497K 1 d66023d497k.htm IVY SECURIAN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES FUND SUMMARY PROSPECTUS Ivy Securian Real Estate Securities Fund Summary Prospectus
Ivy Securian Real Estate Securities Fund
Summary Prospectus | July 31, 2020
as supplemented October 1, 2020
SHARE CLASS (TICKER): CLASS A SHARES (IRSAX) | CLASS B SHARES (IRSBX) | CLASS C SHARES (IRSCX) | CLASS E SHARES (IREEX)
CLASS I SHARES (IREIX) | CLASS N SHARES (IRSEX) | CLASS R SHARES (IRSRX) | CLASS Y SHARES (IRSYX)
    
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus and other information about the Fund (including the Fund's SAI) online at www.ivyinvestments.com/prospectus. You also can get this information at no cost by calling 888.923.3355 or by sending an e-mail request to prospectus.request@waddell.com. This information also is available from your investment provider. The Fund's prospectus and SAI dated July 31, 2020 (as each may be amended or supplemented) are incorporated herein by reference.
Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), paper copies of the Funds’ Annual and Semiannual Shareholder Reports no longer will be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Ivy Investments website (www.ivyinvestments.com), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted, and provided with a website link to access the report.
If you have already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Funds electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary (e.g., a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by calling 1-888-923-3355 or by enrolling at www.ivyinvestments.com.
You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with the Funds, you may call 1-888-923-3355 to let the Funds know you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper format will apply to all funds held in your account if you invest through your financial intermediary or all funds held with the Fund Complex if you invest directly with the Funds.
Objective
To seek to provide total return through capital appreciation and current income.
Fees and Expenses
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. For purposes of this Fund, you may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $300,000 in funds within the Ivy Funds and/or InvestEd Portfolios. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional, as well as in the Sales Charge Reductions section on page 241 of the Fund’s prospectus, in the Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Shares section on page 149 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (SAI) and in Appendix B – Intermediary Sales Charge Discounts and Waivers. The Fund's Class B shares are not available for purchase by new or existing investors, but are available for dividend reinvestment and exchanges.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment) Class A Class B Class C Class E Class I Class N Class R Class Y
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering price) 3.50% None None 2.50% None None None None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a % of lesser of amount invested or redemption value) 1.00% 1 5.00% 1 1.00% 1 1.00% 1 None None None None
Maximum Account Fee None None None $ 202 None None None None
    

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment) Class A Class B Class C Class E Class I Class N Class R Class Y
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90% 0.90% 0.90% 0.90% 0.90% 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00% 1.00% 0.25% 0.00% 0.00% 0.50% 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.38% 0.62% 0.45% 0.60% 0.28% 0.14% 0.39% 0.24%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.53% 2.52% 2.35% 1.75% 1.18% 1.04% 1.79% 1.39%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement3,4,5 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.44% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement 1.43% 2.42% 2.25% 1.31% 6 1.08% 0.94% 1.69% 1.29%
1 For Class A and Class E shares, a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) is only imposed on Class A and Class E shares that were purchased at net asset value (NAV) for $500,000 ($250,000 for Class E shares) or more that are subsequently redeemed within 12 months of purchase. For Class B shares, the CDSC declines from 5% for redemptions within the first year of purchase, to 4% for redemptions within the second year, to 3% for redemptions within the third and fourth years, to 2% for redemptions within the fifth year, to 1% for redemptions within the sixth year and to 0% for redemptions after the sixth year. For Class C shares, a 1% CDSC applies to redemptions within 12 months of purchase.
2 With limited exceptions, for Class E shares, an annual $20 account maintenance fee for Ivy InvestEd Plan accounts with a balance of less than $25,000 will be assessed annually at the close of business on the second Tuesday of December.
3 Through July 31, 2021, Ivy Investment Management Company (IICO), the Fund’s investment manager, has contractually agreed to reduce the management fee paid by the Fund by an annual rate of 0.10% of average daily net assets. Prior to that date, the reduction may not be terminated without the consent of the Board of Trustees (Board).
4 Through July 31, 2021, IICO, Ivy Distributors, Inc. (IDI), the Fund’s distributor, and/or Waddell & Reed Services Company, doing business as WI Services Company (WISC), the Fund’s transfer agent, have contractually agreed to reimburse sufficient management fees, 12b-1 fees and/or shareholder servicing fees to cap the total annual ordinary fund operating expenses (which would exclude interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, if any) as follows: Class E shares at 1.31%. Prior to that date, the expense limitation may not be terminated without the consent of the Board.
5 Through July 31, 2021, IDI and/or WISC have contractually agreed to reimburse sufficient 12b-1 and/or shareholder servicing fees to ensure that the total annual ordinary fund operating expenses of the Class N shares and Class Y shares do not exceed the total annual ordinary fund operating expenses of the Class I shares and Class A shares, respectively, as calculated at the end of each month. Prior to that date, the expense limitation may not be terminated without the consent of the Board.
6 The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement ratio shown above does not correlate to the expense ratio shown in the Financial Highlights table because it has been restated to reflect a change in the Fund’s contractual class waiver.
Example
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the particular class of shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same and that expenses were capped for the period indicated 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
Class A Shares $ 490 $ 807 $ 1,146 $ 2,101
Class B Shares 645 1,075 1,432 2,605
Class C Shares 228 724 1,246 2,678
Class E Shares 400 806 1,235 2,425
Class I Shares 110 365 639 1,423
Class N Shares 96 321 564 1,262
Class R Shares 172 554 960 2,097
Class Y Shares 131 430 751 1,660

 

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:
  1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
Class A Shares $ 490 $ 807 $ 1,146 $ 2,101
Class B Shares 245 775 1,332 2,605
Class C Shares 228 724 1,246 2,678
Class E Shares 400 806 1,235 2,425
Class I Shares 110 365 639 1,423
Class N Shares 96 321 564 1,262
Class R Shares 172 554 960 2,097
Class Y Shares 131 430 751 1,660
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. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 59% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Ivy Securian Real Estate Securities Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in the securities of companies in the real estate or real estate-related industries. “Real estate” securities include securities of issuers that receive at least 50% of their gross revenue from the construction, ownership, leasing, management, financing or sale of residential, commercial or industrial real estate. “Real estate-related” securities include securities issued by companies primarily engaged in businesses that sell or offer products or services that are closely related to the real estate industry. The Fund does not directly invest in real estate.
Most of the Fund’s real estate securities portfolio consists of securities issued by real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other real estate operating companies (REOCs) that are listed on a securities exchange or traded over-the-counter. A REIT is a corporation (or a trust or association that otherwise would be taxable as a domestic corporation) that invests in real estate, mortgages on real estate or shares issued by other REITs and qualifies for pass-through federal income tax treatment provided it meets certain conditions, including the requirement that it distribute at least 90% of its taxable income. A REOC is a corporation or partnership (or an entity classified as such for federal tax purposes) that makes similar investments, except that a REOC has not elected or qualified to be taxed as a REIT and, therefore, among other differences, does not have a requirement to distribute any of its taxable income. REOCs also are more flexible than REITs in terms of what types of real estate investments they can make. At times, the Fund may invest a significant portion of its total assets in a limited number of issuers.
The Fund’s investment subadviser, Securian Asset Management, Inc. (Securian AM), primarily utilizes a bottom-up (researching individual issuers) fundamental stock-picking approach in selecting what it believes are high-quality securities for investment by the Fund, which may include consideration of factors such as an issuer’s financial condition and valuation, financial performance, quality of management, policies and strategies, real estate properties and competitive market condition. Other key attributes considered include an issuer’s liquidity, transparency, diversification, return history and cash flow growth potential, as well as portfolio quality, market exposure, capital structure, business strategy risk, income volatility and corporate governance. The Fund then generally invests in those issuers that Securian AM believes have potential for long-term sustainable growth in earnings, or those trading at discounts to the underlying value of assets owned. Securian AM also seeks companies it believes have strong profitability and the ability to provide a strong return on investment, a dominant market position, stable property management and high-quality buildings and building maintenance. As part of its investment process, Securian AM also considers macro-economic and technical factors impacting real estate securities.
Securian AM considers various indicators in determining to sell a security, which may include the following: relative valuation is no longer compelling and operating conditions and/or performance are not sustainable; company fundamentals have deteriorated or do not meet expectations; a company-specific catalyst has matured and has been promptly reflected in the company’s stock price; and/or the economics or financial outlook of the real estate industry has weakened. Securian AM also may sell a security to reduce the Fund’s holding in that security, to take advantage of what it believes are more attractive investment opportunities or to raise cash.

 

Principal Investment Risks
As with any mutual fund, the value of the Fund’s shares will change, and you could lose money on your investment. The Fund is not intended as a complete investment program.
A variety of factors can affect the investment performance of the Fund and prevent it from achieving its objective. These include:
Company Risk. A company may be more volatile or perform worse than the overall market due to specific factors, such as adverse changes to its business or investor perceptions about the company.
Concentration Risk. Because the Fund invests more than 25% of its total assets in the real estate-related industry, the Fund’s performance may be more susceptible to a single economic, regulatory or technological occurrence than a fund that does not concentrate its investments in this industry. Securities of companies within specific industries or sectors of the economy may periodically perform differently than the overall market. In addition, the Fund’s performance may be more volatile than an investment in a portfolio of broad market securities and may underperform the market as a whole, due to the relatively limited number of issuers of real estate and real estate-related securities.
Holdings Risk. The Fund typically holds a limited number of stocks, and the Fund's managers also tend to invest a significant portion of the Fund's total assets in a limited number of stocks. As a result, the appreciation or depreciation of any one security held by the Fund may have a greater impact on the Fund’s NAV than it would if the Fund invested in a larger number of securities or if the Fund's managers invested a greater portion of the Fund's total assets in a larger number of stocks.
Income Risk. The risk that the Fund may experience a decline in its income due to falling interest rates, earnings declines, or income decline within a security. The amount and rate of distributions that the Fund’s shareholders receive are affected by the income that the Fund receives from its portfolio holdings. If the income is reduced, distributions by the Fund to shareholders may be less.
Interest Rate Risk. A rise in interest rates may cause a decline in the value of the Fund’s securities, especially securities with longer maturities. Typically, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt security, the greater the effect a change in interest rates could have on the security’s price. Thus, the sensitivity of the Fund’s debt securities to interest rate risk will increase with any increase in the duration of those securities. A decline in interest rates may cause the Fund to experience a decline in its income. Interest rates in the U.S. recently have been at, and remain near, historic lows, which may increase the Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising rates. The Fund may be subject to heightened interest rate risk as a result of a rise or anticipated rise in interest rates. In addition, a general rise in rates may result in decreased liquidity and increased volatility in the fixed-income markets generally.
Management Risk. Fund performance is primarily dependent on Securian AM's skill in evaluating and managing the Fund’s portfolio. There can be no guarantee that its decisions will produce the desired results, and the Fund may not perform as well as other similar mutual funds.
Market Risk. Markets can be volatile, and stock prices change daily, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. As a result, the Fund’s holdings can decline in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market or economic developments or conditions that may cause a broad market decline. Different parts of the market, including different sectors and different types of securities, can react differently to these developments. Stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising prices and periods of falling prices. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value. At times, the Fund may hold a relatively high percentage of its assets in stocks of a particular market sector, which would subject the Fund to proportionately higher exposure to the risks of that sector. Additionally, global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, meaning that conditions in one country or region may adversely affect issuers in another country or region, which in turn may adversely affect securities held by the Fund. In addition, certain events, such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, war, regional or global instability and other geopolitical events, have led, and may in the future lead, to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
Real Estate Industry Risk. Investment risks associated with investing in real estate securities, in addition to other risks, include rental income fluctuation, depreciation, property tax value changes, differences in real estate market values, overbuilding and extended vacancies, increased competition, operating expenses or zoning laws, costs of environmental clean-up or damages from natural disasters, cash flow fluctuations, and defaults by borrowers and tenants.
REIT-Related Risk. The value of the Fund’s securities of a REIT may be adversely affected by changes in the value of the REIT’s underlying property or the property secured by mortgages the REIT holds, loss of the REIT’s federal tax status or changes in laws and/or rules related to that status, or the REIT’s failure to maintain its exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. In addition, the Fund may experience a decline in its income from REIT securities due to falling interest rates or decreasing dividend payments.
REOC-Related Risk. REOCs are not required to pay any specific level of income as dividends, and there is no minimum restriction on the number of owners or limits on ownership concentration. The value of the Fund’s REOC

 

  securities may be adversely affected by certain of the same factors that adversely affect REITs. In addition, a corporate REOC does not qualify for the favorable federal tax treatment that is accorded a REIT. In addition, the Fund may experience a decline in its income from REOC securities due to falling interest rates or decreasing dividend payments.
Performance
The chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The chart shows how performance has varied from year to year for Class A shares. The table shows the average annual total returns for each Class of the Fund and also compares the Fund’s returns with those of a broad-based securities market index and a Morningstar peer group (comprised of a universe of mutual funds with investment objectives similar to that of the Fund). The chart does not reflect any sales charges and, if those sales charges were included, returns would be less than those shown. Unlike the returns in the chart, the returns in the table reflect the maximum applicable sales charges for the Fund. For Class A shares, the maximum applicable sales charge used is 5.75%. Effective October 1, 2020, the maximum applicable sales charge for Class A shares has been lowered to 3.50%.
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. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (IRAs), or to shares held by non-taxable entities. After-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares. After-tax returns for other Classes may vary.
Performance results include the effect of expense reduction arrangements for some or all of the periods shown. If those arrangements had not been in place, the performance results for those periods would have been lower.
The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future. Current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit www.ivyinvestments.com or call 888.923.3355 for the Fund’s updated performance.
Chart of Year-by-Year Returns
as of December 31 each year
In the period shown in the chart, the highest quarterly return was 15.16% (the fourth quarter of 2011) and the lowest quarterly return was -16.68% (the third quarter of 2011). The Class A return for the year through June 30, 2020 was -13.44%.
Average Annual Total Returns
as of December 31, 2019 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
(or Life of
Class)
Class A      
Return Before Taxes 17.16% 4.80% 10.02%
Return After Taxes on Distributions 14.32% 2.41% 8.49%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 11.59% 3.22% 7.84%
Class B      
Return Before Taxes 18.99% 4.90% 9.77%
Class C      
Return Before Taxes 23.25% 5.25% 9.86%
Class E      
Return Before Taxes 21.15% 5.49% 10.37%

 

Average Annual Total Returns
as of December 31, 2019 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
(or Life of
Class)
Class I      
Return Before Taxes 24.67% 6.46% 11.20%
Class N (began on 7-31-2014)      
Return Before Taxes 24.86% 6.62% 8.25%
Class R      
Return Before Taxes 24.00% 5.83% 10.54%
Class Y      
Return Before Taxes 24.37% 6.21% 10.94%
       
    
Indexes 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
FTSE Nareit Equity REITs Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 26.00% 7.21% 11.94%
Morningstar Real Estate Category Average (net of fees and expenses) 27.28% 6.81% 11.30%
Investment Adviser
The Fund is managed by Ivy Investment Management Company (IICO) and subadvised by Securian Asset Management, Inc. (Securian AM).
Portfolio Managers
Lowell R. Bolken, Vice President and Portfolio Manager of Securian AM, has managed the Fund since April 2006; Matthew K. Richmond, Vice President and Portfolio Manager of Securian AM, has managed the Fund since January 2014; and Joshua M. Klaetsch, Portfolio Manager of Securian AM, has managed the Fund since April 2018.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
The Fund’s shares are redeemable. You may purchase or redeem shares on any business day at the Fund’s NAV per share next calculated after your order is received in proper form by WISC if your account is held directly by the Fund (Direct Accounts) or by your broker-dealer or other financial intermediary if your account is held by the financial intermediary on a networked or omnibus basis with the Funds. Purchases and redemptions are subject to any applicable sales charge. For Direct Accounts, requests to purchase or redeem shares may be submitted in writing to WISC at P.O. Box 219722, Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9722 (all share classes), by telephone (888.923.3355) (Class A, B and C shares) or via the internet if you have completed an Express Transaction Authorization Form (www.ivyinvestments.com) (Class A, B and C shares). If your shares are not held in a Direct Account (such as for Class N shares and Class R shares), please contact your broker-dealer, financial advisor, plan administrator, third-party record keeper or other applicable financial intermediary to purchase or sell shares of the Fund. The Fund’s Class B shares are not available for purchase by new or existing investors, but are available for dividend reinvestment and exchanges.
The Fund’s initial and subsequent investment minimums generally are as follows, although the Fund and/or IDI may reduce or waive the minimums in some cases:
For Class A, Class C and Class E:  
To Open an Account (Class A and Class C) $750
To Open an Account (Class E) $250
For accounts opened with Automatic Investment Service (AIS) $150
For accounts established through payroll deductions and salary deferrals Any amount
To Add to an Account Any amount
For AIS $50
For Class I, Class N, Class R and Class Y:  
Please check with your broker-dealer, plan administrator or third-party record keeper for information about minimum investment requirements.

 

Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions generally are taxable to you as ordinary income or long-term capital gain, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA, in which case you may be taxed upon withdrawal of monies from the tax-deferred arrangement.
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/or IICO and/or its affiliates 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 web site for more information.

 

    
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