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"The Fund outperformed its benchmark in Q4 2025 but trailed for the full year. Key performance drivers included a helpful overweight in high-profitability/high-book-to-market stocks and a complete exclusion of REITs, while an underweight in dominant mega-caps detracted."
During the fourth quarter of 2025, the 1290 Avantis® U.S. Large Cap Growth Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 1000® Growth Index, but underperformed it for the full 12-month period ended December 31, 2025. Relative performance during the quarter was bolstered by the fund's overweight position in companies with strong valuation metrics (high book-to-market and profitability) and its exclusion of REITs. Conversely, relative results were detracted from by an underweight exposure to mega-cap stocks, which meaningfully outperformed other size segments over both the quarter and the full year.
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Algorithmic conviction, macroeconomic posture, and risk appetite signals extracted from this quarterly letter with qualitative explanations.
Market Conviction
Conviction is rated at 0.50, which is the baseline for a diversified, systematic fund. The fund is index-relative (Russell 1000 Growth) and does not hold highly concentrated, single-stock high-conviction discretionary bets.
Growth Outlook
The market outlook is scored at 0.50 as the commentary is backward-looking, focusing entirely on Q4 2025 and full-year 2025 performance without offering explicit future market predictions or directional forecasts.
Risk Appetite
Risk appetite is scored at 0.75 because the fund remains fully invested in U.S. large-cap equities with a systematic tilt toward high-profitability and high book-to-market factors, maintaining active risk relative to the benchmark.
Capital Deployment
Capital deployment is scored at 0.50, reflecting a net-neutral stance where the fund remains fully deployed according to its investment model without major adjustments to its cash levels.
Forward Guidance
Forward guidance is scored at 0.50 as there is no discretionary action bias; the fund is managed via a systematic sub-advisory process that maintains consistent index and factor exposures.
Language Signal
The language signal is 0.60, reflecting a constructive tone regarding the performance of the fund's core factors (valuation and profitability) despite acknowledging the drag from mega-cap underweights.
Perceived Risk
Perceived risk is scored at 0.40, as the fund managers only discuss risks in the context of standardized legal disclosures and retrospective attribution, rather than highlighting any immediate systemic macro risks.
Opportunity Density
Opportunity density is scored at 0.55, reflecting a constructive view of the current opportunity set within higher book-to-market and high profitability growth companies, which have begun to outperform.
Time Horizon
Time horizon is scored at 0.75, representing a long-term investment horizon focused on extracting systematic factor premiums over multi-year cycles rather than near-term catalyst trading.
