UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-06400
The Advisors Inner Circle Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
SEI Investments
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
SEI Investments
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (877) 446-3863
Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2020
Date of reporting period: October 31, 2020
Item 1. |
Reports to Stockholders. |
A copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act or 1940, as amended (the Act) (17 CFR § 270.30e-1), is attached hereto.
THE ADVISORS INNER CIRCLE FUND
Global Value Fund
ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS
October 31, 2020
This information must be preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus. Investors should read the prospectus carefully before investing.
Beginning on March 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Funds shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the Fund or from your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.
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MANAGERS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FUND PERFORMANCE
(Unaudited)
The total net of fees return of the LSV Global Value Fund, the benchmark MSCI AC World Index and the MSCI AC World Value Index for the trailing periods ending October 31, 2020 were as follows:
1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Years |
Since
Inception |
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LSV Global Value Fund, Institutional Class Shares* |
-12.43% | -3.91% | 2.18% | 1.34% | ||||||||||||
Benchmark: |
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MSCI All Country World Index |
4.89% | 5.52% | 8.11% | 6.12% | ||||||||||||
Broad Market: |
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MSCI All Country World Value Index |
-12.21% | -2.44% | 2.92% | 1.20% |
*Periods longer than 1-year are annualized; inception date 6/25/2014.
Institutional Class Shares performance as of 9/30/20: -7.39% (1 year), 3.71% (5 year) and 1.58% (Since Inception). The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investors shares when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost and current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 888-FUND-LSV (888-386-3578).
Coming into 2020, global equities were trading near all-time highs thanks to improved economic data, continued support from global central banks and the U.S. phase one trade resolution with China. The seemingly calm and optimistic environment for equity markets, however abruptly shifted course as the COVID-19 global pandemic took center stage, wreaking havoc on markets. Despite the short-term economic toll due to COVID-19, investors have proven willing to look past the short-term impact, dismissing much of the bleak data, and the market recorded solid returns for the trailing twelve months on the back of optimistic COVID-19 vaccine news and historic levels monetary and fiscal stimulus. The MSCI AC World Index was up 4.89% (in USD). From a style perspective, global value stocks dramatically underperformed across all market capitalization segments based on the MSCI Indicesthe MSCI AC World Value Index was down -12.21% while the MSCI AC World Growth Index was up 23.08% (both in USD). The difference in returns between the MSCI AC World Value and MSCI AC World Growth over this period of -35.29% was one of the worst on record for the MSCI Indices dating back to 1999. The LSV Global Value Equity Fund, Institutional Class Shares, was down -12.43% for the period. From a sector perspective, Information Technology, Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services stocks outperformed while Energy, Financials and Real Estate lagged.
The historically difficult environment for value stocks was the root cause of the poor relative performance for the trailing twelve month period. Cheaper stocks based on cash flow and earnings measures, which we favor, significantly lagged for the period and the Funds emphasis on buying and holding stocks that are attractive on these measures detracted from relative performance results. In addition, smaller capitalization stocks underperformed large cap stocks over the period and the Funds smaller capitalization bias versus the benchmark also had a negative impact on relative performance. Attribution analysis further indicates that both stock and sector selection detracted from relative returns over the period. Stock selection losses were concentrated in the Technology, Communication Services and Financials sectors as names within the Technology Hardware, Wireless Telecommunication and Diversified Banking industries lagged. Not owning a number of expensive names in the Interactive Media & Services and Internet & Direct Marketing Retail industries also detracted. From a sector
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MANAGERS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FUND PERFORMANCE
(Unaudited)
perspective, relative losses were largely due to our underweight position in the Information Technology sector as well as our overweight to Financials stocks. Top individual contributors included overweight positions in Fortescue Metals, Great Wall Motor, Target, eBay, FedEx and Regeneron. Not holding Exxon and Boeing also added value. Main individual detractors included overweights to Valero, Air Canada, United Airlines, Spirit Aerosystems, OMV Group, Gazprom and Citigroup. Not owning Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Tesla, Alphabet, Nvidia, Facebook, Alibaba, Tencent and Taiwan Semiconductor also significantly detracted.
The Fund continues to trade at a significant discount to the overall market as well as to the value benchmark. The Fund is trading at 12.2x forward earnings compared to 21.6x for the MSCI AC World Index, 1.3x book value compared to 2.4x for the benchmark and 6.9x cash flow compared to 14.8x for the MSCI AC World Index. Sector weightings are a result of our bottom-up stock selection process, subject to constraints at the sector and industry levels. The Fund is currently overweight the Financials, Health Care and Materials sectors while underweight Information Technology, Real Estate and Communication Services.
Our organization remains stable and our research team continues to pursue an active research agenda in which we are looking for better ways to measure value and identify signs of positive change. As always, we are focused on delivering the long-term results that our investors have come to expect from LSV and that we have delivered for clients since 1994.
This material represents the managers assessment of the portfolio and market environment at a specific point in time and should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice. Investing involves risk including loss of principal. The information provided herein represents the opinion of the manager and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice.
Forward earnings is not a forecast of the Funds future performance. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Investments in smaller companies typically exhibit higher volatility.
The MSCI AC World Index is a market capitalization weighted index designed to provide a broad measure of equity-market performance throughout the world.
The MSCI AC World Value Index captures large and mid-cap securities exhibiting overall value style characteristics across 23 developed Markets countries.
The MSCI AC World Growth Index captures large and mid-cap securities exhibiting overall growth style characteristics across 23 developed Markets countries.
Index Returns are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent actual fund performance. Index performance returns do not reflect any manage fees, transaction costs or expenses. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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Comparison of Change in the Value of $100,000 Investment in the LSV
Global Value Fund, Institutional Class Shares, versus the MSCI All Country World Index (Unaudited)
Average Annual Total Return
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One Year | Three Year | Five Year | Annualized | |||||
Return | Return | Return |
Inception to Date(1)
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LSV Global Value Fund, Institutional Class Shares |
-12.43% | -3.91% | 2.18% | 1.34% | ||||
LSV Global Value Fund, Investor Class Shares |
-12.62% | -4.12% | 1.94% | 1.09% | ||||
MSCI All Country World Index |
4.89% | 5.52% | 8.11% | 6.12% |
* |
The graph is based on only the Institutional Class Shares; performance for Investor Class Shares would be different due to differences in fee structures. |
(1) |
The LSV Global Value Fund Commenced operations on June 25, 2014. |
The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Funds performance assumes the reinvestment of all dividends and all capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a funds returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the Index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index. Fee waivers were in effect previously, if they had not been in effect, performance would have been lower.
Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
See definition of comparative indices on page 2.
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October 31, 2020
Sector Weightings (Unaudited):
Percentages are based on total investments.
Schedule of Investments
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2020
LSV Global Value Fund | ||||||||
Shares | Value (000) | |||||||
Insurance (continued) |
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MGIC Investment |
1,700 | $ | 17 | |||||
Prudential Financial |
240 | 15 | ||||||
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186 | ||||||||
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Investment Banking & Brokerage (0.6%) | ||||||||
Morgan Stanley |
700 | 34 | ||||||
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IT Consulting & Other Services (1.1%) | ||||||||
Amdocs |
585 | 33 | ||||||
International Business Machines |
300 | 33 | ||||||
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66 | ||||||||
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Machinery (2.1%) | ||||||||
Cummins |
290 | 64 | ||||||
Meritor* |
1,500 | 36 | ||||||
Oshkosh |
400 | 27 | ||||||
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127 | ||||||||
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Managed Health Care (0.8%) | ||||||||
Anthem |
170 | 46 | ||||||
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Media & Entertainment (1.2%) | ||||||||
Comcast, Cl A |
1,100 | 47 | ||||||
TEGNA |
2,100 | 25 | ||||||
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72 | ||||||||
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Metal & Glass Containers (0.7%) | ||||||||
Berry Global Group* |
860 | 40 | ||||||
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Motorcycle Manufacturers (0.3%) | ||||||||
Harley-Davidson |
600 | 20 | ||||||
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Paper & Paper Products (0.1%) | ||||||||
Domtar |
200 | 5 | ||||||
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Paper Packaging (0.2%) | ||||||||
Westrock |
400 | 15 | ||||||
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Petroleum & Fuel Products (0.8%) | ||||||||
Phillips 66 |
300 | 14 | ||||||
Valero Energy |
800 | 31 | ||||||
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45 | ||||||||
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Pharmaceuticals (4.3%) | ||||||||
AbbVie |
400 | 34 | ||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb |
1,000 | 59 | ||||||
Jazz Pharmaceuticals* |
290 | 42 | ||||||
Lannett* |
500 | 3 | ||||||
Merck |
800 | 60 | ||||||
Pfizer |
1,700 | 60 | ||||||
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258 | ||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2020
LSV Global Value Fund | ||||||||
Shares | Value (000) | |||||||
Canada (1.8%) |
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Air Canada, Cl B* |
1,200 | $ | 13 | |||||
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce |
130 | 10 | ||||||
iA Financial |
1,000 | 35 | ||||||
Magna International |
700 | 36 | ||||||
National Bank of Canada |
300 | 14 | ||||||
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108 | ||||||||
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Chile (0.6%) |
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Enel Americas |
276,886 | 37 | ||||||
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China (1.9%) |
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China CITIC Bank, Cl H |
24,000 | 10 | ||||||
China Resources Power Holdings |
31,000 | 32 | ||||||
Great Wall Motor, Cl H |
33,000 | 54 | ||||||
Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding, Cl H |
4,000 | 6 | ||||||
Sinotrans, Cl H |
49,000 | 14 | ||||||
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116 | ||||||||
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France (2.5%) |
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AXA |
800 | 13 | ||||||
BNP Paribas |
300 | 10 | ||||||
Metropole Television |
2,300 | 25 | ||||||
Natixis |
4,100 | 10 | ||||||
Rothschild |
800 | 21 | ||||||
Sanofi |
600 | 54 | ||||||
Total |
600 | 18 | ||||||
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151 | ||||||||
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Germany (2.1%) |
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Allianz |
60 | 11 | ||||||
Daimler |
300 | 15 | ||||||
Deutsche Post |
1,100 | 49 | ||||||
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs |
50 | 12 | ||||||
Rheinmetall |
300 | 22 | ||||||
Volkswagen |
100 | 15 | ||||||
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124 | ||||||||
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Hong Kong (3.3%) |
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Asia Cement China Holdings |
20,500 | 19 | ||||||
China Mobile |
7,000 | 43 | ||||||
China Petroleum & Chemical, Cl H |
38,000 | 15 | ||||||
China Telecom, Cl H |
64,000 | 20 | ||||||
China Water Affairs Group |
14,000 | 10 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2020
LSV Global Value Fund | ||||||||
Shares | Value (000) | |||||||
Hong Kong (continued) |
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Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings, Cl H |
8,000 | $ | 19 | |||||
Nine Dragons Paper Holdings |
17,000 | 22 | ||||||
PAX Global Technology |
44,000 | 26 | ||||||
Skyworth Group |
16,283 | 4 | ||||||
SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings |
5,500 | 3 | ||||||
WH Group |
23,000 | 18 | ||||||
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199 | ||||||||
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Hungary (0.2%) | ||||||||
MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas |
2,400 | 12 | ||||||
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Indonesia (0.2%) | ||||||||
Bank Negara Indonesia Persero |
27,700 | 9 | ||||||
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Israel (0.1%) | ||||||||
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries* |
900 | 8 | ||||||
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Italy (1.3%) | ||||||||
A2A |
22,200 | 28 | ||||||
Enel |
5,000 | 40 | ||||||
Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario |
1,600 | 11 | ||||||
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79 | ||||||||
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Japan (6.9%) | ||||||||
DTS |
1,600 | 31 | ||||||
Isuzu Motors |
1,500 | 12 | ||||||
ITOCHU |
1,300 | 31 | ||||||
Kandenko |
4,000 | 30 | ||||||
KDDI |
1,700 | 46 | ||||||
Konoike Transport |
800 | 8 | ||||||
Lintec |
500 | 11 | ||||||
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone |
1,800 | 38 | ||||||
Nisshin Oillio Group |
1,100 | 32 | ||||||
Nitto Kogyo |
500 | 9 | ||||||
Nomura Holdings |
9,800 | 44 | ||||||
ORIX |
2,700 | 32 | ||||||
Resona Holdings |
3,100 | 10 | ||||||
SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings |
1,500 | 6 | ||||||
Sumitomo |
2,200 | 24 | ||||||
Teijin |
1,900 | 29 | ||||||
Tsubakimoto Chain |
400 | 9 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2020
LSV Global Value Fund | ||||||||
Shares | Value (000) | |||||||
Switzerland (continued) |
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UBS Group |
1,300 | $ | 15 | |||||
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139 | ||||||||
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Taiwan (2.3%) | ||||||||
Chipbond Technology |
16,000 | 35 | ||||||
Compeq Manufacturing |
28,000 | 43 | ||||||
Mitac Holdings |
26,654 | 26 | ||||||
Tripod Technology |
8,000 | 32 | ||||||
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136 | ||||||||
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Thailand (0.2%) | ||||||||
Krung Thai Bank |
21,700 | 6 | ||||||
Pruksa Holding |
24,700 | 8 | ||||||
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14 | ||||||||
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Turkey (0.7%) | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Icecek |
6,200 | 33 | ||||||
Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari |
6,500 | 8 | ||||||
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41 | ||||||||
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United Kingdom (4.6%) | ||||||||
3i Group |
1,700 | 21 | ||||||
Anglo American |
1,500 | 35 | ||||||
BAE Systems |
4,500 | 23 | ||||||
Barclays |
15,300 | 21 | ||||||
Bellway |
400 | 12 | ||||||
Berkeley Group Holdings |
400 | 21 | ||||||
British American Tobacco |
1,300 | 41 | ||||||
Centrica |
11,900 | 6 | ||||||
J Sainsbury |
6,000 | 16 | ||||||
Lloyds Banking Group |
43,500 | 16 | ||||||
Old Mutual |
3,000 | 2 | ||||||
Smurfit Kappa Group |
700 | 26 | ||||||
Tesco |
13,400 | 36 | ||||||
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276 | ||||||||
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TOTAL FOREIGN COMMON STOCK |
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(Cost $2,872) |
2,471 | |||||||
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LSV Global Value Fund | ||||||||
Face
Amount (000) |
Value (000) | |||||||
Repurchase Agreement (0.8%) |
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South Street Securities 0.030%, dated 10/30/20, to be repurchased on 11/02/20, repurchase price $46 (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury obligations, ranging in par value $0 - $47, 0.125% - 0.375%, 03/31/22 -10/15/25; total market value $47) |
$ | 46 | $ | 46 | ||||
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TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENT |
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(Cost $46) |
46 | |||||||
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Total Investments 99.4% | ||||||||
(Cost $6,459) |
$ | 5,961 | ||||||
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Percentages are based on Net Assets of $5,995 (000).
* |
Non-income producing security. |
ADR American Depositary Receipt
Cl Class
PJSC Public Joint Stock Company
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2020
The following is a list of the level of inputs used as of October 31, 2020, in valuing the Funds investments carried at value ($000):
Investments in
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Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stock |
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United States |
$ | 3,444 | $ | | $ | | $ | 3,444 | ||||||||
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Total Common Stock |
3,444 | | | 3,444 | ||||||||||||
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Foreign Common Stock |
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Australia |
| 104 | | 104 | ||||||||||||
Belgium |
| 14 | | 14 | ||||||||||||
Canada |
108 | | | 108 | ||||||||||||
Chile |
37 | | | 37 | ||||||||||||
China |
| 116 | | 116 | ||||||||||||
France |
| 151 | | 151 | ||||||||||||
Germany |
| 124 | | 124 | ||||||||||||
Hong Kong |
| 199 | | 199 | ||||||||||||
Hungary |
| 12 | | 12 | ||||||||||||
Indonesia |
| 9 | | 9 | ||||||||||||
Israel |
| 8 | | 8 | ||||||||||||
Italy |
| 79 | | 79 | ||||||||||||
Japan |
| 414 | | 414 | ||||||||||||
Netherlands |
| 60 | | 60 | ||||||||||||
Norway |
| 24 | | 24 | ||||||||||||
Russia |
44 | | | 44 | ||||||||||||
South Africa |
| 4 | | 4 | ||||||||||||
South Korea |
| 165 | | 165 | ||||||||||||
Spain |
| 41 | | 41 | ||||||||||||
Sweden |
| 152 | | 152 | ||||||||||||
Switzerland |
| 139 | | 139 | ||||||||||||
Taiwan |
| 136 | | 136 | ||||||||||||
Thailand |
| 14 | | 14 | ||||||||||||
Turkey |
| 41 | | 41 | ||||||||||||
United Kingdom |
2 | 274 | | 276 | ||||||||||||
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Total Foreign |
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Common Stock |
191 | 2,280 | | 2,471 | ||||||||||||
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Total Repurchase Agreement |
| 46 | | 46 | ||||||||||||
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Total Investments in Securities | $ | 3,635 | $ | 2,326 | $ | | $ | 5,961 | ||||||||
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For the year ended October 31, 2020, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3.
Amounts designated as are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 Significant Accounting Policies in the Notes to Financial Statements.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (000)
October 31, 2020
LSV Global Value
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Assets: |
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Investments at Value (Cost $6,459) |
$ | 5,961 | ||
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $14) |
14 | |||
Dividends and Interest Receivable |
16 | |||
Receivable due from Investment Adviser |
8 | |||
Reclaim Receivable |
5 | |||
Prepaid Expenses
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16
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Total Assets |
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6,020 |
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Liabilities: |
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Payable for Printing Fees |
10 | |||
Payable due to Transfer Agent |
6 | |||
Payable to Custodian |
5 | |||
Payable due to Pricing Fees |
3 | |||
Payable due to Administrator |
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Payable due to Trustees |
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Payable due to Distributor |
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Payable due to Chief Compliance Officer |
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Other Accrued Expenses
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1
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Total Liabilities |
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25 |
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Net Assets |
$ | 5,995 | ||
Net Assets Consist of: |
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Paid-in Capital |
$ | 6,504 | ||
Total distributable loss |
(509) | |||
Net Assets |
$ |
5,995 |
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Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share
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$ | 9.35 | ||
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share
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$ | 9.33 | ||
(1) Shares have not been rounded.
Amounts designated as are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Statement of Operations (000)
For the year ended October 31, 2020
LSV Global Value
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Investment Income: |
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Dividend Income |
$ 192 | |||
Interest Income |
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Foreign Taxes Withheld |
(12) | |||
Total Investment Income |
180 | |||
Expenses: |
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Investment Advisory Fees |
46 | |||
Administration Fees |
3 | |||
Distribution Fees - Investor Class |
3 | |||
Chief Compliance Officer Fees |
1 | |||
Trustees Fees |
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Transfer Agent Fees |
35 | |||
Custodian Fees |
26 | |||
Registration and Filing Fees |
23 | |||
Printing Fees |
6 | |||
Professional Fees |
1 | |||
Insurance and Other Fees |
14 | |||
Total Expenses |
158 | |||
Less: Waiver of Investment Advisory Fees |
(46) | |||
Less: Reimbursement of Expenses from Investment Adviser |
(55) | |||
Less: Fees Paid Indirectly (see Note 4) |
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Net Expenses |
57 | |||
Net Investment Income |
123 | |||
Net Realized Loss on Investments |
(36) | |||
Net Realized Loss on Foreign Currency Transactions |
(1) | |||
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments |
(814) | |||
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Foreign Currency Translation |
1 | |||
Net Realized and Unrealized Loss on Investments |
(850) | |||
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations |
$ (727) | |||
Amounts designated as are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (000)
For the year ended October 31,
LSV Global Value Fund | ||||||||
|
2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Operations: |
||||||||
Net Investment Income |
$ | 123 | $ | 136 | ||||
Net Realized Loss on Investments and Foreign Currency Transactions |
(37 | ) | (62 | ) | ||||
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translation |
(813 | ) | 349 | |||||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations |
(727 | ) | 423 | |||||
Distributions |
||||||||
Institutional Class Shares |
(123 | ) | (198 | ) | ||||
Investor Class Shares |
(20 | ) | (26 | ) | ||||
Total Distributions |
(143 | ) | (224 | ) | ||||
Capital Share Transactions: |
||||||||
Institutional Class Shares: |
||||||||
Issued |
491 | 292 | ||||||
Reinvestment of Dividends and Distributions |
123 | 198 | ||||||
Redeemed |
(20 | ) | | |||||
Net Increase from Institutional Class Shares Transactions |
594 | 490 | ||||||
Investor Class Shares: |
||||||||
Issued |
448 | 377 | ||||||
Reinvestment of Dividends and Distributions |
20 | 26 | ||||||
Redeemed |
(262 | ) | (4 | ) | ||||
Net Increase from Investor Class Shares Transactions |
206 | 399 | ||||||
Net Increase in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions |
800 | 889 | ||||||
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
(70 | ) | 1,088 | |||||
Net Assets: |
||||||||
Beginning of Year |
6,065 | 4,977 | ||||||
End of Year |
$ | 5,995 | $ | 6,065 | ||||
Shares Transactions: |
||||||||
Institutional Class: |
||||||||
Issued |
49 | 28 | ||||||
Reinvestment of Dividends and Distributions |
11 | 21 | ||||||
Redeemed |
(2 | ) | | |||||
Total Institutional Class Share Transactions |
58 | 49 | ||||||
Investor Class: |
||||||||
Issued |
52 | 37 | ||||||
Reinvestment of Dividends and Distributions |
2 | 3 | ||||||
Redeemed |
(26 | ) | | |||||
Total Investor Class Share Transactions |
28 | 40 | ||||||
Net Increase in Shares Outstanding |
86 | 89 | ||||||
Amounts designated as are $0 or have been rounded to $0.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Financial Highlights
For a share outstanding throughout each year ended October 31,
|
Total return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. Total return would have been lower had the Adviser not waived a portion of its fee. Total returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Capital shares. |
(1) |
Per share calculations were performed using average shares for the period. |
Amounts |
designated as are $0 or have been rounded to $0. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements
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Notes to Financial Statements
October 31, 2020
1. Organization:
The Advisors Inner Circle Fund (the Trust) is organized as a Massachusetts business trust under an Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated February 18, 1997. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company with 43 funds. The financial statements herein are those of the LSV Global Value Fund, a diversified Fund (the Fund). The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in equity securities of companies located throughout the world. The Fund commenced operations on June 25, 2014, offering Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares. The financial statements of the remaining funds of the Trust are not presented herein, but are presented separately. The assets of each fund are segregated, and a shareholders interest is limited to the fund in which shares are held.
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
The following are significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund. The Fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance issued in Topic 946 by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences could be material.
Security Valuation Securities listed on a securities exchange, market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (except for securities traded on NASDAQ), including securities traded over the counter, are valued at the last quoted sale price on an exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which they are traded on the valuation date (or at approximately 4:00 pm ET if a securitys primary exchange is normally open at that time), or, if there is no such reported sale on the valuation date, at the most recent quoted bid price. For securities traded on NASDAQ, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price will be used. The prices for foreign securities are reported in local currency and converted to U.S. dollars using currency exchange rates.
Securities for which market prices are not readily available are valued in accordance with Fair Value Procedures established by the Funds Board of Trustees (the Board). The Funds Fair Value Procedures are implemented through a Fair Value Committee (the Committee) designated by the Board. Some of the more common reasons that may necessitate that a security be valued using Fair Value Procedures include: the securitys trading has been halted or suspended; the security has been de-listed from a national exchange; the securitys primary trading market is temporarily closed at a time when under normal conditions it would be open; the security has not been traded for an extended period of time; the securitys primary pricing source is not able or willing to provide a price; or trading of the security is subject to local government-imposed restrictions. When a security is valued in accordance with the Fair Value Procedures, the Committee will determine the value after taking into consideration relevant information reasonably available to the Committee.
For securities that principally trade on a foreign market or exchange, a significant gap in time can exist between the time of a particular securitys last trade and the time at which the Fund calculates its net asset value. The closing prices of such securities may no longer reflect their market value at the time the Fund calculates net asset value if an event that could materially affect the value of those securities a (Significant Event) has occurred between the time of the securitys last close and the time that the Fund calculates net asset value. A Significant Event may relate to a single issuer or to an entire market sector. If the adviser of the Fund becomes aware of a Significant Event that has occurred with respect to a security or group of securities after the closing of the exchange or market on which the security or securities principally trade, but before the time at which the Fund calculates net asset value, it may request that a Committee meeting be called. In addition, the Funds administrator monitors price movements among certain selected indices, securities and/or baskets of securities that may be an indicator that the closing prices received earlier from foreign exchanges or markets may not reflect market value at the time the Fund calculates net asset value. If price movements in a monitored index or security exceed levels established by the administrator, the administrator notifies the adviser that such limits have been exceeded. In such event, the adviser makes the determination whether a Committee meeting should be called based on the information provided.
The Fund uses MarkIt Fair Value (MarkIt) as a third party fair valuation vendor. MarkIt provides a fair value for foreign securities in the Fund based on certain factors and methodologies (involving,
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Notes to Financial Statements
October 31, 2020
generally, tracking valuation correlations between the U.S. market and each non-U.S. security) applied by MarkIt in the event that there is a movement in the U.S. markets that exceeds a specific threshold established by the Committee. The Committee establishes a confidence interval which is used to determine the level of correlation between the value of a foreign security and movements in the U.S. market before a particular security is fair valued when the threshold is exceeded. In the event that the threshold established by the Committee is exceeded on a specific day, the Fund values its non-U.S. securities that exceed the applicable confidence interval based upon the fair values provided by MarkIt. In such event, it is not necessary to hold a Committee meeting. In the event that the Adviser believes that the fair values provided by MarkIt are not reliable, the Adviser contacts the Funds Administrator and can request that a meeting of the Committee be held. As of October 31, 2020, there were no securities valued in accordance with Fair Value Procedures. If a local market in which the Fund owns securities is closed for one or more days, the Fund shall value all securities held in that corresponding currency based on the fair value prices provided by MarkIt using the predetermined confidence interval discussed above.
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. GAAP, the Fund discloses fair value of its investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The objective of a fair value measurement is to determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Accordingly, the fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
Level 1 Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;
Level 2 Other significant observable inputs (includes quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, referenced indices, quoted prices in inactive markets, adjusted quoted prices in active markets, etc.); and
Level 3 Prices, inputs or proprietary modeling techniques which are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity).
Investments are classified within the level of the lowest significant input considered in determining fair value. Investments classified within Level 3 whose fair value measurement considers several inputs may include Level 1 or Level 2 inputs as components of the overall fair value measurement.
For the year ended October 31, 2020, there have been no significant changes to the Funds fair valuation methodologies.
Federal Income Taxes It is the Funds intention to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company for Federal income tax purposes by complying with the appropriate provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and to distribute substantially all of its income to shareholders. Accordingly, no provision for Federal income taxes has been made in the financial statements.
The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds tax returns to determine whether it is more-likely-than-not (i.e., greater than 50-percent) that each tax position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The Fund did not record any tax provision in the current period. However, managements conclusions regarding tax positions taken may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, examination by tax authorities (i.e. the last three open tax year ends, as applicable), on-going analysis of and changes to tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof.
As of and during the year ended October 31, 2020, the Fund did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the year ended October 31, 2020, the Fund did not incur any interest or penalties.
Security Transactions and Investment Income Security transactions are accounted for on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in determining realized gains or losses on the sale of investment securities are based on the specific identification method. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis from settlement date. Certain dividends from foreign securities will be recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the dividend if such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date.
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Notes to Financial Statements
October 31, 2020
Investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) With respect to the Fund, dividend income is recorded based on the income included in distributions received from the REIT investments using published REIT reclassifications including some management estimates when actual amounts are not available. Distributions received in excess of this estimated amount are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investments or reclassified to capital gains. The actual amounts of income, return of capital, and capital gains are only determined by each REIT after its fiscal year-end, and may differ from the estimated amounts.
Repurchase Agreements In connection with transactions involving repurchase agreements, a third party custodian bank takes possession of the underlying securities (collateral), the value of which exceeds the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest. Such collateral will be cash, debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, securities that at the time the repurchase agreement is entered into are rated in the highest category by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO) or unrated category by an NRSRO, as determined by the Adviser. Provisions of the repurchase agreements and procedures adopted by the Board require that the market value of the collateral, including accrued interest thereon, is sufficient in the event of default by the counterparty. In the event of default on the obligation to repurchase, the Fund has the right to liquidate the collateral and apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the counterparty to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral or proceeds may be subject to legal proceedings.
Repurchase agreements are entered into by the Fund under Master Repurchase Agreements (MRA) which permit the Fund, under certain circumstances including an event of default (such as bankruptcy or insolvency), to offset payables and/or receivables under the MRA with collateral held and/ or posted to the counterparty and create one single net payment due to or from the Fund.
At October 31, 2020, the open repurchase agreements by counterparty which is subject to a MRA on a net payment basis is as follows (000):
Counterparty |
Repurchase
Agreement |
Fair
Value of
|
Cash
Collateral Received(1) |
Net Amount(2) |
||||||||||||
South Street Securities |
$
|
46
|
|
$ | 46 | $ | | $ | |
(1) The amount of collateral reflected in the table does not include any
over-collateralization received by the Fund.
(2) Net amount represents the net amount receivable due from the counterparty in the event of default.
Foreign Currency Translation The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars on the date of valuation. The Fund does not isolate that portion of realized or unrealized gains and losses resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rate from fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of the securities. These gains and losses are included in net realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments on the Statement of Operations. Net realized and unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net foreign exchange gains or losses from foreign currency exchange contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amount of the investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid.
Expenses Expenses that are directly related to the Fund are charged to the Fund. Other operating expenses of the Trust are prorated to the Fund based on the number of funds and/or average daily net assets.
Classes Class specific expenses are borne by that class of shares. Income, realized and unrealized gains and losses and non-class specific expenses are allocated to the respective class on the basis of average daily net assets.
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid to shareholders annually. Any net realized capital gains are distributed to shareholders at least annually.
3. Transactions with Affiliates:
Certain officers of the Trust are also employees of SEI Investments Global Funds Services the (Administrator), a wholly owned subsidiary of SEI Investments Company and/or SEI Investments Distribution Co. the (Distributor). Such officers are paid no fees by the Trust for serving as officers of the Trust other than the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) as described below.
A portion of the services provided by the CCO and his staff, whom are employees of the Administrator, are paid for by the Trust as incurred. The services include
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Notes to Financial Statements
October 31, 2020
regulatory oversight of the Trusts Advisors and service providers as required by SEC regulations. The CCOs services have been approved by and reviewed by the Board.
4. |
Administration, Distribution, Shareholder Servicing, Transfer Agent and Custodian Agreements: |
The Fund, along with other series of the Trust advised by LSV Asset Management (the Adviser), and the Administrator are parties to an Administration Agreement, under which the Administrator provides administrative services to the Fund. For these services, the Administrator is paid an asset based fee, subject to certain minimums, which will vary depending on the number of share classes and the average daily net assets of the Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2020, the Fund paid $3,356 for these services.
The Trust and Distributor are parties to a Distribution Agreement dated November 14, 1991, as Amended and Restated November 14, 2005. The Distributor receives no fees for its distribution services under this agreement.
The Fund has adopted a distribution plan under the Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for Investor Class Shares that allows the Fund to pay distribution and service fees for the sale and distribution of its shares, and for services provided to shareholders. The maximum annual distribution fee for Investor Class Shares of the Fund is 0.25% annually of the average daily net assets. For the year ended October 31, 2020, the Fund incurred $2,699 of distribution fees.
DST Systems, Inc. serves as the transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund under a transfer agency agreement with the Trust. During the year ended October 31, 2020, the Fund earned $55 in cash management credits which were used to offset transfer agent expenses. This amount is labeled as Fees Paid Indirectly on the Statement of Operations.
U.S. Bank, N.A. acts as custodian (the Custodian) for the Fund. The Custodian plays no role in determining the investment policies of the Fund or which securities are to be purchased and sold by the Fund.
5. |
Investment Advisory Agreement: |
The Trust and the Adviser are parties to an Investment Advisory Agreement, under which the Adviser receives an annual fee equal to 0.75% of the Funds average daily net assets. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its fee (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) in order to limit the Funds total operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements to a maximum of 0.90% and 1.15% of the Funds Institutional Class and Investor Class Shares
average daily net assets, respectively, through February 28, 2021. Refer to waiver of investment advisory fees on the Statement of Operations for fees waived for the year ended October 31, 2020.
6. |
Investment Transactions: |
The cost of security purchases and the proceeds from security sales, other than short-term investments, for the year ended October 31, 2020, were as follows (000):
Purchases |
||||
Other |
$ | 1,631 | ||
Sales |
||||
Other |
$ | 793 |
7. |
Federal Tax Information: |
The amount and character of income and capital gain distributions to be paid, if any, are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. As a result, net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions for a reporting period may differ significantly from distributions during such period. These book/tax differences may be temporary or permanent.
The permanent differences primarily consist of foreign currency translations, and reclassification of long term capital gain distribution on REITs. There are no permanent differences that are credited or charged to Paid-in Capital and Distributable Earnings as of October 31, 2020.
The tax character of dividends and distributions paid during the years ended October 31, 2020 and 2019 was as follows (000):
Ordinary
Income |
Long-Term Capital Gain |
Total | ||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
2020 |
$ 143 | $ | $ | 143 | ||||||||
2019 |
123 | 101 | 224 |
As of October 31, 2020, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows (000):
Undistributed Ordinary Income |
$ | 109 | ||
Capital Loss Carryforward |
(100 | ) | ||
Other Temporary Differences |
(1 | ) | ||
Unrealized Depreciation |
(517 | ) | ||
|
|
|||
Total Accumulated Losses |
$ | (509 | ) | |
|
|
Capital loss carryforward rules allow for RICs to carry forward capital losses indefinitely and to retain the character of capital loss carryforwards as short-term or long-term. The Fund has short-term and long-term capital loss carryforwards of $6 (000) and $94 (000), respectively, at October 31, 2020. During the year end October 31, 2020, no capital loss carryforwards were utilized to offset capital gains.
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Notes to Financial Statements
October 31, 2020
The total cost of securities for Federal income tax purposes and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investments held by the Fund at October 31, 2020, were as follows (000):
Federal
|
Aggregated
|
Aggregated
|
Net
Unrealized
|
|||||||||||
$ | 6,478 | $ | 668 | $ | (1,185) | $ | (517) |
8. Concentration of Risks:
Equity Risk Since the Fund purchases equity securities, the Fund is subject to the risk that stock prices will fall over short or extended periods of time. Historically, the equity markets have moved in cycles, and the value of the Funds equity securities may fluctuate drastically from day-to-day. Individual companies may report poor results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and developments. The prices of securities issued by such companies may suffer a decline in response. These factors contribute to price volatility, which is the principal risk of investing in the Fund.
Foreign Company Risk Investing in foreign companies, including direct investments and through Depositary Receipts, poses additional risks since political and economic events unique to a country or region will affect those markets and their issuers. These risks will not necessarily affect the U.S. economy or similar issuers located in the United States. In addition, investments in foreign companies are generally denominated in a foreign currency, the value of which may be influenced by currency exchange rates and exchange control regulations. Changes in the value of a currency compared to the U.S. dollar may affect (positively or negatively) the value of the Funds investments. These currency movements may occur separately from, and in response to, events that do not otherwise affect the value of the security in the issuers home country. Securities of foreign companies may not be registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and foreign companies are generally not subject to the regulatory controls imposed on U.S. issuers and, as a consequence, there is generally less publically available information about foreign securities than is available about domestic securities. Income from foreign securities owned by the Fund may be reduced by a withholding tax at the source, which tax would reduce income received from the securities comprising the portfolio. Foreign securities may also be more difficult to value than securities of U.S. issuers.
While Depositary Receipts provide an alternative to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their respective national markets and currencies, investments in Depositary Receipts continue to be subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities.
Emerging Market Risk Investments in emerging markets securities are considered speculative and subject to heightened risks in addition to the general risks of investing in foreign securities. Unlike more established markets, emerging markets may have governments that are less stable, markets that are less liquid and economies that are less developed. In addition, the securities markets of emerging market countries may consist of companies with smaller market capitalizations and may suffer periods of relative illiquidity; significant price volatility; restrictions on foreign investment; and possible restrictions on repatriation of investment income and capital. Furthermore, foreign investors may be required to register the proceeds of sales, and future economic or political crises could lead to price controls, forced mergers, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, seizure, nationalization or creation of government monopolies.
Currency Risk As a result of the Funds investments in securities or other investments denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies, the Fund will be subject to currency risk. Currency risk is the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, in which case, the dollar value of an investment in the Fund would be adversely affected.
Market Risk The risk that the market value of an investment may move up and down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets for securities in which the Fund invests may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, economic or other developments that may cause broad changes in market value, public perceptions concerning these developments, and adverse investor sentiment or publicity. Similarly, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic or natural disaster, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact
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Notes to Financial Statements
October 31, 2020
the Funds performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund.
Medium and Smaller Capitalization Risk The medium- and smaller-capitalization companies in which the Fund may invest may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies. In particular, investments in these medium- and small-sized companies may pose additional risks, including liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group. Therefore, medium- and small-capitalization stocks may be more volatile than those of larger companies. These securities may be traded over-the-counter or listed on an exchange.
Style Risk Since the Fund pursues a value style of investing, if the Advisers assessment of market conditions, or a companys value or prospects for exceeding earnings expectations is wrong, the Fund could suffer losses or produce poor performance relative to other funds. In addition, value stocks can continue to be undervalued by the market for long periods of time.
9. Other:
At October 31, 2020, 100% of total shares outstanding for the Institutional Class Shares were held by three record shareholders each owning 10% or greater of the aggregate total shares outstanding. At October 31, 2020, 88% of total shares outstanding for the Investor Class Shares were held by two record shareholders each owning 10% or greater of the aggregate total shares outstanding. These were comprised mostly of omnibus accounts which were held on behalf of various individual shareholders.
In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Funds maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.
10. New Accounting Pronouncement:
In August 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820). The new guidance includes additions, removals and modifications to disclosures requirements for fair value measurements. For public entities, the amendments are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods
within those fiscal years. Management elected to early adopt the removal and modifications of certain disclosure and delay the adoption of additional disclosures until the effective date.
11. Subsequent Events:
The Fund has evaluated the need for additional disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, no additional disclosures or adjustments were required to the financial statements.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund and the Shareholders of LSV Global Value Fund
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, of LSV Global Value Fund (the Fund) (one of the series constituting The Advisors Inner Circle Fund (the Trust)), including the schedule of investments, as of October 31, 2020, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund (one of the series constituting The Advisors Inner Circle Fund) at October 31, 2020, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and its financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trusts management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trusts internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trusts internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2020, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the auditor of one or more LSV Asset Management investment companies since 2005.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 29, 2020
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Disclosure of Fund Expenses (Unaudited)
All mutual funds have operating expenses. As a shareholder of a mutual fund, your investment is affected by these ongoing costs, which include (among others) costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports like this one. It is important for you to understand the impact of these costs on your investment returns.
Operating expenses such as these are deducted from the mutual funds gross income and directly reduce your final investment return. These expenses are expressed as a percentage of the mutual funds average net assets; this percentage is known as the mutual funds expense ratio.
The following examples use the expense ratio and are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from May 1, 2020 to October 31, 2020.
The table below illustrates your Funds costs in two ways:
Actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses after fee waivers that your Fund incurred over the period. The Expenses Paid During Period column shows the actual dollar expense cost incurred by a $1,000 investment in the Fund, and the Ending Account Value number is derived from deducting that expense cost from the Funds gross investment return.
You can use this information, together with the actual amount you invested in the Fund, to estimate the expenses you paid over that period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 to arrive at a ratio (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = $8.6), then multiply that ratio by the number shown for your Fund under Expenses Paid During Period.
Hypothetical 5% return. This section helps you compare your Funds costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the Fund had an annual 5% return before expenses during the period, but that the expense ratio (Column 3) is unchanged. This example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to make this 5% calculation. You can assess your Funds comparative cost by comparing the hypothetical result for your Fund in the Expense Paid During Period column with those that appear in the same charts in the shareholder reports for other mutual funds.
NOTE: Because the hypothetical return is set at 5% for comparison purposes NOT your Funds actual return the account values shown do not apply to your specific investment.
Beginning
Account Value 05/01/20 |
Ending
Account Value 10/31/20 |
Annualized
Expense Ratios |
Expenses
Paid During Period* |
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LSV Global Value Fund |
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Actual Fund Return |
||||||||||||||||||||
Institutional Class Shares |
$1,000.00 | $1,084.70 | 0.90 | % | $4.72 | |||||||||||||||
Investor Class Shares |
1,000.00 | 1,083.60 | 1.15 | 6.02 | ||||||||||||||||
Hypothetical 5% Return |
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Institutional Class Shares |
$1,000.00 | $1,020.61 | 0.90 | % | $4.57 | |||||||||||||||
Investor Class Shares |
1,000.00 | 1,019.36 | 1.15 | 5.84 |
* |
Expenses are equal to the Funds annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
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Review of Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)
Pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, the Funds investment adviser has adopted, and the Board has approved, a liquidity risk management program (the Program) to govern the Funds approach to managing liquidity risk. The Program is overseen by the Funds Liquidity Risk Management Program Administrator (the Program Administrator), and the Programs principal objectives include assessing, managing and periodically reviewing the Funds liquidity risk, based on factors specific to the circumstances of the Funds.
At a meeting of the Board held on May 19, 2020, the Trustees received a report from the Program Administrator addressing the operations of the Program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation. The Board acknowledged that (i) the report covered the period from December 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019 and thus did not cover the recent period of market volatility, and (ii) the Board held a call with the Trusts officers on March 25, 2020 where the officers discussed the operations and effectiveness of the Program during the then-current market volatility. The Board requested that the Program Administrator provide an update of the operation of the Program during the then-current market volatility at its next meeting. The Program Administrators report noted that the Program Administrator had determined that the Program is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Funds liquidity risk and has operated adequately and effectively to manage the Funds liquidity risk since the Program was implemented on December 1, 2018. The Program Administrators report noted that during the period covered by the report, there were no liquidity events that impacted the Fund or its ability to timely meet redemptions without dilution to existing shareholders. The Program Administrators report further noted that no material changes have been made to the Program since its implementation.
There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives in the future. Please refer to the prospectus for more information regarding the Funds exposure to liquidity risk and other principal risks to which an investment in the Fund may be subject.
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Trustees And Officers Of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund (Unaudited)
Set forth below are the names, ages, position with the Trust, term of office, length of time served and the principal occupations for the last five years of each of the persons currently serving as Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Trustees who are deemed not to be interested persons of the Trust are referred to as Independent Board Members. Messrs. Nesher and Klauder are Trustees who may be deemed to be interested persons of the Fund as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by virtue of their affiliation with the Trusts Distributor. The Trusts Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes additional information about the Trustees and Officers. The SAI may be obtained without charge by calling 888-Fund-LSV. The following chart lists Trustees and Officers as of October 31, 2020.
Name and Year of Birth |
Position with
Trust and Length of Time Served1 |
Principal Occupation in the Past Five Years |
Other Directorships Held in the Past Five Years2 |
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INTERESTED
TRUSTEES3,4 |
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Robert Nesher (Born: 1946) |
Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 1991) | SEI employee 1974 to present; currently performs various services on behalf of SEI Investments for which Mr. Nesher is compensated. President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee of SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, Adviser Managed Trust, New Covenant Funds, SEI Insurance Products Trust and SEI Catholic Values Trust. President and Director of SEI Structured Credit Fund, LP. Vice Chairman of OConnor EQUUS (closed-end investment company) to 2016. President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee of SEI Liquid Asset Trust to 2016. Vice Chairman of Winton Series Trust to 2017. Vice Chairman of Winton Diversified Opportunities Fund (closed- end investment company), The Advisors Inner Circle Fund III, Gallery Trust, Schroder Series Trust and Schroder Global Series Trust to 2018. |
Current Directorships: Trustee of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, The KP Funds, Frost Family of Funds, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, Adviser Managed Trust, New Covenant Funds, SEI Insurance Products Trust and SEI Catholic Values Trust. Director of SEI Structured Credit Fund, LP, SEI Global Master Fund plc, SEI Global Assets Fund plc, SEI Global Investments Fund plc, SEI InvestmentsGlobal Funds Services, Limited, SEI Investments Global, Limited, SEI Investments (Europe) Ltd., SEI InvestmentsUnit Trust Management (UK) Limited, SEI Multi-Strategy Funds PLC and SEI Global Nominee Ltd.
Former Directorships: Trustee of SEI Liquid Asset Trust to 2016. |
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N. Jeffrey Klauder (Born: 1952) |
Trustee (since 2018) |
Senior Advisor of SEI Investments since 2018. Executive Vice President and General Counsel of SEI Investments, 2004 to 2018. |
Current Directorships: Trustee of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds and The KP Funds. Director of SEI Private Trust Company, SEI Global Fund Services Ltd., SEI Investments Global Limited, SEI Global Master Fund, SEI Global Investments Fund and SEI Global Assets Fund. Former Directorships: Trustee of SEI Investments Management Corporation, SEI Trust Company, SEI Investments (South Africa), Limited and SEI Investments (Canada) Company to 2018. |
1 |
Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this Trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, or is removed in accordance with the Trusts Declaration of Trust. |
2 |
Directorships of Companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange act of 1934 (i.e., public companies) or other investment companies under the 1940 act. |
3 |
Denotes Trustees who may be deemed to be interested persons of the Fund as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by virtue of their affiliation with the Distributor and/or its affiliates. |
4 |
Trustees oversee 43 funds in The Advisors Inner Circle Fund. |
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Trustees And Officers Of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund (Unaudited)
Name and Year of Birth |
Position with Trust and Length of Time Served1 |
Principal Occupation in the Past Five Years |
Other Directorships Held in the Past Five Years2 |
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INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES3,4 |
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Joseph T. Grause, Jr. (Born: 1952) |
Trustee (since 2011) Lead Independent Trustee (since 2018) |
Self-Employed Consultant since 2012. Director of Endowments and Foundations, Morningstar Investment Management, Morningstar, Inc., 2010 to 2011. Director of International Consulting and Chief Executive Officer of Morningstar Associates EuropeLimited, Morningstar, Inc., 2007 to 2010. Country Manager Morningstar UK Limited, Morningstar, Inc., 2005 to 2007. | Current Directorships: Trustee of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, The KP Funds and Frost Family of Funds. Director of RQSI GAA Systematic Global Macro Fund, Ltd. Former Directorships: Director of The Korea Fund, Inc. to 2019. | |||
Mitchell A. Johnson (Born: 1942) |
Trustee (since 2005) |
Retired. Private investor since 1994. |
Current Directorships: Trustee of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, The KP Funds, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, Adviser Managed Trust, New Covenant Funds, SEI Insurance Products Trust and SEI Catholic Values Trust. Director of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) since 1997 and RQSI GAA Systematic Global Macro Fund, Ltd. Former Directorships: Trustee of SEI Liquid Asset Trust to 2016. |
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Betty L. Krikorian (Born: 1943) |
Trustee (since 2005) |
Vice President, Compliance, AARP Financial Inc., from 2008 to 2010. Self-Employed Legal and Financial Services Consultant since 2003. Counsel (in-house) for State Street Bank from 1995 to 2003. | Current Directorships: Trustee of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds and The KP Funds. Director of RQSI GAA Systematic Global Macro Fund, Ltd. | |||
Robert Mulhall (Born: 1958) |
Trustee (since 2019) |
Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, from 1998 to 2018. | Current Directorships: Trustee of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, The KP Funds and Frost Family of Funds. Director of RQSI GAA Systematic Global Macro Fund, Ltd. Former Directorships: Trustee of Villanova University Alumni Board of Directors to 2018. | |||
Bruce R. Speca (Born: 1956) |
Trustee (since 2011) |
Global Head of Asset Allocation, Manulife Asset Management (subsidiary of Manulife Financial), 2010 to 2011. Executive Vice President Investment Management Services, John Hancock Financial Services (subsidiary of Manulife Financial), 2003 to 2010. | Current Directorships: Trustee of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, The KP Funds and Frost Family of Funds. Director of Stone Harbor Investments Funds (8 Portfolios), Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund (closed-end fund) and Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund (closed-end fund). Director of RQSI GAA Systematic Global Macro Fund, Ltd. |
1 |
Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this Trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, or is removed in accordance with the Trusts Declaration of Trust. |
2 |
Directorships of Companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange act of 1934 (i.e., public companies) or other investment companies under the 1940 act. |
3 |
Denotes Trustees who may be deemed to be interested persons of the Fund as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by virtue of their affiliation with the Distributor and/or its affiliates. |
4 |
Trustees oversee 43 funds in The Advisors Inner Circle Fund. |
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Trustees And Officers Of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund (Unaudited)
Name and Year of Birth |
Position with Trust and Length of Time Served 1 |
Principal Occupation in the Past Five Years |
Other Directorships Held in the Past Five Years 2 |
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INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES (continued)3 |
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George J. Sullivan, Jr. (Born: 1942) |
Trustee (since 1999) |
Retired since 2012. Self-Employed Consultant, Newfound Consultants Inc., 1997 to 2011 |
Current Directorships: Trustee/Director of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, The KP Funds, SEI Structured Credit Fund, LP, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, Adviser Managed Trust, New Covenant Funds, SEI Insurance Products Trust and SEI Catholic Values Trust.
Former Directorships: Trustee of SEI Liquid Asset Trust to 2016. Trustee/ Director of State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust to 2017. Member of the independent review committee for SEIs Canadian-registered mutual funds to 2017. |
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OFFICERS |
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Michael Beattie (Born: 1965) |
President (since 2011) |
Director of Client Service, SEI Investments, since 2004. | None. | |||
James Bernstein (Born: 1962) |
Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since 2017) |
Attorney, SEI Investments, since 2017.
Prior Positions: Self-employed consultant, 2017. Associate General Counsel & Vice President, Nationwide Funds Group and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, from 2002 to 2016. Assistant General Counsel & Vice President, Market Street Funds and Provident Mutual Insurance Company, from 1999 to 2002.
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None. | |||
John Bourgeois (Born: 1973) |
Assistant Treasurer (since 2017) | Fund Accounting Manager, SEI Investments, since 2000. | None. | |||
Stephen Connors (Born: 1984) |
Treasurer, Controller and Chief Financial Officer (since 2015) |
Director, SEI Investments, Fund Accounting since 2014. Audit Manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP, from 2011 to 2014. | None. |
1 |
Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this Trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, or is removed in accordance with the Trusts Declaration of Trust. |
2 |
Directorships of Companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange act of 1934 (i.e., public companies) or other investment companies under the 1940 act. |
3 |
Trustees oversee 43 funds in The Advisors Inner Circle Fund. |
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Trustees And Officers Of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund (Unaudited)
Name and Year of Birth |
Position with
and Length of
|
Principal Occupation in the Past Five Years |
Other Directorships Held in the Past Five Years |
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OFFICERS (continued) | ||||||
Russell Emery (Born: 1962) |
Chief Compliance Officer (since 2006) |
Chief Compliance Officer of SEI Structured Credit Fund, LP since 2007. Chief Compliance Officer of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund, The Advisors Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, The KP Funds, Frost Family of Funds, The Advisors Inner Circle Fund III, Gallery Trust, Schroder Series Trust, Schroder Global Series Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, Adviser Managed Trust, New Covenant Funds, SEI Insurance Products Trust and SEI Catholic Values Trust. Chief Compliance Officer of OConnor EQUUS (closed-end investment company) to 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of SEI Liquid Asset Trust to 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Winton Series Trust to 2017. Chief Compliance Officer of Winton Diversified Opportunities Fund (closed-end investment company) to 2018. | None. | |||
Eric C. Griffith (Born: 1969) |
Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since 2019) |
Counsel at SEI Investments since 2019. Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase & Co., from 2012 to 2018. | None. | |||
Matthew M. Maher (Born: 1975) |
Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since 2018) |
Counsel at SEI Investments since 2018. Attorney, Blank Rome LLP, from 2015 to 2018. Assistant Counsel & Vice President, Bank of New York Mellon, from 2013 to 2014. Attorney, Dilworth Paxson LLP, from 2006 to 2013. | None. | |||
Robert Morrow (Born: 1968) |
Vice President (since 2017) | Account Manager, SEI Investments, since 2007. | None. | |||
Bridget E. Sudall (Born: 1980) |
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer and Privacy Officer (since 2015) | Senior Associate and AML Officer, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, from 2011 to 2015. Investor Services Team Lead, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, from 2007 to 2011. | None. |
26
6543
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
OF
LSV GLOBAL VALUE FUND
(Unaudited)
For shareholders that do not have an October 31, 2020 tax year end, this notice is for informational purposes only. For shareholders with an October 31, 2020 tax year end, please consult your tax advisor as to the pertinence of this notice. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020, the Fund is designating the following items with regard to distributions paid during the year.
Long-Term
|
Ordinary
Income Distributions |
Total
Distribu- tions |
Qualifying
For Corporate Dividends Receivable Deduction (1) |
Qualifying
Dividend Income (2) |
U.S.
Government Interest (3) |
Interest
Related Dividends(4) |
Short-Term
Capital Gain Dividends (5) |
Qualifying
Dividend Income (6) |
||||||||
0.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 54.08% | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
(1) |
Qualifying dividends represent dividends which qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction and is reflected as a percentage of ordinary income distributions (the total of short-term capital gain and net investment income distributions). |
(2) |
The percentage in this column represents the amount of Qualifying Dividend Income as created by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 and is reflected as a percentage of ordinary income distributions (the total of short-term capital gain and net investment income distributions). It is the intention of the aforementioned Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted by the law. |
(3) |
U.S. Government Interest represents the amount of interest that was derived from direct U.S. Government obligations and distributed during the fiscal year. This amount is reflected as a percentage of ordinary income distributions. Generally, interest from direct U.S. Government obligations is exempt from state income tax. However, for shareholders of the Advisors Inner Circle Fund-LSV Global Value Fund who are residents of California, Connecticut and New York, the statutory threshold requirements were not satisfied to permit exemption of these amounts from state income. |
(4) |
The percentage in this column represents the amount of Interest Related Dividend is reflected as a percentage of ordinary income distribution. Interest related dividends is exempted from U.S. withholding tax when paid to foreign investors. |
(5) |
The percentage in this column represents the amount of Short-Term Capital Gain Dividends is reflected as a percentage of short-term capital gain distribution that is exempted from U.S. withholding tax when paid to foreign investors. |
(6) |
The percentage of this column represents that amount of ordinary dividend income that qualified for 20% Business Income Deduction. |
The information reported herein may differ from the information and distributions taxable to the shareholders for the calendar year ending December 31, 2020. Complete information will be computed and reported in conjunction with your 2020 Form 1099-DIV.
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Trust: The Advisors Inner Circle Fund
Fund: LSV Global Value Fund
Adviser: LSV Asset Management
Distributor: SEI Investments Distribution Co.
Administrator: SEI Investments Global Fund Services
Legal Counsel: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
The Fund files their complete schedule of investments with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its report on Form N-PORT (Form N-Q for filings prior to March 31, 2020). The Funds Forms N-Q and N-PORT are available on the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the SECs Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to Fund securities, as well as information relating to how a Fund voted proxies relating to fund securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-888-386-3578; and (ii) on the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov.
LSV-AR-008-0700
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Item 2. |
Code of Ethics. |
The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrants principal executive officer, principal financial officer, controller or principal accounting officer, and any person who performs a similar function. There have been no amendments to or waivers granted to this code of ethics during the period covered by this report.
Item 3. |
Audit Committee Financial Expert. |
(a)(1) The Registrants board of trustees has determined that the Registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on the audit committee.
(a)(2) The audit committee financial experts are George Sullivan and Robert Mulhall, and each whom is considered to be independent, as that term is defined in Form N-CSR Item 3(a)(2).
Item 4. |
Principal Accountant Fees and Services. |
Fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) relate to The Advisors Inner Circle Fund (the Trust).
PwC billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows:
2020 | 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All fees and
services to the Trust that were pre-approved |
All fees and
services to service affiliates that were pre-approved |
All other
fees and services to service affiliates that did not require pre-approval |
All fees and
services to the Trust that were pre-approved |
All fees and
services to service affiliates that were pre-approved |
All other
fees and services to service affiliates that did not require pre-approval |
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(a) | Audit Fees(1) | $ | 104,400 | None | None | $ | 104,400 | None | None | |||||||||||||||||
(b) | Audit-Related Fees | None | None | None | None | None | None | |||||||||||||||||||
(c) | Tax Fees(2) | $ | 10,000 | None | $ | 88,304 | $ | 6,000 | None | $ | 57,000 | |||||||||||||||
(d) | All Other Fees | None | None | $ | 376,378 | None | None | $ | 97,500 |
Fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP (E&Y) related to the Trust
E&Y billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows:
2020 | 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All fees and
services to the Trust that were pre-approved |
All fees and
services to service affiliates that were pre-approved |
All other
fees and services to service affiliates that did not require pre-approval |
All fees and
services to the Trust that were pre-approved |
All fees and
services to service affiliates that were pre-approved |
All other
fees and services to service affiliates that did not require pre-approval |
|||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | Audit Fees(1) | $ | 766,250 | None | None | $ | 608,176 | None | None | |||||||||||||||||
(b) | Audit-Related Fees | None | None | None | None | None | None | |||||||||||||||||||
(c) | Tax Fees | $ | 970 | (4) | None | None | $ | 11,559 | (3) | None | None | |||||||||||||||
(d) | All Other Fees | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP (D&T) related to the Trust
D&T billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows:
2020 | 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All fees and
services to the Trust that were pre-approved |
All fees and
services to service affiliates that were pre-approved |
All other
fees and services to service affiliates that did not require pre-approval |
All fees and
services to the Trust that were pre-approved |
All fees and
services to service affiliates that were pre-approved |
All other
fees and services to service affiliates that did not require pre-approval |
|||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | Audit Fees(1) | $ | 69,500 | None | None | $ | 68,000 | None | None | |||||||||||||||||
(b) | Audit-Related Fees | None | None | None | None | None | None | |||||||||||||||||||
(c) | Tax Fees(5) | $ | 24,150 | None | None | None | None | None | ||||||||||||||||||
(d) | All Other Fees | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Fees billed by BBD, LLP (BBD) related to the Trust
BBD billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows:
2020 | 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All fees and
services to the Trust that were pre-approved |
All fees and
services to service affiliates that were pre-approved |
All other
fees and services to service affiliates that did not require pre-approval |
All fees and
services to the Trust that were pre-approved |
All fees and
services to service affiliates that were pre-approved |
All other
fees and services to service affiliates that did not require pre-approval |
|||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | Audit Fees(1) | $ | 95,300 | None | None | $ | 113,300 | None | None | |||||||||||||||||
(b) | Audit-Related Fees | None | None | None | None | None | None | |||||||||||||||||||
(c) | Tax Fees | None | None | None | None | None | None | |||||||||||||||||||
(d) | All Other Fees | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Notes:
(1) |
Audit fees include amounts related to the audit of the Trusts annual financial statements and services normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings. |
(2) |
Tax compliance services provided to McKee International Equity Portfolio or affiliates of the Funds. |
(3) |
Tax compliance services for Westwood Emerging Markets Fund. |
(4) |
Common Reporting Services (CRS) tax services for the Sands Capital Global Growth Fund. |
(5) |
Review and signing of federal and state income tax returns. |
(e)(1) The Trusts Audit Committee has adopted and the Board of Trustees has ratified an Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy (the Policy), which sets forth the procedures and the conditions pursuant to which services proposed to be performed by the independent auditor of the Funds may be pre-approved.
The Policy provides that all requests or applications for proposed services to be provided by the independent auditor must be submitted to the Registrants Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and must include a detailed description of the services proposed to be rendered. The CFO will determine whether such services:
1. |
require specific pre-approval; |
2. |
are included within the list of services that have received the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee pursuant to the Policy; or |
3. |
have been previously pre-approved in connection with the independent auditors annual engagement letter for the applicable year or otherwise. In any instance where services require pre-approval, the Audit Committee will consider whether such services are consistent with SECs rules and whether the provision of such services would impair the auditors independence. |
Requests or applications to provide services that require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee will be submitted to the Audit Committee by the CFO. The Audit Committee will be informed by the CFO on a quarterly basis of all services rendered by the independent auditor. The Audit Committee has delegated specific pre-approval authority to either the Audit Committee Chair or financial expert, provided that the estimated fee for any such proposed pre-approved service does not exceed $100,000 and any pre-approval decisions are reported to the Audit Committee at its next regularly-scheduled meeting.
Services that have received the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee are identified and described in the Policy. In addition, the Policy sets forth a maximum fee per engagement with respect to each identified service that has received general pre-approval.
All services to be provided by the independent auditor shall be provided pursuant to a signed written engagement letter with the Registrant, the investment adviser, or applicable control affiliate (except that matters as to which an engagement letter would be impractical because of timing issues or because the matter is small may not be the subject of an engagement letter) that sets forth both the services to be provided by the independent auditor and the total fees to be paid to the independent auditor for those services.
In addition, the Audit Committee has determined to take additional measures on an annual basis to meet the Audit Committees responsibility to oversee the work of the independent auditor and to assure the auditors independence from the Registrant, such as (a) reviewing a formal written statement from the independent auditor delineating all relationships between the independent auditor and the Registrant, and (b) discussing with the independent auditor the independent auditors methods and procedures for ensuring independence.
(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (PwC):
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
Audit-Related Fees |
None | None | ||||||
Tax Fees |
None | None | ||||||
All Other Fees |
None | None |
(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (E&Y):
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
Audit-Related Fees |
None | None | ||||||
Tax Fees |
None | None | ||||||
All Other Fees |
None | None |
(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (D&T):
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
Audit-Related Fees |
None | None | ||||||
Tax Fees |
None | None | ||||||
All Other Fees |
None | None |
(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (BBD):
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
Audit-Related Fees |
None | None | ||||||
Tax Fees |
None | None | ||||||
All Other Fees |
None | None |
(f) Not applicable.
(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by PwC for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrants investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the last two fiscal-years-ended October 31st were $464,682 and $160,500 for 2020 and 2019, respectively.
(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by E&Y for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrants investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the last two fiscal-years-ended October 31st were $970 and $11,559 for 2020 and 2019, respectively.
(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by D&T for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrants investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the last two fiscal-years-ended October 31st were $24,150 and $0 for 2020 and 2019, respectively.
(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by BBD for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrants investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the last two fiscal-years-ended October 31st were $0 and $0 for 2020 and 2019, respectively.
(h) During the past fiscal year, all non-audit services provided by the Registrants principal accountant to either the Registrants investment adviser or to any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Registrants investment adviser that provides ongoing services
to the Registrant were pre-approved by the Audit Committee of Registrants Board of Trustees. Included in the Audit Committees pre-approval of these non-audit service were the review and consideration as to whether the provision of these non-audit services is compatible with maintaining the principal accountants independence.
Item 5. |
Audit Committee of Listed Registrants. |
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 6. |
Schedule of Investments. |
Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.
Item 7. |
Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 8. |
Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies |
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies. Effective for closed-end management investment companies for fiscal-years-ending on or after December 31, 2005.
Item 9. |
Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Company and Affiliated Purchasers. |
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 10. |
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrants Board of Trustees during the period covered by this report.
Item 11. |
Controls and Procedures. |
(a) The Registrants principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the Registrants disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-3(c)), as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report, are effective based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-3(b)) and Rule 13a-15(b) or Rule 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR § 240.13a-15(b) or § 240.15d-15(b)).
(b) There has been no change in the Registrants internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.3a-3(d)) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrants internal control over financial reporting.
Items 12. |
Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Items 13. |
Exhibits. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
(Registrant) | The Advisors Inner Circle Fund | |||||
By (Signature and Title)* |
/s/ Michael Beattie |
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Michael Beattie, President |
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Date: January 8, 2021 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)* |
/s/ Michael Beattie |
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Michael Beattie, President |
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Date: January 8, 2021 | ||||||
By (Signature and Title)* |
/s/ Stephen Connors |
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Stephen Connors, | ||||||
Treasurer, Controller, and CFO | ||||||
Date: January 8, 2021 |
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Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature. |
Policy Statement: Sarbanes-Oxley effected sweeping corporate disclosure and financial reporting reform on public companies, including mutual funds, to address corporate malfeasance and assure investors that the companies in which the investors invest are accurately and completely disclosing financial information. Under Sarbanes-Oxley, all public companies (including the Funds) must either have a code of ethics for their senior financial officers, or disclose why the company does not have a code of ethics. Sarbanes-Oxley was intended to foster corporate environments which encourage employees to question and report unethical and potentially illegal business practices.
Each Fund has chosen to adopt a code of ethics (Code of Ethics for Financial Officers) to encourage the Funds Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial, and Accounting Officer and Controller (the Financial Officers) for the purpose of promoting:
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Honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships. |
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Full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that a registrant files with, or submits to, the SEC and in other public communications made by the Funds. |
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Compliance with applicable laws and governmental rules and regulations. |
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Prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code of Ethics for Financial Officers to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Code of Ethics of Financial Officers. |
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Accountability for adherence to the Code of Ethics for Financial Officers. |
Procedures: The Funds have adopted the following procedures regarding this matter:
A compliance officer is responsible for monitoring compliance with these procedures.
FINANCIAL OFFICER CODE OF ETHICS
I. |
Introduction |
The reputation and integrity of Series Trusts, (each a Trust and, collectively, the Trusts) are valuable assets that are vital to the each Trusts success. The Trusts senior financial officers (SFOs) are responsible for conducting the Trusts business in a manner that demonstrates a commitment to the highest standards of integrity. The Trusts SFOs include the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, comptroller or principal accounting officer, and any person who performs a similar function.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the Act) effected sweeping corporate disclosure and financial reporting reform on public companies, including mutual funds, to address corporate malfeasance and assure investors that the companies in which the investors invest are accurately and completely disclosing financial information. Under the Act, all public companies (including
the Trusts) must either have a code of ethics for their SFOs, or disclose why the company does not have a code of ethics. The Act was intended to foster corporate environments which encourage employees to question and report unethical and potentially illegal business practices. Each Trust has chosen to adopt this Financial Officer Code of Ethics (the Code) to encourage the Trusts SFOs to act in a manner consistent with the highest principles of ethical conduct.
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Purposes of the Code |
The purposes of this Code are:
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To promote honest and ethical conduct by each Trusts SFOs, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships; |
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To assist each Trusts SFOs in recognizing and avoiding conflicts of interest, including disclosing to an appropriate person any material transaction or relationship that reasonably could be expected to give rise to such a conflict; |
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To promote full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Trusts file with, or submit to, the SEC and in other public communications made by the Trusts; |
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To promote compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations; |
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To encourage the prompt internal reporting to an appropriate person of violations of this Code; and |
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To establish accountability for adherence to this Code. |
III. |
Questions about this Code |
Each Trusts compliance officer designated to oversee compliance with the Trusts Code of Ethics adopted pursuant to Rule 17j-1 shall serve as Compliance Officer for the implementation and administration of this Code. You should direct your questions about this Code to the Compliance Officer.
IV. |
Conduct Guidelines |
Each Trust has adopted the following guidelines under which the Trusts SFOs must perform their official duties and conduct the business affairs of the Trust.
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Ethical and honest conduct is of paramount importance. Each Trusts SFOs must act with honesty and integrity and avoid violations of this Code, including the avoidance of actual or apparent conflicts of interest with the Trust in personal and professional relationships. |
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SFOs must disclose material transactions or relationships. Each Trusts SFOs must disclose to the Compliance Officer any actual or apparent conflicts of interest the SFO may have with the Trust that reasonably could be expected to give rise to any violations of this Code. Such conflicts of interest may arise as a result of material transactions or business or personal relationships to which the SFO may be a party. If it is not possible to disclose the matter to the Compliance Officer, the matter should be disclosed to the |
Trusts Chief Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer, or another appropriate person. In addition to disclosing any actual or apparent conflicts of interest in which an SFO is personally involved, the Trusts SFOs have an obligation to report any other actual or apparent conflicts which the SFOs discover or of which the SFOs otherwise become aware. If you are unsure whether a particular fact pattern gives rise to a conflict of interest, or whether a particular transaction or relationship is material, you should bring the matter to the attention of the Compliance Officer. |
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Standards for quality of information shared with service providers of the Trusts. Each Trusts SFOs must at all times seek to provide information to the Trusts service providers (adviser, administrator, outside auditor, outside counsel, custodian, etc.) that is accurate, complete, objective, relevant, timely, and understandable. |
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Standards for quality of information included in periodic reports. Each Trusts SFOs must at all times endeavor to ensure full, fair, timely, accurate, and understandable disclosure in the Trusts periodic reports. |
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Compliance with laws. Each Trusts SFOs must comply with the federal securities laws and other laws and rules applicable to the Trusts, such as the Internal Revenue Code. |
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Standard of care. Each Trusts SFOs must at all times act in good faith and with due care, competence, and diligence, without misrepresenting material facts or allowing your independent judgment to be subordinated. Each Trusts SFOs must conduct the affairs of the Trust in a responsible manner, consistent with this Code. |
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Confidentiality of information. Each Trusts SFOs must respect and protect the confidentiality of information acquired in the course of their professional duties, except when authorized by the Trust to disclose this information or where disclosure is otherwise legally mandated. You may not use confidential information acquired in the course of your work for personal advantage. |
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Sharing of information and educational standards. Each Trusts SFOs should share information with relevant parties to keep these parties informed of the business affairs of the Trust, as appropriate, and to maintain skills important and relevant to the Trusts needs. |
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Promote ethical conduct. Each Trusts SFOs at all times should proactively promote ethical behavior among peers in the SFOs work environment. |
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Standards for recordkeeping. Each Trusts SFOs at all times must endeavor to ensure that the Trusts financial books and records are thoroughly and accurately maintained to the best of the SFOs knowledge in a manner consistent with applicable laws and this Code. |
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Waivers of this Code |
You may request a waiver of a provision of this Code by submitting your request in writing to the Compliance Officer for appropriate review. For example, if a family member works for a service provider that prepares a Trusts financial statements, you may have a potential conflict of interest in reviewing those statements and should seek a waiver of this Code to review the work. An executive officer of each Trust, or another appropriate person (such as a designated Board or Audit Committee member), will decide whether to grant a waiver. All waivers of this code must be disclosed to the applicable Trusts shareholders and the designated Board to the extent required by SEC rules.
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Affirmation of the Code |
Upon adoption of the Code, each Trusts SFOs must affirm in writing that the SFO has received, has read, and understands the Code, and annually thereafter must affirm that they have complied with the requirements of the Code. To the extent necessary, each Trusts Compliance Officer will provide guidance on the conduct required by this Code and the manner in which violations or suspected violations must be reported and waivers must be requested.
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Reporting Violations |
In the event that an SFO discovers or, in good faith, suspects a violation of this Code, the SFO must immediately report the violation or suspected violation to the Compliance Officer. The Compliance Officer, in his or her discretion, may consult with another member of the Trusts senior management or the Board in determining how to address the suspected violation. For example, a Code violation may occur when a periodic report or financial statement of a Trust omits a material fact, or is technically accurate but, in the view of the SFO, is written in a way that obscures the reports or financial statements meaning.
SFOs who report violations or suspected violations in good faith will not be subject to retaliation of any kind. Reported violations will be investigated and addressed promptly and will be treated as confidential to the extent possible.
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Violations of the Code |
Dishonest or unethical conduct or conduct that is illegal will constitute a violation of this Code, regardless of whether this Code specifically refers to such particular conduct. A violation of this Code may result in disciplinary action, up to and including removal as an SFO of the Trust. A variety of laws apply to the Trusts and their operations, including the Securities Act of 1933, the Investment Company Act of 1940, state laws relating to duties owed by Trust officers, and criminal laws. The Trusts will report any suspected criminal violations to the appropriate authorities, and will investigate, address, and report, as appropriate, non-criminal violations.
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940
and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Michael Beattie, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund (the Registrant);
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information, included in this report fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The Registrants other certifying officer(s), if any, and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the Registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The Registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the Registrants auditors and the audit committee of the Registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrants ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrants internal control over financial reporting.
Date: January 8, 2021
/s/ Michael Beattie | ||
Michael Beattie | ||
President |
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940
and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Stephen Connors, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund (the Registrant);
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information, included in this report fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The Registrants other certifying officer(s), if any, and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the Registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The Registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the Registrants auditors and the audit committee of the Registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrants ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrants internal control over financial reporting.
Date: January 8, 2021
/s/ Stephen Connors | ||
Stephen Connors | ||
Treasurer, Controller, and CFO |
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
The undersigned, the President of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund (the Fund), with respect to the Funds Form N-CSR for the period ended October 31, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:
1. such Form N-CSR fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2. the information contained in such Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Fund.
Dated: January 8, 2021
/s/ Michael Beattie |
Michael Beattie |
President |
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
The undersigned, the Treasurer, Controller, and CFO of The Advisors Inner Circle Fund (the Fund), with respect to the Funds Form N-CSR for the period ended October 31, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:
1. such Form N-CSR fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2. the information contained in such Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Fund.
Dated: January 8, 2021
/s/ Stephen Connors |
Stephen Connors |
Treasurer, Controller, and CFO |