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  <rr:SupplementToProspectusTextBlock contextRef="Duration_28Feb2019_28Feb2019">&lt;p style="margin: 0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=" width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"&gt; &lt;tr style="vertical-align: top"&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Voya Mutual Funds&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;Voya Global Perspectives&lt;sup&gt;&amp;reg;&lt;/sup&gt; Fund&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;(the &amp;ldquo;Fund&amp;rdquo;)&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="vertical-align: top"&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;Supplement dated March 20, 2019&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;to the Fund&amp;rsquo;s Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R, Class T and Class W shares Prospectus &lt;br/&gt; dated February 28, 2019&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;(the &amp;ldquo;Prospectus&amp;rdquo;)&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="vertical-align: top"&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;On March 14, 2019, the Board of Trustees of Voya Mutual Funds approved changes with respect to the Fund&amp;rsquo;s principal investment strategies.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;Effective March 20, 2019, the Fund&amp;rsquo;s Prospectus is revised as follows:&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="vertical-align: top"&gt; &lt;td style="width: 6%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; "&gt;1.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="width: 94%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The first paragraph of the section entitled &amp;ldquo;Principal Investment Strategies&amp;rdquo; of the Fund&amp;rsquo;s Prospectus is deleted and replaced with the following:&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="vertical-align: top"&gt; &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;Under normal market conditions, the sub-adviser (&amp;quot;Sub-Adviser&amp;quot;) invests the assets of the Fund in a combination of other funds (&amp;ldquo;Underlying Funds&amp;rdquo;) that, in turn, invest directly in securities (such as stocks and bonds). The Underlying Funds will invest in the securities of issuers in a number of different countries, one of which may be the United States. Under normal market conditions, approximately 60% of the Fund's net assets will be allocated to Underlying Funds that predominantly invest in equity securities, and approximately 40% of the Fund's net assets will be allocated to Underlying Funds that predominantly invest in debt instruments, including U.S. government securities and money market instruments (&amp;quot;Target Allocation&amp;quot;). The percentage weight of the Fund's assets invested in Underlying Funds that predominantly invest in equity securities may change to approximately 30% and the percentage weight of the Fund's assets invested in Underlying Funds that predominantly invest in debt instruments may change to approximately 70% (&amp;quot;Defensive Allocation&amp;quot;) depending upon the rules-based investment strategy described below.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="vertical-align: top"&gt; &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; "&gt;2.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The following is included as the second paragraph in the section entitled &amp;ldquo;Principal Investment Strategies&amp;rdquo; of the Fund&amp;rsquo;s Prospectus:&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="vertical-align: top"&gt; &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in Underlying Funds affiliated with the investment adviser, although the Sub-Adviser may in its discretion invest up to 20% of the Fund&amp;rsquo;s total assets in Underlying Funds that are not affiliated with the investment adviser, including exchange-traded funds.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="vertical-align: top"&gt; &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; "&gt;3.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"&gt; &lt;div style=" margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The sixth paragraph in the section entitled &amp;ldquo;Principal Investment Strategies&amp;rdquo; of the Fund&amp;rsquo;s Prospectus is deleted it its entirety.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/table&gt;</rr:SupplementToProspectusTextBlock>
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