Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement Sample Contracts

AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT AMONG STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC, FIAM LLC AND FIDELITY RUTLAND SQUARE TRUST II
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • July 26th, 2023 • Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT, is made this 1st day of June, 2023, among Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II (“Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, on behalf of Strategic Advisers Fidelity U.S. Total Stock Fund (the “Fund”), Strategic Advisers LLC (“Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, and FIAM LLC (“Sub-Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, and amends and restates an Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement among the parties dated March 8, 2018, and as further amended and restated among the parties on December 2, 2020, September 1, 2021 and September 7, 2022.

AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • April 26th, 2023 • Eq Advisors Trust • New York

AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT, dated as of February 10, 2023, by and between Equitable Investment Management Group, LLC, a limited liability company organized in the State of Delaware (“Adviser”), and FIAM LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sub-Adviser”).

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT SEI INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENTS TRUST
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • July 28th, 2023 • Sei Institutional Investments Trust • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT made as of this 8th day of September, 2022 between SEI Investments Management Corporation (the “Adviser”) and Pzena Investment Management, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”).

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT for MML Equity Fund
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • March 2nd, 2012 • MML Series Investment Fund II • Massachusetts

This Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement (this “Sub-Advisory Agreement”), is by and between Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (the “Sub-Adviser”) and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, a mutual life insurance company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (“MassMutual”), for the MML Equity Fund (the “Fund”), a series of MML Series Investment Fund II (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust which is an open-end diversified management investment company registered as such with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), effective as of the 15th day of March, 2010.

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • February 28th, 2018 • JNL Series Trust • New York

This Agreement is effective this 25th day of September, 2017, by and between Jackson National Asset Management, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company and registered investment adviser (“Adviser”) and BlackRock International Limited, a corporation existing under the laws of Scotland and registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”) (“Sub-Adviser”).

Blackstone Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • May 26th, 2023 • Blackstone Alternative Investment Funds • New York

This investment sub-advisory agreement (the “Agreement”) is effective as of March 15, 2023, between Blackstone Alternative Investment Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”), and Fort Baker Capital Management LP, a Delaware Limited Partnership (the “Sub-Adviser”).

ADVISORSHARES TRUST INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • October 28th, 2022 • AdvisorShares Trust • Delaware

AGREEMENT made as of the 25th day of August 2022 by and between AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business at 4800 Montgomery Lane, Suite 150, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, and Ranger Alternative Management, L.P. (the “Sub-Adviser”), a Texas partnership with its principal place of business at 1845 Woodall Rodgers Fwy, Suite 1050, Dallas, Texas 75201.

FORM OF INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT between
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • April 21st, 2023 • Tema ETF Trust • Connecticut

This INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of this ___ day of April, 2023, by and between Tema Global Limited, a Jersey Corporation, with its principal place of business at 2nd Floor, The Le Gallais Building 54 Bath Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE1 1FW (the “Adviser”) and Neos Investment Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, with its principal place of business located at 13 Riverside Ave, Westport, CT 06880 (the “Sub-Adviser”).

IMGP ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES FUND LITMAN GREGORY FUNDS TRUST INVESTMENT SUB- ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • November 4th, 2022 • Litman Gregory Funds Trust • California

THIS INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT is made as of the 30th day of September, 2022 by and between IM Global Partner Fund Management LLC (the “Advisor”) and Dynamic Beta Investments, LLC (the “Sub-Advisor”).

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • December 28th, 2017 • Trust for Professional Managers • Wisconsin

This Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement (“Agreement”) made as of April 27, 2017 (the “Effective Date”), by and among Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. a Delaware corporation located at 399 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (the “Sub-Advisor”), and Envestnet Asset Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation located at 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 2400, Chicago, Illinois 60601 (the “Advisor”).

FORM OF
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • September 29th, 2022 • Ultimus Managers Trust • Ohio

This INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”), effective as of [________], 2022, is by and among Broadmark Asset Management, LLC (the “Sub-Advisor”), Ultimus Managers Trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of the Westwood Broadmark Tactical Growth Fund, a series of the Trust (the “Fund”), and Westwood Management Corp. (the “Advisor”).

BRINKER CAPITAL DESTINATIONS TRUST INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • June 28th, 2023 • Brinker Capital Destinations Trust • Delaware

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT, effective as of the 15th day of March, 2023, between Orion Portfolio Solutions, LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nebraska, d.b.a. Brinker Capital Investments (the “Adviser”), and Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”), a limited liability company and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • April 27th, 2023 • Northwestern Mutual Series Fund Inc • Delaware

THIS INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made as of this 28th day of February 2023, by and between Mason Street Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”) and Northern Trust Investments, Inc., an Illinois banking corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”).

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • September 16th, 2021 • Advisors Series Trust • Delaware

This AGREEMENT is made as of the 15th day of September 2021, by and among First Sentier Investors (Singapore) IM Ltd., a Singaporean corporation located at 79 Robinson Road, #17-01, Singapore 068897 (the “Sub-Adviser”), First Sentier Investors (US) LLC, a Delaware limited liability company located at 10 East 53rd Street, Floor 21, New York, New York, 10022 (the “Manager”), and Advisors Series Trust, a Delaware statutory trust with its principal office located at 615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202 (hereinafter called the “Trust”), on behalf of the series of the Trust indicated on Schedule A.

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • May 10th, 2022 • Wilshire Mutual Funds Inc • California

This Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of the 3rd day of November, 2021 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Wilshire Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Adviser”), and Granahan Investment Management, a registered investment adviser (“Sub-Adviser”).

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • December 14th, 2022 • Bridge Builder Trust • Delaware

This AGREEMENT is made as of the second day of December, 2022, by and among Capital International, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of California and located at 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, California 90071 (the “Sub- Adviser”), Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC, a Missouri limited liability company located at 12555 Manchester Road, St. Louis, MO 63131 (the “Adviser”), and the Bridge Builder Trust, a Statutory trust located at 12555 Manchester Road, St. Louis, MO 63131 (the “Trust”), on behalf of the series of the Trust indicated on Schedule A to this Agreement (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”).

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • November 25th, 2020 • Deutsche DWS International Fund, Inc. • New York

AGREEMENT made this 15th day of May, 2020, between DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “DIMA”) and ITAU USA Asset Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”).

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT Between
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • September 29th, 2022 • T. Rowe Price Spectrum Funds II, Inc. • Maryland

This INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is dated as of March 7, 2022 by and between T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (the “Adviser”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, United States of America, and T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. (the “Sub-adviser”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, United States of America.

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • May 26th, 2023 • Managed Portfolio Series • Delaware

This AGREEMENT is made as of the 24th day of May, 2023, by and between Kensington Asset Management, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (the “Adviser”), and Liquid Strategies, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sub-Adviser”), and Managed Portfolio Series, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) on behalf of the Kensington Defender Fund (the “Fund”).

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • October 27th, 2017 • Bridge Builder Trust • Delaware

This Amendment to the Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2015, by and between Olive Street Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Adviser”) and Wells Capital Management Incorporated (the “Sub-Adviser”) is entered into as of the 9th day of June, 2017 by and among the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Bridge Builder Trust, a Delaware statutory trust located at 615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202, on behalf of the series of the Trust indicated on Schedule A to this Amendment (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). All capitalized terms used, but not defined, herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Sub-Advisory Agreement (as defined below).

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • July 28th, 2023 • First Trust Alternative Opportunities Fund • Delaware

AGREEMENT, dated as of February 23, 2023 by and among First Trust Alternative Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”), First Trust Capital Management L.P. (the “Advisor”), and Palmer Square Capital Management LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”).

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • June 21st, 2010 • Old Mutual Funds II • Delaware

AGREEMENT made as of this 21st day of June, 2010 by and among Old Mutual Capital, Inc. (the “Adviser”), Dwight Asset Management Company LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”), and Old Mutual Funds II, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”).

AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • April 29th, 2016 • State Farm Mutual Fund Trust • Illinois

THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into this day of April 2016 by and among STATE FARM MUTUAL FUND TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), STATE FARM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Adviser”), and RAINIER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sub-Adviser”), relating to investment management services to be provided by the Sub-Adviser. This Agreement, which supersedes an existing sub-advisory agreement among these parties, shall become effective upon the closing of Manning & Napier, Inc.’s acquisition of the Sub-Adviser.

AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • October 28th, 2022 • Nuveen Investment Trust Ii • Illinois

AGREEMENT effective as of this 31st day of December 2021 by and between Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a registered investment adviser (“Manager”), and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a registered investment adviser (“NAM” or “Sub-Adviser”).

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • January 12th, 2021 • Starboard Investment Trust • Delaware

This Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of December 17, 2020, by and between Cavalier Investments, LLC d/b/a Adaptive Investments, a Massachusetts limited liability company (“Advisor”) and Bluestone Capital Management, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company (“Sub-Advisor”), in relation to the Adaptive Growth Opportunities ETF (the “Fund”), a series of the Starboard Investment Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”).

AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • January 31st, 2023 • Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund • Illinois

AGREEMENT effective as of this 31st day of December 2020 by and between Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a registered investment adviser (“Manager”), and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a federally registered investment adviser (“NAM” or “Sub-Adviser”).

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • March 24th, 2021 • Northern Lights Fund Trust • Delaware

This AGREEMENT is made as of the 12th day of February 2021, by and among American Assets Capital Advisers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company located at 11455 El Camino Real, Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92130 (the “Sub-Adviser”), and Altegris Advisors, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company located at 1200 Prospect Street, Suite 400, La Jolla, CA 92037 (the “Adviser”).

CALVERT EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FUND INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • January 28th, 2022 • Calvert World Values Fund Inc • Massachusetts

This INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) effective this 1st day of March 2021 is between Calvert Research and Management (“Adviser”), a Massachusetts business trust, and Hermes Investment Management Limited (“Sub-Adviser”), a limited liability company incorporated in England and Wales and registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”) and authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom and any successor regulator (“FCA”).

EA SERIES TRUST INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT among Empowered Funds, LLC, Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC, and EA Series Trust
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • July 24th, 2023 • EA Series Trust • Delaware

This INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of this 9th day of June, 2023 by and between Empowered Funds, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company with its principal place of business at 19 E. Eagle Road, Havertown, PA 19083 doing business as ETF Architect (the “Adviser”), EA Series Trust (the “Trust”), and Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC, a New York limited liability company with its principal place of business located at 500 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10018 (the “Sub-Adviser”).

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • December 13th, 2018 • Destra Investment Trust • Illinois

THIS AGREEMENT made as of this 29th day of December, 2017 by and among Destra Investment Trust (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust, on behalf of its series the Destra Wolverine Dynamic Asset Fund (the “Fund”), Destra Capital Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”), a registered investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and Wolverine Asset Management, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company and a registered investment adviser with the SEC (the “Sub-Adviser”).

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT SEI CATHOLIC VALUES TRUST
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • June 28th, 2021 • SEI Catholic Values Trust • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT made as of this 14th day of December, 2020 between SEI Investments Management Corporation (the “Adviser”) and Lazard Asset Management LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”).

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • September 27th, 2022 • VALIC Co I • New York

This AGREEMENT made this 16th day of December, 2021, by and between THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, hereinafter referred to as “VALIC,” and COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC, hereinafter referred to as the “SUB-ADVISER.”