497 1 d405625d497.htm GREAT-WEST INVESCO SMALL CAP VALUE 497 Great-West Invesco Small Cap Value 497

GREAT-WEST FUNDS, INC.

Great-West Invesco Small Cap Value Fund

Institutional Class Ticker: MXMYX

Investor Class (formerly Initial Class) Ticker: MXSVX

(the “Fund”)

Supplement dated June 1, 2017 to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus for the

Fund, each dated May 1, 2017, and the Statement of Additional Information

for Great-West Funds, Inc., dated May 1, 2017

Effective immediately, Charles Ko is no longer a portfolio manager to the Fund. All references to Charles Ko in the Prospectus, Summary Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information are hereby deleted. Mr. Ko will be replaced as portfolio manager by Kenneth Masse. The following changes are made to the Prospectus, Summary Prospectus, and Statement of Additional Information, as applicable:

The table titled “Portfolio Managers” in the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus for the Fund is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Portfolio Managers

 

Name    Title   

Length of Service as

Portfolio Manager of Fund

Glen E. Murphy, CFA    Co-Lead Portfolio Manager; Global Head of Portfolio Management    2008
Anthony J. Munchak, CFA    Portfolio Manager    2008
Francis M. Orlando, CFA    Portfolio Manager    2008
Michael J. Abata, CFA    Co-Lead Portfolio Manager, Director of Research    2011
Kenneth Masse, CFA    Portfolio Manager    2017
Donna Wilson    Portfolio Manager, Director of Portfolio Management    2017

Under the sub-section “Invesco Advisers, Inc.” of the “Sub-Adviser” section on page 10 of the Prospectus, the following paragraph is hereby incorporated:

“Kenneth Masse, CFA joined Invesco in 2008 and currently serves as a Portfolio Manager. He earned a B.S. degree from Bentley University and an M.S. in finance from Boston College.”

Under the “Other Accounts Managed” section on page 51 of the Statement of Additional Information, the following table is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

      AUM Based Fees    Performance Based Fees
    

Registered

Investment

Companies

  

Other Pooled

Investment

Vehicles

   Other Accounts   

Registered

Investment

Companies

  

Other Pooled

Investment

Vehicles

   Other Accounts
Portfolio Manager    Number of  
Accounts  
   Total  
Assets  
($m)  
   Number of  
Accounts  
   Total  
Assets  
($m)  
   Number of  
Accounts  
   Total  
Assets  
($m)  
   Number of  
Accounts  
   Total  
Assets  
($m)  
   Number of  
Accounts  
   Total  
Assets  
($m)  
   Number of  
Accounts  
   Total  
Assets  
($m)  

Michael Abata, CFA

   15    8,685    7    718    20    3,262    0    0    0    0    4    473

Kenneth Masse, CFA*

   2    98    3    124    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0

Anthony Munchak, CFA

   11    8,509    7    718    20    3,262    0    0    0    0    4    473

Francis Orlando, CFA

   11    8,509    7    718    20    3,262    0    0    0    0    4    473

Glen Murphy, CFA, Co-Lead

   11    8,509    7    718    20    3,262    0    0    0    0    4    473

*The information is provided as of May 19, 2017.

Under the “Ownership of Securities” section on page 53 of the Statement of Additional Information, the following is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“The portfolio managers did not own any shares of the Fund as of May 19, 2017.”

This Supplement must be accompanied by or read in conjunction with the current Prospectus and Summary Prospectus, each dated May 1, 2017, and the Statement of Additional Information for Great-West Funds, Inc.,

dated May 1, 2017.

Please keep this Supplement for future reference.