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Venator Ascendant Alternative Fund Series A1

Alternative Equity Focus

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NAVPS
(04-24-2026)
$7.81
Change
-$0.03 (-0.44%)

As at March 31, 2026

As at December 31, 2025

As at March 31, 2026

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Venator Ascendant Alternative Fund Series A1

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (July 08, 2021): -5.88%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund -4.03% 2.80% 1.81% 2.80% 11.43% -1.63% 9.10% -2.05% - - - - - -
Benchmark -4.32% 3.93% 10.43% 3.93% 34.83% 24.96% 21.18% 13.97% 15.19% 19.59% 14.05% 13.29% 11.94% 12.59%
Category Average -3.14% 1.36% 3.96% 1.36% 18.20% 12.21% 12.89% 9.03% 8.31% 11.51% - - - -
Category Rank 166 / 258 79 / 248 143 / 244 79 / 248 120 / 208 165 / 165 83 / 125 119 / 119 - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 3 2 3 2 3 4 3 4 - - - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund -5.72% 5.47% 3.79% 2.21% 1.94% 1.77% -1.30% 2.07% -1.69% 2.34% 4.67% -4.03%
Benchmark -0.10% 5.56% 2.91% 1.69% 4.96% 5.40% 0.97% 3.86% 1.32% 0.84% 7.72% -4.32%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

13.90% (June 2023)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-15.32% (June 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Fund - - - - - - -45.54% 31.51% 7.91% -3.52%
Benchmark 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65% 31.68%
Category Average - - - - 5.11% 17.27% -5.96% 6.54% 16.58% 15.40%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - 4 1 4 4
Category Rank - - - - - - 106/ 107 12/ 125 114/ 146 189/ 197

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

31.51% (2023)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-45.54% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 94.87
International Equity 4.75
Canadian Equity 0.38

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 15.16
Financial Services 12.17
Consumer Services 10.44
Consumer Goods 10.25
Healthcare 9.90
Other 42.08

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 95.25
Europe 3.98
Latin America 0.77

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Warner Bros Discovery Inc 1.11
Western Digital Corp 0.92
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.92
IDEXX Laboratories Inc 0.85
Electronic Arts Inc 0.80
Valero Energy Corp 0.77
Cardinal Health Inc 0.76
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc 0.74
Delta Air Lines Inc 0.71
Las Vegas Sands Corp 0.69

Equity Style

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Fixed Income Style

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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Venator Ascendant Alternative Fund Series A1

Median

Other - Alternative Equity Focus

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 20.03% - -
Beta 1.28 - -
Alpha -0.15 - -
Rsquared 0.54% - -
Sharpe 0.35 - -
Sortino 0.61 - -
Treynor 0.05 - -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 - -

Risk Rating

Rating 10 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 11.91% 20.03% - -
Beta 0.84 1.28 - -
Alpha -0.14 -0.15 - -
Rsquared 0.62% 0.54% - -
Sharpe 0.77 0.35 - -
Sortino 1.10 0.61 - -
Treynor 0.11 0.05 - -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% - -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date July 08, 2021
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Alternative)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $16

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
VCM701

Investment Objectives

The investment objective of the Fund is to provide long-term capital growth through rules based, quantitative securities selection by taking long investment positions in equity securities.

Investment Strategy

The Manager intends to utilize a proprietary, rules based, quantitative model investing in a basket of stocks within the S&P 500 Index (the “Index”), which is a market-capitalization weighted index that is designed to represent the returns of large-capitalization U.S. stocks. The investment strategy will be focused on initiating positions in stocks predominately in the bottom half of the Index constituents as determined by market capitalization. The goal of this strategy is to offer investors in

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Venator Capital Management Ltd.

  • Brandon Osten
  • Stephen Andersons
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Venator Capital Management Ltd.

Custodian

Bank of Nova Scotia

Registrar

SGGG Fund Services Inc.

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed No
PAC Initial Investment -
PAC Subsequent -
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 4.60%
Management Fee 1.50%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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