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WPG Partners Select Small Cap Value Ins Overview

WPG Partners Select Small Cap Value Ins (WPGSX) is an actively managed U.S. Equity Small Value fund. Boston Partners launched the fund in 2021.

The investment seeks long-term growth of capital and outperformance of its benchmark net of fees. The fund pursues its objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (including borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of U.S. companies that, at the time of purchase, have a market capitalization that is within the range of the market capitalization of issuers in the Russell 2000® Value Index.

About WPG Partners Select Small Cap Value Ins (WPGSX)

There are 1 members of the management team with an average tenure of 4.67 years: Eric Gandhi (2021). Management tenure is more important for actively managed funds than passive index funds.

The fund has 2 primary benchmarks: Russell 3000 TR USD index with a weighting of 100% and Russell 2000 Value TR USD index with a weighting of 100%. WPG Partners Select Small Cap Value Ins has 54 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 36.1% of the fund’s assets. The fund meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a diversified fund. The fund is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

WPG Partners Select Small Cap Value Ins is part of the Equity global asset class and is within the U.S. Equity fund group. WPG Partners Select Small Cap Value Ins has 9.3% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 86.2%. There is 9.3% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.0% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 0.0% (0.0% domestic bond, 0.0% foreign bond and 0.0% convertible bond). WPG Partners Select Small Cap Value Ins has 4.5% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $249 million in total assets, which is below the $415 million average for the Small Value category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

WPGSX Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The WPG Partners Select Small Cap Value Ins expense ratio is high compared to funds in the Small Value category. WPG Partners Select Small Cap Value Ins has an expense ratio of 1.10%, which is 5% lower than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a C. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. WPG Partners Select Small Cap Value Ins has a portfolio turnover rate of 155%, indicating that holds its assets around 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 129% for the Small Value category.

Recently, in the month of August 2026, WPG Partners Select Small Cap Value Ins returned 0.7%, which earned it a grade of A, as the Small Value category had an average return of -0.4%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all funds in that category.

WPG Partners Select Small Cap Value Ins has a trailing yield of 1.30%, which is above the 0.77% category average. The fund normally distributes its income annually and its capital gains annually.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

WPG Partners Select Small Cap Value Ins Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 28.3%, 8.6 percentage points better than the category, which translates into a grade of A. The fund has returned 35.9% over the past year (grade of A) and 15.6% over the past three years (grade of B).

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