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Convergence Opportunities Fund
Convergence Opportunities Fund
Investment Objective

The investment objective of the Convergence Opportunities Fund (the “Fund” or “Opportunities Fund”) is to seek long-term capital growth.

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
Convergence Opportunities Fund
Convergence Opportunities Fund - Institutional Class
USD ($)
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) none
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Convergence Opportunities Fund
Convergence Opportunities Fund - Institutional Class
Management Fees 1.00%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees none
Dividends and Interest on Short Positions 1.21% [1]
Remainder of Other Expenses 0.52% [2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 2.73% [2]
Less: Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement (0.02%) [3]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement 2.71% [2],[3]
[1] "Dividends and Interest on Short Positions" reflect interest expense and dividends paid on borrowed securities. Interest expenses result from the Fund's use of prime brokerage arrangements to execute short sales. Dividends paid on borrowed securities are an expense of short sales. These expenses are required to be treated as a Fund expense for accounting purposes and will vary from year to year based on the Fund's investments in short sale transactions.
[2] Estimated for the current fiscal year.
[3] Pursuant to an operating expense limitation agreement between the Fund's investment adviser, Convergence Investment Partners, LLC (the "Adviser"), and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, the Adviser has agreed to waive its management fees and/or reimburse expenses of the Fund to ensure that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (exclusive of front-end or contingent deferred loads, Rule 12b-1 plan fees, shareholder servicing plan fees, taxes, leverage (i.e., any expenses incurred in connection with borrowings made by the Fund), interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), brokerage commissions and other transactional expenses, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, dividends or interest on short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses or extraordinary expenses such as litigation (collectively "Excluded Expenses")) do not exceed 1.50% of the Fund's average daily net assets through at least November 1, 2020, and subject thereafter to annual re-approval of the agreement by the Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board of Trustees"). The operating expense limitation agreement may be terminated only by, or with the consent of, the Board of Trustees. The Adviser may request recoupment of previously waived fees and paid expenses from the Fund up to three years from the date such fees and expenses were waived or paid, subject to the operating expense limitation agreement, if such reimbursement will not cause the Fund's expense ratio, after recoupment has been taken into account, to exceed the lesser of: (1) the expense limitation in place at the time of the waiver and/or expense payment; or (2) the expense limitation in place at the time of the recoupment.
Example

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. The operating expense limitation discussed in the table above is reflected only through November 1, 2020.

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
Expense Example
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Convergence Opportunities Fund | Convergence Opportunities Fund - Institutional Class | USD ($) 274 845 1,443 3,059
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 transaction costs and potentially higher taxes, which are not reflected in the 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 252.88% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by establishing long and short positions in equity securities of domestic companies. The Fund focuses primarily on companies with small to medium market capitalizations, although the Fund may establish long and short positions in companies of any market capitalization. The Fund generally considers companies with small and medium market capitalizations to be those companies that comprise the lower 2,500 stocks by market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Total Return Index. As of January 31, 2019, the market capitalization range of the lower 2,500 stocks by market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Total Return Index was between $9.3 million and $37.8 billion. The Fund will hold long (purchase) securities that Convergence Investment Partners, LLC (the “Adviser”) believes will outperform the market, and will sell short securities expected to underperform the market.


The Fund intends to maintain a net long exposure (the market value of long positions minus the market value of short positions) of approximately 50% to 100% of the Fund’s total assets. Under normal market conditions, the Fund’s long positions may range from approximately 90% to 150% of the Fund’s total assets and its short positions may range from approximately 20% to 70% of the Fund’s total assets. Short positions may be used either to hedge long positions or may be used speculatively to seek positive returns in instances where the Adviser believes a security’s price will decline.


In making investment decisions for the Fund, the Adviser utilizes a proprietary stock ranking process. This stock ranking process is based on the philosophy that fundamentally sound companies are rewarded while fundamentally inferior companies are punished. Additionally, this process was designed to capture the best attributes of both quantitative and fundamental methods. Unlike traditional fundamental stock picking, quantitative management allows for broader coverage and increased data utilization. The Adviser seeks to maximize return while minimizing the risk assumed by the Fund through a stock ranking process that measures what market participants are rewarding or punishing. The Adviser systematically measures both current factor exposures for company stocks and the market’s factor preferences and tilts the portfolio towards stocks that are ranked highly from a fundamental perspective. The factors which the Adviser employs include valuation, growth, momentum and quality. The Adviser’s buy and sell decisions are primarily driven by this investment process.

Principal Risks

Before investing in the Fund, you should carefully consider your own investment goals, the amount of time you are willing to leave your money invested, and the amount of risk you are willing to take. Remember, in addition to possibly not achieving your investment goals, you could lose money by investing in the Fund. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are:



Management Risk. Investment strategies employed by the Adviser in selecting investments and asset allocations for the Fund may not result in an increase in the value of your investment or in overall performance equal to other investments.


General Market Risk. Certain securities selected for the Fund’s portfolio may be worth less than the price originally paid for them, or less than they were worth at an earlier time.


Equity Market Risk. Common stocks are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change.


Small- and Micro-Capitalization Company Risk. The securities of small- and micro-capitalization companies may be more volatile and less liquid than the securities of companies with larger market capitalizations. These small-capitalization companies may not have the management experience, financial resources, product diversification and competitive strengths of larger companies, and, therefore, their securities tend to be more volatile than the securities of larger, more established companies.


Medium-Capitalization Company Risk. The medium-capitalization companies in which the Fund may invest may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies. In particular, these mid-sized companies may pose additional risks, including liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group. Therefore, mid-cap stocks may be more volatile than those of larger companies.


Short Sales Risk. The value of a security sold short may increase prior to the scheduled delivery date, and because the market price of the security sold short could increase without limit, the Fund could be subject to a theoretically unlimited loss.


High Portfolio Turnover Rate Risk. The Fund may have a relatively high turnover rate compared to many mutual funds. A high portfolio turnover rate (100% or more) has the potential to result in increased brokerage transaction costs which may lower the Fund’s returns. Furthermore, a high portfolio turnover rate may result in the realization by the Fund, and distribution to shareholders, of a greater amount of capital gains, including short-term capital gains, than if the Fund had a low portfolio turnover rate. Distributions to shareholders of short-term capital gains are taxed as ordinary income under federal income tax laws. This could result in a higher tax liability and may lower an investor’s after-tax return.


Cybersecurity Risk. With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business, the Fund is susceptible to operational, information security, and related risks. Cyber incidents affecting the Fund or its service providers may cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, interference with the Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV, impediments to trading, the inability of shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional compliance costs.
Performance

The performance information demonstrates the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for the one-year, five-year and since inception periods compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. Remember, the Fund’s past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.investcip.com or by calling the Fund toll-free at 877-677-9414.

Calendar Year Returns as of December 31
Bar Chart

The Fund’s calendar year return as of December 31, 2018 was -15.27%. During the period shown in the bar chart, the best performance for a quarter was 12.20% (for the quarter ended December 31, 2016). The worst performance was -19.27% (for the quarter ended December 31, 2018).

Average Annual Total Returns (Periods Ended December 31, 2018)
Average Annual Returns - Convergence Opportunities Fund
Label
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date
Convergence Opportunities Fund - Institutional Class Institutional Class Shares Return Before Taxes (15.27%) 3.26% 3.11% Nov. 29, 2013
After Taxes on Distributions | Convergence Opportunities Fund - Institutional Class Institutional Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions (15.45%) 2.28% 2.14%  
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | Convergence Opportunities Fund - Institutional Class Institutional Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares (8.92%) 2.25% 2.14%  
Russell 2000® Total Return Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) Russell 2000® Total Return Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) (11.01%) 4.41% 4.73% Nov. 29, 2013

Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates in effect and do not reflect the effect of state and local taxes. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRA”).


In certain cases, the figure representing “Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares” may be higher than the other return figures for the same period. A higher after-tax return results when a capital loss occurs upon redemption and provides an assumed tax benefit to the investor.