Investment objective & strategy
As of April 28, 2025 · prospectusObjective. Driehaus Global Fund (the Fund) seeks to maximize capital appreciation.
Strategy. The Fund, using a growth style of investment, opportunistically invests in equity securities, including common stocks and sponsored or unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), European Depositary Receipts (EDRs) or Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) of issuers located throughout the world, including the United States (U.S.), and in both developed and emerging markets. The Fund is not constrained based on the country, region, or market capitalization and its assets may at times be concentrated in a particular country, segment of the economy, region or issuer. The composition and asset allocation of the Funds investment portfolio will vary over time. The Fund may invest in issuers across all market capitalizations as well as in issuers with limited or no operating histories. Notwithstanding the … The Fund, using a growth style of investment, opportunistically invests in equity securities, including common stocks and sponsored or unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), European Depositary Receipts (EDRs) or Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) of issuers located throughout the world, including the United States (U.S.), and in both developed and emerging markets. The Fund is not constrained based on the country, region, or market capitalization and its assets may at times be concentrated in a particular country, segment of the economy, region or issuer. The composition and asset allocation of the Funds investment portfolio will vary over time. The Fund may invest in issuers across all market capitalizations as well as in issuers with limited or no operating histories. Notwithstanding the above, under normal circumstances, the Fund will have exposure to issuers organized, domiciled, or headquartered in at least three different countries (other than its exposure to U.S. issuers). The Funds sector and geographic diversification will also vary based on the investment advisers evaluation of current economic, political and market factors. Investment decisions for the Funds growth style of investing are based on the determination that a companys revenue and earnings growth can materially exceed market expectations and that a company possesses the ability to undergo an incrementally positive change in growth and earnings trajectories. In managing the Fund, the investment adviser uses an investment approach that integrates a top-down (focusing on the economy and market trends) analysis of the overall economy and a bottom-up (focusing on individual stocks) analysis of individual securities. From a top-down perspective, the investment adviser looks at the relative value of securities to identify assets to include in the Funds portfolio. Bottom-up analysis involves evaluating fundamental factors, including the companys business model, the competitive landscape, upcoming product introductions and recent and projected financial metrics in order to identify companies with more attractive earnings growth on a prospective basis. The investment advisers decision to buy or sell a security is also based on the evaluation of technical or market factors, including price and volume trends, relative strength and institutional interest. The Fund sells holdings for a variety of reasons, including the deterioration of the earnings profile, the violation of specific technical thresholds, to shift into securities with more compelling risk/reward characteristics or to alter sector or country exposure.
Top holdings
As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHABET INC CL A | — | $3.23M | 4.45% |
| Northern Institutional Funds GOVT SELECT PT | BGSXX | $3.00M | 4.13% |
| NVIDIA CORP | — | $2.94M | 4.06% |
| AMAZON.COM INC | — | $1.52M | 2.10% |
| EXXON MOBIL CORP | — | $1.46M | 2.01% |
| TSMC | TSMWF | $1.46M | 2.01% |
| Aixtron SE ORD NPV | AIXXF | $1.40M | 1.93% |
| Shell PLC ORD EUR0.07 | SHELL NA | $1.39M | 1.91% |
| APPLE INC | — | $1.26M | 1.73% |
| MICROSOFT CORP | — | $1.17M | 1.61% |
Portfolio moves
Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.
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|---|---|---|
| College Retirement Equities Fund - Global Equities Account · QCGLRX, QCGLPX, QCGLIX, QCGLFX | 28% | — |
| Guardian Diversified Research VIP Fund | 27% | 0.95% |
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Advisers
| Firm | Role |
|---|---|
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | Adviser |
Footnotes
- Expense ratio as of April 28, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
- Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
- Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).
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