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<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><B>SUMMARY SECTION</B></p><hr size="2" style="color: Black; width: 100%"/><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>AAM/Bahl & Gaynor Income Growth Fund</b></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><i><b>Investment Objective</b></i></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">The investment objective of AAM/Bahl & Gaynor Income Growth Fund (the “Fund”) is to seek primarily current and growing income</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><i><b>Fees and Expenses of the Fund</b></i></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Class A shares of the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section titled “Purchase of Shares – AAM/Bahl & Gaynor Income Growth Fund - Class A Shares” on page 26 of the Prospectus.</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Shareholder Fees</b><br><i>(fees paid directly from your investment)</i> </p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses</b><br><i>(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)</i> </p>
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<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><i><b>Example</b></i></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">This example is intended to help you compare the costs 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 Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:</p>
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<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><i><b>Portfolio Turnover</b></i></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the period July 5, 2012 (the Fund’s commencement date) to June 30, 2013 the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 28% of the average value of its portfolio.</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><i><b>Principal Investment Strategies</b></i></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets plus borrowings for investment purposes in equity securities that have historically paid dividends. Although the Fund may invest in any size companies, it will primarily invest in the common stocks of large capitalization companies. The Fund’s sub-advisor considers large capitalization companies to be those with market capitalization of $10 billion or higher at the time of purchase. Under normal markets conditions, the Fund typically will invest in a diversified portfolio of 35 to 50 securities spread across a variety of economic sectors. Investments in and weightings of individual sectors will vary based on the sub-advisor’s assessment of company fundamentals, valuations and overall economic conditions. The Fund’s sub-advisor focuses on high-quality companies that typically produce steady earnings and dividend growth. The Fund may also invest in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), which are pooled investment vehicles that invest primarily in income producing real estate or real estate related loans or interests.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">The Fund may invest in foreign securities. The Fund’s investments in foreign securities will primarily be in American Depositary Receipts and similar receipts (“ADRs”). ADRs are receipts that represent interests in foreign securities held on deposit by U.S. banks.</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><i><b>Principal Risks of Investing</b></i></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">Risk is inherent in all investing. A summary description of certain principal risks of investing in the Fund is mentioned below. Before you decide whether to invest in the Fund, carefully consider these risk factors associated with investing in the Fund, which may cause investor to lose money. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Market Risk. </b>The Fund’s share price may be affected by a sudden decline in the market value of an investment or by an overall decline in the stock market.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Equity Securities Risk. </b>The value of the equity securities held by the Fund may fall due to general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding the industries in which the issuers of securities held by the Fund participate, or factors relating to specific companies in which the Fund invests.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Large-Cap Company Risk.</b> Larger, more established companies may be unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies during periods of economic expansion.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Growth-Oriented Investment Strategies Risk.</b> Growth funds generally focus on stocks of companies believed to have above-average potential for growth in revenue and earnings. Growth securities typically are very sensitive to market movements because their market prices frequently reflect projections of future earnings or revenues, and when it appears that those expectations will not be met, the prices of growth securities typically fall.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> The prices of foreign securities may be more volatile than the prices of securities of U.S. issuers because of economic and social conditions abroad, political developments, and changes in the regulatory environments of foreign countries. In addition, changes in exchange rates and interest rates may adversely affect the values of the Fund’s foreign investments. Foreign companies are generally subject to different legal and accounting standards than U.S. companies, and foreign financial intermediaries may be subject to less supervision and regulation than U.S. financial firms.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Risks of Mid-Cap and Small-Cap Companies. </b>The securities of mid-cap or small-cap companies may be subject to more abrupt or volatile market movements and may have lower trading volumes or more erratic trading than securities of larger-sized companies or the market averages in general.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Focused Risk.</b> Although the Fund is diversified, the Fund’s sub-advisor intends to focus its investments in the securities of a comparatively small number of issuers. Investment in securities of a limited number of issuers exposes the Fund to greater market risk and potential losses than if its assets were diversified among the securities of a greater number of issuers.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Management Risk. </b>The skill of the Fund’s sub-advisor plays a significant role in the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective. The value of your investment depends on the judgment of the Fund’s sub-advisor about the quality, relative yield, value or market trends affecting a particular security, industry, sector or region, which may prove to be incorrect. Investment strategies employed by the Fund’s sub-advisor in selecting investments for the Fund may not result in an increase in the value of your investment or in overall performance equal to other investments.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Risk.</b> The Funds’ investment in REITs will subject the Fund to risks similar to those associated with direct ownership of real estate, including losses from casualty or condemnation, and changes in local and general economic, supply and demand, interest rates, zoning laws, regulatory limitations on rents, property taxes and operating expenses.</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><i><b>Performance</b></i></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">The Fund does not yet have a full calendar year performance record to compare against other mutual funds or broad measures of securities market performance such as indices. Performance information will be available after the Fund has been in operation for one calendar year.</p>
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Before you decide whether to invest in the Fund, carefully consider these risk factors associated with investing in the Fund, which may cause investor to lose money.
The Fund does not yet have a full calendar year performance record to compare against other mutual funds or broad measures of securities market performance such as indices. Performance information will be available after the Fund has been in operation for one calendar year.
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For Class A Shares, no sales charge applies on investments of $1 million or more, but a contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC") of 1.00% will be imposed on certain redemptions of such shares within 18 months of the date of purchase. Class C Shares of the Fund are subject to a CDSC of 1.00% on any shares sold within 12 months of purchasing them.
These expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year. Actual expenses may differ from estimates.
The Fund's advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or pay for operating expenses of the Fund to ensure that total annual fund operating expenses (excluding, as applicable, taxes, leverage interest, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on short sales, acquired fund fees and expenses (as determined in accordance with Form N-1A), and expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, or extraordinary expenses such as litigation expenses) do not exceed 1.40%, 2.15% and 1.15% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Class A, Class C and Class I Shares, respectively. This agreement is effective until October 31, 2014, and may be terminated before that date by the Trust's Board of Trustees. The Fund's advisor is permitted to seek reimbursement from the Fund, subject to certain limitations, of fees it waived and Fund expenses it reimbursed to the Fund for three years from the date of any such waiver or reimbursement to the extent a class's total annual fund operating expenses do not exceed the limits described above.
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<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><B>SUMMARY SECTION</b></p><hr size="2" style="color: Black; width: 100%"/><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>AAM/Cutwater Select Income Fund</b></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><i><b>Investment Objective</b></i></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">The investment objective of AAM/Cutwater Select Income Fund (the “Fund”)is to seek current income.</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><i><b>Fees and Expenses of the Fund</b></i></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Class A shares of the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section titled “Purchase of Shares – AAM/Cutwater Select Income Fund - Class A Shares” on page 26 of the Prospectus<b>.</b></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Shareholder Fees</b><br><i>(fees paid directly from your investment)</i> </p>
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<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><i><b>Example</b></i></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">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 Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:</p>
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<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><i><b>Portfolio Turnover</b></i></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the period April 19, 2013 (the Fund’s commencement date) to June 30, 2013, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 15% of the average value of its portfolio.</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><i><b>Principal Investment Strategies</b></i></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">The Fund invests in a diversified basket of debt securities designed to generate a high rate of current income. The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in bonds such as:</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">• U.S. corporate debt obligations,</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">• Non-U.S. corporate and sovereign debt obligations (including emerging markets),</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">• Residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities,</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">• Asset-backed securities,</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">• U.S. government securities (securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities), and</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">• Convertible bonds.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">The Fund will primarily invest in bonds rated investment grade at the time of purchase by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) or in unrated securities determined by the Fund’s advisor or sub-advisor to be of comparable credit quality. However, the Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in “below-investment grade” or “high yield” fixed-income securities (also called “high yield bonds” or “junk bonds”), which are securities rated lower than “Baa3” by Moody’s or “BBB-” by S&P or Fitch or, if unrated, determined by the Fund’s advisor or sub-advisor to be of comparable credit quality.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">The Fund may invest in domestic master limited partnership (“MLPs”) and real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). MLPs are publicly traded companies organized as limited partnerships or limited liability companies and treated as partnerships for federal income tax purposes. REITs are companies that own interests in real estate or in real estate related loans or other interests. The Fund may also invest in derivative instruments, including but not limited to currency futures and interest rate futures.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">The Fund may invest in preferred stocks which may be convertible into or may be accompanied by warrants or other equity securities. Any such securities in this part of the portfolio may be of lower quality and may not be rated by any NRSRO. All warrants remaining after sale of the securities to which they were attached and common stocks acquired on conversion or exercise of warrants will be included in this part of the Fund’s portfolio. Any such warrants or common stocks may be held until a long-term holding period has been established for tax purposes, after which they ordinarily will be sold.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">The Fund may lend portfolio securities to securities broker-dealers or financial institutions, provided that such loans are callable at any time by the Fund (subject to notice provisions described below), and are at all times secured by cash or cash equivalents, that are maintained in a segregated account pursuant to applicable regulations and that are at least equal to the market value, determined daily, of the loaned securities.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">The Fund’s sub-advisor focuses on a relative value strategy. 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<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><i><b>Principal Risks of Investing</b></i></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">Risk is inherent in all investing. A summary description of certain principal risks of investing in the Fund is mentioned below. Before you decide whether to invest in the Fund, carefully consider these risk factors associated with investing in the Fund, which may cause investors to lose money. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Fixed Income Securities Risk.</b> The prices of fixed income securities respond to economic developments, particularly interest rate changes, as well as to changes in an issuer’s credit rating or market perceptions about the creditworthiness of an issuer. Generally, fixed income securities decrease in value if interest rates rise and increase in value if interest rates fall, and longer-term and lower rated securities are more volatile than higher rated securities. The Fund’s debt security investments may underperform particular sectors of the debt market or the debt market as a whole.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Credit Risk.</b> An issuer of a debt security or counterparty could suffer an adverse change in financial condition that results in a payment default, security downgrade, or inability to meet a financial obligation.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Liquidity Risk.</b> Due to a lack of demand in the marketplace or other factors such as market turmoil, the Fund may not be able to sell some or all of the investments that it holds or if the Fund is forced to sell an illiquid asset to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, may only be able to sell those investments at a loss. Illiquid assets may also be difficult to value. This risk may be more pronounced for the Fund’s investments in developing countries.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>High Yield (“Junk”) Bond Risk.</b> High yield bonds are speculative, involve greater risks of default, downgrade, or price declines and are more volatile and tend to be less liquid than investment-grade securities. Companies issuing high yield bonds securities are less financially strong, are more likely to encounter financial difficulties and are more vulnerable to adverse market events and negative sentiments than companies with higher credit ratings.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Convertible Securities Risk.</b> Convertible securities are subject to market and interest rate risk and credit risk. When the market price of the equity security underlying a convertible security decreases the convertible security tends to trade on the basis of its yield and other fixed income characteristics, and is more susceptible to credit and interest rate risks. When the market price of such equity security rises, the convertible security tends to trade on the basis of its equity conversion features and be more exposed to market risk. Convertible securities are typically issued by smaller capitalized companies with stock prices that may be more volatile than those of other companies.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Warrants Risk.</b> Warrants may lack a liquid secondary market for resale. The prices of warrants may fluctuate as a result of speculation or other factors. If the price of the underlying stock does not rise above the exercise price before a warrant expires, the warrant generally expires without any value and the Fund loses any amount it paid for the warrant. Warrants can provide a greater potential for profit or loss than an equivalent investment in the underlying security. Prices of warrants do not necessarily move in tandem with the prices of their underlying securities and therefore are highly volatile and speculative investments.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> The prices of foreign securities may be more volatile than the prices of securities of U.S. issuers because of economic and social conditions abroad, political developments, and changes in the regulatory environments of foreign countries. In addition, changes in exchange rates and interest rates may adversely affect the values of the Fund’s foreign investments. Foreign companies are generally subject to different legal and accounting standards than U.S. companies, and foreign financial intermediaries may be subject to less supervision and regulation than U.S. financial firms. The Fund’s investments in depository receipts are also subject to these risks.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Emerging Market Risk.</b> Many of the risks with respect to foreign investments are more pronounced for investments in issuers in developing or emerging market countries. Emerging market countries tend to have less government exchange controls, more volatile interest and currency exchange rates, less market regulation, and less developed economic, political and legal systems than those of more developed countries. In addition, emerging market countries may experience high levels of inflation and may have less liquid securities markets and less efficient trading and settlement systems.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Currency Risk.</b> Investments in financial instruments related to or denominated in foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar. Similarly, investments that speculate on the appreciation of the U.S. dollar are subject to the risk that the U.S. dollar may decline in value relative to foreign currencies.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Foreign Sovereign Risk. </b>Foreign governments rely on taxes and other revenue sources to pay interest and principal on their debt obligations. The payment of principal and interest on these obligations may be adversely affected by a variety of factors, including economic results within the foreign country, changes in interest and exchange rates, changes in debt ratings, changing political sentiments, legislation, policy changes, a limited tax base or limited revenue sources, natural disasters, or other economic or credit problems.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Risk. </b>The Fund’s investments in REITs will subject the Fund to risks similar to those associated with direct ownership of real estate, including losses from casualty or condemnation, and changes in local and general economic conditions, supply and demand, interest rates, zoning laws, regulatory limitations on rents, property taxes and operating expenses.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Master Limited Partnership Units Risk<i>. </i></b>An investment in MLP units involves risks in addition to the risks associated with a similar investment in equity securities, such as common stock, of a corporation. As compared to common shareholders of a corporation, holders of MLP units have more limited control and limited rights to vote on matters affecting the partnership. Additional risks inherent to investments in MLP units include cash flow risk, tax risk, risk associated with a potential conflict of interest between unit holders and the MLP’s general partner, and capital markets risk. Moreover, the value of the Fund’s investment in MLPs depends largely on the MLPs being treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If an MLP does not meet current legal requirements to maintain partnership status, or if it is unable to do so because of tax law changes, it would be taxed as a corporation and there could be a material decrease in the value of its securities.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Futures Risk.</b> The Fund’s use of futures contracts (and related options) exposes the Fund to leverage and tracking risks because a small investment in futures contracts may produce large losses and futures contracts may not be perfect substitutes for securities.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Preferred Stock Risk.</b> Preferred stock represents an equity interest in a company that generally entitles the holder to receive, in preference to the holders of other stocks such as common stock, dividends and a fixed share of the proceeds resulting from a liquidation of the company. The market value of preferred stock is subject to company-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities and is also sensitive to changes in the company’s creditworthiness, the ability of the company to make payments on the preferred stock, and changes in interest rates, typically declining in value if interest rates rise.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Security Lending Risk</b>. Securities lending involves certain potential risks, primarily counterparty, market, liquidity and reinvestment risks. Counterparty risk is the risk that the borrower defaults and fails to return the borrowed securities. Market risk and liquidity risk is the risk that market movements affect security value following a default thus causing a deficiency following the liquidation of collateral or that the collateral cannot be liquidated at all. Reinvestment risk is the risk that the invested cash collateral incurs losses or underperforms relative to other investment options or relative to rebates paid.</p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"> </p><p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><b>Management Risk. </b>The skill of the Fund’s sub-advisor plays a significant role in the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective. The value of your investment depends on the judgment of the Fund’s sub-advisor about the quality, relative yield, value or market trends affecting a particular security, industry, sector or region, which may prove to be incorrect. Investment strategies employed by the Fund’s sub-advisor in selecting investments for the Fund may not result in an increase in the value of your investment or in overall performance equal to other investments.</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left"><i><b>Performance</b></i></p>
<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; text-align:left">The Fund does not yet have a full calendar year performance record to compare against other mutual funds or broad measures of securities market performance such as indices. Performance information will be available after the Fund has been in operation for one calendar year.</p>
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You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Class A shares of the Fund.
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These expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year.
2014-10-31
The Fund does not yet have a full calendar year performance record to compare against other mutual funds or broad measures of securities market performance such as indices.
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Before you decide whether to invest in the Fund, carefully consider these risk factors associated with investing in the Fund, which may cause investors to lose money.
For Class A Shares, no sales charge applies on investments of $1 million or more, but a contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC") of 1.00% will be imposed on certain redemptions of such shares within 18 months of the date of purchase. Class C Shares of the Fund are subject to a CDSC of 1.00% on any shares sold within 12 months of purchasing them. Actual expenses may differ from estimates.
These expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year.
The Fund's advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or pay for operating expenses of the Fund to ensure that total annual fund operating expenses (excluding, as applicable, taxes, leverage interest, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on short sales, acquired fund fees and expenses (as determined in accordance with Form N-1A) and expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, or extraordinary expenses such as litigation expenses) do not exceed 0.99%, 1.74% and 0.74% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Class A, Class C and Class I Shares, respectively. This agreement is effective until October 31, 2014, and may be terminated before that date by the Trust's Board of Trustees. The Fund's advisor is permitted to seek reimbursement from the Fund, subject to certain limitations, of fees it waived and Fund expenses it reimbursed to the Fund for three years from the date of any such waiver or reimbursement to the extent a class's total annual fund operating expenses do not exceed the limits described above. In addition, the Fund's advisor has agreed to voluntarily waive a portion of its advisory fees on the first $25 million of average daily net assets of the Fund so that such fees will be 0.50% until further notice. The Fund's advisor will not seek recoupment of the advisory fees so waived.