497K 1 shortdurationsumpsp.htm SUMMARY PROSPECTUS

OPPENHEIMER

Short Duration Fund

Summary Prospectus     April 20, 2011

NYSE Ticker Symbols

Class A

OSDAX

Class Y

OSDYX

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, Statement of Additional Information, Annual Report (when available) and other information about the Fund online at https://www.oppenheimerfunds.com/fund/ShortDurationFund. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1.800.225.5677 or by sending an email request to: info@oppenheimerfunds.com.

The Fund's prospectus and Statement of Additional Information ("SAI"), both dated April 20, 2011, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. You can access the Fund's prospectus and SAI at https://www.oppenheimerfunds.com/fund/ShortDurationFund. The Fund's prospectus is also available from financial intermediaries who are authorized to sell Fund shares.

Investment Objective. The Fund seeks current income while endeavoring to preserve capital.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold or redeem shares of the Fund. The Fund does not charge any initial sales charge to buy shares or to reinvest dividends and there are no redemption fees or contingent deferred sales charges.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A

Class Y

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) imposed on purchases (as % of offering price)

None

None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as % of the lower of original offering price or redemption proceeds)

None

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Class A

Class Y

Management Fees

0.30%

0.30%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

None

Other Expenses*

0.10%

0.10%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.65%

0.40%

* "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the Fund's first fiscal year.


Example. The following 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 a class of shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same.  Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your expenses would be as follows:

1 Year 3 Years
Class A $ 67 $ 209
Class Y $ 41 $ 129

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 the annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance.

Principal Investment Strategies. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests in short-term, fixed and floating rate, U.S. dollar denominated, investment-grade debt securities with an effective or final maturity of not more than three years. The portfolio managers look for debt securities in market sectors that they believe offer attractive relative values and seek to reduce volatility by maintaining a diversified portfolio with an effective portfolio duration of one year or less. Because of market events, the duration of the Fund's portfolio might exceed that level at times. If a rise in interest rates caused the Fund to temporarily exceed a one year effective portfolio duration, it would not enter into any transactions that could lengthen its portfolio duration until after its duration had returned to less than one year.

What is "Duration"? Duration is a measure of the price sensitivity of a debt security or portfolio to interest rate changes. "Effective duration" attempts to measure the expected percentage change in the value of a bond or a portfolio resulting from a change in prevailing interest rates. For example, if a bond is determined to have an effective duration of three years, a 1% increase in general interest rates would be expected to cause the bond 's market value to decline about 3% while a 1% decrease in general interest rates would be expected to cause the bond 's market value to increase 3%. The Fund calculates duration based on a security's next interest rate reset date or the next date on which the Fund can exercise a put at par value, whichever is earlier.

The term "effective duration" includes consideration of a security's next interest reset date, whereas "effective maturity" does not.

In selecting securities, the portfolio managers seek investment income, although the Fund may also realize capital appreciation. The Fund's investments mainly include: corporate bonds, asset-backed securities, and money market instruments such as commercial paper, certificates of deposit, time deposits and bank notes. The Fund may also invest in U.S. Government securities, dollar-denominated securities issued or guaranteed by supranational organizations or foreign governments, repurchase agreements, participation interests in loans, mortgage-related securities and other debt obligations. The Fund will invest more than 25% of its total assets in securities of issuers in the banking industry and in the financial services group of industries.

"Investment grade" debt securities are rated in one of the top four categories by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations such as Moody's or Standard & Poor's. The Fund may also invest in unrated securities. In that case, after assessing their credit quality, the Manager may internally assign ratings to certain of those securities in categories similar to those of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. The Fund only purchases investment-grade debt securities but is not required to dispose of debt securities that fall below investment grade after the Fund buys them.

The Fund may use "derivative" securities for hedging purposes to seek to manage investment risks. A derivative is an investment whose value depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying security, asset, interest rate, index or currency. Interest rate futures contracts and interest rate swaps are types of derivatives the Fund may use.

The Fund may sell securities that no longer meet the above criteria and may engage in active and frequent trading to try to achieve its investment objective.

Principal Risks.The Fund is not a money market fund and the price of its shares can go up and down.This means that you can lose money by investing in the Fund. The value of the Fund's investments may change because of broad changes in the markets in which the Fund invests or from poor security selection, which could cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. When you redeem your shares, they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them.

Main Risks of Fixed-Income Securities. Fixed-Income securities may be subject to credit risk, interest rate risk, prepayment risk and extension risk. Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a security might not make interest and principal payments on the security as they become due. If an issuer fails to pay interest or repay principal, the Fund's income or share value might be reduced. Adverse news about an issuer or a downgrade in an issuer's credit rating, for any reason, can also reduce the market value of the issuer's securities. Interest rate risk is the risk that when prevailing interest rates fall, the values of already-issued debt securities generally rise; and when prevailing interest rates rise, the values of already-issued debt securities generally fall, and they may be worth less than the amount the Fund paid for them. When interest rates change, the values of longer-term debt securities usually change more than the values of shorter-term debt securities. When interest rates fall, the issuers of debt securities may repay principal more quickly than expected and the Fund may be required to reinvest the proceeds at a lower interest rate. This is referred to as "prepayment risk." When interest rates rise, debt securities may be repaid more slowly than expected and the value of the Fund's holdings may fall sharply. This is referred to as "extension risk." Interest rate changes normally have different effects on variable or floating rate securities than they do on securities with fixed interest rates.

Fixed-Income Market Risks. Economic and other market developments can adversely affect fixed-income securities markets in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. At times, participants in debt securities markets may develop concerns about the ability of certain issuers of debt securities to make timely principal and interest payments, or they may develop concerns about the ability of financial institutions that make markets in certain debt securities to facilitate an orderly market. Those concerns can cause increased volatility in those debt securities or debt securities markets. Under some circumstances, as was the case during the latter half of 2008 and early 2009, those concerns could cause reduced liquidity in certain debt securities markets. A lack of liquidity or other adverse credit market conditions may hamper the Fund's ability to sell the debt securities in which it invests or to find and purchase suitable debt instruments.

Main Liquidity Risks. Securities that are difficult to value or to sell promptly at an acceptable price are generally referred to as "illiquid" securities. If it is required to sell securities quickly or at a particular time (including sales to meet redemption requests) the Fund could realize a loss on illiquid investments.

Main Risks of Investments in Foreign Issuers. Investments in foreign issuers are subject to special risks. Foreign issuers are usually not subject to the same accounting and disclosure requirements that U.S. companies are subject to, which may make it difficult for the Fund to evaluate a foreign company's operations or financial condition. The value of investments in foreign issuers may be affected by foreign regulations, foreign taxes, higher costs, illiquidity, changes in economic or monetary policy in the United States or abroad, expropriation or nationalization of a company's assets, or other political and economic factors.

Main Risks of Concentration in Banking and Financial Services.  The Fund can invest more than 25% of its total assets in securities of issuers in the banking industry and in the financial services group of industries. Banking and other financial services industries may be more susceptible to particular economic and regulatory events such as volatility in the financial markets and interest rates, changes in domestic and foreign monetary policy, and changes in industry regulations.  

Main Risks of Derivative Investments. Derivatives may involve significant risks. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the Fund's initial investment. Derivatives may be illiquid and may be more volatile than other types of investments. Derivative investments can increase portfolio turnover and transaction costs. Derivatives are subject to counter-party credit risk and may lose money if the issuer fails to pay the amounts due.

Who Is the Fund Designed For? The Fund is designed primarily for investors seeking current income and relative stability of principal from a variety of short-term investment-grade debt securities. The Fund is not a complete investment program and may not be appropriate for all investors. You should carefully consider your own investment goals and risk tolerance before investing in the Fund.

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

The Fund's Past Performance. Because the Fund had not commenced operations as of the date of the prospectus, it has no prior performance information. After the Fund begins investment operations, performance information, showing the variability of the Fund's returns, will be available by calling the toll-free number on the back of the prospectus and on the Fund's website at:
https://www.oppenheimerfunds.com/fund/ShortDurationFund

Investment Adviser. OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is the Fund's investment adviser (the "Manager").

Portfolio Managers. Carol Wolf and Chris Proctor have been Vice Presidents and portfolio managers of the Fund since its inception.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares. In most cases, you can buy Fund shares with a minimum initial investment of $250,000 and make additional investments in any amount.
     Shares may be purchased through a financial intermediary or the Distributor and redeemed through a financial intermediary or the Transfer Agent on days the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading. Shareholders may purchase or redeem shares by calling 1.800.225.5677, through the website www.oppenheimerfunds.com, or by mail. Share transactions may be paid by check, by Federal Funds wire or directly from or into your bank account.

Class A shares of the Fund are currently not available for purchase.

Taxes. If your shares are not held in a tax-deferred account, Fund distributions are subject to Federal income tax as ordinary income or as capital gains and they may also be subject to state or local taxes.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries. If you purchase Fund shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund, the Manager, or their 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 website for more information.

For More Information About Oppenheimer Short Duration Fund

You can access the Fund's prospectus and SAI at https://www.oppenheimerfunds.com/fund/ShortDurationFund. You can also request additional information about the Fund or your account:

By Telephone:

Call OppenheimerFunds Services toll-free: 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677)

By Mail:

For requests by mail:
OppenheimerFunds Services
P.O. Box 5270
Denver, Colorado 80217-5270

For courier or express mail requests:
OppenheimerFunds Services
12100 East Iliff Avenue, Suite 300
Aurora, Colorado 80014

On the Internet:

You can read or download information on the OppenheimerFunds website at: www.oppenheimerfunds.com

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