such as housing, food, transportation and energy. There can be no assurance that the CPIU will accurately measure the real rate of inflation in the prices of goods and
services, which may affect the valuation of the Underlying Fund.
Credit/Default Risk (The Fund and one or more Underlying Funds). An issuer or guarantor of fixed income securities held by the Fund and/or an Underlying Fund (which
may have low credit ratings) may default on its obligation to pay interest and repay principal or default on any other obligation. Additionally, the credit quality of securities may deteriorate rapidly, which may impair the
Fund's and/or an Underlying Fund’s liquidity and cause significant net asset value (“NAV”) deterioration. These risks are more pronounced in connection with the Fund’s and/or an Underlying Fund's
investments in non-investment grade fixed income securities.
Deflation
Risk (One or more Underlying
Funds). The Underlying Fund will be subject to the risk that prices throughout the economy may decline over time, resulting in “deflation.” If this occurs, the principal and income of
inflation protected securities held by the Underlying Fund would likely decline in price, which could result in losses for the Underlying Fund.
Derivatives Risk (The Fund and one or more Underlying
Funds). The Fund's and/or an Underlying Fund's use of forwards, swaps, options on swaps, structured securities and other derivative instruments may result in losses. These instruments,
which may pose risks in addition to and greater than those associated with investing directly in securities, currencies or other instruments, may be illiquid or less liquid, volatile, difficult to price and
leveraged so that small changes in the value of the underlying instruments may produce disproportionate losses to the Fund and/or an Underlying Fund. Certain derivatives are also subject to counterparty risk, which is
the risk that the other party in the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligations. The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated
with investments in more traditional securities and instruments.
Dividend-Paying Investments Risk (The Fund and one or more Underlying Funds). The Underlying Fund’s investments in dividend-paying securities could cause the Underlying Fund to underperform other funds. Securities
that pay dividends, as a group, can fall out of favor with the market, causing such securities to underperform securities that do not pay dividends. Depending upon market conditions and political and
legislative responses to such conditions, dividend-paying securities that meet the Underlying Fund’s investment criteria may not be widely available and/or may be highly concentrated in only a few market
sectors. In addition, issuers that have paid regular dividends or distributions to shareholders may not continue to do so at the same level or at all in the future. This may limit the ability of the Underlying Fund
to produce current income.
Energy Sector Risk (One or more Underlying Funds). The MLP Energy Infrastructure Fund concentrates its investments in the energy sector, and will therefore be susceptible
to adverse economic, business, social, political, environmental, regulatory or other occurrences affecting that sector. The energy sector has historically experienced substantial price volatility. Energy infrastructure
master limited partnership (“MLP”) investments, energy infrastructure companies and other companies operating in the energy sector are subject to specific risks, including, among others: fluctuations in
commodity price and/or interest rates; increased government or environment regulation; reduced consumer demand for commodities such as oil, natural gas or petroleum products; reduced availability of natural gas
or other commodities for transporting, processing, storing or delivering; slowdowns in new
construction; extreme weather or other natural disasters; and threats of
attack by terrorists on energy assets. Energy companies can be significantly affected by the supply of, and demand for, particular energy products (such as oil and
natural gas), which may result in overproduction or underproduction. Additionally, changes in the regulatory environment for energy companies may adversely impact their profitability. Over time, depletion
of natural gas reserves and other energy reserves may also affect the profitability of energy
companies.
During periods of heightened volatility, energy products
that are burdened with debt may seek bankruptcy relief. Bankruptcy laws may permit the
revocation or renegotiation of contracts between energy producers and MLPs/energy infrastructure companies, which could have a dramatic impact on the ability of MLPs/energy infrastructure companies to pay distributions to its
investors, including the MLP Energy Infrastructure Fund, which in turn could impact the ability of the Underlying Fund to pay dividends and dramatically impact the value of the Underlying
Fund’s investments.
Expenses Risk (The Fund). By
investing in pooled investment vehicles (including investment companies, ETFs and money market funds, partnerships and real estate investment trusts (“REITs”)) indirectly through the Fund, the
investor will incur not only a proportionate share of the expenses of the other pooled investment vehicles, partnerships and REITs held by the Fund (including operating costs and investment management fees), but also the
expenses of the Fund.
Foreign and Emerging Countries
Risk (The Fund and one or more Underlying Funds). Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of more or less foreign government regulation;
less public information; less stringent investor protections; less stringent accounting,
corporate governance, financial reporting and disclosure standards; and less economic, political and social stability in the countries in which the Fund and/or an Underlying Fund invests. The imposition of exchange controls
(including repatriation restrictions), sanctions, confiscations, trade restrictions (including tariffs) and other government restrictions by the United States and other governments, or from problems in share
registration, settlement or custody, may also result in losses. Foreign risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign
currency (or other instruments through which the Fund and/or an Underlying Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short
periods of time. These risks may be more pronounced in connection with the Fund and/or an Underlying Fund’s investments in securities of issuers located in, or otherwise economically tied to, emerging
countries.
Geographic Risk (The Fund and one
or more Underlying Funds). If the Fund and/or an Underlying Fund focuses their investments in issuers located in a particular country or geographic region, the Fund and/or an Underlying Fund may be
subjected to a greater extent than if investments were less focused, to the risks of volatile economic cycles and/or conditions and developments that may be particular to that country or region, such as: adverse
securities markets; adverse exchange rates; adverse social, political, regulatory, economic, business, environmental or other developments; or natural disasters.
Industry Concentration Risk
(One or more Underlying Funds). The Global Real Estate Securities Fund and International Real
Estate Securities Fund concentrate their investments in the real estate industry, which has
historically experienced substantial price volatility. This concentration subjects the Global Real Estate Securities and International Real Estate Securities Funds to greater risk of loss as a result of adverse economic,
business, political, environmental or other developments than if their investments were diversified across different industries.