485BPOS 1 d485697d485bpos.htm AQR FUNDS AQR Funds

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2013

Securities Act File (No. 333-153445)

Investment Company Act File (No. 811-22235)

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

x

Pre-Effective Amendment No.

¨

Post-Effective Amendment No. 46

x

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 48

x

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

x

 

 

AQR Funds

(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)

 

 

Two Greenwich Plaza, 3rd Floor

Greenwich, CT 06830

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (203) 742-3600

Bradley D. Asness, Esq.

Principal & Chief Legal Officer

AQR Capital Management, LLC

Two Greenwich Plaza, 3rd Floor

Greenwich, CT 06830

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

With copies to:

Rose F. DiMartino, Esq.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

 

x immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

¨ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Title of Securities Being Registered: Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value, $0.001 per share.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Greenwich, Connecticut, on the 28th day of March, 2013.

 

AQR Funds
  By:  

/s/ Marco Hanig

   

Marco Hanig

President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

     Signature   Title   Date

/s/    Marco Hanig        

  

Marco Hanig

President

(Principal Executive Officer)

   March 28, 2013
(Marco Hanig)    

/s/    Nir Messafi        

  

Nir Messafi

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

   March 28, 2013
(Nir Messafi)    

*

  

David Kabiller

Trustee

  
(David Kabiller)    

*

  

Timothy K. Armour

Trustee

  
(Timothy K. Armour)    

*

  

William L. Atwell

Trustee

  
(William L. Atwell)    

*

  

Gregg D. Behrens

Trustee

  
(Gregg D. Behrens)    

*

  

Brian Posner

Trustee

  
(Brian Posner)    

*

  

L. Joe Moravy

Trustee

  
(L. Joe Moravy)    

*By:

   

/S/    MARCO HANIG        

     March 28, 2013
   Marco Hanig    
   Attorney-in-fact for each Trustee    

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Item Number

   

Item

Exhibit   
EX-101.INS    XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase