Investment Strategy |
Aug. 28, 2026 |
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| The Disciplined Growth Investors Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Strategy [Heading] | Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund |
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing, under normal conditions, approximately 65% of its assets in equity securities and approximately 35% in fixed-income securities and cash equivalents. The allocation to equity and fixed-income securities may vary widely from time to time, as market conditions warrant. The Fund may invest in both investment-grade and below investment-grade securities. The Fund’s fixed-income securities will generally have a weighted average maturity of five to 10 years, although Disciplined Growth Investors, Inc. (“DGI” or the “Adviser”) may cause the Fund to invest in fixed-income securities with a weighted average maturity greater than 10 years or less than five years, depending on market conditions. If the Adviser cannot find qualifying investments, the Fund may hold cash and short-term securities. The Adviser seeks to invest primarily in U.S. companies but may invest in foreign companies from time to time.
With respect to the equity portion of the portfolio, the Adviser seeks to generally invest in mid-sized companies, which the Adviser regards as those with market capitalizations at the time of purchase greater than $1 billion and less than $20 billion. The Adviser employs a “bottom-up” approach to building a portfolio. The Adviser’s goal is to find stocks that it believes meet its criteria of sustainable competitive advantage relative to industry peers, long-term superior return on capital coupled with the financial ability to meet reasonable growth objectives. The Adviser will sell a stock through a process of allocating capital to the highest expected returns or if individual security risks become unexpectedly high.
Fixed-income securities generally include corporate debt securities, U.S. Government obligations, mortgage-backed securities and other mortgage-related products and short-term securities.
With respect to the fixed-income portion of the portfolio, the Adviser seeks to identify fundamental growth opportunities in specific fixed-income securities that offer relative value within the fixed- income markets. The Adviser’s decision making approach has both “top-down” (including duration/ maturity positioning, yield curve risk and sector/quality risk) and “bottom-up” (including credit research, quantitative analysis and trading) components. The Adviser’s sell discipline is managed through a combination of inputs from its maturity, sector and individual selection decisions.
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| Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] | The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing, under normal conditions, approximately 65% of its assets in equity securities and approximately 35% in fixed-income securities and cash equivalents. |
| The Disciplined Growth Investors Equity Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Strategy [Heading] | Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund |
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing, under normal conditions, at least 80% of its assets in equity securities. The Adviser generally seeks to invest in mid-sized companies, which the Adviser regards as those with market capitalizations at the time of purchase greater than $1 billion and less than $20 billion. The Adviser employs a “bottom-up” approach to building a portfolio. The Adviser’s goal is to find stocks that it believes meet its criteria of sustainable competitive advantage relative to industry peers, long-term superior return on capital coupled with the financial ability to meet reasonable growth objectives.
The Adviser typically seeks to hold approximately 30-50 U.S. listed companies. While the Adviser diversifies the Fund’s investments across sectors and industries, the Fund may hold a significant portion of its investments in the information technology sector. The Adviser will sell a stock through a process of allocating capital to the highest expected returns or if individual security risks become unacceptably high.
If the Adviser cannot find qualifying investments, the Fund may hold cash and short-term securities. The Adviser seeks to invest primarily in U.S. companies but may invest in foreign companies from time to time.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
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| Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] | The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing, under normal conditions, at least 80% of its assets in equity securities. |
| Vulcan Value Partners Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Strategy [Heading] | Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund |
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | Vulcan Value Partners Fund
The Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by purchasing securities primarily in publicly traded small-cap and large-cap companies that Vulcan Value Partners, LLC (“Vulcan” or the “Adviser”), the Fund’s investment adviser, believes to be both undervalued and possessing a quality that gives a company a non-temporary advantage over their peers (or a “Sustainable Competitive Advantage”). An example of a Sustainable Competitive Advantage includes, among others, companies with strong operational scale, pricing power, and brand loyalty operating in an industry with high switching costs.
The Adviser seeks to purchase publicly traded companies at significant discounts to intrinsic worth. The portfolio managers typically use a discounted cash flow analysis to determine intrinsic worth. The Adviser seeks to invest for the long term, limiting the selection of qualifying investments to good businesses with identifiable, Sustainable Competitive Advantages that allow a company to outcompete peers to maximize returns and to minimize risk. Identifiable, sustainable competitive advantages may include factors such as switching costs, brand recognition, and scalability, among others. The Adviser generally defines risk as the probability of permanently losing capital over a five-year period. Permanent loss of capital could occur if the Adviser has to sell a company at a loss because its estimated intrinsic value falls below the market price resulting in the loss of a margin of safety. The Adviser generally sells stocks when they approach or exceed their intrinsic worth as determined by the portfolio managers. The Adviser seeks to determine business or intrinsic value through disciplined financial analysis. Typically, the intrinsic value analysis includes a discounted cash flow analysis based on individual company financial statements and guidance, internal estimates of future growth in earnings and profitability, and qualitative research. The amount a company utilizes leverage is an important consideration in the stock selection analysis because leverage increases a company’s risk and potential for return. The Adviser believes that good businesses can enhance their returns to equity investors with an efficient capital structure and prudent leverage, but the it generally views leveraged businesses with skepticism. The Adviser believes that equities purchased at prices substantially less than their intrinsic worth generally afford capital protection from significant permanent loss and also create the possibility of substantial appreciation if the market recognizes the company’s economic value. To minimize business ownership risk, the Adviser evaluates business risks, assesses key management employee’s business impact and scrutinizes competitive market strengths and weaknesses in the assessment of long-term investment qualifications. The Adviser seeks to limit Fund investments to businesses that are run by ethical, capable, stockholder-oriented management teams that also are good operators and, very importantly, understand the importance of capital allocation.
Generally, subject to price, any publicly traded company with profitable economics would be a potential investment for this Fund. A core position in the Fund is generally approximately 5% of the Fund’s portfolio, so that theoretically the Fund would hold about 20 companies, spread across various industries. Because it is rare that the Adviser would find exactly 20 companies meeting the Fund’s investment guidelines, allocations will vary with the price to value ratio of specific companies. The Adviser may invest in positions as small as 1% when price to value ratios are higher. The Adviser generally will not invest in any business that is trading above its estimate of a business’s fair value. The Adviser will typically sell a position when the position’s market price exceeds its calculated estimate of intrinsic value. The Adviser may invest up to 30% of the Fund’s net assets in publicly traded foreign securities, which may consist in whole or in part of securities of issuers in emerging markets. The Fund may be subject to currency risk when the Adviser invests in securities denominated in, or which receive revenues in, non-U.S. currencies. The Adviser will ensure that no issuer’s securities will constitute more than 10% of the Fund’s assets at the time of purchase. In addition, the Adviser will be allowed to invest up to, but no more than, an aggregate of 40% of the Fund’s assets in positions where the investment in the securities of an issuer exceeds 5% of the Fund’s assets. If the investments meeting the Fund’s criteria are not available, the Adviser may invest the Fund’s assets temporarily in obligations of the U.S. government and its agencies, or in other money market instruments. Under the 1940 Act, to qualify as a diversified fund, a fund, with respect to 75% of its total assets, may not invest greater than 5% of its total assets in any one issuer and may not hold greater than 10% of the securities of one issuer, other than investments in cash and cash items (including receivables), U.S. government securities, and securities of other investment companies. The remaining 25% of a fund’s total assets does not need to be “diversified” and may be invested in securities of a single issuer, subject to other applicable laws. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it is not subject to the 75-5-10 diversification requirements and the Adviser can invest a larger percentage of the Fund’s assets in a smaller number of issuers, meaning it is not constrained by the 5%/10% asset allocation rule for diversified funds.
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| Vulcan Value Partners Small Cap Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Strategy [Heading] | Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund |
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | Vulcan Value Partners Small Cap Fund
The Vulcan Value Partners Small Cap Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by purchasing securities of publicly traded small-cap companies that Vulcan Value Partners, LLC (“Vulcan” or the “Adviser”) believes to be both undervalued and possessing a quality that gives a company a non-temporary advantage over its peers (or a “Sustainable Competitive Advantage”). Under normal circumstances, at least eighty percent (80%) of the Fund’s net assets are invested in small-cap companies. For purposes of the Fund’s 80% investment policy, the Fund considers small-cap companies to be those companies whose market capitalization at the time of initial purchase is within the market capitalization range of companies in the Russell 2000® Index during the most recent 12-month period. As of June 30, 2026, the latest reconstitution date, this range was approximately $146.4 million to $71.9 billion; however, this capitalization range is expected to change over time.
The Adviser seeks to purchase for the Fund publicly traded companies at significant discounts to intrinsic worth. The Fund’s portfolio managers typically use a discounted cash flow analysis to determine intrinsic worth. The Adviser seeks to invest the Fund’s assets for the long term, limiting the selection of qualifying investments to good businesses with identifiable, Sustainable Competitive Advantages that allow a company to outcompete peers to maximize returns and to minimize risk. Identifiable, Sustainable Competitive Advantages may include factors such as switching costs, brand, and scale among others. The Adviser generally defines risk as the probability of permanently losing capital over a five-year period. Permanent loss of capital could occur if the Adviser has to sell a Fund position at a loss because its estimated intrinsic value falls below the market price, resulting in the loss of a margin of safety.
The Adviser generally sells Fund stock positions when they approach their intrinsic worth as estimated by the portfolio managers. The Adviser seeks to determine business or intrinsic value through disciplined financial analysis. Typically, the Adviser’s intrinsic value analysis includes a discounted cash flow analysis based on individual company financial statements and guidance, internal estimates of future growth in earnings and profitability, and qualitative research. Leverage is an important consideration in the analysis because it increases both the risk and the potential for return. The Adviser believes that a good business can enhance its returns to equity investors with an efficient capital structure and prudent leverage, but the Adviser generally views leveraged businesses with skepticism. The Adviser believes that equities purchased at prices substantially less than their intrinsic worth generally afford capital protection from significant permanent loss and also create the possibility of substantial appreciation if the market recognizes the company’s economic value. To minimize business ownership risk, the Adviser evaluates business risks, assesses key management employee’s business impact and scrutinizes competitive market strengths and weaknesses in the assessment of long-term investment qualifications. The Adviser seeks to limit Fund investments to businesses that are run by ethical, capable, stockholder-oriented management teams that also are good operators and, very importantly, understand the importance of capital allocation.
This portfolio strategy invests in companies with smaller market capitalizations. While the Adviser does not have any defined cutoffs, it generally uses the Russell 2000® as a guide to define the universe of small capitalization companies, and any small publicly traded company with reasonable economics would be a potential investment in this portfolio. As of June 30, 2026, the median market capitalization of the Russell 2000® Index was approximately $1.12 billion, the top of this range was approximately $71.9 billion. The capitalization range of the companies in the Fund will change over time.
A core Fund position is generally approximately 5% of the Fund’s portfolio, so that theoretically the Fund would seek to hold about 20 companies, spread across various industries. Because it is rare that the Adviser would find exactly 20 companies meeting the Fund’s investment guidelines, allocations will vary with the price to value ratio of specific companies. The Adviser may invest in positions as small as less than 1% of the Fund’s portfolio when price to value ratios are higher. The Adviser generally will not invest the Fund’s assets in any business that is trading above the Adviser’s estimate of the business’s fair value. The Adviser may invest up to 30% of the Fund’s net assets in publicly traded foreign securities which may consist in whole or in part of securities of issuers in emerging markets. The Adviser may subject the Fund to Currency Risk when it invests in securities denominated in, or which receive revenues in, non-U.S. currencies. If investments meeting the Fund’s criteria are not available, the Adviser may invest the Fund’s assets temporarily in obligations of the U.S. government and its agencies, or in other money market instruments. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it may take a more focused approach to investing.
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| Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] | Under normal circumstances, at least eighty percent (80%) of the Fund’s net assets are invested in small-cap companies. |