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Advisor | Quantitative U.S. Long/Short Equity Portfolio
Quantitative U.S. Long/Short Equity Portfolio (Advisor Shares)
Investment Objective
Absolute return consistent with reasonable risk to principal.
Fees and Expenses of the Portfolio
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio.
Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses
Advisor
Quantitative U.S. Long/Short Equity Portfolio
Advisor Shares
Management Fees 1.20%
Other Expenses 0.36% [1]
Short Sale Expenses 1.22%
Total Other Expenses 1.58%
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses 2.78%
Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursements 0.35% [2]
Net Expenses 2.43%
[1] (includes 0.20% shareholder servicing fees payable to Glenmede Trust)
[2] Glenmede Investment Management LP (the "Advisor") has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its Management Fee so that the Management Fee is 0.85% of the Portfolio's average daily net assets and to waive an additional portion of its Management Fee and/or reimburse the Portfolio to the extent that total annual operating expenses of the Portfolio's Advisor Shares exceed 1.25% of the average daily net assets of the Portfolio's Advisor Shares (excluding Acquired Fund fees and expenses, short sale dividends, prime broker interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, interest, and extraordinary expenses). The Advisor has contractually agreed to these waivers and/or reimbursements until at least February 28, 2021 and may discontinue this arrangement at any time thereafter. This contractual fee waiver agreement may not be terminated before February 28, 2021 without the approval of The Glenmede Fund, Inc.'s (the "Fund") Board of Directors (the "Board").
Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio’s Advisor Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same, taking into account the fee waiver in the first year of each period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor | Quantitative U.S. Long/Short Equity Portfolio | Advisor Shares | USD ($) 246 829 1,438 3,084
Portfolio Turnover
The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Portfolio shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual portfolio operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Portfolio’s performance. The Portfolio may actively trade portfolio securities to achieve its principal investment strategies. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 108% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Using quantitative analysis, under normal market circumstances, the Portfolio invests at least 80% of the value of its net assets (including borrowings for investment purposes) in long and short positions with respect to equity securities, such as common stocks, of public companies tied economically to the U.S. The Advisor considers a company to be tied economically to the U.S. if the company: 1) is organized under the laws of the U.S., 2) maintains its principal place of business in the U.S., 3) is traded principally in the U.S. or 4) at the time of purchase, is included in a U.S. equity index managed by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or FTSE Russell (“Russell”). The Portfolio will invest in companies with market capitalizations, at the time of purchase, that are within the market capitalization range of any stock in the Russell 3000® Index. That capitalization range was $152.3 million to $974.2 billion as of May 10, 2019. In addition, at times, the Portfolio may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and in initial public offerings (“IPOs”).

The Advisor’s selection of securities to buy, sell or borrow is based on a combination of proprietary multifactor computer models and fundamental analysis. The computer models rank securities based on certain criteria, including valuation ratios, profitability and earnings related measures, and other models focus on risk analysis and overall portfolio characteristics. The Advisor takes long positions in securities that the models identify as undervalued and more likely to appreciate, and takes short positions in equity securities that the Advisor identifies as overvalued and more likely to depreciate. The Advisor will determine the size of each long or short position and its impact on the risk to the overall portfolio. The frequency and size of short sales will vary substantially in different periods as market opportunities change. Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio will generally have an operating target of 60-140 long positions that may range from 75% to 100% of net assets and 40-120 short positions that may range from 50% to 95% of net assets from time to time. The Portfolio may actively trade its securities to achieve its principal investment strategies.
Principal Investment Risks
All investments carry a certain amount of risk and the Portfolio cannot guarantee that it will achieve its investment objective. In addition, the strategies that the Advisor uses may fail to produce the intended result. Each risk summarized below is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Portfolio, regardless of the order in which it appears. An investment in the Portfolio is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Therefore, you could lose money by investing in the Portfolio.

The Portfolio may be appropriate for you if you are investing for goals several years away, and are comfortable with stock market risks. The Portfolio would not be appropriate for you if you are investing for short-term goals, or are mainly seeking current income.
Market Risk: Stocks may decline over short or even extended periods of time. Equity markets tend to be cyclical: there are times when stock prices generally increase, and other times when they generally decrease. In addition, the Portfolio is subject to the additional risk that the particular types of stocks held by the Portfolio will underperform other types of securities. Market risks, including political, regulatory, market, economic and social developments, and developments that impact specific economic sectors, industries or segments of the market, can affect the value of the Portfolio’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies (including pandemics and epidemics), terrorism and other global unforeseeable events may lead to instability in world economies and markets, may lead to market volatility, and may have adverse long-term effects. The Portfolio cannot predict the effects of such unforeseeable events in the future on the economy, the markets or the Portfolio’s investments.

Short Sales Risk: The Portfolio’s short positions involve a form of leveraging of the Portfolio’s assets, and may involve more risk than other funds that do not engage in short selling. The Portfolio’s short positions may result in a loss if the price of the borrowed security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Portfolio purchases the security to replace the borrowed security. This potential loss is unlimited because the loss increases as the price of the security sold short rises, and the price may rise indefinitely. The use of short sales may cause the Portfolio to have higher expenses than those of other equity mutual funds because of higher transaction costs, premiums, interest or dividends payable to the lender. Market or other factors may prevent the Portfolio from initiating or closing out a short position at the most desirable time or at a favorable price.

Until the Portfolio replaces a borrowed security, it is required to pledge assets with the lender as collateral and to segregate an amount of liquid assets with its custodian to cover the Portfolio’s short position marked-to-market daily. Therefore, short sales involve credit exposure to the lender that executes the short sale. In addition, segregated assets cannot be sold while the position it is covering is outstanding, unless it is replaced with similar assets. As a result, there is a possibility that segregation of a large percentage of the Portfolio’s assets could affect its portfolio management as well as the ability of the Portfolio to meet redemption requests or other current obligations.

Frequent Trading Risk: A high rate of portfolio turnover involves correspondingly high transaction costs, which may adversely affect the Portfolio’s performance over time. High portfolio turnover may also result in the realization of short-term capital gains. Distributions derived from such gains will be treated as ordinary income for Federal income tax purposes.

ADR/Foreign Securities Risk: The Portfolio may invest in ADRs, which are depositary receipts issued in registered form by a U.S. bank or trust company evidencing ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign company. Investments in ADRs involve risks similar to those accompanying direct investments in foreign securities. Foreign stocks involve special risks not typically associated with U.S. stocks. Foreign investments may be riskier than U.S. investments because of factors such as foreign government restrictions, changes in currency exchange rates, incomplete financial information about the issuers of securities, and political or economic instability. Foreign stocks may be more volatile and less liquid than U.S. stocks.

IPO Risk: The market value of IPO shares could fluctuate considerably due to factors such as the absence of a prior public market, unseasoned trading, the small number of shares available for trading and limited information about the issuer. When the Portfolio’s asset base is small, a significant portion of the Portfolio’s performance could be attributable to investments in IPOs, because such investments would have a magnified impact on the Portfolio. As the Portfolio’s assets grow, the effect of the Portfolio’s investment in IPOs on the Portfolio’s performance probably will decline, which could reduce the Portfolio’s performance.
Performance Information
The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Portfolio’s Advisor Shares has varied from year to year. The table shows how the average annual total returns for one, five and ten years of the Portfolio’s Advisor Shares compare to those of selected market indices. The Portfolio’s past performance, before and after-taxes, does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future. Performance reflects fee waivers in effect. If fee waivers were not in place, the Portfolio’s performance would be reduced. Updated performance information is available by visiting www.glenmedeim.com or by calling 1-800-442-8299.
Quantitative U.S. Long/Short Equity Portfolio (Advisor Shares)
Bar Chart
During the periods shown in the bar chart, the highest quarterly return was 6.04% (for the quarter ended March 31, 2012) and the lowest quarterly return was -7.88% (for the quarter ended December 31, 2018).
After-tax returns for the Portfolio are calculated using the historical highest individual Federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Portfolio shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”).
Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2019)
Average Annual Total Returns - Advisor - Quantitative U.S. Long/Short Equity Portfolio
Past 1 Year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Shares 3.26% 1.87% 4.09%
Advisor Shares | Return After Taxes on Distributions 3.02% 1.82% 4.07%
Advisor Shares | Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 2.10% 1.44% 3.24%
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 31.02% 11.24% 13.42%
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bellwether 3-Month Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) [1] 2.30% 1.09% 0.60%
Blended Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) [2] 10.40% 4.17% 4.45%
Morningstar Long/Short Average [3] 11.90% 2.91% 3.61%
[1] The performance of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bellwether 3-Month Index is provided so that investors may compare it to the performance of the Portfolio's cash position.
[2] The Blended Index is comprised of two benchmarks, weighted 70% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bellwether 3-Month Index and 30% Russell 3000® Index. It is provided so that investors may compare the performance of the Portfolio with the performance of a combination of indices that the Advisor considers similar to the Portfolio.
[3] The Morningstar Long/Short Average is provided so that investors may compare the performance of the Portfolio with the performance of a peer group of funds that Morningstar, Inc. considers similar to the Portfolio.