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Investment Managers Series Trust III

235 W. Galena Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212

VIA EDGAR

January 18, 2024

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549

Attention: Division of Investment Management

 Re: Investment Managers Series Trust III (the “Registrant”)
                                            on behalf of the FPA Global Equity Fund

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter summarizes the comments provided
to me by Mr. Daniel Greenspan of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by telephone
on January 5, 2024, regarding Post-Effective Amendment No. 109 to the Registrant’s registration statement filed on Form N-1A
(the “Registration Statement”) on November 7, 2023, relating to the FPA Global Equity Fund (the “Fund”),
a newly-created series of the Trust.

Responses to all of the comments are included
below and, as appropriate, will be incorporated into a Post-Effective Amendment filing that will be filed separately. Capitalized terms
not otherwise defined in this letter have the meanings assigned to them in the Registration Statement.

The Registrant notes that, effective January 10,
2024, the Registrant’s name has changed from FPA Funds Trust to Investment Managers Series Trust III. The Post-Effective Amendment
filing will reflect the Trust’s new name.

SUMMARY SECTION

Investment Objective

 1. The Fund’s investment objective
                                            is to seek long-term growth of principal and income. Please add disclosure regarding how
                                            the Fund’s investment strategy is designed to achieve income, including the advisor’s
                                            selection criteria.

Response:
The Registrant has revised its principal investment strategy disclosure as follows:

The equity securities
held by the Fund may include common and preferred stocks, and depositary receipts (including those paying dividends).

The Advisor manages the
Fund’s portfolio according to its Contrarian Value Equity Strategy, which seeks to invest in companies that currently appear out
of favor or are undervalued by the stock market, including those mired in bad news according to media headlines, but have a favorable
outlook for long-term total return (growth of principal and income) in the Advisor’s estimation over five to ten years.
The Advisor conducts deep research into the underlying financial condition and prospects of individual companies, including potential
future earnings, cash flow, and dividends to shareholders.

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Fees and Expenses

 2. Please provide the Fund’s completed
                                            fee table and example to the Commission for review at least five business days prior to filing
                                            the Amendment.

Response:
The Fund’s completed fee table and example are as follows:

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees
and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other
fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

    Shareholder Fees
 (fees
    paid directly from your investment)

    Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases
    (as a % of offering price)
       None

    Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a
    % of the lower of purchase price or redemption proceeds)
       None

    Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested
    Dividends and other Distributions
       None

    Exchange Fee
       None

    Annual
    Fund Operating Expenses
 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

    Management Fees
      0.70 %

    Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
      None

    Other
    Expenses(1)
      0.54 %

    Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
      1.24 %

    Fee
    Waiver and Reimbursement(2)
      (0.65 )%

    Total Annual Fund Operating
    Expenses after Fee Waiver and Reimbursement
      0.59 %

    (1)
    “Other Expenses” are estimates
    based on expenses the Fund expects to incur for the current fiscal year; actual expenses may vary.

    (2)
    The Fund’s investment
    advisor has contractually agreed to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding any front-end or contingent deferred loads,
    brokerage fees and commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, borrowing costs (such as interest and dividend expense on securities
    sold short), taxes, and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation expenses (which may include indemnification of Fund officers and
    Trustees and contractual indemnification of Fund service providers (other than the advisor))), to 0.59% of the Fund’s average
    daily net assets for a period of three years from the date the Fund commences operations.  The advisor may recoup any operating
    expenses in excess of these limits from the Fund within three years if such recoupment can be achieved within the lesser of the foregoing
    expense limits and the expense limits in place at the time of recoupment. This agreement may only be terminated before its expiration
    date by the Board of Trustees of Investment Managers Series Trust III.

Example

This Example is intended to help
you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000
in the Fund 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 operating expenses of the Fund remain same. The Example reflects the Fund’s
contractual fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement only for the term of the contractual fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement. Although
your actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon these assumptions your costs would be:

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    One Year
    Three Years

    $ 60
    $ 189

Principal Investment Strategies

 3. In
                                            the third paragraph it states “[i]n seeking a “substantial discount,”
                                            the Advisor looks for genuine bargains by seeking securities it believes have a compelling
                                            economic risk/reward proposition on an absolute basis.” Please define or explain the
                                            term “absolute basis.”

Response:
The Registrant has revised its principal investment strategy disclosure as follows:

In seeking a “substantial discount,”
the Advisor looks for genuine bargains by seeking securities it believes have a compelling economic risk/reward proposition on an absolute
basis rather than relative to companies in the same industry, or a comparative index or benchmark.

Principal Risks

 4. Under
                                            “Emerging Markets Securities Risk,” please add a definition of emerging markets
                                            similar to the disclosure contained in the Fund’s SAI under “Emerging Markets.”

Response:
The Registrant has revised the disclosure as follows:

Emerging
Market Securities Risk. The Fund may invest in companies organized or doing substantial business in emerging market countries
or developing countries as defined by the World Bank, International Financial Corporation, or the Morgan Stanley Capital International
(MSCI) emerging market indices or other comparable indices. Emerging market countries may have relatively unstable governments, weaker
economies, and less-developed legal systems with fewer security holder rights. Emerging market economies may be based on only a few industries
and security issuers may be more susceptible to economic weakness and more likely to default. Emerging market securities also tend to
be less liquid. There may also be less reliable or publicly-available information about emerging markets due to non-uniform regulatory,
auditing or financial recordkeeping standards, which could cause errors in the implementation of the Fund’s investment strategy.
The Fund’s performance may depend on issues other than those that affect U.S. companies and may be adversely affected by different
rights and remedies associated with emerging market investments, or the lack thereof, compared to those associated with U.S. companies.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND’S
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS

Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks of Investing

 5. Apply all applicable comments from the
                                            summary section for the Fund to Item 9 of Form N-1A.

Response:
The Registrant confirms that all applicable comments from the summary section have been made to the Item 9 disclosure.

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 6. The
                                            last sentence of the first paragraph under “Principal Investment Strategies”
                                            states “[u]nder normal circumstances, the Fund expects to invest at least 40% of its
                                            total assets in securities of non-U.S. issuers (i.e., if the issuer is headquartered
                                            outside the United States, if at least 50% of its assets are outside the United States, or
                                            if at least 50% of its gross income is from non-U.S. sources).” Please clarify that
                                            at least 40% of the Fund’s total assets will be invested in the equity securities of
                                            non-U.S. issuers.

Response:
The Registrant has revised the disclosure as follows:

Under normal
circumstances, the Fund expects to invest at least 40% of its total assets in equity securities of non-U.S. issuers (i.e.,
if the issuer is headquartered outside the United States, if at least 50% of its assets are outside the United States, or if at least
50% of its gross income is from non-U.S. sources).

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (“SAI”)

 7. Under “Investment Restrictions”
                                            please add “or group of industries” to the Fund’s concentration policy
                                            per section 8(b)(1) of the Investment company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940
                                            Act”), and Item 16 of Form N-1A.

Response:
The Registrant believes the industry concentration policy as set forth in the Fund’s SAI is appropriate. The Fund does not have
a policy to concentrate its investment in a particular industry or group of industries; rather, the Fund’s policy with respect
to industry concentration, as disclosed in the SAI, states that the Fund will not concentrate its investment in “any one industry.”
With respect to “group of industries,” the Registrant believes Section 8(b)(1)(E) of the 1940 Act, Instruction
4 to Item 9(b)(1) of Form N-1A, and Item 16(c)(iv) of Form N-1A, provide that a fund must disclose its policy with
respect to actively concentrating investments in a particular industry or group of industries. The Registrant believes it is not possible
for a non-concentrated fund to state it will not concentrate in a “group of industries,” as there will, in almost all cases,
be a “group of industries” that, when aggregated, represent more than 25% of a non-concentrated fund’s assets. As a
result, the Registrant believes the Fund’s current policy is appropriate.

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The Registrant
believes that it has fully responded to each comment. If, however, you have any further questions or require further clarification of
any response, please contact me at (626) 385-5777. I may also be reached at diane.drake@mfac-ca.com.

    Sincerely,

    /s/ Diane J. Drake

    Diane J. Drake

    Secretary

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