Investment Objective

Long-term capital appreciation.

Investment Strategy

The VELA Large Cap Plus Fund primarily invests in long and short positions in U.S. large capitalization stocks with a targeted exposure of 80-100% of net assets. The Fund invests in what we believe are undervalued securities and shorting securities that we believe are overvalued or have worse prospects than other investment opportunities. The Fund will also utilize derivatives to generate additional income, attempt to limit the potential risks from short selling, and for downside risk management.

Key Advantages of Investing

Opportunity

The Fund offers exposure to the long-term return opportunity in U.S. equities while offering protection from the downside of overvalued areas of the market.

Disciplined Approach

An actively managed, valuation-centric approach and commitment to a long-term horizon enhances our potential to buy good businesses at compelling valuations.

Experienced Team

Our portfolio managers have decades of experience combining a fundamentally disciplined investment philosophy with tactical short selling, and are supported by a disciplined, nimble research team.

 

Fund Facts

Ticker:

VELIX

CUSIP:

92262L400

Inception Date:

Sept. 30, 2020

Benchmark:

Russell 1000

Minimum Purchase:

$2,500

Expense Ratio:

1.38%

Portfolio Managers

Ric Dillon, CFA

47 Years of Investment Experience

Kyle Schneider, CFA

17 Years of Investment Experience

Morningstar Overall Rating

★★★


Rated 3-stars by Morningstar for the period ending 3/31/2024, based on overall and 3-year risk adjusted returns, out of 1,293 funds (overall and 3-year) in the Large Blend category.

Period and Annualized Total Returns (%)

As of TBD

QTD YTD 1 Year 3 Year Since Inception
Class I - - - - -
Russell 1000 - - - - -

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 investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investors may obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end by calling 833-399-1001.

Sector Exposure (%) - Long

As of TBD

Fund Index 1

1 Russell 1000 Index

Sector Exposure (%) - Short

As of TBD

Fund

Top Ten Holdings (%)

As of TBD

Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk. The security holdings are presented to illustrate examples of the securities that the fund has bought and the diversity of areas in which the funds may invest, and may not be representative of the fund's current or future investments. Portfolio holdings are subject to change and should not be considered investment advice.

Portfolio Statistics

As of 6/30/2022

1Source: FactSet

2Uses weighted market cap of underlying ETF holdings

Risk Statistics (since inception)

As of 6/30/2022

Source: Morningstar

Beta vs. Russell 1000 Index

Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses of the fund before investing. The prospectus contains this and other information about the fund, and it should be read carefully before investing. Investors may obtain a copy of the prospectus by calling 833-399-1001.

The fund is distributed by Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC. (Member FINRA).

Standard Deviation measures the volatility of the Fund’s returns. Beta measures the Fund’s sensitivity to market movements.

Sharpe Ratio uses the Fund’s standard deviation and average excess return over the risk-free rate to determine reward per unit of risk.

Portfolio turnover is the lesser of long purchases plus short sales or long sales plus short covers divided by the average gross value of portfolio securities excluding cash and cash equivalents.

Sortino ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that differentiates harmful volatility from total overall volatility by using the asset's standard deviation of negative portfolio returns instead of the total standard deviation of portfolio returns.

Up-market Captureis the statistical measure of an investment manager's overall performance in up-markets.

Down-market Capture of the index during the down-market and multiplying that fact is a statistical measure of an investment manager's overall performance in down-markets. The ratio is calculated by dividing the manager's returns by the returns.

Weighted Average Market Capitalization is a dollar-value measurement of the size of companies in a portfolio or index. In such a weighting scheme, an average figure is derived from the market capitalizations of each company (their market prices multiplied by the number of shares outstanding) multiplied by their weights in the portfolio or index.

Active Management Due to the active management of the Fund the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and strategies.

Important Risk Information: An investment in the Fund involves risk, including possible loss of principal. The principal risks of investing in Funds include equity, market, management and non-diversification risks. The market value of a security or instrument may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investor sentiment generally.

Derivatives, including options, futures contracts, and forward contracts, may be riskier than other types of investments and may increase the volatility of the fund. Derivatives may be sensitive to changes in economic and market conditions and may create leverage, which could result in losses that significantly exceed the fund’s original investment. Certain of the fund’s transactions in derivatives could also affect the amount, timing and character of distributions to shareholders which may result in the fund realizing more short-term capital gain and ordinary income subject to tax at ordinary income tax rates than it would if it did not engage in such transactions, which may adversely impact the fund’s after-tax returns.

The Fund uses short selling which incurs significant additional risk. Theoretically, stocks sold short have the risk of unlimited losses.

The Russell 1000 Index is an unmanaged market capitalization-weighted index comprised of the largest 1,000 companies by market capitalization in the Russell 3000 Index, which is comprised of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies by total market capitalization.

Morningstar Disclosures:

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The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or "star rating", is calculated for managed products (including mutual funds, variable annuity and variable life subaccounts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, and separate accounts) with at least a three-year history. Exchange-traded funds and open-ended mutual funds are considered a single population for comparative purposes. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product's monthly excess performance, placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The Morningstar Rating does not include any adjustment for sales loads. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five-, and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. The weights are: 100% three-year rating for 36-59 months of total returns, 60% five-year rating/40% three-year rating for 60-119 months of total returns, and 50% 10-year rating/ 30% five-year rating/20% three-year rating for 120 or more months of total returns. While the 10-year overall star rating formula seems to give the most weight to the 10- year period, the most recent three-year period actually has the greatest impact because it is included in all three rating periods.