AQR Adaptive Equity Market Neutral UCITS Fund - IAU1 USD ACC Fonds

The Fund seeks to deliver positive absolute returns by taking long and short positions in global equity and equity-related instruments that are deemed to be relatively attractive or unattractive, respectively, based on the Investment Manager's investment models. When taking a long position, the Fund may directly hold positions whose value may rise or fall in line with their market value. The Fund benefits from a rise in value of the assets. When taking a short position, the Fund profits from the decline in the value of assets. The Fund promotes environmental, social and governance ('ESG') characteristics. The carbon exposure of the Fund's long positions will be equal to or lower than that of the Fund's short positions. The average ESG score of the Fund's long positions will be higher than that of the Fund's short positions. The Investment Manager will also implement sectoral exclusions (e.g., the Fund will not take long positions in fossil fuel and tobacco-related issuers). In light of the strategy, the Fund discloses in accordance with Article 8 of the Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector. The Fund is designed to be beta-neutral, which means that the Fund seeks to achieve returns that are not closely correlated to traditional asset classes and the equity markets in which the Fund takes exposure. The portfolio is constructed based on the Investment Manager's global stock selection model, employing an innovative research-based approach to evaluate both proprietary and traditional signals to indicate which industries, sectors and companies are conditionally attractive or unattractive. The Fund employs a systematic, multi-factor, equity market neutral investment strategy applied to global equities. The Fund's investment approach draws on the Investment Manager's alpha research and innovation, employing a wide range of datasets and methods, including machine learning and other optimization techniques. The market neutral strategy is designed to provide uncorrelated returns to traditional asset classes and seeks to deliver exposure to stocks, or equity-related instruments, long and short in a diversified, risk-managed portfolio.