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Filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2013

1933 Act Registration File No.   033-81396

1940 Act File No. 811-08614

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933		[	X	]
Pre-Effective Amendment No.		[		]
Post-Effective Amendment No.	44	[	X	]

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940		[	X	]
Amendment No.	45	[	X	]

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

BRANDES INVESTMENT TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

11988 El Camino Real, Suite 500

San Diego, California 92130

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:  (619) 755-0239

Michael Glazer.

c/o Bingham McCutchen LLP

355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 4400

Los Angeles, California 90071

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

[	X	]	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[		]	On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
[		]	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[		]	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[		]	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[		]	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

[ ] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post- effective amendment.

Explanatory Note:  This Post-Effective Amendment (“PEA”) No. 44 to the Registration Statement of Professionally Managed Portfolios (the “Trust”) on Form N-1A hereby incorporates Parts A, B and C from the Trust’s PEA No. 43 on Form N-1A filed on January 31, 2013.  This PEA No. 44 is filed for the sole purpose of submitting the XBRL exhibit for the risk/return summary first provided in PEA No. 43 to the Trust’s Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed below on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Diego and State of California on the 22nd day of February, 2013.

BRANDES INVESTMENT TRUST

By:

/s/ Jeff Busby

Jeff Busby

President

This Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of Brandes Investment Trust has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ J. Michael Gaffney*	Trustee	February 22, 2013
J. Michael Gaffney
/s/ Jeff Busby*	President and Trustee	February 22, 2013
Jeff Busby
/s/Jean Carter*	Trustee	February 22, 2013
Jean Carter
/s/Robert M. Fitzgerald*	Trustee	February 22, 2013
Robert M. Fitzgerald
/s/Gary Iwamura	Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	February 22, 2013
Gary Iwamura
*  By: /s/ Jeff Busby
Jeff Busby
Attorney-in-fact as per Powers of Attorney filed November 9, 2007 and September 30, 2008.

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit	Exhibit No.
Instance Document	EX-101.INS
Schema Document	EX-101.SCH
Calculation Linkbase Document	EX-101.CAL
Definition Linkbase Document	EX-101.DEF
Label Linkbase Document	EX-101.LAB
Presentation Linkbase Document	EX-101.PRE

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Risk/Return:

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Risk/Return [Heading]

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Brandes Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust

Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust (the “Fund”) seeks to maximize long-term total return.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses of the Fund

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (fees paid from Fund assets)

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.  During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 27.44% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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27.44%

Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text]

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The Fund does not pay any other ordinary expenses. The amount under "Other expenses" reflects the estimated amount of operating expenses of the Fund which would be paid if the fees were not paid by the Advisor.

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This Example illustrates the amount of expenses you could incur if the Advisor charged the Fund for its services.  This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.

Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text]

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Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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The Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of debt securities. These include debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government and foreign governments and their agencies and instrumentalities, debt securities issued by U.S. and foreign companies, collateralized mortgage obligations, and U.S. and foreign mortgage-backed and asset-backed debt securities.  The Fund may invest up to 60% of its total assets in non-U.S. dollar securities, and may engage in currency hedging.  Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., the investment advisor to the Fund (the “Advisor”), generally uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select debt securities for the Fund’s investment portfolio.  As part of this process, the Advisor reviews such measures as the issuer’s free cash flow, debt-to-equity ratio, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”)-to-interest ratio, debt-to-EBITDA ratio, or other measures of credit worthiness in evaluating the securities of a particular issuer.

The Fund may invest in debt instruments of any maturity or with no maturity and it may invest in both investment-grade securities and non-investment grade securities (also known as “high-yield bonds” or “junk bonds”).  (Up to 60% of the Fund’s total debt securities may be in junk bonds.) The Fund invests in debt securities that can be purchased at prices or yield premiums over U.S. Treasury securities (or other relatively risk free securities) which the Advisor believes to be attractive based on the Advisor’s assessment of each security’s intrinsic value.  The Advisor will typically sell a security from the Fund’s portfolio when the Advisor’s research process identifies a significantly better investment opportunity.  The Advisor may also sell certain portfolio securities from time to time in order to adjust the average maturity, duration or yield of the Fund’s portfolio or to meet requirements for redemption of Fund shares.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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Because the values of the Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, so will the value of your investment in the Fund.  You could lose money on your investment in the Fund, or the Fund could underperform other investments.  Principal risks of the Fund are as follows:

· Credit Risk – Fixed income securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in credit ratings.  The value of an issuer’s securities held by the Fund may decline in response to adverse developments with respect to the issuer.

· Interest Rate Risk – As with most fixed income funds, the income on and value of your shares in the Fund will fluctuate along with interest rates.  When interest rates rise, the market prices of the debt securities the Fund owns usually decline.  When interest rates fall, the prices of these securities usually increase.

· Foreign and Emerging MarketsSecurities Risk – Investing in foreign securities poses additional risks.  The performance of foreign securities can be adversely affected by the different political, regulatory and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the issuers of these securities are located.  Emerging markets countries involve greater risk and volatility than more developed markets.  Some emerging markets countries may have fixed or managed currencies that are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar.  Certain of these currencies may experience substantial fluctuations or steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar.

· Liquidity Risk – Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell.  Illiquid securities may also be difficult to value.The Fund’s investments in illiquid securities may reduce the return of the Fund because it may be unable to sell such illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price.

· Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk – Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates.  When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest that money at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

· Non-Investment Grade (Junk Bond) Securities Risk – Below investment grade debt securities (commonly known as “high yield bonds” or “junk bonds”) are speculative and involve a greater risk of default and price change due to changes in the issuer’s creditworthiness.  The market prices of these debt securities may fluctuate more than the market prices of investment grade debt securities and may decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty.

· Portfolio Turnover Risk – The Fund is actively managed, which means that the Advisor may frequently buy and sell securities.  Frequent trading increases a Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and may increase transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions and taxes.  Increased transaction costs could detract from the Fund’s performance.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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You could lose money on your investment in the Fund, or the Fund could underperform other investments.

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following information shows you how the Fund has performed and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how its performance has varied from year to year.  The bar chart shows changes in the yearly performance of the Fund since its inception.  The table below compares the Fund’s total return over time to broad-based indices.  The chart and table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.  Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.brandesinstitutionalfunds.com.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]

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The following information shows you how the Fund has performed and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how its performance has varied from year to year.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

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www.brandesinstitutionalfunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust Year-by-Year Total Returns as of December 31, 2012

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Best Quarter	Q2	2009	20.91%
Worst Quarter	Q3	2008	-16.44%

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Best Quarter

Highest Quarterly Return, Date

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Jun. 30, 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

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20.91%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

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Worst Quarter

Lowest Quarterly Return, Date

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Sep. 30, 2008

Lowest Quarterly Return

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(16.44%)

Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text]

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(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate

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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.

Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred

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Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Performance Table Closing [Text Block]

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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.  Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

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Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust Average Annual Total Returns For periods ending December 31, 2012

Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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4.21%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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5.95%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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5.78%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

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Oct. 03, 2005

Barclays Capital U.S. Intermediate Credit Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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8.10%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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6.71%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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6.10%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

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Oct. 03, 2005

Brandes Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust

Risk/Return:

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

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none

Management Fees

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0.55%

^[1],[2]

Total Other Expenses

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0.32%

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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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0.87%

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Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.87%)

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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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none

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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89

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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278

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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482

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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1,073

Annual Return 2006

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11.00%

Annual Return 2007

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0.55%

Annual Return 2008

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(30.43%)

Annual Return 2009

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42.59%

Annual Return 2010

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18.97%

Annual Return 2011

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4.75%

Annual Return 2012

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14.88%

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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14.88%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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7.27%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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6.54%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

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Oct. 03, 2005

Brandes Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust | After Taxes on Distributions

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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12.55%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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4.43%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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3.73%

Brandes Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust | After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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9.59%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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4.42%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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3.84%

[1] Investors in the Fund must be clients of "wrap account" programs sponsored by broker-dealers which have an agreement with the Advisor, or certain other persons or entities. The Advisor has agreed to pay or reimburse all expenses of the Fund other than extraordinary expenses. See "Shareholder Information."

[2] The Fund does not pay any management fees, advisory fees or expenses to the Advisor or affiliates of the Advisor. The amount under "Management fees" reflects the estimated amount of fees that would be attributable to advisory services if the Advisor charged the Fund for its services.

[3] The Fund does not pay any other ordinary expenses. The amount under "Other expenses" reflects the estimated amount of operating expenses of the Fund which would be paid if the fees were not paid by the Advisor.

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Brandes Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust

Investment Objective

The Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust (the “Fund”) seeks to maximize long-term total return.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)	Brandes Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (fees paid from Fund assets)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses		Brandes Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust
Management Fees	[1][2]	0.55%
Other Expenses	[1][3]	0.32%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	[1]	0.87%
Less Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement	[1]	(0.87%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement		none

Example

This Example illustrates the amount of expenses you could incur if the Advisor charged the Fund for its services.  This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Brandes Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust	89	278	482	1,073

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.  During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 27.44% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of debt securities. These include debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government and foreign governments and their agencies and instrumentalities, debt securities issued by U.S. and foreign companies, collateralized mortgage obligations, and U.S. and foreign mortgage-backed and asset-backed debt securities.  The Fund may invest up to 60% of its total assets in non-U.S. dollar securities, and may engage in currency hedging.  Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., the investment advisor to the Fund (the “Advisor”), generally uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select debt securities for the Fund’s investment portfolio.  As part of this process, the Advisor reviews such measures as the issuer’s free cash flow, debt-to-equity ratio, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”)-to-interest ratio, debt-to-EBITDA ratio, or other measures of credit worthiness in evaluating the securities of a particular issuer.

The Fund may invest in debt instruments of any maturity or with no maturity and it may invest in both investment-grade securities and non-investment grade securities (also known as “high-yield bonds” or “junk bonds”).  (Up to 60% of the Fund’s total debt securities may be in junk bonds.) The Fund invests in debt securities that can be purchased at prices or yield premiums over U.S. Treasury securities (or other relatively risk free securities) which the Advisor believes to be attractive based on the Advisor’s assessment of each security’s intrinsic value.  The Advisor will typically sell a security from the Fund’s portfolio when the Advisor’s research process identifies a significantly better investment opportunity.  The Advisor may also sell certain portfolio securities from time to time in order to adjust the average maturity, duration or yield of the Fund’s portfolio or to meet requirements for redemption of Fund shares.

Principal Investment Risks

Because the values of the Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, so will the value of your investment in the Fund.  You could lose money on your investment in the Fund, or the Fund could underperform other investments.  Principal risks of the Fund are as follows:

· Credit Risk – Fixed income securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in credit ratings.  The value of an issuer’s securities held by the Fund may decline in response to adverse developments with respect to the issuer.

· Interest Rate Risk – As with most fixed income funds, the income on and value of your shares in the Fund will fluctuate along with interest rates.  When interest rates rise, the market prices of the debt securities the Fund owns usually decline.  When interest rates fall, the prices of these securities usually increase.

· Foreign and Emerging MarketsSecurities Risk – Investing in foreign securities poses additional risks.  The performance of foreign securities can be adversely affected by the different political, regulatory and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the issuers of these securities are located.  Emerging markets countries involve greater risk and volatility than more developed markets.  Some emerging markets countries may have fixed or managed currencies that are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar.  Certain of these currencies may experience substantial fluctuations or steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar.

· Liquidity Risk – Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell.  Illiquid securities may also be difficult to value.The Fund’s investments in illiquid securities may reduce the return of the Fund because it may be unable to sell such illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price.

· Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk – Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates.  When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest that money at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

· Non-Investment Grade (Junk Bond) Securities Risk – Below investment grade debt securities (commonly known as “high yield bonds” or “junk bonds”) are speculative and involve a greater risk of default and price change due to changes in the issuer’s creditworthiness.  The market prices of these debt securities may fluctuate more than the market prices of investment grade debt securities and may decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty.

· Portfolio Turnover Risk – The Fund is actively managed, which means that the Advisor may frequently buy and sell securities.  Frequent trading increases a Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and may increase transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions and taxes.  Increased transaction costs could detract from the Fund’s performance.

Performance

The following information shows you how the Fund has performed and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how its performance has varied from year to year.  The bar chart shows changes in the yearly performance of the Fund since its inception.  The table below compares the Fund’s total return over time to broad-based indices.  The chart and table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.  Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.brandesinstitutionalfunds.com.

Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust Year-by-Year Total Returns as of December 31, 2012

Best Quarter	Q2	2009	20.91%
Worst Quarter	Q3	2008	-16.44%

Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust Average Annual Total Returns For periods ending December 31, 2012

Average Annual Returns	Average Annual Returns, 1 Year	Average Annual Returns, 5 Years	Average Annual Returns, Since Inception	Average Annual Returns, Inception Date
Brandes Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust	14.88%	7.27%	6.54%	Oct. 03, 2005
Brandes Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust After Taxes on Distributions	12.55%	4.43%	3.73%
Brandes Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares	9.59%	4.42%	3.84%
Brandes Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	4.21%	5.95%	5.78%	Oct. 03, 2005
Brandes Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust Barclays Capital U.S. Intermediate Credit Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	8.10%	6.71%	6.10%	Oct. 03, 2005

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.  Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

[1] Investors in the Fund must be clients of "wrap account" programs sponsored by broker-dealers which have an agreement with the Advisor, or certain other persons or entities. The Advisor has agreed to pay or reimburse all expenses of the Fund other than extraordinary expenses. See "Shareholder Information."

[2] The Fund does not pay any management fees, advisory fees or expenses to the Advisor or affiliates of the Advisor. The amount under "Management fees" reflects the estimated amount of fees that would be attributable to advisory services if the Advisor charged the Fund for its services.

[3] The Fund does not pay any other ordinary expenses. The amount under "Other expenses" reflects the estimated amount of operating expenses of the Fund which would be paid if the fees were not paid by the Advisor.

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Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund

Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund (the “International Small Cap Fund”), seeks long term capital appreciation.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses of the Fund

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the International Small Cap Fund.  You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.  More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section titled “Shareholder Information” on page 38 of the Prospectus and “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page B-77 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

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2014-01-31

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The International Small Cap Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.  During the period from February 1, 2012 through September 30, 2012, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 13.55% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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13.55%

Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text]

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You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.

Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount]

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$ 25,000

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the International Small Cap Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the contractual expense limitation for one year).

Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text]

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Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Caption [Text]

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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your Class C shares:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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Under normal market conditions, the International Small Cap Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) measured at the time of purchase in equity securities issued by small capitalization companies located in at least three countries outside of the United States.  The Fund considers a company to be a small capitalization company if it has a market capitalization (market value of publicly traded securities) of $5 billion or less at the time of purchase.  Equity securities include common and preferred stocks, warrants and rights.  An issuer is determined to be located outside the United States on the basis of the issuer’s domicile, principal place of business, primary stock exchange listing, source of revenue or other factors.  Up to 30% of the International Small Cap Fund’s total assets, measured at the time of purchase, may be invested in securities of companies located in countries considered to have emerging securities markets.  With respect to 20% of the Fund’s net assets, the Fund may invest in stocks of companies of any capitalization size.

Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., the investment advisor (the “Advisor”), uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select equity securities for the International Small Cap Fund’s investment portfolio.  When buying equity securities, the Advisor assesses the estimated “intrinsic” value of a company based on data such as a company’s earnings, cash flow generation, and/or asset value of the underlying business.  By choosing securities that are selling at a discount to the Advisor’s estimates of their share of the company’s intrinsic business value, the Advisor seeks to establish an opportunity for long-term capital appreciation.  The Advisor may sell a security when its price reaches a target set by the Advisor, the Advisor believes that other investments are more attractive, or for other reasons.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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Because the values of the International Small Cap Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, so will the value of your investment in the International Small Cap Fund.  You could lose money on your investment in the International Small Cap Fund, or the International Small Cap Fund could underperform other investments.  Principal risks of the International Small Cap Fund are as follows:

· Stock Risks – The values of the International Small Cap Fund’s investments fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general stock market and economic conditions.

· Medium and Small-Cap Company Risks – Securities of medium-cap and small-cap companies may have comparatively greater price volatility and less liquidity than the securities of companies that have larger market capitalizations and/or that are traded on major stock exchanges.  These securities may also be more difficult to value.

· Foreign Securities and Emerging Markets Risks – In addition, the performance of foreign securities depends on the political and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the International Small Cap Fund invests.  Emerging markets involve greater risk and volatility than more developed markets.  Some emerging markets countries may have fixed or managed currencies that are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar.  Certain of these currencies have experienced, and may experience in the future, substantial fluctuations or a steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar.

· Currency Risks – Because the International Small Cap Fund invests in securities denominated in foreign currencies, the U.S. dollar values of its investments fluctuate as a result of changes in foreign exchange rates.  Such changes will also affect the Fund’s income.

· Value Securities Risks – The International Small Cap Fund invests in value securities, which are securities the Advisor believes are undervalued for various reasons, including but not limited to as a result of adverse business, industry or other developments, or are subject to special risks, or limited market understanding of the issuer’s business or industry, that have caused the securities to be out of favor.  It may take longer than expected for the prices of these securities to increase to the anticipated value, or they may never increase to that value or may decline.  In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.

· Value Style Risks – In managing the International Small Cap Fund, the Advisor applies the Graham and Dodd Value Investing approach, which selects investments based on the Advisor’s evaluation of the intrinsic long-term value of companies using measurable data.  This style of investing has caused the Fund’s performance to deviate from the performance of market benchmarks and other managers for substantial periods of time and may do so in the future.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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You could lose money on your investment in the International Small Cap Fund, or the International Small Cap Fund could underperform other investments.

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the International Small Cap Fund.  The bar chart below illustrates how the Fund’s total returns have varied from year to year.  The table below compares the Fund’s total return over time to a broad-based securities index.  The chart and table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions.  Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the International Small Cap Fund will perform in the future.  Updated performance is available on the Fund’s website www.brandesfunds.com.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]

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The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the International Small Cap Fund.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

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www.brandesfunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the International Small Cap Fund will perform in the future.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund Year-by-Year Total Returns as of December 31, 2012 for Class I Shares

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Best Quarter	Q2	2009	46.08%
Worst Quarter	Q4	2008	-21.60%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

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Best Quarter

Highest Quarterly Return, Date

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Jun. 30, 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

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46.08%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

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Worst Quarter

Lowest Quarterly Return, Date

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Dec. 31, 2008

Lowest Quarterly Return

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(21.60%)

Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text]

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(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate

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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.

Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred

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Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Performance Table One Class of after Tax Shown [Text]

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After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only. After-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

Performance Table Closing [Text Block]

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Prior to February 1, 2012, the Fund was a private investment fund managed by the Advisor with policies, guidelines and restrictions that were, in all material respects, equivalent to those of the Fund.  Class A and Class I shares commenced operations on February 1, 2012, while Class C shares commenced operations on January 31, 2013.  Prior to January 31, 2013, Class A shares were known as Class S shares.  (Class A shares have the same operating expenses as Class S shares.)  The Class I performance information shown for periods before February 1, 2012 is that of the private investment fund managed by the Advisor that is the predecessor of the Fund, not adjusted for Fund expenses.  Performance shown prior to February 1, 2012 for the Class A shares reflects the performance of the private investment fund shares adjusted to reflect Class A expenses.  Performance shown prior to the inception of Class C shares reflects the performance of the private investment fund for periods prior to February 1, 2012 and the performance of Class I shares for the period from February 1, 2012 to January 30, 2013.

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.  Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.  After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only.  After-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

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Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund Average Annual Total Returns For periods ending December 31, 2012

S&P Developed ex-U.S. Small Cap Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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18.55%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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(1.26%)

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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12.16%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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6.41%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

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Feb. 01, 2012

Class A

Risk/Return:

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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5.75%

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

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none

^[1]

Management Fees

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0.95%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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0.25%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

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none

Other Expenses

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0.97%

Total Other Expenses

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0.97%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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2.17%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.77%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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1.40%

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Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block]

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Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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709

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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1,145

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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1,606

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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2,877

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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19.04%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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5.19%

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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12.62%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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9.81%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

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Feb. 01, 2012

Class C

Risk/Return:

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

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1.00%

^[3]

Management Fees

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0.95%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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0.75%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

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0.25%

Other Expenses

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0.97%

Total Other Expenses

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1.22%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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2.92%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.77%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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2.15%

^[2]

Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block]

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A charge of 1.00% will be imposed on Class C shares redeemed within one year of purchase by any investor.

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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318

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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831

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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1,470

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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3,188

Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year

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218

Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years

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831

Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years

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1,470

Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years

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3,188

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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26.46%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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6.47%

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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13.30%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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10.21%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

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Jan. 31, 2013

Class I

Risk/Return:

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

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none

Management Fees

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0.95%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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none

Shareholder Servicing Fees

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none

Other Expenses

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1.02%

Total Other Expenses

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1.02%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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1.97%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.82%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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1.15%

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Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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117

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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539

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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986

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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$ 2,230

Annual Return 2003

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69.48%

Annual Return 2004

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28.55%

Annual Return 2005

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13.23%

Annual Return 2006

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10.13%

Annual Return 2007

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(6.21%)

Annual Return 2008

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(44.04%)

Annual Return 2009

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73.22%

Annual Return 2010

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32.95%

Annual Return 2011

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(16.03%)

Annual Return 2012

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26.46%

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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26.46%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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6.47%

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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13.30%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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10.21%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

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Feb. 01, 2012

Class I | After Taxes on Distributions

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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25.84%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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6.37%

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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13.25%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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10.18%

Class I | After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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17.43%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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5.55%

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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12.00%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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9.34%

[1] Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

[2] The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit the International Small Cap Fund's Class A, Class C and Class I annual operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization or extraordinary expenses such as litigation), including repayment of previous waivers, to 1.40% for Class A, 2.15% for Class C, and 1.15% for Class I as percentages of the respective Fund classes' average daily net assets through January 31, 2014 (the "Expense Caps"). The Expense Caps may be terminated at any time by the Board of Trustees upon 60 days notice to the Advisor, or by the Advisor with the consent of the Board. The Advisor is permitted, with Board approval, to be reimbursed for fee reductions and/or expense payments made in the prior three years with respect to any Class of the Fund. The Advisor may request reimbursement if the aggregate amount paid by the Fund toward operating expenses for the Class for the fiscal year (taking into account the reimbursement) does not exceed the Expense Cap with respect to such Class or any lower expense cap for the Class in effect at the time of the reimbursement.

[3] A charge of 1.00% will be imposed on Class C shares redeemed within one year of purchase by any investor.

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Brandes Emerging Markets Fund

Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Brandes Emerging Markets Fund (the “Emerging Markets Fund”), formerly named the Brandes Institutional Emerging Markets Fund, seeks long-term capital appreciation .

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses of the Fund

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Emerging Markets Fund.  You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.  More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section titled “Shareholder Information” on page 38 of the Prospectus and “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page B-77 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

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2014-01-31

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Emerging Markets Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.  During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 28.59% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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28.59%

Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text]

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You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.

Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount]

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$ 25,000

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Emerging Markets Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the contractual expense limitation for 1 year).

Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text]

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Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Caption [Text]

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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your Class C shares:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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Under normal market conditions, the Emerging Markets Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) measured at the time of purchase in equity securities of companies located in emerging markets.  These companies may have market capitalizations of any size.  Equity securities include common and preferred stocks, warrants and rights.  Emerging markets include some or all of the countries located in each of the following regions: Asia, Europe, Central and South America, Africa and the Middle East.  The Advisor considers an emerging market country to be any country which is in the Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Index (“MSCI EM Index”) or that, in the opinion of the Advisor, is generally considered to be an emerging market country by the international financial community.

Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., the investment advisor (the “Advisor”), uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select equity securities for the Emerging Markets Fund’s investment portfolio.  When buying equity securities, the Advisor assesses the estimated “intrinsic” value of a company based on data such as a company’s earnings power, cash flow generation, and/or asset value of the underlying business.  By choosing securities that are selling at a discount to the Advisor’s estimates of their share of the company’s intrinsic business value, the Advisor seeks to establish an opportunity for long-term capital appreciation.  The Advisor may sell a security when its price reaches a target set by the Advisor, if the Advisor believes that other investments are more attractive, or for other reasons.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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Because the values of the Emerging Markets Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, so will the value of your investment in the Emerging Markets Fund.  You could lose money on your investment in the Emerging Markets Fund, or the Emerging Markets Fund could underperform other investments.  Principal risks of the Emerging Markets Fund are as follows:

· Stock Risks – The values of the Emerging Markets Fund’s investments fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general stock market and economic conditions.

· Foreign Securities and Emerging Markets Risks – In addition, the performance of foreign securities depends on the political and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the Emerging Markets Fund invests.  Emerging markets involve greater risk and volatility than more developed markets.  Some emerging markets countries may have fixed or managed currencies that are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar.  Certain of these currencies have experienced, and may experience in the future, substantial fluctuations or a steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar.

· Currency Risks – Because the Emerging Markets Fund invests in securities denominated in foreign currencies, the U.S. dollar values of its investments fluctuate as a result of changes in foreign exchange rates.  Such changes will also affect the Fund’s income.

· Medium and Small-Cap Company Risks – Securities of medium-cap and small-cap companies may have comparatively greater price volatility and less liquidity than the securities of companies that have larger market capitalizations and/or that are traded on major stock exchanges.  These securities may also be more difficult to value.

· Value Securities Risks – The Emerging Markets Fund invests in value securities, which are securities the Advisor believes are undervalued for various reasons, including but not limited to as a result of adverse business, industry or other developments, or are subject to special risks, or limited market understanding of the issuer’s business or industry, that have caused the securities to be out of favor.  It may take longer than expected for the prices of these securities to increase to the anticipated value, or they may never increase to that value or may decline.  In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.

· Value Style Risks – In managing the Emerging Markets Fund, the Advisor applies the Graham and Dodd Value Investing approach, which selects investments based on the Advisor’s evaluation of the intrinsic long-term value of companies using measurable data.  This style of investing has caused the Fund’s performance to deviate from the performance of market benchmarks and other managers for substantial periods of time and may do so in the future.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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You could lose money on your investment in the Emerging Markets Fund, or the Emerging Markets Fund could underperform other investments.

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Emerging Markets Fund.  The bar chart below illustrates how the Fund’s total returns have varied from year to year.  The table below compares the Fund’s total return over time to a broad-based securities index.  The chart and table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions.  Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the Emerging Markets Fundwill perform in the future.  Updated performance is available on the Fund’s website www.brandesfunds.com.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]

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The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Emerging Markets Fund.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

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www.brandesfunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the Emerging Markets Fund will perform in the future.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Brandes Emerging Markets Fund Year-by-Year Total Returns as of December 31, 2012 for Class I Shares*

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Best Quarter	Q2	2009	43.09%
Worst Quarter	Q4	2008	-26.72%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

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Best Quarter

Highest Quarterly Return, Date

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Jun. 30, 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

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43.09%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

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Worst Quarter

Lowest Quarterly Return, Date

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Dec. 31, 2008

Lowest Quarterly Return

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(26.72%)

Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text]

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(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate

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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.

Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred

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Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Performance Table One Class of after Tax Shown [Text]

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After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only. After-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

Performance Table Closing [Text Block]

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Prior to January 31, 2011, the Fund was a private investment fund managed by the Advisor with policies, guidelines and restrictions that were, in all material respects, equivalent to those of the Fund.  Class A and Class I shares commenced operations on January 31, 2011, while Class C shares commenced operations on January 31, 2013.  Prior to January 31, 2013, Class A shares were known as Class S shares.  (Class A shares have the same operating expenses as Class S shares.)  The Class I performance information shown for periods prior to January 31, 2011 is that of the private investment fund managed by the Advisor that is the predecessor of the Fund, not adjusted for Fund expenses.  Performance shown prior to January 31, 2011 for Class A shares reflects the performance of the private investment fund shares adjusted to reflect Class A expenses.  Performance shown prior to the inception of Class C shares reflects the performance of the private investment fund for periods prior to January 31, 2011 and the performance of Class I shares for the period from February 1, 2011 to January 30, 2013.

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.  Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.  After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only.  After-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

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Brandes Emerging Markets Fund Average Annual Total Returns For periods ending December 31, 2012

MSCI Emerging Markets Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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18.63%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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(0.61%)

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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16.88%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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7.81%

Class A

Risk/Return:

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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5.75%

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

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none

^[1]

Management Fees

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0.95%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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0.25%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

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none

Other Expenses

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0.40%

Total Other Expenses

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0.40%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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1.60%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.23%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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1.37%

^[2]

Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block]

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Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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706

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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1,030

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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1,375

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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2,348

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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11.83%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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3.55%

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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17.63%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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8.84%

Class C

Risk/Return:

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

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1.00%

^[3]

Management Fees

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0.95%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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0.75%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

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0.25%

Other Expenses

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0.40%

Total Other Expenses

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0.65%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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2.35%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.23%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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2.12%

^[2]

Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block]

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A charge of 1.00% will be imposed on Class C shares redeemed within one year of purchase by any investor.

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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315

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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711

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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1,235

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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2,669

Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year

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215

Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years

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711

Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years

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1,235

Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years

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2,669

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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18.98%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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5.01%

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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18.55%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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9.50%

Class I

Risk/Return:

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

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none

Management Fees

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0.95%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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none

Shareholder Servicing Fees

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none

Other Expenses

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0.45%

Total Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.45%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

1.40%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.28%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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1.12%

^[2]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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114

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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416

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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739

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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$ 1,656

Annual Return 2003

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76.17%

Annual Return 2004

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31.66%

Annual Return 2005

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22.17%

Annual Return 2006

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27.42%

Annual Return 2007

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18.89%

Annual Return 2008

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(47.80%)

Annual Return 2009

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113.82%

Annual Return 2010

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18.24%

Annual Return 2011

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(18.68%)

Annual Return 2012

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18.98%

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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18.98%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

5.01%

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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18.55%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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9.50%

Class I | After Taxes on Distributions

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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18.29%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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4.84%

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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18.45%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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9.45%

Class I | After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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13.25%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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4.32%

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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17.01%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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8.68%

[1] Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

[2] The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit the Emerging Markets Fund's Class A, Class C and Class I annual operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization or extraordinary expenses such as litigation), including repayment of previous waivers, to 1.37% for Class A, 2.12% for Class C, and 1.12% for Class I as percentages of the respective Fund classes' average daily net assets through January 31, 2014 (the "Expense Caps"). The Expense Caps may be terminated at any time by the Board of Trustees upon 60 days' notice to the Advisor, or by the Advisor with the consent of the Board. The Advisor is permitted, with Board approval, to be reimbursed for fee reductions and/or expense payments made in the prior three years with respect to any Class of the Fund. The Advisor may request reimbursement if the aggregate amount paid by the Fund toward operating expenses for the Class for the fiscal year (taking into account the reimbursement) does not exceed the Expense Cap with respect to such Class or any lower expense cap for the Class in effect at the time of the reimbursement.

[3] A charge of 1.00% will be imposed on Class C shares redeemed within one year of purchase by any investor.

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Risk/Return:

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Risk/Return [Heading]

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Brandes Credit Focus Yield Fund

Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Brandes Credit Focus Yield Fund (the “Credit Focus Yield Fund”), seeks total return, consisting of both current income and capital appreciation.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses of the Fund

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Credit Focus Yield Fund.  You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.  More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section titled “Shareholder Information” on page 22 of the Prospectus and “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page B-77 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

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2014-01-31

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Credit Focus Yield Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.  During the most recent period from February 1, 2012 through September 30, 2012, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 162.73% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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162.73%

Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text]

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You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.

Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount]

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$ 25,000

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Credit Focus Yield Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the contractual expense limitation for 1 year).

Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text]

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Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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Under normal market conditions, the Credit Focus Yield Fund invests primarily in debt securities issued by U.S. and foreign companies and debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government and foreign governments and their agencies and instrumentalities.  The Fund may also make investments in U.S. and foreign mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, asset-backed debt securities and other forms of debt obligations and income producing securities, including but not limited to preferred stock, and loan participations and assignments.  The Credit Focus Yield Fund may invest up to 30% of its total fixed income assets, measured at the time of purchase, in non-U.S. dollar securities and may engage in currency hedging.  Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., the investment advisor (the “Advisor”), uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select debt Fund’s securities for the Credit Focus Yield Fund’s investment portfolio.  As part of this process, the Advisor reviews such measures as the issuer’s free cash flow, debt-to-equity ratio, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”)-to-interest ratio, debt-to-EBITDA ratio or other measures of credit worthiness in evaluating the securities of a particular issuer.

The Credit Focus Yield Fund may invest in instruments of any maturity or with no maturity and it may invest in both investment-grade securities and non-investment grade securities (also known as “high-yield bonds” or “junk bonds”).  (Up to 50% of the Fund’s total debt securities may be in junk bonds.)  The Credit Focus Yield Fund invests in securities that can be purchased at prices or yield premiums over U.S. Treasury securities (or other relatively risk free securities) which the Advisor believes to be attractive based on the Advisor’s assessment of each security’s intrinsic value.  The Advisor will typically sell a security from the Fund’s portfolio when the Advisor’s research process identifies a significantly better investment opportunity.  The Advisor may also sell certain portfolio securities from time to time in order to adjust the average maturity, duration or yield of the Fund’s portfolio or to meet requests for redemption of Fund shares.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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Because the values of the Credit Focus Yield Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, so will the value of your investment in the Fund.  You could lose money on your investment in the Credit Focus Yield Fund, or the Fund could underperform other investments.  Principal risks of the Fund are as follows:

· Bank Debt Risks – Investments in bank debt involve credit risk, interest rate risk, liquidity risk and other risks, including the risk that any loan collateral may become impaired or that the Fund may obtain less than the full value for the loan interests when sold.

· Credit Risks – Fixed income securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in credit ratings.  The value of an issuer’s securities held by the Fund may decline in response to adverse developments with respect to the issuer.

· Interest Rate Risks – As with most fixed income funds, the income on and value of your shares in the Credit Focus Yield Fund will fluctuate along with interest rates. When interest rates rise, the market prices of the debt securities the Fund owns usually decline. When interest rates fall, the prices of these securities usually increase.

· Equity Market Risks – The Credit Focus Yield Fund may invest in preferred stocks.  The values of equity securities fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general stock market and economic conditions.

· Foreign and Emerging Markets Securities Risks – Investing in foreign securities poses additional risks.  The performance of foreign securities can be adversely affected by the different political, regulatory and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the Credit Focus Yield Fund invests.  Emerging markets countries involve greater risk and volatility than more developed markets.  Some emerging markets countries may have fixed or managed currencies that are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar.  Certain of these currencies may experience substantial fluctuations or steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar.

· Liquidity Risks – Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell.  The Fund’s investments in illiquid securities may reduce the return of the Fund because it may be unable to sell such illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price.

· Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risks – Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates.  When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest that money at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

· Non-Investment Grade (Junk Bond) Securities Risks – Below investment grade debt securities (also known as “junk bonds”) are speculative and involve a greater risk of default and price change due to changes in the issuer’s creditworthiness.  The market prices of these debt securities may fluctuate more than the market prices of investment grade debt securities and may decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty.

· Portfolio Turnover Risks – The Credit Focus Yield Fund is actively managed, which means that the Advisor may frequently buy and sell securities.  Frequent trading increases a Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and may increase transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions and taxes.  Increased transaction costs could detract from the Fund’s performance.

· U.S. Government Obligations Risks – U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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You could lose money on your investment in the Credit Focus Yield Fund, or the Fund could underperform other investments.

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Credit Focus Yield Fund.  The bar chart below illustrates how the Fund’s total returns have varied from year to year.  The table below compares the Fund’s total return over time to a broad-based securities index.  The chart and table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions.  Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the Credit Focus Yield Fund will perform in the future.  Updated performance is available on the Fund’s website www.brandesfunds.com.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]

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The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Credit Focus Yield Fund.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

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www.brandesfunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the Credit Focus Yield Fund will perform in the future.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Brandes Credit Focus Yield Fund Year-by-Year Total Returns as of December 31, 2012 for Class I Shares

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Best Quarter	Q2	2009	17.43%
Worst Quarter	Q3	2008	-13.78%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

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Best Quarter

Highest Quarterly Return, Date

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Jun. 30, 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

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17.43%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

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Worst Quarter

Lowest Quarterly Return, Date

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Sep. 30, 2008

Lowest Quarterly Return

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(13.78%)

Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text]

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(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate

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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.

Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred

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Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Performance Table One Class of after Tax Shown [Text]

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After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only. After-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

Performance Table Closing [Text Block]

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Performance information shown for Class I shares prior to February 1, 2012, is that of a private investment fund managed by the Advisor with policies, guidelines and restrictions that were, in all material respects, equivalent to those of the Fund.  Prior to January 31, 2013, Class A shares were known as Class S shares.  (Class A shares have the same operating expenses as Class S shares.)  Performance shown prior to the inception of Class A shares on February 1, 2012 reflects the performance of Class I shares, adjusted to reflect Class A sales loads.

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.  Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.  After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only.  After-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

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Brandes Credit Focus Yield Fund Average Annual Total Returns For periods ending December 31, 2012

Barclays U.S. Intermediate Credit Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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8.10%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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6.71%

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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5.59%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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6.59%

Class A

Risk/Return:

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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3.75%

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

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none

^[1]

Management Fees

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0.50%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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0.25%

Total Other Expenses

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1.85%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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2.60%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(1.65%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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0.95%

^[2]

Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block]

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Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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468

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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1,002

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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1,561

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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3,081

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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5.79%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

4.70%

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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6.43%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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6.53%

Class I

Risk/Return:

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice

none

Management Fees

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.50%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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none

Total Other Expenses

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1.90%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

2.40%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(1.70%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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0.70%

^[2]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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72

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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585

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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1,126

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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$ 2,606

Annual Return 2003

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18.41%

Annual Return 2004

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8.59%

Annual Return 2005

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3.28%

Annual Return 2006

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9.36%

Annual Return 2007

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2.10%

Annual Return 2008

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(25.36%)

Annual Return 2009

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34.26%

Annual Return 2010

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14.05%

Annual Return 2011

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4.06%

Annual Return 2012

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10.37%

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

10.37%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

5.59%

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

6.89%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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6.89%

Class I | After Taxes on Distributions

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

9.11%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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5.35%

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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6.76%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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6.80%

Class I | After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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6.77%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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4.69%

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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6.01%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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6.08%

[1] Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

[2] The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit the Credit Focus Yield Fund's Class A and Class I annual operating expenses (excluding Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, interest expense in connection with investment activities, taxes and extraordinary expenses), including repayment of previous waivers, to the following percentages of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to the specific classes through January 31, 2014: 0.95% and 0.70%, respectively (the "Expense Caps"). The Expense Caps may be terminated at any time by the Board of Trustees upon 60 days notice to the Advisor, or by the Advisor with the consent of the Board. The Advisor is permitted, with Board approval, to be reimbursed for fee reductions and/or expense payments made in the prior three years with respect to any Class of the Fund. The Advisor may request reimbursement if the aggregate amount paid by the Fund toward operating expenses for the Class for the fiscal year (taking into account the reimbursement) does not exceed the Expense Cap with respect to such Class or any lower expense cap for the Class in effect at the time of the reimbursement.

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Brandes Global Equity Fund

Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Brandes Global Equity Fund (the “Global Fund”), formerly named the Brandes Institutional Global Equity Fund, seeks long term capital appreciation.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses of the Fund

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Global Fund.  You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.  More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section titled “Shareholder Information” on page 49 of the Prospectus and “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page B-77 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

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2014-01-31

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Global Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.  During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 18.00% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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18.00%

Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text]

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You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.

Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount]

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$ 25,000

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Global Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the contractual expense limitation for 1 year).

Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text]

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Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Caption [Text]

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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your Class C shares:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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The Global Fund invests principally in common and preferred stocks of U.S. and foreign companies.  These companies generally have market capitalizations (market value of publicly traded securities) greater than $1 billion.  A foreign company is determined to be “foreign” on the basis of its domicile, its principal place of business, its primary stock exchange listing, the source of its revenues or other factors.  Under normal market conditions, the Global Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) measured at the time of purchase in equity securities of issuers located in at least three countries, one of which may be the United States.  Equity securities include common and preferred stocks, warrants and rights.  Up to 30% of the Global Fund’s total assets, measured at the time of purchase, may be invested in securities of companies located in countries with emerging securities markets.

Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., the Fund’s investment advisor (the “Advisor”), uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select equity securities for the Global Fund’s investment portfolio.  When buying equity securities, the Advisor assesses the estimated “intrinsic” value of a company based on data such as a company’s earnings power, cash flow generation, and/or asset value of the underlying business.  By choosing securities that are selling at a discount to the Advisor’s estimates of their share of the company’s intrinsic business value, the Advisor seeks to establish an opportunity for long-term capital appreciation.  The Advisor may sell a security when its price reaches a target set by the Advisor or the Advisor believes that other investments are more attractive, or for other reasons.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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Because the values of the Global Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, so will the value of your investment in the Global Fund.  You could lose money on your investment in the Global Fund, or the Global Fund could underperform other investments.  Principal risks of the Global Fund are as follows:

· Stock Risks – The values of the Global Fund’s investments fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general stock market and economic conditions.

· Foreign Securities and Emerging Markets Risks – In addition, the performance of foreign securities depends on the political and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the Fund invests.  Emerging markets involve greater risk and volatility than more developed markets.  Some emerging markets countries may have fixed or managed currencies that are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar.  Certain of these currencies have experienced, and may experience in the future, substantial fluctuations or a steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar.

· Currency Risks – Because the Global Fund invests in securities denominated in foreign currencies, the U.S. dollar values of its investments fluctuate as a result of changes in foreign exchange rates.  Such changes will also affect the Fund’s income.

· Value Securities Risks – The Global Fund invests in value securities, which are securities the Advisor believes are undervalued for various reasons, including but not limited to as a result of adverse business, industry or other developments, or are subject to special risks, or limited market understanding of the issuer’s business or industry, that have caused the securities to be out of favor.  It may take longer than expected for the prices of these securities to increase to the anticipated value, or they may never increase to that value or may decline.  In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.

· Value Style Risks – In managing the Global Fund, the Advisor applies the Graham and Dodd Value Investing approach, which selects investments based on the Advisor’s evaluation of the intrinsic long-term value of companies using measurable data.  This style of investing has caused the Fund’s performance to deviate from the performance of market benchmarks and other managers for substantial periods of time and may do so in the future.

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You could lose money on your investment in the Global Fund, or the Global Fund could underperform other investments.

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following performance information shows you how the Global Fund has performed and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how its performance has varied from year to year.  The bar chart shows changes in the yearly performance of the Fund’s Class I shares since its inception.  The table below compares the Fund’s total return over time to a broad-based securities index.  The chart and table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions.  Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the Global Fundwill perform in the future.  Updated performance is available on the Fund’s website www.brandesfunds.com.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]

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The following performance information shows you how the Global Fund has performed and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how its performance has varied from year to year.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

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www.brandesfunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the Global Fund will perform in the future.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Brandes Global Equity Fund Year-by-Year Total Returns as of December 31, 2012 for Class I Shares

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Best Quarter	Q2	2009	18.38%
Worst Quarter	Q3	2011	-16.18%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

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Best Quarter

Highest Quarterly Return, Date

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Jun. 30, 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

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18.38%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

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Worst Quarter

Lowest Quarterly Return, Date

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Sep. 30, 2011

Lowest Quarterly Return

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(16.18%)

Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text]

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(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate

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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.

Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred

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Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Performance Table One Class of after Tax Shown [Text]

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After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only. After-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

Performance Table Closing [Text Block]

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Class E and Class I shares commenced operations on October 6, 2008.  Class A shares commenced operations on January 31, 2011, but prior to January 31, 2013, Class A shares were known as Class S shares.  (Class A shares have the same operating expenses as Class S shares.)  Performance shown prior to January 31, 2011 for Class A shares reflects the performance of Class I shares adjusted to reflect Class A expenses.  Class C shares commenced operations on January 31, 2013.  Performance shown prior to the inception of Class C shares reflects the performance of Class I shares.

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.  Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.  After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only.  After-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

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Brandes Global Equity Fund Average Annual Total Returns For periods ending December 31, 2012

MSCI World Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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15.83%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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7.72%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

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Oct. 06, 2008

Class A

Risk/Return:

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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5.75%

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

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none

^[1]

Management Fees

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0.80%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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0.25%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

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none

Other Expenses

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0.88%

Total Other Expenses

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0.88%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

1.93%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.68%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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1.25%

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Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block]

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Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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695

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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1,084

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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1,498

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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2,647

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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4.96%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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3.75%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

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Oct. 06, 2008

Class C

Risk/Return:

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

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1.00%

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Management Fees

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0.80%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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0.75%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

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0.25%

Other Expenses

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0.88%

Total Other Expenses

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1.13%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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2.68%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.68%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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2.00%

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Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block]

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A charge of 1.00% will be imposed on Class C shares redeemed within one year of purchase by any investor.

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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303

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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768

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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1,359

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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2,962

Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year

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203

Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years

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768

Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years

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1,359

Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years

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2,962

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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11.60%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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5.39%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

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Oct. 06, 2008

Class E

Risk/Return:

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

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none

Management Fees

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0.80%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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none

Shareholder Servicing Fees

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0.25%

Other Expenses

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0.88%

Total Other Expenses

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1.13%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

1.93%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.68%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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1.25%

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Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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127

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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540

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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979

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

2,199

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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11.31%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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5.21%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

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Oct. 06, 2008

Class I

Risk/Return:

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

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none

Management Fees

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0.80%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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none

Shareholder Servicing Fees

rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets

none

Other Expenses

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0.93%

Total Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.93%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

1.73%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.73%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

1.00%

^[2]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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102

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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474

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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870

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

$ 1,980

Annual Return 2009

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19.64%

Annual Return 2010

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10.11%

Annual Return 2011

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(6.16%)

Annual Return 2012

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11.60%

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

11.60%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

5.39%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Oct. 06, 2008

Class I | After Taxes on Distributions

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

11.13%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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4.78%

Class I | After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

8.75%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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4.75%

[1] Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

[2] The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit the Global Fund's Class A, Class C, Class E and Class I annual operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization or extraordinary expenses such as litigation), including repayment of previous waivers, to 1.25% for Class A and Class E, 2.00% for Class C, and 1.00% for Class I as percentages of the respective Fund classes' average daily net assets through January 31, 2014 (the "Expense Caps"). The Expense Caps may be terminated at any time by the Board of Trustees upon 60 days' notice to the Advisor, or by the Advisor with the consent of the Board. The Advisor is permitted, with Board approval, to be reimbursed for fee reductions and/or expense payments made in the prior three years with respect to any Class of the Fund. The Advisor may request reimbursement if the aggregate amount paid by the Fund toward operating expenses for the Class for the fiscal year (taking into account the reimbursement) does not exceed the Expense Cap with respect to such Class or any lower expense cap for the Class in effect at the time of the reimbursement.

[3] A charge of 1.00% will be imposed on Class C shares redeemed within one year of purchase by any investor.

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Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund

Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund (the “Core Plus Fund”), formerly named the Brandes Institutional Core Plus Fixed Income Fund, seeks to maximize long-term total return, consisting of both current income and capital appreciation.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses of the Fund

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Core Plus Fund.  You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.  More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section titled “Shareholder Information” on page 22 of the Prospectus and “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page B-77 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

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2014-01-31

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Core Plus Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.  During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 31.59% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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31.59%

Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text]

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You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.

Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount]

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$ 25,000

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Core Plus Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the contractual expense limitation for 1 year).

Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text]

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Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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The Core Plus Fund invests predominantly in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities.  These include, but are not limited to, debt securities issued by U.S. and foreign companies, debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government and foreign governments and their agencies and instrumentalities, and U.S. and foreign mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed debt securities.  The Core Plus Fund may invest up to 25% of its total fixed income assets, measured at the time of purchase, in non-U.S. dollar securities and may engage in currency hedging.  Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., the Fund’s investment advisor (the “Advisor”), uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select debt securities for the Core Plus Fund’s investment portfolio.  As part of this process, the Advisor reviews such measures as the issuer’s free cash flow, debt-to-equity ratio, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”)-to-interest ratio, debt-to-EBITDA ratio or other measures of credit worthiness in evaluating the securities of a particular issuer.

The Core Plus Fund may invest in debt instruments of any maturity or with no maturity and it may invest in both investment-grade securities and non-investment grade securities (also known as “high-yield bonds” or “junk bonds”).  (Up to 25% of the Fund’s total debt securities may be in junk bonds.)  The Core Plus Fund invests in debt securities that can be purchased at prices or yield premiums over U.S. Treasury securities (or other relatively risk free securities) which the Advisor believes to be attractive based on the Advisor’s assessment of each security’s intrinsic value.  The Advisor will typically sell a security from the Fund’s portfolio when the Advisor’s research process identifies a significantly better investment opportunity.  The Advisor may also sell certain portfolio securities from time to time in order to adjust the average maturity, duration or yield of the Fund’s portfolio or to meet requests for redemption of Fund shares.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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Because the values of the Core Plus Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, so will the value of your investment in the Fund.  You could lose money on your investment in the Core Plus Fund, or the Fund could underperform other investments.  Principal risks of the Fund are as follows:

· Credit Risks – Fixed income securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in credit ratings.  The value of an issuer’s securities held by the Fund may decline in response to adverse developments with respect to the issuer or if the issuer or any guarantor is unwilling or unable to pay or perform in a timely fashion.

· Interest Rate Risks – As with most fixed income funds, the income on and value of your shares in the Core Plus Fund will fluctuate along with interest rates.  When interest rates rise, the market prices of the debt securities the Fund owns usually decline. When interest rates fall, the prices of these securities usually increase.

· Foreign and Emerging Markets Securities Risks – Investing in foreign securities poses additional risks.  The performance of foreign securities can be adversely affected by the different political, regulatory and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the issuers of these securities are located.  Emerging markets countries involve greater risk and volatility than more developed markets.  Some emerging markets countries may have fixed or managed currencies that are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar.  Certain of these currencies may experience substantial fluctuations or steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar.

· Liquidity Risks – Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell.  The Fund’s investments in illiquid securities may reduce the return of the Fund because it may be unable to sell such illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price.  Illiquid securities may also be difficult to value.

· Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risks – Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates.  When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest that money at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

· Non-Investment Grade (Junk Bond) Securities Risks – Below investment grade debt securities are speculative and involve a greater risk of default and price change due to changes in the issuer’s creditworthiness.  The market prices of these debt securities may fluctuate more than the market prices of investment grade debt securities and may decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty.

· Portfolio Turnover Risks – The Core Plus Fund is actively managed, which means that the Advisor may frequently buy and sell securities.  Frequent trading increases a Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and may increase transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions and taxes.  Increased transaction costs could detract from the Fund’s performance.

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You could lose money on your investment in the Core Plus Fund, or the Fund could underperform other investments.

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Performance

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The following performance information shows you how the Core Plus Fund has performed and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how its performance has varied from year to year.  The bar chart shows changes in the yearly performance of the Fund’s Class I shares since its inception.  The table that follows compares the Fund’s returns over time to broad-based securities indices.  The bar chart and table assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions.  Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the Funds will perform in the future.  Updated performance is available on the Fund’s website www.brandesfunds.com.

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The following performance information shows you how the Core Plus Fund has performed and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how its performance has varied from year to year.

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www.brandesfunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the Funds will perform in the future.

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Year-by-Year Total Returns as of December 31, 2012 for Class I Shares

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Best Quarter	Q3	2009	7.55%
Worst Quarter	Q3	2008	-8.97%

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Best Quarter

Highest Quarterly Return, Date

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Sep. 30, 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

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7.55%

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Worst Quarter

Lowest Quarterly Return, Date

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Sep. 30, 2008

Lowest Quarterly Return

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(8.97%)

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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.

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Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

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After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

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Class I shares commenced operation on December 28, 2007.  Class E shares commenced operation on May 28, 2008.  “Since Inception” returns are provided since inception of Class I shares on December 28, 2007.  Performance shown for the Class E shares prior to May 28, 2008 reflects the performance of the Class I shares adjusted to reflect Class E expenses.  Class S shares never commenced operations.  They were redesignated as Class A shares and commenced operations on January 31, 2013.  Performance shown prior to the inception of Class A shares on January 31, 2013, reflects the performance of Class I shares, adjusted to reflect Class A sales loads.

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.  Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.  After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

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Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund Average Annual Total Returns For the period ending December 31, 2012

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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4.21%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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5.95%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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6.00%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

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Dec. 28, 2007

Barclays U.S. Intermediate Credit Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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8.10%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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6.71%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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6.75%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

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Dec. 28, 2007

Class A

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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3.75%

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

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none

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Management Fees

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0.35%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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0.25%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

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none

Other Expenses

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0.86%

Total Other Expenses

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0.86%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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1.46%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.76%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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0.70%

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Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

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444

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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747

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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1,073

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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1,993

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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5.19%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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4.43%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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4.44%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

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Dec. 28, 2007

Class E

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

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none

Management Fees

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0.35%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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none

Shareholder Servicing Fees

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0.25%

Other Expenses

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0.86%

Total Other Expenses

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1.11%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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1.46%

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(0.76%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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0.70%

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Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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72

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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387

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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725

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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1,681

Annual Return 2008

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(11.86%)

Annual Return 2009

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15.49%

Annual Return 2010

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11.45%

Annual Return 2011

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4.89%

Annual Return 2012

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9.55%

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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9.43%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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5.25%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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5.34%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

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Dec. 28, 2007

Class I

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none

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none

Management Fees

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0.35%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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none

Shareholder Servicing Fees

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none

Other Expenses

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0.91%

Total Other Expenses

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0.91%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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1.26%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.76%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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0.50%

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Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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51

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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324

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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619

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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$ 1,456

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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9.55%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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5.44%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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5.45%

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

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Dec. 28, 2007

Class I | After Taxes on Distributions

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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7.52%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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3.19%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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3.20%

Class I | After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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6.42%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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3.33%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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3.34%

[1] Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

[2] The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit the Core Plus Fund's Class A, Class E and Class I annual operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense in connection with investment activities, taxes and extraordinary expenses), including repayment of previous waivers, to the following percentages of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to the specific classes through January 31, 2014: 0.70%, 0.70%, and 0.50%, respectively (the "Expense Caps"). The Expense Caps may be terminated at any time by the Board of Trustees upon 60 days notice to the Advisor, or by the Advisor with the consent of the Board. The Advisor is permitted, with Board approval, to be reimbursed for fee reductions and/or expense payments made in the prior three years with respect to any Class of the Fund. The Advisor may request reimbursement if the aggregate amount paid by the Fund toward operating expenses for the Class for the fiscal year (taking into account the reimbursement) does not exceed the Expense Cap with respect to such Class or any lower expense cap for the Class in effect at the time of the reimbursement.

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Brandes Global Equity Fund

Investment Objective

The Brandes Global Equity Fund (the “Global Fund”), formerly named the Brandes Institutional Global Equity Fund, seeks long term capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Global Fund.  You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.  More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section titled “Shareholder Information” on page 49 of the Prospectus and “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page B-77 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Brandes Global Equity Fund	Class A		Class C		Class E	Class I
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	5.75%		none		none	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)	none	[1]	1.00%	[2]	none	none

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

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Brandes Global Equity Fund		Class A	Class C	Class E	Class I
Management Fees		0.80%	0.80%	0.80%	0.80%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		0.25%	0.75%	none	none
Shareholder Servicing Fees		none	0.25%	0.25%	none
Other Expenses		0.88%	0.88%	0.88%	0.93%
Total Other Expenses		0.88%	1.13%	1.13%	0.93%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		1.93%	2.68%	1.93%	1.73%
Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement		(0.68%)	(0.68%)	(0.68%)	(0.73%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement	[1]	1.25%	2.00%	1.25%	1.00%

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Global Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the contractual expense limitation for 1 year).

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Brandes Global Equity Fund (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class A	695	1,084	1,498	2,647
Class C	303	768	1,359	2,962
Class E	127	540	979	2,199
Class I	102	474	870	1,980

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your Class C shares:

Expense Example No Redemption (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Brandes Global Equity Fund Class C	203	768	1,359	2,962

Portfolio Turnover

The Global Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.  During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 18.00% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Global Fund invests principally in common and preferred stocks of U.S. and foreign companies.  These companies generally have market capitalizations (market value of publicly traded securities) greater than $1 billion.  A foreign company is determined to be “foreign” on the basis of its domicile, its principal place of business, its primary stock exchange listing, the source of its revenues or other factors.  Under normal market conditions, the Global Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) measured at the time of purchase in equity securities of issuers located in at least three countries, one of which may be the United States.  Equity securities include common and preferred stocks, warrants and rights.  Up to 30% of the Global Fund’s total assets, measured at the time of purchase, may be invested in securities of companies located in countries with emerging securities markets.

Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., the Fund’s investment advisor (the “Advisor”), uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select equity securities for the Global Fund’s investment portfolio.  When buying equity securities, the Advisor assesses the estimated “intrinsic” value of a company based on data such as a company’s earnings power, cash flow generation, and/or asset value of the underlying business.  By choosing securities that are selling at a discount to the Advisor’s estimates of their share of the company’s intrinsic business value, the Advisor seeks to establish an opportunity for long-term capital appreciation.  The Advisor may sell a security when its price reaches a target set by the Advisor or the Advisor believes that other investments are more attractive, or for other reasons.

Principal Investment Risks

Because the values of the Global Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, so will the value of your investment in the Global Fund.  You could lose money on your investment in the Global Fund, or the Global Fund could underperform other investments.  Principal risks of the Global Fund are as follows:

· Stock Risks – The values of the Global Fund’s investments fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general stock market and economic conditions.

· Foreign Securities and Emerging Markets Risks – In addition, the performance of foreign securities depends on the political and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the Fund invests.  Emerging markets involve greater risk and volatility than more developed markets.  Some emerging markets countries may have fixed or managed currencies that are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar.  Certain of these currencies have experienced, and may experience in the future, substantial fluctuations or a steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar.

· Currency Risks – Because the Global Fund invests in securities denominated in foreign currencies, the U.S. dollar values of its investments fluctuate as a result of changes in foreign exchange rates.  Such changes will also affect the Fund’s income.

· Value Securities Risks – The Global Fund invests in value securities, which are securities the Advisor believes are undervalued for various reasons, including but not limited to as a result of adverse business, industry or other developments, or are subject to special risks, or limited market understanding of the issuer’s business or industry, that have caused the securities to be out of favor.  It may take longer than expected for the prices of these securities to increase to the anticipated value, or they may never increase to that value or may decline.  In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.

· Value Style Risks – In managing the Global Fund, the Advisor applies the Graham and Dodd Value Investing approach, which selects investments based on the Advisor’s evaluation of the intrinsic long-term value of companies using measurable data.  This style of investing has caused the Fund’s performance to deviate from the performance of market benchmarks and other managers for substantial periods of time and may do so in the future.

Performance

The following performance information shows you how the Global Fund has performed and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how its performance has varied from year to year.  The bar chart shows changes in the yearly performance of the Fund’s Class I shares since its inception.  The table below compares the Fund’s total return over time to a broad-based securities index.  The chart and table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions.  Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the Global Fundwill perform in the future.  Updated performance is available on the Fund’s website www.brandesfunds.com.

Brandes Global Equity Fund Year-by-Year Total Returns as of December 31, 2012 for Class I Shares

Best Quarter	Q2	2009	18.38%
Worst Quarter	Q3	2011	-16.18%

Brandes Global Equity Fund Average Annual Total Returns For periods ending December 31, 2012

Average Annual Returns Brandes Global Equity Fund	Average Annual Returns, 1 Year	Average Annual Returns, Since Inception	Average Annual Returns, Inception Date
Class A	4.96%	3.75%	Oct. 06, 2008
Class C	11.60%	5.39%	Oct. 06, 2008
Class E	11.31%	5.21%	Oct. 06, 2008
Class I	11.60%	5.39%	Oct. 06, 2008
After Taxes on Distributions Class I	11.13%	4.78%
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares Class I	8.75%	4.75%
MSCI World Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	15.83%	7.72%	Oct. 06, 2008

Class E and Class I shares commenced operations on October 6, 2008.  Class A shares commenced operations on January 31, 2011, but prior to January 31, 2013, Class A shares were known as Class S shares.  (Class A shares have the same operating expenses as Class S shares.)  Performance shown prior to January 31, 2011 for Class A shares reflects the performance of Class I shares adjusted to reflect Class A expenses.  Class C shares commenced operations on January 31, 2013.  Performance shown prior to the inception of Class C shares reflects the performance of Class I shares.

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.  Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.  After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only.  After-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

[1] Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

[2] A charge of 1.00% will be imposed on Class C shares redeemed within one year of purchase by any investor.

[1] The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit the Global Fund's Class A, Class C, Class E and Class I annual operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization or extraordinary expenses such as litigation), including repayment of previous waivers, to 1.25% for Class A and Class E, 2.00% for Class C, and 1.00% for Class I as percentages of the respective Fund classes' average daily net assets through January 31, 2014 (the "Expense Caps"). The Expense Caps may be terminated at any time by the Board of Trustees upon 60 days' notice to the Advisor, or by the Advisor with the consent of the Board. The Advisor is permitted, with Board approval, to be reimbursed for fee reductions and/or expense payments made in the prior three years with respect to any Class of the Fund. The Advisor may request reimbursement if the aggregate amount paid by the Fund toward operating expenses for the Class for the fiscal year (taking into account the reimbursement) does not exceed the Expense Cap with respect to such Class or any lower expense cap for the Class in effect at the time of the reimbursement.

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Brandes International Equity Fund

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Investment Objective

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The Brandes International Equity Fund (the “International Equity Fund”), formerly named the Brandes Institutional International Equity Fund, seeks long term capital appreciation.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses of the Fund

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the International Equity Fund.  You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.  More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section titled “Shareholder Information” on page 38 of the Prospectus and “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page B-77 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

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2014-01-31

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

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The International Equity Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.  During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 13.47% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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13.47%

Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text]

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You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.

Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount]

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$ 25,000

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the International Equity Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.

Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text]

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Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Caption [Text]

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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your Class C shares:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

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The International Equity Fund invests principally in common and preferred stocks of foreign companies.  These companies generally have market capitalizations (market value of publicly traded securities) greater than $1 billion.  A foreign company is determined to be “foreign” on the basis of its domicile, its principal place of business, its primary stock exchange listing, the source of its revenues or other factors.  Under normal market conditions, the International Equity Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) measured at the time of purchase in equity securities of issuers located in at least three countries outside the United States.  Equity securities include common and preferred stocks, warrants and rights.  Up to 30% of the International Equity Fund’s total assets, measured at the time of purchase, may be invested in securities of companies located in countries with emerging securities markets.

Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., the Fund’s investment advisor (the “Advisor”), uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select equity securities for the International EquityFund’s investment portfolio.  When buying equity securities, the Advisor assesses the estimated “intrinsic” value of a company based on data such as a company’s earnings power, cash flow generation, and/or asset value of the underlying business.  By choosing securities that are selling at a discount to the Advisor’s estimates of their share of the company’s intrinsic business value, the Advisor seeks to establish an opportunity for long-term capital appreciation.  The Advisor may sell a security when its price reaches a target set by the Advisor, the Advisor believes that other investments are more attractive, or for other reasons.

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Principal Investment Risks

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Because the values of the International Equity Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, so will the value of your investment in the International Equity Fund.  You could lose money on your investment in the International Equity Fund, or the International Equity Fund could underperform other investments.  Principal risks of the International Equity Fund are as follows:

· Stock Risks – The values of the International Equity Fund’s investments fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general stock market and economic conditions.

· Foreign Securities and Emerging Markets Risks – In addition, the performance of foreign securities depends on the political and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the International Equity Fund invests.  Emerging markets involve greater risk and volatility than more developed markets.  Some emerging markets countries may have fixed or managed currencies that are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar.  Certain of these currencies have experienced, and may experience in the future, substantial fluctuations or a steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar.

· Currency Risks – Because the International Equity Fund invests in securities denominated in foreign currencies, the U.S. dollar values of its investments fluctuate as a result of changes in foreign exchange rates.  Such changes will also affect the Fund’s income.

· Value Securities Risks – The International Equity Fund invests in value securities, which are securities the Advisor believes are undervalued for various reasons, including but not limited to as a result of adverse business, industry or other developments, or are subject to special risks, or limited market understanding of the issuer’s business or industry, that have caused the securities to be out of favor.  It may take longer than expected for the prices of these securities to increase to the anticipated value, or they may never increase to that value or may decline.  In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.

· Value Style Risks – In managing the International Equity Fund, the Advisor applies the Graham and Dodd Value Investing approach, which selects investments based on the Advisor’s evaluation of the intrinsic long-term value of companies using measurable data.  This style of investing has caused the Fund’s performance to deviate from the performance of market benchmarks and other managers for substantial periods of time and may do so in the future.

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You could lose money on your investment in the International Equity Fund, or the International Equity Fund could underperform other investments.

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Performance

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The following performance information shows you how the International EquityFund has performed and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how its performance has varied from year to year.  The bar chart shows changes in the yearly performance of the Fund’s Class I shares since its inception.  The table below compares the Fund’s total return over time to a broad-based securities index.  The chart and table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions.  Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the International EquityFundwill perform in the future.  Updated performance is available on the Fund’s website www.brandesfunds.com.

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The following performance information shows you how the International Equity Fund has performed and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how its performance has varied from year to year.

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www.brandesfunds.com

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Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the International Equity Fund will perform in the future.

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Brandes International Equity Fund Year-by-Year Total Returns as of December 31, 2012 for Class I Shares

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Best Quarter	Q2	2003	25.52%
Worst Quarter	Q3	2002	-20.72%

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Best Quarter

Highest Quarterly Return, Date

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Jun. 30, 2003

Highest Quarterly Return

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25.52%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

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Worst Quarter

Lowest Quarterly Return, Date

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Sep. 30, 2002

Lowest Quarterly Return

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(20.72%)

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(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

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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.

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Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

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After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only. After-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

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In certain cases, the "Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares" may be higher than the other return figures for the same period.

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The International Equity Fund commenced operations in 1997.  Prior to October 6, 2008, the International Equity Fund had only one class of shares (currently designated as Class I Shares).  Class E shares commenced operations on October 6, 2008.  Performance shown prior to the inception of Class E shares reflects the performance of Class I shares adjusted to reflect Class E expenses.  Class A shares commenced operations on January 31, 2011, but prior to January 31, 2013, Class A shares were known as Class S shares.  (Class A shares have the same operating expenses as Class S shares.)  Performance shown prior to January 31, 2011 for Class A shares reflects the performance of Class I shares adjusted to reflect Class A expenses.  Class C shares commenced operations on January 31, 2013.  Performance shown prior to the inception of Class C shares reflects the performance of Class I shares.

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.  Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.  After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only.  After-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

In certain cases, the “Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares” may be higher than the other return figures for the same period.  This will occur when a capital loss is realized upon the sale of Fund shares and provides an assumed tax benefit that increases the return.

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Brandes International Equity Fund Average Annual Total Returns For periods ending December 31, 2012

MSCI EAFE Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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17.32%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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(3.69%)

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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8.21%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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4.21%

Class A

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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5.75%

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

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none

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Management Fees

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1.00%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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0.25%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

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none

Other Expenses

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0.20%

Total Other Expenses

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0.20%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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1.45%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.15%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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1.30%

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Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

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700

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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993

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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1,308

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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2,198

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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4.54%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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(6.32%)

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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7.17%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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7.61%

Class C

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

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1.00%

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Management Fees

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1.00%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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0.75%

Shareholder Servicing Fees

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0.25%

Other Expenses

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0.20%

Total Other Expenses

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0.45%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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2.20%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.15%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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2.05%

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A charge of 1.00% will be imposed on Class C shares redeemed within one year of purchase by any investor.

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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308

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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674

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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1,166

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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2,522

Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year

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208

Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years

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674

Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years

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1,166

Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years

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2,522

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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11.25%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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(5.04%)

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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8.04%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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8.25%

Class E

Risk/Return:

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

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none

Management Fees

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1.00%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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none

Shareholder Servicing Fees

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0.25%

Other Expenses

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0.20%

Total Other Expenses

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0.45%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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1.45%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.15%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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1.30%

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Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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132

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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444

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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778

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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1,722

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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11.18%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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(5.12%)

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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7.86%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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2.18%

Class I

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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

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none

Management Fees

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1.00%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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none

Shareholder Servicing Fees

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none

Other Expenses

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0.25%

Total Other Expenses

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0.25%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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1.25%

Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.20%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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1.05%

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Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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107

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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377

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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667

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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$ 1,494

Annual Return 2003

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47.97%

Annual Return 2004

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25.01%

Annual Return 2005

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10.81%

Annual Return 2006

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26.10%

Annual Return 2007

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8.56%

Annual Return 2008

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(37.20%)

Annual Return 2009

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19.49%

Annual Return 2010

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4.97%

Annual Return 2011

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(11.86%)

Annual Return 2012

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11.25%

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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11.25%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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(5.04%)

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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8.04%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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8.25%

Class I | After Taxes on Distributions

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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11.07%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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(5.35%)

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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7.23%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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6.82%

Class I | After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

Risk/Return:

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Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

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8.49%

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

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(3.93%)

Average Annual Returns, 10 Years

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7.33%

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

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6.96%

[1] Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

[2] The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit the International Equity Fund's Class A, Class C, Class E, and Class I annual operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization or extraordinary expenses such as litigation), including repayment of previous waivers, to 1.30% for Class A and Class E, 2.05% for Class C and 1.05% for Class I, as percentages of the respective Fund classes' average daily net assets through January 31, 2014 (the "Expense Caps"). The Expense Caps may be terminated at any time by the Board of Trustees upon 60 days' written notice to the Advisor, or by the Advisor with the consent of the Board. The Advisor is permitted, with Board approval, to be reimbursed for fee reductions and/or expense payments made in the prior three years with respect to any Class of the Fund. The Advisor may request reimbursement if the aggregate amount paid by the Fund toward operating expenses for the Class for the fiscal year (taking into account the reimbursement) does not exceed the Expense Cap with respect to such Class or any lower expense cap for the Class in effect at the time of the reimbursement.

[3] A charge of 1.00% will be imposed on Class C shares redeemed within one year of purchase by any investor.

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Brandes Emerging Markets Fund

Investment Objective

The Brandes Emerging Markets Fund (the “Emerging Markets Fund”), formerly named the Brandes Institutional Emerging Markets Fund, seeks long-term capital appreciation .

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Emerging Markets Fund.  You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.  More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section titled “Shareholder Information” on page 38 of the Prospectus and “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page B-77 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Brandes Emerging Markets Fund	Class A		Class C		Class I
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	5.75%		none		none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)	none	[1]	1.00%	[2]	none

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

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Brandes Emerging Markets Fund		Class A	Class C	Class I
Management Fees		0.95%	0.95%	0.95%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		0.25%	0.75%	none
Shareholder Servicing Fees		none	0.25%	none
Other Expenses		0.40%	0.40%	0.45%
Total Other Expenses		0.40%	0.65%	0.45%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		1.60%	2.35%	1.40%
Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement		(0.23%)	(0.23%)	(0.28%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement	[1]	1.37%	2.12%	1.12%

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Emerging Markets Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the contractual expense limitation for 1 year).

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Brandes Emerging Markets Fund (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class A	706	1,030	1,375	2,348
Class C	315	711	1,235	2,669
Class I	114	416	739	1,656

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your Class C shares:

Expense Example No Redemption (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Brandes Emerging Markets Fund Class C	215	711	1,235	2,669

Portfolio Turnover

The Emerging Markets Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.  During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 28.59% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal market conditions, the Emerging Markets Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) measured at the time of purchase in equity securities of companies located in emerging markets.  These companies may have market capitalizations of any size.  Equity securities include common and preferred stocks, warrants and rights.  Emerging markets include some or all of the countries located in each of the following regions: Asia, Europe, Central and South America, Africa and the Middle East.  The Advisor considers an emerging market country to be any country which is in the Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Index (“MSCI EM Index”) or that, in the opinion of the Advisor, is generally considered to be an emerging market country by the international financial community.

Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., the investment advisor (the “Advisor”), uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select equity securities for the Emerging Markets Fund’s investment portfolio.  When buying equity securities, the Advisor assesses the estimated “intrinsic” value of a company based on data such as a company’s earnings power, cash flow generation, and/or asset value of the underlying business.  By choosing securities that are selling at a discount to the Advisor’s estimates of their share of the company’s intrinsic business value, the Advisor seeks to establish an opportunity for long-term capital appreciation.  The Advisor may sell a security when its price reaches a target set by the Advisor, if the Advisor believes that other investments are more attractive, or for other reasons.

Principal Investment Risks

Because the values of the Emerging Markets Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, so will the value of your investment in the Emerging Markets Fund.  You could lose money on your investment in the Emerging Markets Fund, or the Emerging Markets Fund could underperform other investments.  Principal risks of the Emerging Markets Fund are as follows:

· Stock Risks – The values of the Emerging Markets Fund’s investments fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general stock market and economic conditions.

· Foreign Securities and Emerging Markets Risks – In addition, the performance of foreign securities depends on the political and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the Emerging Markets Fund invests.  Emerging markets involve greater risk and volatility than more developed markets.  Some emerging markets countries may have fixed or managed currencies that are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar.  Certain of these currencies have experienced, and may experience in the future, substantial fluctuations or a steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar.

· Currency Risks – Because the Emerging Markets Fund invests in securities denominated in foreign currencies, the U.S. dollar values of its investments fluctuate as a result of changes in foreign exchange rates.  Such changes will also affect the Fund’s income.

· Medium and Small-Cap Company Risks – Securities of medium-cap and small-cap companies may have comparatively greater price volatility and less liquidity than the securities of companies that have larger market capitalizations and/or that are traded on major stock exchanges.  These securities may also be more difficult to value.

· Value Securities Risks – The Emerging Markets Fund invests in value securities, which are securities the Advisor believes are undervalued for various reasons, including but not limited to as a result of adverse business, industry or other developments, or are subject to special risks, or limited market understanding of the issuer’s business or industry, that have caused the securities to be out of favor.  It may take longer than expected for the prices of these securities to increase to the anticipated value, or they may never increase to that value or may decline.  In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.

· Value Style Risks – In managing the Emerging Markets Fund, the Advisor applies the Graham and Dodd Value Investing approach, which selects investments based on the Advisor’s evaluation of the intrinsic long-term value of companies using measurable data.  This style of investing has caused the Fund’s performance to deviate from the performance of market benchmarks and other managers for substantial periods of time and may do so in the future.

Performance

The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Emerging Markets Fund.  The bar chart below illustrates how the Fund’s total returns have varied from year to year.  The table below compares the Fund’s total return over time to a broad-based securities index.  The chart and table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions.  Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the Emerging Markets Fundwill perform in the future.  Updated performance is available on the Fund’s website www.brandesfunds.com.

Brandes Emerging Markets Fund Year-by-Year Total Returns as of December 31, 2012 for Class I Shares*

Best Quarter	Q2	2009	43.09%
Worst Quarter	Q4	2008	-26.72%

Brandes Emerging Markets Fund Average Annual Total Returns For periods ending December 31, 2012

Average Annual Returns Brandes Emerging Markets Fund	Average Annual Returns, 1 Year	Average Annual Returns, 5 Years	Average Annual Returns, 10 Years	Average Annual Returns, Since Inception
Class A	11.83%	3.55%	17.63%	8.84%
Class C	18.98%	5.01%	18.55%	9.50%
Class I	18.98%	5.01%	18.55%	9.50%
After Taxes on Distributions Class I	18.29%	4.84%	18.45%	9.45%
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares Class I	13.25%	4.32%	17.01%	8.68%
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	18.63%	(0.61%)	16.88%	7.81%

Prior to January 31, 2011, the Fund was a private investment fund managed by the Advisor with policies, guidelines and restrictions that were, in all material respects, equivalent to those of the Fund.  Class A and Class I shares commenced operations on January 31, 2011, while Class C shares commenced operations on January 31, 2013.  Prior to January 31, 2013, Class A shares were known as Class S shares.  (Class A shares have the same operating expenses as Class S shares.)  The Class I performance information shown for periods prior to January 31, 2011 is that of the private investment fund managed by the Advisor that is the predecessor of the Fund, not adjusted for Fund expenses.  Performance shown prior to January 31, 2011 for Class A shares reflects the performance of the private investment fund shares adjusted to reflect Class A expenses.  Performance shown prior to the inception of Class C shares reflects the performance of the private investment fund for periods prior to January 31, 2011 and the performance of Class I shares for the period from February 1, 2011 to January 30, 2013.

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.  Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.  After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only.  After-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

[1] Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

[2] A charge of 1.00% will be imposed on Class C shares redeemed within one year of purchase by any investor.

[1] The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit the Emerging Markets Fund's Class A, Class C and Class I annual operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization or extraordinary expenses such as litigation), including repayment of previous waivers, to 1.37% for Class A, 2.12% for Class C, and 1.12% for Class I as percentages of the respective Fund classes' average daily net assets through January 31, 2014 (the "Expense Caps"). The Expense Caps may be terminated at any time by the Board of Trustees upon 60 days' notice to the Advisor, or by the Advisor with the consent of the Board. The Advisor is permitted, with Board approval, to be reimbursed for fee reductions and/or expense payments made in the prior three years with respect to any Class of the Fund. The Advisor may request reimbursement if the aggregate amount paid by the Fund toward operating expenses for the Class for the fiscal year (taking into account the reimbursement) does not exceed the Expense Cap with respect to such Class or any lower expense cap for the Class in effect at the time of the reimbursement.

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Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund | Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund

Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund

Investment Objective

The Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund (the “Core Plus Fund”), formerly named the Brandes Institutional Core Plus Fixed Income Fund, seeks to maximize long-term total return, consisting of both current income and capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Core Plus Fund.  You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.  More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section titled “Shareholder Information” on page 22 of the Prospectus and “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page B-77 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund	Class A		Class E	Class I
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	3.75%		none	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)	none	[1]	none	none

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

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund		Class A	Class E	Class I
Management Fees		0.35%	0.35%	0.35%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		0.25%	none	none
Shareholder Servicing Fees		none	0.25%	none
Other Expenses		0.86%	0.86%	0.91%
Total Other Expenses		0.86%	1.11%	0.91%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		1.46%	1.46%	1.26%
Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement		(0.76%)	(0.76%)	(0.76%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement	[1]	0.70%	0.70%	0.50%

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Core Plus Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the contractual expense limitation for 1 year).

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class A	444	747	1,073	1,993
Class E	72	387	725	1,681
Class I	51	324	619	1,456

Portfolio Turnover

The Core Plus Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.  During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 31.59% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Core Plus Fund invests predominantly in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities.  These include, but are not limited to, debt securities issued by U.S. and foreign companies, debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government and foreign governments and their agencies and instrumentalities, and U.S. and foreign mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed debt securities.  The Core Plus Fund may invest up to 25% of its total fixed income assets, measured at the time of purchase, in non-U.S. dollar securities and may engage in currency hedging.  Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., the Fund’s investment advisor (the “Advisor”), uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select debt securities for the Core Plus Fund’s investment portfolio.  As part of this process, the Advisor reviews such measures as the issuer’s free cash flow, debt-to-equity ratio, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”)-to-interest ratio, debt-to-EBITDA ratio or other measures of credit worthiness in evaluating the securities of a particular issuer.

The Core Plus Fund may invest in debt instruments of any maturity or with no maturity and it may invest in both investment-grade securities and non-investment grade securities (also known as “high-yield bonds” or “junk bonds”).  (Up to 25% of the Fund’s total debt securities may be in junk bonds.)  The Core Plus Fund invests in debt securities that can be purchased at prices or yield premiums over U.S. Treasury securities (or other relatively risk free securities) which the Advisor believes to be attractive based on the Advisor’s assessment of each security’s intrinsic value.  The Advisor will typically sell a security from the Fund’s portfolio when the Advisor’s research process identifies a significantly better investment opportunity.  The Advisor may also sell certain portfolio securities from time to time in order to adjust the average maturity, duration or yield of the Fund’s portfolio or to meet requests for redemption of Fund shares.

Principal Investment Risks

Because the values of the Core Plus Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, so will the value of your investment in the Fund.  You could lose money on your investment in the Core Plus Fund, or the Fund could underperform other investments.  Principal risks of the Fund are as follows:

· Credit Risks – Fixed income securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in credit ratings.  The value of an issuer’s securities held by the Fund may decline in response to adverse developments with respect to the issuer or if the issuer or any guarantor is unwilling or unable to pay or perform in a timely fashion.

· Interest Rate Risks – As with most fixed income funds, the income on and value of your shares in the Core Plus Fund will fluctuate along with interest rates.  When interest rates rise, the market prices of the debt securities the Fund owns usually decline. When interest rates fall, the prices of these securities usually increase.

· Foreign and Emerging Markets Securities Risks – Investing in foreign securities poses additional risks.  The performance of foreign securities can be adversely affected by the different political, regulatory and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the issuers of these securities are located.  Emerging markets countries involve greater risk and volatility than more developed markets.  Some emerging markets countries may have fixed or managed currencies that are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar.  Certain of these currencies may experience substantial fluctuations or steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar.

· Liquidity Risks – Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell.  The Fund’s investments in illiquid securities may reduce the return of the Fund because it may be unable to sell such illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price.  Illiquid securities may also be difficult to value.

· Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risks – Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates.  When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest that money at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

· Non-Investment Grade (Junk Bond) Securities Risks – Below investment grade debt securities are speculative and involve a greater risk of default and price change due to changes in the issuer’s creditworthiness.  The market prices of these debt securities may fluctuate more than the market prices of investment grade debt securities and may decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty.

· Portfolio Turnover Risks – The Core Plus Fund is actively managed, which means that the Advisor may frequently buy and sell securities.  Frequent trading increases a Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and may increase transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions and taxes.  Increased transaction costs could detract from the Fund’s performance.

Performance

The following performance information shows you how the Core Plus Fund has performed and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how its performance has varied from year to year.  The bar chart shows changes in the yearly performance of the Fund’s Class I shares since its inception.  The table that follows compares the Fund’s returns over time to broad-based securities indices.  The bar chart and table assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions.  Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the Funds will perform in the future.  Updated performance is available on the Fund’s website www.brandesfunds.com.

Year-by-Year Total Returns as of December 31, 2012 for Class I Shares

Best Quarter	Q3	2009	7.55%
Worst Quarter	Q3	2008	-8.97%

Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund Average Annual Total Returns For the period ending December 31, 2012

Average Annual Returns Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund	Average Annual Returns, 1 Year	Average Annual Returns, 5 Years	Average Annual Returns, Since Inception	Average Annual Returns, Inception Date
Class A	5.19%	4.43%	4.44%	Dec. 28, 2007
Class E	9.43%	5.25%	5.34%	Dec. 28, 2007
Class I	9.55%	5.44%	5.45%	Dec. 28, 2007
After Taxes on Distributions Class I	7.52%	3.19%	3.20%
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares Class I	6.42%	3.33%	3.34%
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	4.21%	5.95%	6.00%	Dec. 28, 2007
Barclays U.S. Intermediate Credit Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	8.10%	6.71%	6.75%	Dec. 28, 2007

Class I shares commenced operation on December 28, 2007.  Class E shares commenced operation on May 28, 2008.  “Since Inception” returns are provided since inception of Class I shares on December 28, 2007.  Performance shown for the Class E shares prior to May 28, 2008 reflects the performance of the Class I shares adjusted to reflect Class E expenses.  Class S shares never commenced operations.  They were redesignated as Class A shares and commenced operations on January 31, 2013.  Performance shown prior to the inception of Class A shares on January 31, 2013, reflects the performance of Class I shares, adjusted to reflect Class A sales loads.

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.  Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.  After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only and after-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

[1] Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

[1] The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit the Core Plus Fund's Class A, Class E and Class I annual operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense in connection with investment activities, taxes and extraordinary expenses), including repayment of previous waivers, to the following percentages of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to the specific classes through January 31, 2014: 0.70%, 0.70%, and 0.50%, respectively (the "Expense Caps"). The Expense Caps may be terminated at any time by the Board of Trustees upon 60 days notice to the Advisor, or by the Advisor with the consent of the Board. The Advisor is permitted, with Board approval, to be reimbursed for fee reductions and/or expense payments made in the prior three years with respect to any Class of the Fund. The Advisor may request reimbursement if the aggregate amount paid by the Fund toward operating expenses for the Class for the fiscal year (taking into account the reimbursement) does not exceed the Expense Cap with respect to such Class or any lower expense cap for the Class in effect at the time of the reimbursement.

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Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund | Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund

Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund

Investment Objective

The Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund (the “International Small Cap Fund”), seeks long term capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the International Small Cap Fund.  You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.  More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section titled “Shareholder Information” on page 38 of the Prospectus and “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page B-77 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund	Class A		Class C		Class I
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	5.75%		none		none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)	none	[1]	1.00%	[2]	none

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

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund		Class A	Class C	Class I
Management Fees		0.95%	0.95%	0.95%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		0.25%	0.75%	none
Shareholder Servicing Fees		none	0.25%	none
Other Expenses		0.97%	0.97%	1.02%
Total Other Expenses		0.97%	1.22%	1.02%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		2.17%	2.92%	1.97%
Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement		(0.77%)	(0.77%)	(0.82%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement	[1]	1.40%	2.15%	1.15%

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the International Small Cap Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the contractual expense limitation for one year).

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class A	709	1,145	1,606	2,877
Class C	318	831	1,470	3,188
Class I	117	539	986	2,230

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your Class C shares:

Expense Example No Redemption (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund Class C	218	831	1,470	3,188

Portfolio Turnover

The International Small Cap Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.  During the period from February 1, 2012 through September 30, 2012, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 13.55% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal market conditions, the International Small Cap Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) measured at the time of purchase in equity securities issued by small capitalization companies located in at least three countries outside of the United States.  The Fund considers a company to be a small capitalization company if it has a market capitalization (market value of publicly traded securities) of $5 billion or less at the time of purchase.  Equity securities include common and preferred stocks, warrants and rights.  An issuer is determined to be located outside the United States on the basis of the issuer’s domicile, principal place of business, primary stock exchange listing, source of revenue or other factors.  Up to 30% of the International Small Cap Fund’s total assets, measured at the time of purchase, may be invested in securities of companies located in countries considered to have emerging securities markets.  With respect to 20% of the Fund’s net assets, the Fund may invest in stocks of companies of any capitalization size.

Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., the investment advisor (the “Advisor”), uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select equity securities for the International Small Cap Fund’s investment portfolio.  When buying equity securities, the Advisor assesses the estimated “intrinsic” value of a company based on data such as a company’s earnings, cash flow generation, and/or asset value of the underlying business.  By choosing securities that are selling at a discount to the Advisor’s estimates of their share of the company’s intrinsic business value, the Advisor seeks to establish an opportunity for long-term capital appreciation.  The Advisor may sell a security when its price reaches a target set by the Advisor, the Advisor believes that other investments are more attractive, or for other reasons.

Principal Investment Risks

Because the values of the International Small Cap Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, so will the value of your investment in the International Small Cap Fund.  You could lose money on your investment in the International Small Cap Fund, or the International Small Cap Fund could underperform other investments.  Principal risks of the International Small Cap Fund are as follows:

· Stock Risks – The values of the International Small Cap Fund’s investments fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general stock market and economic conditions.

· Medium and Small-Cap Company Risks – Securities of medium-cap and small-cap companies may have comparatively greater price volatility and less liquidity than the securities of companies that have larger market capitalizations and/or that are traded on major stock exchanges.  These securities may also be more difficult to value.

· Foreign Securities and Emerging Markets Risks – In addition, the performance of foreign securities depends on the political and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the International Small Cap Fund invests.  Emerging markets involve greater risk and volatility than more developed markets.  Some emerging markets countries may have fixed or managed currencies that are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar.  Certain of these currencies have experienced, and may experience in the future, substantial fluctuations or a steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar.

· Currency Risks – Because the International Small Cap Fund invests in securities denominated in foreign currencies, the U.S. dollar values of its investments fluctuate as a result of changes in foreign exchange rates.  Such changes will also affect the Fund’s income.

· Value Securities Risks – The International Small Cap Fund invests in value securities, which are securities the Advisor believes are undervalued for various reasons, including but not limited to as a result of adverse business, industry or other developments, or are subject to special risks, or limited market understanding of the issuer’s business or industry, that have caused the securities to be out of favor.  It may take longer than expected for the prices of these securities to increase to the anticipated value, or they may never increase to that value or may decline.  In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.

· Value Style Risks – In managing the International Small Cap Fund, the Advisor applies the Graham and Dodd Value Investing approach, which selects investments based on the Advisor’s evaluation of the intrinsic long-term value of companies using measurable data.  This style of investing has caused the Fund’s performance to deviate from the performance of market benchmarks and other managers for substantial periods of time and may do so in the future.

Performance

The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the International Small Cap Fund.  The bar chart below illustrates how the Fund’s total returns have varied from year to year.  The table below compares the Fund’s total return over time to a broad-based securities index.  The chart and table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions.  Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the International Small Cap Fund will perform in the future.  Updated performance is available on the Fund’s website www.brandesfunds.com.

Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund Year-by-Year Total Returns as of December 31, 2012 for Class I Shares

Best Quarter	Q2	2009	46.08%
Worst Quarter	Q4	2008	-21.60%

Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund Average Annual Total Returns For periods ending December 31, 2012

Average Annual Returns Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund	Average Annual Returns, 1 Year	Average Annual Returns, 5 Years	Average Annual Returns, 10 Years	Average Annual Returns, Since Inception	Average Annual Returns, Inception Date
Class A	19.04%	5.19%	12.62%	9.81%	Feb. 01, 2012
Class C	26.46%	6.47%	13.30%	10.21%	Jan. 31, 2013
Class I	26.46%	6.47%	13.30%	10.21%	Feb. 01, 2012
After Taxes on Distributions Class I	25.84%	6.37%	13.25%	10.18%
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares Class I	17.43%	5.55%	12.00%	9.34%
S&P Developed ex-U.S. Small Cap Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	18.55%	(1.26%)	12.16%	6.41%	Feb. 01, 2012

Prior to February 1, 2012, the Fund was a private investment fund managed by the Advisor with policies, guidelines and restrictions that were, in all material respects, equivalent to those of the Fund.  Class A and Class I shares commenced operations on February 1, 2012, while Class C shares commenced operations on January 31, 2013.  Prior to January 31, 2013, Class A shares were known as Class S shares.  (Class A shares have the same operating expenses as Class S shares.)  The Class I performance information shown for periods before February 1, 2012 is that of the private investment fund managed by the Advisor that is the predecessor of the Fund, not adjusted for Fund expenses.  Performance shown prior to February 1, 2012 for the Class A shares reflects the performance of the private investment fund shares adjusted to reflect Class A expenses.  Performance shown prior to the inception of Class C shares reflects the performance of the private investment fund for periods prior to February 1, 2012 and the performance of Class I shares for the period from February 1, 2012 to January 30, 2013.

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.  Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.  After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only.  After-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

[1] Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

[2] A charge of 1.00% will be imposed on Class C shares redeemed within one year of purchase by any investor.

[1] The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit the International Small Cap Fund's Class A, Class C and Class I annual operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization or extraordinary expenses such as litigation), including repayment of previous waivers, to 1.40% for Class A, 2.15% for Class C, and 1.15% for Class I as percentages of the respective Fund classes' average daily net assets through January 31, 2014 (the "Expense Caps"). The Expense Caps may be terminated at any time by the Board of Trustees upon 60 days notice to the Advisor, or by the Advisor with the consent of the Board. The Advisor is permitted, with Board approval, to be reimbursed for fee reductions and/or expense payments made in the prior three years with respect to any Class of the Fund. The Advisor may request reimbursement if the aggregate amount paid by the Fund toward operating expenses for the Class for the fiscal year (taking into account the reimbursement) does not exceed the Expense Cap with respect to such Class or any lower expense cap for the Class in effect at the time of the reimbursement.

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Brandes Credit Focus Yield Fund | Brandes Credit Focus Yield Fund

Brandes Credit Focus Yield Fund

Investment Objective

The Brandes Credit Focus Yield Fund (the “Credit Focus Yield Fund”), seeks total return, consisting of both current income and capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Credit Focus Yield Fund.  You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.  More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section titled “Shareholder Information” on page 22 of the Prospectus and “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page B-77 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Brandes Credit Focus Yield Fund	Class A		Class I
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	3.75%		none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)	none	[1]	none

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

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Brandes Credit Focus Yield Fund		Class A	Class I
Management Fees		0.50%	0.50%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		0.25%	none
Other Expenses		1.85%	1.90%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		2.60%	2.40%
Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement		(1.65%)	(1.70%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement	[1]	0.95%	0.70%

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Credit Focus Yield Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the contractual expense limitation for 1 year).

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Brandes Credit Focus Yield Fund (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class A	468	1,002	1,561	3,081
Class I	72	585	1,126	2,606

Portfolio Turnover

The Credit Focus Yield Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.  During the most recent period from February 1, 2012 through September 30, 2012, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 162.73% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal market conditions, the Credit Focus Yield Fund invests primarily in debt securities issued by U.S. and foreign companies and debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government and foreign governments and their agencies and instrumentalities.  The Fund may also make investments in U.S. and foreign mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, asset-backed debt securities and other forms of debt obligations and income producing securities, including but not limited to preferred stock, and loan participations and assignments.  The Credit Focus Yield Fund may invest up to 30% of its total fixed income assets, measured at the time of purchase, in non-U.S. dollar securities and may engage in currency hedging.  Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., the investment advisor (the “Advisor”), uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select debt Fund’s securities for the Credit Focus Yield Fund’s investment portfolio.  As part of this process, the Advisor reviews such measures as the issuer’s free cash flow, debt-to-equity ratio, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”)-to-interest ratio, debt-to-EBITDA ratio or other measures of credit worthiness in evaluating the securities of a particular issuer.

The Credit Focus Yield Fund may invest in instruments of any maturity or with no maturity and it may invest in both investment-grade securities and non-investment grade securities (also known as “high-yield bonds” or “junk bonds”).  (Up to 50% of the Fund’s total debt securities may be in junk bonds.)  The Credit Focus Yield Fund invests in securities that can be purchased at prices or yield premiums over U.S. Treasury securities (or other relatively risk free securities) which the Advisor believes to be attractive based on the Advisor’s assessment of each security’s intrinsic value.  The Advisor will typically sell a security from the Fund’s portfolio when the Advisor’s research process identifies a significantly better investment opportunity.  The Advisor may also sell certain portfolio securities from time to time in order to adjust the average maturity, duration or yield of the Fund’s portfolio or to meet requests for redemption of Fund shares.

Principal Investment Risks

Because the values of the Credit Focus Yield Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, so will the value of your investment in the Fund.  You could lose money on your investment in the Credit Focus Yield Fund, or the Fund could underperform other investments.  Principal risks of the Fund are as follows:

· Bank Debt Risks – Investments in bank debt involve credit risk, interest rate risk, liquidity risk and other risks, including the risk that any loan collateral may become impaired or that the Fund may obtain less than the full value for the loan interests when sold.

· Credit Risks – Fixed income securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in credit ratings.  The value of an issuer’s securities held by the Fund may decline in response to adverse developments with respect to the issuer.

· Interest Rate Risks – As with most fixed income funds, the income on and value of your shares in the Credit Focus Yield Fund will fluctuate along with interest rates. When interest rates rise, the market prices of the debt securities the Fund owns usually decline. When interest rates fall, the prices of these securities usually increase.

· Equity Market Risks – The Credit Focus Yield Fund may invest in preferred stocks.  The values of equity securities fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general stock market and economic conditions.

· Foreign and Emerging Markets Securities Risks – Investing in foreign securities poses additional risks.  The performance of foreign securities can be adversely affected by the different political, regulatory and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the Credit Focus Yield Fund invests.  Emerging markets countries involve greater risk and volatility than more developed markets.  Some emerging markets countries may have fixed or managed currencies that are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar.  Certain of these currencies may experience substantial fluctuations or steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar.

· Liquidity Risks – Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell.  The Fund’s investments in illiquid securities may reduce the return of the Fund because it may be unable to sell such illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price.

· Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risks – Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates.  When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest that money at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

· Non-Investment Grade (Junk Bond) Securities Risks – Below investment grade debt securities (also known as “junk bonds”) are speculative and involve a greater risk of default and price change due to changes in the issuer’s creditworthiness.  The market prices of these debt securities may fluctuate more than the market prices of investment grade debt securities and may decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty.

· Portfolio Turnover Risks – The Credit Focus Yield Fund is actively managed, which means that the Advisor may frequently buy and sell securities.  Frequent trading increases a Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and may increase transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions and taxes.  Increased transaction costs could detract from the Fund’s performance.

· U.S. Government Obligations Risks – U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Credit Focus Yield Fund.  The bar chart below illustrates how the Fund’s total returns have varied from year to year.  The table below compares the Fund’s total return over time to a broad-based securities index.  The chart and table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions.  Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the Credit Focus Yield Fund will perform in the future.  Updated performance is available on the Fund’s website www.brandesfunds.com.

Brandes Credit Focus Yield Fund Year-by-Year Total Returns as of December 31, 2012 for Class I Shares

Best Quarter	Q2	2009	17.43%
Worst Quarter	Q3	2008	-13.78%

Brandes Credit Focus Yield Fund Average Annual Total Returns For periods ending December 31, 2012

Average Annual Returns Brandes Credit Focus Yield Fund	Average Annual Returns, 1 Year	Average Annual Returns, 5 Years	Average Annual Returns, 10 Years	Average Annual Returns, Since Inception
Class A	5.79%	4.70%	6.43%	6.53%
Class I	10.37%	5.59%	6.89%	6.89%
After Taxes on Distributions Class I	9.11%	5.35%	6.76%	6.80%
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares Class I	6.77%	4.69%	6.01%	6.08%
Barclays U.S. Intermediate Credit Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	8.10%	6.71%	5.59%	6.59%

Performance information shown for Class I shares prior to February 1, 2012, is that of a private investment fund managed by the Advisor with policies, guidelines and restrictions that were, in all material respects, equivalent to those of the Fund.  Prior to January 31, 2013, Class A shares were known as Class S shares.  (Class A shares have the same operating expenses as Class S shares.)  Performance shown prior to the inception of Class A shares on February 1, 2012 reflects the performance of Class I shares, adjusted to reflect Class A sales loads.

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.  Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.  After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only.  After-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

[1] Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

[1] The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit the Credit Focus Yield Fund's Class A and Class I annual operating expenses (excluding Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, interest expense in connection with investment activities, taxes and extraordinary expenses), including repayment of previous waivers, to the following percentages of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to the specific classes through January 31, 2014: 0.95% and 0.70%, respectively (the "Expense Caps"). The Expense Caps may be terminated at any time by the Board of Trustees upon 60 days notice to the Advisor, or by the Advisor with the consent of the Board. The Advisor is permitted, with Board approval, to be reimbursed for fee reductions and/or expense payments made in the prior three years with respect to any Class of the Fund. The Advisor may request reimbursement if the aggregate amount paid by the Fund toward operating expenses for the Class for the fiscal year (taking into account the reimbursement) does not exceed the Expense Cap with respect to such Class or any lower expense cap for the Class in effect at the time of the reimbursement.

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Brandes International Equity Fund

Investment Objective

The Brandes International Equity Fund (the “International Equity Fund”), formerly named the Brandes Institutional International Equity Fund, seeks long term capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the International Equity Fund.  You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Brandes Funds.  More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section titled “Shareholder Information” on page 38 of the Prospectus and “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page B-77 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Brandes International Equity Fund	Class A		Class C		Class E	Class I
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	5.75%		none		none	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)	none	[1]	1.00%	[2]	none	none

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

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Brandes International Equity Fund		Class A	Class C	Class E	Class I
Management Fees		1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		0.25%	0.75%	none	none
Shareholder Servicing Fees		none	0.25%	0.25%	none
Other Expenses		0.20%	0.20%	0.20%	0.25%
Total Other Expenses		0.20%	0.45%	0.45%	0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		1.45%	2.20%	1.45%	1.25%
Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement		(0.15%)	(0.15%)	(0.15%)	(0.20%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement	[1]	1.30%	2.05%	1.30%	1.05%

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the International Equity Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same.

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Brandes International Equity Fund (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class A	700	993	1,308	2,198
Class C	308	674	1,166	2,522
Class E	132	444	778	1,722
Class I	107	377	667	1,494

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your Class C shares:

Expense Example No Redemption (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Brandes International Equity Fund Class C	208	674	1,166	2,522

Portfolio Turnover

The International Equity Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.  During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 13.47% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The International Equity Fund invests principally in common and preferred stocks of foreign companies.  These companies generally have market capitalizations (market value of publicly traded securities) greater than $1 billion.  A foreign company is determined to be “foreign” on the basis of its domicile, its principal place of business, its primary stock exchange listing, the source of its revenues or other factors.  Under normal market conditions, the International Equity Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) measured at the time of purchase in equity securities of issuers located in at least three countries outside the United States.  Equity securities include common and preferred stocks, warrants and rights.  Up to 30% of the International Equity Fund’s total assets, measured at the time of purchase, may be invested in securities of companies located in countries with emerging securities markets.

Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., the Fund’s investment advisor (the “Advisor”), uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select equity securities for the International EquityFund’s investment portfolio.  When buying equity securities, the Advisor assesses the estimated “intrinsic” value of a company based on data such as a company’s earnings power, cash flow generation, and/or asset value of the underlying business.  By choosing securities that are selling at a discount to the Advisor’s estimates of their share of the company’s intrinsic business value, the Advisor seeks to establish an opportunity for long-term capital appreciation.  The Advisor may sell a security when its price reaches a target set by the Advisor, the Advisor believes that other investments are more attractive, or for other reasons.

Principal Investment Risks

Because the values of the International Equity Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, so will the value of your investment in the International Equity Fund.  You could lose money on your investment in the International Equity Fund, or the International Equity Fund could underperform other investments.  Principal risks of the International Equity Fund are as follows:

· Stock Risks – The values of the International Equity Fund’s investments fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general stock market and economic conditions.

· Foreign Securities and Emerging Markets Risks – In addition, the performance of foreign securities depends on the political and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the International Equity Fund invests.  Emerging markets involve greater risk and volatility than more developed markets.  Some emerging markets countries may have fixed or managed currencies that are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar.  Certain of these currencies have experienced, and may experience in the future, substantial fluctuations or a steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar.

· Currency Risks – Because the International Equity Fund invests in securities denominated in foreign currencies, the U.S. dollar values of its investments fluctuate as a result of changes in foreign exchange rates.  Such changes will also affect the Fund’s income.

· Value Securities Risks – The International Equity Fund invests in value securities, which are securities the Advisor believes are undervalued for various reasons, including but not limited to as a result of adverse business, industry or other developments, or are subject to special risks, or limited market understanding of the issuer’s business or industry, that have caused the securities to be out of favor.  It may take longer than expected for the prices of these securities to increase to the anticipated value, or they may never increase to that value or may decline.  In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.

· Value Style Risks – In managing the International Equity Fund, the Advisor applies the Graham and Dodd Value Investing approach, which selects investments based on the Advisor’s evaluation of the intrinsic long-term value of companies using measurable data.  This style of investing has caused the Fund’s performance to deviate from the performance of market benchmarks and other managers for substantial periods of time and may do so in the future.

Performance

The following performance information shows you how the International EquityFund has performed and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how its performance has varied from year to year.  The bar chart shows changes in the yearly performance of the Fund’s Class I shares since its inception.  The table below compares the Fund’s total return over time to a broad-based securities index.  The chart and table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions.  Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the International EquityFundwill perform in the future.  Updated performance is available on the Fund’s website www.brandesfunds.com.

Brandes International Equity Fund Year-by-Year Total Returns as of December 31, 2012 for Class I Shares

Best Quarter	Q2	2003	25.52%
Worst Quarter	Q3	2002	-20.72%

Brandes International Equity Fund Average Annual Total Returns For periods ending December 31, 2012

Average Annual Returns Brandes International Equity Fund	Average Annual Returns, 1 Year	Average Annual Returns, 5 Years	Average Annual Returns, 10 Years	Average Annual Returns, Since Inception
Class A	4.54%	(6.32%)	7.17%	7.61%
Class C	11.25%	(5.04%)	8.04%	8.25%
Class E	11.18%	(5.12%)	7.86%	2.18%
Class I	11.25%	(5.04%)	8.04%	8.25%
After Taxes on Distributions Class I	11.07%	(5.35%)	7.23%	6.82%
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares Class I	8.49%	(3.93%)	7.33%	6.96%
MSCI EAFE Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	17.32%	(3.69%)	8.21%	4.21%

The International Equity Fund commenced operations in 1997.  Prior to October 6, 2008, the International Equity Fund had only one class of shares (currently designated as Class I Shares).  Class E shares commenced operations on October 6, 2008.  Performance shown prior to the inception of Class E shares reflects the performance of Class I shares adjusted to reflect Class E expenses.  Class A shares commenced operations on January 31, 2011, but prior to January 31, 2013, Class A shares were known as Class S shares.  (Class A shares have the same operating expenses as Class S shares.)  Performance shown prior to January 31, 2011 for Class A shares reflects the performance of Class I shares adjusted to reflect Class A expenses.  Class C shares commenced operations on January 31, 2013.  Performance shown prior to the inception of Class C shares reflects the performance of Class I shares.

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.  Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.  After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only.  After-tax returns for other Classes will vary.

In certain cases, the “Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares” may be higher than the other return figures for the same period.  This will occur when a capital loss is realized upon the sale of Fund shares and provides an assumed tax benefit that increases the return.

[1] Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.

[2] A charge of 1.00% will be imposed on Class C shares redeemed within one year of purchase by any investor.

[1] The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit the International Equity Fund's Class A, Class C, Class E, and Class I annual operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization or extraordinary expenses such as litigation), including repayment of previous waivers, to 1.30% for Class A and Class E, 2.05% for Class C and 1.05% for Class I, as percentages of the respective Fund classes' average daily net assets through January 31, 2014 (the "Expense Caps"). The Expense Caps may be terminated at any time by the Board of Trustees upon 60 days' written notice to the Advisor, or by the Advisor with the consent of the Board. The Advisor is permitted, with Board approval, to be reimbursed for fee reductions and/or expense payments made in the prior three years with respect to any Class of the Fund. The Advisor may request reimbursement if the aggregate amount paid by the Fund toward operating expenses for the Class for the fiscal year (taking into account the reimbursement) does not exceed the Expense Cap with respect to such Class or any lower expense cap for the Class in effect at the time of the reimbursement.