ASTON/Silvercrest Small Cap Fund The manager is Roger Vogel, Managing Director of Silvercrest and lead portfolio manager for Silvercrest’s small cap value investment strategy. Prior to Silvercrest, he co-managed both small-cap and large-cap portfolios for Credit Suisse. His private account composite has returned 6.4% since inception in 2003, while the Russell 2000 Value returned 4%. For better or worse, most of his advantage comes in a dramatic outperformance in 2008. Expense ratio of 1.41%, minimum initial investment of $2500, reduced to $500 for IRAs.