Supplement dated March 13, 2017
to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus, each as
supplemented, of the following Fund:
Fund
|
Prospectus
and Summary Prospectus Dated |
Columbia
Acorn Trust |
|
Columbia
Acorn Emerging Markets FundSM |
5/1/2016
|
Effective March 14, 2017, the list
of portfolio managers under the caption “Fund Management” in the "Summary of the Fund" section of the Prospectus is hereby superseded and replaced with the following:
Portfolio
Manager |
|
Title
|
|
Role
with Fund |
|
Service
with the Fund Since |
Stephen
Kusmierczak, CFA |
|
Portfolio
Manager and Analyst |
|
Co-manager
or lead manager since inception in 2011 |
|
2011
|
Louis
J. Mendes, CFA |
|
Director
of International Research, Portfolio Manager and Analyst |
|
Co-manager
since inception in 2011 |
|
2011
|
Satoshi
Matsunaga, CFA |
|
Portfolio
Manager and Analyst |
|
Co-manager
since 2015 |
|
2011
|
The rest of the section remains
the same.
Effective March 14, 2017, the information
under the caption “Portfolio Managers” in the “More Information About the Fund — Primary Service Providers” section of the Prospectus is hereby superseded and replaced with the following:
Portfolio Managers
Information about the portfolio managers primarily responsible
for overseeing the Fund’s investments is shown below. The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers, including information relating to compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers, and ownership by the
portfolio managers of Fund shares.
Portfolio
Manager |
|
Title
|
|
Role
with Fund |
|
Service
with the Fund Since |
Stephen
Kusmierczak, CFA |
|
Portfolio
Manager and Analyst |
|
Co-manager
or lead manager since inception in 2011 |
|
2011
|
Louis
J. Mendes, CFA |
|
Director
of International Research, Portfolio Manager and Analyst |
|
Co-manager
since inception in 2011 |
|
2011
|
Satoshi
Matsunaga, CFA |
|
Portfolio
Manager and Analyst |
|
Co-manager
since 2015 |
|
2011
|
Mr. Kusmierczak has been associated with the Investment Manager or its predecessors as an investment professional since 2001 and has been a Vice President of the Trust since 2011. Mr. Kusmierczak began his investment career in 1999 and
earned a B.A. from Bowdoin College and an M.P.A. from Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Mr. Mendes has been associated
with the Investment Manager or its predecessors as an investment professional since 2001 and has been a Vice President of the Trust since 2005. Mr. Mendes began his investment career in 1986 and earned a B.A. from Columbia University and an M.I.M.
from the American Graduate School of International Management.
Mr. Matsunaga has been
associated with the Investment Manager or its predecessors as an investment professional since 2005 and has been a Vice President of the Trust since 2015. Mr. Matsunaga began his investment career in 2004 and earned a B.A. in Economics from Keio
University (Tokyo) and an M.B.A from the University of Michigan.
Shareholders should retain this Supplement for future
reference.