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Pear Tree Polaris Small Cap Fund \| Ordinary Shares
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Pear Tree Polaris Small Cap Fund \| Institutional Shares
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Pear Tree Quality Fund \| Ordinary Shares
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Pear Tree PanAgora Dynamic Emerging Markets Fund \| Ordinary Shares
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Pear Tree PanAgora Dynamic Emerging Markets Fund \| Institutional Shares
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Pear Tree Panagora Risk Parity Emerging Markets Fund \| Ordinary Shares
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Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Small Cap Fund \| Ordinary Shares
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Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Small Cap Fund \| Institutional Shares
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