NATIXIS FUNDS
Supplement dated August 20, 2020 to the Statement of Additional Information dated, May 1, 2020, as may be revised or supplemented from time to time, for the following Funds:
AlphaSimplex Global Alternatives Fund |
Gateway Equity Call Premium Fund | |
AlphaSimplex Managed Futures Strategy Fund |
Gateway Fund | |
AlphaSimplex Multi-Asset Fund |
Loomis Sayles Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund | |
AlphaSimplex Tactical U.S. Market Fund |
Loomis Sayles Strategic Alpha Fund |
Effective immediately, item (5) listed under the second paragraph in the section Portfolio Holdings Information is amended and restated as follows:
(5) | Disclosure to Natixis Investment Managers, LLC (Natixis Investment Managers), in order to satisfy certain reporting obligations to its parent company and for its own risk management purposes; provided that Natixis Investment Managers agrees to maintain seed capital invested in the Funds for a set period and does not effect a redemption of Fund shares while in possession of information that is not publicly available to other investors in the Fund. Natixis Investment Managers and its parent utilize a third-party service provider, Aptimum Formation Développment (Aptimum), to assist with its analysis of risk. Any sharing of holdings information with Aptimum is subject to a confidentiality agreement; and |
Effective immediately, the information for ICE Data Services in the table under the third paragraph in the section Portfolio Holdings Information is amended and restated as follows:
Entity |
Fund(s) |
Holdings |
Frequency |
Purpose | ||||
ICE Data Services | All Funds | Full portfolio holdings | Daily | Performing functions related to the liquidity classification of investments, and facilitating reporting to Natixis Investment Managers as disclosed previously in this section |
NATIXIS FUNDS
Supplement dated August 20, 2020 to the Statement of Additional Information dated, April 1, 2020, as may be revised or supplemented from time to time, for the following Funds:
Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund |
Vaughan Nelson Select Fund | |
Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund |
Effective immediately, item (5) listed under the second paragraph in the section Portfolio Holdings Information is amended and restated as follows:
(5) | Disclosure to Natixis Investment Managers, LLC (Natixis Investment Managers), in order to satisfy certain reporting obligations to its parent company and for its own risk management purposes; provided that Natixis Investment Managers agrees to maintain seed capital invested in the Funds for a set period and does not effect a redemption of Fund shares while in possession of information that is not publicly available to other investors in the Fund. Natixis Investment Managers and its parent utilize a third-party service provider, Aptimum Formation Développment (Aptimum), to assist with its analysis of risk. Any sharing of holdings information with Aptimum is subject to a confidentiality agreement; |
Effective immediately, the information for ICE Data Services in the table under the third paragraph in the section Portfolio Holdings Information is amended and restated as follows:
Entity |
Fund(s) |
Holdings |
Frequency |
Purpose | ||||
ICE Data Services | All Funds | Full portfolio holdings | Daily | Performing functions related to the liquidity classification of investments, and facilitating reporting to Natixis Investment Managers as disclosed previously in this section |
NATIXIS FUNDS
Supplement dated August 20, 2020 to the Statement of Additional Information dated, May 1, 2020, as may be revised or supplemented from time to time, for the following Funds:
Loomis Sayles High Income Fund |
Natixis Oakmark Fund | |
Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund |
Natixis Oakmark International Fund | |
Mirova Global Green Bond Fund |
Natixis U.S. Equity Opportunities Fund | |
Mirova Global Sustainable Equity Fund |
Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund | |
Mirova International Sustainable Equity Fund |
Vaughan Nelson Mid Cap Fund |
Effective immediately, item (5) listed under the second paragraph in the section Portfolio Holdings Information is amended and restated as follows:
(5) | Disclosure to Natixis Investment Managers, LLC (Natixis Investment Managers), in order to satisfy certain reporting obligations to its parent company and for its own risk management purposes; provided that Natixis Investment Managers agrees to maintain seed capital invested in the Funds for a set period and does not effect a redemption of Fund shares while in possession of information that is not publicly available to other investors in the Fund. Natixis Investment Managers and its parent utilize a third-party service provider, Aptimum Formation Développment (Aptimum), to assist with its analysis of risk. Any sharing of holdings information with Aptimum is subject to a confidentiality agreement; and |
Effective immediately, the fourth paragraph in the section Portfolio Holdings Information is amended to include the following:
As of the date of this supplement, ICE Data Services receives information (daily disclosure of full portfolio holdings) pursuant to exception (6) above, for the purpose of liquidity classification of investments and facilitating reporting to Natixis Investment Managers as disclosed previously in this section;