FGSM

Frontier Asset Global Small Cap Equity ETF

Frontier · $46.4m in assets, October 8, 2026

An actively managed ETF: holds other ETFs to own small companies in at least three countries including the US, with at least 40% in non-US companies, including emerging markets.

FGSM, the Frontier Asset Global Small Cap Equity ETF ($46 million), sits in StoryVector’s Beta Book: it tracks a broad segment of the market, so no single narrative drives it. It carries no market story, so it is not ranked against one. Over the past year it returned +18.4%, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs. Figures to October 2, 2026; past performance, not a recommendation.

FGSM · the ETFFRI OCT 2Market price total return
+20.8% a yearTotal return since launch, December 2024
+18.4%Last 12 months
+15.2%Year to date
17.0%Volatility since launch

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It tracks a broad segment of the market, so no single narrative drives it.

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We check every ETF against the 22 narratives. This one follows the market, a factor or a manager’s choices rather than a story, so it has no narrative and no Share of Narrative. See the narratives on the board → · See the whole Beta Book →

FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN

1M3MYTD1Y3Y*5Y*
FGSM−2.9%−0.7%+15.2%+18.4%––
The marketbroad US ETFs+0.8%+2.6%+14.6%+16.8%+22.9%+12.9%

1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on December 20, 2024: +20.8% a year.

$10,000 invested December 31, 2024

FGSM $13,978The market $13,394
$0$10,000$20,000Dec 2024Jun 2025Dec 2025Jun 2026$0$10,000$20,000Dec 2024Dec 2025

Year by year

FGSMThe market
0%10%20%30%FGSM 2025: +21.3%The market 2025: +16.8%2025FGSM YTD: +15.2%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD0%10%20%30%FGSM 2025: +21.3%The market 2025: +16.8%2025FGSM YTD: +15.2%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD

Total return in each calendar year; this year is year to date. A year appears only if FGSM traded for all of it.

Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Common questions

Why does FGSM have no story?

It tracks a broad segment of the market, so no single narrative drives it.

How has FGSM performed?

FGSM returned +18.4% over the past year, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs, to October 2, 2026. Past performance only.

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Narrative figures are from the weekly board. Performance is market price total return as of October 2, 2026. Assets are StoryVector’s weekly figure. Classification and measurement. Not investment advice. How the measurement works →