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2012-12-07
TOUCHSTONE STRATEGIC TRUST
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2012-12-07
2012-11-30
<tt>The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells <br />securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may <br />indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund <br />shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected <br />in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's <br />performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the portfolio turnover rate <br />of the Fund was 76.54% of the average value of its portfolio.</tt>
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<tt>The Fund seeks to provide investors with capital appreciation.</tt>
<tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the <br />Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes <br />that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then,<br />except as indicated, redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. <br />The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and <br />that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same (reflecting the contractual <br />fee waiver). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these <br />assumptions your costs would be:</tt>
reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes
<tt>The Fund is a "fund-of-funds," which seeks to achieve its investment goal by<br />primarily investing in a diversified portfolio of affiliated underlying equity<br />and fixed-income funds (although a portion of its assets may be invested in<br />cash, cash equivalents, or in money market funds). These affiliated underlying<br />funds, in turn, invest in a variety of U.S. and foreign equity and fixed-income<br />securities.<br /><br />The following table details, under normal circumstances, how the Fund expects to<br />allocate its assets among equity and fixed-income funds.<br /><br />              Equity Fund Allocation   Fixed-Income Fund Allocation<br />                     90-100%                      0-10% <br /><br />The Fund's sub-advisor, Ibbotson Associates, Inc. ("Ibbotson"), seeks to develop<br />an optimal model allocation among underlying funds using an analysis that looks<br />at forecasted returns, standard deviations in historical returns, and the<br />correlation of the performance of different market sectors. The Fund may invest<br />0-45% of its assets in any individual underlying fund.<br /><br />Ibbotson and the Fund's investment advisor agree from time to time upon the<br />universe of underlying funds that Ibbotson may consider when making allocation<br />decisions. Ibbotson's analysis in selecting and weighting the underlying funds<br />from that universe includes historical returns-based style analysis, <br />holdings-based style analysis, manager interviews, relative and absolute<br />performance, including correlations with other underlying funds as well as<br />corresponding benchmarks, and historical volatility (the variability of returns<br />from one period to the next). When considering equity funds, Ibbotson focuses<br />on the underlying funds' foreign and domestic exposure, market capitalization<br />ranges, use of derivative strategies, and investment style (growth vs. value). <br />When considering fixed-income funds, Ibbotson's primary focus is the overall<br />level of risk in the type of fixed income securities in which the underlying<br />funds invest and on maximizing current income and long-term capital growth.<br /><br />Ibbotson, subject to approval by the Fund's investment advisor, may change the<br />Fund's target allocation to each asset class, the underlying funds in each asset<br />class (including adding or deleting underlying funds), or target allocations to<br />each underlying fund without prior approval from or notice to shareholders.<br /><br />Decisions to sell shares of the underlying funds are made to adjust an underlying <br />fund's target allocation based on Ibbotson's view of the Fund's characteristics <br />and other allocation criteria, for cash flow resulting from redemptions, or as a <br />result of periodic rebalancing of the Fund's holdings. For information on the <br />underlying funds, please see the section entitled "Additional Information <br />Regarding the Underlying Funds" under "Investment Strategies and Risks" in the <br />Fund's Prospectus.</tt>
TOUCHSTONE GROWTH ALLOCATION FUND SUMMARY
The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio
of expenses to average net assets that are included in the Fund's Annual
Report dated July 31, 2012, which reflects the operating expenses of the
Fund and does not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Class A shares if you and
your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000
or more in the Touchstone Funds.
Example.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal
marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
The Fund's Investment Goal
Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.
You could lose money on your investment in the Fund and the Fund could return less than other investments.
The Principal Risks
Shareholder Fees(fees paid directly from your investment)
Assuming Redemption at End of Period
0.7654
Your after-tax returns may differ from those shown and depend on your
tax situation. The after-tax returns do not apply to shares held in
an IRA, 401(k), or other tax-deferred account.
Touchstone Growth Allocation Fund - Institutional shares Total Return as of December 31
The bar chart does not reflect any sales charges, which would reduce your return.
The Fund's Performance
50000
The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and volatility
of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from
calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the Fund's average annual total
returns for 1 year, 5 years, and since inception compare with the Standard & Poor's
Composite 1500 Index.
<tt>Best Quarter:                 Worst Quarter:<br />Second Quarter 2009 +20.62%   Fourth Quarter 2008 -23.79% <br /><br />The year-to-date return for the Fund's Institutional shares as <br />of October 31, 2012 is 11.43%.</tt>
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Average Annual Total Returns For the periods ended December 31, 2011
Portfolio Turnover.
<tt>The Fund's share price will fluctuate. You could lose money on your investment<br />in the Fund and the Fund could return less than other investments. The Fund is<br />subject to the principal risks summarized below.<br /><br />Risks of Fund of Funds Structure: The value of an investment in the Fund is<br />based on the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests and the<br />allocation of its assets among those funds. The underlying funds may change<br />their investment goals, policies or practices and there can be no assurance that<br />the underlying funds will achieve their respective investment goals. Because the<br />Fund invests in mutual funds, it bears a proportionate share of the expenses<br />charged by the underlying funds in which it invests. The principal risks of an<br />investment in the Fund include the principal risks of investing in the<br />underlying funds.<br /><br />The Fund is exposed to the risks of the underlying funds in which it invests in<br />direct proportion to the amount of assets the Fund allocates to each underlying<br />fund. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one underlying<br />fund than another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that<br />underlying fund. One underlying fund may buy the same security that another<br />underlying fund is selling. You would indirectly bear the costs of both trades.<br />In addition, you may receive taxable gains from portfolio transactions by the<br />underlying funds, as well as taxable gains from the Fund's transactions in<br />shares of the underlying funds. The Fund's ability to achieve its investment<br />goal depends upon Ibbotson's skill in selecting the best mix of underlying<br />funds. There is the risk that Ibbotson's evaluations and assumptions regarding<br />the underlying funds may be incorrect in view of actual market conditions.<br /><br />The underlying funds are expected to be subject to the following principal<br />risks.<br /><br />o Underlying Equity Fund Risks: These underlying funds are subject to the <br />risk that stock prices will fall (or rise with respect to short positions) <br />over short or extended periods of time. Individual companies may report poor <br />results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and <br />developments. Conversely, the risk of price increases with respect to <br />securities sold short will also cause a decline in the value of the underlying<br />fund's shares. The prices of securities issued by these companies may decline in<br />response to such developments, which could result in a decline in the value of<br />the underlying fund's shares. The risks of investing in underlying equity funds<br />include risks specific to their investment strategies, such as investment style<br />risk and capitalization risk.<br /><br />o Underlying Fixed Income Funds Risks: The prices of an underlying fund's fixed <br />income securities respond to economic developments, particularly interest rate <br />changes, as well as to perceptions about the creditworthiness of individual <br />issuers, including governments. Other principal risks include call risk and <br />high-yield debt ("junk bond") risk. Call risk refers to situations when an <br />issuer prepays (or "calls") a debt obligation prior to maturity and an <br />underlying fund holding that debt  must invest the resulting proceeds at lower <br />interest rates. High-yield debt risk refers to non-investment grade debt <br />obligations ("junk bonds") that carry a higher risk of default by the issuer, <br />resulting in losses to the underlying fund, and are generally considered <br />speculative and less liquid than investment-grade debt obligations.<br /><br />o Derivatives Risk: Certain of the underlying funds may invest in derivatives, <br />such as futures, options or swap contracts, to pursue their investment goals. <br />The use of such derivatives may expose an underlying fund to additional risks <br />that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in the securities <br />underlying those derivatives, including the risk of counterparty default. <br />These additional risks could cause an underlying fund to experience losses to <br />which it would otherwise not be subject. An underlying fund may use derivatives <br />to gain exposure to (or hedge exposure against) a particular market, currency <br />or instrument, to adjust the underlying fund's duration or attempt to manage <br />interest rate risk, and for certain other purposes consistent with its <br />investment strategy. An underlying fund may not fully benefit from or may <br />lose money on derivative investments.<br /><br />o Foreign Securities Risk: Certain underlying funds may invest in foreign <br />securities, which pose risks in addition to those posed by domestic securities <br />because political and economic events unique in a country or region will affect <br />those markets and their issuers. These events will not necessarily affect the <br />U.S. economy or similar issuers located in the United States. In addition, <br />investments in foreign securities are generally denominated in foreign currency. <br />Foreign markets may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. markets and offer <br />less protection to investors. Emerging markets may be more likely to experience <br />political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more <br />developed countries. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including<br />governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in other<br />countries.<br /><br />o Management Risk:  The value of your investment may decrease if the sub-advisor's <br />judgment about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular <br />security, issuer, industry or sector or about market movements is incorrect.<br /><br />o Merger Arbitrage Risk:  Investments in companies that are expected to be, or <br />already are, the subject of a publicly announced transaction carry the risk that <br />the proposed or expected transaction may not be completed or may be completed on <br />less favorable terms than originally expected, which may lower performance.<br /><br />As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its<br />investment goal. You can find more information about the Fund's investments and<br />risks under the "Investment Strategies and Risks" section of the Fund's Prospectus.</tt>
The Fund's Fees and Expenses
After-tax returns are only shown for Institutional shares and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary.
The Fund's Principal Investment Strategies
www.TouchstoneInvestments.com
<tt>The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and volatility <br />of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from <br />calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the Fund's average annual total <br />returns for 1 year, 5 years, and since inception compare with the Standard & Poor's <br />Composite 1500 Index. The bar chart does not reflect any sales charges, which would <br />reduce your return. The returns achieved prior to November 19, 2007 were under a <br />fund-of-managers structure. For more information on the prior history of the Fund, <br />please see the section entitled "The Trust" in the Fund's SAI. Past performance <br />(before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform <br />in the future. Updated performance is available at no cost by visiting <br />www.TouchstoneInvestments.com or by calling 1.800.543.0407.</tt>
<tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the Fund.  You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Class A shares <br />if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 <br />or more in the Touchstone Funds.  More information about these and other discounts <br />is available from your financial professional and in the section entitled "Choosing <br />a Class of Shares" in the Fund's Prospectus on page 56 and in the section entitled <br />"Choosing a Share Class" in the Fund's SAI on page 61.</tt>
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Assuming No Redemption
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<tt>After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal<br />marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. <br />Your after-tax returns may differ from those shown and depend on your tax situation.<br /><br />The after-tax returns do not apply to shares held in an IRA, 401(k), or other<br />tax-deferred account.  After-tax returns are only shown for Institutional shares<br />and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary. <br /><br />Institutional shares, Class A shares and Class C shares began operations on<br />September 30, 2004 and Class Y shares began operations on December 9, 2005. <br />Class Y shares performance was calculated using the historical performance of<br />Institutional shares for the periods prior to December 9, 2005.</tt>
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Standard & Poor's Composite 1500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
0.0175
0.0011
0.0416
2004-09-30
Institutional Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
-0.0141
-0.0227
0.0275
2004-09-30
Institutional Return After Taxes on Distributions
-0.0497
-0.0327
0.0271
2004-09-30
TGQYX
-15
0.0000
Class Y Return Before Taxes
116
581
-0.0146
2758
1166
-0.0206
0.0137
0.0025
2014-04-16
-0.0181
0.0000
0.0114
0.0260
0.0388
2004-09-30
0.0098
0.0000
TGQIX
-15
Worst Quarter:
Best Quarter:
0.0000
2012-10-31
Institutional Return Before Taxes
116
2009-06-30
1441
-0.2379
-0.0752
0.1400
6825
3125
0.0788
0.2062
-0.0214
0.0743
-0.4204
0.0025
2014-04-16
2008-12-31
0.3055
-0.0185
0.1031
The year-to-date return
-0.0214
0.0000
0.0114
0.0866
0.1789
0.0385
2004-09-30
0.1143
0.0098
0.0000
TGQCX
-15
0.0000
Class C Return Before Taxes
317
217
774
-0.0071
3093
1402
-0.0398
0.0062
0.0025
2014-04-16
3093
-0.0280
774
1402
0.0100
0.0214
0.0285
0.0284
2004-09-30
0.0098
0.0100
TGQAX
-15
0.0575
Class A Return Before Taxes
708
1102
-0.0080
2857
1569
-0.0785
0.0071
0.0025
2014-04-16
-0.0321
0.0025
0.0139
0.0219
0.0278
2004-09-30
0.0098
0.0000
<tt>The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells <br />securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may <br />indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund<br />shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in <br />annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. <br />During the most recent fiscal year, the portfolio turnover rate of the Fund was <br />77.44% of the average value of its portfolio.</tt>
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<tt>The Fund seeks to provide investors with capital appreciation.</tt>
<tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund <br />with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you <br />invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then, except as <br />indicated, redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example <br />also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the <br />Fund's operating expenses remain the same (reflecting the contractual fee <br />waiver). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these <br />assumptions your costs would be:</tt>
reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes
<tt>The Fund is a "fund-of-funds," which seeks to achieve its investment goal by<br />primarily investing in a diversified portfolio of affiliated underlying equity<br />and fixed-income funds (although a portion of its assets may be invested in<br />cash, cash equivalents, or in money market funds). These affiliated underlying<br />funds, in turn, invest in a variety of U.S. and foreign equity and fixed-income<br />securities. <br /><br />The following table details, under normal circumstances, how the Fund expects to<br />allocate its assets among equity and fixed-income funds. <br /><br />Equity Fund Allocation   Fixed-Income Fund Allocation<br />        70-90%                      10-30% <br /><br />The Fund's sub-advisor, Ibbotson Associates, Inc. ("Ibbotson"), seeks to develop<br />an optimal model allocation among underlying funds using an analysis that looks<br />at forecasted returns, standard deviations in historical returns, and the<br />correlation of the performance of different market sectors.  The Fund may invest<br />0-45% of its assets in any individual underlying fund.<br /><br />Ibbotson and the Fund's investment advisor agree from time to time upon the universe <br />of underlying funds that Ibbotson may consider when making allocation decisions. <br />Ibbotson's analysis in selecting and weighting the underlying funds from that <br />universe includes historical returns-based style analysis, holdings-based style <br />analysis, manager interviews, relative and absolute performance, including <br />correlations with other underlying funds as well as corresponding benchmarks, <br />and historical volatility (the variability of returns from one period to the next). <br />When considering equity funds, Ibbotson focuses on the underlying funds' foreign <br />and domestic exposure, market capitalization ranges, use of derivative strategies, <br />and investment style (growth vs. value). When considering fixed-income funds, <br />Ibbotson's primary focus is the overall level of risk in the type of fixed income <br />securities in which the underlying funds invest and on maximizing current income <br />and long-term capital growth.<br /><br />Ibbotson, subject to approval by the Fund's investment advisor, may change the<br />Fund's target allocation to each asset class, the underlying funds in each asset<br />class (including adding or deleting underlying funds), or target allocations to<br />each underlying fund without prior approval from or notice to shareholders.<br /><br />Decisions to sell shares of the underlying funds are made to adjust an underlying <br />fund's target allocation based on Ibbotson's view of the Fund's characteristics <br />and other allocation criteria, for cash flow resulting from redemptions, or as a <br />result of periodic rebalancing of the Fund's holdings. For information on the <br />underlying funds, please see the section entitled "Additional Information Regarding <br />the Underlying Funds" under "Investment Strategies and Risks" in the Fund's Prospectus.</tt>
TOUCHSTONE MODERATE GROWTH ALLOCATION FUND SUMMARY
The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio
of expenses to average net assets that are included in the Fund's Annual
Report dated July 31, 2012, which reflects the operating expenses of the
Fund and does not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Class A shares if you
and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least
$50,000 or more in the Touchstone Funds.
Example.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual
federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state
and local taxes.
The Fund's Investment Goal
Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.
You could lose money on your investment in the Fund and the Fund could return less than other investments.
The Principal Risks
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Assuming Redemption at End of Period
0.7744
Your after-tax returns may differ from those shown and depend on your
tax situation. The after-tax returns do not apply to shares held in an
IRA, 401(k), or other tax-deferred account.
Touchstone Moderate Growth Allocation Fund - Institutional shares Total Return as of December 31
The Fund's Performance
50000
The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and volatility
of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from
calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the Fund's average annual total
returns for 1 year, 5 years, and since inception compare with the Barclays U.S.
Aggregate Bond Index and Standard & Poor's Composite 1500 Index.
<tt>Best Quarter:                 Worst Quarter: <br />Second Quarter 2009 +17.75%   Fourth Quarter 2008 -18.10% <br /><br />The year-to-date return for the Fund's Institutional shares as <br />of October 31, 2012 is 10.77%.</tt>
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Average Annual Total Returns For the periods ended December 31, 2011
Portfolio Turnover.
<tt>The Fund's share price will fluctuate. You could lose money on your investment<br />in the Fund and the Fund could return less than other investments. The Fund is<br />subject to the principal risks summarized below.<br /><br />Risks of Fund of Funds Structure: The value of an investment in the Fund is<br />based on the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests and the<br />allocation of its assets among those funds. The underlying funds may change<br />their investment goals, policies or practices and there can be no assurance that<br />the underlying funds will achieve their respective investment goals. Because the<br />Fund invests in mutual funds, it bears a proportionate share of the expenses<br />charged by the underlying funds in which it invests. The principal risks of an<br />investment in the Fund include the principal risks of investing in the<br />underlying funds.<br /><br />The Fund is exposed to the risks of the underlying funds in which it invests in<br />direct proportion to the amount of assets the Fund allocates to each underlying<br />fund. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one underlying<br />fund than another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that<br />underlying fund. One underlying fund may buy the same security that another<br />underlying fund is selling. You would indirectly bear the costs of both trades.<br />In addition, you may receive taxable gains from portfolio transactions by the<br />underlying funds, as well as taxable gains from the Fund's transactions in<br />shares of the underlying funds. The Fund's ability to achieve its investment<br />goal depends upon Ibbotson's skill in selecting the best mix of underlying<br />funds. There is the risk that Ibbotson's evaluations and assumptions regarding<br />the underlying funds may be incorrect in view of actual market conditions.<br /><br />The underlying funds are expected to be subject to the following principal<br />risks.<br /><br />o Underlying Equity Fund Risks: These underlying funds are subject to the risk <br />that stock prices will fall (or rise with respect to short positions) over short <br />or extended periods of time.  Individual companies may report poor results or <br />be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and developments. <br />Conversely, the risk of price increases with respect to securities sold short <br />will also cause a decline in the value of the underlying fund's shares. The <br />prices of securities issued by these companies may decline in response to such <br />developments, which could result in a decline in the value of the underlying <br />fund's shares. The risks of investing in underlying equity funds include risks <br />specific to their investment strategies, such as investment style risk and <br />capitalization risk.<br /><br />o Underlying Fixed Income Funds Risks: The prices of an underlying fund's <br />fixed income securities respond to economic developments, particularly interest <br />rate changes, as well as to perceptions about the creditworthiness of individual <br />issuers, including governments. Other principal risks include call risk and <br />high-yield debt ("junk bond") risk. Call risk refers to situations when an issuer <br />prepays (or "calls") a debt obligation prior to maturity and an underlying fund <br />holding that debt  must invest the resulting proceeds at lower interest rates. <br />High-yield debt risk refers to non-investment grade debt obligations ("junk bonds") <br />that carry a higher risk of default by the issuer, resulting in losses to the <br />underlying fund, and are generally considered speculative and less liquid than <br />investment-grade debt obligations.<br /><br />o Derivatives Risk: Certain of the underlying funds may invest in derivatives, <br />such as futures, options or swap contracts, to pursue their investment goals. <br />The use of such derivatives may expose an underlying fund to additional risks <br />that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in the securities <br />underlying those derivatives, including the risk of counterparty default. <br />These additional risks could cause an underlying fund to experience losses <br />to which it would otherwise not be subject. An underlying fund may use <br />derivatives to gain exposure to (or hedge exposure against) a particular market, <br />currency or instrument, to adjust the underlying fund's duration or attempt to <br />manage interest rate risk, and for certain other purposes consistent with its <br />investment strategy.  An underlying fund may not fully benefit from or may <br />lose money on derivative investments.<br /><br />o Foreign Securities Risk: Certain underlying funds may invest in foreign <br />securities, which pose risks in addition to those posed by domestic securities <br />because political and economic events unique in a country or region will affect <br />those markets and their issuers. These events will not necessarily affect the <br />U.S. economy or similar issuers located in the United States. In addition, <br />investments in foreign securities are generally denominated in foreign currency. <br />Foreign markets may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. markets and offer <br />less protection to investors. Emerging markets may be more likely to experience <br />political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more <br />developed countries. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including<br />governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in other<br />countries.<br /><br />o Management Risk: The value of your investment may decrease if the sub-advisor's <br />judgment about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular <br />security, issuer, industry or sector or about market movements is incorrect.<br /><br />o Merger Arbitrage Risk: Investments in companies that are expected to be, or <br />already are, the subject of a publicly announced transaction carry the risk that <br />the proposed or expected transaction may not be completed or may be completed on <br />less favorable terms than originally expected, which may lower performance.<br /><br />As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its<br />investment goal. You can find more information about the Fund's investments and<br />risks under the "Investment Strategies and Risks" section of the Fund's Prospectus.</tt>
The Fund's Fees and Expenses
After-tax returns are only shown for Institutional shares and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary.
The Fund's Principal Investment Strategies
www.TouchstoneInvestments.com
<tt>The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and volatility <br />of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from <br />calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the Fund's average annual total <br />returns for 1 year, 5 years, and since inception compare with the Barclays U.S. <br />Aggregate Bond Index and Standard & Poor's Composite 1500 Index. The bar chart <br />does not reflect any sales charges, which would reduce your return. The returns <br />achieved prior to November 19, 2007 were under a fund of managers structure. For <br />more information on the prior history of the Fund, please see the section entitled <br />"The Trust" in the Fund's SAI. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not <br />necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance <br />is available at no cost by visiting www.TouchstoneInvestments.com or by calling <br />1.800.543.0407.</tt>
<tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Class A shares <br />if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 <br />or more in the Touchstone Funds. More information about these and other discounts <br />is available from your financial professional and in the section entitled "Choosing <br />a Class of Shares" in the Fund's Prospectus on page 56 and in the section entitled <br />"Choosing a Share Class" in the Fund's SAI on page 61.</tt>
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Assuming No Redemption
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<tt>After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal<br />marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. <br />Your after-tax returns may differ from those shown and depend on your tax <br />situation. <br /><br />The after-tax returns do not apply to shares held in an IRA, 401(k), or other <br />tax-deferred account. After-tax returns are only shown for Institutional shares <br />and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary.<br /><br />Institutional shares, Class A shares and Class C shares began operations on<br />September 30, 2004 and Class Y shares began operations on December 9, 2005. <br />Class Y shares performance was calculated using the historical performance of<br />Institutional shares for the periods prior to December 9, 2005.</tt>
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Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
0.0784
0.0650
0.0553
2004-09-30
Standard & Poor's Composite 1500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
0.0175
0.0011
0.0416
2004-09-30
Institutional Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
-0.0012
-0.0052
0.0321
2004-09-30
Institutional Return After Taxes on Distributions
-0.0077
-0.0111
0.0330
2004-09-30
TSMYX
-15
0.0000
Class Y Return Before Taxes
110
603
-0.0173
2931
1232
-0.0016
0.0164
0.0025
2014-04-16
0.0013
0.0000
0.0108
0.0281
0.0433
2004-09-30
0.0092
0.0000
TSMIX
-15
Worst Quarter:
Best Quarter:
0.0000
2012-10-31
Institutional Return Before Taxes
110
2009-06-30
7352
-0.1810
-1.1118
0.1236
7352
7352
0.0869
0.1775
-0.0018
1.1109
-0.3467
0.0025
2014-04-16
2008-12-31
0.2660
0.0017
0.0798
The year-to-date return
-0.0018
0.0000
0.0108
1.1226
0.1507
0.0434
2004-09-30
0.1077
0.0092
0.0000
TSMCX
-15
0.0000
Class C Return Before Taxes
311
211
736
-0.0058
2923
1325
-0.0221
0.0049
0.0025
2014-04-16
2923
-0.0088
736
1325
0.0100
0.0208
0.0266
0.0327
2004-09-30
0.0092
0.0100
TSMAX
-15
0.0575
Class A Return Before Taxes
703
1060
-0.0062
2642
1478
-0.0612
0.0053
0.0025
2014-04-16
-0.0128
0.0025
0.0133
0.0195
0.0321
2004-09-30
0.0092
0.0000
<tt>The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells <br />securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may <br />indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund <br />shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected <br />in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's <br />performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the portfolio turnover rate <br />of the Fund was 75.77% of the average value of its portfolio.</tt>
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<tt>The Fund seeks to provide investors with capital appreciation and current<br />income.</tt>
<tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund <br />with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you <br />invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then, except as <br />indicated, redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example <br />also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's <br />operating expenses remain the same (reflecting the contractual fee waiver). <br />Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions <br />your costs would be:</tt>
reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes
<tt>The Fund is a "fund-of-funds," which seeks to achieve its investment goal by<br />primarily investing in a diversified portfolio of affiliated underlying equity<br />and fixed-income funds (although a portion of its assets may be invested in<br />cash, cash equivalents, or in money market funds). These affiliated underlying<br />funds, in turn, invest in a variety of U.S. and foreign equity and fixed-income<br />securities.<br /><br />The following table details, under normal circumstances, how the Fund expects to<br />allocate its assets among equity and fixed-income funds. <br /><br />Equity Fund Allocation   Fixed-Income Fund Allocation<br />        50-70%                      30-50% <br /><br />The Fund's sub-advisor, Ibbotson Associates, Inc. ("Ibbotson"), seeks to develop<br />an optimal model allocation among underlying funds using an analysis that looks<br />at forecasted returns, standard deviations in historical returns, and the<br />correlation of the performance of different market sectors. The Fund may invest<br />0-45% of its assets in any individual underlying fund.<br /><br />Ibbotson and the Fund's investment advisor agree from time to time upon the<br />universe of underlying funds that Ibbotson may consider when making allocation<br />decisions. Ibbotson's analysis in selecting and weighting the underlying funds<br />from that universe includes historical returns-based style analysis, holdings-based <br />style analysis, manager interviews, relative and absolute performance, including <br />correlations with other underlying funds as well as corresponding benchmarks, and <br />historical volatility (the variability of returns from one period to the next). <br />When considering equity funds, Ibbotson focuses on the underlying funds' foreign <br />and domestic exposure, market capitalization ranges, use of derivative strategies, <br />and investment style (growth vs. value). When considering fixed-income funds, <br />Ibbotson's primary focus is the overall level of risk in the type of fixed income <br />securities in which the underlying funds invest and on maximizing current income <br />and long-term capital growth.<br /><br />Ibbotson, subject to approval by the Fund's investment advisor, may change the<br />Fund's target allocation to each asset class, the underlying funds in each asset<br />class (including adding or deleting underlying funds), or target allocations to<br />each underlying fund without prior approval from or notice to shareholders.<br /><br />Decisions to sell shares of the underlying funds are made to adjust an underlying <br />fund's target allocation based on Ibbotson's view of the Fund's characteristics <br />and other allocation criteria, for cash flow resulting from redemptions, or as a <br />result of periodic rebalancing of the Fund's holdings. For information on the <br />underlying funds, please see the section entitled "Additional Information Regarding <br />the Underlying Funds" under "Investment Strategies and Risks" in the Fund's Prospectus.</tt>
TOUCHSTONE BALANCED ALLOCATION FUND SUMMARY
The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio of
expenses to average net assets that are included in the Fund's Annual Report
dated July 31, 2012, which reflects the operating expenses of the Fund and
does not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Class A shares if you and
your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000
or more in the Touchstone Funds.
Example.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal
marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
The Fund's Investment Goal
Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.
You could lose money on your investment in the Fund and the Fund could return less than other investments.
The Principal Risks
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Assuming Redemption at End of Period
0.7577
Your after-tax returns may differ from those shown and depend on your
tax situation. The after-tax returns do not apply to shares held in
an IRA, 401(k), or other tax-deferred account.
Touchstone Balanced Allocation Fund - Institutional shares Total Return as of December 31
The bar chart does not reflect any sales charges, which would reduce your return.
The Fund's Performance
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The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and
volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's
performance from calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the
Fund's average annual total returns for 1 year, 5 years, and since
inception compare with the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and
Standard & Poor's Composite 1500 Index.
<tt>Best Quarter:               Worst Quarter: <br />Second Quarter 2009 +14.93% Fourth Quarter 2008 -12.37% <br /><br />The year-to-date return for the Fund's Institutional shares as <br />of October 31, 2012 is 8.88%.</tt>
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Average Annual Total Returns For the periods ended December 31, 2011
Portfolio Turnover.
<tt>The Fund's share price will fluctuate. You could lose money on your investment<br />in the Fund and the Fund could return less than other investments. The Fund is<br />subject to the principal risks summarized below.<br /><br />Risks of Fund of Funds Structure: The value of an investment in the Fund is<br />based on the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests and the<br />allocation of its assets among those funds. The underlying funds may change<br />their investment goals, policies or practices and there can be no assurance that<br />the underlying funds will achieve their respective investment goals. Because the<br />Fund invests in mutual funds, it bears a proportionate share of the expenses<br />charged by the underlying funds in which it invests. The principal risks of an<br />investment in the Fund include the principal risks of investing in the underlying <br />funds.<br /><br />The Fund is exposed to the risks of the underlying funds in which it invests in<br />direct proportion to the amount of assets the Fund allocates to each underlying<br />fund. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one underlying<br />fund than another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that<br />underlying fund. One underlying fund may buy the same security that another<br />underlying fund is selling. You would indirectly bear the costs of both trades.<br />In addition, you may receive taxable gains from portfolio transactions by the<br />underlying funds, as well as taxable gains from the Fund's transactions in<br />shares of the underlying funds. The Fund's ability to achieve its investment<br />goal depends upon Ibbotson's skill in selecting the best mix of underlying<br />funds. There is the risk that Ibbotson's evaluations and assumptions regarding<br />the underlying funds may be incorrect in view of actual market conditions.<br /><br />The underlying funds are expected to be subject to the following principal risks.<br /> <br />o Underlying Equity Fund Risks: These underlying funds are subject to the risk <br />that stock prices will fall (or rise with respect to short positions) over short <br />or extended periods of time. Individual companies may report poor results or be <br />negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and developments. <br />Conversely, the risk of price increases with respect to securities sold short <br />will also cause a decline in the value of the underlying fund's shares. The <br />prices of securities issued by these companies may decline in response to such <br />developments, which could result in a decline in the value of the underlying <br />fund's shares. The risks of investing in underlying equity funds include risks <br />specific to their investment strategies, such as investment style risk and <br />capitalization risk.<br /><br />o Underlying Fixed-Income Funds Risks: The prices of an underlying fund's fixed <br />income securities respond to economic developments, particularly interest rate <br />changes, as well as to perceptions about the creditworthiness of individual <br />issuers, including governments. Other principal risks include call risk and <br />high-yield debt ("junk bond") risk. Call risk refers to situations when an <br />issuer prepays (or "calls") a debt obligation prior to maturity and an <br />underlying fund holding that debt must invest the resulting proceeds at lower <br />interest rates. High-yield debt risk refers to non-investment grade debt <br />obligations ("junk bonds") that carry a higher risk of default by the issuer, <br />resulting in losses to the underlying fund, and are generally considered<br />speculative and less liquid than investment-grade debt obligations.<br /><br />o Derivatives Risk: Certain of the underlying funds may invest in derivatives, <br />such as futures, options or swap contracts, to pursue their investment goals. <br />The use of such derivatives may expose an underlying fund to additional risks <br />that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in the securities <br />underlying those derivatives, including the risk of counterparty default. <br />These additional risks could cause an underlying fund to experience losses to <br />which it would otherwise not be subject. An underlying fund may use derivatives <br />to gain exposure to (or hedge exposure against) a particular market, currency <br />or instrument, to adjust the underlying fund's duration or attempt to manage <br />interest rate risk, and for certain other purposes consistent with its <br />investment strategy. An underlying fund may not fully benefit from or may lose <br />money on derivative investments.<br /><br />o Foreign Securities Risk:  Certain underlying funds may invest in foreign <br />securities, which pose risks in addition to those posed by domestic securities <br />because political and economic events unique in a country or region will affect <br />those markets and their issuers. These events will not necessarily affect the <br />U.S. economy or similar issuers located in the United States. In addition, <br />investments in foreign securities are generally denominated in foreign currency. <br />Foreign markets may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. markets and offer <br />less protection to investors. Emerging markets may be more likely to experience <br />political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more <br />developed countries. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including<br />governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in other<br />countries.<br /><br />o Management Risk: The value of your investment may decrease if the sub-advisor's <br />judgment about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular <br />security, issuer, industry or sector or about market movements is incorrect.<br /><br />o Merger Arbitrage Risk: Investments in companies that are expected to be, or <br />already are, the subject of a publicly announced transaction carry the risk that <br />the proposed or expected transaction may not be completed or may be completed on <br />less favorable terms than originally expected, which may lower performance.<br /><br />As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its<br />investment goal. You can find more information about the Fund's investments and<br />risks under the "Investment Strategies and Risks" section of the Fund's Prospectus.</tt>
The Fund's Fees and Expenses
After-tax returns are only shown for Institutional shares and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary.
The Fund's Principal Investment Strategies
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<tt>The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and volatility <br />of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from <br />calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the Fund's average annual total <br />returns for 1 year, 5 years, and since inception compare with the Barclays U.S. <br />Aggregate Bond Index and Standard & Poor's Composite 1500 Index. The bar chart <br />does not reflect any sales charges, which would reduce your return. The returns <br />achieved prior to November 19, 2007 were under a fund-of-managers structure. For <br />more information on the prior history of the Fund, please see the section entitled <br />"The Trust" in the Fund's SAI. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not <br />necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance <br />is available at no cost by visiting www.TouchstoneInvestments.com or by calling <br />1.800.543.0407.</tt>
<tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Class A shares <br />if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 <br />or more in the Touchstone Funds. More information about these and other discounts <br />is available from your financial professional and in the section entitled "Choosing <br />a Class of Shares" in the Fund's Prospectus on page 56 and in the section entitled <br />"Choosing a Share Class" in the Fund's SAI on page 61.</tt>
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Assuming No Redemption
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<tt>After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal<br />marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. <br />Your after-tax returns may differ from those shown and depend on your tax situation. <br /><br />The after-tax returns do not apply to shares held in an IRA, 401(k), or other <br />tax-deferred account. After-tax returns are only shown for Institutional shares <br />and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary. <br /><br />Institutional shares, Class A shares and Class C shares began operations on<br />September 30, 2004 and Class Y shares began operations on December 9, 2005. <br />Class Y shares performance was calculated using the historical performance of<br />Institutional shares for the periods prior to December 9, 2005.</tt>
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Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
0.0784
0.0650
0.0553
2004-09-30
Standard & Poor's Composite 1500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
0.0175
0.0011
0.0416
2004-09-30
Institutional Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
0.0094
0.0113
0.0367
2004-09-30
Institutional Return After Taxes on Distributions
0.0068
0.0077
0.0377
2004-09-30
TBAYX
-15
0.0000
Class Y Return Before Taxes
102
505
-0.0124
2416
1014
0.0135
0.0120
0.0020
2014-04-16
0.0238
0.0000
0.0100
0.0224
0.0512
2004-09-30
0.0084
0.0000
TBAIX
-15
Worst Quarter:
Best Quarter:
0.0000
2012-10-31
Institutional Return Before Taxes
102
2009-06-30
3862
-0.1237
-0.2870
0.1067
10444
7165
0.0879
0.1493
0.0145
0.2866
-0.2620
0.0020
2014-04-16
2008-12-31
0.2444
0.0237
0.0680
The year-to-date return
0.0145
0.0000
0.0100
0.2970
0.1194
0.0512
2004-09-30
0.0888
0.0084
0.0000
TBACX
-15
0.0000
Class C Return Before Taxes
303
203
700
-0.0049
2766
1254
-0.0057
0.0045
0.0020
2014-04-16
2766
0.0138
700
1254
0.0100
0.0200
0.0249
0.0411
2004-09-30
0.0084
0.0100
TBAAX
-15
0.0575
Class A Return Before Taxes
695
1028
-0.0056
2509
1419
-0.0464
0.0052
0.0020
2014-04-16
0.0093
0.0025
0.0125
0.0181
0.0401
2004-09-30
0.0084
0.0000
<tt>The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells <br />securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may <br />indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund <br />shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected <br />in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's <br />performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the portfolio turnover rate <br />of the Fund was 88.66% of the average value of its portfolio.</tt>
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<tt>The Fund seeks to provide investors with current income and preservation of<br />capital.</tt>
<tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund <br />with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you <br />invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then, except as <br />indicated, redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example <br />also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the<br />Fund's operating expenses remain the same (reflecting the contractual fee<br />waiver). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these<br />assumptions your costs would be:</tt>
reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes
<tt>The Fund is a "fund-of-funds," which seeks to achieve its investment goal by<br />primarily investing in a diversified portfolio of affiliated underlying equity<br />and fixed-income funds (although a portion of its assets may be invested in<br />cash, cash equivalents, or in money market funds). These affiliated underlying<br />funds, in turn, invest in a variety of U.S. and foreign equity and fixed-income<br />securities.<br /><br />The following table details, under normal circumstances, how the Fund expects to<br />allocate its assets among equity and fixed-income funds.<br /> <br />Equity Fund Allocation   Fixed-Income Fund Allocation<br />        20-40%                      60-80% <br /><br />The Fund's sub-advisor, Ibbotson Associates, Inc. ("Ibbotson"), seeks to develop<br />an optimal model allocation among underlying funds using an analysis that looks<br />at forecasted returns, standard deviations in historical returns, and the<br />correlation of the performance of different market sectors. The Fund may invest<br />0-45% of its assets in any individual underlying fund.<br /><br />Ibbotson and the Fund's investment advisor agree from time to time upon the<br />universe of underlying funds that Ibbotson may consider when making allocation<br />decisions. Ibbotson's analysis in selecting and weighting the underlying funds<br />from that universe includes historical returns-based style analysis,<br />holdings-based style analysis, manager interviews, relative and absolute<br />performance, including correlations with other underlying funds as well as<br />corresponding benchmarks, and historical volatility (the variability of returns<br />from one period to the next). When considering equity funds, Ibbotson focuses<br />on the underlying funds' foreign and domestic exposure, market capitalization<br />ranges, use of derivative strategies, and investment style (growth vs. value). <br />When considering fixed-income funds, Ibbotson's primary focus is the overall<br />level of risk in the type of fixed-income securities in which the underlying<br />funds invest and on maximizing current income and long-term capital growth.<br /><br />Ibbotson, subject to approval by the Fund's investment advisor, may change the<br />Fund's target allocation to each asset class, the underlying funds in each <br />asset class (including adding or deleting underlying funds), or target allocations <br />to each underlying fund without prior approval from or notice to shareholders.<br /><br />Decisions to sell shares of the underlying funds are made to adjust an underlying <br />fund's target allocation based on Ibbotson's view of the Fund's characteristics <br />and other allocation criteria, for cash flow resulting from redemptions, or as a <br />result of periodic rebalancing of the Fund's holdings. For information on the <br />underlying funds, please see the section entitled "Additional Information <br />Regarding the Underlying Funds" under "Investment Strategies and Risks" in the <br />Fund's Prospectus.</tt>
TOUCHSTONE CONSERVATIVE ALLOCATION FUND SUMMARY
The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio
of expenses to average net assets that are included in the Fund's Annual
Report dated July 31, 2012, which reflects the operating expenses of the
Fund and does not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Class A shares if you and your
family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 or more in
the Touchstone Funds.
Example.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual
federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state
and local taxes.
The Fund's Investment Goal
Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.
You could lose money on your investment in the Fund and the Fund could return less than other investments.
The Principal Risks
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Assuming Redemption at End of Period
0.8866
Your after-tax returns may differ from those shown and depend on your
tax situation. The after-tax returns do not apply to shares held in
an IRA, 401(k), or other tax-deferred account.
Touchstone Conservative Allocation Fund - Institutional shares Total Return as of December 31
The Fund's Performance
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The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and
volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's
performance from calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the
Fund's average annual total returns for 1 year, 5 years, and since
inception compare with the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and
Standard & Poor's Composite 1500 Index.
<tt>Best Quarter:              Worst Quarter:<br />Second Quarter 2009 +9.41% Third Quarter 2008 -7.11%<br /><br />The year-to-date return for the Fund's Institutional shares as <br />of October 31, 2012 is 6.15%.</tt>
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Average Annual Total Returns For the periods ended December 31, 2011
Portfolio Turnover.
<tt>The Fund's share price will fluctuate. You could lose money on your investment<br />in the Fund and the Fund could return less than other investments. The Fund is<br />subject to the principal risks summarized below.<br /> <br />Risks of Fund of Funds Structure: The value of an investment in the Fund is<br />based on the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests and the<br />allocation of its assets among those funds. The underlying funds may change<br />their investment goals, policies or practices and there can be no assurance <br />that the underlying funds will achieve their respective investment goals. <br />Because the Fund invests in mutual funds, it bears a proportionate share of <br />the expenses charged by the underlying funds in which it invests. The <br />principal risks of an investment in the Fund include the principal risks of <br />investing in the underlying funds.<br /><br />The Fund is exposed to the risks of the underlying funds in which it invests in<br />direct proportion to the amount of assets the Fund allocates to each underlying<br />fund. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one underlying<br />fund than another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that<br />underlying fund. One underlying fund may buy the same security that another<br />underlying fund is selling. You would indirectly bear the costs of both trades.<br />In addition, you may receive taxable gains from portfolio transactions by the<br />underlying funds, as well as taxable gains from the Fund's transactions in<br />shares of the underlying funds. The Fund's ability to achieve its investment<br />goal depends upon Ibbotson's skill in selecting the best mix of underlying<br />funds. There is the risk that Ibbotson's evaluations and assumptions regarding<br />the underlying funds may be incorrect in view of actual market conditions.<br /><br />The underlying funds are expected to be subject to the following principal<br />risks.<br /><br />o Underlying Equity Fund Risks: These underlying funds are subject to the risk <br />that stock prices will fall (or rise with respect to short positions) over <br />short or extended periods of time.  Individual companies may report poor results <br />or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and developments. <br />Conversely, the risk of price increases with respect to securities sold short <br />will also cause a decline in the value of the underlying fund's shares. The <br />prices of securities issued by these companies may decline in response to such <br />developments, which could result in a decline in the value of the underlying <br />fund's shares. The risks of investing in underlying equity funds include risks <br />specific to their investment strategies, such as investment style risk and <br />capitalization risk..<br /><br />o Underlying Fixed Income Funds Risks: The prices of an underlying fund's fixed <br />income securities respond to economic developments, particularly interest rate <br />changes, as well as to perceptions about the creditworthiness of individual <br />issuers, including governments. Other principal risks include call risk and <br />high-yield debt ("junk bond") risk. Call risk refers to situations when an <br />issuer prepays (or "calls") a debt obligation prior to maturity and an <br />underlying fund holding that debt must invest the resulting proceeds at <br />lower interest rates. High-yield debt risk refers to non-investment grade <br />debt obligations ("junk bonds") that carry a higher risk of default by the <br />issuer, and are generally considered speculative and less liquid than<br />investment-grade debt obligations.<br /><br />o Derivatives Risk: Certain of the underlying funds may invest in derivatives, <br />such as futures, options or swap contracts, to pursue their investment goals. <br />The use of such derivatives may expose an underlying fund to additional risks <br />that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in the securities <br />underlying those derivatives, including the risk of counterparty default. <br />These additional risks could cause an underlying fund to experience losses <br />to which it would otherwise not be subject. An underlying fund may use <br />derivatives to gain exposure to (or hedge exposure against) a particular <br />market, currency or instrument, to adjust the underlying fund's duration or <br />attempt to manage interest rate risk, and for certain other purposes <br />consistent with its investment strategy. An underlying fund may not fully<br />benefit from or may lose money on derivative investments.<br /><br />o Foreign Securities Risk: Certain underlying funds may invest in foreign <br />securities, which pose risks in addition to those posed by domestic securities <br />because political and economic events unique in a country or region will affect <br />those markets and their issuers. These events will not necessarily affect the <br />U.S. economy or similar issuers located in the United States. In addition, <br />investments in foreign securities are generally denominated in foreign currency. <br />Foreign markets may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. markets and offer <br />less protection to investors. Emerging markets may be more likely to experience <br />political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more <br />developed countries. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including<br />governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in other<br />countries.<br /><br />Management Risk: The value of your investment may decrease if the sub-advisor's<br />judgment about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular<br />security, issuer, industry or sector or about market movements is incorrect.<br /><br />Merger Arbitrage Risk: Investments in companies that are expected to be, or<br />already are, the subject of a publicly announced transaction carry the risk that<br />the proposed or expected transaction may not be completed or may be completed on<br />less favorable terms than originally expected, which may lower performance.<br /><br />As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its<br />investment goal.  You can find more information about the Fund's investments <br />and risks under the "Investment Strategies and Risks" section of the Fund's<br />Prospectus.</tt>
The Fund's Fees and Expenses
After-tax returns are only shown for Institutional shares and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary.
The Fund's Principal Investment Strategies
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<tt>The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and volatility <br />of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from <br />calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the Fund's average annual total <br />returns for 1 year, 5 years, and since inception compare with the Barclays U.S. <br />Aggregate Bond Index and Standard & Poor's Composite 1500 Index. The bar chart <br />does not reflect any sales charges, which would reduce your return. The returns <br />achieved prior to November 19, 2007 were under a fund of managers structure. For <br />more information on the prior history of the Fund, please see the section entitled <br />"The Trust" in the Fund's SAI. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not <br />necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance <br />is available at no cost by visiting www.TouchstoneInvestments.com or by calling <br />1.800.543.0407.</tt>
<tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Class A shares <br />if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 <br />or more in the Touchstone Funds. More information about these and other discounts <br />is available from your financial professional and in the section entitled "Choosing <br />a Class of Shares" in the Fund's Prospectus on page 56 and in the section entitled <br />"Choosing a Share Class" in the Fund's SAI on page 61.</tt>
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Assuming No Redemption
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<tt>After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal<br />marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. <br />Your after-tax returns may differ from those shown and depend on your tax <br />situation. The after-tax returns do not apply to shares held in an IRA, 401(k), <br />or other tax-deferred account. After-tax returns are only shown for Institutional <br />shares and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary. <br /><br />Institutional shares, Class A shares and Class C shares began operations on<br />September 30, 2004, and Class Y shares began operations on December 9, 2005. <br />Class Y shares performance was calculated using the historical performance of<br />Institutional shares for the periods prior to December 9, 2005.</tt>
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Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
0.0784
0.0650
0.0553
2004-09-30
Standard & Poor's Composite 1500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
0.0175
0.0011
0.0416
2004-09-30
Institutional Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
0.0199
0.0280
0.0368
2004-09-30
Institutional Return After Taxes on Distributions
0.0202
0.0271
0.0379
2004-09-30
TSAYX
-15
0.0000
Class Y Return Before Taxes
90
465
-0.0122
2272
945
0.0306
0.0118
0.0020
2014-04-16
0.0444
0.0000
0.0088
0.0210
0.0525
2004-09-30
0.0072
0.0000
TVAIX
-15
Worst Quarter:
Best Quarter:
0.0000
2012-10-31
Institutional Return Before Taxes
90
2009-06-30
356
-0.0711
-0.0050
0.0848
1586
677
0.0818
0.0941
0.0307
0.0046
-0.1356
0.0020
2014-04-16
2008-09-30
0.1886
0.0444
0.0430
The year-to-date return
0.0307
0.0000
0.0088
0.0138
0.0775
0.0525
2004-09-30
0.0615
0.0072
0.0000
TSACX
-15
0.0000
Class C Return Before Taxes
291
191
671
-0.0054
2689
1211
0.0106
0.0050
0.0020
2014-04-16
2689
0.0339
671
1211
0.0100
0.0188
0.0242
0.0422
2004-09-30
0.0072
0.0100
TSAAX
-15
0.0575
Class A Return Before Taxes
684
1000
-0.0061
2431
1377
-0.0318
0.0057
0.0020
2014-04-16
0.0295
0.0025
0.0113
0.0174
0.0413
2004-09-30
0.0072
0.0000
<tt>The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells <br />securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may <br />indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund <br />shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected <br />in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's <br />performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the portfolio turnover rate <br />of the Fund was 54.85% of the average value of its portfolio.</tt>
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<tt>The Fund seeks to provide investors with long-term capital appreciation.</tt>
<tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the <br />Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes <br />that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods  indicated and then,<br />except as indicated, redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. <br />The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and <br />that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same (reflecting the contractual <br />fee waiver). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these<br />assumptions your costs would be:</tt>
reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes
<tt>The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in equity of non-U.S.<br />issuers. This is a non-fundamental investment policy that can be changed by <br />the Fund upon 60 days' prior notice to shareholders.  The Fund primarily <br />invests its assets in common stock of issuers located in developed markets. <br />Generally, the Fund limits its investments in any country to 25% or less of <br />its total assets, except that the Fund may invest more than 25% of its assets <br />in issuers organized in Japan or the United Kingdom or in securities quoted <br />or denominated in the Japanese yen, the British pound, or the euro.<br /><br />The Fund's sub-advisor, Acadian Asset Management LLC ("Acadian"), uses stock<br />factors in an effort to predict how well each security will perform relative <br />to its region/industry peer group and applies separate models to forecast peer<br />group returns. The two forecasts are then combined to determine a world-relative <br />return forecast for each stock in the allowable universe, and Acadian uses a <br />sophisticated portfolio optimization system to trade off the expected return <br />of the stocks with such considerations as the client's benchmark index, desired <br />level of risk, transaction cost estimates, available liquidity, and other <br />requirements. Acadian considers selling a security whose forecast has <br />deteriorated and may adjust its buy and sell decisions based on shifts in the <br />risk characteristics of a stock relative to other potential substitutes, the <br />overall portfolio and the benchmark.</tt>
TOUCHSTONE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND SUMMARY
The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio
of expenses to average net assets that are included in the Fund's Annual
Report dated July 31, 2012, which reflects the operating expenses of the
Fund and does not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Class A shares if you and
your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000
or more in the Touchstone Funds.
Example.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual
federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state
and local taxes.
The Fund's Investment Goal
Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.
You could lose money on your investment in the Fund and the Fund could return less than other investments.
The Principal Risks
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Assuming Redemption at End of Period
0.5485
Your after-tax returns may differ from those shown and depend on your
tax situation. The after-tax returns do not apply to shares held in
an IRA, 401(k), or other tax-deferred account.
Touchstone International Equity Fund - Institutional shares Total Return as of December 31
The bar chart does not reflect any sales charges, which would reduce your return.
The Fund's Performance
50000
The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and
volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's
performance from calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the
Fund's average annual total returns for 1 year, 5 years, and since
inception compare with the MSCI EAFE Index.
<tt>Best Quarter:                 Worst Quarter: <br />Second Quarter 2009 +22.88%   Third Quarter 2008 -23.46% <br /><br />The year-to-date return for the Fund's Institutional shares as <br />of October 31, 2012 is 11.83%.</tt>
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"Other expenses" for Class C shares have been restated to reflect estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Average Annual Total Returns For the periods ended December 31, 2011
Portfolio Turnover.
<tt>The Fund's share price will fluctuate. You could lose money on your investment<br />in the Fund and the Fund could return less than other investments. The Fund is<br />subject to the principal risks summarized below.<br /><br />Equity Securities Risk: The Fund is subject to the risk that stock prices will<br />fall over short or extended periods of time. Individual companies may report<br />poor results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and<br />developments. The prices of securities issued by these companies may decline in<br />response to such developments, which could result in a decline in the value of<br />the Fund's shares.<br /><br />Management Risk: The value of your investment may decrease if the sub-advisor's<br />judgment about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular<br />security, issuer, industry or sector or about market movements is incorrect.<br /><br />Foreign Securities Risk: Investing in foreign securities poses additional risks<br />since political and economic events unique in a country or region will affect<br />those markets and their issuers. Because the Fund may invest a large portion of<br />its assets in securities of companies located in Japan and the United Kingdom,<br />the Fund's performance may be impacted by social, political, and economic<br />conditions within Japan and the United Kingdom. These events will not necessarily <br />affect the U.S. economy or similar issuers located in the United States. In <br />addition, investments in foreign securities are generally denominated in foreign <br />currency. As a result, changes in the value of those currencies compared to the <br />U.S. dollar may affect (positively or negatively) the value of the Fund's <br />investments. These currency movements may happen separately from, or in response <br />to, events that do not otherwise affect the value of the security in the issuer's <br />home country. There is a risk that foreign securities may not be subject to <br />accounting standards or governmental supervision comparable to U.S. companies and <br />that less public information about their operations may exist. There is risk <br />associated with the clearance and settlement procedures in non-U.S. markets, <br />which may be unable to keep pace with the volume of securities transactions and <br />may cause delays. Foreign markets may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. <br />markets and offer less protection to investors. Over-the-counter securities may <br />also be less liquid than exchange-traded securities. <br /><br />As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its<br />investment goal. You can find more information about the Fund's investments and<br />risks under the "Investment Strategies and Risks" section of the Fund's Prospectus.</tt>
The Fund's Fees and Expenses
After-tax returns are only shown for Institutional shares and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary.
The Fund's Principal Investment Strategies
www.TouchstoneInvestments.com
<tt>The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and volatility <br />of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from <br />calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the  Fund's average annual total <br />returns for 1 year, 5 years, and since inception compare with the MSCI EAFE Index. <br />The bar chart does not reflect any sales charges, which would reduce your return. <br />For information on the prior history of the Fund, please see the section entitled <br />"The Trust" in the Fund's SAI. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not <br />necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance <br />is available at no cost by visiting www.TouchstoneInvestments.com or by calling <br />1.800.543.0407.</tt>
<tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the Fund.  You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Class A<br />shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least<br />$50,000 or more in the Touchstone Funds.  More information about these and other<br />discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section<br />entitled "Choosing a Class of Shares" in the Fund's Prospectus on page 56 and in<br />the section entitled "Choosing a Share Class" in the Fund's SAI on page 61.</tt>
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Assuming No Redemption
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<tt>After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal<br />marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. <br />Your after-tax returns may differ from those shown and depend on your tax <br />situation. The after-tax returns do not apply to shares held in an IRA, 401(k), <br />or other tax-deferred account. After-tax returns are only shown for Institutional <br />shares and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary.</tt>
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MSCI EAFE Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
-0.1173
-0.0426
0.0018
2005-12-30
Institutional Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
-0.0718
-0.0569
-0.0197
2005-12-30
Institutional Return After Taxes on Distributions
-0.1232
-0.0710
-0.0266
2005-12-30
TIEAX
-15
0.0575
Class A Return Before Taxes
708
1905
-0.0736
7032
3512
-0.1652
0.0760
0.0090
2014-04-16
-0.0792
0.0025
0.0139
0.0875
-0.0324
2005-12-30
0.0000
TIEYX
-15
0.0000
Class Y Return Before Taxes
116
1016
-0.0484
5278
2264
-0.1123
0.0508
0.0090
2014-04-16
-0.0659
0.0000
0.0114
0.0598
-0.0205
2005-12-30
0.0000
TIELX
-15
Worst Quarter:
Best Quarter:
0.0000
2012-10-31
Institutional Return Before Taxes
101
2009-06-30
443
-0.2346
-0.0092
0.1035
2100
881
0.1262
0.2288
-0.1101
0.0101
-0.4706
0.0090
2014-04-16
2008-09-30
0.2301
-0.0635
The year-to-date return
-0.1101
0.0000
0.0099
0.0191
0.2455
-0.0179
2005-12-30
0.1183
0.0000
TIECX
-15
0.0000
317
217
764
-0.0070
3077
1390
0.0094
0.0090
2014-04-16
3077
764
1390
0.0100
0.0214
0.0284
0.0100
<tt>The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells <br />securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may <br />indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund <br />shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected <br />in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's <br />performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the portfolio turnover rate <br />of the Fund was 172.76% of the average value of its portfolio.</tt>
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<tt>The Fund seeks to provide investors with capital appreciation.</tt>
<tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund <br />with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you <br />invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then, except as <br />indicated, redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example <br />also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's <br />operating expenses remain the same (reflecting the contractual fee waiver). <br />Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions <br />your costs would be:</tt>
reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes
<tt>Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests primarily in equity securities<br />of "emerging growth companies", as defined below.  Equity securities primarily<br />includes common stocks. Although the Fund may invest in emerging growth<br />companies of any size, the Fund emphasizes small- and mid-cap companies in its<br />portfolio. For purposes of this Fund, small- and mid-cap companies include<br />companies with market values generally within the range of market values of<br />issuers included in the Russell 2500™ Growth Index. The index measures the<br />performance of the small to mid-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. <br />It includes those Russell 2500 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and<br />higher forecasted growth values.<br /><br />Copper Rock Capital Partners, LLC ("Copper Rock"), the Fund's sub-advisor,<br />considers an "emerging growth company" to be a company that exhibits high<br />quality, growth characteristics. Copper Rock employs a fundamental, bottom-up<br />investment approach that focuses on identifying emerging companies that Copper<br />Rock believes exhibit the potential for strong and sustainable revenue and<br />earnings growth, strong financial and competitive positions, and are led by<br />strong management teams. Copper Rock sells or reduces a position when the<br />target price for a stock is attained, there is a change in the company's<br />management team or business objectives, or when there is deterioration in a<br />company's fundamentals. Copper Rock seeks to construct a portfolio that is<br />diversified across sectors and industries.<br /><br />The Fund may engage in frequent and active trading of securities as part of its<br />principal investment strategy.</tt>
TOUCHSTONE EMERGING GROWTH FUND SUMMARY
The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio of
expenses to average net assets that are included in the Fund's Annual Report
dated July 31, 2012, which reflects the operating expenses of the Fund and
does not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Class A shares if you and
your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000
or more in the Touchstone Funds.
Example.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual
federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state
and local taxes.
The Fund's Investment Goal
Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.
You could lose money on your investment in the Fund and the Fund could return less than other investments.
The Principal Risks
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Assuming Redemption at End of Period
1.7276
Your after-tax returns may differ from those shown and depend on your
tax situation. The after-tax returns do not apply to shares held in
an IRA, 401(k), or other tax-deferred account.
Touchstone Emerging Growth Fund - Institutional shares Total Return as of December 31
The bar chart does not reflect any sales charges, which would reduce your return.
The Fund's Performance
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The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and
volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's
performance from calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the
Fund's average annual total returns for 1 year, 5 years, and since
inception compare with the Russell 2500™ Growth Index.
<tt>Best Quarter:                 Worst Quarter:<br />Fourth Quarter 2010 +19.83%   Fourth Quarter 2008 -25.77% <br /><br />The year-to-date return for the Fund's Institutional shares as of <br />October 31, 2012 is 13.94%.</tt>
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"Other Expenses" for Class C shares have been restated to reflect estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Average Annual Total Returns For the periods ended December 31, 2011
Portfolio Turnover.
<tt>The Fund's share price will fluctuate. You could lose money on your investment<br />in the Fund and the Fund could return less than other investments. The Fund is<br />subject to the principal risks summarized below.<br /><br />Equity Securities Risk: The Fund is subject to the risk that stock prices will<br />fall over short or extended periods of time. Individual companies may report<br />poor results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and<br />developments. The prices of securities issued by these companies may decline in<br />response to such developments, which could result in a decline in the value of<br />the Fund's shares.<br /><br />Management Risk: The value of your investment may decrease if the sub-advisor's<br />judgment about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular<br />security, issuer, industry or sector or about market movements is incorrect.<br /><br />Mid-Cap Risk: The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks<br />may underperform other types of stocks or the equity markets as a whole. Stocks<br />of mid-sized companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements<br />than stocks of larger, more established companies. Mid-sized companies may have<br />limited product lines or financial resources, and may be dependent upon a<br />particular niche of the market.<br /><br />Small-Cap Risk: The Fund at times may be primarily invested in small-capitalization <br />companies. The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may <br />underperform other types of stocks or the equity markets as a whole. Small-cap <br />stock risk is the risk that stocks of smaller companies may be subject to more <br />abrupt or erratic market movements than stocks of larger, more established <br />companies. Small companies may have limited product lines or financial resources, <br />or may be dependent upon a small or inexperienced management group. In addition, <br />small-cap stocks typically are traded in lower volume, and their issuers typically <br />are subject to greater degrees of changes in their earnings and prospects.<br /><br />Growth Investing Risk: Growth oriented funds may underperform when value investing <br />is in favor and growth stocks may be more volatile than other stocks because they <br />are more sensitive to investor perceptions of the issuing company's growth of <br />earnings potential.<br /><br />Portfolio Turnover Risk: The risk that high portfolio turnover is likely to<br />lead to increased Fund expenses that may result in lower investment returns. <br />High portfolio turnover is also likely to result in higher short-term capital<br />gains taxable to shareholders.<br /><br />As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its<br />investment goal. You can find more information about the Fund's investments and<br />risks under the "Investment Strategies and Risks" section of the Fund's Prospectus.</tt>
The Fund's Fees and Expenses
After-tax returns are only shown for Institutional shares and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary.
The Fund's Principal Investment Strategies
www.TouchstoneInvestments.com
<tt>The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and<br />volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's<br />performance from calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the <br />Fund's average annual total returns for 1 year, 5 years, and since <br />inception compare with the Russell 2500™ Growth Index. The bar chart <br />does not reflect any sales charges, which would reduce your return. For <br />information on the prior history of the Fund, please see the section <br />entitled "The Trust" in the Fund's SAI. Past performance (before and <br />after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform <br />in the future. Updated performance is available at no cost by visiting <br />www.TouchstoneInvestments.com or by calling 1.800.543.0407.</tt>
<tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Class A shares <br />if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 <br />or more in the Touchstone Funds. More information about these and other discounts <br />is available from your financial professional and in the section entitled "Choosing <br />a Class of Shares" in the Fund's Prospectus on page 56 and in the section entitled <br />"Choosing a Share Class" in the Fund's SAI on page 61.</tt>
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<tt>After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal<br />marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. <br />Your after-tax returns may differ from those shown and depend on your tax <br />situation. The after-tax returns do not apply to shares held in an IRA, 401(k), <br />or other tax-deferred account. After-tax returns are only shown for Institutional <br />shares and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary. <br /><br />Institutional shares and Class A shares began operations on July 29, 2005, and<br />Class Y shares began operations on December 9, 2005. Class Y shares performance<br />was calculated using the historical performance of Class A shares for the periods <br />prior to December 9, 2005. The Class Y shares performance for this period has <br />been restated to exclude the maximum applicable sales charge for Class A shares.</tt>
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Russell 2500™ Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
-0.0157
0.0289
0.0445
2005-07-29
Institutional Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
-0.0244
-0.0044
0.0181
2005-07-29
Institutional Return After Taxes on Distributions
-0.0376
-0.0073
0.0195
2005-07-29
TGFYX
-15
0.0000
Class Y Return Before Taxes
117
438
-0.0052
1900
822
-0.0398
0.0076
0.0090
2014-04-16
-0.0057
0.0000
0.0115
0.0167
0.0202
2005-07-29
0.0001
0.0000
TGFLX
-15
Worst Quarter:
Best Quarter:
0.0000
2012-10-31
Institutional Return Before Taxes
102
2010-12-31
359
-0.2577
-0.0029
0.2719
1512
659
0.1879
0.1983
-0.0376
0.0038
-0.4823
0.0090
2014-04-16
2008-12-31
0.3042
-0.0037
The year-to-date return
-0.0376
0.0000
0.0100
0.0129
0.1202
0.0223
2005-07-29
0.1394
0.0001
0.0000
TGFCX
-15
0.0000
318
218
768
-0.0071
3095
1398
0.0095
0.0090
2014-04-16
3095
768
1398
0.0100
0.0215
0.0286
0.0001
0.0100
TGFAX
-15
0.0575
Class A Return Before Taxes
709
1160
-0.0130
3273
1730
-0.0960
0.0154
0.0090
2014-04-16
-0.0198
0.0025
0.0140
0.0270
0.0085
2005-07-29
0.0001
0.0000
<tt>The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells <br />securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may <br />indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund <br />shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected <br />in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's<br />performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the portfolio turnover rate <br />of the Fund was 233.99% of the average value of its portfolio.</tt>
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<tt>The Fund seeks to obtain long-term capital appreciation from hedged equity<br />investments with less risk than a fully invested, unhedged equity portfolio.</tt>
<tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund <br />with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you <br />invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then, except as <br />indicated, redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example <br />also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the <br />Fund's operating expenses remain the same (reflecting the contractual fee<br />waiver). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these<br />assumptions your costs would be:</tt>
reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes
<tt>The Fund's sub-advisor, Analytic Investors, LLC ("Analytic"), seeks to achieve<br />the Fund's investment goal by investing the Fund's assets in a combination of<br />equity securities, high quality short-term debt securities and derivative<br />instruments.<br /><br />Equity Strategy. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in equity<br />securities. This is a non-fundamental investment policy that can be changed by<br />the Fund upon 60 days' prior notice to shareholders.  The Fund invests primarily<br />in long and short positions in U.S. large-cap stocks included in the Russell<br />1000® Index, although the Fund may invest in small- and mid-cap equity securities. <br />The Fund buys securities "long" that Analytic believes will outperform and sells <br />securities "short" that Analytic believes will underperform. The Fund intends to <br />take long and short equity positions that may vary over time based on Analytic's <br />assessment of market conditions and other factors. The Fund's long equity exposure <br />is ordinarily expected to range from 80% to 130% and its short equity exposure <br />from 0% to 70% of the Fund's net assets, excluding cash. The Fund may take short <br />positions at the higher end of this range when it has reduced its written call <br />options positions under the options strategy (as described below) and may during <br />these periods hold a substantial portion of the Fund's total assets in high <br />quality short-term debt securities, cash, or cash equivalents.<br /> <br />Analytic selects common stocks and other equity securities for the Fund using a<br />proprietary system that ranks securities according to a quantitative model.  The<br />model attempts to determine a security's intrinsic value by evaluating variables<br />such as relative valuation, price momentum, company fundamentals, liquidity and<br />risk.<br /> <br />Options Strategy. Analytic seeks to reduce the overall portfolio risk through<br />the use of options. The Fund's options strategy primarily focuses on the use of<br />writing (selling) call options on equity indexes or index exchange traded funds<br />("ETFs"). For these purposes, the Fund treats options on indexes and ETFs as<br />being written on securities having an aggregate value equal to the face or<br />notional amount of the index or ETF subject to the option. The Fund may sell<br />call options on broad-based domestic equity indexes or ETFs, such as the S&P<br />100® Index, as well as on narrower market indexes or ETFs or on indexes or ETFs<br />of companies in a particular industry or sector. The Fund may also sell call<br />options on foreign indexes or ETFs. The Fund seeks to write options on broad<br />and narrow-based indexes and ETFs that correlate with the price movements of <br />the Fund's equity securities.<br /> <br />The Fund may also buy index put options to help protect the Fund from market<br />declines that may occur in the future as the value of index put options increases <br />as the prices of the stocks constituting the index decrease. However, during <br />periods of market appreciation, the value of the index put option decreases <br />as these stocks increase in price.  The Fund may also write (sell) covered <br />call options on individual equity securities. The Fund may also purchase put <br />options on individual equity securities which it owns.<br /><br />Other Derivative Strategies. In addition to the options strategy, the Fund may<br />use other derivatives for a variety of purposes, including: to hedge against<br />market and other risks in the portfolio; manage cash flows; and maintain market<br />exposure and adjust the characteristics of its investments to more closely<br />approximate those of its benchmark, with reduced transaction costs. Analytic<br />may also use futures contracts to seek to gain broad market exposure and/or to<br />hedge against market and other risks in the Fund's portfolio.<br />  <br />The Fund may engage in frequent and active trading of securities as part of its<br />principal investment strategy. Analytic generally considers selling a security<br />when it reaches fair value estimate, when the company's fundamentals do not<br />appear to justify the current price, when there has been or there is an<br />expectation of an adverse change in the company's fundamentals, when the risks<br />of the security unexpectedly rise, or when other investment opportunities appear<br />more attractive.</tt>
TOUCHSTONE DYNAMIC EQUITY FUND SUMMARY
The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio of
expenses to average net assets that are included in the Fund's Annual Report
dated July 31, 2012, which reflects the operating expenses of the Fund and
does not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Class A shares if you and
your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000
or more in the Touchstone Funds.
Example.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual
federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state
and local taxes.
The Fund's Investment Goal
Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.
You could lose money on your investment in the Fund and the Fund could return less than other investments.
The Principal Risks
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Assuming Redemption at End of Period
2.3399
Your after-tax returns may differ from those shown and depend on your tax
situation. The after-tax returns do not apply to shares held in an IRA,
401(k), or other tax-deferred account.
Touchstone Dynamic Equity Fund - Class Y shares Total Return as of December 31
The bar chart does not reflect any sales charges, which would reduce your return.
The Fund's Performance
50000
The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and
volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's
performance from calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the
Fund's average annual total returns for 1 year, 5 years, and 10 years
compare with the S&P 500 Index and the Citigroup 3-Month T-Bill Index.
<tt>Best Quarter:                 Worst Quarter:<br />Fourth Quarter 2011 +10.89%   Fourth Quarter 2008 -16.78% <br /><br />The year-to-date return for the Fund's Class Y shares as of <br />October 31, 2012 is 8.0%.</tt>
1.800.543.0407
"Other Expenses" for Class C shares have been restated to reflect estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Average Annual Total Returns For the periods ended December 31, 2011
Portfolio Turnover.
<tt>The Fund's share price will fluctuate. You could lose money on your investment<br />in the Fund and the Fund could return less than other investments. The Fund is<br />subject to the principal risks summarized below.<br /><br />Covered Call Options Risk:  Investments in covered calls involve certain risks. <br />These risks include:<br /><br />o Limited Gains. When the Fund writes a covered call option, the Fund makes <br />an obligation to deliver a security it already owns at an agreed-upon strike <br />price on or before a predetermined date in the future in return for a premium. <br />By selling a covered call option, the Fund may forego the opportunity to <br />benefit from an increase in the price of the underlying stock above the<br />exercise price, but continues to bear the risk of a decline in the value of the<br />underlying stock.  While the Fund receives a premium for writing the call<br />option, the price the Fund realizes from the sale of stock upon exercise of the<br />option could be substantially below its prevailing market price.<br /> <br />o Lack of Liquidity for the Option. A liquid market may not exist for the option. <br />If the Fund is not able to close out the options transaction, the Fund will not <br />be able to sell the underlying security until the option expires or is exercised.<br /> <br />o Lack of Liquidity for the Security.  The Fund's investment strategy may also <br />result in a lack of liquidity of the purchase and sale of portfolio securities. <br />Because the Fund will generally hold the stocks underlying the call option, the <br />Fund may be less likely to sell the stocks in its portfolio to take advantage <br />of new investment opportunities.<br /><br />Derivatives Risk: The Fund may invest in derivatives, such as futures and<br />options contracts, options related to futures contracts or swap contracts, to<br />pursue its investment goal. The use of such derivatives may expose the Fund to<br />additional risks to which it would otherwise not be subject. The lack of a<br />liquid secondary market for a particular derivative instrument may prevent the<br />Fund from closing its derivative positions and could adversely impact its<br />ability to achieve its goals and to realize profits or limit losses. Since<br />transactions in derivatives may involve leverage, a relatively small price<br />movement in a derivative may result in an immediate and substantial loss to the<br />Fund.<br /> <br />Equity Securities Risk: The Fund is subject to the risk that stock prices will<br />fall (or rise with respect to short positions) over short or extended periods of<br />time. Individual companies may report poor results or be negatively affected by<br />industry and/or economic trends and developments. The prices of securities<br />issued by these companies may decline in response to such developments, which<br />could result in a decline in the value of the Fund's shares. Conversely, the<br />risk of price increases with respect to securities sold short will also cause a<br />decline in the value of the Fund's shares.<br /><br />Management Risk: The value of your investment may decrease if the sub-advisor's<br />judgment about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular<br />security, issuer, industry or sector or about market movements is incorrect.<br /><br />Large-Cap Risk: Large-cap risk is the risk that stocks of larger companies may<br />underperform relative to those of small and mid-sized companies. Larger cap<br />companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges, such<br />as changes in technology and consumer tastes, and also may not be able to attain<br />the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended<br />periods of economic expansion.<br /><br />Futures Contracts Risk: A futures contract provides for the future sale by one<br />party and purchase by another party of a specified quantity of the security or<br />other financial instrument at a specified price and time. A futures contract on<br />an index is an agreement in which two parties agree to take or make delivery of<br />an amount of cash equal to the difference between the value of the index at the<br />close of the last trading day of the contract and the price at which the index<br />contract was originally written. The risks associated with futures include: the<br />potential inability to terminate or sell a position, the lack of a liquid <br />secondary market for the Fund's position and the risk that the counterparty to <br />the transaction will not meet its obligations.<br /><br />Foreign Securities Risk: Investing in foreign securities poses additional risks<br />since political and economic events unique in a country or region will affect<br />those markets and their issuers. These events will not necessarily affect the<br />U.S. economy or similar issuers located in the United States. Foreign markets<br />may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. markets and offer less protection<br />to investors.<br /><br />Index and ETF Call Options Risk: Writing index and ETF call options is intended<br />to reduce the Fund's volatility and provide income, although it may also reduce<br />the Fund's ability to profit from increases in the value of its equity portfolio.<br /><br />Portfolio Turnover Risk: The risk that high portfolio turnover is likely to<br />lead to increased Fund expenses that may result in lower investment returns. <br />High portfolio turnover is also likely to result in higher short-term capital<br />gains taxable to shareholders.<br /> <br />Short Sales Risk: When selling a security short, the Fund will sell a security<br />it does not own at the then-current market price. The Fund borrows the security<br />to deliver to the buyer and is obligated to buy the security at a later date so<br />it can return the security to the lender. If a security sold short increases in<br />price, the Fund may have to cover its short position at a higher price than the<br />short sale price, resulting in a loss. To borrow the security, the Fund also<br />may be required to pay a premium, which would increase the cost of the security<br />sold short. The amount of any gain will be decreased, and the amount of any<br />loss increased, by the amount of the premium, dividends, interest or expenses<br />the Fund may be required to pay in connection with the short sale. In addition,<br />a lender may request, or market conditions may dictate, that securities sold<br />short be returned to the lender on short notice, and the Fund may have to buy<br />the securities sold short at an unfavorable price. If this occurs, any<br />anticipated gain to the Fund may be reduced or eliminated or the short sale may<br />result in a loss. In addition, because the Fund's loss on a short sale arises<br />from increases in the value of the security sold short, such loss is<br />theoretically unlimited. By contrast, the Fund's loss on a long position arises<br />from decreases in the value of the security and is limited by the fact that a<br />security's value cannot drop below zero.<br /> <br />Leverage Risk: By engaging in certain derivative strategies or investing the<br />proceeds received from selling securities short, the Fund is employing leverage,<br />which creates special risks. The use of leverage may increase the Fund's<br />exposure to long or short equity positions and make any change in the Fund's net<br />asset value greater than without the use of leverage. Leverage generally<br />results in increased volatility of returns.<br /><br />As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its<br />investment goal. You can find more information about the Fund's investments and<br />risks under the "Investment Strategies and Risks" section of the Fund's<br />Prospectus.</tt>
The Fund's Fees and Expenses
After-tax returns are only shown for Class Y shares and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary.
The Fund's Principal Investment Strategies
www.TouchstoneInvestments.com
<tt>The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and<br />volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's<br />performance from calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the <br />Fund's average annual total returns for 1 year, 5 years, and 10 years <br />compare with the S&P 500 Index and the Citigroup 3-Month T-Bill Index. <br />The bar chart does not reflect any sales charges, which would reduce <br />your return. For information on the prior history of the Fund, please <br />see the section entitled "The Trust" in the Fund's SAI. Past performance <br />(before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will <br />perform in the future. Updated performance is available at no cost by <br />visiting www.TouchstoneInvestments.com or by calling 1.800.543.0407.</tt>
<tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the Fund.  You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Class A<br />shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least<br />$50,000 or more in the Touchstone Funds.  More information about these and other<br />discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section<br />entitled "Choosing a Class of Shares" in the Fund's Prospectus on page 56 and in<br />the section entitled "Choosing a Share Class" in the Fund's Statement of<br />Additional Information ("SAI") on page 61.</tt>
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Assuming No Redemption
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<tt>After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal<br />marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. <br />Your after-tax returns may differ from those shown and depend on your tax <br />situation. The after-tax returns do not apply to shares held in an IRA, 401(k), <br />or other tax-deferred account. After-tax returns are only shown for Class Y <br />shares and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary.<br /><br />Class Y shares began operations on July 1, 1978, Class A shares, and Class C<br />shares began operations on March 31, 2005 and Institutional shares began<br />operations on December 9, 2005. Class A shares and Class C shares performance<br />was calculated using the historical performance of Class Y shares for the<br />periods prior to March 31, 2005 and Institutional shares performance was<br />calculated using the historical performance of Class Y shares for the periods<br />prior to December 9, 2005. The Class A shares performance for this period has<br />been restated to reflect the impact of Class A shares fees and expenses and the<br />Class C shares performance for this period has been restated to reflect the<br />impact of Class C shares fees and expenses.</tt>
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Citigroup 3-Month T-Bill Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
0.0008
0.0136
0.0185
S&P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
0.0211
-0.0025
0.0292
Class Y Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
0.0531
-0.0363
0.0142
Class Y Return After Taxes on Distributions
0.0817
-0.0450
0.0141
TDEYX
-0.1222
-15
Worst Quarter:
Best Quarter:
0.0000
2012-10-31
Class Y Return Before Taxes
0.0125
259
2011-12-31
802
-0.1678
0.0987
-0.0004
0.0641
2929
1374
0.0169
0.1089
0.0817
0.0174
-0.3379
0.0085
2014-04-16
2008-12-31
0.0478
-0.0408
0.1536
The year-to-date return
0.0049
0.0817
0.2313
0.0000
0.0192
0.0256
0.0260
0.0869
0.080
0.0001
0.0000
TDELX
-15
0.0000
Institutional Return Before Taxes
0.0125
254
841
-0.0044
3216
1485
0.0805
0.0209
0.0085
2014-04-16
-0.0406
0.0084
0.0000
0.0193
0.0251
0.0295
0.0001
0.0000
TDECX
-15
0.0000
Class C Return Before Taxes
0.0125
459
359
1115
-0.0019
3971
1906
0.0612
0.0189
0.0085
2014-04-16
3971
-0.0503
1115
1906
0.0064
0.0100
0.0094
0.0356
0.0375
0.0001
0.0100
TDEAX
-15
0.0575
Class A Return Before Taxes
0.0125
843
1430
-0.0027
3741
2059
0.0165
0.0197
0.0085
2014-04-16
-0.0543
0.0072
0.0025
0.0109
0.0281
0.0308
0.0001
0.0000
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"Other Expenses" for Class C shares have been restated to reflect estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio of expenses to average net assets that are included in the Fund's Annual Report dated July 31, 2012, which reflects the operating expenses of the Fund and does not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
Touchstone Advisors and the Trust have entered into an expense limitation agreement whereby Touchstone Advisors has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and/or reimburse certain Fund expenses in order to limit annual fund operating expenses to 1.55%, 2.30%, 1.30% and 1.25%, for Class A shares, Class C shares, Class Y shares, and Institutional shares, respectively. This expense limitation will remain in effect until at least April 16, 2014, but can be terminated by a vote of the Board of Trustees of the Fund if they deem the termination to be beneficial to the Fund shareholders. Touchstone Advisors is entitled to recoup, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees of the Fund, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which Touchstone Advisors reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Fund. No recoupment will occur unless the Fund's expenses are below the expense limitation. See the discussion entitled "Contractual Fee Waiver Agreement" under the section entitled "The Funds' Management" in the Fund's Prospectus for more information.
Touchstone Advisors and the Trust have entered into an expense limitation agreement whereby Touchstone Advisors has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and/or reimburse certain Fund expenses in order to limit annual fund operating expenses to 1.39%, 2.14%, 1.14%, and 0.99%, for Class A shares, Class C shares, Class Y shares, and Institutional shares, respectively. This expense limitation will remain in effect until at least April 16, 2014, but can be terminated by a vote of the Board of Trustees of the Fund if they deem the termination to be beneficial to the Fund shareholders. Touchstone Advisors is entitled to recoup, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees of the Fund, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which Touchstone Advisors reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Fund. No recoupment will occur unless the Fund's expenses are below the expense limitation. See the discussion entitled "Contractual Fee Waiver Agreement" under the section entitled "The Funds' Management" in the Fund's Prospectus for more information.
Class C shares commenced operations on April 16, 2012. Class C shares would have had substantially similar annual returns because the shares are invested in the same portfolio. Annual returns would differ only to the extent that the Classes have different expenses.
Touchstone Advisors and the Trust have entered into an expense limitation agreement whereby Touchstone Advisors has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and/or reimburse certain Fund expenses in order to limit annual fund operating expenses to 1.39%, 2.14%, 1.14%, and 0.99%, for Class A shares, Class C shares, Class Y shares, and Institutional shares, respectively. This expense limitation will remain in effect until at least April 16, 2014, but can be terminated by a vote of the Board of Trustees of the Fund if they deem the termination to be beneficial to the Fund shareholders. Touchstone Advisors is entitled to recoup, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees of the Fund, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which Touchstone Advisors reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Fund. No recoupment will occur unless the Fund's expenses are below the expense limitation. See the discussion entitled "Contractual Fee Waiver Agreement" under the section entitled "The Funds' Management" in the Fund's Prospectus for more information.
Class C shares commenced operations on April 16, 2012. Class C shares would have had substantially similar annual returns because the shares are invested in the same portfolio. Annual returns would differ only to the extent that the Classes have different expenses.
Expenses shown above have been restated to reflect a change in the Fund's contractual fee waiver, and will differ from the expenses shown in the Fund's Annual Report.
Effective September 10, 2012, Touchstone Advisors and the Trust have entered into an expense limitation agreement whereby Touchstone Advisors has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and/or reimburse certain Fund expenses in order to limit annual fund operating expenses to 0.33%, 1.08%, 0.08% and 0.08% for Class A shares, Class C shares, Class Y shares, and Institutional shares, respectively. This expense limitation will remain in effect until September 10, 2013 but can be terminated by a vote of the Board of Trustees of the Fund if they deem the termination to be beneficial to the Fund shareholders. Following the expiration of the contractual fee waiver above, Touchstone Advisors has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and/or reimburse certain Fund expenses in order to limit annual fund operating expenses to 0.41%, 1.16%, 0.16% and 0.16% for Class A shares, Class C shares, Class Y shares, and Institutional shares, respectively. This expense limitation will remain in effect until at least April 16, 2014 but can be terminated by a vote of the Board of Trustees of the Fund if they deem the termination to be beneficial to the Fund shareholders. Touchstone Advisors is entitled to recoup, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees of the Fund, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which Touchstone Advisors reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Fund. No recoupment will occur unless the Fund's expenses are below the expense limitation. See the discussion entitled "Contractual Fee Waiver Agreement" under the section entitled "The Funds' Management" in the Fund's Prospectus for more information. The fee table reflects only expense limitations in effect until April 16, 2014.
Effective September 10, 2012, Touchstone Advisors and the Trust have entered into an expense limitation agreement whereby Touchstone Advisors has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and/or reimburse certain Fund expenses in order to limit annual fund operating expenses to 0.33%, 1.08%, 0.08%, and 0.08% for Class A shares, Class C shares, Class Y shares, and Institutional shares, respectively. This expense limitation will remain in effect until September 10, 2013, but can be terminated by a vote of the Board of Trustees of the Fund if they deem the termination to be beneficial to the Fund shareholders. Following the expiration of the contractual fee waiver above, Touchstone Advisors has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and/or reimburse certain Fund expenses in order to limit annual fund operating expenses to 0.41%, 1.16%, 0.16%, and 0.16% for Class A shares, Class C shares, Class Y shares, and Institutional shares, respectively. This expense limitation will remain in effect until at least April 16, 2014 but can be terminated by a vote of the Board of Trustees of the Fund if they deem the termination to be beneficial to the Fund shareholders. Touchstone Advisors is entitled to recoup, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees of the Fund, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which Touchstone Advisors reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Fund. No recoupment will occur unless the Fund's expenses are below the expense limitation. See the discussion entitled "Contractual Fee Waiver Agreement" under the section entitled "The Funds' Management" in the Fund's Prospectus for more information. The fee table reflects only expense limitations in effect until April 16, 2014.