Absolute Strategies I
Forum Funds (Absolute)P.O. Box 588Portland,ME 04112
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Phone: 888-992-2765
| Category: | Multialternative | | Fund Family: | Absolute Strategies | | Net Assets: | 3.92B | | Year-to-Date Return: | 0.45% | | Yield: | 0.00% | | Morningstar Rating: |  | | Fund Inception Date: | Jul 10, 2005 |
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Jay Compson
Lead Manager since Jul 10, 2005 | | | Compson is the principal and founder of Absolute Investment Advisers LLC since 2004. Prior to that, he was a portfolio manager and partner at Abington Capital LP. Before that, he was at Tucker Anthony Sutro, Inc. Previously Compson was at Lehman Brothers in New York where he analyzed business unit RAROC for the firm's executive committee to understand volatility in overall firm ROE and to diversify systemic risk exposures. He began his career as a mega-yacht and catastrophe underwriter for the Chubb Group. |
| Min Initial Investment: | 1,000,000 | | Min Initial Investment, IRA: | 1,000,000 | | Min Initial Investment, AIP: | 1,000,000 | | Min Subsequent Investment: | N/A | | Min Subsequent Investment, IRA: | N/A | | Min Subsequent Investment, AIP: | 100 |
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| The investment seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation with an emphasis on absolute (positive) returns and low correlation to traditional financial market indices such as the S&P 500 Index.
The adviser, believes that there are important benefits that come from investing alongside skilled money managers whose strategies, when combined, seek to provide enhanced risk-adjusted returns, lower volatility and lower sensitivity to financial market indices. The fund pursues absolute returns by allocating assets among a carefully chosen group of asset managers who employ a wide range of specialized investment strategies. It is non-diversified. |
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(Dec 12, 2011)
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| 0.00 | | Annual Holdings Turnover
(Dec 30, 2012)
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| 112.00% | | Average for Category: | 145.08% |
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| Expense | ASFIX | Category Avg |
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| Annual Report Expense Ratio (net): | 1.73% | 1.79% | | Prospectus Net Expense Ratio: | 1.73% | N/A | | Prospectus Gross Expense Ratio: | 2.58% | N/A | | Max 12b1 Fee: | N/A | N/A | | Max Front End Sales Load: | N/A | 5.40% | | Max Deferred Sales Load:
| N/A | 1.28% | | 3 Yr Expense Projection*: | 802 | 982 | | 5 Yr Expense Projection*: | 1,370 | 1,667 | | 10 Yr Expense Projection*: | 2,915 | 3,299 |
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