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ARROW REVERSE CAP 500 ETF

YPS

1-877-ARROW-FD

(1-877-277-6933)

www.ArrowFunds.com

 

Summary Prospectus

May 21, 2021

 

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. The Fund’s prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated May 21, 2021, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. You can obtain these documents and other information about the Fund online at www.ArrowFunds.com. You can also obtain these documents at no cost by calling 1-877-277-6933 or by sending an email request to Info@arrowfunds.com. Shares of the Fund are listed and traded on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the “Exchange”).

 

Investment Objective

 

The Arrow Reverse Cap 500 (the “Fund”) seeks to track the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Reverse Cap Weighted U.S. Large Cap Index (the “Index”).

 

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 examples below.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
Management Fees(1) 0.29%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees 0.00%
Other Expenses 0.00%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses(1) 0.29%
(1)The Fund’s management fee and total annual fund operating expenses are 0.294% of the Fund’s average daily net assets

 

Example

 

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. This example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. This example does not reflect the brokerage commissions that you may pay to buy and sell Shares. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, your costs, based on these assumptions, would be:

 

1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
$30 $95 $165 $373

 

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. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020, the portfolio turnover rate for the Reverse Cap Weighted U.S. Large Cap ETF (the “Predecessor Fund”), a series of ETF Series Solutions which was reorganized into the Fund on May 24, 2021 (the “Reorganization”), was 42% of the average value of its portfolio.

 

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Principal Investment Strategies

 

The Fund uses a “passive management” (or indexing) approach to track the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index.

 

Reverse Cap Weighted U.S. Large Cap Index

 

The Index is a rules-based, reverse capitalization weighted index comprised of constituents of the S&P 500® Index, which consists of approximately 500 leading U.S.-listed companies representing approximately 80% of the U.S. equity market capitalization. The Index seeks to provide exposure to the U.S. large-cap market but with greater emphasis on the smaller-end of the large-cap market, unlike many traditional market capitalization weighted indexes that place a greater emphasis on the largest companies in the large-cap market. The Index includes common stocks and equity interests in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”).

 

At the time of each Index rebalance, the Index components are weighted by the inverse of their free-float market capitalization divided by the total of the inverse free-float market capitalizations of all of the Index components such that the smallest company in the Index will have the largest weight and the largest company in the Index will have the smallest weight.

 

The Index is generally rebalanced on each date that the S&P 500 Index is rebalanced (typically as of the close of trading on the third Friday in each March, June, September, and December (or the following business day if such third Friday is not a business day) based on data as of the second Friday of such rebalance month). In the event that the S&P 500 Index postpones or changes its rebalance schedule, so too will the Index.

 

SFC Fund Ventures is the index provider and maintains the Index. The Index is calculated by an independent third-party calculation agent. The Predecessor Fund tracked the Index prior to the Reorganization.

 

The Fund’s Investment Strategy

 

The Fund will generally use a “replication” strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in all of the component securities of the Index in approximately the same proportion as in the Index. However, the Fund may use a “representative sampling” strategy, meaning it may invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics closely resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole, when Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC (the “Advisor”) believes it is in the best interests of the Fund (e.g., when replicating the Index involves practical difficulties or substantial costs, an Index constituent becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable, or less liquid, or as a result of legal restrictions or limitations that apply to the Fund but not to the Index).

 

The Fund may invest in securities or other investments not included in the Index, but which the Advisor believes will help the Fund track the Index. For example, the Fund may invest in securities that are not components of the Index to reflect various corporate actions and other changes to the Index (such as reconstitutions, additions, and deletions).

 

To the extent the Index concentrates (i.e., holds more than 25% of its total assets) in the securities of a particular industry or group of related industries, the Fund will concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent as the Index.

 

Principal Investment Risks

 

As with all funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Fund. Many factors affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), price of shares, and performance. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are described below. As with any fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its objective.

 

Equity Market 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 issuers, industries, or sectors in which the Fund invests. Common stocks are generally exposed to greater risk than other types of securities, such as preferred stock and debt obligations, because common stockholders generally have inferior rights to receive payment from issuers. In addition, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, spread of infectious diseases or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant negative impact on the Fund and its investments. For example, the global pandemic caused by COVID-19, a novel coronavirus, and the aggressive responses taken by many governments, including closing borders, restricting international and domestic travel, and the imposition of prolonged quarantines or similar restrictions, has had negative impacts, and in many cases severe impacts, on markets worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused prolonged disruptions to the normal business operations of companies around the world and the impact of such disruptions is hard to predict. Such events may affect certain geographic regions, countries, sectors and industries more significantly than others. Such events could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio securities or other instruments and could result in disruptions in the trading markets.

 

ETF Risks. The Fund is an ETF, and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, it is exposed to the following risks:

Authorized Participants, Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk. The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants (“APs”). In addition, there may be a limited number of market makers and/or liquidity providers in the marketplace. To the extent either of the following events occur, Shares may trade at a material discount to NAV and possibly face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become unable to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step forward to perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity providers exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities and no other entities step forward to perform their functions.
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Costs of Buying or Selling Shares. Due to the costs of buying or selling Shares, including brokerage commissions imposed by brokers and bid-ask spreads, frequent trading of Shares may significantly reduce investment results and an investment in Shares may not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly making small investments.
Shares May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV. As with all ETFs, Shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of Shares will approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price of Shares is more than the NAV intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount) due to supply and demand of Shares or during periods of market volatility. This risk is heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market declines, and periods when there is limited trading activity for Shares in the secondary market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant.
Trading. Although Shares are listed for trading on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the “Exchange”) and may be traded on U.S. exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that Shares will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be significantly less liquid than Shares.

 

Concentration Risk. The Fund may focus its investments in securities of a particular industry to the extent the Index does. Economic, legislative or regulatory developments may occur that significantly affect the industry. This may cause the Fund’s NAV to fluctuate more than that of a fund that does not focus in a particular industry.

 

Management Risk. As the Fund may not fully replicate the Index, it is subject to the risk that the investment management strategy may not produce the intended results.

 

Passive Investment Risk. The Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of, the Index regardless of their investment merit. The Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index or take defensive positions in declining markets. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in the market segments relating to the Index.

 

REIT Investment Risk. Investments in REITs involve unique risks. REITs may have limited financial resources, may trade less frequently and in limited volume, and may be more volatile than other securities. The risks of investing in REITs include certain risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate and the real estate industry in general. Securities in the real estate sector are subject to the risk that the value of their underlying real estate may go down. Many factors may affect real estate values, including the general and local economies, the amount of new construction in a particular area, the laws and regulations (including zoning and tax laws) affecting real estate, and the costs of owning, maintaining and improving real estate. The availability of mortgages and changes in interest rates may also affect real estate values. REITs are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers, and self-liquidation.

 

Sector Risk. To the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy, its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those sectors.

 

Tracking Error Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and the Index may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the Index. In addition, the Fund may not be fully invested in the securities of the Index at all times or may hold securities not included in the Index.

 

Predecessor Fund Performance

 

The following performance information indicates some of the risks of investing in the Fund. The Fund is newly organized, so the performance information presented is that of the Predecessor Fund. The bar chart shows the Predecessor Fund’s performance for calendar years ended December 31. The table illustrates how the Predecessor Fund’s average annual returns for the 1-year and since inception periods compare with those of a broad measure of market performance and the Index. The Predecessor Fund’s past performance, before and after taxes, does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future. Updated performance information and daily NAV per share information is available at no cost by visiting www.ArrowFunds.com or by calling 1-877-277-6933 (1-877-ARROW-FD).

 

Calendar Year Total Return

During the period of time shown in the bar chart, the Predecessor Fund’s highest quarterly return was 24.37% for the quarter ended December 31, 2020, and the lowest quarterly return was -32.11% for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. The Predecessor Fund’s year-to-date return as of March 31, 2021 was 15.46%.

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Average Annual Total Returns

(as of December 31, 2020)

 

 

One

Year

Since Inception*
Return Before Taxes 7.68% 9.02%
Return after Taxes on Distributions 7.18% 8.58%
Return after Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 4.85% 6.97%

Reverse Cap Weighted U.S. Large Cap Index

(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

7.96% 9.19%

Standard & Poor’s 500 (S&P 500 Index)

(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

18.40% 14.87%
*Commencement of trading was October 31, 2017.

 

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates during the period covered by the table above 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 their Shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or other tax-advantaged accounts.

 

Management of the Fund

 

Investment Advisor: Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC

 

Portfolio Managers: The Fund is team managed by the following individuals:

 

Name Title with Advisor When Began Managing Fund
Joseph Barrato Chief Executive Officer May 2021
Jonathan Guyer Portfolio Manager May 2021
Amit Gutt Portfolio Manager May 2021

 

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

 

The Fund will issue and redeem Shares at NAV only in large blocks of 500,000 Shares (each block of Shares is called a “Creation Unit”) and only to Authorized Participants that have entered into agreements with the Fund’s distributor. Creation Units are issued and redeemed for cash and/or in-kind for securities. Individual Shares may only be purchased and sold in secondary market transactions through brokers. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the Shares are not redeemable securities of the Fund.

 

Shares of the Fund are listed for trading on the Exchange and trade at market prices rather than NAV. Shares of the Fund may trade at a price that is greater than, at, or less than NAV.

 

Tax Information

 

The Fund’s distributions generally will be taxable as ordinary income or long-term capital gains. A sale of Shares may result in capital gain or loss.

 

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

 

If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict 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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