497 1 supplement04042011.htm SUPPLEMENT 04.04.2011 supplement04042011.htm

QUANT FUNDS
 
AMENDED AND RESTATED SUPPLEMENT
DATED APRIL 4, 2011, AS REVISED APRIL 4, 2011 TO
PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 1, 2010
AND
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DATED AUGUST 1, 2010
 
AS SUPPLEMENTED THROUGH FEBRUARY 4, 2011
 

 
QUANT QUALITY FUND
(Ticker Symbols: USBOX (Ordinary Shares); QGIAX (Institutional Shares))
 
And
 
QUANT SMALL CAP FUND
(Ticker Symbols: USBNX (Ordinary Shares); QBNAX (Institutional Shares))
 

 
The information in the Quant Funds’ Prospectus (the “Prospectus”) and its Statement of Information (the “SAI”), each dated August 1, 2010, and as supplemented through February 4, 2011, is hereby amended as follows:
 
1. This Item relates to Quant Small Cap Fund.
 

 
The corresponding information in the Prospectus relating to Quant Small Cap Fund is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
 
Management
 
The Fund is managed by Quantitative Investment Advisors, Inc. d/b/a Quantitative Advisors.   The Fund is sub-advised by Columbia Partners, L.L.C., Investment Management (“Columbia”).
 

 
Investment Team
Fund Experience
Robert A. von Pentz, CFA
Senior Equity Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst since 1996
Rhys Williams, CFA
Senior Equity Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst since 1997

 

2. This Item relates to Quant Quality Fund only.
 

 
The corresponding information in the Prospectus relating to Quant Quality Fund is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)*
 
  
Ordinary Shares
Institutional Shares
Management Fees
1.00%
1.00%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
0.25%
None
Other Expenses
0.53%
0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Fee Waiver**
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
1.78%
(0.15%)
1.63%
1.50%
(0.50%)
1.00%
 
     

*The expense information in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.
** The Manager has agreed until July 31, 2012 to (a) waive 0.15 percent of its management fee if the Fund’s average daily net assets are up to $100 million and 0.25 percent of its management fee if the Fund’s average daily net assets are $100 million or more, and (b) waive or reimburse Fund expenses relating to Institutional Shares such that the total annual fund operating expenses relating to Institutional Shares is not greater than 1.00 percent.  The Fund’s board has the right to terminate either or both arrangements in its discretion.


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 as set forth in the table above. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
 

 
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Ordinary Class
$178
$537
$942
$2,074
Institutional Class
$150
$401
$748
$1,726
 
3. This Item relates to Quant Small Cap Fund only.
 

 
The corresponding information in the Prospectus relating to Quant Small Cap Fund is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
 
 
Portfolio Management. The Small Cap Fund is co-managed by Rhys Williams and Robert von Pentz. Mr. Williams is primarily responsible for day-to-day recommendations with respect to the Fund’s portfolio.
 
Portfolio manager
Portfolio manager experience in this Fund
Primary title(s) with Advisor,
primary role and investment experience
 
Robert A. Von Pentz, CFA
 
Since 1996
 
Chief Investment Officer and head of Equity Investments since 1996
 
Investment Professional since 1984
 

Rhys Williams, CFA
Since 1997
Senior Equity Portfolio Manager since 1997
 
Investment professional since 1990
 
 
 
 
4.           This Item relates to Quant Small Cap Fund.
 

 
The corresponding information in the SAI relating to Quant Small Cap Fund is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
 

 
Quant Small Cap Fund– Columbia (as of January 27, 2011)
 
Portfolio Manager:
Category
Number of All Accounts
Total Assets of All Accounts*
Number of Accounts Paying a Performance Fee
Total Assets of Accounts Paying a Performance Fee
Robert A. von Pentz, CFA
Registered Investment Companies
0
0
0
0
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
0
0
0
0
Other Accounts
122
$1,541.0 mil.
1
$30.8 mil.
Rhys Williams
Registered Investment Companies
0
0
0
0
 
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
1
$155.9 mil.
1
$155.9 mil.
 
Other Accounts
81
$1179.7 mil.
2
$105.4 mil.

* For registered investment companies, assets represent net assets of all open-end investment companies and gross assets of all closed-end investment companies.

The following table shows the dollar range of shares of a Fund that were beneficially owned by each portfolio manager as of the Fund’s most recent fiscal year most recently ended.
 
Quant Fund and Portfolio Manager
Dollar Range of Equity Securities Owned
             
Small Cap Fund (Columbia)
$0 - $10,000
$10,001 -
$50,000
$50,001 - $100,000
$100,001 - $500,000
$100,001 - $500,000
Over $500,000
Robert A. von Pentz, CFA
None
 None
None 
None 
None 
None
Rhys Williams
         
X

 

 
 
*     *     *
 

 
The rest of each of the Prospectus and SAI remains unchanged.
 

 
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