About SIVLX
Seafarer Overseas Value Fund Institutional Class is a diversified mutual fund focused on achieving long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in securities of companies located in developing and emerging markets. The fund allocates assets across several classes, including common stocks, preferred stocks, debt obligations, and occasionally rights and warrants, with a reported concentration in common stock holdings. Its investment approach is rooted in disciplined, fundamental analysis, employing a bottom-up security selection process to identify undervalued companies trading below their intrinsic value.
The fund’s strategy seeks out opportunities stemming from various sources of value unique to emerging markets, such as balance sheet strength, breakup value, management changes, asset productivity, and structural market shifts. This multi-pronged approach aims to harness inefficiencies and potential growth in less-liquid, often overlooked market segments. Seafarer Overseas Value Fund Institutional Class thus plays a significant role in offering institutional investors targeted exposure to global growth themes and value opportunities outside the United States, providing diversification and the potential for enhanced returns relative to developed markets-focused funds.
Fund Family Seafarer Funds
Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Performance Rating Above Average
Risk Rating Low
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol SIVLX
Share Class Institutional Class
Index Morningstar Emerging Markets NR USD
SIVLX had a total return of 41.05% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's
inception, the average annual return has been 12.95%.
