0001628280-18-007867.txt : 20180614 0001628280-18-007867.hdr.sgml : 20180614 20180614142018 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001628280-18-007867 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BXT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180614 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180614 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GUGGENHEIM FUNDS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000088525 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-19458 FILM NUMBER: 18898883 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS STREET 2: 805 KING FARM BOULEVARD, SUITE 600 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 BUSINESS PHONE: 301.296.5100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS STREET 2: 805 KING FARM BOULEVARD, SUITE 600 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SECURITY EQUITY FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GUGGENHEIM FUNDS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000088525 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-01136 FILM NUMBER: 18898882 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS STREET 2: 805 KING FARM BOULEVARD, SUITE 600 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 BUSINESS PHONE: 301.296.5100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS STREET 2: 805 KING FARM BOULEVARD, SUITE 600 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SECURITY EQUITY FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 0000088525 S000046433 Guggenheim Multi-Asset Fund C000145102 A-Class GIQAX C000145103 C-Class GIQCX C000145104 Institutional Class GIQIX 485BXT 1 gft6142018485bxtmultiasset.htm 485BXT Document


As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2018

Registration No. 811-01136
Registration No. 002-19458

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
Post-Effective Amendment No.
249
 
x
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
 
Amendment No.
249
 
x
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
GUGGENHEIM FUNDS TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
702 KING FARM BOULEVARD, SUITE 200, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20850
(Address of Principal Executive Offices/Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code:
(301) 296-5100
Copies To:
Amy J. Lee
702 King Farm Boulevard
Suite 200
Rockville, MD 20850
Julien Bourgeois
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
(Name and address of Agent for Service)
Approximate date of public offering: July 13, 2018
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
o
immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
x
on July 13, 2018 pursuant to paragraph (b)
o
60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
o
on _____________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
o
75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
o
on _____________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:
x
this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment




EXPLANATORY NOTE

Post-Effective Amendment No. 144 (the “Amendment”) to the Registration Statement of Guggenheim Funds Trust (the “Registrant”) was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933 on June 13, 2014 for the purpose of registering a new series of the Registrant, Guggenheim Multi-Asset Fund. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 249 is being filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the purpose of designating July 13, 2018 as the new date upon which the Amendment shall become effective. The effectiveness of the Amendment was previously delayed pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 146, as filed August 26, 2014; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 147, as filed September 3, 2014; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 149, as filed September 10, 2014; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 151, as filed September 24, 2014; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 154, as filed October 8, 2014; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 155, as filed October 22, 2014; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 156, as filed November 5, 2014; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 159, as filed December 3, 2014; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 162, as filed December 31, 2014; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 167, as filed January 29, 2015; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 169, as filed February 26, 2015; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 171, as filed March 26, 2015; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 172, as filed April 23, 2015; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 175, as filed May 21, 2015; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 177, as filed June 18, 2015; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 178, as filed July 16, 2015; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 179, as filed August 13, 2015; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 181, as filed September 11, 2015; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 182, as filed October 7, 2015; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 183, as filed November 4, 2015; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 188, as filed December 2, 2015; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 190, as filed December 30, 2015; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 192, as filed January 28, 2016; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 195, as filed February 25, 2016; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 198, as filed March 24, 2016; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 199, as filed April 22, 2016; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 201, as filed May 19, 2016; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 202, as filed June 16, 2016; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 203, as filed July 14, 2016; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 204, as filed August 11, 2016; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 205, as filed September 8, 2016; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 206, as filed October 6, 2016; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 207, as filed November 3, 2016; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 209, as filed December 1, 2016; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 210, as filed December 29, 2016; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 211, as filed January 26, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 217, as filed February 23, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 220, as filed March 23, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 223, as filed April 20, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 226, as filed May 19, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 228, as filed June 15, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 231, as filed July 13th, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 233, as filed August 9, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 235, as filed September 7, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective amendment No. 236, as filed October 6, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 237, as filed November 2, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 238, as filed November 30, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 239, as filed December 28, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 240, as filed January 25, 2018; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 245, as filed February 22, 2018; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 246, as filed March 22, 2018; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 247, as filed April 19, 2018; and pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 248, as filed May 17, 2018. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 249 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of the Amendment.






SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (“1933 Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 249 under Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 249 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rockville, and State of Maryland on the 14th day of June 2018.
 
GUGGENHEIM FUNDS TRUST
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ BRIAN E. BINDER
 
Brian E. Binder, President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the 14th day of June 2018.

Jerry B. Farley
Trustee

Donald A. Chubb, Jr.
Trustee

Maynard F. Oliverius
Trustee

Randall C. Barnes
Trustee

Roman Friedrich III
Trustee

Ronald A. Nyberg
Trustee

Ronald E. Toupin, Jr.
Trustee


 
GUGGENHEIM FUNDS TRUST
By:
/s/ AMY J. LEE
 
Amy J. Lee, Trustee, Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Attorney-In-Fact for the Trustees Whose Names Appear Opposite
By:
/s/ JOHN L. SULLIVAN
 
John L. Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
By:
/s/ BRIAN E. BINDER
 
Brian E. Binder, President and Chief Executive Officer