EX-99.(D)(1)(IV) 2 d108906dex99d1iv.htm THIRD AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT Third Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement

THIRD AMENDMENT

TO

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

This THIRD amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Third Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement is made as of the 1st day of July, 2020 by and between AQR Funds (“Trust”), on behalf of each Fund listed on Exhibit A, and AQR Capital Management, LLC (“AQR”).

WHEREAS, the parties hereto entered into a Third Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement dated and effective as of January 29, 2017, as amended (the “Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend Exhibit A of the Agreement in order to amend advisory fee terms with respect to certain Funds listed on Exhibit A.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and adequate consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Trust and AQR agree as follows:

 

1.

AMENDMENT OF EXHIBIT A. Exhibit A of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

2.

Except as modified hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

 

AQR FUNDS     AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
By:   /s/ Nicole DonVito     By:   /s/ Nicole DonVito
Name:   Nicole DonVito     Name:   Nicole DonVito
Title:   Chief Legal Officer and Vice President     Title:   Managing Director, Head of Registered Products


EXHIBIT A

(Amended as of July 1, 2020)

 

Name of Series

Commencement Date

Advisory Fee

 

Each fee will be based on the average daily net assets of the Fund managed by the Adviser, and calculated as described in Section 7 of the Agreement.

 

AQR Multi-Asset Fund

 

June 10, 2010

 

0.60%

 

AQR Diversified Arbitrage

Fund

 

October 1, 2010

 

1.00%

 

AQR Multi-Strategy

Alternative Fund

 

July 18, 2011 1.75%

AQR Long-Short Equity

Fund

 

July 16, 2013

 

1.10%

 

AQR Managed Futures

Strategy HV Fund

 

July 16, 2013 1.45%

AQR Style Premia

Alternative Fund

 

October 30, 2013 1.35%

AQR Managed Futures

Strategy Fund

 

January 5, 2010 1.05%

AQR Risk Parity II MV

Fund

 

November 5, 2012

 

0.60%

 

AQR Risk Parity II HV

Fund

 

November 5, 2012

 

0.80%

 

AQR Risk-Balanced

Commodities Strategy

Fund

 

July 9, 2012 0.80%

AQR Global Macro Fund

 

April 8, 2014

 

1.00%

 

AQR Equity Market

Neutral Fund

 

September 17, 2014 1.10%


AQR Style Premia

Alternative LV Fund

 

October 7, 2014 0.65%

AQR Large Cap Momentum

Style Fund

July 9, 2009 (Class L); December 17, 2012 (Class N)

 

0.25%

AQR Small Cap

Momentum Style Fund

July 9, 2009 (Class L); December 17, 2012 (Class N)

 

0.45%

AQR International

Momentum Style Fund

July 9, 2009 (Class L); December 17, 2012 (Class N)

 

0.40%

AQR TM Large Cap

Momentum Style Fund

January 27, 2012 (Class L), December 17, 2012 (Class N)

 

0.25%

AQR TM Small Cap

Momentum Style Fund

January 27, 2012 (Class L), December 17, 2012 (Class N)

 

0.45%

AQR TM International

Momentum Style Fund

January 27, 2012 (Class L), December 17, 2012 (Class N)

 

0.40%

AQR Large Cap Defensive

Style Fund

 

July 9, 2012 0.25%

AQR International Defensive

Style Fund

 

July 9, 2012 0.40%

AQR Emerging Defensive

Style Fund

 

July 9, 2012 0.55%

AQR Large Cap Multi-Style

Fund

 

March 26, 2013 0.25%

AQR Small Cap Multi Style

Fund

 

March 26, 2013 0.45%

AQR International Multi-

Style Fund

 

March 26, 2013 0.40%

AQR Emerging Multi-Style

Fund

May 13, 2014 0.55%

AQR TM Large Cap Multi-

Style Fund

 

February 12, 2015 0.30%

AQR TM Small Cap Multi-

Style Fund

 

February 12, 2015 0.50%


AQR TM International Multi-Style Fund

 

February 12, 2015 0.45%

AQR TM Emerging Multi-Style Fund

 

February 12, 2015 0.60%

AQR Global Equity Fund

 

December 31, 2009 0.60%

AQR International Equity Fund

 

August 28, 2009 0.65%