Catalyst IPOx Allocation Fund
Class A: OIPAX Class C: OIPCX Class I: OIPIX
summary PROSPECTUS
october 6, 2015
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s complete prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s prospectus and other information about the Fund at http://catalystmutualfunds.com/literature_and_forms. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-866-447-4228, emailing info@CatalystMutualFunds.com or by asking any financial intermediary that offers shares of the Fund. The Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated August 14, 2015, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus and may be obtained, free of charge, at the website or phone number noted above.
FUND SUMMARY: CATALYST IPOX ALLOCATION FUND
Investment Objective: The Fund's objective is 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. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on purchases of Class A shares 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 is included in the section of the Fund’s prospectus entitled How to Buy Shares on page 20 and in the sections of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information entitled Reduction of Up-Front Sales Charge on Class A Shares on page 40 and Waiver of Up-Front Sales Charge on Class A Shares on page 41.
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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
Class A |
Class C |
Class I |
| Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering price) |
5.75% | None | None |
| Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) | 1.00% | None | None |
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and other Distributions |
None | None | None |
| Redemption Fee | None | None | None |
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
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| Management Fees | 1.50% | 1.50% | 1.50% |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | 0.25% | 1.00% | 0.00% |
| Other Expenses 1 | 0.23% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 1.98% | 2.73% | 1.73% |
1 Estimated for the current fiscal year
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, 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. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
| YEAR | Class A | Class C | Class I |
| 1 | $764 | $276 | $176 |
| 3 | $1,161 | $847 | $545 |
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. Because the Portfolio has not commenced operations as of the date of this prospectus, the portfolio turnover rate for the last fiscal year is not available. In the future, the portfolio turnover rate for the most recent fiscal year will be provided here.
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Principal Investment Strategies:
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings, if any) in the common stocks of companies listed on the IPOX U.S. 100 Index (“Index”) and newly listed initial public offerings of U.S. companies. The stocks may be purchased at the time of the offering or in post-IPO trading (“IPOs”). The Fund may invest in the securities of a company without regards to market capitalization.
The Fund’s portfolio has two components; the Core Long Component and the Dynamic Component, each utilize a distinct investment strategy.
Core Long Component. The Fund’s investment advisor, Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC (“Catalyst” or the “Advisor”) will invest the assets allocated Core Long component so as to replicate the Index. The Index is a value-weighted price index measuring the performance of the top 100 companies ranked quarterly by market capitalization in the IPOX U.S. Composite Index. The index includes the largest IPOs and companies with a substantial increase in value since their floatation. The IPOX® U.S. Composite is a fully market-cap-weighted, all-cap momentum based portfolio that measures the performance of IPOs and spin-offs listed in the United States for the first four publicly traded years. Eligible companies enter on their 6th trading day and exit 1000 trading days (four years) thereafter, providing a buy-and-hold perspective to the “going public” event. The portfolio currently captures 759 companies with an underlying total marketcap of $1.9 trillion. The Advisor will seek to replicate the IPOX U.S. 100 Index by investing this portion of the portfolio in the IPOs that make up in the Index in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Index.
Dynamic Component. The Advisor will invest the Dynamic Component assets in approximately 30 to 70 IPOs that are not included in the Index. Companies eligible for purchase for Dynamic Component of the Fund’s portfolio enter on the date of their initial public offering and exit one month thereafter. The Fund may make additional investments in these IPOs after the one month period has ended if the Fund invested in that IPO during the initial period. The Advisor has broad discretion to purchase IPOs at the time of their initial offering and in post-IPO trading and will invest in those securities in which it believes are valued attractively relative to their price to sales multiple.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), which means that it is not limited by the 1940 Act with regard to the portion of its assets that may be invested in the securities of a single issuer.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund:
As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its goal. The Fund's net asset value and returns will vary and you could lose money on your investment in the Fund.
Common Stock Risk. Common stocks are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change. Investor perceptions are based on various and
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unpredictable factors, including expectations regarding government, economic, monetary and fiscal policies; inflation and interest rates; economic expansion or contraction and global or regional political, economic and banking crises.
IPO Risk. The Fund invests in IPOs at the time of the initial offering and in post-IPO trading. The stocks of such companies are unseasoned equities lacking a trading history, a track record of reporting to investors and widely available research coverage. IPOs are thus often subject to extreme price volatility and speculative trading. Due to limited shares available on the IPO, the Fund purchases most of its holdings in post-IPO trading. These stocks may have above-average price appreciation in connection with the initial public offering prior to inclusion in the Fund. The price of stocks included in the Fund may not continue to appreciate. In addition, IPOs share similar liquidity risks as private equity and venture capital. Such liquidity risks exist when particular investments of the Fund would be difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling such illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price, or possibly requiring the Fund to dispose of other investments at unfavorable times or prices in order to satisfy its obligations. The free float shares held by the public in an IPO are typically a small percentage of the market capitalization. The ownership of many IPOs often include large holdings by venture capital and private equity investors who seek to sell their shares in the public market in the months following an IPO when shares restricted by lock-up are released, causing greater volatility and possible downward pressure during the time that locked-up shares are released.
Limited History of Operations.
The Fund is a new or relatively new mutual fund and has a limited history of operations for investors to evaluate.
Management Risk. The portfolio manager’s judgments about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of particular stocks or other securities in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and there is no guarantee that the portfolio manager’s judgment will produce the desired results.
Market Risk. Overall stock market risks may also affect the value of the Fund. Factors such as domestic economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels and political events affect the securities markets.
Non-diversification Risk. Because a relatively high percentage of a non-diversified Fund’s assets may be invested in the securities of a limited number of companies that could be in the same or related economic sectors, the Fund’s portfolio may be more susceptible to any single economic, technological or regulatory occurrence than the portfolio of a diversified fund.
Security Risk. The value of the Fund may decrease in response to the activities and financial prospects of an individual security in the Fund’s portfolio.
Small and Medium Capitalization Stock Risk. To the extent the Fund invests in the stocks of small and mid-sized companies, the Fund may be subject to additional risks. The earnings and prospects of these companies are more volatile than larger companies. These companies may experience higher failure rates than larger companies. Small and mid-sized companies normally have a lower trading volume than larger companies, which
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may tend to make their market price fall more disproportionately than larger companies in response to selling pressures. Small and mid-sized companies may also have limited markets, product lines or financial resources and may lack management experience.
Performance:
Because the Fund is a new fund and does not yet have a full calendar of investment operations, no performance information is presented for the Fund at this time. In the future, performance information will be presented in this section of this Prospectus. Updated performance information will be available at no cost by calling 1-866-447-4228.
Advisor: Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC is the Fund’s investment advisor (the “Advisor”).
Portfolio Managers: David Miller, Senior Portfolio Manager of the Advisor, serves as the Fund’s Portfolio Manager. Mr. Miller has served the Fund in this capacity since the Fund commenced operations in 2015.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: The minimum initial investment in each share class of the Fund is $2,500 for a regular account, $2,500 for an IRA account, or $100 for an automatic investment plan account. The minimum subsequent investment in the Fund is $50. You may purchase and redeem shares of the Fund on any day that the New York Stock Exchange is open. Redemption requests may be made in writing, by telephone or through a financial intermediary to the Fund or the Transfer Agent and will be paid by check or wire transfer.
Tax Information: Dividends and capital gain distributions you receive from the Fund, whether you reinvest your distributions in additional Fund shares or receive them in cash, are taxable to you at either ordinary income or capital gains tax rates unless you are investing through a tax-deferred plan such as an IRA or 401(k) plan. If you are investing in a tax-deferred plan, distributions may be taxable upon withdrawal from the plan.
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 website for more information.
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