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WHV International Equity Fund
WHV International Equity Fund
Investment Objective

The WHV International Equity Fund (the "International Equity Fund" or the "Fund") seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation.

Expenses and Fees

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Class A, Class C and Class I shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts with respect to Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 or more in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section entitled "Purchase of Shares" on page 20 of the Fund's prospectus.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment):
Shareholder Fees WHV International 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) (as a percentage of the lower of the original purchase price or the net asset value at redemption) 1.00% [1] 1.00% [1] none
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed within 60 days of purchase) 2.00% 2.00% 2.00%
[1] A 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC") may apply to investments of $1 million or more of Class A shares (and therefore no initial sales charge was paid by the shareholder) when shares are redeemed within 18 months after initial purchase. The CDSC shall not apply to those purchases of Class A shares of $1 million or more where the selling broker dealer was not paid a commission. A CDSC of 1.00% is assessed on redemptions of Class C shares made within 12 months after purchase.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment):
Annual Fund Operating Expenses WHV International Equity Fund
Class A
Class C
Class I
Management Fees 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00% none
Other Expenses 0.21% 0.21% 0.21%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.46% 2.21% 1.21%
Fees and/or Expenses Recouped [1] 0.04% 0.04% 0.04%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Recoupment [1] 1.50% 2.25% 1.25%
[1] WHV Investment Management, Inc. ("WHV" or the "Adviser"), formerly Wentworth, Hauser and Violich, Inc., has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, "Acquired Fund fees and expenses" and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.25% (on an annual basis) of average daily net assets of the Fund (the "Expense Limitation"). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2016, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust (the "Trust") approves its earlier termination. The Adviser is entitled to recover, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which the Adviser reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Fund. No recoupment will occur unless the Fund's expenses are below the Expense Limitation.
Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example below shows what you would pay if you invested $10,000 in the Fund's Class A shares, Class C shares and Class I shares 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 WHV International Equity Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class A
719 1,022 1,338 2,231
Class C
228 703 1,196 2,554
Class I
127 397 677 1,477
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 5.21% of the average value of its portfolio.

Summary of Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund normally invests in a combination of equity securities of foreign (i.e., non-U.S.) companies with a suitable potential for earnings growth. The portfolio manager uses a top-down approach to identify sectors and industries that the portfolio manager deems favorable for investment, rather than focusing on the particular country of origin of an issuer. After selecting sectors where the portfolio manager believes demand will exceed supply over time, the portfolio manager focuses on individual industries, countries and securities. The Fund may focus its investments in specific sectors or industries and may not have exposure to all economic sectors. Securities are selected based on their potential for long-term earnings growth. The portfolio manager typically constructs a portfolio of securities it believes exhibits strong earnings and growth momentum and has exceeded the expectations of securities analysts. The Fund normally invests its assets in equity securities of larger non-U.S. companies located in countries with developed markets, but may also invest in companies domiciled in emerging markets.


The portfolio manager may sell a portfolio security if it believes the fundamentals of the sector, industry, region, country or issuer are deteriorating; deems that the security has become overvalued; develops concerns about the accounting practices or management of the issuer; or determines that better investment opportunities are available.

Summary of Principal Risks

The Fund is subject to the principal risks summarized below. These risks could adversely affect the Fund's net asset value ("NAV"), yield and total return. It is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.


•  Emerging Markets Risk: Emerging markets are riskier than more developed markets because they tend to develop unevenly and may never fully develop. Investments in emerging markets may be considered speculative. Emerging markets are more likely to experience hyperinflation and currency devaluations, which adversely affect returns to U.S. investors. In addition, many emerging securities markets have far lower trading volumes and less liquidity than developed markets.


•  Equity Securities Risk: Stock markets are volatile. The price of equity securities fluctuates based on changes in a company's financial condition and overall market and economic conditions.


•  Foreign Securities Risk: The risk that investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies, due to less liquid markets, and adverse economic, political, diplomatic, financial, and regulatory factors. Foreign governments also may impose limits on investment and repatriation and impose taxes. Any of these events could cause the value of the Fund's investments to decline.


•  Management Risk: As with any managed fund, the Adviser may not be successful in selecting the best-performing securities or investment techniques and the Fund's performance may lag behind that of similar funds. The Adviser may also miss out on an investment opportunity because the assets necessary to take advantage of the opportunity are tied up in less advantageous investments.


•  Market Risk: The risk that the market value of a security may, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, fluctuate. The prices of securities change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of its assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity.


•  Sector Risk: The Fund may focus its investments from time to time in a limited number of economic sectors. The Fund may not have exposure to all economic sectors. To the extent that it does so, developments affecting companies in that sector or sectors will likely have a magnified effect on the Fund's NAV and total returns and may subject the Fund to greater risk of loss. Accordingly, the Fund could be considerably more volatile than a broad-based market index or other mutual funds that are diversified across a greater number of securities and sectors.


•  Valuation Risk: The risk that the Fund has valued certain of its securities at a higher price than it can sell them.

Performance Information

The bar chart and the performance table illustrate the risks and volatility of an investment in Class I shares of the Fund for the past four calendar years and show how the average annual total returns for one year, three years and since inception, before and after taxes, compare with those of the MSCI EAFE Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East), a broad measure of market performance. Total returns would have been lower had certain fees and expenses not been waived or reimbursed. Past performance, both before and after taxes, does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Bar Chart

Calendar Year-to-Date Total Return as of June 30, 2013: 0.20%


Best Quarter  

Worst Quarter

 
  33.72

%

   

-24.86

%

 
(June 30, 2009)  

(September 30, 2011)

 
WHV International Equity Fund - Class I Shares Average Annual Total Returns as of December 31, 2012
Average Annual Returns WHV International Equity Fund
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date
Class I
12.16% 18.67% Dec. 19, 2008
Class A
5.54% 6.09% Jul. 23, 2009
After Taxes on Distributions Class I
11.99% 18.57%  
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares Class I
7.91% 16.34%  
MSCI EAFE (Gross) Index Class I Comparison (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
[1] 17.90% 10.70% Dec. 19, 2008
MSCI EAFE (Gross) Index Class A Comparison (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
[1] 17.90% 7.00% Jul. 23, 2009
[1] The MSCI EAFE (Gross) Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance, excluding the U.S. & Canada.

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 your tax situation and may differ from those shown and are not relevant if you hold your shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns shown are for Class I shares only; after-tax returns for Class A and Class C shares will vary.