.
The Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF is an actively managed ETF seeking long-term capital appreciation through investing in developed countries small capitalisation companies with overweights in those believed to be trading at lower valuations (adjusted book/price ratio) and with higher profitability (adjusted cash from operations to book value ratio). The fund runs a systematic investment strategy that continuously analyse market and financial data to identifies stocks with the desired capitalisation, profitability, value, and past performance characteristics, to add it into the broadly diversified portfolio with the weighted based on the market capitalisation relative to that of other eligible stocks. The ETF can allocate max 100% in money market equivalents as a temporary defensive measure in event of exceptional market or economic conditions. The ETF has >1300 holdings.
Performance
Price Performance – Maximum Period
The FairHorizon Context
Investment-Time-Horizon in years
0 - 22 - 44 - 77 - 1010 - 1515+
Expected long-term return
8 – 10% p.a.
Expected volatility
15 – 20% p.a.
Building Block Returns
Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF
Ann. return (3-year):
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Ann. return (5-year):
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Ann. return (10-year):
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Ann. Standard Deviation (5-year):
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This ETF representing active exposure to global developed markets equities small caps equities, with value factor filter.
The Dimensional World Equity Fund is our FAIRHORIZON Red reference benchmark solution that has primarily global developed equities for long-term global equity-like returns and volatility.
Why we prefer this fund
Relevance of strategy
This ETF representing active exposure to global developed markets equities small caps equities, with value factor filter.
Manager expertise
Avantis’ strong team of financial academic experts is responsible for the quantitative models that serve as the basis of all Avantis funds.
Differentiated portfolio
The fund runs a quantitative model that overweight in small value companies and underweight in large growth companies.
Historical maximum drawdown & recovery time
Max drawdown (since inception)
-20.75%
Recovery Period
83 Days
Diversification
Top 10 Holdings
Macy's Inc0.62%
Lear Corp0.62%
Abercrombie & Fitch Co0.62%
Chord Energy Corp0.61%
Matson Inc0.60%
Lyft Inc0.60%
Crocs Inc0.56%
SM Energy Co0.54%
Matador Resources Co0.53%
Weatherford International PLC0.51%
Sectors
Financials23.72%
Consumer Discretionary19.37%
Industrials13.74%
Energy13.28%
Materials11.43%
Consumer Staples5.30%
Technology4.81%
Health Care3.50%
Communications3.44%
Real Estate0.87%
Others0.53%
Geography
U.S.A.63.79%
Japan11.01%
United Kingdom3.73%
Canada3.46%
Australia2.91%
Switzerland1.68%
Bermuda1.64%
Sweden1.35%
Israel1.19%
Germany1.04%
France0.97%
Others7.23%
Frequently asked questions
What is the Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF?
The Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF is a factor-based fund in the Global Equities - Small Cap asset class, managed by Avantis Investors. Global developed market small cap equities with value style bias. Active high diversified portfolio.
What is the Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF's FairHorizon classification?
Das Family Office classifies this fund as FairHorizon Red, meaning it is suitable for investors with a 15+ years investment horizon. long-horizon, high-conviction equity allocation
What is the total expense ratio (TER) of the Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF?
The Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF has a total expense ratio of 0.39% per annum. The maximum recommended portfolio share is 20%.
What is the ISIN of the Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF?
The ISIN of the Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF share class tracked by Das Family Office is IE0003R87OG3.
Is the Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF accumulating or distributing?
The tracked share class (Acc USD) is Accumulating — income is automatically reinvested into the fund.
What is the SFDR sustainability classification of the Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF?
The Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF is classified as Article 6 under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).
When was the Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF launched?
The Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF was incepted on 2024-12-04.
Research and editorial by
Mario Becker, CEO & Founder, and Lim Chuin Hao, Head of Research, Das Family Office.
Last updated .
Data source: institutional financial data providers.