ASG GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES FUND
Supplement dated October 31, 2018 to the Prospectus of the ASG Global Alternatives Fund (the Fund), dated May 1, 2018, as may be revised and supplemented from time to time:
Effective October 31, 2018, the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table and the Example table within the section Fund Fees & Expenses are amended and restated as follows with respect to the Fund:
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class A | Class C | Class N | Class T | Class Y | ||||||||||||||||
Management fees |
1.15 | % | 1.15 | % | 1.15 | % | 1.15 | % | 1.15 | % | ||||||||||
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees |
0.25 | % | 1.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||
Other expenses |
0.17 | % | 0.17 | % | 0.11 | % | 0.17 | %1 | 0.17 | % | ||||||||||
Acquired fund fees and expenses2 |
0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | ||||||||||
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Total annual fund operating expenses |
1.59 | % | 2.34 | % | 1.28 | % | 1.59 | % | 1.34 | % | ||||||||||
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement3 |
0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
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Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement |
1.58 | % | 2.33 | % | 1.28 | % | 1.58 | % | 1.33 | % | ||||||||||
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1 | Other expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year. |
2 | The expense information shown in the table above differs from the expense information disclosed in the Funds financial highlights table because the financial highlights table reflects the operating expenses of the Fund and does not include acquired fund fees and expenses. |
3 | AlphaSimplex Group, LLC (AlphaSimplex or the Adviser) has given a binding contractual undertaking to the Fund to limit the amount of the Funds total annual fund operating expenses to 1.54%, 2.29%, 1.24%, 1.54% and 1.29% of the Funds average daily net assets for Class A, Class C, Class N, Class T and Class Y shares, respectively, exclusive of brokerage expenses, interest expense, substitute dividend expenses on securities sold short, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, organizational and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation and indemnification expenses. This undertaking is in effect through April 30, 2020 and may be terminated before then only with the consent of the Funds Board of Trustees. The Adviser will be permitted to recover, on a class by class basis, management fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed to the extent that expenses in later periods fall below the applicable expense limitations for Class A, Class C, Class N, Class T and Class Y shares. The Fund will not be obligated to repay any such waived/reimbursed fees and expenses more than one year after the end of the fiscal year in which the fee/expense was waived/reimbursed. |
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 (except where indicated). The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds operating expenses remain the same, except that the examples for Class A, Class C, Class T and Class Y are based on the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement assuming that such waiver and/or reimbursement will only be in place through the date noted above and on the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the remaining periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
If shares are redeemed: |
1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | ||||||||||||
Class A |
$ | 726 | $ | 1,047 | $ | 1,389 | $ | 2,354 | ||||||||
Class C |
$ | 336 | $ | 729 | $ | 1,249 | $ | 2,675 | ||||||||
Class N |
$ | 130 | $ | 406 | $ | 702 | $ | 1,545 | ||||||||
Class T |
$ | 407 | $ | 738 | $ | 1,093 | $ | 2,091 | ||||||||
Class Y |
$ | 135 | $ | 423 | $ | 733 | $ | 1,611 | ||||||||
If shares are not redeemed: |
1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | ||||||||||||
Class C |
$ | 236 | $ | 729 | $ | 1,249 | $ | 2,675 |