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Great Lakes Disciplined Equity Fund
Summary Prospectus
July 29, 2022
Institutional Class Shares – GLDNX

Before you invest, you may want to review Great Lakes Disciplined Equity Fund’s (the “Fund”) prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. The current Statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated July 29, 2022, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. You can find the Fund’s Statutory Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information, reports to shareholders and other information about the Fund on its website at http://www.glafunds.com/literature-forms.html. You can also get this information at no cost by calling the Fund (toll-free) at 855-278-2020 or by sending an e-mail request to funds@glafunds.com.






















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Investment Objective
The Fund seeks to provide total return.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and example below.

Institutional Class
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)
Management Fees0.60%
Other Expenses0.62%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
1.22%
Less: Fee Waiver (1)
-0.37%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense
Reimbursement (1)
0.85%
(1)Great Lakes Advisors, LLC (the “Adviser” or “Great Lakes”) has contractually agreed to waive its management fees and pay Fund expenses in order to ensure that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses (“AFFE”), leverage/borrowing interest, interest expense, dividends paid on short sales, taxes, brokerage commissions and other transactional expenses, and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed 0.85% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. Fees waived and expenses paid by the Adviser may be recouped by the Adviser for a period of 36 months following the month during which such fee waiver and expense payment was made if such recoupment can be achieved without exceeding the expense limit in effect at the time the fee waiver and expense payment occurred and at the time of recoupment. The Operating Expense Limitation Agreement is indefinite in term and cannot be terminated through at least July 29, 2023. Thereafter, the agreement may be terminated at any time upon 60 days’ written notice by the Trust’s Board or the Adviser, with the consent of the Board.

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 (taking into account the expense limitation for one year). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

One YearThree YearsFive YearsTen Years
Institutional Class$87$351$635$1,445

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 the annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the portfolio turnover of the Fund was 163% of the average value of its portfolio.

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Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities including common and preferred stocks and convertible securities. Typically, the Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in common stocks issued by large-capitalization (“large cap”) companies, although it is currently anticipated that the Fund normally will invest at least 95% of its net assets in these companies. The Fund considers a company to be a large cap company if it has a market capitalization, at the time of purchase, within the capitalization range of the S&P 500® Index. The market capitalizations within the index vary, but as of June 30, 2022, they ranged from approximately $3.13 billion to $2.21 trillion.

Although the Fund may from time to time emphasize smaller or larger capitalization companies within the range of the S&P 500®, as a result of the quantitative process discussed below, the Adviser anticipates that generally the Fund’s weighted average market capitalization will be similar to that of the S&P 500® Index. The Fund’s investments primarily include common stocks of U.S.-based companies that are listed on a U.S. stock exchange, although the Fund may also invest up to 20% of its total assets in securities denominated in foreign currencies or with non-U.S. headquartered companies that have American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) that trade on a United States exchange.

The Fund follows a “core” strategy in that it is intended not to exhibit a pronounced style bias towards either “growth” or “value.” The Adviser’s proprietary quantitative process may tilt the Fund temporarily towards a particular style, but such tactical shifts are expected to even out over time. The Fund is actively managed using a proprietary quantitative process which projects a stock’s performance based upon a variety of factors, such as the stock’s growth or value traits, market capitalization, earnings volatility, earnings yield, financial leverage or currency sensitivity. This process tracks the historical performance of each of these factors. The process then measures the relative sensitivity of each of the stocks in the Fund’s investable universe to the various factors and projects each stock’s performance based on this sensitivity. Stocks are selected for purchase or sale through a disciplined analysis intended to maximize the Fund’s overall projected return while maintaining risk levels (as measured by volatility) similar to that of the S&P 500® Index. From time to time, the Fund may focus its investments in securities of companies in the same economic sector, including the information technology sector.

In addition to investing in equity securities issued by large cap companies, the Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), in order to reduce cash balances in the Fund and increase the level of Fund assets exposed to large cap companies. The Fund’s investments in equity securities may include investments in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”).

The Adviser determines the size of each position owned by the Fund by analyzing the tradeoffs among a number of factors, including the investment attractiveness of each position, its estimated impact on the risk of the overall portfolio and the expected cost of trading.

In attempting to meet its investment objective, the Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities.


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Principal Risks
As with any mutual fund, there are risks to investing. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") or any other governmental agency. In addition to possibly not achieving your investment goals, you could lose all or a portion of your investment in the Fund over short or even long periods of time. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are:

General Market Risk. The Fund’s net asset value ("NAV") and investment return will fluctuate based upon changes in the value of its portfolio securities. 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.

Management Risk. The Fund may not meet its investment objective or may underperform the market or other mutual funds with similar strategies if the Adviser cannot successfully implement the Fund’s investment strategies.

Equity Securities Risk. The equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio may experience sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This may occur because of factors that affect securities markets generally or factors affecting specific industries, sectors, geographic markets, or companies in which the Fund invests.

Preferred Stock Risk. A preferred stock is a blend of the characteristics of a bond and common stock. It may offer the higher yield of a bond and has priority over common stock in equity ownership and receipt of dividends, but it does not have the seniority of a bond and, unlike common stock, its participation in the issuer’s growth may be limited. Although the dividend on a preferred stock may be set at a fixed annual rate, in some circumstances it may be changed by the issuer.

Convertible Securities Risk. The market values of convertible securities tend to decline as interest rates increase and, conversely, to increase as interest rates decline. A convertible security’s market value, however, also tends to reflect the market price of the common stock of the issuing company when that stock price approaches or is greater than the convertible security’s “conversion price.” The conversion price is defined as the predetermined price at which the convertible security could be exchanged for the associated stock. As the market price of the underlying common stock declines, the price of the convertible security tends to be influenced more by the yield of the convertible security.

Investment Company Risk. The Fund bears all risks associated with the investment companies (including ETFs) in which it invests, including the risk that an investment company will not successfully implement its investment strategy or meet its investment objective. The Fund also bears its pro rata portion of an investment company’s total expenses, in addition to the Fund’s own expenses, and therefore the Fund’s total expenses may be higher than if it invested directly in the securities held by the investment company.

ETF Risk. The market price of an ETF fluctuates based on changes in the ETF’s net asset value as well as changes in the supply and demand of its shares in the secondary market. It is also possible that an active secondary market of an ETF’s shares may not develop and market trading in the shares of the ETF may be halted under certain circumstances. The lack of liquidity in a particular ETF could result in it being more volatile than the ETF’s underlying portfolio of securities. In addition, a passively managed ETF may not accurately track the performance of the reference index.


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REIT Risk. Investments in REITs will be subject to the risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate and annual compliance with tax rules applicable to REITs.  Risks commonly associated with the direct ownership of real estate include fluctuations in the value of underlying properties, defaults by borrowers or tenants, changes in interest rates and risks related to general or local economic conditions.  In addition, REITs have their own expenses, and the Fund will bear a proportionate share of those expenses.

Sector Emphasis Risk.  The securities of companies in the same or related businesses (“industry sectors”), if comprising a significant portion of the Fund’s portfolio, may in some circumstances react negatively to market conditions, interest rates and economic, regulatory or financial developments and adversely affect the value of the portfolio to a greater extent than if such securities comprised a lesser portion of the Fund’s portfolio or the Fund’s portfolio was diversified across a greater number of industry sectors.  Some industry sectors have particular risks that may not affect other sectors.

Information Technology Sector Risk. Technology companies face intense competition, both domestically and internationally, which may have an adverse effect on profit margins. Technology companies may have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or personnel.

Large Cap Companies Risk. The Fund’s investment in larger companies is subject to the risk that larger companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.

Foreign Securities Risk. Investments in securities issued by foreign companies involve risks not generally associated with investments in securities of U.S. companies, including risks relating to political, social, and economic developments abroad, differences between U.S. and foreign regulatory and tax requirements, and market practices, as well as fluctuations in foreign currencies. There may be less information publicly available about foreign companies than about a U.S. company, and many foreign companies are not subject to accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards, regulatory framework and practices comparable to those in the U.S.

Currency Risk. When the Fund buys or sells securities on a foreign stock exchange, the transaction is undertaken in the local currency rather than in U.S. dollars, which carries the risk that the value of the foreign currency will increase or decrease, which may impact the value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings and your investment. Non-U.S. countries may adopt economic policies and/or currency exchange controls that affect its currency valuations in a disadvantageous manner for U.S. investors and companies and restrict or prohibit the Fund’s ability to repatriate both investment capital and income, which could place the Fund’s assets in such country at risk of total loss.

ADR Risk.  ADRs are generally subject to the same risks as foreign securities because their values depend on the performance of the underlying foreign securities.  Holders of unsponsored ADRs generally bear all the costs of such depositary receipts, and the issuers of unsponsored ADRs frequently are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the company that issues the underlying foreign securities or to pass through voting rights to the holders of the ADRs.
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Portfolio Turnover Risk.  A high portfolio turnover rate (100% or more) has the potential to result in the realization by the Fund, and distribution to shareholders, of a greater amount of capital gains than if the Fund had a low portfolio turnover rate.  This may mean that you would be likely to have a higher tax liability.  Distributions to shareholders of short-term capital gains are taxed as ordinary income under federal tax laws.  When the Fund purchases securities through a broker, a high portfolio turnover rate generally results in correspondingly greater brokerage commission expenses, which must be borne directly by the Fund.

Epidemic Risk. Widespread disease, including pandemics and epidemics have been and can be highly disruptive to economies and markets, adversely impacting individual companies, sectors, industries, markets, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Given the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region are increasingly likely to adversely affect markets, issuers, and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the U.S. These disruptions could prevent the Fund from executing advantageous investment decisions in a timely manner and negatively impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. Any such event(s) could have a significant adverse impact on the value and risk profile of the Fund.

Performance
The accompanying bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund’s total returns have varied from year-to-year. Following the bar chart are the Fund’s highest and lowest quarterly returns during the period shown in the bar chart. The performance table that follows shows the Fund’s average return over time compared with a broad-based securities market index. Past performance (before and after taxes) will not necessarily continue in the future. Updated performance information is available at www.glafunds.com or by calling 855-278-2020.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of December 31:
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Best QuarterWorst Quarter
Q2 2020 22.14%Q1 2020 -16.30%
Year to Date Return as of June 30, 2022
-21.16%
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Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended December 31, 2021
One YearFive YearTen Year
Since Inception
(6/1/2009) (1)
Institutional Class Shares
Return Before Taxes
19.82%15.72%15.23%14.78%
Return After Taxes on Distributions
4.77%10.52%11.18%11.23%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares19.50%11.49%11.44%11.31%
S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
28.71%18.47%16.55%16.05%
(1)The Great Lakes Disciplined Equity Fund, a series of Northern Lights Fund Trust, (the “Predecessor Fund”) transferred into the Fund in a tax-free reorganization on December 14, 2012. Performance information shown includes the performance of the Predecessor Fund for periods prior to December 14, 2012.

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. The “Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares” may be higher than other return figures because when a capital loss occurs upon redemption of portfolio shares, a tax deduction is provided that benefits the investor. Actual after-tax returns depend on your situation and may differ from those shown. Furthermore, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to those investors who hold their shares through tax-advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”).

Management
Investment Adviser
Great Lakes Advisors, LLC is the Fund’s investment adviser.

Portfolio Managers
The Fund is managed by the Great Lakes Disciplined Equity Team. This team is comprised of Jon E. Quigley, CFA, Chief Investment Officer – Disciplined Equity and John D. Bright, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager. They are responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund. Mr. Quigley has served the Fund since its inception in June 2009 through the Fund’s predecessor and Mr. Bright has served the Fund since June 2009.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, exchange or redeem Fund shares on any day that the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for business by written request via mail (Great Lakes Disciplined Equity Fund, c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0701), by contacting the Fund by telephone at 855-278-2020, or through a financial intermediary. You may also purchase or redeem Fund shares by wire transfer. The minimum initial and subsequent investment amounts are shown below. The Adviser may reduce or waive the minimums.

Minimum Initial InvestmentSubsequent Minimum Investment
Institutional Class$1,000$100

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Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions are generally taxable, and will be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are a tax-exempt organization or are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement such as a 401(k) plan or IRA. Distributions on investments made through tax-advantaged arrangements may be taxed as ordinary income when withdrawn from those accounts.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase Fund shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank or financial advisor, including affiliates of the Adviser), the Fund and/or its Adviser may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create conflicts of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

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