N-CSR 1 d657556dncsr.htm CAMBIAR FUNDS Cambiar Funds

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act File Number 811-06400

 

 

The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

SEI Investments

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

SEI Investments

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (877) 446-3863

Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2023

Date of reporting period: October 31, 2023

 

 

 


Item 1.    Reports to Stockholders.

(a) A copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”) (17 CFR § 270.30e-1), is attached hereto.


 

 

Annual Report

 

The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund

 

                                                                                                                                                        

 

October 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

Cambiar Opportunity Fund

  

Cambiar International Equity Fund

Cambiar SMID Fund

  

Cambiar International Small Cap Fund

Cambiar Small Cap Fund

  

 

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

Shareholders’ Letter

     1  

Opportunity Fund

  

Fund Performance Commentary

     4  

Characteristics and Performance

     6  

SMID Fund

  

Fund Performance Commentary

     7  

Characteristics and Performance

     8  

Small Cap Fund

  

Fund Performance Commentary

     9  

Characteristics and Performance

     10  

International Equity Fund

  

Fund Performance Commentary

     11  

Characteristics and Performance

     12  

International Small Cap Fund

  

Fund Performance Commentary

     13  

Characteristics and Performance

     14  

Schedules of Investments

     15  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     30  

Statements of Operations

     33  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     36  

Financial Highlights

     41  

Notes to Financial Statements

     50  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     58  

Trustees and Officers of the Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund

     60  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     68  

Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement

     70  

Review of the Liquidity Risk Management Program

     72  

Notice to Shareholders

     73  

 

 

The Funds file their complete schedules of investments with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Form N-PORT is available on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities, as well as information relating to how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-866-777-8227; and (ii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 


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Cambiar Investors, LLC

Shareholder Letter

October 31, 2023

Cost of Capital – Year 2

Toward the end of 2021, the U.S. Federal Reserve began the process of moving to a restrictive monetary policy position. This was intended to quell an inflationary burst whose origins lay in a series of supply and demand imbalances emanating from the Covid-19 lockdowns of 2020, replete with fiscal and monetary largesse, and follows an extended period (~14 years) of ultra-low interest rates and balance sheet expansions by Central Banks worldwide. Market participants have, understandably, had difficulty processing how to appraise these anti-inflation efforts. Are they certain to generate a painful recession? How destabilizing will restrictive rates be after such a long period of low rates. Are Covid lockdown-driven supply outages the primary cause of the inflation bulge in the last two years, or was it too much money supply? Has the world exited a “lowflation” era to find itself in something a bit different? Will policies intended to decarbonize the world economy prove inflationary? Can an economic pole anchored by nations in an “illiberal East” provide a credible alternative to Western dominance? Does gigantic government spending and fiscal deficits, on a scale normally seen during major wars, nullify the restrictive monetary policy?

These are not questions that individually or collectively result in confident answers. Not really. All one can say with certainty as of late 2023 is that interest rates at the short and long end of the curve are a lot higher than at any point in the last 15 years, inflation rates appear to be trending down, and the national debt load is uncomfortably high.

Outside the United States, the post-Cold War optimism of free capital flows, free markets, and a reduced role for governments in allocating capital and resources has faded. This is most pronounced in the old poles of the Communist Second World, where Russian territorial and Chinese economic ambitions puncture the economic and political order that was expected to endure for decades. Confident answers as to where all this is going are similarly lacking.

Against this background, our internal view has been to resist anchoring to strong views about “macro narrative” questions despite the noisy rhetoric around them. The U.S. economy more resembles de-mobilization at the end of World War II, replete with all manner of industrial imbalances and international tensions, than any normal business-cycle analysis. These imbalances are finally dwindling down, along with an acute money supply bulge that we believe had as much to do with the inflation problems as any other factor. Net, it has been far more productive to focus on individual companies and industry/competitive dynamics and assess how these might develop favorably or unfavorably, as the case may be. Notably, a classic “defensive” playbook in equities, featuring heavy positions in defensive sectors such as utilities, staples, and healthcare stocks has been ineffectual throughout 2022 and 2023. This probably has as much to do with the 21st Century inverse correlation between bond valuations and stock valuations breaking down (they have become positively correlated) as company-specific factors.

Businesses solve problems, such as how best to grow, how to produce better products, how to bring value to their customers, what kind of innovations will be necessary, and so forth. Prices and price discovery are among the primary informational inputs that businesses use to answer these questions. With some degree of consistency, we are seeing businesses solve the price/ volume/value and logistics questions that have plagued the environment since early 2020. While there have been moments of acute excess and privation, it is (mostly) the same businesses and industries that exhibited strength and robustness prior to the 2020 COVID lockdowns that continue to exhibit strength. This includes all manner of digital economy businesses and traditional industrial businesses. Weaker business models and industries with fragmented competition, or sensitivity to financing costs, have been more challenged.

While it is easy to malign a macro-driven stock market narrative, it is clear enough that two big picture elements remain profound matters. The first is whether a return to an ultra-low inflation economy (as was the case from 2008-2019) is realistic, or has the world moved past the lowflation era. The second is whether economic growth can and must stagnate (or contract) to keep inflation sustainably under control. Bond yields, especially longer maturities, appear to be skeptical that lowflation will return entirely, while an inverted yield curve presages lower growth and an unsustainably high Fed Funds rate. It is quite possible that the spectacular increase in Federal Government debt, and substantial “structural” budget deficit position will itself prove to be additive to inflationary pressure. At the very least, 2023 has been the first year in a very long time where the supply of bond buyers needed to meet the enormous funding and issuance requirements has been in some question – also raising questions about what an equilibrium interest rate might be, and whether the correlation between stock valuations and bond yields may more resemble the 1970s-2000 (negatively correlated) versus the 2000-2021 version (positively correlated).

In 2023, this combination of restrictive monetary policy and limited economic predictability fueled a preference for profit growth “havens”. Some inevitable cooling of volumes and pricing power is inbound, while the severity and duration of the cooling remains uncertain. This... is our best explanation of the acutely narrow market breadth that has prevailed in 2023, as an extremely small group of stocks (the so-called Magnificent 7 or M7) have powered S&P 500 returns along with global averages. The M7 stocks have in common a strong presence in the digital economy of 2023 and likely beyond, though it is worth recalling that this kind of logic has found favor in past stock market eras only to prove errant in subsequent years.

 

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Proponents of greater stock market breadth may recall a quote of Roman poet Horace:

“Many shall be restored that now are fallen and many shall fall that now are in honor.”

Our crystal ball remains murky, though a bit less than it was a year ago. We expected stocks to struggle to find direction in 2023, and for investor confidence in earnings, the appropriate discount rate, or the path of monetary policy to be lacking. Accordingly, we anticipated a low conviction, rotational market, characterized by multiple compression and asset price deflation as the higher cost of capital fed into valuations, until such time as less restrictive monetary policy could credibly be implemented. That view has generally held correct, with the equal weighted S&P 500 P/E multiple compressing to 15x earnings (a bit below longer term averages) at the end of October, down from a well above normal >20x in 2021. We could not have anticipated the rapid failures of several major regional U.S. banks in the first half of 2023 along with the demise of $800+ bn Credit Suisse, nor the relatively smooth absorption by the financial system of their demises. Nor would we have anticipated the significant multiple expansion of the M7 stocks amidst this backdrop.

Looking forward, it would be unusual for the narrow market breadth to continue for a second full year. Possible, but unusual. Likewise, it would be unusual for industries that uniquely benefited from the extremely long period of ultra-low interest rates and capital costs, to suddenly assert market leadership. Improved stock market breadth and less restrictive monetary policy likely coincide. We see a path toward this in 2024. Should the path to easier monetary policy become altogether clear, we suspect stocks would react broadly and quickly — making it difficult for investors on the sidelines to capture much of the improvement in breadth or valuation. This places a high value on committing capital throughout 2024, and sticking with it as the year unfolds.

Thank you for your continued confidence in Cambiar.

Sincerely,

 

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Brian M. Barish

President

Cambiar Investors LLC

This material represents an assessment of the market environment at a specific point in time and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, or a guarantee of future results. This information should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice regarding the funds or any stock in particular, nor should it be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell a security. This information is for educational purposes only.

Mutual Fund investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. In addition to the normal risks associated with equity investing, international investing may involve risk of capital loss from unfavorable fluctuations in currency values, from differences in generally accepted accounting principles or from economic or political instability in other nations. Investments in small companies typically exhibit higher volatility. Emerging markets involve heightened risks related to the same factors as well as increased volatility and lower trading volume. Funds may invest in derivatives, which are often more volatile than other investments and may magnify the Fund’s gains or losses.

Holdings are subject to change.

 

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Definition of Comparative Indices

MSCI EAFE Index: The MSCI EAFE Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East) is a free float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance, excluding the U.S. & Canada.

Russell 1000® Value Index: The Russell 1000® Value Index is a float-adjusted, market capitalization weighted Index of those Russell 1000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The Russell 1000® Index measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which consists of 3,000 of the largest U.S. equities.

Russell 2000® Value Index: The Russell 2000® Value Index is a float-adjusted, market capitalization weighted Index comprised of firms in the Russell 2000® Index that experience lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The Russell 2000 Index is a float-adjusted, market capitalization weighted Index that measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which consists of 3,000 of the largest U.S. equities.

Russell 2500® Value Index: The Russell 2500® Value Index is a float-adjusted, market capitalization weighted Index comprised of the smallest 2500 firms in the Russell 3000® Index that experience lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The Russell 3000 Index is a float-adjusted, market capitalization weighted Index that measures the performance of the 3,000 smallest companies in the United States.

S&P 500 Index: The S&P 500 is a market capitalization weighted Index of 500 of the top companies in leading industries of the U.S. economy.

 

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Fund Performance Commentary

Cambiar Domestic Strategies

Each of Cambiar’s domestic strategies outperformed their primary benchmarks in fiscal year 2023, following a tough year in 2022 that favored lower multiple stocks. 2023 has seen multiples continue to compress broadly but expand in notable areas such as digital platform businesses and artificial intelligence. A broadly expected economic recession has failed to materialize in the United States, though signs of the impact of higher interest rates are clear and present. Cambiar remains focused on consistent execution in the underwriting of new positions, maintenance of existing holdings, and selective avoidance of industries/companies that do not meet our investment criteria. We are confident that our overall discipline can remain effective in 2023, as we do not expect the cost of capital issues that have predominated in 2022 will abate.

Cambiar Opportunity Fund – The Fund benchmarks itself against the Russell 1000® Value Index and owns a mix of mostly large-cap U.S. stocks with some occasional mid-cap names. The Fund outperformed the Russell 1000® Value Index over the one-year period ending 10.31.2023 by more than 400 basis points, gaining 4.26% versus 0.13% for the index. In an era where the merits of indexation and passive investing have been lauded across the financial spectrum, the merits of true active investing are often overlooked. By definition, true active investors don’t own everything and may have portfolio weights that differ substantially from the indexes. It is notable that much of the portfolio alpha was gained through abstention, especially in the financial services space, where a conservative position in credit-driven financials (mainly banks) drove substantial outperformance in 2023. This was a direct consequence of what we can best describe as a “gut feeling” that credit risks and other “black lagoon creatures” might emerge from bank balance sheets after so many years of ultra-low interest rates and complacency about a sea change in the environment. Indeed, that happened in 2023, causing outright failures in some prior growth-darling banks (First Republic and Silicon Valley Bank), and massive multiple compression in other regional and big systemic banks, as market participants anticipate more regulatory restrictions and credit pressure.

Over the years, we have become increasingly sanguine about the investment challenges of bank stocks versus other kinds of financial businesses. Banks can and generally do participate in broad stock market rallies. However, the core business of banks is challenged to earn superior returns on capital given high capital requirements, a high regulatory burden, and a relatively looser relationship between economic growth and business lending. As stocks, they perform as beta trades all too often, faltering as yield curves flatten or broader markets flatten, but ripping under the right circumstances. For this reason, we have endeavored to build a financial services portfolio that leans more heavily on other financial businesses that are not specifically in the deposit-taking and lending game. The low draw-down of our financials under the extreme yield curve inversion in 2022 and gain versus further losses in 2023 (+6% versus -3% for the sector broadly) validates our approach. Given the extreme sentiment that currently prevails, we expect there may be attractive opportunities as markets price recessionary credit conditions into the sector.

Last year, we bemoaned Cambiar’s deficient participation in the energy sector, but this turned into a positive over the course of 2023. It is worth sharing our thoughts on the space and current approach. In the post-GFC economy of the 2010s, energy was, broadly speaking, a miserable sector replete with many undesirable characteristics, such as poor capital discipline and corporate governance, a “loose” supply side due to shale technology and innovation and capital that would chase production growth, and as well market manipulation (not always successfully) by the OPEC cartel. Add highly visible long-term obsolescence risk in the form of electronic vehicles (EVs) displacing traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) cars, and it was hard to see much merit in the space or much ability for us to estimate future multiples of earnings or the earnings for that matter.

That view became dated, just as the lowflation-forever view of interest rates and capital costs as fundamentals migrated into something very different. In the case of energy, poor returns in the 2010s have discouraged producers from aggressive spending and production growth ahead of capital generation, and longer-cycle projects are only pursued in a few jurisdictions given challenging planning horizons and hostile politics. Broadly speaking, a business school textbook will tell you that if a vital economic sector is starved for capital, returns on what capital remains in the space will rise. Thus, while wholly unintended, one should expect better, versus inferior, returns on capital for energy companies provided that the broad sociological shunning of energy companies persists. At the very least, the efficacy of OPEC to steer the energy market has grown.

The capacity of the industry to restrain capital spending, avoid excessive growth that crowds out shareholder returns, and OPEC’s capacity to manage the markets will be tested in 2024. While capital spending by shale majors in the U.S. is more subdued, efficiencies have continued to grow, and new production regions in the world (Argentina, Venezuela) have quietly added to global supply. Some of the extreme fears of 2022, such as a collapse in Russian output, failed to materialize. Given the low-ish beta of our holdings, we are not overly concerned about short-term oil price volatility, but will monitor aggregate supply growth closely.

A Better Definition of Value

For the duration of the Cambiar Opportunity Fund’s operation, which now exceeds 25 years, Cambiar Investors has pursued investments in the field of technology, internet-based marketplaces, non-traditional media, and biotechnology. Most of these sectors derive business value from Intellectual Property (IP) and highly scalable market structure. We are equally happy to look at

 

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older and more physical-capital-driven businesses that dominate value indexes, though these have generally not led stock market returns to anywhere near the extent that IP-driven businesses have for many years. Much of the success of Cambiar Opportunity Fund, both in 2023 and prior years, has resided in our capacity to operate in these market segments with a price-discipline lens. In late 2022 and early 2023, we added capital to these positions (which had fared poorly in 2022), sensing that the basic value of searching for information on the internet, searching for transportation in a city, buying merchandise online, etc. were primordial activities in the digital age – valuations can and should only become so conservative, even as interest rates rise durably. Sticking with these convictions and our valuation framework has indeed been valuable.

 

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CHARACTERISTICS & PERFORMANCE

 

Characteristics

 

Ticker

     CAMOX | CAMWX  

Number of Holdings

     38  

Strategy Assets

     $325,476 B  
 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN(1)

FOR PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

1-Year

  Return  

 

3-Year

  Return  

 

  5-Year  

  Return  

 

  10-Year  

Return

 

  Annualized  

Inception to
Date

Investor Class Shares

  4.26%   10.28%   10.19%   8.79%   8.49%

Institutional Class Shares

  4.47%   10.51%   10.40%   9.02%   7.29%

S&P 500 Index

  10.14%   10.36%   11.01%   11.18%   7.27%

Russell 1000® Value Index

  0.13%   10.21%   6.60%   7.60%   6.58%
 

 

GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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(1) Returns shown represent the performance of the Investor Class Shares and Institutional Class Shares. The performance of the Institutional Class Shares may vary as a result of shareholder servicing fees paid by the Investor Class Shares. Investor Class Shares were offered beginning June 30, 1998 and Institutional Class Shares were offered beginning November 3, 2005. The S&P 500 Index annualized inception to date return since June 30, 1998. The Russell 1000® Value Index annualized inception to date return since June 30, 1998.

The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. If the Adviser had not limited certain expenses, the Fund’s total return would have been lower. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. There are no assurances that the Fund will meet its stated objectives. The Fund’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike the Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.

Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

See definition of comparative indices on page 3

 

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Cambiar SMID Fund – The Fund provided a positive 1.38% return against a second consecutive year of negative return for its primary Russell 2500® Value benchmark, which was down -4.94%. The Fund is managed in a concentrated, high active share fashion in an effort to deliver alpha based on fundamental stock research insights. Importantly, we also target high-quality businesses with low leverage and seek to maintain a variety of value drivers across the portfolio, which combine to help navigate less favorable market conditions and can help protect aggregate capital in times of market stress.

Fiscal 2023 featured many similar debates to 2022, with the rising cost of capital still representing the most important evolving variable on Main Street and Wall Street. The Fed raised rates six more times over the last year, ultimately bringing the Fed Funds rate to over 5.00%, the highest it has been since 2007. As we have seen in the past, a rising cost of capital tends to burden smaller cap companies more than larger peers. This past year was no different, with the large cap Russell 1000® Value Index roughly flat for the year, while the small cap focused Russell 2000® Value Index declined nearly 10%. The second consecutive year of declining index values from all-time highs, has left the aggregate levels of these more broadly diversified indices similar to early 2021 or late 2020, implying nearly three years of little capital appreciation. While earnings growth has been harder to achieve as the economy gradually slows, the severe valuation compression across the SMID cap indices has presented more interesting investing opportunities than evident during the ebullience of 2021.

In terms of specific drivers of the Fund’s performance relative to the Russell 2500® Value benchmark, the financial holdings again produced the largest positive contribution to relative performance, due to good stock selection. Three insurance companies, each offering exposure to a unique insurance industry sub segment, were among the top five positive contributors within this sector. A derivatives exchange and commercial electronic payment processor rounded out the top 5 contributors. Our industrial holdings also fared well, similar to last year, with value driven by a leading provider of welding equipment, a distributor of HVAC equipment, a government-facing consultancy, and an electrical components supplier. The business model diversity within the top holdings in these two top performing sectors is a good representation of our strategy, aiming to expose clients to a variety of potentially accretive value drivers within sectors and across the overall portfolio. Alternatively, the Fund fared poorly with its consumer discretionary exposure. The largest detractor was an apparel producer and retailer that struggled to handle the inventory fluctuations caused by COVID supply chain disruptions. It also experienced a sudden drop in demand for its largest brand, exacerbating the inventory issues. The other significant detractor in this sector operates in the off-price retailing segment of the market and failed to capitalize on the more fertile environment presented by broad industry de-stocking in 2023. The materials sector represented the only other noteworthy sector detractor for the Fund, due mostly to our smaller weighting then the benchmark for most of the year, as the materials sector appreciated 5% vs the negative benchmark return.

At the moment, there is growing comfort across markets the cost of capital is peaking as inflation continues to slow. While we can observe and appreciate the growing comfort with these variables, we find it most helpful to remain humble about our ability to call big macro variables. We find it more productive to remain focused on pursuing the best investment opportunities for our clients across a diversified portfolio of SMID equities. Against the more challenging overall market environment, Cambiar continues to focus its SMID Fund investing efforts on advantaged businesses that convert their strengths into superior financial performance, consistently over time. We consider a conservative, low leverage balance sheet another critical component of any investment candidate. As such, our portfolio of cash flowing, low leverage businesses tend to be less reliant on the capital markets to maintain and improve market position advantages, leading to relatively less trouble managing the emerging higher cost of capital than the small-mid cap investing universe overall. While much remains uncertain, as always, we will diligently stick to our tested investment philosophy with confidence it can protect and grow client capital over time.

 

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CHARACTERISTICS & PERFORMANCE

 

Characteristics

 

Ticker

     CAMMX | CAMUX  

Number of Holdings

     40  

Strategy Assets

     $167,568 B  
 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN(1)

FOR PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2023

     1-Year
  Return  
  3-Year
  Return  
  5-Year
  Return  
 

10-Year

  Return  

 

  Annualized  

Inception to

Date

Investor Class Shares

  1.38%   11.25%   8.98%   8.24%   8.89%

Institutional Class Shares

  1.46%   11.33%   9.07%   N/A   7.87%

Russell 2500® Index

  -4.63%   5.51%   5.48%   6.89%   8.10%

Russell 2500® Value Index

  -4.94%   10.33%   4.65%   5.90%   7.28%
 

 

GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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(1) Returns shown represent the performance of the Investor Class Shares and Institutional Class Shares. The performance of the Institutional Class Shares may vary as a result of shareholder servicing fees paid by the Investor Class Shares. Investor Class Shares were offered beginning May 31, 2011 and Institutional Class Shares were offered beginning November 3, 2014. The Russell 2500® Index annualized inception to date return since May 31, 2011. The Russell 2500® Value Index annualized inception to date return since May 31, 2011.

The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. If the Adviser had not limited certain expenses, the Fund’s total return would have been lower. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. There are no assurances that the Fund will meet its stated objectives. The Fund’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike the Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.

Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

See definition of comparative indices on page 3

 

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Cambiar Small Cap Fund — The Fund better-protected capital than its primary Russell 2000® Value benchmark during the 2023 fiscal year, down -5.57% against a -9.93% for the Index. The Fund is managed in concentrated, high active share fashion to seek to deliver alpha based on fundamental stock research insights, but importantly as well to maintain a variety of value drivers across the portfolio to appropriately navigate less favorable market conditions and deliver effective downside capture.

The goal for the Cambiar Small Cap Fund as always is to identify and invest at appropriate valuation levels in companies demonstrating above-average internal financial/operating performance reflective of a structural product and/or advantaged market position over multi-year periods. Our expectation is that in times of relatively high capital market risk tolerance, such businesses and their respective stocks may lag, but alternatively should evidence their inherent underlying financial durability in times of market stress. The goal is to deliver through-the-cycle excess equity returns relative to the benchmark. Individual stock valuation levels and associated price-sensitivity at entry remain critical investment process components, and portfolio balance is actively managed to maintain diverse sources of combined return and to provide consistent exposure to historically less volatile and/or a-cyclical areas of the market. With a higher cost of capital regime setting in, and risk and liquidity considerations remaining a market concern for much of the 2023 fiscal year, the Fund was able to navigate the conditions better than the Index, in part because approximately 40% of the Index includes companies that deliver no profit at all, and as such are particularly disadvantaged in a higher cost of capital regime.

Backing up to the start of the fiscal year, small cap stocks and the Russell 2000® Value Index began a volatile but steady grind lower as the capital markets further discounted central bank action against decelerating but still stubborn overall inflation, at readings still elevated against more recent periods of time, particularly that overall, since the GFC. There were six more rate hikes over the course of the 2023 fund fiscal year, making a total of 11 thus far since the hiking cycle commenced in March 2022, with small caps continuing to struggle given higher capital costs across the broader economy. Elevated financing and overall costs can more quickly impact businesses of lower capitalization given fewer overall financing choices, often away from the more liquid and efficiently priced bond market. Despite declining in absolute terms, the Cambiar Small Cap Fund did deliver strong relative performance, maintaining its aggregate exposure to more profitable, higher internal investment return and lower leverage businesses across the portfolio. Stock selection was particularly strong in Healthcare and Financials and particularly weak in Industrials. Ongoing careful consideration of the financial durability and long-term hydrocarbon supply/demand structure for many small capitalization energy stocks, still low exposure to the Energy sector also negatively impacted relative returns of the Fund in fiscal 2023.

Still, the Cambiar Small Cap Fund continues to maintain a good overall balance in terms of sector allocation, business diversification, and perhaps most importantly variance of forecasted value drivers across the portfolio. Current capital market indicators, and most asset prices, do express a greater degree of conservatism than seen in recent years as a higher cost of capital regime finds its way into valuation assumptions and calculations of the financial viability of many things, from companies to cryptocurrencies. We are mindful of the rhyme to previous exuberant capital market environments and their unwind that we have witnessed, whether 1999 or 2007, and have extended our basket of observations as far back as the mid-1970s, the last time inflation and interest rate interplay held such potential consequence for the capital markets. With limited predictive capability however, we continue to execute our investment process while that much more focus on the risk-reward relationship between valuation and fundamentals in the companies we evaluate. Whatever the forward environment brings, the Cambiar Small Cap Fund continues to reflect thoughtful individual stock analysis and overall portfolio construction, set up for continued sustainable execution.

 

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CHARACTERISTICS & PERFORMANCE

 

Characteristics

 

Ticker

     CAMSX | CAMZX  

Number of Holdings

     48  

Strategy Assets

     $94,318 B  
 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN(1)

FOR PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

1-Year

  Return  

 

3-Year

  Return  

 

5-Year

  Return  

 

  10-Year  

Return

 

  Annualized  

Inception to

Date

Investor Class Shares

  -5.57%   7.19%   5.42%   4.10%   7.78%

Institutional Class Shares

  -5.42%   7.41%   5.61%   4.30%   9.63%

Russell 2000® Index

  -8.56%   3.95%   3.31%   5.63%   7.39%

Russell 2000® Value Index

  -9.93%   9.73%   3.26%   5.20%   6.67%
 

 

GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

 

LOGO

(1) Returns shown represent the performance of the Investor Class Shares and Institutional Class Shares. The performance of the Institutional Class Shares may vary as a result of shareholder servicing fees paid by the Investor Class Shares. Investor Class Shares were offered beginning August 31, 2004 and Institutional Class Shares were offered beginning October 31, 2008. The Russell 2000® Index annualized inception to date return since August 31, 2004. The Russell 2000® Value Index annualized inception to date return since August 31, 2004.

The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. If the Adviser had not limited certain expenses, the Fund’s total return would have been lower. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. There are no assurances that the Fund will meet its stated objectives. The Fund’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike the Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.

Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

See definition of comparative indices on page 3

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

Cambiar International Equity Fund — The Cambiar International Equity Fund posted a total return of 11.85% for the fiscal year compared to MSCI EAFE Index, which returned 14.40%. International markets recovered partially from the significant decline in the prior fiscal year. After underperforming the U.S. market by nearly 8% last fiscal year, the MSCI EAFE Index outperformed the S&P 500 index by nearly 5% in the last 12 months. Japan led the rebound, posting a return of 17.18% in USD and 19.45% in JPY. At a sector level, there was a large return divergence between cyclicals and defensives. Financials, Consumer Discretionary, and Information Technology all posted high teens to low twenties percentage returns, while defensive sectors such as Healthcare, Consumer staples, and Communication Services posted mid-single digit percentage returns.

Entering the fiscal year, the International Equity Fund had a more defensive positioning, as we were concerned about 1) the unwinding of several once-in-a-generation shocks which continued to slow global economic activities, 2) geopolitical risks (especially the energy crisis in Europe last winter) which continued to reduce consumer and business confidence, and 3) a higher cost of capital that had not fully worked its way into equity market valuations. In line with our expectation, Eurozone GDP and PMI deteriorated throughout the year into the contractionary zone. Against our cautious view, the U.S. economy was particularly resilient and defied expectations of a recession. As a result, our conservative positionings in Financials, Industrials, and Consumer Discretionary sectors were a drag on relative performance. On the plus side, positive stock selection in the Information Technology, Real Estate, Materials, and Communication Services helped to partially offset the lower beta headwind.

On a regional basis, Europe continues to comprise the largest allocation in the International Equity Fund. Valuations within Europe have trailed their U.S. counterparts for some time, yet this valuation spread has expanded over the past year. European equities currently trade at a 33% discount on a forward P/E multiple; this compares to a 20% discount that was in place pre-COVID. Even on an equal sector weight basis, European stocks trade at a 17% discount to the U.S., vs the 4% average discount over the last 35 years. Looking through a fundamental lens, we expect Eurozone economic activities to stabilize and then begin to improve. Similar to the U.S., inflation trends in Europe have begun to normalize from the elevated levels a year ago. As the downward trend in inflation become more entrenched, the European Central Bank should be in a position to lower interest rates — which will then drive higher economic growth within the region. After a strong year of equity performance, we believe that Japan continues to represent an attractive investment opportunity. Valuations within Japan remain reasonable, and improved corporate governance should continue to support shareholder returns. On the macro front, we believe sustained wage growth and fiscal stimulus are likely to help stabilize the inflation rate at about 2%, which should then provide the backdrop for the Bank of Japan to gradually move away from its negative interest rate policy.

Investing in international markets without macro awareness is impossible. However, our team continues to spend the vast majority of our time on bottom-up, fundamental research — seeking to identify companies who can generate sustainable cash flows, even in a higher cost of capital regime. During the last fiscal year, we added thirteen new positions, while selling eight holdings in the Fund. Some eliminations were due to fundamental deterioration, while other sales were made to reallocate capital to higher conviction ideas that we viewed to offer a more attractive risk/reward profile. The Fund continues to maintain higher portfolio profitability metrics and lower leverage ratios relative to the MSCI EAFE Index (as measured by BARRA risk analysis). While the macro environment is always uncertain, we believe our Quality/Price/Discipline (QPD) approach will enable the Fund to generate superior risk- adjusted returns for our shareholders over a full market cycle.

Hedging and hedging instruments — Cambiar has not generally employed futures, forward contracts, and other such instruments to manage currency or other forms of volatility, as these represent “known costs for unknown benefits”, although we retain the option to do so. Our philosophy is that these instruments make the most sense for manufacturing companies, who expect to deliver a certain good at a certain time in the future with costs that can also be certain in today’s currency prices but not necessarily in the future. Mutual fund portfolios, on the other hand, are never “delivered” to a final buyer; they are intended to represent a continuous set of holdings for years or decades, with daily liquidity as an option for the investors in the Fund. Hedging instruments are not designed with any of this in mind. Hedging costs are feasible (that is to say not overly costly) in a world of stable currencies and lower interest rates, but for currencies with volatile trading patterns or high local interest rates, such as emerging market currencies, the cost of hedging instruments can be either prohibitive or wholly inconsistent in their availability. For emerging market positions, of which we have but a few presently, if one is not confident of the value and stability of local currencies, we believe it is best not to invest heavily in general.

Derivatives — The only Cambiar fund that has held any derivatives since early 2012 is the Aggressive Value Fund, where Cambiar employs the use of longer maturity call options and total return swaps on occasion. In our view, these instruments, among other impacts, can permit smoother management of Fund positions and cash balances during periods of cash flow and market volatility and also allow for some degree of improved management portfolio returns. By their nature, derivatives embed a degree of leverage and can either amplify or reduce overall portfolio performance accordingly. The Aggressive Value Fund, and subsequently ETF, did not employ any derivatives in FY2023.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

CHARACTERISTICS & PERFORMANCE

 

Characteristics

 

Ticker

     CAMIX | CAMYX  

Number of Holdings

     47  

Strategy Assets

     $173,770 B  
 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN(1)

FOR PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

1-Year

  Return  

 

  3-Year  

Return

 

  5-Year  

Return

 

  10-Year  

Return

 

  Annualized  

Inception to
Date

Investor Class Shares

  11.85%   1.52%   -0.52%   0.42%   5.15%

Institutional Class Shares

  11.86%   1.59%   -0.43%   0.54%   2.76%

MSCI EAFE Index

  14.40%   5.73%   4.10%   3.05%   4.29%
 

 

GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

LOGO

(1) Returns shown represent the performance of the Investor Class Shares and Institutional Class Shares. The performance of the Institutional Class Shares may vary as a result of shareholder servicing fees paid by the Investor Class Shares. Investor Class Shares were offered beginning September 9, 2002 and Institutional Class Shares were offered beginning November 30, 2012. The MSCI EAFE Index annualized inception to date return since September 9, 2002.

The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. If the Adviser had not limited certain expenses, the Fund’s total return would have been lower. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. There are no assurances that the Fund will meet its stated objectives. The Fund’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike the Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.

Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

See definition of comparative indices on page 3

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

International Small Cap Fund – The Board of Trustees of the Trust, at the recommendation of the Adviser, approved a Plan of Liquidation on November 28, 2023, providing for the liquidation of the Cambiar International Small Cap Fund’s assets and the distribution of the net proceeds pro rata to the Cambiar International Small Cap Fund’s shareholders. In connection therewith, the Cambiar International Small Cap Fund’s was closed to investments from new and existing shareholders effective as of November 29, 2023. The Cambiar International Small Cap Fund is expected to cease operations and liquidate on or about December 29, 2023.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

CHARACTERISTICS & PERFORMANCE

 

Characteristics

 

Ticker

     CAMFX  

Number of Holdings

     42  

Strategy Assets

     $2,851 B  
 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN(1)

FOR PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

1-Year

  Return  

 

3-Year

  Return  

 

5-Year

  Return  

 

  10-Year  

Return

 

  Annualized  

Inception to

Date

Institutional Class Shares

  2.64%   -4.60%   -1.35%   N/A   1.53%

MSCI EAFE Small Cap Index

  6.99%   0.70%   2.00%   N/A   4.44%
 

 

GROWTH OF A $100,000 INVESTMENT

 

 

LOGO

(1) Commenced operations on November 18, 2014.

The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. If the Adviser had not limited certain expenses, the Fund’s total return would have been lower. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. There are no assurances that the Fund will meet its stated objectives. The Fund’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike the Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.

Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

See definition of comparative indices on page 3

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR OPPORTUNITY FUND

OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

 

 

 

SECTOR WEIGHTINGS (UNAUDITED)†

 

LOGO

 

 

† Percentages based on total investments.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

COMMON STOCK — 98.0%

 

           Shares                        Value            

AEROSPACE/DEFENSE EQUIPMENT — 6.0%

     

Airbus ADR

     236,000      $ 7,877,680  

RTX

     142,000        11,557,380  
     

 

 

 

        19,435,060  
     

 

 

 

AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS — 3.0%

     

United Parcel Service, CI B

     69,000        9,746,250  
     

 

 

 

BANKS — 5.0%

     

JPMorgan Chase

     71,000        9,873,260  

PNC Financial Services Group

     55,000        6,295,850  
     

 

 

 

        16,169,110  
     

 

 

 

BEVERAGES — 3.3%

     

Constellation Brands, Cl A

     45,000        10,536,750  
     

 

 

 

BROADLINE RETAIL — 3.5%

     

Amazon.com *

     85,000        11,312,650  
     

 

 

 

CAPITAL MARKETS — 7.1%

     

CME Group, Cl A

     31,000        6,617,260  

Goldman Sachs Group

     31,800        9,654,798  

Intercontinental Exchange

     63,000        6,768,720  
     

 

 

 

        23,040,778  
     

 

 

 

CHEMICALS — 5.1%

     

Corteva

     141,000        6,787,740  

PPG Industries

     81,000        9,944,370  
     

 

 

 

        16,732,110  
     

 

 

 

CONSUMER FINANCE — 3.1%

     

American Express

     69,000        10,076,070  
     

 

 

 

CONSUMER STAPLES DISTRIBUTION & RETAIL — 2.6%

     

Sysco

     129,000        8,577,210  
     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR OPPORTUNITY FUND

OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

 

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued

     
           Shares                        Value            

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT — 1.7%

     

Rockwell Automation

     21,000      $ 5,519,010  
     

 

 

 

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT INSTRUMENTS & COMPONENTS — 2.8%

     

TE Connectivity

     78,000        9,192,300  
     

 

 

 

FINANCIAL SERVICES — 1.9%

     

Mastercard, CI A

     17,000        6,397,950  
     

 

 

 

GROUND TRANSPORTATION — 6.1%

     

Uber Technologies *

     224,000        9,694,720  

Union Pacific

     50,000        10,380,500  
     

 

 

 

        20,075,220  
     

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES — 2.8%

     

Medtronic

     127,000        8,961,120  
     

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 6.2%

     

Centene *

     149,000        10,278,020  

Laboratory Corp of America Holdings

     50,000        9,986,500  
     

 

 

 

        20,264,520  
     

 

 

 

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS — 2.8%

     

Colgate-Palmolive

     122,000        9,164,640  
     

 

 

 

INSURANCE — 3.0%

     

Chubb

     45,000        9,657,900  
     

 

 

 

INTERACTIVE MEDIA & SERVICES — 2.8%

     

Alphabet, CI A *

     74,000        9,181,920  
     

 

 

 

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES — 2.0%

     

Waters *

     27,000        6,440,310  
     

 

 

 

MULTI-UTILITIES — 2.8%

     

Sempra

     131,000        9,173,930  
     

 

 

 

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 10.9%

     

Cenovus Energy

     620,000        11,829,600  

Chevron

     73,000        10,638,290  

ConocoPhillips

     54,000        6,415,200  

Williams

     195,000        6,708,000  
     

 

 

 

        35,591,090  
     

 

 

 

PHARMACEUTICALS — 4.9%

     

Bristol-Myers Squibb

     120,000        6,183,600  

Johnson & Johnson

     67,000        9,938,780  
     

 

 

 

        16,122,380  
     

 

 

 

SEMI-CONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT — 6.5%

     

Applied Materials

     46,000        6,088,100  

Marvell Technology

     107,000        5,052,540  

Texas Instruments

     70,000        9,940,700  
     

 

 

 

        21,081,340  
     

 

 

 

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 2.1%

     

TJX

     78,000        6,869,460  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $273,555,428)

        319,319,078  
     

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 1.9%

     

First American Treasury Obligation Fund 5.400% (A)
(Cost $6,157,269)

     6,157,269        6,157,269  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS— 99.9%
(Cost $279,712,697)

      $ 325,476,347  
     

 

 

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $325,690,444.

*

Non-income producing security.

(A)

The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of October 31, 2023.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR OPPORTUNITY FUND

OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

 

 

 

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

Cl — Class

As of October 31, 2023, all of the Fund’s investments were considered Level 1, in accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. GAAP.

For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies in Notes to Financial Statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR SMID FUND

OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

 

 

 

SECTOR WEIGHTINGS (UNAUDITED)†

 

LOGO

† Percentages based on total investments.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

COMMON STOCK — 95.8%

 

           Shares                        Value            

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 2.0%

     

Mercury Systems *

     91,210      $ 3,281,736  
     

 

 

 

AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS — 2.5%

     

Expeditors International of Washington

     37,690        4,117,632  
     

 

 

 

AUTO COMPONENTS — 2.7%

     

Gentex

     158,140        4,535,455  
     

 

 

 

BANKS — 2.1%

     

BOK Financial

     53,290        3,491,561  
     

 

 

 

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 1.9%

     

Incyte *

     57,720        3,112,840  
     

 

 

 

BUILDING PRODUCTS — 2.7%

     

Masco

     86,140        4,487,033  
     

 

 

 

CAPITAL MARKETS — 2.9%

     

Cboe Global Markets

     29,440        4,824,922  
     

 

 

 

CONTAINERS & PACKAGING — 3.0%

     

Packaging Corp of America

     33,160        5,075,138  
     

 

 

 

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS & COMPONENTS — 4.3%

     

IPG Photonics *

     39,890        3,426,551  

Littelfuse

     17,150        3,715,890  
     

 

 

 

        7,142,441  
     

 

 

 

FINANCIAL SERVICES — 4.5%

     

Euronet Worldwide *

     51,000        3,918,840  

WEX *

     21,810        3,630,929  
     

 

 

 

        7,549,769  
     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR SMID FUND

OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

 

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued

 

           Shares                        Value            

FOOD PRODUCT — 2.2%

     

Lamb Weston Holdings

     40,990      $ 3,680,902  
     

 

 

 

GAS UTILITIES — 2.7%

     

Atmos Energy

     41,740        4,493,728  
     

 

 

 

GROUND TRANSPORTATION — 2.6%

     

JB Hunt Transport Services

     25,800        4,434,246  
     

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES — 2.1%

     

Dentsply Sirona

     114,740        3,489,243  
     

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 8.4%

     

HealthEquity *

     65,730        4,711,526  

Molina Healthcare *

     15,740        5,240,633  

Quest Diagnostics

     31,850        4,143,685  
     

 

 

 

        14,095,844  
     

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL REITS — 2.0%

     

Americold Realty Trust

     132,440        3,472,577  
     

 

 

 

INSURANCE — 10.8%

     

American Financial Group

     40,000        4,374,400  

Arch Capital Group *

     56,720        4,916,490  

Fidelity National Financial

     105,360        4,118,522  

Reinsurance Group of America, CI A

     31,490        4,706,810  
     

 

 

 

        18,116,222  
     

 

 

 

IT SERVICES — 4.8%

     

Amdocs

     45,810        3,672,130  

EPAM Systems *

     19,950        4,340,521  
     

 

 

 

        8,012,651  
     

 

 

 

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES — 6.9%

     

Bruker

     71,020        4,048,140  

Charles River Laboratories International *

     21,110        3,554,080  

Waters *

     17,000        4,055,010  
     

 

 

 

        11,657,230  
     

 

 

 

MACHINERY — 4.8%

     

Lincoln Electric Holdings

     25,580        4,471,384  

Toro

     44,690        3,612,740  
     

 

 

 

        8,084,124  
     

 

 

 

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 5.8%

     

Magnolia Oil & Gas, CI A

     219,690        4,932,040  

Targa Resources

     57,660        4,820,953  
     

 

 

 

        9,752,993  
     

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES — 5.1%

     

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding, CI A

     37,000        4,437,410  

Maximus

     55,270        4,129,774  
     

 

 

 

        8,567,184  
     

 

 

 

RETAIL REITS — 2.1%

     

NNN REIT

     95,810        3,480,777  
     

 

 

 

SOFTWARE — 2.8%

     

Dolby Laboratories, Cl A

     58,120        4,704,233  
     

 

 

 

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 2.4%

     

Ulta Beauty *

     10,600        4,041,886  
     

 

 

 

WATER UTILITIES — 1.7%

     

Essential Utilities

     86,410        2,891,279  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $153,460,005)

        160,593,646  
     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR SMID FUND

OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 4.2%

 

           Shares                        Value            

First American Treasury Obligation Fund 5.400% (A)
(Cost $6,974,565)

     6,974,565      $ 6,974,565  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS— 100.0%
(Cost $160,434,570)

       $ 167,568,211  
     

 

 

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $167,545,452.

*

Non-income producing security.

(A)

The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of October 31, 2023.

Cl — Class

REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust

As of October 31, 2023, all of the Fund’s investments were considered Level 1, in accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. GAAP.

For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies in Notes to Financial Statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR SMALL CAP FUND

OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

 

 

 

SECTOR WEIGHTINGS (UNAUDITED)†

 

LOGO

† Percentages based on total investments.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

COMMON STOCK — 99.2%

 

           Shares                        Value            

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 1.6%

     

Mercury Systems *

     42,200      $ 1,518,356  
     

 

 

 

AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS — 1.8%

     

Hub Group, CI A *

     25,000        1,718,750  
     

 

 

 

AUTO COMPONENTS — 4.0%

     

Atmus Filtration Technologies *

     91,000        1,707,160  

Gentex

     71,000        2,036,280  
     

 

 

 

        3,743,440  
     

 

 

 

BANKS — 8.2%

     

Prosperity Bancshares

     33,000        1,799,820  

Texas Capital Bancshares *

     41,500        2,284,990  

United Bankshares

     63,500        1,805,940  

United Community Banks

     83,000        1,833,470  
     

 

 

 

        7,724,220  
     

 

 

 

BEVERAGES — 2.1%

     

Duckhorn Portfolio *

     191,000        1,992,130  
     

 

 

 

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 2.6%

     

Exelixis *

     120,000        2,470,800  
     

 

 

 

BUILDING PRODUCTS — 2.0%

     

PGT Innovations *

     63,000        1,886,220  
     

 

 

 

CHEMICALS — 2.0%

     

Cabot

     29,000        1,927,920  
     

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES — 1.5%

     

Healthcare Services Group *

     145,000        1,377,500  
     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

 

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued

 

           Shares                        Value            

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES — 2.2%

     

Frontdoor *

     71,000       $ 2,054,030  
     

 

 

 

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 2.5%

     

IDACORP

     24,500        2,320,395  
     

 

 

 

ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT INSTRUMENTS & COMPONENTS — 2.0%

     

Advanced Energy Industries

     21,500        1,876,090  
     

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES — 2.0%

     

Globus Medical, CI A *

     40,700        1,860,397  
     

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 10.7%

     

Addus HomeCare *

     28,500        2,248,650   

AMN Healthcare Services *

     26,000        1,972,360  

HealthEquity *

     36,000        2,580,480  

Innovage Holding *

     291,000        1,580,130  

US Physical Therapy

     20,000        1,682,200  
     

 

 

 

        10,063,820  
     

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY — 2.9%

     

HealthStream

     107,000        2,717,800  
     

 

 

 

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 2.3%

     

Monarch Casino & Resort

     36,000        2,166,840  
     

 

 

 

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES — 1.9%

     

MDC Holdings

     47,000        1,783,650  
     

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL REITS — 2.3%

     

Innovative Industrial Properties, CI A

     30,500        2,190,815  
     

 

 

 

INSURANCE — 10.8%

     

Axis Capital Holdings

     43,000        2,455,300  

First American Financial

     41,000        2,109,040  

Reinsurance Group of America, CI A

     17,500        2,615,725  

RenaissanceRe Holdings

     13,500        2,964,465  
     

 

 

 

        10,144,530  
     

 

 

 

LEISURE PRODUCTS — 2.0%

     

Johnson Outdoors, CI A

     41,000        1,949,550  
     

 

 

 

MACHINERY — 2.2%

     

Alamo Group

     13,000        2,083,900  
     

 

 

 

MULTI-UTILITIES — 2.2%

     

Avista

     65,500        2,075,695  
     

 

 

 

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 2.5%

     

Magnolia Oil & Gas, CI A

     105,000        2,357,250  
     

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES — 11.1%

     

ASGN *

     26,000        2,169,960  

Forrester Research *

     73,000        1,693,600  

Insperity

     25,000        2,646,000  

NV5 Global *

     22,500        2,122,875  

WNS Holdings ADR *

     32,500        1,765,400  
     

 

 

 

        10,397,835  
     

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT — 2.1%

     

Marcus & Millichap

     68,000        1,951,600  
     

 

 

 

RETAIL REITS — 1.7%

     

NETSTREIT

     114,000        1,624,500  
     

 

 

 

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT — 7.8%

     

Diodes *

     29,500        1,919,860  

Rambus *

     37,000        2,010,210  

Tower Semiconductor *

     71,000        1,634,420  

Universal Display

     13,000        1,809,340  
     

 

 

 

        7,373,830  
     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

 

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued

 

           Shares                        Value            

SOFTWARE — 2.2%

     

Cerence *

     55,000       $ 842,050  

Envestnet *

     33,500        1,239,500  
     

 

 

 

        2,081,550   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $96,578,756)

        93,433,413  
     

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 0.9%

 

First American Treasury Obligation Fund 5.400% (A)
(Cost $884,435)

     884,435        884,435  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS— 100.1%
(Cost $97,463,191)

       $ 94,317,848  
     

 

 

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $94,222,515.

*

Non-income producing security.

(A)

The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of October 31, 2023.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

Cl — Class

REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust

As of October 31, 2023, all of the Fund’s investments were considered Level 1, in accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. GAAP.

For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies in Notes to Financial Statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

 

 

 

SECTOR WEIGHTINGS (UNAUDITED)†

 

 

LOGO

† Percentages based on total investments.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
COMMON STOCK — 94.7%

     
           Shares                        Value            

AUSTRALIA — 2.2%

     

Santos

     825,000       $ 4,025,545  
     

 

 

 

BELGIUM — 4.6%

     

KBC Group

     83,000        4,567,894   

UCB

     50,000        3,657,002  
     

 

 

 

        8,224,896  
     

 

 

 

CANADA — 6.4%

     

Agnico Eagle Mines

     74,000        3,471,340  

Canadian National Railway

     32,400        3,427,272  

Suncor Energy

     140,000        4,536,000  
     

 

 

 

        11,434,612  
     

 

 

 

FRANCE — 9.4%

     

Air Liquide

     15,600        2,673,096  

Airbus

     18,700        2,507,226  

Capgemini

     23,000        4,064,763  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

     5,000        3,579,654  

TotalEnergies

     58,000        3,877,735  
     

 

 

 

        16,702,474  
     

 

 

 

GERMANY — 11.4%

     

Bayer

     68,000        2,938,183  

Deutsche Post

     82,000        3,201,568  

Merck KGaA

     18,000        2,718,692  

Puma

     66,000        3,740,096  

RWE

     103,000        3,941,340  

SAP

     28,000        3,755,706  
     

 

 

 

        20,295,585  
     

 

 

 

HONG KONG — 2.1%

     

AIA Group

     437,000        3,794,824  
     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

 

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued

     
           Shares                        Value            

JAPAN — 17.7%

     

Chugai Pharmaceutical

     138,000       $ 4,092,606  

Hitachi

     62,000        3,929,971   

Mitsubishi Estate

     323,000        4,134,504  

Murata Manufacturing

     146,000        2,500,889  

NIDEC CORP

     92,000        3,374,656  

Nintendo

     90,000        3,718,301  

Sony Group

     44,900        3,732,936  

Terumo

     136,000        3,720,714  

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     18,500        2,444,547  
     

 

 

 

        31,649,124  
     

 

 

 

NETHERLANDS — 3.1%

     

ING Groep

     430,000        5,512,829  
     

 

 

 

NORWAY — 2.2%

     

Equinor ADR

     119,000        3,971,030  
     

 

 

 

SINGAPORE — 4.0%

     

DBS Group Holdings

     151,000        3,627,523  

Singapore Telecommunications

     2,079,000        3,612,624  
     

 

 

 

        7,240,147  
     

 

 

 

SWITZERLAND — 6.8%

     

Nestle

     36,000        3,882,196  

Novartis

     37,000        3,463,924  

Roche Holding

     16,900        4,355,293  

Sandoz Group *

     14,000        363,986  
     

 

 

 

        12,065,399  
     

 

 

 

TAIWAN — 2.1%

     

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ADR

     43,000        3,711,330  
     

 

 

 

UNITED KINGDOM — 20.6%

     

BAE Systems

     230,000        3,092,670  

Barclays

     2,398,000        3,848,907  

Bunzl

     127,000        4,530,882  

Compass Group

     151,000        3,806,922  

Diageo

     125,000        4,727,006  

GSK

     231,000        4,117,988  

Intertek Group

     81,000        3,772,467  

London Stock Exchange Group

     49,100        4,953,953  

SSE

     193,000        3,835,601  
     

 

 

 

        36,686,396  
     

 

 

 

UNITED STATES — 2.1%

     

Liberty Media Corp-Liberty Formula One, CI C *

     57,000        3,687,330  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $166,885,483)

        169,001,521  
     

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 2.7%

     

First American Treasury Obligation Fund 5.400% (A)
(Cost $4,768,675)

     4,768,675        4,768,675  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 97.4%
(Cost $171,654,158)

       $ 173,770,196  
     

 

 

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $178,452,775.

*

Non-income producing security.

(A)

The rate reported is the 7-day effective yield as of October 31, 2023.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

Cl — Class

Ltd. — Limited

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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CAMBIAR INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND

OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

 

 

 

The following is a list of the level of inputs used as of October 31, 2023, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:

 

 

 

Investments in Securities

    Level 1       Level 2       Level 3       Total  

 

 

Common Stock

       

Australia

   $      $ 4,025,545      $      $ 4,025,545  

Belgium

          8,224,896             8,224,896  

Canada

    11,434,612                   11,434,612  

France

          16,702,474             16,702,474  

Germany

          20,295,585             20,295,585  

Hong Kong

          3,794,824             3,794,824  

Japan

          31,649,124             31,649,124  

Netherlands

          5,512,829             5,512,829  

Norway

    3,971,030                   3,971,030  

Singapore

          7,240,147             7,240,147  

Switzerland

    363,986       11,701,413             12,065,399  

Taiwan

    3,711,330                   3,711,330  

United Kingdom

          36,686,396             36,686,396  

United States

    3,687,330                   3,687,330  
 

 

 

 

 Total Common Stock

          23,168,288           145,833,233                             —           169,001,521  
 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment

    4,768,675                   4,768,675  
 

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 27,936,963      $ 145,833,233      $      $ 173,770,196  
 

 

 

 

Amounts designated as “-” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies in Notes to Financial Statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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CAMBIAR INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

 

 

 

SECTOR WEIGHTINGS (UNAUDITED)†

 

 

LOGO

† Percentages based on total investments.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

COMMON STOCK — 94.7%

     
           Shares                        Value            

AUSTRIA — 2.4%

     

BAWAG Group

     1,560       $ 69,483  
     

 

 

 

CANADA — 8.5%

     

CCL Industries

     1,960        76,633  

Pason Systems

     8,740        83,760  

Vermilion Energy

     6,180        89,174  
     

 

 

 

        249,567  
     

 

 

 

FRANCE — 6.5%

     

Antin Infrastructure Partners

     4,420        52,640  

Eurazeo

     1,080        60,887  

Euroapi *

     6,080        31,860  

Remy Cointreau

     400        45,448  
     

 

 

 

        190,835  
     

 

 

 

GERMANY — 14.8%

     

Hensoldt

     2,530        74,970   

Instone Real Estate Group

     10,370        59,183  

Puma

     1,180        66,868  

Scout24

     1,150        70,748  

Stabilus

     1,480        93,974  

TeamViewer *

     4,700        72,315  
     

 

 

 

        438,058  
     

 

 

 

IRELAND — 1.8%

     

Uniphar *

     23,585        52,281  
     

 

 

 

JAPAN — 20.4%

     

Daito Trust Construction

     900        96,540  

Disco

     415        73,289  

Jeol

     2,200        62,113  

Kakaku.com

     4,700        45,329  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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CAMBIAR INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

OCTOBER 31, 2023

    

 

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued

 

           Shares                        Value            

JAPAN — continued

     

Ryohin Keikaku

     6,000       $ 84,596  

Sanyo Denki

     1,610        59,560   

Sundrug

     2,450        66,620  

Taiyo Yuden

     2,600        58,288  

UT Group *

     4,529        55,941  
     

 

 

 

        602,276  
     

 

 

 

MEXICO — 2.3%

     

Coca-Cola Femsa ADR

     890        67,658  
     

 

 

 

NETHERLANDS — 7.4%

     

Aalberts

     1,960        61,196  

OCI

     3,250        75,727  

QIAGEN *

     2,190        81,972  
     

 

 

 

        218,895  
     

 

 

 

NORWAY — 2.3%

     

Bakkafrost P

     1,500        67,710  
     

 

 

 

SWEDEN — 5.1%

     

Cloetta

     40,500        64,957  

Granges

     8,800        84,724  
     

 

 

 

        149,681  
     

 

 

 

SWITZERLAND — 2.1%

     

Bossard Holding

     300        61,923  
     

 

 

 

UNITED KINGDOM — 21.1%

     

B&M European Value Retail

     6,930        44,614  

Britvic

     8,940        91,193  

Centrica

     40,090        76,744  

Coats Group

     83,020        68,213  

Diploma

     1,900        65,875  

Greggs

     2,450        70,667  

RS GROUP

     9,540        78,728  

Tate & Lyle

     8,160        62,613  

Watches of Switzerland Group *

     10,650        65,025  
     

 

 

 

        623,672  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $2,844,510)

        2,792,039  
     

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 2.1%

     

First American Treasury Obligation Fund 5.400% (A)
(Cost $61,717)

     61,717        61,717  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 96.8%
(Cost $2,906,227)

       $ 2,853,756  
     

 

 

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $2,949,406.

*

Non-income producing security.

(A)

The rate reported is the 7-day effective yield as of October 31, 2023.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

 

 

 

The following is a list of the level of inputs used as of October 31, 2023, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:

 

Investments in Securities    Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Total

 Common Stock

           

Austria

   $      $ 69,483      $      $ 69,483  

Canada

     249,567                      249,567  

France

            190,835               190,835  

Germany

            438,058               438,058  

Ireland

     52,281                      52,281  

Japan

            602,276               602,276  

Mexico

     67,658                      67,658  

Netherlands

     81,972        136,923               218,895  

Norway

            67,710               67,710  

Sweden

            149,681               149,681  

Switzerland

            61,923               61,923  

United Kingdom

     68,213        555,459               623,672  
  

 

 

 

 Total Common Stock

     519,691        2,272,348               2,792,039  
  

 

 

 

 Short-Term Investment

     61,717                      61,717  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $           581,408      $         2,272,348      $                 —      $           2,853,756  
  

 

 

 

Amounts designated as are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies in Notes to Financial Statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

 

     Opportunity
Fund
     SMID Fund

Assets:

       

Cost of securities

   $ 279,712,697        $ 160,434,570  
  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investments in securities, at value

   $ 325,476,347        $ 167,568,211  

Receivable for capital shares sold

     93,419          246,414  

Dividends receivable

     419,619          109,476  

Receivable for dividend tax reclaims

     25,693           

Prepaid expenses

     25,990          21,833  
  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

     326,041,068          167,945,934  
  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

       

Investment advisory fees payable

     140,877          71,649  

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     80,570          246,838  

Audit fees payable

     24,990          24,990  

Shareholder servicing fees payable

     16,641          9,446  

Payable due to administrator

     15,629          7,852  

Payable due to trustees

     13,473          6,693  

Payable due to custodian

     5,577          2,402  

Chief Compliance Officer fees payable

     1,931          1,161  

Line of credit payable

     137           

Other accrued expenses

     50,799          29,451  
  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     350,624          400,482  
  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies †

       

Net Assets

   $ 325,690,444        $ 167,545,452  
  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets:

       

Paid-in Capital

   $ 250,812,647        $ 160,606,432  

Total distributable earnings

     74,877,797          6,939,020  
  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 325,690,444        $ 167,545,452  
  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investor Class Shares:

       

Net Assets

   $     114,400,881        $     117,766,286  

Total shares outstanding at end of year

     4,546,216          5,584,638  

Net Asset Value Per Share

       

(Net Assets ÷ Shares Outstanding)

     $25.16          $21.09  

Institutional Class Shares:

       

Net Assets

   $ 211,289,563        $ 49,779,166  

Total shares outstanding at end of year

     8,425,906          2,359,614  

Net Asset Value Per Share

       

(Net Assets ÷ Shares Outstanding)

     $25.08          $21.10  

† See Note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

Amounts designated as “-” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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CAMBIAR FUNDS

OCTOBER 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

 

     Small Cap Fund      International
Equity Fund

Assets:

       

Cost of securities

   $ 97,463,191        $ 171,654,158  
  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investments in securities, at value

   $ 94,317,848        $ 173,770,196  

Receivable for capital shares sold

     80,918          302,203  

Dividends receivable

     22,523          267,421  

Receivable for dividend tax reclaims

              6,512,591  

Prepaid expenses

     18,785          20,771  
  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

     94,440,074          180,873,182  
  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

       

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     96,781          2,156,164  

Investment advisory fees payable

     54,528          87,010  

Audit fees payable

     24,990          27,440  

Shareholder servicing fees payable

     9,336          8,536  

Payable due to administrator

     4,546          9,328  

Payable due to trustees

     3,938          8,854  

Payable due to custodian

     2,083          64,913  

Chief Compliance Officer fees payable

     848          1,406  

Payable due to transfer agent fees

     64           

Line of credit payable

              18,515  

Other accrued expenses

     20,445          38,241  
  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     217,559          2,420,407  
  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies †

       

Net Assets

   $ 94,222,515        $ 178,452,775  
  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets:

       

Paid-in Capital

   $     96,779,763        $     258,444,568  

Total accumulated loss

     (2,557,248)          (79,991,793)  
  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 94,222,515        $ 178,452,775  
  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investor Class Shares:

       

Net Assets

   $ 22,911,930        $ 84,764,069  

Total shares outstanding at end of year

     1,683,154          3,818,654  

Net Asset Value Per Share

       

(Net Assets ÷ Shares Outstanding)

     $13.61          $22.20  

Institutional Class Shares:

       

Net Assets

   $ 71,310,585        $ 93,688,706  

Total shares outstanding at end of year

     5,014,989          4,215,604  

Net Asset Value Per Share

       

(Net Assets ÷ Shares Outstanding)

     $14.22          $22.22  

† See Note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

Amounts designated as “-” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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CAMBIAR FUNDS

OCTOBER 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

 

       International
Small Cap Fund

Assets:

    

Cost of securities

     $ 2,906,227  
    

 

 

 

Investments in securities, at value

     $ 2,853,756  

Receivable for capital shares sold

       94  

Receivable due from Investment Adviser

       11,251  

Dividends receivable

       9,532  

Receivable for dividend tax reclaims

       108,796  

Prepaid expenses

       12,731  
    

 

 

 

Total Assets

       2,996,160  
    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

    

Audit fees payable

       27,440  

Payable due to custodian

       12,483  

Shareholder servicing fees payable

       1,244  

Chief Compliance Officer fees payable

       414  

Payable due to administrator

       141  

Payable due to trustees

       122  

Other accrued expenses

       4,910  
    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

       46,754  
    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies †

    

Net Assets

     $ 2,949,406  
    

 

 

 

Net Assets:

    

Paid-in Capital

     $ 860,843  

Total distributable earnings

       2,088,563  
    

 

 

 

Net Assets

     $       2,949,406  
    

 

 

 

Institutional Class Shares:

    

Net Assets

     $ 2,949,406  

Total shares outstanding at end of year

       342,003  

Net Asset Value Per Share

    

(Net Assets ÷ Shares Outstanding)

       $8.62  

† See Note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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CAMBIAR FUNDS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED

OCTOBER 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

     Opportunity
Fund
   SMID Fund

Investment Income

     

Dividends

   $ 6,466,910      $ 2,352,901  

Interest

     580,858        341,170  

Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld

     (64,213)         
  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

     6,983,555        2,694,071  
  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Expenses

     

Investment Advisory Fees

     2,006,704        1,205,695  

Shareholder Servicing Fees - Investor Class Shares

     258,104        88,583  

Administration Fees

     183,934        82,892  

Trustees’ Fees

     52,247        23,132  

Chief Compliance Officer Fees

     7,217        3,923  

Transfer Agent Fees

     166,245        95,965  

Legal Fees

     69,193        30,262  

Registration & Filing Fees

     46,449        42,854  

Audit Fees

     33,910        26,864  

Printing Fees

     24,770        12,742  

Custodian Fees

     13,131        5,502  

Pricing Fees

     4,485        4,237  

Interest Expense

     137        1,576  

Other Expenses

     50,833        23,051  
  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Expenses

     2,917,359        1,647,278  
  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Less:

     

Investment Advisory Fees Waiver

     (469,427)        (276,390)  

Fees Paid Indirectly (Note 3)

     (16,062)        (1,245)  
  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net Expenses

     2,431,870        1,369,643  
  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

     4,551,685        1,324,428  
  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

     

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments(1)

     27,508,632        (416,397)  

Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation on Investments

     (14,380,717)        (2,071,873)  
  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss)

     13,127,915        (2,488,270)  
  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations

   $       17,679,600      $       (1,163,842)  
  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

(1) Includes realized gain as a result of in-kind transactions. (See Note 5 in Notes to the Financial Statements.)

Amounts designated as “-” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR FUNDS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED

OCTOBER 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

     Small Cap
Fund
  International
Equity Fund

Investment Income

    

Dividends

   $ 1,492,739     $ 8,527,890  

Interest

     178,068        

Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld

     (500)       (2,920,227)  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

             1,670,307       5,607,663  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Investment Advisory Fees

     822,112       2,496,133  

Shareholder Servicing Fees - Investor Class Shares

     47,636       98,912  

Administration Fees

     53,199       152,543  

Trustees’ Fees

     15,157       45,406  

Chief Compliance Officer Fees

     2,798       5,686  

Transfer Agent Fees

     77,494       148,236  

Registration & Filing Fees

     33,380       46,950  

Audit Fees

     31,444       31,384  

Legal Fees

     20,209       59,347  

Printing Fees

     8,968       12,735  

Custodian Fees

     5,004       134,346  

Pricing Fees

     4,128       5,187  

Interest Expense

     644       31,241  

Other Expenses

     14,867       50,154  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Expenses

     1,137,040       3,318,260  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less:

    

Investment Advisory Fees Waiver

     (215,612)       (716,290)  

Fees Paid Indirectly (Note 3)

     (3,256)       (6,896)  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Expenses

     918,172       2,595,074  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

     752,135       3,012,589  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

    

Net Realized Gain on Investments(1)

     963,896       15,568,755  

Net Realized Gain on Foreign Currency Transactions

           13,373  

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments

     (9,226,319     22,260,485  

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation on Translation of Other Assets and Liabilities Denominated in Foreign Currencies

           666,348  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss)

     (8,262,423)       38,508,961  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations

   $ (7,510,288)     $         41,521,550  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes realized gain as a result of in-kind transactions. (See Note 5 in Notes to the Financial Statements.)

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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CAMBIAR FUNDS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED

OCTOBER 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

     International
 Small Cap Fund 

Investment Income

  

Dividends

   $ 558,049  

Interest

     40,362  

Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld

     (19,709)  
  

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

     578,702  
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Investment Advisory Fees

     170,297  

Shareholder Servicing Fees - Institutional Class Shares

     9,461  

Administration Fees

     10,407  

Trustees’ Fees

     3,109  

Chief Compliance Officer Fees

     1,275  

Transfer Agent Fees

     29,693  

Audit Fees

     28,322  

Custodian Fees

     22,180  

Registration & Filing Fees

     20,948  

Interest Expense

     4,994  

Legal Fees

     4,791  

Pricing Fees

     2,998  

Printing Fees

     49  

Other Expenses

     8,396  
  

 

 

 

Total Expenses

     316,920  
  

 

 

 

Less:

  

Investment Advisory Fees Waiver

     (127,624)  

Fees Paid Indirectly (Note 3)

     (76)  
  

 

 

 

Net Expenses

     189,220  
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

     389,482  
  

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

  

Net Realized Gain on Investments

     2,121,436  

Net Realized Gain on Foreign Currency Transactions

     5,760  

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation on Investments

     1,575,525  

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation on Translation of Other Assets and Liabilities Denominated in Foreign Currencies

     15,477  
  

 

 

 

Net Gain

     3,718,198  
  

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations

   $           4,107,680  
  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR OPPORTUNITY FUND

 

 

 

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Year
Ended
  October 31, 2023  
  Year
Ended
  October 31, 2022  

Operations:

    

Net Investment Income

   $ 4,551,685     $ 2,735,701  

Net Realized Gain

     27,508,632       14,827,535  

Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation

     (14,380,717     (42,495,248
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     17,679,600       (24,932,012
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions:

    

Investor Class Shares

     (5,939,840     (11,266,451

Institutional Class Shares

     (8,501,355     (14,556,165
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (14,441,195     (25,822,616
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

    

Investor Class Shares

    

Issued

     4,323,005       11,247,460  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     5,627,527       10,687,472  

Redeemed

     (19,136,031     (34,273,085
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets from Investor Class Share Transactions

     (9,185,499     (12,338,153
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class Shares

    

Issued

     60,072,883       41,841,356  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     5,871,477       9,945,788  

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     36        

Merger — Note 10

     42,593,728        

Redeemed

     (61,658,247     (61,189,581
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Institutional Class Share Transactions

     46,879,877       (9,402,437
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     37,694,378       (21,740,590
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     40,932,783       (72,495,218

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of year

     284,757,661       357,252,879  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 325,690,444     $ 284,757,661  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

Investor Class Shares

    

Issued

     170,496       418,708  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     224,608       392,822  

Redeemed

     (748,288     (1,284,021
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Decrease in Investor Class Shares

     (353,184     (472,491
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class Shares

    

Issued

     2,530,980       1,586,112  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     235,532       366,366  

Merger — Note 10

     1,709,251        

Redeemed

     (2,418,376     (2,306,263
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Institutional Class Shares

     2,057,387       (353,785
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding

     1,704,203       (826,276
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts designated as “-” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR SMID FUND

 

 

 

 

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Year
Ended
  October 31, 2023  
  Year
Ended
  October 31, 2022  

Operations:

    

Net Investment Income

   $ 1,324,428     $ 1,110,927  

Net Realized Loss

     (416,397     (225,167

Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation

     (2,071,873     (9,014,180
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     (1,163,842     (8,128,420
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions:

    

Investor Class Shares

     (924,472     (13,171,385

Institutional Class Shares

     (253,644     (2,774,168
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (1,178,116     (15,945,553
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

    

Investor Class Shares

    

Issued

     55,716,026       52,033,045  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     924,239       13,168,685  

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     9,317       594  

Redeemed

     (41,557,777     (65,992,834
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Investor Class Share Transactions

     15,091,805       (790,510
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class Shares

    

Issued

     47,244,277       4,670,479  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     95,753       614,415  

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     1,960       1  

Redeemed

     (19,535,094     (3,960,612
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Institutional Class Share Transactions

     27,806,896       1,324,283  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     42,898,701       533,773  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     40,556,743       (23,540,200

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of year

               126,988,709                 150,528,909  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 167,545,452     $ 126,988,709  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

Investor Class Shares

    

Issued

     2,486,517       2,384,954  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     42,834       591,007  

Redeemed

     (1,887,686     (3,021,679
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Investor Class Shares

     641,665       (45,718
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class Shares

    

Issued

     2,118,645       219,364  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     4,440       27,553  

Redeemed

     (865,825     (185,336
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase in Institutional Class Shares

     1,257,260       61,581  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding

     1,898,925       15,863  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR SMALL CAP FUND

 

 

 

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Year
Ended
  October 31, 2023  
  Year
Ended
  October 31, 2022  

Operations:

    

Net Investment Income

   $ 752,135     $ 134,235  

Net Realized Gain

     963,896       54,458  

Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation

     (9,226,319     (6,146,201
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     (7,510,288     (5,957,508
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions:

    

Investor Class Shares

     (159,040     (10,151,858

Institutional Class Shares

     (294,991     (13,429,223
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (454,031     (23,581,081
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

    

Investor Class Shares

    

Issued

     2,200,279       5,152,784  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     154,599       9,641,173  

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     1,063       825  

Merger — Note 10

     3,706,726        

Redeemed

     (15,415,841     (9,302,029
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Investor Class Share Transactions

     (9,353,174     5,492,753  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class Shares

    

Issued

               32,328,315       5,589,778  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     283,090                 13,356,819  

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     10,997        

Merger — Note 10

     19,877,735        

Redeemed

     (13,167,135     (19,351,658
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Institutional Class Share Transactions

     39,333,002       (405,061
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     29,979,828       5,087,692  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     22,015,509       (24,450,897

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of year

     72,207,006       96,657,903  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 94,222,515     $ 72,207,006  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

Investor Class Shares

    

Issued

     135,962       344,173  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     10,491       633,454  

Merger — Note 10

     252,655        

Redeemed

     (1,019,311     (629,288
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Investor Class Shares

     (620,203     348,339  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class Shares

    

Issued

     1,974,376       332,679  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     18,577       841,624  

Merger — Note 10

     1,296,208        

Redeemed

     (842,795     (1,180,844
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Institutional Class Shares

     2,446,366       (6,541
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding

     1,826,163       341,798  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts designated as “-” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

38


THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND

    

    

 

 

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Year
Ended
  October 31, 2023  
  Year
Ended
  October 31, 2022  

Operations:

    

Net Investment Income

   $ 3,012,589     $ 7,913,167  

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

     15,582,128       (22,277,654

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     22,926,833       (184,298,637
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     41,521,550       (198,663,124
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions:

    

Investor Class Shares

     (2,916,477     (2,715,562

Institutional Class Shares

     (4,986,684     (9,947,276
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (7,903,161     (12,662,838
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

    

Investor Class Shares

    

Issued

     13,853,084       22,255,371  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     2,893,403       2,674,382  

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     5,236       22  

Redeemed

     (58,766,134     (63,726,184
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets from Investor Class Share Transactions

     (42,014,411     (38,796,409
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class Shares

    

Issued

     9,559,130       70,034,724  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     1,833,064       2,106,500  

Redemption Fees — Note 2

           11,111  

Redeemed

     (140,344,730     (430,025,843
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets from Institutional Class Share Transactions

     (128,952,536     (357,873,508
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     (170,966,947     (396,669,917
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Decrease in Net Assets

     (137,348,558     (607,995,879

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of year

     315,801,333       923,797,212  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 178,452,775     $ 315,801,333  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

Investor Class Shares

    

Issued

     595,978       948,000  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     131,161       97,748  

Redeemed

     (2,560,925     (2,710,791
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Decrease in Investor Class Shares

     (1,833,786     (1,665,043
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class Shares

    

Issued

     416,902       2,798,057  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     83,057       76,936  

Redeemed

     (6,115,873     (18,615,735
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Decrease in Institutional Class Shares

     (5,615,914     (15,740,742
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Shares Outstanding

     (7,449,700     (17,405,785
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

    

    

 

 

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

    


Year

Ended
  October 31, 2023  

 

 
 

   


Year

Ended
  October 31, 2022  

 

 
 

Operations:

    

Net Investment Income

   $ 389,482     $ 686,113  

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

     2,127,196       (302,311

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     1,591,002       (23,758,343
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     4,107,680       (23,374,541
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions:

     (673,141     (6,803,212
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

    

Issued

     7,711,444       15,651,300  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     395,174       4,210,976  

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     19,769       832  

Redeemed

     (40,806,071     (54,161,154
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     (32,679,684     (34,298,046
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Decrease in Net Assets

     (29,245,145     (64,475,799

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of year

     32,194,551       96,670,350  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 2,949,406     $ 32,194,551  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

Issued

     805,426       1,491,086  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     42,768       339,751  

Redeemed

     (4,259,981     (4,751,304
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Shares Outstanding

     (3,411,787     (2,920,467
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR OPPORTUNITY FUND

    

    

 

 

 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

     Investor Class Shares
     Year ended October 31,
Opportunity Fund    2023   2022   2021   2020   2019

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 25.31     $ 29.58     $ 22.07     $ 22.63     $ 22.62  

Income (Loss) from Operations:

          

Net Investment Income(1)

     0.31       0.20       0.17       0.27       0.34  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

     0.76       (2.35     8.34       1.29       2.06  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total from Operations

     1.07       (2.15     8.51       1.56       2.40  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions:

          

Net Investment Income

     (0.16     (0.14     (0.19     (0.32     (0.24

Net Realized Gain

     (1.06     (1.98     (0.81     (1.80     (2.15
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Dividends and Distributions

     (1.22     (2.12     (1.00     (2.12     (2.39
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 25.16     $ 25.31     $ 29.58     $ 22.07     $ 22.63  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return†

     4.26%         (7.74)%        39.42%         6.91%         13.32%    
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data

          

Net Assets, End of Year (Thousands)

     $114,401       $124,006       $158,921       $103,903       $107,692  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

     0.86%         0.86%         0.85%         0.84%         0.80%    

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers and Fees Paid Indirectly)

     1.00%         0.98%         0.94%         0.94%         0.88%    

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

     1.23%         0.76%         0.61%         1.27%         1.63%    

Portfolio Turnover Rate

     51%         46%         36%         87%         70%    

 

Total return would have been lower had the Adviser not waived a portion of its fee. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(1)

Per share data calculated using the average shares method.

Amounts designated as “-” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR OPPORTUNITY FUND

    

    

 

 

 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

     Institutional Class Shares
     Year ended October 31,
Opportunity Fund    2023   2022   2021   2020   2019

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 25.24     $ 29.50     $ 22.00     $ 22.55     $ 22.57  

Income (Loss) from Operations:

          

Net Investment Income(1)

     0.37       0.26       0.22       0.31       0.37  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

     0.75       (2.35     8.32       1.28       2.05  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total from Operations

     1.12       (2.09     8.54       1.59       2.42  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions:

          

Net Investment Income

     (0.22     (0.19     (0.23     (0.34     (0.29

Net Realized Gain

     (1.06     (1.98     (0.81     (1.80     (2.15
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Dividends and Distributions

     (1.28     (2.17     (1.04     (2.14     (2.44
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 25.08     $ 25.24     $ 29.50     $ 22.00     $ 22.55  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return†

     4.47%         (7.55)%        39.75%         7.09%         13.46%    
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data

          

Net Assets, End of Year (Thousands)

     $211,289       $160,752       $198,332       $127,089       $121,973  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

     0.65%         0.65%         0.65%         0.65%         0.71%    

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers, Expense Reimbursements and Fees Paid Indirectly)

     0.79%         0.77%         0.74%         0.75%         0.79%    

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

     1.44%         0.97%         0.81%         1.45%         1.76%    

Portfolio Turnover Rate

     51%         46%         36%         87%         70%    

 

Total return would have been lower had the Adviser not waived a portion of its fee. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(1)

Per share data calculated using the average shares method.

Amounts designated as “-” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

42


THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR SMID FUND

    

    

 

 

 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

     Investor Class Shares
     Year ended October 31,
SMID Fund    2023   2022   2021   2020   2019

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 21.00     $ 24.96     $ 17.43     $ 18.78     $ 17.37  

Income (Loss) from Operations:

          

Net Investment Income(1)

     0.19       0.18       0.21       0.13       0.11  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

     0.11       (1.48     7.45       (0.69     2.35  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total from Operations

     0.30       (1.30     7.66       (0.56     2.46  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions:

          

Net Investment Income

     (0.20     (0.19     (0.13     (0.09     (0.09

Net Realized Gain

     (0.01     (2.47           (0.70     (0.96
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Dividends and Distributions

     (0.21     (2.66     (0.13     (0.79     (1.05
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Fees(1)

     0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)      0.00 (2) 
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 21.09     $ 21.00     $ 24.96     $ 17.43     $ 18.78  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return†

     1.38%         (5.74)%        44.07%         (3.42)%        15.61%    
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data

          

Net Assets, End of Year (Thousands)

     $117,766       $103,824       $124,536       $53,396       $48,630  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

     0.93%         0.92%         0.93%         0.95%         0.94%    

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers and Fees Paid Indirectly)

     1.11%         1.09%         1.07%         1.20%         1.21%    

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

     0.87%         0.81%         0.87%         0.76%         0.61%    

Portfolio Turnover Rate

     38%         34%         52%         82%         65%    

 

Total return would have been lower had the Adviser not waived a portion of its fee. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(1)

Per share data calculated using the average shares method.

(2)

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.

Amounts designated as “-” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

43


THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR SMID FUND

    

    

 

 

 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

     Institutional Class Shares
     Year ended October 31,
SMID Fund    2023   2022   2021   2020   2019

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 21.01     $ 24.97     $ 17.44     $ 18.78     $ 17.36  

Income (Loss) from Operations:

          

Net Investment Income(1)

     0.20       0.19       0.22       0.15       0.12  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

     0.11       (1.48     7.45       (0.69     2.35  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total from Operations

     0.31       (1.29     7.67       (0.54     2.47  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions:

          

Net Investment Income

     (0.21     (0.20     (0.14     (0.10     (0.09

Net Realized Gain

     (0.01     (2.47           (0.70     (0.96
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Dividends and Distributions

     (0.22     (2.67     (0.14     (0.80     (1.05
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Fees(1)

     0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)      0.01              
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 21.10     $ 21.01     $ 24.97     $ 17.44     $ 18.78  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return†

     1.46%         (5.67)%        44.17%         (3.32)%        15.69%    
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data

          

Net Assets, End of Year (Thousands)

     $49,779       $23,164       $25,993       $4,745       $4,679  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

     0.85%         0.85%         0.85%         0.85%         0.88%    

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers and Fees Paid Indirectly)

     1.04%         1.02%         0.99%         1.09%         1.15%    

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

     0.90%         0.87%         0.89%         0.86%         0.67%    

Portfolio Turnover Rate

     38%         34%         52%         82%         65%    

 

Total return would have been lower had the Adviser not waived a portion of its fee. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(1)

Per share data calculated using the average shares method.

(2)

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.

Amounts designated as “-” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

44


THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR SMALL CAP FUND

    

    

 

 

 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

     Investor Class Shares
     Year ended October 31,
Small Cap Fund    2023   2022   2021   2020   2019

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 14.48     $ 20.95     $ 14.93     $ 16.61     $ 18.45  

Income (Loss) from Operations:

          

Net Investment Income (Loss)(1)

     0.11       0.01       (0.02     0.06       0.07  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

     (0.91     (1.30     6.10       (0.94     1.34  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total from Operations

     (0.80     (1.29     6.08       (0.88     1.41  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions:

          

Net Investment Income

                 (0.06     (0.08     (0.01

Net Realized Gain

     (0.07     (5.18           (0.72     (3.24
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Dividends and Distributions

     (0.07     (5.18     (0.06     (0.80     (3.25
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Fees(1)

     0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)      0.00 (2) 
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 13.61     $ 14.48     $ 20.95     $ 14.93     $ 16.61  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return†

     (5.57)%        (7.36)%        40.79%         (5.76)%        12.17%    
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data

          

Net Assets, End of Year (Thousands)

     $22,912       $33,349       $40,967       $36,234       $42,212  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

     1.05%         1.10%         1.10%         1.05%         1.15%    

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers and Fees Paid Indirectly)

     1.27%         1.31%         1.26%         1.25%         1.30%    

Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets

     0.71%         0.05%         (0.10)%         0.41%         0.42%    

Portfolio Turnover Rate

     48%         50%         64%         70%         55%    

 

Total return would have been lower had the Adviser not waived a portion of its fee. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(1)

Per share data calculated using the average shares method.

(2)

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.

Amounts designated as “-” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

45


THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND   

CAMBIAR SMALL CAP FUND

    

    

 

 

 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

     Institutional Class Shares
     Year ended October 31,
Small Cap Fund    2023   2022   2021   2020   2019

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 15.13     $ 21.63     $ 15.39     $ 17.11     $ 18.89  

Income (Loss) from Operations:

          

Net Investment Income(1)

     0.13       0.04       0.02       0.08       0.10  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

     (0.94     (1.36     6.30       (0.97     1.39  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total from Operations

     (0.81     (1.32     6.32       (0.89     1.49  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions:

          

Net Investment Income

     (0.03           (0.08     (0.11     (0.03

Net Realized Gain

     (0.07     (5.18           (0.72     (3.24
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Dividends and Distributions

     (0.10     (5.18     (0.08     (0.83     (3.27
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Fees(1)

     0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)      0.00 (2) 
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 14.22     $ 15.13     $ 21.63     $ 15.39     $ 17.11  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return†

     (5.42)%        (7.21)%        41.18%         (5.64)%        12.37%    
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data

          

Net Assets, End of Year (Thousands)

     $71,311       $38,858       $55,691       $42,012       $42,824  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

     0.90%         0.90%         0.90%         0.90%         0.96%    

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers and Fees Paid Indirectly)

     1.12%         1.11%         1.07%         1.10%         1.10%    

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

     0.81%         0.26%         0.08%         0.55%         0.61%    

Portfolio Turnover Rate

     48%         50%         64%         70%         55%    

 

Total return would have been lower had the Adviser not waived a portion of its fee. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(1)

Per share data calculated using the average shares method.

(2)

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.

Amounts designated as “-” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

     Investor Class Shares
     Year ended October 31,
International Equity Fund    2023   2022   2021   2020   2019

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 20.37     $ 28.06     $ 22.33     $ 26.26     $ 25.02  

Income (Loss) from Operations:

          

Net Investment Income(1)

     0.25       0.29       0.34       0.21       0.72  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

     2.16       (7.61     5.70       (3.23     0.73  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total from Operations

     2.41       (7.32     6.04       (3.02     1.45  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions:

          

Net Investment Income

     (0.58     (0.37     (0.31     (0.91     (0.16

Net Realized Gain

                             (0.05
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Dividends and Distributions

     (0.58     (0.37     (0.31     (0.91     (0.21
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Fees(1)

     0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)      0.00 (2) 
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 22.20     $ 20.37     $ 28.06     $ 22.33     $ 26.26  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return†

     11.85%         (26.42)%        27.13%         (12.07)%        5.88%    
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data

          

Net Assets, End of Year (Thousands)

     $84,764       $115,167       $205,317       $194,941       $455,008  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

     0.99%         0.99%         0.98%         1.03%         1.02%    

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers and Fees Paid Indirectly)

     1.25%         1.17%         1.12%         1.15%         1.10%    

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

     1.05%         1.20%         1.21%         0.87%         2.89%    

Portfolio Turnover Rate

     32%         49%         61%         58%         42%    

 

Total return would have been lower had the Adviser not waived a portion of its fee. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(1)

Per share data calculated using the average shares method.

(2)

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.

Amounts designated as “-” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

     Institutional Class Shares
     Year ended October 31,
International Equity Fund    2023   2022   2021   2020   2019

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 20.41     $ 28.10     $ 22.38     $ 26.31     $ 25.11  

Income (Loss) from Operations:

          

Net Investment Income(1)

     0.26       0.31       0.33       0.25       0.77  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

     2.16       (7.61     5.74       (3.24     0.70  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total from Operations

     2.42       (7.30     6.07       (2.99     1.47  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions:

          

Net Investment Income

     (0.61     (0.39     (0.35     (0.94     (0.22

Net Realized Gain

                             (0.05
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Dividends and Distributions

     (0.61     (0.39     (0.35     (0.94     (0.27
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Fees(1)

           0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)      0.00 (2) 
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 22.22     $ 20.41     $ 28.10     $ 22.38     $ 26.31  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

     11.86%         (26.32)%        27.23%         (11.94)%        5.99%    
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data

          

Net Assets, End of Year (Thousands)

     $93,689       $200,634       $718,480       $837,570       $1,927,379  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

     0.90%         0.90%         0.90%         0.90%         0.92%    

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers and Fees Paid Indirectly)

     1.16%         1.08%         1.04%         1.02%         1.00%    

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

     1.11%         1.25%         1.19%         1.02%         3.07%    

Portfolio Turnover Rate

     32%         49%         61%         58%         42%    

 

Total return would have been lower had the Adviser not waived a portion of its fee. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(1)

Per share data calculated using the average shares method.

(2)

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.

Amounts designated as “-” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

     Institutional Class Shares
     Year ended October 31,
International Small Cap Fund    2023   2022   2021   2020   2019

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 8.58     $ 14.48     $ 11.29     $ 12.04     $ 11.22  

Income (Loss) from Operations:

          

Net Investment Income(1)

     0.20       0.15       0.08       0.09       0.19  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

     0.04       (4.93     3.39       (0.66     1.17  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total from Operations

     0.24       (4.78     3.47       (0.57     1.36  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions:

          

Net Investment Income

     (0.20     (0.08     (0.06     (0.17     (0.07

Net Realized Gain

           (1.04     (0.22     (0.01     (0.47
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Dividends and Distributions

     (0.20     (1.12     (0.28     (0.18     (0.54
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Fees(1)

     0.01       0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)      0.00 (2)       
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 8.62     $ 8.58     $ 14.48     $ 11.29     $ 12.04  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return†

     2.64%        (35.33)%        30.83%         (4.89)%        13.14%    
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data

          

Net Assets, End of Year (Thousands)

     $2,949       $32,195       $96,670       $61,003       $2,689  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

     1.00%         1.03%         1.05%         1.05%         1.06%    

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers and Fees Paid Indirectly)

     1.67%         1.36%         1.22%         1.45%         4.75%    

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

     2.06%         1.33%         0.54%         0.81%         1.70%    

Portfolio Turnover Rate

     34%         61%         38%         42%         49%    

 

Total return would have been lower had the Adviser not waived a portion of its fee. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(1)

Per share data calculated using the average shares method.

(2)

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.

Amounts designated as “-” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Organization:

The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund (the “Trust”) was organized as a Massachusetts business trust under an Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated February 18, 1997. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company with 28 portfolios. The financial statements herein are those of the Cambiar Opportunity Fund, Cambiar SMID Fund, Cambiar Small Cap Fund, Cambiar International Equity Fund and Cambiar International Small Cap Fund (collectively the “Funds,” individually a “Fund”) each of which are diversified Funds. The Opportunity Fund and International Equity Fund seek total return and capital preservation. The SMID Fund, Small Cap Fund and International Small Cap Fund seek long-term capital appreciation. The goal of each of the Funds is to provide above-average performance in both rising and falling market periods by investing in stocks that have limited downside risk and positive upside potential. The financial statements of the remaining funds of the Trust are presented separately. The assets of each fund are segregated, and a shareholder’s interest is limited to the fund in which shares are held.

2. Significant Accounting Policies:

The following are significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Funds. The Funds are investment companies that apply the accounting and reporting guidance issued in Topic 946 by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences could be material.

Security Valuation — Securities listed on a securities exchange, market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (except for securities traded on NASDAQ), including securities traded over the counter, are valued at the last quoted sale price on an exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which they are traded on the valuation date (or at approximately 4:00 pm ET if a security’s primary exchange is normally open at that time), or, if there is no such reported sale on the valuation date, at the most recent quoted bid price. For securities traded on NASDAQ, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price will be used. Debt obligations with remaining maturities of sixty days or less may be valued at their amortized cost, which approximates market value provided that it is determined the amortized cost continues to approximate fair value. Should existing credit, liquidity or interest rate conditions in the relevant markets and issuer specific circumstances suggest that amortized cost does not approximate fair value, then the amortized cost method may not be used. The prices for foreign securities are reported in local currency and converted to U.S. dollars using currency exchange rates.

Securities for which market prices are not “readily available” are valued in accordance with fair value procedures (the “Fair Value Procedures”) established by the Adviser and approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). Pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, the Board has designated the Adviser as the “valuation designee” to determine the fair value of securities and other instruments for which no readily available market quotations are available. The Fair Value Procedures are implemented through a Fair Value Committee (the “Committee”) of the Adviser. No securities were fair valued by the committee as of October 31, 2023.

For securities that principally trade on a foreign market or exchange, a significant gap in time can exist between the time of a particular security’s last trade and the time at which a Fund calculates its net asset value. The closing prices of such securities may no longer reflect their market value at the time a Fund calculates net asset value if an event that could materially affect the value of those securities (a “Significant Event”) has occurred between the time of the security’s last close and the time that a Fund calculates net asset value. A Significant Event may relate to a single issuer or to an entire market sector. If the Funds’ Adviser becomes aware of a Significant Event that has occurred with respect to a security or group of securities after the closing of the exchange or market on which the security or securities principally trade, but before the time at which a Fund calculates net asset value, it may request that a Committee meeting be called. In addition, the Funds’ Administrator monitors price movements among certain selected indices, securities and/or baskets of securities that may be an indicator that the closing prices received earlier from foreign exchanges or markets may not reflect market value at the time a Fund calculates net asset value. If price movements in a monitored index or security exceed levels established by the Administrator, the Administrator notifies the Adviser if a Fund is holding the relevant security that such limits have been exceeded. In such event, the Adviser makes the determination whether a Committee meeting should be called based on the information provided.

The Cambiar International Equity Fund and Cambiar International Small Cap Fund use Intercontinental Exchange Data Pricing & Reference Data, LLC. (“ICE”) as a third party fair valuation vendor. ICE provides a fair value for foreign securities held by the Fund based on certain factors and methodologies (involving, generally, tracking valuation correlations between

 

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the U.S. market and each non-U.S. security) applied by ICE in the event that there is a movement in the U.S. market that exceeds a specific threshold that has been established by the Committee. The Committee has also established a “confidence interval” which is used to determine the level of correlation between the value of a foreign security and movements in the U.S. market before a particular security is fair valued when the threshold is exceeded. In the event that the threshold established by the Committee is exceeded on a specific day, the Cambiar International Equity Fund and Cambiar International Small Cap Fund value the non-U.S. securities in its portfolio that exceed the applicable “confidence interval” based upon the fair values provided by ICE. In such event, it is not necessary to hold a Committee meeting. In the event that the Adviser believes that the fair values provided by ICE are not reliable, the Adviser contacts the Fund’s Administrator and requests that a meeting of the Committee be held. As of October 31, 2023, the Cambiar International Equity Fund and Cambiar International Small Cap Fund total market value of securities that were fair valued by the Committee were $145,833,233 and 2,272,348 or 81.7% and 77.0% of Net Assets, respectively.

If a local market in which the Fund owns securities is closed for one or more days, the Cambiar International Equity Fund and Cambiar International Small Cap Fund shall value all securities held in the corresponding currency based on the fair value prices provided by ICE using the predetermined confidence interval discussed above.

In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under GAAP, the Funds disclose the fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The objective of a fair value measurement is to determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Accordingly, the fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 are described below:

 

   

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access at the measurement date;

 

   

Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs (includes quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, referenced indices, quoted prices in inactive markets, adjusted quoted prices in active markets, adjusted quoted prices on foreign equity securities that were adjusted in accordance with the Adviser’s pricing procedure, etc.)

 

   

Level 3 — Prices, inputs or exotic modeling techniques which are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity).

Investments are classified within the level of the lowest significant input considered in determining fair value. Investments classified within Level 3 whose fair value measurement considers several inputs may include Level 1 or Level 2 inputs as components of the overall fair value measurement.

Federal Income Taxes — It is each Fund’s intention to qualify or continue to qualify as a regulated investment company for Federal income tax purposes by complying with the appropriate provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to distribute substantially all of its income to share-holders. Accordingly, no provision for Federal income taxes has been made in the financial statements.

The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns to determine whether it is “more-likely-than-not” (i.e., greater than 50-percent) that each tax position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The Funds did not record any tax provision in the current period. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions taken may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, examination by tax authorities (i.e., the last 3 tax year ends, as applicable), on-going analysis of and changes to tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof.

The Cambiar International Equity Fund and Cambiar International Small Cap Fund may be subject to taxes imposed by countries in which they invest. Such taxes are generally based on either income or gains earned or repatriated. The Funds accrue and apply such taxes to net investment income, net realized gains and net unrealized gains as income and/or capital gains are earned.

As of October 31, 2023, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During the year ended October 31, 2023, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

Security Transactions and Investment Income — Security transactions are accounted for on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recognized on the accrual

 

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basis. Costs used in determining realized gains and losses on the sales of investment securities are based on specific identification.

Cash Equivalents — Idle cash and currency balances may be swept into various overnight sweep accounts and are classified as cash equivalents on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Funds maintain cash in bank deposit accounts which, at times, may exceed United States federally insured limits. Amounts swept are available on the next business day.

Foreign Currency Translation — The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars on the date of valuation. The Funds do not isolate that portion of realized or unrealized gains and losses resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rate from fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of the securities. These gains and losses are included in net realized and gains and losses on investments and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments on the Statements of Operations. Net realized and unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net foreign exchange gains or losses from foreign currency exchange contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amount of the investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds’ books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid.

Expenses — Expenses of the Trust which can be directly attributed to a particular Fund are borne by that Fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are apportioned among the Funds of the Trust based on the number of funds and/or relative net assets.

Classes — Class specific expenses are borne by that class of shares. Income, realized and unrealized gains and losses and non-class specific expenses are allocated to the respective class on the basis of relative daily net assets.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — The Funds will distribute substantially all of their net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, at least annually. All distributions are recorded on ex-dividend date.

Redemption Fees — The Cambiar SMID Fund, Cambiar Small Cap Fund and Cambiar International Equity Fund retain a redemption fee of 2.00% on redemptions of capital shares held for less than ninety days. The Cambiar International Small Cap Fund retains a redemption fee of 2.00% on redemptions of capital shares held for less than one hundred eighty days. For the year ended October 31, 2023, the Funds retained fees of $11,277, $12,060, $5,236 and $19,769, respectively. Such fees are retained by the Funds for the benefit of the remaining shareholders and are recorded as additions to fund capital.

3. Administration, Distribution, Shareholder Servicing, Transfer Agent and Custody Agreements:

The Funds and SEI Investments Global Fund Services (the “Administrator”) are parties to an Administration Agreement under which the Administrator provides management and administrative services to the Funds. For these services, the Administrator is paid an asset-based fee, which will vary depending on the number of share classes and the average daily net assets of the Funds. For the year ended October 31, 2023, the Funds incurred the following fees for these services: $82,892, $53,199, $152,543 and $10,407 for the Cambiar Opportunity Fund, Cambiar SMID Fund, Cambiar Small Cap Fund, Cambiar International Equity Fund and Cambiar International Small Cap Fund, respectively.

The Funds have adopted a shareholder servicing fee plan under which a shareholder servicing fee up to 0.25% of average daily net assets attributable to the Investor Class Shares of the Funds and the Institutional Share Class of the Cambiar International Small Cap Fund will be paid to the Distributor. The Distributor may perform, or may compensate other service providers for providing, certain shareholder and administrative services. Shareholder servicing fees in excess of 0.25% of average daily net assets are paid by Cambiar Investors, LLC (the “Adviser”).

Certain officers of the Trust are also officers of the Administrator, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEI Investments Company and/or the Distributor. Such officers are paid no fees by the Trust for serving as officers of the Trust.

A portion of the services provided by the Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and his staff, whom are employees of the Administrator, are paid for by the Trust as incurred. The services include regulatory oversight of the Trust’s Advisors and service providers as required by SEC regulations. The CCO’s services have been approved by and are reviewed by the Board.

SS&C GIDS, Inc. (formerly, DST Systems, Inc.) serves as transfer agent for the Funds under the transfer agency agreement with the Trust.

The Funds earn cash management credits which are used to offset transfer agent expenses. During the year ended October 31, 2023, the Cambiar Opportunity, Cambiar SMID, Cambiar Small Cap, Cambiar International Equity and Cambiar International Small Cap Funds earned credits of $16,062, $1,245, $3,256, $6,896 and $76, respectively, which were used to offset transfer agent expenses. These amounts are listed as “Fees Paid Indirectly” on the Statements of Operations.

 

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U.S. Bank, N.A. serves as custodian (the “Custodian”) for the Funds. The Custodian plays no role in determining the investment policies of the Funds or which securities are to be purchased and sold by the Funds.

4. Investment Advisory Agreements:

Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the advisory fees for each Fund are as follows:

 

    

    Advisory Fee    

Cambiar Opportunity Fund

   0.60%

Cambiar SMID Fund

   0.80%

Cambiar Small Cap Fund

   0.85%

Cambiar International Equity Fund

   0.90%*

Cambiar International Small Cap

   0.90%

 

*

The Fund pays the Adviser a fee at an annual rate of 0.90% on the first $2 billion in assets, 0.80% for assets between $ 2 billion and $10 billion, and 0.70% for assets over $10 billion.

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through March 1, 2024, to waive a portion of its advisory fees and to assume expenses, which are calculated based on each Fund’s average daily net assets, in order to keep net operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, non-routine expenses, and shareholder servicing fees) of each Fund from exceeding certain contractual expense limitations. Accordingly, the contractual expense limitations for each Fund are as follows:

 

    

Contractual

Expense

    Limitations    

Cambiar Opportunity Fund    0.65%
Cambiar SMID Fund    0.85%
Cambiar Small Cap Fund    0.90%
Cambiar International Equity Fund    0.90%

Cambiar International Small Cap

   0.95%

Refer to waiver of investment advisory fees on the Statements of Operations for fees waived for the year ended October 31, 2023. In addition, if at any point it becomes unnecessary for the Adviser to reduce fees or make expense reimbursements, the Board may permit the Adviser to retain the difference between the total annual fund operating expenses and the expense caps listed above to recapture all or a portion of its prior fee reductions or reimbursements made during the preceding three-year period. During the year ended October 31, 2023, the Funds did not recoup any previously waived fees

At October 31, 2023, the amount the Adviser may seek as reimbursement of previously waived fees and reimbursed expenses is as follows:

 

Period Waived    Subject to
Repayment
until October

31:
   Cambiar
Opportunity
Fund
   Cambiar
SMID Fund
   Cambiar
Small Cap
Fund
   Cambiar
International
Equity Fund
   Cambiar
International

Small Cap
Fund

10/31/20-
10/31/21

   2024      $301,274       $ 176,242       $ 161,691       $ 1,450,695       $ 147,022  

10/31/21-
10/31/22

   2025        364,832        223,830        169,122            1,123,613        174,197  

10/31/22-
10/31/23

   2026      469,427            276,390             215,612        716,290               127,624  
     

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

       $ 1,135,533       $ 676,462       $ 546,425       $ 3,290,598       $ 448,843  
     

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

5. Investment Transactions:

For the year ended October 31, 2023, the Funds made purchases and sales of investment securities other than long-term U.S. Government and short-term securities as follows:

 

       

      Purchases      

     

        Sales        

Cambiar Opportunity Fund*

  $   192,206,065         $   164,368,566    

Cambiar SMID Fund

    96,246,980         55,246,177    

Cambiar Small Cap Fund*

    74,899,635         44,412,845    

Cambiar International Equity Fund

    82,766,122         254,398,827    

Cambiar International Small Cap Fund

    5,792,332         36,166,205    

 

*

The numbers above include in-kind purchases, refer to footnote 10 for details.

 

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There were no purchases or sales of long-term U.S. Government Securities for any of the Funds.

6. Federal Tax Information:

The timing and characterization of certain income and capital gains distributions are determined annually in accordance with federal tax regulations which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These book/tax differences may be temporary or permanent in nature. The permanent differences are primarily attributable to reclassification of long term capital gain distributions on REITs, foreign currency translations and reclassifications of distributions. The permanent differences that are credited or charged to Paid-in Capital and Distributable Earnings as of October 31, 2023 is primarily related to merger adjustments with the Great Lakes Funds.

Accordingly, the following reclassifications that have been made to/from the following accounts:

 

       Distributable  
Loss
         Paid-in    
    Capital     
 

Cambiar Opportunity Fund

   $ (1,067,057    $ 1,067,057  

Cambiar Small Cap Fund

     (311,910      311,910  

The tax character of dividends and distributions declared during the last two fiscal years ended October 31, were as follows:

 

     Ordinary
Income
   Long-Term
Capital Gain
   Total

Cambiar Opportunity Fund

        

2023

   $ 2,591,075      $ 11,850,120      $ 14,441,195  

2022

       13,061,980          12,760,636          25,822,616  

Cambiar SMID Fund

        

2023

     1,143,279        34,837        1,178,116  

2022

     10,724,072        5,221,481        15,945,553  

Cambiar Small Cap Fund

        

2023

     202,839        251,192        454,031  

2022

     8,821,894        14,759,187        23,581,081  

Cambiar International Equity Fund

        

2023

     7,903,160               7,903,160  

2022

     12,662,838               12,662,838  

Cambiar International Small Cap Fund

        

2023

     673,141               673,141  

2022

     3,275,591        3,527,621        6,803,212  

As of October 31, 2023, the components of Distributable Earnings (Accumulated Losses) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     Cambiar
Opportunity
Fund
  Cambiar SMID
Fund
  Cambiar Small
Cap Fund
  Cambiar
International
Equity Fund
  Cambiar
International
Small Cap Fund

Undistributed Ordinary Income

   $ 8,080,999     $ 984,572     $ 889,200     $ 2,780,680     $ 835,962  

Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gain

     22,351,374                       250,747                          –              1,354,766  

Capital Loss Carryforwards

     (295,943     (456,757           (82,358,540      

Net Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation)

          44,741,376              6,411,206       (3,697,194     (413,932     (102,162

Other Temporary Differences

     (9     (1     (1     (1     (3
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Distributable Earnings (Loss)

   $ 74,877,797     $ 6,939,020     $ (2,557,248   $ (79,991,793   $ 2,088,563  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of October 31, 2023, the following Funds have capital losses carried forward as follows:

 

                          Total Post-
                          Enactment
        Short-Term        Long-Term        Capital Loss
       

Loss

      

Loss

      

Carryforwards

Cambiar Opportunity Fund*

  $   295,943    $      $   295,943

Cambiar SMID Fund

    456,757           456,757

Cambiar International Equity Fund

    82,358,540           82,358,540

 

  *

Cambiar Opportunity Fund’s utilization of capital loss carryforwards will be subject to annual limitations.

During the year ended October 31, 2023, the following funds utilized the prior year capital loss carryforward:

 

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                           Total Post-
                           Enactment
         Short-Term        Long-Term        Capital Loss
        

Loss

      

Loss

      

Carryforwards

Cambiar Opportunity Fund

   $   771,114    $      $   771,114

Cambiar International Equity Fund

     13,539,820           13,539,820

Cambiar International Small Cap Fund

     244,080           244,080

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes. The Funds’ net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) difference is attributable primarily to wash sales.

The Federal tax cost and aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investments for Federal income tax purposes at October 31, 2023, were as follows:

 

          Aggregate    Aggregate    
          Gross    Gross   Net Unrealized
     Federal Tax    Unrealized    Unrealized   Appreciation
     Cost    Appreciation    Depreciation   (Depreciation)

Cambiar Opportunity Fund

   $ 280,734,971      $ 55,134,333      $ (10,392,957   $ 44,741,376  

Cambiar SMID Fund

     161,157,004              17,543,778        (11,132,572            6,411,206  

Cambiar Small Cap Fund

     98,015,042        8,683,739        (12,380,933     (3,697,194

Cambiar International Equity Fund

         173,811,062        17,980,096        (18,394,028     (413,932

Cambiar International Small Cap Fund

     2,948,471        342,581                 (444,743     (102,162

7. Concentrated Risks:

At October 31, 2023, the net assets of the Cambiar International Equity Fund and the Cambiar International Small Cap Fund were substantially comprised of foreign denominated securities and/or currency. Changes in currency exchange rates will affect the value of, and investment income from, such securities and currency.

Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibly lower level of governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability.

The Funds’ use of derivatives, is subject to market risk, leverage risk, correlation risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk, valuation risk and hedging risk. Market risk is the risk that the market value of an investment may move up and down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets for securities in which the Fund invests may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, economic or other developments that may cause broad changes in market value, public perceptions concerning these developments, and adverse investor sentiment or publicity. Similarly, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic or natural disaster, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund. Leverage risk is the risk that the use of leverage may amplify the effects of market volatility on the Fund’s share price and may also cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it would not be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its obligations. Correlation risk is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate closely or at all with the underlying asset, rate or index. Liquidity risk is the risk that the derivative may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that the Fund would like, which may result in the Fund accepting a lower price to sell a security, selling other securities to raise cash or giving up another investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on the Fund’s management or performance. Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to a derivative contract will default or otherwise fail to honor a financial obligation. Valuation risk is the risk that the derivative may be difficult to value. Hedging risk is the risk that derivatives instruments used for hedging purposes may also limit any potential gain that may result from the increase in value of the hedged asset. To the extent that the Fund engages in hedging strategies, there can be no assurance that such strategy will be effective or that there will be a hedge in place at any given time. Each of these risks could cause a Fund to lose more than the principal amount invested in a derivative instrument.

In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Funds and, therefore, cannot be established; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.

The foregoing is not intended to be a complete discussion of the risks associated with investing in a Fund. Please review each Fund’s current prospectus for additional disclosures regarding the principal risks associated with investing in a Fund.

 

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8. Line of Credit:

The Funds entered into an agreement on August 1, 2023, which enables them to participate in a $100 million uncommitted, secured, revolving line of credit with the Custodian. The agreement expires on July 29, 2024. The proceeds from the borrowings shall be used to provide temporary liquidity to the Funds as necessary in order to meet shareholder redemption needs. Interest is charged to the Funds based on the outstanding principal balance of the borrowings at an annual rate equal to the Custodian’s then current prime-lending rate. The Funds’ holdings serve as collateral against any borrowings under the line of credit.

Borrowing activity for the year ended October 31, 2023, was the following:

 

     Maximum Amount   Interest   Average   Average   Number of Days on    Maximum Amount
Fund    of Line of Credit   Expense   Rate   Borrowing   Loan    Outstanding

Cambiar Opportunity Fund

     $100,000,000       $137       8.50%       $194,000     3      $  194,000      

Cambiar SMID Fund

     100,000,000           1,576         7.31     956,500   8      2,374,000  

Cambiar Small Cap Fund

     100,000,000       644       8.39     400,143   7      2,310,000  

Cambiar International Equity Fund

     100,000,000       31,241       7.78     3,309,000   42      10,770,000  

Cambiar International Small Cap Fund

     100,000,000       4,994       7.91     2,913,000   24      2,913,000  

9. Concertation of Shareholders

At October 31, 2023, the percentage of total shares outstanding held by shareholders for each Fund, which are comprised of an omnibus account that are held on behalf of various individual shareholders, was as follows:

 

     No. of
  Shareholders  
    % of Ownership 

Cambiar Opportunity Fund, Investor Class

       3        69 %

Cambiar Opportunity Fund, Institutional Class

       3        57 %

Cambiar SMID Fund, Investor Class

       2        87 %

Cambiar SMID Fund, Institutional Class

       5        77 %

Cambiar Small Cap Fund, Investor Class

       4        67 %

Cambiar Small Cap Fund, Institutional Class

       4        75 %

Cambiar International Equity Fund, Investor Class

       1        74 %

Cambiar International Equity Fund, Institutional Class

       3        67 %

Cambiar International Small Cap, Institutional Class

       4        91 %

 

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10. Fund Merger

At a meeting held on May 23, 2022, the Trust’s Board considered a proposal for the reorganization three series of the Managed Portfolio Series trust (the “Acquired Funds”) into two series of the Trust managed by Cambiar (the “Acquiring Funds”). Specifically, the Board approved the reorganization of the Great Lakes Large Cap Value Fund and the Great Lakes Disciplined Equity Fund into the Cambiar Opportunity Fund, and the Great Lakes Small Cap Opportunity Fund into the Cambiar Small Cap Fund (together, the “Reorganization”). The investment objectives of the Acquired Funds were to seek total return, while the Cambiar Opportunity Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return and capital preservation, and the Cambiar Small Cap Fund seeks long-term appreciation. The principal investment strategies of the Acquired Funds and Acquiring Funds shared a number of similarities.

The Board of Trustees of the Managed Portfolio Series trust determined that the Reorganization was in the best interest of the Acquired Funds’ shareholders and approved an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan of Reorganization”), which was subsequently approved by the Trust’s Board on May 23, 2022. The transfer of shareholder assets under the Reorganization was tax-free, meaning that neither the shareholders of the Acquired Funds nor the Acquiring Funds realized any gains or losses for federal income tax purposes as a result of the transaction. The Reorganization occurred following the close of business on December 9, 2022, whereby the assets and the stated liabilities of the Acquired Funds were transferred to the corresponding Acquiring Funds.

 

                                        Unrealized         
                                        Appreciation/         
                                        (Depreciation) on         

Acquired Fund

        Cash         Security Shares as Cost         Income         Investments        Net Assets

Great Lakes Large Cap Value Fund

     $          3,328,076      $          22,855,306      $          58,535      $          5,008,613     $          31,250,530

Great Lakes Disciplined Equity Fund

            85,202             11,377,712             15,507             (135,223 )            11,343,198

 

                              Net Assets After

Acquiring Fund

        Shares Issued         Net Assets Prior to Merger         Merger

Cambiar Opportunity Fund

          1,709,251      $          288,715,572      $          331,309,300

 

                                        Unrealized         
                                        Appreciation/         
                                        (Depreciation) on         

Acquired Fund

        Cash         Security Shares at Cost         Income         Investments        Net Assets

Great Lakes Small Cap Opportunity Fund

     $          6,597,283      $          18,084,040      $          18,400      $          (1,115,262 )     $          23,584,461

 

                              Net Assets After

Acquiring Fund

        Shares Issued         Net Assets Prior to Merger         Merger

Cambiar Small Cap Fund

          1,548,863      $          72,877,526      $          96,461,987

11. Subsequent Events:

The Funds have evaluated the need for additional disclosures (other than what is disclosed in the preceding paragraphs) and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, no additional disclosures and/or adjustments were required to the financial statements as of October 31, 2023.

The Board of Trustees of the Trust, at the recommendation of the Adviser, approved a Plan of Liquidation on November 28, 2023, providing for the liquidation of the Cambiar International Small Cap Fund’s assets and the distribution of the net proceeds pro rata to the Cambiar International Small Cap Fund’s shareholders. In connection therewith, the Cambiar International Small Cap Fund’s was closed to investments from new and existing shareholders effective as of November 29, 2023. The Cambiar International Small Cap Fund ceased operations and liquidated on or about December 29, 2023.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Trustees of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund and the Shareholders of Cambiar Opportunity Fund, Cambiar SMID Fund, Cambiar Small Cap Fund, Cambiar International Equity Fund, and Cambiar International Small Cap Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Cambiar Opportunity Fund, Cambiar SMID Fund, Cambiar Small Cap Fund, Cambiar International Equity Fund, and Cambiar International Small Cap Fund (collectively referred to as the “Funds”) (five of the funds constituting The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund (the “Trust”)), including the schedules of investments, as of October 31, 2023, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds (five of the funds constituting The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund) at October 31, 2023, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and their financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on each of the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2023, by correspondence with the custodians. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

 

LOGO

 

We have served as the auditor of one or more Cambiar Investors investment companies since 2005.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

December 29, 2023

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND (Unaudited)

Set forth below are the names, ages, position with the Trust, term of office, length of time served and the principal occupations for the last five years of each of the persons currently serving as Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each Trustee is SEI Investments Company, One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456. Trustees who are deemed not to be “interested persons” of the Trust are referred to as “Independent Board Members.” Messrs.

 

Name and Year of Birth   

Position with Trust and Length

of Time Served1

  

Principal

Occupations

in the Past Five Years

INTERESTED TRUSTEES 3,4

Robert Nesher

(Born: 1946)

  

Chairman of the Board

of Trustees

(since 1991)

   SEI employee 1974 to present; currently performs various services on behalf of SEI Investments for which Mr. Nesher is compensated. President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee of SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, Adviser Managed Trust, New Covenant Funds, SEl Insurance Products Trust and SEI Catholic Values Trust. President and Director of SEI Structured Credit Fund, LP. Vice Chairman of Winton Series Trust to 2017. Vice Chairman of Winton Diversified Opportunities Fund (closed-end investment company), The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund IIl, Gallery Trust, Schroder Series Trust and Schroder Global Series Trust to 2018.

N. Jeffrey Kiauder

(Born: 1952)

  

Trustee

(since 2018)

  

Senior Advisor of SEI Investments since 2018. Executive Vice President and General Counsel of SEI Investments, 2004 to 2018.

         

    

    

    

    

 

1

Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this Trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, or is removed in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust.

2

Directorships of Companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies under the 1940 Act.

3

Denotes Trustees who may be deemed to be “interested” persons of the Fund as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by virtue of their affiliation with the Distributor and/or its affiliates.

4

Trustees oversee 28 funds in The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund.

 

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Nesher and Klauder are Trustees who may be deemed to be “interested” persons of the Fund as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by virtue of their affiliation with the Trust’s Distributor. The Trust’s Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) includes additional information about the Trustees and Officers. The SAI may be obtained without charge by calling 1-866-777-8227. The following chart lists Trustees and Officers as of October 31, 2023.

Other Directorships

Held in the Past Five Years2

 

 

 

Current Directorships: Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, Frost Family of Funds, Catholic Responsible Investments Funds, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, Adviser Managed Trust, New Covenant Funds, SEI Insurance Products Trust and SEI Catholic Values Trust. Director of SEI Structured Credit Fund, LP, SEI Global Master Fund plc, SEI Global Assets Fund plc, SEI Global Investments Fund plc, SEI Investments—Global Funds Services, Limited, SEI Investments Global, Limited, SEI Investments (Europe) Ltd., SEI Investments—Unit Trust Management (UK) Limited, SEI Multi-Strategy Funds PLC and SEI Global Nominee Ltd.

    

Former Directorships: Trustee of The KP Funds to 2022.

    

    

    

 

Current Directorships: Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds and Catholic Responsible Investments Funds. Director of SEI Private Trust Company, SEI Global Fund Services Ltd., SEI Investments Global Limited, SEI Global Master Fund, SEI Global Investments Fund, SEI Global Assets Fund and SEI Investments - Guernsey Limited.

Former Directorships: Trustee of SEI Investments Management Corporation, SEI Trust Company, SEI Investments (South Africa), Limited and SEI Investments (Canada) Company to 2018. Trustee of The KP Funds to 2022.

 

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND (Unaudited)

 

Name and

Year of Birth

  

Position with Trust

and Length of

Time Served1

 

Principal

Occupations

in the Past Five Years

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES3

Kathleen Gaffney

(Born: 1961)

  

Trustee

(since 2022)

  Retired since 2019. Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Eaton Vance Management from 2012 to 2019.

Joseph T. Grause, Jr.

(Born: 1952)

  

Trustee

(since 2011)

Lead Independent Trustee

(since 2018)

  Self-Employed Consultant since 2012. Director of Endowments and Foundations, Morningstar Investment Management, Momingstar, Inc., 2010 to 2011. Director of International Consulting and Chief Executive Officer of Morningstar Associates Europe Limited, Morningstar, Inc., 2007 to 2010. Country Manager – Morningstar UK Limited, Momingstar, Inc., 2005 to 2007.

Betty L. Krikorian

(Born: 1943)

  

Trustee

(since 2005)

  Vice President, Compliance, AARP Financial Inc., from 2008 to 2010. Self-Employed Legal and Financial Services Consultant since 2003. Counsel (in-house) for State Street Bank from 1995 to 2003.

Robert Mulhall

(Born: 1958)

  

Trustee

(since 2019)

  Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, from 1998 to 2018.

Bruce Speca

(Born: 1956)

  

Trustee

(since 2011)

  Global Head of Asset Allocation, Manulife Asset Management (subsidiary of Manulife Financial), 2010 to 2011. Executive Vice President – Investment Management Services, John Hancock Financial Services (subsidiary of Manulife Financial), 2003 to 2010.

Monica Walker

(Born: 1958)

  

Trustee

(since 2022)

  Retired. Private Investor since 2017. Co-Founder (1991-2017), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2009 to 2017) and Chief Investment Officer - Equity (2007 to 2017) of Holland Capital Management, LLC (Chicago).

OFFICERS

        

Michael Beattie

(Born: 1965)

  

President

(since 2011)

  Director of Client Service, SEI Investments, since 2004.

 

1

Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this Trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, or is removed in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust.

2

Directorships of Companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies under the 1940 Act.

3

Trustees oversee 28 funds in The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund.

 

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Other Directorships

Held in the Past Five Years2

 

 

 

Current Directorships: Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund Il, Bishop Street Funds and Catholic Responsible Investments Funds.

 

 

Current Directorships: Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, Frost Family of Funds, and Catholic Responsible Investments Funds.

Former Directorships: Director of The Korea Fund, Inc. to 2019. Trustee of The KP Funds to 2022.

 

 

Current Directorships: Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund Il, Bishop Street Funds, and Catholic Responsible Investments Funds.

Former Directorships: Trustee of The KP Funds to 2022.

 

Current Directorships: Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, Frost Family of Funds and Catholic Responsible Investments Funds.

Former Directorships: Trustee of Villanova University Alumni Board of Directors to 2018. Trustee of The KP Funds to 2022.

 

Current Directorships: Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, Frost Family of Funds and Catholic Responsible Investments Funds.

Former Directorships: Trustee of The KP Funds to 2022. Director of Stone Harbor Investments Funds (8 Portfolios), Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund (closed-end fund) and Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund (closed-end fund) to 2022.

Former Directorships: Trustee of The KP Funds to 2022.

 

Current Directorships: Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds and Catholic Responsible Investments Funds.

 

 

 

 

None.

 

 

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND (Unaudited)

 

Name and Year of Birth   

Position

with Trust

and Length of

Time Served

 

Principal

Occupations

in the Past Five Years

OFFICERS (continued)           

James Bernstein

   Vice President and Assistant   Attorney, SEI Investments, since 2017.

(Born: 1962)

   Secretary  
     (since 2017)   Prior Positions: Seff-employed consultant, 2017. Associate General Counsel & Vice President, Nationwide Funds Group and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, from 2002 to 2016. Assistant General Counsel & Vice President, Market Street Funds and Provident Mutual Insurance Company, from 1999 to 2002.

John Bourgeois

   Assistant Treasurer   Fund Accounting Manager, SEI Investments, since 2000.

(Born: 1973)

   (since 2017)    

Donald Duncan

   Anti-Money Laundering   Chief Compliance Officer and Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering

(Born: 1964)

   Compliance Officer and Privacy
Coordinator (since 2023)
  Strategy of SEI Investments Company since January 2023. Head of Global Ant-Money Laundering Program for Hamilton Lane Advisors, LLC from August 2021 until December 2022. Senior VP and Supervising Principal of Hamilton Lane Securities, LLC from June 2016 to August 2021. Senior Director at AXA-Equitable from June 2011 until May 2016. Senior Director at PRUCO Securities, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. from October 2005 until December 2009.

Eric C. Griffth

   Vice President and Assistant   Counsel at SEI Investments since 2019. Vice President and Assistant

(Born: 1969)

  

Secretary

(since 2019)

  General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase & Co., from 2012 to 2018.

Matthew M. Maher

(Born: 1975)

  

Vice President

(since 2018)

 

Secretary

(since 2020)

  Counsel at SEI Investments since 2018. Attorney, Blank Rome LLP, from 2015 to 2018. Assistant Counsel & Vice President, Bank of New York Mellon, from 2013 to 2014. Attorney, Dilworth Paxson LLP, from 2006 to 2013.

Andrew Metzger

   Treasurer, Controller and Chief   Director of Fund Accounting, SEI Investments, since 2020.

(Born: 1980)

   Financial Officer   Senior Director, Embark, from 2019 to 2020. Senior Manager,
     (since 2021)   PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, from 2002 to 2019.

 

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Other Directorships

Held in the Past Five Years

 
None.

None.

    

None.

None.

    

    

None.

    

None.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND (Unaudited)

 

Name and Year of Birth   

Position

with Trust

and Length of

Time Served

 

Principal

Occupation

in the Past Five Years

OFFICERS (continued)

        

Robert Morrow

(Born: 1968)

  

Vice President

(since 2017)

  “Account Manager, SEI Investments, since 2007.

Stephen F. Panner

(Born: 1970)

  

Chief Compliance Officer

(since 2022)

  Chief Compliance Officer of SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, Adviser Managed Trust, New Covenant Funds, SEI Catholic Values Trust, SEI Exchange Traded Funds, SEI Structured Credit Fund LP, The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund, The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund Il, The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund IIl, Bishop Street Funds, Frost Family of Funds, Gallery Trust, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Master Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Tender Fund and Catholic Responsible Investments Funds since September 2022. Fund Compliance Officer of SEI Investments Company from February 2011 to September 2022. Fund Accounting Director and CFO and Controller for the SEI Funds from July 2005 to February 2011.

Alexander F. Smith

(Born: 1977)

  

Vice President and Assistant

Secretary

(since 2020)

 

Counsel at SEI Investments since 2020. Associate Counsel & Manager, Vanguard, 2012 to 2020. Attorney, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, 2008 to 2012.

 

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Other Directorships

Held in the Past Five Years

 

None.

    

    

None.

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

None.

 

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DISCLOSURE OF FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)

All mutual funds have operating expenses. As a shareholder of a mutual fund, your investment is affected by these ongoing costs, which include (among others) costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports like this one. It is important for you to understand the impact of these costs on your investment returns.

Operating expenses such as these are deducted from a mutual fund’s gross income and directly reduce your investment return. These expenses are expressed as a percentage of a mutual fund’s average net assets; this percentage is known as a mutual fund’s expense ratio.

The following examples use the expense ratio and are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period (May 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023).

The table on the next page illustrates your Fund’s costs in two ways:

•  Actual Fund Return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that your Fund incurred over the period. The “Expenses Paid During Period” column shows the actual dollar expense cost incurred by a $1,000 investment in the Fund, and the “Ending Account Value” number is derived from deducting that expense cost from the Fund’s gross investment return.

You can use this information, together with the actual amount you invested in the Fund, to estimate the expenses you paid over that period. Simply divide your actual account value by $1,000 to arrive at a ratio (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply that ratio by the number shown under “Expenses Paid During Period.”

•  Hypothetical 5% Return. This section helps you compare your Fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the Fund had an annual 5% return before expenses during the period, but that the expense ratio (Column 3) for the period is unchanged. This example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to make this 5% calculation. You can assess your Fund’s comparative cost by comparing the hypothetical result for your Fund in the “Expenses Paid During Period” column with those that appear in the same charts in the shareholder reports for other mutual funds.

NOTE: Because the return is set at 5% for comparison purposes — NOT your Fund’s actual return — the account values shown do not apply to your specific investment.

 

DISCLOSURE OF FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)

 

     

Beginning

Account

Value

05/01/23

  

Ending

    Account    

Value

10/31/23

  

    Annualized    

Expense

Ratios

 

    Expenses    

Paid

During

Period*

Cambiar Opportunity Fund — Investor Class Shares

                                  

Actual Fund Return

     $1,000.00        $997.20        0.86%       $4.33  

Hypothetical 5% Return

     $1,000.00        $1,020.87        0.86%       $4.38  

Cambiar Opportunity Fund — Institutional Class Shares

                                  

Actual Fund Return

     $1,000.00        $998.80        0.65%       $3.27  

Hypothetical 5% Return

     $1,000.00        $1,021.93        0.65%       $3.31  

Cambiar SMID Fund — Investor Class Shares

                                  

Actual Fund Return

     $1,000.00        $937.30        0.94%       $4.59  

Hypothetical 5% Return

     $1,000.00        $1,020.47        0.94%       $4.79  

Cambiar SMID Fund — Institutional Class Shares

                                  

Actual Fund Return

     $1,000.00        $937.80        0.85%       $4.15  

Hypothetical 5% Return

     $1,000.00        $1,020.92        0.85%       $4.33  

Cambiar Small Cap Fund — Investor Class Shares

                                  

Actual Fund Return

     $1,000.00        $914.70        0.99%       $4.78  

Hypothetical 5% Return

     $1,000.00        $1,020.22        0.99%       $5.04  

Cambiar Small Cap Fund — Institutional Class Shares

                                  

Actual Fund Return

     $1,000.00        $915.10        0.90%       $4.34  

Hypothetical 5% Return

     $1,000.00        $1,020.67        0.90%       $4.58  

 

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      Beginning
Account
Value
05/01/23
   Ending
Account
Value
10/31/23
   Annualized
Expense
Ratios
   Expenses
Paid
During
Period*

Cambiar International Equity Fund — Investor Class Shares

                                   

Actual Fund Return

     $1,000.00        $912.10        0.99%        $4.77  

Hypothetical 5% Return

     $1,000.00        $1,020.22        0.99%        $5.04  

Cambiar International Equity Fund — Institutional Class Shares

                                   

Actual Fund Return

     $1,000.00        $912.20        0.90%        $4.34  

Hypothetical 5% Return

     $1,000.00        $1,020.67        0.90%        $4.58  

Cambiar International Small Cap Fund — Institutional Class Shares

                                   

Actual Fund Return

     $1,000.00        $877.80        0.90%        $4.26  

Hypothetical 5% Return

     $1,000.00        $1,020.67        0.90%        $4.58  

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

 

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APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (UNAUDITED)

Pursuant to Section 15 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Funds’ advisory agreement (the “Agreement”) must be renewed at least annually after its initial two-year term: (i) by the vote of the Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”) of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund (the “Trust”) or by a vote of a majority of the shareholders of the Funds; and (ii) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the Agreement or “interested persons” of any party thereto, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such renewal.

A Board meeting was held on May 23–24, 2023 to decide whether to renew the Agreement for an additional one-year term. In preparation for the meeting, the Trustees requested that the Adviser furnish information necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreement. Prior to the meeting, the Independent Trustees of the Funds met to review and discuss the information provided and submitted a request for additional information to the Adviser, and information was provided in response to this request. The Trustees used this information, as well as other information that the Adviser and other service providers of the Funds presented or submitted to the Board at the meeting and other meetings held during the prior year, to help them decide whether to renew the Agreement for an additional year.

Specifically, the Board requested and received written materials from the Adviser and other service providers of the Funds regarding: (i) the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser’s services; (ii) the Adviser’s investment management personnel; (iii) the Adviser’s operations; (iv) the Adviser’s brokerage practices (including any soft dollar arrangements) and investment strategies; (v) the Funds’ advisory fees paid to the Adviser and overall fees and operating expenses compared with peer groups of mutual funds; (vi) the level of the Adviser’s profitability from its relationship with the Funds, including both direct and indirect benefits accruing to the Adviser and its affiliates; (vii) the Adviser’s potential economies of scale; (viii) the Adviser’s compliance program, including a description of material compliance matters and material compliance violations; (ix) the Adviser’s policies on and compliance procedures for personal securities transactions; and (x) the Funds’ performance compared with peer groups of mutual funds and the Funds’ benchmark indices.

Representatives from the Adviser, along with other Fund service providers, presented additional information and participated in question and answer sessions at the Board meeting to help the Trustees evaluate the Adviser’s services, fees and other aspects of the Agreement. The Independent Trustees received advice from independent counsel and met in executive sessions outside the presence of Fund management and the Adviser.

At the Board meeting, the Trustees, including all of the Independent Trustees, based on their evaluation of the information provided by the Adviser and other service providers of the Funds, renewed the Agreement. In considering the renewal of the Agreement, the Board considered various factors that they determined were relevant, including: (i) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser; (ii) the investment performance of the Funds and the Adviser; (iii) the costs of the services provided and profits realized by the Adviser from its relationship with the Funds, including both direct and indirect benefits accruing to the Adviser and its affiliates; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale are being realized by the Adviser; and (v) whether fee levels reflect such economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors, as discussed in further detail below.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by the Adviser

In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, the Board reviewed the portfolio management services provided by the Adviser to the Funds, including the quality and continuity of the Adviser’s portfolio management personnel, the resources of the Adviser, and the Adviser’s compliance history and compliance program. The Trustees reviewed the terms of the Agreement. The Trustees also reviewed the Adviser’s investment and risk management approaches for the Funds. The most recent investment adviser registration form (“Form ADV”) for the Adviser was available to the Board, as was the response of the Adviser to a detailed series of questions which included, among other things, information about the investment advisory services provided by the Adviser to the Funds.

The Trustees also considered other services provided to the Funds by the Adviser such as selecting broker-dealers for executing portfolio transactions, monitoring adherence to the Funds’ investment restrictions, and monitoring compliance with various Fund policies and procedures and with applicable securities laws and regulations. Based on the factors above, as well as those discussed below, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Funds by the Adviser were sufficient to support renewal of the Agreement.

Investment Performance of the Funds and the Adviser

The Board was provided with regular reports regarding the Funds’ performance over various time periods. The Trustees also reviewed reports prepared by the Funds’ administrator comparing the Funds’ performance to their benchmark indices and peer groups of mutual funds as classified by Lipper, an independent provider of investment company data, over various periods of time. Representatives from the Adviser provided information regarding and led discussions of factors impacting the performance of the Funds, outlining current market conditions and explaining their expectations and strategies for the future. The Trustees determined that the Funds’ performance was satisfactory, or, where the Funds’ performance was materially below their benchmarks and/

 

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or peer groups, the Trustees were satisfied by the reasons for the underperformance and/or the steps taken by the Adviser in an effort to improve the performance of the Funds. Based on this information, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the investment results that the Adviser had been able to achieve for the Funds were sufficient to support renewal of the Agreement.

Costs of Advisory Services, Profitability and Economies of Scale

In considering the advisory fees payable by the Funds to the Adviser, the Trustees reviewed, among other things, a report of the advisory fees paid to the Adviser. The Trustees also reviewed reports prepared by the Funds’ administrator comparing the Funds’ net and gross expense ratios and advisory fees to those paid by peer groups of mutual funds as classified by Lipper. The Trustees reviewed the management fees charged by the Adviser to other clients with comparable mandates to certain Funds. The Trustees considered any differences in management fees and took into account the respective demands, resources and complexity associated with such Funds and other client accounts as well as the extensive regulatory, compliance and tax regimes to which the Funds are subject. The Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the advisory fees were reasonable in light of the nature and quality of the services rendered by the Adviser.

The Trustees reviewed the costs of services provided by and the profits realized by the Adviser from its relationship with the Funds, including both direct benefits and indirect benefits, such as research and brokerage services received under soft dollar arrangements, accruing to the Adviser and its affiliates. The Trustees considered how the Adviser’s profitability was affected by factors such as its organizational structure and method for allocating expenses. The Trustees concluded that the profit margins of the Adviser with respect to the management of the Funds were not unreasonable. The Board also considered the Adviser’s commitment to managing the Funds and its willingness to continue its expense limitation and fee waiver arrangements with the Funds.

The Trustees considered the Adviser’s views relating to economies of scale in connection with the Funds as Fund assets grow and the extent to which the benefits of any such economies of scale are shared with the Funds and Fund shareholders. The Board considered the existence of any economies of scale and whether those were passed along to the Funds’ shareholders through a graduated advisory fee schedule or other means, including fee waivers. The Trustees recognized that economies of scale are difficult to identify and quantify and are rarely identifiable on a fund-by-fund basis. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded that the advisory fee was reasonable in light of the information that was provided to the Trustees by the Adviser with respect to economies of scale.

Renewal of the Agreement

Based on the Board’s deliberations and its evaluation of the information described above and other factors and information it believed relevant in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, with the assistance of Fund counsel and Independent Trustees’ counsel, unanimously concluded that the terms of the Agreement, including the fees payable thereunder, were fair and reasonable and agreed to renew the Agreement for another year. In its deliberations, the Board did not identify any absence of information as material to its decision, or any particular factor (or conclusion with respect thereto) or single piece of information that was all-important, controlling or determinative of its decision, but considered all of the factors together, and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to the various factors (and conclusions with respect thereto) and information.

 

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REVIEW OF THE LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (UNAUDITED)

Pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act (the “Liquidity Rule”), the Funds’ investment adviser has adopted, and the Board has approved, a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) to govern the Funds’ approach to managing liquidity risk. The Program is overseen by the Funds’ Liquidity Risk Management Program Administrator (the “Program Administrator”), and the Program’s principal objectives include assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, based on factors specific to the circumstances of the Funds.

 

   

At a meeting of the Board held on May 23, 2023, the Trustees received a report from the Program Administrator addressing the operations of the Program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation for the period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. Among other things, the Program Administrator’s report noted that:

 

   

The Program Administrator had determined that the Program is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk and has operated adequately and effectively to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk during the period covered by the report.

 

   

During the period covered by the report, there were no liquidity events that impacted the Funds or their ability to timely meet redemptions without dilution to existing shareholders.

 

   

Material changes had been made to the Program during the period covered by the report that incorporate applicable requirements of the Liquidity Rule relating to exchange-traded funds.

There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives in the future. Please refer to the prospectus for more information regarding the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other principal risks to which an investment in the Funds may be subject.

 

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS (Unaudited)

For shareholders that do not have an October 31, 2023 tax year end, this notice is for informational purposes only. For shareholders with an October 31, 2023 tax year end, please consult your tax advisor as to the pertinence of this notice. For the fiscal year ended October 31 2023, each portfolio is designating the following items with regard to distributions paid during the year.

 

     Long-Term
Capital Gain
Distributions
   Ordinary
Income
Distributions
   Total
Distributions
   Qualifying
for Corporate
Dividends Rec.
Deduction (1)
   Qualifying
Dividend
Income (2)

Cambiar Opportunity Fund

     82.06%        17.94%        100.00%        88.34%        91.14%  

Cambiar SMID Fund

     2.96%        97.04%        100.00%        100.00%        100.00%  

Cambiar Small Cap Fund

     55.32%        44.68%        100.00%        100.00%        100.00%  

Cambiar International Equity Fund

     0.00%        100.00%        100.00%        0.00%        100.00%  

Cambiar International Small Cap Fund

     0.00%        100.00%        100.00%        0.00%        96.73%  
     U.S.
Government
Interest (3)
   Interest Related
Dividends (4)
   Short-Term
Capital Gain
Dividends (5)
   Qualifying
Business Income

(6)
   Foreign Tax
Credit Pass
Through (7)

Cambiar Opportunity Fund

     0.00%        0.00%        0.00%        0.00%        0.00%  

Cambiar SMID Fund

     0.00%        0.00%        0.00%        0.00%        0.00%  

Cambiar Small Cap Fund

     0.00%        0.00%        100.00%        0.00%        0.00%  

Cambiar International Equity Fund

     0.00%        0.00%        0.00%        0.00%        17.04%  

Cambiar International Small Cap Fund

     0.00%        0.00%        0.00%        0.00%        1.33%  

 

(1)

Qualifying dividends represent dividends which qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction and is reflected as a percentage of “Ordinary Income Distributions.”

 

(2)

The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Qualifying Dividend Income” as created by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 and is reflected as a percentage of “Ordinary Income Distributions.” It is the intention of each of the aforementioned funds to designate the maximum amount permitted by law.

 

(3)

“U.S. Government Interest” represents the amount of interest that was derived from direct U.S. Government obligations and distributed during the fiscal year. This amount is reflected as a percentage of total ordinary income distributions (the total of short term capital gain and net investment income distributions). Generally, interest from direct U.S. Government obligations is exempt from state income tax. However, for residents of California, Connecticut and New York, the statutory threshold requirements were not satisfied to permit exemption of these amounts from state income.

 

(4)

The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Interest Related Dividends” and is reflected as a percentage of ordinary income distribution. Interest related dividends are exempt from U.S. withholding tax when paid to foreign investors.

 

(5)

The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Short-Term Capital Gain Dividends” and is reflected as a percentage of short-term capital gain distribution that is exempt from U.S. withholding tax when paid to foreign investors.

 

(6)

The percentage in this column represents that amount of ordinary dividend income that qualified for 20% Business Income Deduction.

 

(7)

Foreign Tax Credit Pass Through represents amounts eligible for the foreign tax credit and is reflected as a percentage of “Ordinary Income Distributions.” the Cambiar International Equity Fund and the Cambiar International Small Cap Fund intend to pass through a foreign tax credit to shareholders. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023, the total amount of foreign source income for the Cambiar International Equity Fund and the Cambiar International Small Cap Fund was $4,515,418 and $459,103, respectively. The total amount of foreign taxes paid for the Cambiar International Equity Fund and the Cambiar International Small Cap Fund was $1,622,770 and $9,073, respectively. Your allocable shares of foreign tax credit will be reported on Form 1099 DIV.

 

(8)

The fund is designating a portion of the redemption proceeds as taxable net investment income and/or realized capital gain for dividend paid deduction purposes (equalization debits). This designation has no impact on shareholders’ income tax reporting. For shareholders’ income tax reporting, the amount of ordinary income and/or long-term gain, if any, will be designated on Form 1099-DIV.

 

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The Cambiar Funds

P.O. Box 219009

Kansas City, MO 64121

1-866-777-8227

Investment Adviser

Cambiar Investors, LLC

200 Columbine Street

Suite 800

Denver, CO 80206

Distributor

SEl Investments Distribution Co.

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

Administrator

SEl Investments Global Funds Services

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

Legal Counsel

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

2222 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 700

Philadelphia, PA 19103

This information must be preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus

for the Funds described.

 

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(b)    Not applicable.

Item 2.    Code of Ethics.

The Registrant (also referred to as the “Trust”) has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, controller or principal accounting officer, and any person who performs a similar function. There have been no amendments to or waivers granted to this code of ethics during the period covered by this report.

Item 3.    Audit Committee Financial Expert.

(a)(1) The Registrant’s board of trustees has determined that the Registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on the audit committee.

(a)(2) The Registrant’s audit committee financial expert is Robert Mulhall. Mr Mulhall is considered to be “independent”, as that term is defined in Form N-CSR Item 3(a)(2).

Item 4.    Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) related to the Trust.

PwC billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows:

 

     FYE October 31, 2023     FYE October 31, 2022  
          All fees and
services to
the Trust that
were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
    All fees and
services to
the Trust that
were
pre-approved
    All fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
 

(a)

   Audit Fees(1)    $ 72,710        None        None     $ 72,710       None        None  

(b)

   Audit-Related Fees      None        None        None       None       None        None  

(c)

   Tax Fees      None        None      $ 115,395 (4)    $ 10,000 (2)      None      $ 256,295 (4) 

(d)

   All Other Fees      None        None      $ 47,411 (5)      None       None      $ 86,500 (5) 

 

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Fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) related to the Trust.

E&Y billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows:

 

     2023      2022  
          All fees and
services to
the Trust that
were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
     All fees and
services to
the Trust that
were
pre-approved
    All fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
 

(a)

   Audit Fees(1)    $ 550,800        None        None      $ 529,590       None        None  

(b)

   Audit-Related Fees      None        None        None      $ 10,000 (6)      None        None  

(c)

   Tax Fees      None        None        None      $ 2,000 (3)      None        None  

(d)

   All Other Fees      None        None        None        None       None        None  

Fees billed by Cohen & Co. (“Cohen”) related to the Trust.

Cohen billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows:

 

     2023      2022  
          All fees and
services to
the Trust that
were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
     All fees and
services to
the Trust that
were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
 

(a)

   Audit Fees(1)    $ 61,000        None        None      $ 61,000        None        None  

(b)

   Audit-Related Fees      None        None        None        None        None        None  

(c)

   Tax Fees      None        None        None        None        None        None  

(d)

   All Other Fees      None        None        None        None        None        None  

 

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Notes:

(1)

Audit fees include amounts related to the audit of the Trust’s annual financial statements and services normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings.

(2)

Final tax compliance services provided to McKee International Equity Portfolio.

(3)

Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”) tax services for the Sands Capital Global Growth Fund.

(4)

Tax compliance services provided to service affiliates of the funds.

(5)

Non-audit assurance engagements for service affiliates of the funds.

(6)

Fees related to consents for Cambiar N-14 filings.

(e)(1)    The Trust’s Audit Committee has adopted and the Board of Trustees has ratified an Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy (the “Policy”), which sets forth the procedures and the conditions pursuant to which services proposed to be performed by the independent auditor of the Funds may be pre-approved.

The Policy provides that all requests or applications for proposed services to be provided by the independent auditor must be submitted to the Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and must include a detailed description of the services proposed to be rendered. The CFO will determine whether such services:

(1) require specific pre-approval; (2) are included within the list of services that have received the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee pursuant to the Policy; or (3) have been previously pre-approved in connection with the independent auditor’s annual engagement letter for the applicable year or otherwise. In any instance where services require pre-approval, the Audit Committee will consider whether such services are consistent with SEC’s rules and whether the provision of such services would impair the auditor’s independence.

Requests or applications to provide services that require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee will be submitted to the Audit Committee by the CFO. The Audit Committee will be informed by the CFO on a quarterly basis of all services rendered by the independent auditor. The Audit Committee has delegated specific pre-approval authority to either the Audit Committee Chair or financial expert, provided that the estimated fee for any such proposed pre-approved service does not exceed $100,000 and any pre-approval decisions are reported to the Audit Committee at its next regularly-scheduled meeting.

Services that have received the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee are identified and described in the Policy. In addition, the Policy sets forth a maximum fee per engagement with respect to each identified service that has received general pre-approval.

All services to be provided by the independent auditor shall be provided pursuant to a signed written engagement letter with the Registrant, the investment adviser, or applicable control affiliate (except that matters as to which an engagement letter would be impractical because of timing issues or because the matter is small may not be the subject of an engagement letter) that sets forth both the services to be provided by the independent auditor and the total fees to be paid to the independent auditor for those services.

In addition, the Audit Committee has determined to take additional measures on an annual basis to meet the Audit Committee’s responsibility to oversee the work of the independent auditor and to assure the auditor’s independence from the Registrant, such as (a) reviewing a formal written statement from the independent auditor delineating all relationships between the independent auditor and the Registrant, and (b) discussing with the independent auditor the independent auditor’s methods and procedures for ensuring independence.

(e)(2)    Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (PwC):

 

     2023      2022  
Audit-Related Fees      None        None  
Tax Fees      None        None  

All Other Fees

     None        None  

 

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(e)(2)    Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (E&Y):

 

     2023      2022  
Audit-Related Fees      None        None  
Tax Fees      None        None  

All Other Fees

     None        None  

(e)(2)    Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (Cohen):

 

     2023      2022  
Audit-Related Fees      None        None  
Tax Fees      None        None  

All Other Fees

     None        None  

(f)    Not applicable.

(g)    The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by PwC for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the last two fiscal years ended October 31st were $162,806 and $342,795 for 2023 and 2022, respectively.

(g)    The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by E&Y for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the last two fiscal years ended October 31st were $0 and $2,000 for 2023 and 2022, respectively.

(g)    The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by Cohen for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the last two fiscal-years-ended October 31st were $0 and $0 for 2023 and 2022, respectively.

(h)    During the past fiscal year, all non-audit services provided by the Registrant’s principal accountant to either the Registrant’s investment adviser or to any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Registrant’s investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant were pre-approved by the Audit Committee of Registrant’s Board of Trustees. Included in the Audit Committee’s pre-approval of these non-audit service were the review and consideration as to whether the provision of these non-audit services is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

 

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(i)    Not Applicable. The Registrant has not retained, for the preparation of the audit report on the financial statements included in the Form N-CSR, a registered public accounting firm that has a branch or office that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) has determined that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in the foreign jurisdiction.

(j)    Not applicable. The Registrant is not a “foreign issuer,” as defined in 17 CFR § 240.3b-4.

Item 5.    Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

Item 6.    Schedule of Investments.

Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

Item 7.    Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

Item 8.    Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

Item 9.    Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

Item 10.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees during the period covered by this report.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-3(c)), as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report, are effective based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-3(b)) and Rule 13a-15(b) or Rule 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR § 240.13a-15(b) or § 240.15d-15(b)).

(b) There has been no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.3a-3(d)) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12.    Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

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Item 13.    Exhibits.

(a)(1) A copy of the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, as required by Item 2 of this Form, accompanies this filing as an exhibit.

(a)(2) A separate certification for the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Registrant, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-2(a)), is filed herewith.

(b) Officer certifications, as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-2(b)), also accompany this filing as an exhibit.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant)    The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund
By (Signature and Title)   

/s/ Michael Beattie

   Michael Beattie, President
Date: January 9, 2024   

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title)   

/s/ Michael Beattie

   Michael Beattie, President
Date: January 9, 2024   
By (Signature and Title)   

/s/ Andrew Metzger

   Andrew Metzger
   Treasurer, Controller, and CFO
Date: January 9, 2024   

 

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