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Heitman US Real Estate Securities Fund
Heitman US Real Estate Securities Fund
Investment Objective
The Heitman US Real Estate Securities Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve long-term total return.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees - Heitman US Real Estate Securities Fund
Investor Class
Institutional Class
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of Offering Price) none none
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) 1.00% 1.00%
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses - Heitman US Real Estate Securities Fund
Investor Class
Institutional Class
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) 0.57% 0.57%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Component1 Other Expenses 0.15% none
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): 2.83% 2.83%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) 3.80% 3.40%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement [1] (2.63%) (2.63%)
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) [1] 1.17% 0.77%
[1] Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to reduce its management fees, and may reimburse the Fund for its operating expenses, in order to ensure that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding Rule 12b-1 fees, shareholder servicing fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, front-end or contingent deferred loads, dividends and interest on short positions, taxes, leverage interest, brokerage fees (including commissions, mark-ups and mark-downs), other transactional expenses, annual account fees for margin accounts, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, or extraordinary expenses such as litigation) do not exceed 0.77% of the average daily net assets of the Fund (the “Expense Cap”). The Expense Cap will remain in effect through at least April 30, 2020 and may be terminated at any time upon 60 days’ written notice by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) or the Adviser, with the consent of the Board. The Adviser may request recoupment of previously waived fees and reimbursed expenses from the Fund for three years from the date they were waived or reimbursed, provided that the Fund is able to make the recoupment without exceeding the lesser of the Expense Cap: (i) in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement, or (ii) in effect at the time of recoupment.
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 $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the Expense Cap for one year).
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
Expense Example - Heitman US Real Estate Securities Fund - USD ($)
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years
Investor Class 119 918 1,736 3,868
Institutional Class 79 799 1,542 3,507
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 Fund’s most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 148% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities issued by real estate companies operating in the United States, including real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). The Fund’s investments in equity securities may include common stocks, preferred stocks and securities offered in initial public offerings (“IPOs”). The Fund may invest in these equity securities directly or indirectly through investments in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). The Fund defines a real estate company as any company that derives at least 50% of its revenue from, or has at least 50% of its assets in, real estate. The Fund considers a real estate company to be operating in the United States if the real estate company: (i) is organized in the United States, (ii) trades principally in a United States market, or (iii) derives at least 50% of its revenue from, or has at least 50% of its assets located in, the United States. The Fund may invest in the securities of real estate companies of any market capitalization.

The Fund may sell securities regardless of how long they have been held if the Adviser determines that a current position has become overvalued relative to its peers, if a company makes a strategic decision with which the Adviser disagrees, if the Adviser finds an opportunity that they believe is more compelling, or if the Adviser’s outlook on the company or market changes.

The Adviser makes investment decisions through a bottom-up strategy, focusing on individual security selection. To guide the portfolio construction process, the Adviser incorporates both quantitative and qualitative analysis in real estate securities. The Adviser analyzes factors such as management, financial condition, cash flow, and company’s growth potential estimates to select companies in the real estate industry that it believes will make attractive long-term investments. The research process includes an evaluation of the commercial real estate supply and demand dynamics, management, strategy, property quality, financial strength and corporate structure. Judgments with respect to risk control, geographic and property sector variety, liquidity and other factors are considered and drive the Adviser’s investment decisions. In an effort to achieve its goal, the Fund may engage in active and frequent trading. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it may invest a significant portion of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or small number of issuers.
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 or any other governmental agency. Remember, 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:
Limited Operating History Risk. The Fund has a limited operating history upon which prospective investors can evaluate its performance. Although the investment strategies described herein may have been utilized by investment accounts managed by the Adviser’s investment team, past performance is not indicative of future results.
Common Stock Risk. While common stocks have historically generated higher average returns than fixed income securities over the long-term, common stock has also experienced significantly more volatility in those returns, although under certain market conditions, fixed-income investments may have comparable or greater price volatility. An adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of common stock held by the Fund. Also, the price of common stock is sensitive to general movements in the stock market. A drop in the stock market may depress the price of common stock held by the Fund.
IPO Risk. The prices of securities purchased in IPOs tend to fluctuate more widely than securities of companies that have been publicly traded for a longer period of time. Securities purchased in IPOs generally do not have a trading history, and information about the issuers of such securities may be available for very limited periods. At any particular time or from time to time a Fund may not be able to invest in securities issued in IPOs, or invest to the extent desired because, for example, only a small portion (if any) of the securities being offered in an IPO may be made available to the Fund. In addition, under certain market conditions a relatively small number of companies may issue securities in IPOs. There can be no assurance that investments in IPOs will be available to the Fund or improve the Fund’s performance.
Management Risk. The Fund is subject to the risk of poor stock selection. In other words, the individual stocks in the Fund may not perform as well as expected, and/or the Fund’s portfolio management practices may not work to achieve their desired result.
Market Risk. The net asset value (“NAV”) of the Fund will change with changes in the market value of its portfolio positions. Investors may lose money.
REIT and other Real Estate Companies Risk. The Fund’s investments in REITs and other real estate companies are subject to the same risks as direct investments in real estate, and their value will depend on the value of the underlying real estate interests. These risks include possible declines in the value of real estate, possible lack of availability of mortgage funds and unexpected vacancies of properties. REITs that invest in real estate mortgages are also subject to prepayment risk. Investing in REITs may involve risks similar to those associated with investing in small capitalization companies. REITs may have limited financial resources, may trade less frequently and in a limited volume and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than larger company securities. Historically, small capitalization stocks, such as REITs, have been more volatile in price than the larger capitalization stocks included in the S&P 500® Index. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any expenses, including management fees, paid by an externally managed REIT in which it invests.
Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it may invest a high percentage of its assets in a limited number of securities. Since the Fund is non-diversified, its NAV and total returns may fluctuate or fall more than a diversified mutual fund. Gains or losses on a single stock may have a greater impact on the Fund.
Other Investment Company Risk. The Fund may be subject to the risk that an investment company, including an ETF, in which the Fund invests will not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategies effectively or that significant purchase or redemption activity by shareholders of such an investment company might negatively affect the value of the investment company’s shares. The Fund must pay its pro rata portion of an investment company’s fees and expenses. In addition, ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to the underlying securities’ NAV, which could impact the value of a shareholder’s investment.

Small- and Medium-Sized Companies Risk. There may be less trading in a smaller company’s stock, which means that buy and sell transactions in that stock could have a larger impact on the stock’s price than is the case with larger company stocks. Smaller companies also may have fewer lines of business so that changes in any one line of business may have a greater impact on a smaller company’s stock price than is the case for a larger company. Further, smaller company stocks may perform differently in different cycles than larger company stocks. Accordingly, real estate company shares can, and at times will, perform differently than large company stocks.
Concentration Risk. Although the Fund will not invest in real estate directly, because it concentrates its assets in the real estate industry your investment in the Fund will be closely linked to the performance of the real estate markets and the value of the Fund’s shares may change at different rates compared to the value of shares of a fund with investments in a mix of different industries.

High Portfolio Turnover. The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading and may have a high portfolio turnover rate, which may increase the Fund’s transaction costs, may adversely affect the Fund’s performance and may generate a greater amount of capital gain distributions to shareholders than if the Fund had a low portfolio turnover rate.
The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s past performance. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s Institutional Class shares have varied for each full calendar year shown. The table below the bar chart compares the Fund’s average annual total returns for the periods shown with that of a broad-based securities index. The Fund’s past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future and does not guarantee future results. Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at http://mutualfunds.heitman.com or by calling the Fund toll-free at 1‑888‐799‐2944.
Calendar Year Returns as of December 31
Bar Chart
During the period shown in the bar chart, the best performance for a quarter was 10.49% (for the quarter ended June 30, 2018) and the worst performance was -7.50% (for the quarter ended March 31, 2018).
Average Annual Total Return as of December 31, 2018
Average Annual Total Returns - Heitman US Real Estate Securities Fund
Label
1 Year
Since Inception
Inception Date
Wilshire U.S. Real Estate Securities IndexSM (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) Wilshire U.S. Real Estate Securities IndexSM (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) (4.80%) (4.80%) Jan. 31, 2018
Investor Class Return Before Taxes (3.86%) (3.86%) Jan. 31, 2018
Institutional Class Return Before Taxes (3.52%) (3.52%) Jan. 31, 2018
Institutional Class | After Taxes on Distributions Return After Taxes on Distributions (5.05%) (5.05%)  
Institutional Class | After Taxes on Distributions and Sales Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares (1.90%) (1.90%)  
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, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns are shown for Institutional Class shares only and will vary for Investor Class shares. The Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares is higher than other return figures when a capital loss occurs upon the redemption of Fund shares.