KCEVX
Knights of Columbus Long/Short Equity Fund
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE III
Expense ratio
Net assets1
$200.12M
Holdings1
60
Category
Other
2025 return2
5.16%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Feb. 27, 2026 · prospectus

Objective. The Knights of Columbus Long/Short Equity Fund (the Long/Short Equity Fund or the Fund) seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Strategy. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in long and short positions in equity securities. This investment policy can be changed by the Fund upon 60 days prior written notice to shareholders. The equity securities in which the Fund invests are primarily common stocks of large-capitalization U.S. companies and derivatives with economic characteristics similar to such securities. The Fund considers a large-capitalization company to be a company with a market capitalization above the 70th percentile of the market capitalization of companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (approximately $12.5 billion as of January 31, 2026). The Fund takes long and short positions in equity securities. A … Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in long and short positions in equity securities. This investment policy can be changed by the Fund upon 60 days prior written notice to shareholders. The equity securities in which the Fund invests are primarily common stocks of large-capitalization U.S. companies and derivatives with economic characteristics similar to such securities. The Fund considers a large-capitalization company to be a company with a market capitalization above the 70th percentile of the market capitalization of companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (approximately $12.5 billion as of January 31, 2026). The Fund takes long and short positions in equity securities. A long position arises where the Fund holds a security in its portfolio or maintains a position through a derivative instrument that provides economic exposure similar to direct ownership of the security. Short positions generally involve selling a security not held within the portfolio in anticipation that the securitys price will decline or entering into a derivative instrument that provides economic exposure similar to a short sale of the security. To complete a short sale transaction, the Fund typically must borrow the stock to make delivery to the buyer. The Fund then would be obligated to replace the stock borrowed by purchasing the stock at the market price at the time of replacement. The price at such time may be higher or lower than the price at which the stock was sold short by the Fund. The Fund will be managed with a net long exposure bias, but has the ability to have net short exposure. The Fund may hold a substantial portion of its total assets in cash when it holds significant short positions. In addition to investing in derivatives to take long and short positions, the Fund may also invest in derivatives for hedging or risk management purposes. The derivatives in which the Fund principally invests are options and swaps. The Fund seeks to make investment decisions consistent with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Socially Responsible Investing Guidelines (the USCCB Guidelines), and therefore, the Fund is designed to avoid investments in companies that are believed to be involved with abortion, contraception, pornography, stem cell research/human cloning, weapons of mass destruction, or other enterprises that conflict with the USCCB Guidelines. As part of the screening process for the Fund, the Adviser uses information from a third-party environmental, social, and governance research firm and consults with experts to assess the policies and practices of companies based on the criteria set forth in the USCCB Guidelines. Based on such assessments, the Adviser compiles and maintains a list of companies that it determines to be inconsistent with the USCCB Guidelines (the Restricted Securities List). The Fund seeks to avoid investments in companies identified through this process. The policies and practices of the companies selected for the Fund are monitored for various issues contemplated by the USCCB Guidelines. If L2 Asset Management, LLC (L2 Asset Management or the Sub-Adviser), the Funds sub-adviser, becomes aware that the Fund is invested in a company whose policies and practices are inconsistent with the USCCB Guidelines, the Sub-Adviser may sell the companys securities or otherwise exclude future investments in such company. Although the Fund is designed to avoid taking long positions in the equity securities of such companies, the Fund may, consistent with the USCCB Guidelines, take short positions in the equity securities of such companies. The criteria used to screen out companies for the Fund may be modified from time to time to seek to maintain alignment with any changes to the USCCB Guidelines. In selecting investments to buy and sell for the Fund, the Sub-Adviser utilizes a hybrid quantitative and fundamental investment process to seek to identify atypically high-quality companies for their level of market valuation. Stocks are evaluated by the Sub-Adviser on many variables that can be classified broadly into various categories, including valuation and earnings quality. Valuation contains traditional measures such as the dividend-to-price ratio and the earnings-to-price ratio, and earnings quality is used to assess the quality of earnings using measures such as accounting accruals and inventory turnover. Other variables focus on measures of analysts forecasts, balance sheet quality, market movements and return patterns including short and long-term price momentum. The Fund may focus its investments in one or more sectors. Due to its investment strategy, the Fund may buy and sell securities frequently.

Top holdings

As of Jan. 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
US ULTRA BOND CBT Sep25 $78.94M 39.45%
US ULTRA BOND CBT Sep25 $73.20M 36.58%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL B COMMON STOCK $4.96M 2.48%
CARDINAL HEALTH INC $4.70M 2.35%
GILEAD SCIENCES INC $4.27M 2.13%
EXPEDIA INC $4.13M 2.06%
FOX CORP CL A $4.02M 2.01%
ROYALTY PHARMA-A $3.96M 1.98%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC $3.92M 1.96%
ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS INC CL A $3.89M 1.95%
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Allocation by sector

As of January 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Oct 31, 2025 → Jan 31, 2026
Opened
3
Exited
14
Increased
3
Decreased
3
Unchanged
79

How 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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Advisers

As of October 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC Adviser
L2 Asset Management Sub-adviser

Footnotes

  1. Net assets and holdings count as of January 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  2. 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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