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As of 12/24/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
Watchlist
YTD Return
17.2%
1 yr return
17.4%
3 Yr Avg Return
N/A
5 Yr Avg Return
N/A
Net Assets
$4.76 M
Holdings in Top 10
38.4%
Expense Ratio 10.24%
Front Load 5.75%
Deferred Load N/A
Turnover 94.00%
Redemption Fee 2.00%
Standard (Taxable)
$5,000
IRA
N/A
Fund Type
Open End Mutual Fund
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As of 12/24/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
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The Fund will, under normal circumstances, invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes, if any) in equity securities of issuers domiciled in the U.S. that, in the view of Calamos Advisors LLC ("Calamos Advisors" or the "Subadviser"), have above average growth potential and meet the environmental, social and governance ("ESG") criteria set out below. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), which are securities representing equity ownership in foreign issuers. The Fund may invest in companies of any size and seeks diversification by economic sector.
Calamos Advisors employs an integrated, fundamental, and proprietary ESG screening process to evaluate and select what the team deems are high-quality ESG-adherent growth opportunities. Calamos Advisors believes a portfolio of equities issued by high-quality growth companies characterized by a history of producing consistent returns above the cost of capital with sustainable competitive advantages is the best way to achieve steady, strong, enduring relative returns. Calamos Advisors believes that companies with strong ESG characteristics (as further described below) are better equipped to adapt to change, to evolve, and to avoid unnecessary liabilities (which could include, for example, litigation costs), which means that investment in such companies has the potential to contribute to investor return and risk reduction. Calamos Advisors believes that integrating this ESG analysis with traditional financial analysis produces better financial and societal results.
The team utilizes a proprietary ESG rating system, considering both quantitative and qualitative factors, to identify responsible, engaged companies (companies that demonstrate awareness and action surrounding the material ESG issues facing their businesses and industries). Calamos Advisors believes that a company's understanding of ESG principles demonstrates the qualities of innovation and leadership that create a distinct competitive advantage and build long-term value for a company. The team considers a company's position on various factors such as ecological limits, environmental stewardship, environmental strategies, stance on human rights and equality, societal impact as well as its corporate governance practices. The team conducts fundamental research to find companies with attractive ESG and financial attributes. In conducting fundamental Calamos Antetokounmpo Sustainable Equities Fund research, Calamos Advisors combines traditional investment information with its proprietary three-pronged ESG process to identify investments which it believes promote certain environmental and/or social characteristics. Calamos Advisors believes that this creates a complete picture of how each company behaves commercially and how it deals with existing and emerging ESG risks and opportunities. The three-pronged ESG process consists of: 1) exclusionary screens; 2) materiality assessments and 3) environmental and social impact scoring, each of which is described in turn below.
1. Exclusionary Screens: This process for considering ESG factors results in certain industries and business activities that, in the team's belief, are too environmentally risky or present social outcomes that are too unattractive to warrant investment consideration, which are thus avoided. Calamos Advisors will generally exclude a company from investment
consideration where the company derives revenue or profits that exceed 5% from one or more of the below-listed industries/business activities, namely:
• agricultural biotechnology,
• alcohol,
• animal testing*,
• fossil fuels,
• gambling,
• metals & mining,
• nuclear energy,
• tobacco, and
• weapons.
* A company's activities involving animal testing are considered on a case-by-case basis depending on purpose and methods.
2. Materiality Assessment: Calamos Advisors then applies third-party materiality mapping tools combined with its own insights and emphasis on environmental and social leadership to develop materiality theses, which enable Calamos Advisors to identify and analyze the key ESG risks/opportunities for a particular Industry.
3. Environmental and Social Scoring: Overlaying these top-down and bottom-up approaches, the team then utilizes a proprietary ESG scoring system, which considers both quantitative and qualitative factors, to identify investments for the Fund. The qualitative data includes metrics on greenhouse gas emissions, waste generation, electricity and water consumption, and general governance. The scoring system also considers a company's position in respect of various environmental and social characteristics, including: product contribution to a sustainable economy; product lifecycle innovation; operational efficiencies; inclusive finance; ensuring health and providing basic services, as well as a company's corporate governance practices. These qualitative metrics are considered alongside quantitative factors produced by research, and together, a score is determined, applied, and monitored going forward. The abovementioned score is just one part of the process. A company with a "good" environmental and social score does not automatically mean that Calamos Advisors will make an investment in such company.
Calamos Advisors utilizes a range of data sources as part of its proprietary ESG ratings system. These data sources may include: corporate disclosures, third party research providers (e.g., ISS ESG, MSCI ESG, Bloomberg, etc.), non-governmental organizations ("NGOs") and non-profits (e.g., Greenpeace, Friends of Earth, etc.), academic publications, news services and memberships. While the team may utilize the underlying data which supports a third party's ESG rating of an issuer, the team does not rely on any ESG ratings of third-party research providers. Calamos Advisors employs its proprietary ESG ratings system for both initial company recommendations and ongoing monitoring of investments.
Calamos Advisors may sell an investment in cases of valuation adjustments, availability of more attractive alternatives, or breakdowns in financial fundamentals or ESG performance.
Period | SROAX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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YTD | 17.2% | -5.3% | 34.1% | 14.42% |
1 Yr | 17.4% | -4.9% | 34.9% | 15.35% |
3 Yr | N/A* | -19.2% | 12.9% | N/A |
5 Yr | N/A* | -12.5% | 21.9% | N/A |
10 Yr | N/A* | -5.7% | 9.2% | N/A |
* Annualized
Period | SROAX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | N/A | -18.9% | 60.2% | N/A |
2022 | N/A | -48.5% | 0.1% | N/A |
2021 | N/A | -19.0% | 48.3% | N/A |
2020 | N/A | -16.5% | 52.8% | N/A |
2019 | N/A | -8.5% | 26.6% | N/A |
Period | SROAX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
YTD | 17.2% | -5.3% | 34.1% | 14.42% |
1 Yr | 17.4% | -4.9% | 34.9% | 15.35% |
3 Yr | N/A* | -19.2% | 12.9% | N/A |
5 Yr | N/A* | -12.5% | 21.9% | N/A |
10 Yr | N/A* | -5.7% | 9.2% | N/A |
* Annualized
Period | SROAX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | N/A | -11.7% | 61.8% | N/A |
2022 | N/A | -48.5% | 4.6% | N/A |
2021 | N/A | -14.2% | 48.3% | N/A |
2020 | N/A | -11.7% | 77.4% | N/A |
2019 | N/A | -3.9% | 28.4% | N/A |
SROAX | Category Low | Category High | SROAX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Assets | 4.76 M | 2.31 M | 12 B | 99.07% |
Number of Holdings | 51 | 2 | 2477 | 52.56% |
Net Assets in Top 10 | 1.81 M | 1.55 M | 9.57 B | 98.14% |
Weighting of Top 10 | 38.40% | 20.0% | 134.8% | 81.86% |
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | SROAX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Stocks | 99.40% | 0.00% | 133.08% | 16.28% |
Cash | 0.60% | -33.22% | 90.14% | 83.72% |
Preferred Stocks | 0.00% | -0.16% | 5.36% | 83.72% |
Other | 0.00% | -29.71% | 154.73% | 84.19% |
Convertible Bonds | 0.00% | 0.00% | 8.92% | 92.09% |
Bonds | 0.00% | 0.00% | 106.59% | 88.37% |
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | SROAX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Utilities | 10.04% | 0.00% | 91.12% | 9.39% |
Healthcare | 10.02% | 0.00% | 38.63% | 68.51% |
Energy | 9.92% | 0.00% | 60.89% | 20.44% |
Technology | 8.00% | 0.00% | 85.77% | 82.87% |
Communication Services | 1.10% | 0.00% | 21.61% | 76.80% |
Financial Services | 0.74% | 0.00% | 98.22% | 90.61% |
Industrials | 0.23% | 0.00% | 23.85% | 93.37% |
Consumer Cyclical | 0.08% | 0.00% | 25.83% | 93.92% |
Real Estate | 0.00% | 0.00% | 99.45% | 99.45% |
Consumer Defense | 0.00% | 0.00% | 37.51% | 98.90% |
Basic Materials | 0.00% | 0.00% | 56.73% | 99.45% |
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | SROAX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | 99.40% | 0.00% | 133.08% | 16.28% |
Non US | 0.00% | -1.94% | 37.95% | 84.65% |
SROAX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Expense Ratio | 10.24% | 0.45% | 10.24% | 0.47% |
Management Fee | 0.85% | 0.00% | 1.50% | 46.51% |
12b-1 Fee | 0.25% | 0.00% | 1.00% | 59.86% |
Administrative Fee | N/A | 0.05% | 0.70% | N/A |
SROAX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Front Load | 5.75% | 2.50% | 5.75% | 41.67% |
Deferred Load | N/A | 1.00% | 1.00% | N/A |
SROAX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Max Redemption Fee | 2.00% | 0.50% | 2.00% | 36.67% |
Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.
SROAX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Turnover | 94.00% | 1.75% | 441.00% | 48.26% |
SROAX | Category Low | Category High | SROAX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dividend Yield | 0.26% | 0.00% | 24.95% | 77.67% |
SROAX | Category Low | Category High | Category Mod | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dividend Distribution Frequency | Annual | Annual | Quarterly | Annual |
SROAX | Category Low | Category High | SROAX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Income Ratio | 1.40% | -2.01% | 13.72% | 27.44% |
SROAX | Category Low | Category High | Capital Mode | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency | Annually | Annually | Annually |
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Dec 30, 2011
3.84
3.8%
Gerald W. Buetow, Jr., Ph.D., CFA is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Innealta Capital, and has been managing Tactical portfolios for approximately 20 years. Prior to joining AFAM Capital, Inc, Dr. Buetow was the founder of BFRC Services, LLC and Innealta Portfolio Advisors, LLC – quantitative consulting and advisory firms located in Charlottesville, VA. Clients have included various global investment banks. His previous experience includes: former Chief Investment Officer of XTF GAM, LLC, Senior Portfolio Manager/Managing Director at Portfolio Management Consultants and Director of Research and Product Development at Atlantic Asset Management, LLC. Dr. Buetow was also Vice President of Curriculum Development for the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR). In addition, Dr. Buetow was the Wheat First Professor of Finance and Director of the Quantitative Finance program at James Madison University. He was also lead quantitative researcher for Prudential Investment's Quantitative Investment Management Group where he managed an enhanced index fund and developed structured securities. Dr. Buetow also has numerous publications in various academic and practitioner journals as well as in various edited works. He authored two books on term structure modeling and interest rate contingent claim valuation. Dr. Buetow has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Finance and Econometrics from Lehigh University. He also has a M.S. in Finance from the University of Texas - Dallas and is a CFA charter holder.
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Oct 07, 2015
0.07
0.1%
In his role as Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager at AFAM and Innealta Capital, Mark Mowrey directs our broader equity research efforts, targeting investment performance improvement through greater understanding of what has worked for us in the past and what might be successful going forward. He will also develop investment strategies for the purposes of establishing new products and he will continue to provide a public face for the firm. After graduating from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1994, Mark worked as a public equity research analyst, a financier in private equities and a consultant. Prior to joining AFAM, Mark served as the director of research at Red Herring Communications, a technology-related publishing firm. Mark is a CFA charter-holder and member of the CFA Society of Orange County.
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Oct 07, 2015
0.07
0.1%
Vito Sciaraffia, Ph.D. is co-Chief Investment Officer of Innealta Capital, responsible for ensuring prudent management of all Innealta client assets, designing novel quantitative strategies, and leading the research activities of the investment team. Dr. Sciaraffia’s present role both emphasizes and builds upon his professional experience, focused heavily on the quantitative evaluation of equity securities and financial markets. In addition, he is actively involved with clients through conference presentations, Webinars, and written market commentaries. Dr. Sciaraffia has been in the financial industry since 2004. His previous work experience includes: Senior Researcher on the Strategy Research Team at Dimensional Fund Advisors, Management Associate in the Investment Banking Division at Citigroup, and member of the Market Risk Team at JP Morgan. While at Dimensional, Dr. Sciaraffia conducted empirical asset pricing research, wrote research papers, enhanced the design of investment strategies, and collaborated with their marketing and sales departments by delivering technical presentations to various clients.
Category Low | Category High | Category Average | Category Mode |
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0.07 | 33.83 | 6.69 | 13.0 |
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