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Innealta Capital Country Rotation Portfolio

Summary Section – Innealta Capital Country Rotation Portfolio

Investment Objective.

The investment objectives of the Innealta Capital Country Rotation Portfolio (the “Fund” or “Portfolio”) are capital appreciation and current income, consistent with the preservation of capital.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund.

This table describes the annual operating expenses that you may indirectly pay if you invest in the Portfolio through your retirement plan or if you allocate your insurance contract premiums or payments to the Portfolio. However, each insurance contract and separate account involves fees and expenses that are not described in this Prospectus. If the fees and expenses of your insurance contract or separate account were included in this table, your overall expenses would be higher. You should review the insurance contract prospectus for a complete description of fees and expenses.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Innealta Capital Country Rotation Portfolio
Class 1 Shares
Class 2 Shares
Management Fees 1.00% 1.00%
Distribution and Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees none 0.25%
Other Expenses [1] 0.42% 0.42%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses [2] 0.23% 0.23%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.65% 1.90%
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement (0.18%) (0.18%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement [3] 1.47% 1.72%
[1] These expenses are based on estimated amounts for the Fund's current fiscal year.
[2] This number represents the combined total fees and operating expenses of the Acquired Funds owned by the Fund and is not a direct expense incurred by the Fund or deducted from the Fund assets. Since this number does not represent a direct operating expense of the Fund, the operating expenses set forth in the Fund's financial highlights do not include this figure.
[3] Pursuant to an operating expense limitation agreement between AFAM Capital, Inc. (the Innealta Capital division) (the "Adviser") and the Fund, the Adviser has agreed to waive its fees and/or absorb expenses of the Fund to ensure that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding interest and tax expenses, dividends on short positions (if any) and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses) for the Fund do not exceed 1.24%, and 1.49%, of the Fund's average net assets, for Class 1 and Class 2 shares, respectively, through September 30, 2014, subject thereafter to annual re-approval of the agreement by the Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board of Trustees"). This operating expense limitation agreement can be terminated only by, or with the consent of, the Board of Trustees. The Adviser is permitted to seek reimbursement from the Fund for fees it waived and Fund expenses it paid for the prior three fiscal years, as long as the reimbursement does not cause the Fund's operating expenses to exceed the expense cap.

Example.

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.  However, each insurance contract and separate account involves fees and expenses that are not included in the Example.  If these fees and expenses were included in the Example, your overall expenses would be higher.  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 Innealta Capital Country Rotation Portfolio (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
Class 1 Shares
150 503
Class 2 Shares
175 580

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.  These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 0% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies.

The Fund utilizes a fund of funds structure, investing primarily in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). Using a proprietary model, the Fund allocates its portfolio among ETFs that represent the non-U.S. country equity markets listed below as well as direct or indirect investment in income or alternative asset classes (such as, but not limited to, commodities, real estate, currencies and volatility-linked securities). Under normal market conditions, the Adviser does not anticipate investing more than 25% of its assets in any single country equity market and may be invested in any number of country equity markets . The Fund may also invest in leveraged ETFs (to amplify returns on ETFs that the Adviser believes are particularly likely to produce positive returns) and inverse and inverse leveraged ETFs (for hedging and risk reduction), as well as ETFs that represent derivatives based on one or more of the aforementioned asset classes. Further, the Fund may invest in ETFs that track volatility in the market place, for example, the return volatility of the S&P 500 Index. For temporary defensive purposes, the Fund may be invested up to 100% in fixed income or alternative asset classes, at which point the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.

 

The Fund’s strategy is based on a proprietary tactical asset allocation model that invests in non-U.S. country equity markets based on the specific risk/reward characteristics of each individual market by investing in representative ETFs. The countries analyzed for investment include but are not limited to: (1) Australia, (2) Austria, (3) Belgium, (4) Brazil, (5) Canada, (6) China, (7) Colombia, (8) Egypt, (9) France, (10) Germany, (11) Greece, (12) Hong Kong, (13) India, (14) Indonesia, (15) Ireland, (16) Israel, (17) Italy, (18) Japan, (19) Korea, (20) Malaysia, (21) Mexico, (22) Netherlands, (23) New Zealand, (24) Norway, (25) Peru, (26) Philippines, (27) Poland, (28) Russia, (29) Singapore, (30) South Africa, (31) Spain, (32) Sweden, (33) Switzerland, (34) Taiwan, (35) Thailand, (36) Turkey, and (37) the United Kingdom.

 

The Fund’s strategy is based on an approach that seeks to balance the trade-off between return generation and risk control. The process incorporates variables that the Adviser believes have predictive capabilities with respect to equity performance. The Adviser’s Investment Committee analyzes these variables daily on an individual equity market basis. Where the Adviser’s Investment Committee finds the prospective risk-relative return of a given specific country-representative equity exposure to be superior to that of fixed income or an alternative asset class, an allocation is made to the country-representative ETF. If inferior, the allocation is made to fixed income or alternative asset classes. This strategy seeks to provide higher returns relative to the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index over periods of three years and longer, with risk levels commensurate with the level of performance, using diversification, active management, style integrity, minimized security selection risk and cost efficiency.

 

The Fund’s equity exposures within the country-representative ETFs may include, but are not limited to common and preferred stocks of all market capitalizations, convertible securities and rights and warrants listed on U.S. markets or non-U.S. markets. Within fixed income, exposures may include, but are not limited to, those of governments, government agencies, asset-backed securities, municipalities and companies across a wide range of industries and market capitalizations within the broader U.S. and international fixed income markets. Such fixed income securities may be of any maturity, duration or quality, including those that are rated below investment grade.

Principal Risks.

Remember that in addition to possibly not achieving your investment goals, you could lose money by investing in the Fund. The Fund is not intended to be a complete investment program. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are:

 

• General Risks. Domestic economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels, and political events are among the factors affecting the securities markets in which the Fund invests. There is risk that these and other factors may adversely affect the Fund’s performance. You could lose money by investing in the Fund.

 

• Exchange Traded Funds Risk. Investment in an exchange traded fund (ETF) carries security specific risk and the market risk. Each ETF is designed to track an underlying index, as specified by the sponsor of such ETF. Also, if the area of the market representing the underlying index or benchmark does not perform as expected for any reason, the value of the investment in the ETF may decline. In addition, due to transactions via market prices rather than at net asset value, the performance of an ETF may not completely replicate the performance of the underlying index.

 

• Equity Securities Risks. The Fund invests in ETFs that hold common stock, which subjects the Fund and its shareholders to the risks associated with common stock investing. Overall stock market risks may affect the value of the Fund. Factors such as domestic economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels, and political events affect the securities markets. When the value of the Fund’s investments goes down, your investment in the Fund decreases in value and you could lose money.

 

• Fixed Income Securities Risk. When the Fund invests in ETFs that own fixed income securities, the value of your investment in the Fund will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of fixed income securities and thus the value of ETFs that own fixed income securities. In general, the market price of fixed income securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease more in response to changes in interest rates than the market price of shorter-term securities.

 

• High Yield Risk. The Fund invests in ETFs that hold high yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as “junk bonds”) which may be subject to greater levels of credit and liquidity risk than funds that do not invest in such securities. These securities are considered predominately speculative with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to make principal and interest payments. An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates could adversely affect the market for these securities and reduce the Fund’s ability to sell these securities (liquidity risk). If the issuer of a security is in default with respect to interest or principal payments, the Fund may lose its entire investment.

 

• Credit Risk. Issuers of debt instruments, including those held by ETFs, might not make payments on debt securities, resulting in losses. Credit quality of securities may be lowered if an issuer’s financial condition changes, also resulting in losses. Foreign Securities and Currency Risk. The risk of investments in foreign companies, including ETFs which invest in such foreign companies, involve certain risks not generally associated with investments in the securities of U.S. companies, including changes in currency exchange rates, unstable political, social and economic conditions, a lack of adequate or accurate company information, differences in the way securities markets operate, less secure international banks or securities depositories than those in the U.S. and foreign controls on investment. In addition, individual international country economies may differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects as growth of gross domestic product, rates of inflation, capital reinvestment, resources, self-sufficiency and balance of payments position.

 

• Emerging Markets Risk. Investments in ETFs that invest in emerging markets instruments involve greater risks than investing in foreign instruments or more developed countries in general. Risks of investing in emerging market countries include political or social upheaval, nationalization of businesses, restrictions on foreign ownership and prohibitions on the repatriation of assets and risks from an economy’s dependence on revenues from particular commodities or industries. In addition, currency transfer restrictions, limited potential buyers for such instruments, delays and disruption in settlement procedures and illiquidity or low volumes of transactions may make exits difficult or impossible at times.

 

• Small and Medium Sized Companies Risk. To the extent the Fund invests in ETFs that invest in small or medium capitalization companies, the Fund may be subject to additional risks. The earnings and prospects of these companies are more volatile than larger companies. Small and medium sized companies may experience higher failure rates than do larger companies.

 

• Growth Risk. The Fund may invest in ETFs which invest in companies or sectors/countries that appear to be growth oriented. Growth companies/sectors are those that the Adviser believes will have revenue and earnings that grow faster than the economy as a whole, offering above-average prospects for capital appreciation and little or no emphasis on dividend income. If the Adviser’s perceptions of a sector’s growth potential are wrong, the securities purchased may not perform as expected, reducing the Fund’s return.

 

• Fund of Funds Risk. The Fund is a “fund of funds,” a term typically used to describe an investment company whose principal investment strategy involves investing in other investment companies, such as ETFs. The cost of investing in the Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs or other investment company shares. Investors in the Fund will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the ETFs in which a Fund invests in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses. The Fund also will incur brokerage costs when it purchases ETFs. The ETFs in which the Fund invests will not be able to replicate exactly the performance of the benchmarks they track because of transaction costs incurred in adjusting the actual balance of the securities and because the ETFs will incur expenses not incurred by their applicable benchmarks.

 

• Value Investing Risk. Value investing attempts to identify sectors/companies selling at a discount to their intrinsic value. Value investing is subject to the risk that a company’s intrinsic value may never be fully realized by the market or that a company judged by the Adviser to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced.

 

• Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Fund may engage in short-term trading to try to achieve its objective and may have portfolio turnover rates significantly in excess of 100%. Increased portfolio turnover may cause the Fund to incur higher brokerage costs, which may adversely affect the Fund’s performance.

 

• Limited Operating History. The Fund is a new enterprise with a limited operating history for investors to evaluate. Accordingly, an investment in the Fund entails a high degree of risk. There can be no assurance that the Fund and the Adviser will achieve the Fund’s investment objective.

 

• Interest Rate Risk. The risks associated with the Fund include interest rate risk, which means that the prices of the Fund’s investments are likely to fall if interest rates rise.

 

• Management Risk. Management risk is the risk that the quantitative models and investment process utilized by the Fund’s portfolio manager could fail to achieve the Fund’s investment goal and cause an investment in the Fund to lose value; or that the portfolio manager’s decision at any one time to invest in the Country Rotation Portfolio, instead of the Fixed Income portfolio, (or vice versa) will cause the Fund to lose value.

 

• Leveraged, Inverse and Inverse-Leveraged ETF Risk. If you invest in the Fund, you are exposed to the risks associated with leveraged, inverse and inverse-leveraged ETFs. Leveraged and inverse products are unique and involve additional risks and considerations not present in traditional investments. This includes the risk that an increase in the daily performance of an index corresponding to a leveraged, inverse and inverse-leveraged ETF will be leveraged. In the case of a 3 times inverse-leveraged ETF, this means that the Fund’s investment in such ETF may be reduced by an amount equal to 3% for every 1% daily increase, not including the cost of financing the portfolio and the impact of operating expenses, which would further lower the Fund’s investment. In the case of a 3 times leveraged ETF, this means that the Fund’s investment in such ETF may be reduced by an amount equal to 3% for every 1% daily decrease, not including the cost of financing the portfolio and the impact of operating expenses, which would further lower the Fund’s investment. On any given day, an investment in a leveraged or inverse product may produce a return very similar to the stated objective. However, because of the structure of these products, their rebalancing methodologies, and the math of compounding, extended holdings beyond one day or month, depending on the investment objective, can lead to results very different from a simple doubling, tripling, or inverse of the benchmark’s average return over the same period of time. This difference in results can be magnified in volatile markets. Further, investments in leveraged, inverse and inverse-leveraged ETFs that are held for longer periods, may have performance higher or lower than the index return times the fund multiple, due to compounding.

 

• Real Estate Investment Risk. The Fund may have investments in securities issued by, and/or have exposure to, commercial and residential real estate companies. Real estate securities are subject to risks similar to those associated with direct ownership of real estate, including changes in local and general economic conditions, vacancy rates, interest rates, zoning laws, rental income, property taxes, operating expenses and losses from casualty or condemnation. An investment in a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) is subject to additional risks, including poor performance by the manager of the REIT, adverse tax consequences, and limited diversification resulting from being invested in a limited number or type of properties or a narrow geographic area.

 

• Commodities Risk. Investing in the commodities markets (indirectly) may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. Commodity prices may be influenced by unfavorable weather, animal and plant disease, geologic and environmental factors as well as changes in government regulation such as tariffs, embargoes or burdensome production rules and restrictions.

 

• Sector Risk. Sector risk is the possibility that all stocks within the same group of industries will decline in price due to sector-specific market or economic developments. The Fund may be overweighted in certain sectors at various times.

 

• Value Investing Risk. Value investing attempts to identify sectors/companies selling at a discount to their intrinsic value. Value investing is subject to the risk that a company’s intrinsic value may never be fully realized by the market or that a sector/company judged by the Adviser to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced.

 

• Volatility Market Risk. The Fund may invest in volatility-linked ETFs which may increase or decrease in ways unrelated to the overall direction of financial markets. This may have the effect of decreasing exposure to the stock component of the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund would not be expected to gain the full benefit of rising equity markets if such market conditions were also accompanied by lower volatility.

 

• Derivatives Risk. ETFs may use derivatives (including options, futures and options on futures) to enhance returns or hedge against market declines. The Fund’s indirect use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. These risks include (i) the risk that the counterparty to a derivative transaction may not fulfill its contractual obligations; (ii) risk of mispricing or improper valuation; and (iii) the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index.

Performance.

Because the Fund has less than a full calendar year of investment operations, no bar chart or Average Annual Total Returns table is presented for the Fund at this time. In the future, performance information will be presented in this section of this Prospectus. Also, shareholder reports containing financial and performance information will be mailed to shareholders semi-annually. Updated performance information will be available at no cost by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-855-873-3837 (1-855-USE-ETFS).

Innealta Capital Sector Rotation Portfolio

Summary Section – Innealta Capital Sector Rotation Portfolio

Investment Objective.

The investment objectives of the Innealta Capital Sector Rotation Portfolio (the “Fund” or “Portfolio”) are capital appreciation and current income, consistent with the preservation of capital.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund.

This table describes the annual operating expenses that you may pay if you invest in the Fund through your retirement plan or if you allocate your insurance contract premiums or payments to the Fund.  However, each insurance contract and separate account involves fees and expenses that are not described in this Prospectus.  If the fees and expenses of your insurance contract or separate account were included in this table, your overall expenses would be higher.  You should review the insurance contract prospectus for a complete description of fees and expenses.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Innealta Capital Sector Rotation Portfolio
Class 1 Shares
Class 2 Shares
Management Fees 1.00% 1.00%
Distribution and Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees none 0.25%
Other Expenses [1] 0.42% 0.42%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses [2] 0.23% 0.23%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.65% 1.90%
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement (0.18%) (0.18%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement [3] 1.47% 1.72%
[1] These expenses are based on estimated amounts for the Fund's current fiscal year.
[2] This number represents the combined total fees and operating expenses of the Acquired Funds owned by the Fund and is not a direct expense incurred by the Fund or deducted from the Fund assets. Since this number does not represent a direct operating expense of the Fund, the operating expenses set forth in the Fund's financial highlights do not include this figure.
[3] Pursuant to an operating expense limitation agreement between AFAM Capital, Inc. (the Innealta Capital division) (the "Adviser") and the Fund, the Adviser has agreed to waive its fees and/or absorb expenses of the Fund to ensure that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding interest and tax expenses, dividends on short positions (if any) and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses) for the Fund do not exceed 1.24%, and 1.49%, of the Fund's average net assets, for Class 1 and Class 2 shares, respectively, through September 30, 2014, subject thereafter to annual re-approval of the agreement by the Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board of Trustees"). This operating expense limitation agreement can be terminated only by, or with the consent of, the Board of Trustees. The Adviser is permitted to seek reimbursement from the Fund for fees it waived and Fund expenses it paid for the prior three fiscal years, as long as the reimbursement does not cause the Fund's operating expenses to exceed the expense cap.

Example.

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. However, each insurance contract and separate account involves fees and expenses that are not included in the Example.  If these fees and expenses were included in the Example, your overall expenses would be higher. 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 Innealta Capital Sector Rotation Portfolio (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
Class 1 Shares
150 503
Class 2 Shares
175 580

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. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 0% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies.

The Fund utilizes a fund of funds structure, investing primarily in ETFs. Using a proprietary model, the Fund allocates its portfolio among ETFs that represent the sector (or sub-sector) equity markets listed below as well as direct or indirect investment in income and alternative asset classes (such as, but not limited to, commodities, real estate, currencies and volatility-linked securities). Under normal market conditions, the Adviser does not anticipate investing generally more than 35% in any single sector or sub-sector equity market and may be invested in any number of sector and sub-sector equity markets . The Fund may also invest in leveraged ETFs (to amplify returns on ETFs that the Adviser believes are particularly likely to produce positive returns) and inverse and inverse leveraged ETFs (for hedging and risk reduction), as well as ETFs that represent derivatives based on one or more of the aforementioned asset classes. Further, the Fund may invest in ETFs that track volatility in the market place, for example, the return volatility of the S&P 500 Index. For temporary defensive purposes, the Fund may be invested up to 100% in fixed income or alternative asset classes, at which point the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.

 

The Fund’s strategy is based on a proprietary tactical asset allocation model that invests in U.S. sector and sub-sector (as defined by Global Industry Classification Structure (GICS) and/or similar industry-standard classification systems) equity markets based on the specific risk/reward characteristics of individual sector or sub-sector equity markets by investing in representative exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) (the “Sector Allocation Portfolio”). The sectors include, but are not limited to: (1) Consumer Discretionary; (2) Consumer Staples; (3) Energy; (4) Financials; (5) Health Care; (6) Industrials; (7) Information Technology; (8) Materials; (9) Telecom Services; and (10) Utilities.

 

The Fund’s strategy is based on an approach that seeks to balance the trade-off between return generation and risk control. The process incorporates variables that the Adviser believes have predictive capabilities with respect to equity performance. The Adviser’s Investment Committee analyzes these variables daily on an individual equity market basis. Where the Adviser’s Investment Committee finds the prospective risk-relative return of a given specific sector-representative equity exposure to be superior to that of fixed income or an alternative asset class, an allocation is made to the sector-representative ETF. If inferior, the allocation is made to fixed income or alternative asset classes. This strategy seeks to provide higher returns relative to the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index over periods of three years and longer, with risk levels commensurate with the level of performance, using diversification, active management, style integrity, minimized security selection risk and cost efficiency.

 

The Fund’s equity exposures within the sector-representative ETFs may include, but are not limited to common and preferred stocks of all market capitalizations, convertible securities and rights and warrants listed on U.S. markets or non-U.S. markets. Within fixed income, exposures may include, but are not limited to, those of governments, government agencies, asset-backed securities, municipalities and companies across a wide range of industries and market capitalizations within the broader U.S. and international fixed income markets. Such fixed income securities may be of any maturity, duration or quality, including those that are rated below investment grade.

Principal Risks.

Remember that in addition to possibly not achieving your investment goals, you could lose money by investing in the Fund. The Fund is not intended to be a complete investment program. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are:

 

• General Risk. Domestic economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels, and political events are among the factors affecting the securities markets in which the Fund invests. There is risk that these and other factors may adversely affect the Fund’s performance. You could lose money by investing in the Fund.

 

• Exchange Traded Funds Risk. Investment in an exchange traded fund (ETF) carries security specific risk and market risk. Each ETF is designed to track an underlying index, as specified by the sponsor of such ETF. Also, if the area of the market representing the underlying index or benchmark does not perform as expected for any reason, the value of the investment in the ETF may decline. In addition, due to transactions via market prices rather than at net asset value, the performance of an ETF may not completely replicate the performance of the underlying index.

 

• Equity Securities Risk. The Fund invests in ETFs that hold common stock, which subjects the Fund and its shareholders to the risks associated with common stock investing. Overall stock market risks may affect the value of the Fund. Factors such as domestic economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels, and political events affect the securities markets. When the value of the Fund’s investments goes down, your investment in the Fund decreases in value and you could lose money.

 

• Fixed Income Securities Risk. When the Fund invests in ETFs that own fixed income securities, the value of your investment in the Fund will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of fixed income securities and thus the value of ETFs that own fixed income securities. In general, the market price of fixed income securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease more in response to changes in interest rates than the market price of shorter-term securities.

 

• Foreign Securities and Currency Risk. The risk of investments in foreign companies, including ETFs which invest in such foreign companies, involve certain risks not generally associated with investments in the securities of U.S. companies, including changes in currency exchange rates, unstable political, social and economic conditions, a lack of adequate or accurate company information, differences in the way securities markets operate, less secure international banks or securities depositories than those in the U.S. and foreign controls on investment. In addition, individual international country economies may differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects as growth of gross domestic product, rates of inflation, capital reinvestment, resources, self-sufficiency and balance of payments position.

 

• High Yield Risk. The Fund invests in ETFs that hold high yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as “junk bonds”) which may be subject to greater levels of credit and liquidity risk than funds that do not invest in such securities. These securities are considered predominately speculative with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to make principal and interest payments. An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates could adversely affect the market for these securities and reduce the Fund’s ability to sell these securities (liquidity risk). If the issuer of a security is in default with respect to interest or principal payments, the Fund may lose its entire investment.

 

• Credit Risk. Issuers of debt instruments, including those held by ETFs, might not make payments on debt securities, resulting in losses. Credit quality of securities may be lowered if an issuer’s financial condition changes, also resulting in losses.

 

• Small and Medium Sized Companies Risk. To the extent the Fund invests in ETFs that invest in the stocks of small and medium capitalization companies, the Fund may be subject to additional risks. The earnings and prospects of these companies are more volatile than larger companies. Small and medium sized companies may experience higher failure rates than do larger companies.

 

• Growth Risk. The Fund may invest in ETFs that invest in companies/sectors that appear to be growth oriented. Growth companies/sectors are those that the Adviser believes will have revenue and earnings that grow faster than the economy as a whole, offering above-average prospects for capital appreciation and little or no emphasis on dividend income. If the perception of a sector or company’s growth potential are wrong, the securities purchased may not perform as expected, reducing the Fund’s return.

 

• Fund of Funds Risk. The Fund is a “fund of funds,” a term typically used to describe an investment company whose principal investment strategy involves investing in other investment companies, such as ETFs. The cost of investing in the Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs or other investment company shares. Investors in the Fund will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the ETFs in which a Fund invests in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses. The Fund also will incur brokerage costs when it purchases ETFs. The ETFs in which the Fund invests will not be able to replicate exactly the performance of the benchmarks they track because of transaction costs incurred in adjusting the actual balance of the securities and because the ETFs will incur expenses not incurred by their applicable benchmarks.

 

• Emerging Markets Risk. Investments in fixed income ETFs which invest in emerging markets instruments involve greater risks than investing in foreign instruments in general. Risks of investing in ETFs which invest in emerging market countries include political or social upheaval, nationalization of businesses, restrictions on foreign ownership and prohibitions on the repatriation of assets and risks from an economy’s dependence on revenues from particular commodities or industries. In addition, currency transfer restrictions, limited potential buyers for such instruments, delays and disruption in settlement procedures and illiquidity or low volumes of transactions may make exits difficult or impossible at times.

 

• Value Investing Risk. Value investing attempts to identify sectors/companies selling at a discount to their intrinsic value. Value investing is subject to the risk that a company’s intrinsic value may never be fully realized by the market or that a sector/company judged by the Adviser to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced.

 

• Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Fund may engage in short-term trading to try to achieve its objective and may have portfolio turnover rates significantly in excess of 100%. Increased portfolio turnover may cause the Fund to incur higher brokerage costs, which may adversely affect the Fund’s performance.

 

• Sector Risk. Sector risk is the possibility that all stocks within the same group of industries will decline in price due to sector-specific market or economic developments. The Fund may be overweighted in certain sectors at various times.

 

• Limited Operating History. The Fund is a new enterprise with a limited operating history for investors to evaluate. Accordingly, an investment in the Fund entails a high degree of risk. There can be no assurance that the Fund and the Adviser will achieve the Fund’s investment objective.

 

• Interest Rate Risk. The risks associated with the Fund include interest rate risk, which means that the prices of the Fund’s investments are likely to fall if interest rates rise.

 

• Management Risk. Management risk is the risk that the quantitative models and investment process utilized by the Fund’s portfolio manager could fail to achieve the Fund’s investment goal and cause an investment in the Fund to lose value; or that the portfolio manager’s decision at any one time to invest in the Sector Rotation Portfolio instead of the Fixed Income portfolio (or vice versa), will cause the Fund to lose value.

 

• Leveraged, Inverse and Inverse-Leveraged ETF Risk. If you invest in the Fund, you are exposed to the risks associated with leveraged, inverse and inverse-leveraged ETFs. Leveraged and inverse products are unique and involve additional risks and considerations not present in traditional investments. This includes the risk that an increase in the daily performance of an index corresponding to a leveraged, inverse and inverse-leveraged ETF will be leveraged. In the case of a 3 times inverse-leveraged ETF, this means that the Fund’s investment in such ETF may be reduced by an amount equal to 3% for every 1% daily increase, not including the cost of financing the portfolio and the impact of operating expenses, which would further lower the Fund’s investment. In the case of a 3 times leveraged ETF, this means that the Fund’s investment in such ETF may be reduced by an amount equal to 3% for every 1% daily decrease, not including the cost of financing the portfolio and the impact of operating expenses, which would further lower the Fund’s investment. On any given day, an investment in a leveraged or inverse product may produce a return very similar to the stated objective. However, because of the structure of these products, their rebalancing methodologies, and the math of compounding, extended holdings beyond one day or month, depending on the investment objective, can lead to results very different from a simple doubling, tripling, or inverse of the benchmark’s average return over the same period of time. This difference in results can be magnified in volatile markets. Further, investments in leveraged, inverse and inverse-leveraged ETFs that are held for longer periods, may have performance higher or lower than the index return times the fund multiple, due to compounding.

 

• Real Estate Investment Risk. The Fund may have investments in securities issued by, and/or have exposure to, commercial and residential real estate companies. Real estate securities are subject to risks similar to those associated with direct ownership of real estate, including changes in local and general economic conditions, vacancy rates, interest rates, zoning laws, rental income, property taxes, operating expenses and losses from casualty or condemnation. An investment in a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) is subject to additional risks, including poor performance by the manager of the REIT, adverse tax consequences, and limited diversification resulting from being invested in a limited number or type of properties or a narrow geographic area.

 

• Commodities Risk. Investing in the commodities markets (indirectly) may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. Commodity prices may be influenced by unfavorable weather, animal and plant disease, geologic and environmental factors as well as changes in government regulation such as tariffs, embargoes or burdensome production rules and restrictions.

 

• Volatility Market Risk. The Fund may invest in volatility-linked ETFs which may increase or decrease in ways unrelated to the overall direction of financial markets. This may have the effect of decreasing exposure to the stock component of the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund would not be expected to gain the full benefit of rising equity markets if such market conditions were also accompanied by lower volatility.

 

• Derivatives Risk. ETFs may use derivatives (including options, futures and options on futures) to enhance returns or hedge against market declines. The Fund’s indirect use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. These risks include (i) the risk that the counterparty to a derivative transaction may not fulfill its contractual obligations; (ii) risk of mispricing or improper valuation; and (iii) the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index.

Performance.

Because the Fund has less than a full calendar year of investment operations, no bar chart or Average Annual Total Returns table is presented for the Fund at this time. In the future, performance information will be presented in this section of this Prospectus. Also, shareholder reports containing financial and performance information will be mailed to shareholders semi-annually. Updated performance information will be available at no cost by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-855-873-3837 (1-855-USE-ETFS).