First American plans to launch three new mutual funds (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) Minneapolis-based First American Funds expects to launch three new mutual funds today. The new funds, First American Quantitative Large Cap Value Fund (FQVAX), First American Quantitative Large Cap Core Fund (FQCAX) and First American Quantitative Large Cap Growth Fund (FQGAX), push the company into an increasingly popular class of mutual funds called quantitative funds, which rely on proprietary ...