Founder USD Fact SheetA Sub-Fund of the Catalyst International UCITS ICAV, an Ireland-domiciled UCITS
Fund Details
| Inception | 28 February 2022 |
| Total Net Assets | $9786054.09 Million |
| Portfolio Manager | Dr. Eric S. Meyer, CFA |
| Portfolio Manager | William Van de Water |
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Key Facts About the Fund
Investment Research Process
Investment Strategy Execution
Successful execution of the investment strategy requires expertise in the following areas, which we believe our investment team possesses:
Key Characteristics
Screening
Investment team actively searches broker lists and other screens to identify bonds with pricing anomalies after considering all the bond’s attributes.
Fundamental Review
Once an atypical bond price is identified, the investment team reads through the PSA and prospectus to determine if something is causing the pricing anomaly. Cash flows and other assumptions are modeled in Bloomberg as part of the fundamental analysis.
Investing & Trading
Investment team actively searches broker lists and other screens to identify bonds with pricing anomalies after considering all the bond’s attributes.
Active Strategy
The portfolio managers in consultation with the investment committee spearhead active strategy efforts, including reaching out to trustees and servicers to correct issues with bonds.
Portfolio Manager Biographies
Portfolio Manager
Dr. Eric S. Meyer, CFA
Portfolio Manager
William Van de Water
Portfolio Manager
Dr. David Jelinek
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Risks
Market Risk: The risk that the market will go down in value, with the possibility that such changes will be sharp and unpredictable.
Currency Risk: The Fund may attempt to use FDIs to hedge against currency movements, however there is no guarantee that any attempts at hedging will be successful.
Operational Risk (including safekeeping of assets): The Fund and its assets may experience material losses as a result of technology/system failures, human error, policy breaches, and/or incorrect valuation of units. Social, political and economic developments and laws differ between regions.
Derivatives Risk: The Fund may invest in Financial Derivative Instruments (“FDIs”) to hedge against risk and/or for efficient portfolio management. There is no guarantee that the Fund’s use of FDIs for either purpose will be successful. FDIs are subject to counterparty risk (including potential loss of instruments) and are highly sensitive to underlying price movements, interest rates and market volatility and therefore come with a greater risk.
Credit Risk: The Fund may be adversely affected if the issuer of a debt instrument fails to meet its repayment obligations. Corporate debt may be subject to credit rating downgrades which may result in the Fund experiencing losses. Sovereign debt is subject to the risk of the governmental entity being unable to meet principal and interest payments. By purchasing debt instruments, the Fund will assume this interest risk. Non-Investment grade investments have greater price volatility, loss of principal and interest, default and liquidity risks than higher rated securities.
Concentration Risk: The Fund’s portfolio will be highly concentrated in the real estate sector of the U.S. Such concentration may increase the losses suffered by the Fund or reduce its ability to hedge its exposure and to dispose of depreciating assets. The lack of diversification across the Fund’s portfolio may increase the losses suffered by the Fund if the real estate sector were to suffer a downturn.
Interest Rate Risk: Fixed income securities, including the prices of securities held by the Fund, will decline over short or long periods of time due to rising interest rates. Fixed income securities with longer maturities tend to be more sensitive to interest rates than fixed income securities with shorter maturities.
Liquidity Risk: The Fund may invest in securities which may, due to negative market conditions, become difficult to sell or may need to be sold at an unfavourable price. This may affect the overall value of the Fund.
