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Access Capital Community Investment Fund
<b>Access Capital Community Investment Fund</b>
<b>Investment Objective </b>
The Fund seeks to invest in geographically specific debt securities located in portions of the United States designated by Fund shareholders.
<b>Fees and Expenses of the Fund </b>
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
<b>Shareholder Fees </b> (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees
Access Capital Community Investment Fund
Class IS
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering price) none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a % of offering or sales price, whichever is less) none
Redemption Fee (as a % of amount redeemed or exchanged within 30 days after the date of purchase) none
<b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses </b><br/>(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Access Capital Community Investment Fund
Class IS
Management Fees 0.35%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees none
Other Expenses (includes 0.12% Interest Expense) 0.42%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.77% [1]
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (0.25%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement 0.52%
[1] The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay operating expenses in order to limit the Fund’s total expenses (excluding brokerage and other investment-related costs, interest, taxes, dues, fees and other charges of governments and their agencies, extraordinary expenses such as litigation and indemnification, other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business and acquired fund fees and expenses) to 0.40% for Class IS shares. The expense limitation agreement is in place until January 31, 2021 and may not be terminated by the Advisor prior to that date. The Advisor is entitled to recoup from the Fund or class the fees and/or operating expenses waived or reimbursed during any of the previous 12 months, except that the Advisor may not recoup the fees and/or operating expenses waived or reimbursed during any of the previous 12 months if such recoupment would cause Fund expenses to exceed the expense limitation either (i) at the time of the waiver or reimbursement or (ii) at the time of recoupment. The expense limitation agreement may be revised or terminated by the Fund’s board of trustees if the board consents to a revision or termination as being in the best interests of the Fund.
<b>Example:</b>
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The costs for the Fund reflect the net expenses of the Fund that result from the contractual expense limitation in the first year only. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example
Access Capital Community Investment Fund
Class IS
USD ($)
One Year $ 53
Three Years 197
Five Years 379
Ten Years $ 908
<b>Portfolio Turnover </b>
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 20% of the average value of its portfolio.
<b>Principal Investment Strategies </b>
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in high quality debt securities and other debt instruments supporting affordable housing and community development and servicing low- and moderate-income ("LMI") individuals and communities in areas of the United States designated by Fund shareholders. Within those parameters, the Fund seeks a return consisting of current income and capital appreciation that is competitive relative to the Fund's benchmark index. The Fund defines instruments supporting the "affordable housing industry" to include mortgage-backed securities, small business loans, municipal securities, and other instruments supporting affordable housing and community development, and serving LMI individuals and communities. These investments may involve private placement transactions and may include variable rate instruments. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, compared to a diversified investment company, the Fund may invest a greater percentage of its assets in securities of a particular issuer. The Fund may borrow money from banks and enter into reverse repurchase agreements to obtain additional funds to make investments.

Community Investments.    At the time of their share purchase, investors meeting certain investment requirements may elect to have their investment amount invested in particular areas of the United States as their preferred geographic focus or Designated Target Region. If, after six months, the Advisor is unable to make appropriate investments in a shareholder’s Designated Target Region, the shareholder will have the option to redefine its Designated Target Region.

Each shareholder’s returns will be based on the investment performance of the Fund’s blended overall portfolio of investments and not just on the performance of the assets in the Designated Target Region(s) selected by that shareholder.

The Fund expects that substantially all or most of its investments will be considered eligible for regulatory credit under the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (“CRA”) and that shares of the Fund will be eligible for regulatory credit under the CRA.

Investment Program.    The Fund is designed for investors seeking a competitive return on high quality debt securities that support affordable housing and/or underlying community development activities in distinct parts of the United States. Not all of the investors in the Fund are subject to CRA requirements, but may be seeking to make investments in underserved communities or to fulfill other socially responsible related investment objectives. Investors that are not subject to CRA requirements do not receive CRA credit for their investments.

Concentration in the Affordable Housing Industry.    The Fund concentrates in the affordable housing industry, which means it will invest at least 25% of its total assets in the affordable housing industry. The Fund may, however, invest up to 100% of its total assets in the affordable housing industry. The Fund will invest a significant amount of its assets in securities issued by Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) and government sponsored enterprises (“GSEs”), such as the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”) project loans, and tax-exempt debt issued by state housing finance authorities (“HFAs”) to finance their work in affordable housing.

Credit Quality.    The Fund will invest at least 75% of its total assets in securities (i) having a rating in the highest rating category assigned by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization; or (ii) if unrated, deemed by the Advisor to be of comparable quality to securities which are so rated; or (iii) issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, government agencies, or GSEs (together, “First Tier Holdings”). The remainder of the Fund’s total assets will be invested in First Tier Holdings or in securities rated at least in the second highest category assigned by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or, if unrated, deemed by the Advisor to be of comparable quality.

Duration.    The Advisor seeks to maintain an overall average dollar-weighted portfolio duration for the Fund that is within certain percentage ranges (such as 25%) above or below the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Securitized Index. The duration of a bond is a measure of the approximate price sensitivity to changes in interest rates and is expressed in years. The longer the duration of the bond, the more sensitive the bond's price is to changes in interest rates. The Advisor may use interest rate futures contracts, options on futures contracts and swaps to manage the Fund's target duration. As of February 28, 2019, the duration of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Securitized Index was 4.73 years.
<b>Principal Risks </b>
The value of your investment in the Fund will change daily, which means that you could lose money. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency. By itself, the Fund is not a balanced investment program. There is no guarantee that the Fund will meet its goal. The principal risks of investing in the Fund include:

U.S. Government Obligations Risk.    Obligations of U.S. Government agencies, authorities, instrumentalities and sponsored enterprises (such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) have historically involved little risk of loss of principal if held to maturity. However, the maximum potential liability of the issuers of some of these securities may greatly exceed their current resources and no assurance can be given that the U.S. Government would provide financial support to any of these entities if it is not obligated to do so by law. In September 2008, the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would be placed into a conservatorship under FHFA. The effect that this conservatorship will have on the entities’ debt and securities guaranteed by the entities remains unclear. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are continuing to operate as going concerns while in conservatorship and each remains liable for all of its obligations, including its guaranty obligations, associated with its mortgage-backed securities.

Interest Rate Risk.    The Fund’s yield will fluctuate as the general level of interest rates change. During periods when interest rates are low, the Fund’s yield will also be low. The values of some or all of the Fund’s investments may change in response to movements in interest rates. If interest rates rise, the values of debt securities will generally fall and vice versa. In general, the longer the average maturity or duration of the Fund’s investment portfolio, the greater the sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Interest rate changes are influenced by a number of factors including government policy, inflation expectations, and supply and demand. The Fund assumes the risk that the value of the security at delivery may be more or less than the purchase price.

CRA Strategy Risk.    Portfolio decisions take into account the Fund’s goal of holding securities in designated geographic areas and will not be exclusively based on the investment characteristics of the securities, which may or may not have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investment performance. CRA qualified securities in geographic areas sought by the Fund may not provide as favorable a return as CRA qualified securities in other geographic areas. The Fund may sell securities for reasons relating to CRA qualification at times when such sales may not be desirable and may hold short-term investments that produce relatively low yields pending the selection of long-term investments believed to be CRA qualified.

Leverage Risk.    Leverage may result from certain transactions, borrowing and reverse repurchase agreements. Leverage may exaggerate the effect of a change in the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities, causing the Fund to be more volatile than if leverage was not used.

Duration Management Risk.    The Fund’s investments in derivative instruments that are intended to manage duration can result in sizeable realized and unrealized capital gains and losses relative to the gains and losses from the Fund’s investments in bonds and other securities.

Derivatives Risk.    Derivatives, including futures contracts, may be riskier than other types of investments and could result in losses that significantly exceed the Fund’s original investment. The performance of derivatives depends largely on the performance of their underlying reference asset, rate, or index; therefore, derivatives often have risks similar to those risks of the underlying reference asset, rate, or index, in addition to other risks. Many derivatives create leverage thereby causing the Fund to be more volatile than it would have been if it had not used derivatives. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) and bilateral derivatives may also expose the Fund to counterparty risk (the risk that the derivative counterparty will not fulfill its contractual obligations), including the credit risk of the derivative counterparty. Certain of the Fund’s transactions in derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the security or other risk being hedged. In addition, given their complexity, derivatives expose the Fund to risks of mispricing or improper valuation, as well as liquidity risk. Certain derivatives are subject to exchange trading and/or mandatory clearing (which interposes a central clearinghouse to each participant’s swap). Exchange trading, central clearing and margin requirements are intended to reduce counterparty credit risk and increase liquidity.

Large Shareholder Transactions Risk.    The Fund may experience adverse effects when certain large shareholders purchase or redeem large amounts of shares of the Fund. Such large shareholder redemptions may cause the Fund to sell portfolio securities at times when it would not otherwise do so, which may negatively impact the Fund’s NAV and liquidity.

Coordination of Investments Risk.    Many of the fixed-income private placement debt securities purchased by the Fund are developed by a variety of organizations that rely on other entities. A lack of interest of other entities in developing investments could adversely affect the economic and financial objectives of the Fund. A limited or dwindling supply of funds available for credit enhancement on Fund investments may adversely affect full realization of the Fund’s investment objective. Regulatory or statutory changes may affect the willingness or ability of housing related entities to work in the affordable housing private placement area.

Concentration Risk.    The Fund’s investments are expected to be closely tied to the affordable housing industry and its performance may be more volatile than the performance of a fund that does not concentrate its investments in a particular economic industry or sector.

Non-Diversified Fund Risk.    As a non-diversified fund, the Fund may invest a larger portion of its assets in fewer issuers and be more sensitive to any single economic, business, political or regulatory occurrence than a diversified fund.

Market Risk.    The markets in which the Fund invests may go down in value, sometimes sharply and unpredictably. The success of the Fund’s investment program may be affected by general economic and market conditions, such as interest rates, availability of credit, inflation rates, economic uncertainty, changes in laws, and national and international political circumstances. Unexpected volatility or illiquidity could impair the Fund’s profitability or result in losses.

Issuer/Credit Risk.    There is a possibility that issuers of securities in which the Fund may invest may default on the payment of interest or principal on the securities when due, which would cause the Fund to lose money. There can be no assurance of the continued availability of support from GSEs, HFAs, or other credit enhancers and changes in their credit ratings may constrain their value to the Fund as potential sources of credit enhancement.

Prepayment Risk.    The value of some mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities in which the Fund invests may fall due to unanticipated levels of principal prepayments that can occur when interest rates decline.

Call Risk.    Call risk is the chance that during periods of falling interest rates, a bond issuer will “call” -or repay – a high-yielding bond before its maturity date. Forced to reinvest the unanticipated proceeds at lower interest rates, the Fund would experience a decline in income.

Active Management Risk.    The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed investment portfolio. The Advisor and each individual portfolio manager will apply investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there can be no guarantee that these decisions will produce the desired results. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax restrictions, policies or developments may affect the investment techniques available in connection with managing the Fund and may also adversely affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.

Qualification for CRA Credit Risk.    For an institution to receive CRA credit with respect to Fund shares, the Fund must hold CRA qualifying investments that relate to the institution’s delineated CRA assessment area. The Fund expects that substantially all or most investments will be considered eligible for regulatory credit under the CRA but there is no guarantee that an investor will receive CRA credit for their investment in the Fund.
<b>Performance Information</b>
The bar chart and performance table provide an indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual total returns (before and after taxes) compare with those of broad-based securities indexes. Because Class IS shares have not yet commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus, the bar chart shows performance of the Fund’s Class I shares. The returns for Class IS shares may be different than the returns of Class I shares shown in the bar chart and performance table because expenses of the two classes differ. The bar chart shows the Fund’s performance for the past ten calendar years. The Fund commenced operations on July 28, 2008 and the performance reflects the returns of a predecessor fund for the periods prior to July 28, 2008. The Fund's performance was restated in September 2009 to reflect (i) corrections in the amounts of certain historical dividend payments, and (ii) corrections to dates during the 2003 through 2006 time period on which certain dividend payments were reinvested. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated information on the Fund's performance can be obtained by visiting www.rbcgam.us or by calling 1-800-422-2766.
<b>Annual Total Returns for Class I Shares </b>
Bar Chart
During the periods shown in the chart for Class I
shares of the Fund:
 
Quarter

Year

Returns

Best quarter:

Q1

2009

3.39%

Worst quarter:
Q2
2013
(2.28)%
Performance Table

The table below shows after-tax returns for Class I shares only. 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. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as qualified retirement plans. In some cases, returns after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares may be higher than returns before taxes because the calculations assume that the investor received a tax benefit for any loss incurred on the sale of the shares. The inception date of the Fund (Class I) is June 23, 1998. Since inception performance is based on an inception date of July 1, 1998. The actual returns of Class IS shares would have been higher than those shown because Class IS shares have lower expenses than Class I shares. Each index below shows how the Fund’s performance compares with the returns of a broad-based securities market index.
<b>Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2018)</b>
Average Annual Total Returns - Access Capital Community Investment Fund
Past Year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
Class I (0.18%) 1.97% 3.01% 4.01% Jun. 23, 1998
Class I | Return After Taxes on Distributions (1.29%) 0.67% 1.52% 2.22% Jun. 23, 1998
Class I | Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares (0.12%) 0.92% 1.72% 2.37% Jun. 23, 1998
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Securitized Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes; inception calculated from June 30, 1998) 0.99% 2.51% 3.45% 4.62% Jun. 30, 1998
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes; inception calculated from June 30, 1998) 0.01% 2.52% 3.48% 4.66% Jun. 30, 1998