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August 25, 2020 Oakbrook Terrace, IL – PSN Top Guns Press Release
Oakbrook Terrace, IL – August 25, 2020 – QSV Equity Investors has been awarded multiple PSN Top Guns distinctions by Informa Financial Intelligence’s PSN manager database, North America’s longest running database of investment managers.
QSV was honored with Bull and Bear Master recognition for its Quality Value Midcap strategy as well as 2-star and 3-star Top Gun ratings for that product in the Mid Cap Value Universe. QSV also received a 2-Star award for its Select strategy in the Small-Mid Value Universe.
“QSV is pleased to have delivered results for our clients that have been recognized by Informa Financial Intelligence,” noted QSV CEO Jeff Kautz. “We are particularly gratified that the Bull and Bear Master recognition reflects the smoother ride we seek to offer investors in volatile markets.”
Through a combination of Informa Financial Intelligence’s proprietary performance screens, *PSN Top Guns (*free registration to view Top Guns) ranks products in six proprietary categories in over 50 universes. This is a well-respected quarterly ranking and is widely used by institutional asset managers and investors. Informa Financial Intelligence is part of Informa plc, a leading provider of critical decision-making solutions and custom services to financial institutions.
QSV Quality Value Midcap strategy was named among the Bull and Bear Masters, meaning the strategy had an r-squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for a three-year period. Moreover, the strategy had an upside market capture over 100 and a downside market capture less than 100 relative to the style benchmark. The top ten ratios of Upside Capture Ratio over Downside Capture Ratio become the PSN Bull & Bear Masters. QSV Quality Value Midcap also received a Top Gun 2-Star and 3-Star rating, meaning this product had one of the top ten returns for the one-year and three-year periods in the Mid Value Universe.
QSV’s Select Value strategy was named Top Gun 2-Star rating, noting its top ten returns for the one-year period in the Small-Mid Value Universe.
QSV manages the Quality Value Midcap and Select Value strategies, and its Quality Value Smallcap strategy, with the objective to reward clients with performance that is above it benchmarks and peers over a full market cycle with less volatility. The sole focus of its partners is to invest alongside clients in small and mid-cap businesses it believes can sustain high returns on invested capital through durable competitive advantages. Markets currently present investors with high levels of uncertainty and QSV believes that selectively owning durable businesses purchased at reasonable valuations will be key to preserving and growing wealth.
“Congratulations to QSV Equity Investors for being recognized as a PSN Top Gun,” said Ryan Nauman, Market Strategist at Informa Financial Intelligence’s Zephyr. “This highly esteemed designation allows us to recognize success, excellence and performance of leading investment managers each quarter.”
The complete list of PSN Top Guns and an overview of the methodology can be located on https://psn.fi.informais.com/
For more details on the methodology behind the PSN Top Guns Rankings or to purchase PSN Top Guns Reports, contact Margaret Tobiasen at Margaret.tobiasen@informa.com.
For more details on the specific performance and characteristics of QSV’s strategies, including a fully GIPS compliant presentation, please contact Dave Mertens at dmertens@ballastequity.com.
About QSV Equity Investors, LLC
QSV Equity Management is an employee-owned asset management firm that invests alongside its clients in high conviction portfolios of quality small and mid-capitalization businesses. QSV manages these portfolios of publicly traded companies for individuals, family offices and institutions. Based in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, QSV was founded in 2016 by Jeff Kautz and Randy Hughes, investment professionals who previously held senior roles at Perkins Investment Management and have invested together for over 20 years. More information may be found at www.qsvequityinvestors.com.
About Informa Financial Intelligence’s Zephyr
Financial Intelligence, part of the Informa Intelligence Division of Informa plc, is a leading provider of products and services helping financial institutions around the world cut through the noise and take decisive action. Informa Financial Intelligence’s solutions provide unparalleled insight into market opportunity, competitive performance and customer segment behavioral patterns and performance through specialized industry research, intelligence, and insight. IFI’s Zephyr portfolio supports asset allocation, investment analysis, portfolio construction, and client communications that combine to help advisors and portfolio managers retain and grow client relationships. For more information about IFI, visit https://financialintelligence.informa.com. For more information about Zephyr’s PSN Separately Managed Accounts data, visit https://financialintelligence.informa.com/products-and-services/data-analysis-and-tools/psn-sma.
QSV Quality Value Midcap honored with Bull & Bear Master Recognition
TOP GUNS PSN MID CAP VALUE UNIVERSE PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30, 2020
Criteria: The PSN universes were created using the information collected through the PSN investment manager questionnaire and use only gross of fee returns. Mutual fund and commingled fund products are not included in the universe. PSN Top Guns investment managers must claim that they are GIPS compliant. Products must have an r-squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for the three-year period ending JUNE 30, 2020. Moreover, products must have an upside market capture over 100 and a downside market capture less than 100 relative to the style benchmark. The top ten ratios of Upside Capture Ratio over Downside Capture Ratio become the PSN Bull & Bear Masters.
Upside Market Capture Ratio – The Up Market Capture Ratio measures the manager’s performance in up markets relative to the performance of the market (index) itself. An up market is defined as any period (quarter) where the market’s return is greater than or equal to zero. The higher the Up Market Capture Ratio, the better the manager grew capital during a market expansion. A value of 110 suggests that a manager’s gain was 110% of the market’s gain when the market was up.
Downside Market Capture Ratio – measures the manager’s performance in down markets relative to the performance of the market (index) itself. A down market is defined as any period (quarter) where the market’s return is less than zero. The lower the Down Market Capture Ratio, the better the manager protected capital during a market decline. A value of 90 suggests that a manager’s losses were only 90% of the market’s loss when the market was down.
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The PSN Mid Cap Value universe is comprised of 110 firms and 143 products
June 15, 2020 Oakbrook Terrace, IL – QSV Equity Investors Hires Operations and Compliance Leader
Industry veteran to reunite with small and mid-cap specialists
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois – June 15, 2020: QSV Equity Investors is pleased to announce that Josh Freedman has joined the firm as Partner and Chief Operating Officer. Freedman will also assume the role of Chief Compliance Officer for QSV. Josh has more than 25 years of industry experience and was most recently Chief Operating Officer of Elk Creek Partners. Roles prior to Elk Creek included serving as Partner at Platte River Capital and Research Analyst at Three Peaks Capital.
“Josh is an important addition to QSV as we build operational and compliance expertise to support our service to clients,” stated QSV CEO Jeff Kautz. Kautz added, “Josh has considerable experience in operations, compliance and investment research and is uniquely qualified to contribute to the success of our business.”
QSV was founded in 2016 by two veterans of small and mid-cap stock fund management, Jeff Kautz and Randy Hughes. Kautz was previously CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Perkins Investment Management in Chicago. Hughes served as Perkins’ Director of Research and Analytics. Kautz also served as the Co-Manager of the Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund and the Janus Henderson Value Plus Income Fund. Kautz and Hughes have managed funds together for more than twenty years.
“Strong culture, investment excellence and exceptional client service are critical in building a strong investment business,” Freedman noted, adding “I have worked with each of QSV’s partners earlier in my career and am confident we have the right people and skills to build a successful firm.”
About QSV Equity Investors
QSV Equity Investors is an employee-owned asset management firm that invests alongside its clients in high conviction portfolios of quality small and mid-capitalization businesses. QSV manages these portfolios of publicly traded companies for individuals, family offices and institutions. Based in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, QSV was founded in 2016 by Jeff Kautz and Randy Hughes, investment professionals who previously held senior roles at Perkins Investment Management and have invested together for over 20 years. More information may be found at www.qsvequityinvestors.com.
December 9, 2019, Oakbrook Terrace, IL – QSV Equity Investors Adds Strategies to Schwab Managed Account Marketplace®
Former Perkins Investment Leaders Deliver Small and Mid-Cap Investment Solutions to Advisors
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois – December 9, 2019: QSV Equity Investors is pleased to announce that its three U.S. equity strategies are now available on the Schwab Managed Account Marketplace®. Managed Account Marketplace® allows advisors to negotiate directly with their preferred money managers while benefiting from the brokerage and custody services of Charles Schwab. QSV strategies now available at Schwab are Quality Value Smallcap, Quality Value Midcap and Select Value.
“QSV knows the value that registered investment advisors add in serving their clients. It is important to us to have our Quality Value strategies available at Charles Schwab, where many independent advisors with whom we partner custody their client accounts,” stated Dave Mertens, Partner and Head of Business Development.
QSV was founded in 2016 by two veterans of small and mid-cap stock fund management, Jeff Kautz and Randy Hughes. Kautz was previously CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Perkins Investment Management in Chicago. Hughes served as Perkins’ Director of Research and Analytics. Kautz also served as the Co-Manager of the Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund and the Janus Henderson Value Plus Income Fund. Kautz and Hughes have managed funds together for more than twenty years. “Randy and I have a long history of investing together on behalf of families and institutions,” stated Ballast co-founder Jeff Kautz. Kautz added “offering these services through Schwab, where more than 7500 advisors do business, is an important step in Ballast’s growth.”
About QSV Equity Investors
QSV Equity Investors is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2016 to serve investors seeking ownership of high conviction portfolios of quality small and mid-capitalization businesses. QSV manages these portfolios of publicly traded companies for individuals, family offices and institutions. QSV, an independent, employee-owned firm, is led by experienced professionals who passionately invest alongside their clients. More information may be found at www.qsvequityinvestors.com.
July 17, 2019, Oakbrook Terrace, IL – QSV Equity Investors Celebrates 3rd Anniversary of Quality Value Midcap Strategy
Former Perkins Investment Leaders Reach Important Milestone in Serving Clients
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois – July 17, 2019: QSV Equity Investors is pleased to announce the third anniversary of its Quality Value Midcap Strategy on June 30, 2019. Passing the three-year anniversary provides a proof statement for prospective investors as they gauge the effectiveness of the firm in adding value through the management of U.S. mid cap stock portfolios.
QSV was founded in 2016 by two veterans of small and mid-cap stock fund management, Jeff Kautz and Randy Hughes. Kautz was previously CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Perkins Investment Management in Chicago. Hughes served as Perkins’ Director of Research and Analytics. Kautz also served as the Co-Manager of the Janus Henderson Mid Cap Value Fund and the Janus Henderson Value Plus Income Fund. Kautz and Hughes have managed funds together for more than twenty years.
“Randy and I have a long history of investing together on behalf of families, institutional investors and mutual fund shareholders,” stated QSV co-founder Jeff Kautz. Kautz added “our mission is to deliver a smoother ride for our clients in good markets and bad; to-date, we have been able to deliver on that commitment.” Noted co-founder Randy Hughes, “this three-year anniversary is a meaningful milestone. More importantly, it serves as the foundation for us to continue to refine our craft and assist our clients in meeting their financial goals.”
About QSV Equity Investors
QSV Equity Investors is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2016 to serve investors seeking ownership of high conviction portfolios of quality small and mid-capitalization businesses. QSV manages these portfolios of publicly-traded companies for individuals, family offices and institutions. QSV, an independent, employee-owned firm, is led by experienced professionals who passionately invest alongside their clients. More information may be found at www.qsvequityinvestors.com.
March 25, 2019 Oakbrook Terrace, IL -QSV Equity Management Appoints Business Development Professional
Former Perkins Investment Leaders Aim to Grow Firm’s Assets Under Management
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois – March 25, 2019: QSV Equity Investors announced today the hiring of David Mertens as Partner and Head of Business Development.
Mertens joins the firm with over 35 years of investment industry experience. From 2002-2017, Mertens was Managing Director of Jensen Investment Management in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Prior to that he held the roles of Senior Vice President of Berger Financial Group, LLC and President of Berger Distributors, LLC in Denver, Colorado. He currently serves as an Independent Trustee for the Advisors Series Trust.
Mr. Mertens joins QSV as the firm approaches the third anniversary of its founding. QSV was launched in 2016 by two veterans of small and mid-cap stock fund management, Jeff Kautz and Randy Hughes. Kautz was previously CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Perkins Investment Management in Chicago; Hughes served as Perkins’ Director of Research. The two have managed funds together for more than twenty years.
“Twenty years ago, I had the pleasure to work with Jeff and Randy as we grew what became the Janus Perkins Small and Mid Cap Value Funds,” said Dave Mertens. He continued that “their diligence as investors has grown and their passion for delivering results to their clients is undiminished.”
“Randy and I are focused on investment research and on building successful investment portfolios,” stated Jeff Kautz. “Adding Dave to our team ensures that we can focus on our strengths while he builds bridges to current and new clients.”
About QSV Equity Investors
QSV Equity Management is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2016 to serve investors seeking ownership of high conviction portfolios of quality small and mid-capitalization businesses. QSV manages these portfolios of publicly-traded companies for individuals, family offices and institutions. QSV, an independent, employee-owned firm, is led by experienced professionals who passionately invest alongside their clients.
April 3, 2017 Oakbrook Terrace, IL – Chris Leshock joins the firm as a Portfolio Manager
QSV Equity announced today that Chris Leshock has joined the firm as a portfolio manager. In this role, he will launch the Focused Alpha strategy, a concentrated long-only strategy that tends to focus on the Industrials, Materials and Energy sectors, where Mr. Leshock has over 20 years of experience.
Mr. Leshock has 18 years of industry experience. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Marquette University and an M.B.A. in Finance from DePaul University.
Randy Hughes, Co-Founder and CIO, commented, “We are very fortunate to have Chris join our team. We worked with Chris for 11 years at our prior firm. He brings strong analytical skills and deep sector knowledge to QSV. We are thrilled to be working together again”.
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