Financial Investors Trust RIVERFRONT GLOBAL GROWTH FUND Class A: RLTAX | Class C: RLTCX | Class I: RLFIX
	Summary Prospectus  |August 31, 2012

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can fund the Fund’s prospectus and other information about the Fund online at www.alpsriverfront.com/regulatory-reports.php. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 866.759.5679, by sending an e-mail request to info@alpsfunds.com, or by contacting your financial intermediary. The Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, each dated August 31, 2012, along with the Fund’s most recent annual report dated April 30, 2012, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus and may be obtained, free of charge, at the website, phone number or e-mail address noted above.

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation through a fully managed investment policy utilizing United States and foreign equity securities, debt and money market securities, the combination of which will be varied from time to time both with respect to types of securities and markets in response to changing market and economic trends.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE PORTFOLIO

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for certain sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in “BUYING, EXCHANGING AND REDEEMING SHARES” at page 76 of the Prospectus and “PURCHASE, EXCHANGE & REDEMPTION OF SHARES” at page 70 of the Fund’s statement of additional information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

	Class A	Class C	Class I
Maximum sales charge (load) on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	5.50% (1)	None	None
Maximum deferred sales charge (as a percentage of the lower of original purchase price or redemption proceeds)	1.00% (1)	1.00%  (2)	None
Redemption Fee	None	None	None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
	Class A	Class C	Class I
Management Fees	0.85%	0.85%	0.85%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees	0.25%	0.75%	0.00%
Other Expenses
Shareholder Services Fees	0.00%	0.25%	0.00%
Other Fund Expenses	0.38%	0.38%	0.38%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	0.21%	0.21%	0.21%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	1.69%	2.44%	1.44%

	Class A	Class C	Class I
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement (3)	-0.33%	-0.33%	-0.33%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement	1.36%	2.11%	1.11%

⁽¹⁾   If you invest $1 million or more, either as a lump sum or through the Fund’s accumulation or letter of intent programs, you can purchase Class A shares without an initial sales charge (load); however, a Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% may apply to Class A shares redeemed within the first 12 months after a purchase in excess of $1 million.

⁽²⁾   A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% may apply to Class C shares redeemed within the first 12 months after a purchase.

⁽³⁾   ALPS Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) and RiverFront Investment Group, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”) have contractually agreed to limit the amount of total annual expenses of the Fund (including Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses) to 0.90% of the average daily net assets for the Class A, Class C and Class I shares. This obligation excludes Distribution and Services (12b-1) Fees, Shareholder Services Fees, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses. This Agreement is in effect through December 31, 2012.

Effective January 1, 2013, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser have contractually agreed to limit the amount of total annual expenses of the Fund to 0.90% of the average daily net assets for Class A, Class C and Class I shares. This obligation excludes Distribution and Services (12b-1) Fees, Shareholder Services Fees, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses. This agreement is in effect through August 31, 2013. Each of the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser will be permitted to recover, on a class-by-class basis, expenses it has borne through the agreement described above to the extent that the Fund’s expenses in later periods fall below the annual rates set forth in the relevant agreement. The Fund will not be obligated to pay any such deferred fees and expenses more than three years after the end of the fiscal year in which the fee and expense was deferred. This agreement may not be terminated or modified prior to this date except with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

Example

This example helps you compare the costs 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. After one year, the Example does not take into consideration any agreement by the Adviser to waive fees. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your cost would be:

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Number of Years You Own Your Shares	1 YEAR	3 YEARS	5 YEARS	10 YEARS
Class A Shares	$681	$1,023	$1,388	$2,410
Class C Shares	$314	$729	$1,270	$2,747
Class I Shares	$113	$423	$755	$1,694
You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:
Class A Shares	$681	$1,023	$1,388	$2,410
Class C Shares	$214	$729	$1,270	$2,747
Class I Shares	$113	$423	$755	$1,694

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, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, 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 was 119% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES OF THE FUND

The Fund is designed to meet investor needs for a diversified portfolio solution with a defined risk objective of long-term growth through a fully managed investment policy utilizing United States and foreign equity securities, debt and money market securities, the combination of which will be varied from time to time both with respect to types of securities and markets in response to changing market and economic trends. The portfolio is built around a strategic allocation which allocates the portfolio’s investments to large cap stocks, small- and mid-cap stocks, international securities (including emerging markets), and other investments. The Fund will normally be fully invested in equity securities, including common stock and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). The portfolio management team may depart from the targeted allocation range when they feel that certain sectors of the financial markets are overvalued or undervalued.

PRINCIPAL RISKS OF THE FUND

The following is a description of the principal risks of the Fund’s portfolio, which may adversely affect its net asset value and total return. There are other circumstances (including additional risks that are not described here) which could prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. It is important to read all the disclosure information provided and to understand that you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

• Allocation Risk. The performance of the Fund relative to its benchmark will depend largely on the decisions of RiverFront

Investment Group, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser” or “RiverFront”) as to strategic asset allocation and tactical adjustments made to the asset allocation. At times, RiverFront’s judgments as to the asset classes in which the Fund should invest may prove to be wrong, as some asset classes may perform worse than others or the equity markets generally from time to time or for extended periods of time.

• Management Risk. The Sub-Adviser’s judgments about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of particular asset classes, securities or sectors may prove to be incorrect. Such errors could result in a negative return and a loss to you.

• Sector and Securities Selection Risk. The performance of the Fund is related to the economic sectors that RiverFront may choose to emphasize or deemphasize from time to time, as well as to the individual securities selected by RiverFront within those sectors. The investment returns for particular economic sectors will fluctuate and may be lower than other sectors. In addition, the individual securities chosen for investment within a particular sector may underperform other securities within that same sector.

• Stock Market Risk. The Fund will invest significantly in common stocks. Stock prices vary and may fall, often in tandem with fluctuations in the overall stock markets, thus reducing the value of the Fund’s investments. Certain stocks selected for the Fund’s portfolio may decline in value more than the overall stock markets.

• Equity Securities Risk. Equity securities may experience sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This may occur because of factors that affect securities markets generally or factors affecting specific industries, sectors or companies in which the Fund invests.

• Style Investing Risk. To the extent the Fund focuses on a particular style of stocks (such as growth or value), its performance may at times be better or worse than the performance of funds that focus on other types of stocks or that have a broader investment style. Growth stocks, which are characterized by high price-to-earnings ratios, may be more volatile than value stocks with lower price-to-earnings ratios.

• Small- and Mid-Cap Risk. From time to time, the Fund may invest significantly in small-capitalization and mid-capitalization stocks, which are often more volatile and less liquid than investments in larger companies. The frequency and volume of trading in securities of smaller and mid-size companies may be substantially less than is typical of larger companies. Therefore, the securities of smaller and mid-size companies may be subject to greater and more abrupt price fluctuations. In addition, smaller and mid-size companies may lack the management experience, financial resources and product diversification of larger companies, making them more susceptible to market pressures and business failure.

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• ETF Investment Risk. ETFs are investment companies that are bought and sold on a securities exchange. The price of an ETF can fluctuate within a wide range, and the Fund could lose money by investing in an ETF if the prices of the securities owned by the ETF go down. The market price of an ETF’s shares may trade at a premium or discount to their net asset value, meaning that the Fund could pay more to purchase shares of an ETF, or receive less in a sale of shares of an ETF, than the net asset value of the ETF. ETFs are also subject to potential liquidity risk because an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained, trading of an ETF’s shares may be halted from time to time, or the shares may be de-listed from the exchange. In addition, the Fund incurs its proportionate shares of the expenses of the ETFs in which it invests, which has the effect of increasing the operating expenses of the Fund and thus the costs of your investment in the Fund.

• Foreign Issuer and Emerging Markets Risk. The Fund will invest in securities of foreign issuers, which are subject to certain inherent risks, such as political or economic disruptions or instability of the country of issue, the difficulty of predicting international trade patterns, foreign currency fluctuations, and the possibility of imposition of exchange controls. Such securities may also be subject to greater variations in price than securities of domestic corporations. At times, the prices of foreign stocks and the prices of U.S. stocks have moved in opposite directions. Foreign securities may be less liquid and involve higher transaction costs, as foreign securities markets may be less efficient than U.S. markets. In addition, there may be less publicly available information about a foreign company than about a domestic company. Foreign companies generally are not subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards comparable to those applicable to domestic companies. With respect to certain foreign countries, there is a possibility of expropriation or confiscatory taxation, or diplomatic developments, which could affect investment in those countries.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund’s performance has varied over time. The performance shown for periods prior to September 27, 2010 reflects the performance of the RiverFront Long-Term Growth Fund, a series of Baird Funds, Inc., as a result of a prior reorganization of the Baird Funds - RiverFront Long-Term Growth Fund into the Fund, without the effect of any fee and expense limitations or waivers. If the Fund’s shares had been available during the periods shown, the performance shown may have been different.

The bar chart depicts the change in performance from year to year during the periods indicated. The bar chart figures do not include any applicable sales charges that an investor may pay when they buy or sell shares of the Fund. The table compares the Fund’s average annual returns for the periods indicated to a broad-based securities market index. The index is not actively managed and is not available for direct investment. The bar charts and performance tables assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions. The Fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.alpsfunds. com or by calling 866.759.5679.

Calendar Year Annual Returns for Class A Shares

Best Quarter –	June 30, 2009	16.70%
Worst Quarter –	September 30, 2011	-19.23%

The Fund’s Class A share year-to-date return as of June 30, 2012 was 5.98%

After-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares, and the after-tax returns for Class C and Class I shares will vary. After-tax returns are calculated by using the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates (i.e., maximum rates) and do not include state or 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 Fund shares in tax-deferred accounts (i.e., retirement plans or Individual Retirement Accounts).

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Average Annual Total Returns

(for periods ended December 31, 2011)

	One Year	Since Inception   (October 28, 2008)
Class A Shares
Return Before Taxes	-14.84%	8.24%
Return After Taxes on Distributions	-16.50%	7.36%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares	-9.02%	6.77%
Class C Shares
Return Before Taxes	-11.21%	9.40%
Class I Shares
Return Before Taxes	-9.52%	-1.01%
MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)*	-7.35%	12.95%
S&P 500® Index	2.11%	12.08%

* The MSCI ACWI replaced the S&P 500^® Index as the Fund’s primary index because it better reflects the Fund’s portfolio. The MSCI ACWI is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed and emerging markets. The MSCI ACWI consists of 45 country indices comprising 24 developed and 21 emerging market country indices.

INVESTMENT ADVISER AND SUB-ADVISER

ALPS Advisors, Inc. is the investment adviser to the Fund, and RiverFront Investment Group, LLC is the investment sub-adviser to the Fund.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

Michael Jones, CFA Rod Smyth, Doug Sandler, CFA, and Tim Anderson, CFA of RiverFront Investment Group, LLC have been the co-portfolio managers of the Fund since its inception.

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

The Fund offers investors five Classes of shares, only Classes A, C and I are offered in this prospectus. The minimum investment in Class A shares and Class C shares is $500 for tax-deferred accounts and $2,500 for other accounts. The minimum investment in Class I shares is $1,000,000. Investors generally may meet the minimum investment amount by aggregating multiple accounts within the Fund. There is no subsequent investment minimum.

Purchases, exchanges and redemptions can generally be made only through institutional channels, such as financial intermediaries and retirement platforms. You should contact your financial intermediary or refer to your plan documents for information on how to invest in the Fund.

TAX INFORMATION

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Fund’s distributions are taxable and will be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Such tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from those arrangements.

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 its related companies 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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