497K 1 d497k.htm EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND Emerging Markets Debt Fund
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Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund

Summary Prospectus - May 1, 2011

 

Institutional Class HAEDX

Administrative Class HREDX

    

 

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 online at www.harborfunds.com/prospectus. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800-422-1050 or by sending an e-mail request to funddocuments@harborfunds.com. If you purchase shares of the Fund through a financial intermediary, the prospectus and other information will also be available from your financial intermediary. The current prospectus and statement of additional information, dated May 1, 2011, are incorporated by referenced 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 maximize total return, which consists of income on its investments and capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

 

    

Institutional

Class

   

Administrative

Class

 
Redemption Fee
(applicable on shares
held less than 60 days)
    2.00%        2.00%   

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

 

    

Institutional

Class

   

Administrative

Class

 
Management Fees     0.85%        085%   
Distribution and/or
Service (12b-1) Fees
    None        0.25%   
Other Expenses     2.15%        2.15%   
Total Annual Fund
Operating Expenses
    3.00%        3.25%   
Expense Reimbursements1     1.95%        1.95%   
Total Annual Fund
Operating Expenses After
Expense Reimbursement
    1.05%        1.30%   
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The Adviser has contractually agreed to limit the Fund’s operating expenses through April 30, 2012. Only the Board of Trustees may modify or terminate this agreement.

Expense 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. 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, under these assumptions, your costs would be:

 

     

One

Year

    

Three

Years

 
Institutional    $ 107       $ 742   
Administrative    $ 132       $ 817   

 

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 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.

Principal Investment Strategy

Principal Style Characteristics: Emerging market fixed income securities

The Fund invests primarily in Emerging Markets Fixed Income Securities. “Emerging Markets Fixed Income Securities” include fixed income securities and derivative instruments (including, but not limited to, spot and currency contracts, futures, options and swaps) that economically are tied to countries with emerging securities markets, are denominated in the predominant currency of the local market of an emerging market country or whose performance is linked to those countries’ markets, economies or ability to repay loans. Emerging Markets Fixed Income Securities may be denominated in non-U.S. currencies or the U.S. dollar. A security or instrument is economically tied to an emerging market country if it is principally traded on the country’s securities markets or the issuer is organized or principally operates in the country, derives a majority of its income from its operations within the country or has a majority of its assets within the country.

The Fund considers emerging market countries as those identified by the World Bank Group as being “low income economies” or which are included in a J.P. Morgan emerging market bond index. It is anticipated that the Fund will focus most of its investments in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the developing countries of Europe. The Fund’s emerging market fixed income investments may include, among other things, sovereign debt securities, corporate debt securities, structured notes, convertible securities, securities issued by supranational organizations, fixed and floating rate commercial loans, securitized loan participations, Rule 144A securities, non-U.S. currencies, forward currency contracts and other foreign currency transactions and derivatives, and other instruments related to these types of securities. The Fund may utilize derivative instruments to a significant extent to hedge or gain exposure to emerging securities markets or emerging market currencies (for example, futures or other derivatives whose return is based on specific emerging markets securities or indices).

While the Fund may invest in securities denominated in non-U.S. currencies or the U.S. dollar, the Subadviser will normally seek to maintain a target weighting of 50% of the Fund’s portfolio exposed to securities denominated in non-U.S. currencies (including currencies of emerging market countries) and 50% to securities denominated in U.S. dollars.

 

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However, the Subadviser may tactically increase or decrease the Fund’s exposure to securities denominated in non-U.S. or U.S. currencies depending upon the Subadviser’s views as to relative attractiveness of particular currencies relative to the U.S. dollar.

The Subadviser seeks capital appreciation through country selection, sector selection, security selection and currency selection. The Subadviser uses a “top-down” approach and allocates the Fund’s investments among various emerging market countries. In allocating among different countries, the following are some of the factors the Subadviser may consider:

 

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Currency, inflation and interest rates and trends

 

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Growth rate forecasts

 

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Liquidity of a country’s debt markets

 

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Fiscal policies

 

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Political and economic outlook and

 

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Tax environment

The Subadviser then selects those individual investments that the Subadviser believes to be most undervalued and to offer the highest potential returns relative to the amount of credit, interest rate, liquidity and other risks presented. The Subadviser engages in independent fundamental analysis to evaluate the creditworthiness of corporate and governmental issuers.

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowing for investment purposes, in Emerging Markets Fixed Income Securities, which include derivative instruments that are economically tied to countries with emerging securities markets, are denominated in the predominant currency of the local market of an emerging market country or whose performance is linked to those countries’ emerging markets, economies or ability to repay loans. The Fund’s 80% investment policy can be changed by the Fund upon 60 days’ advance notice to shareholders. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it may concentrate its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund.

Credit Quality. The Fund may invest in securities of any credit rating (including unrated securities) and may invest without limit in higher risk, below-investment grade debt securities, commonly referred to as “high yield” securities or “junk bonds.”

Maturity and Duration. The Adviser normally maintains an average portfolio duration of between 2 and 7 years. However, the Fund’s average duration may be outside this range, and the Fund may invest in securities of any duration and maturity. Average duration is a weighted average of all fixed income security durations in the Fund’s portfolio, and is an approximate measure of the sensitivity of the market value of the Fund’s holdings to changes in interest rates. For example, a 5 year average duration generally means the fixed income security will decrease in value by 5% if interest rates rise by 1%.

Principal Risks

There is no guarantee that the investment objective of the Fund will be achieved. Fixed income securities fluctuate in price and the value of your investment in the Fund may go down. This means that you could lose money on your investment in the Fund or the Fund may not perform as well as other possible investments. Principal risks include:

Interest rate risk: As nominal interest rates rise, the value of fixed income securities held by the Fund are likely to decrease. Securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to changes in interest rates, and are usually more volatile than securities with shorter durations.

Emerging markets securities risk: The Fund invests primarily in securities of emerging market issuers. Because of this, there is a greater risk that the Fund’s share price will fluctuate more than if the Fund invested only in domestic or developed market foreign issuers. Foreign securities are sometimes less liquid and harder to value than securities of U.S. issuers. In addition, foreign brokerage and custodian fees may be higher than those in the U.S. Prices of foreign securities may go down and the Fund may lose money as a result of the following:

 

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Unfavorable foreign government actions, such as excessive taxation or currency controls; political, economic or market instability; or the absence of accurate information about foreign companies due in part to different financial accounting and regulatory standards.

 

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A decline in the value of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar may reduce the unhedged value of securities denominated in those currencies.

These risks are more significant for issuers economically tied to emerging market countries, including heightened risks from political or economic instability, nationalization or confiscatory taxation, currency exchange restrictions and an issuer’s unwillingness or inability to make principal or interest payments on its obligations.

High-yield risk: Below investment grade bonds are considered speculative because they have a higher risk of issuer default, are subject to greater price volatility and may be illiquid.

Credit risk: The issuer of a security owned by the Fund or the counterparty to a derivative or other contractual instrument owned by the Fund could default on its obligation to pay principal and/or interest or its credit rating could be downgraded. This risk is higher for below investment grade bonds.

Selection risk: The Subadviser’s judgment about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of a particular security could be incorrect.

Non-diversification risk: Because the Fund is non-diversified and may invest a greater percentage of its assets in securities of a single issuer and may invest in a relatively small number of issuers it is more susceptible to risks associated with a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence than a diversified portfolio. Some of those issuers may also present substantial credit or other risks.

Performance

Because the Fund is newly organized and does not yet have a complete calendar year of performance history, the bar chart and total return tables are not provided. To obtain performance information please visit the Fund’s website at www.harborfunds.com or call 800-422-1050.

Portfolio Management

Investment Adviser

Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.

 

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Subadviser

Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP

Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP has subadvised the Fund since its inception on May 1, 2011.

Portfolio Managers

 

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Peter J. Wilby, CFA, Chief Investment Officer of the Subadviser, has co-managed the Fund since its inception in 2011.

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Pablo Cisilino, Portfolio Manager of the Subadviser, has co-managed the Fund since its inception in 2011.

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James E. Craige, CFA, Portfolio Manager of the Subadviser, has co-managed the Fund since its inception in 2011.

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Thomas K. Flanagan, CFA, Portfolio Manager of the Subadviser, has co-managed the Fund since its inception in 2011.

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David A. Oliver, CFA, Portfolio Manager of the of the Subadviser, has co-managed the Fund since its inception in 2011.

 

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Christopher M. Wilder, CFA, Portfolio Manager of the Subadviser, has co-managed the Fund since its inception in 2011.

Buying and Selling Fund Shares

Shareholders may purchase or sell (redeem) Fund shares on any business day (normally any day the New York Stock Exchange is open). You may conduct transactions by mail, by telephone or through our website.

 

By Mail   

Harbor Services Group, Inc.

P.O. Box 804660

Chicago, IL 60680-4108

By Telephone    800-422-1050
Visiting Our Website    www.harborfunds.com

Investors who wish to purchase, exchange or redeem shares held through a financial intermediary should contact the financial intermediary directly.

The minimum initial investment amounts are shown below. The minimums may be reduced or waived in some cases. There are no minimums for subsequent investments.

 

Type of Account  

Institutional

Class

   

Administrative

Class*

Regular   $ 1,000      $50,000
Individual Retirement Account (IRA)   $ 1,000      N/A
Custodial (UGMA/UTMA)   $ 1,000      N/A
*   Limited only to eligible retirement plans and financial intermediaries. There is no minimum investment for qualified retirement plans and Section 457 plans.

Tax Information

Distributions you receive from the Fund are subject to federal income tax and may also be subject to state and local taxes. These distributions will generally be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred retirement account, such as a 401(k) plan or individual retirement account. Investments in tax-deferred accounts may be subject to tax when they are withdrawn.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Fund and/or 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 sales representative to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your sales representative or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

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