Prospectus Supplement | October 2, 2023
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Dear Investor,
The purpose of this supplement is to update the information in the Prospectus relating to Class A and Class P shares, dated
Effective October 1, 2023, the Fund's primary benchmark changed from the MSCI All Country World ("ACWI") ex-US Index to the MSCI World ex-US Index.
The MSCI ACWI ex-US Index captures large and mid-cap equity representation across both Developed Markets countries (excluding the US) and Emerging Markets countries, while the MSCI World ex-US Index captures large and mid-cap equity representation solely across Developed Markets countries (excluding the US).
Therefore, the information under the heading "UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund-Fund Summary" and the sub-heading "Average annual total returns" is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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ZS-1237
The UBS Funds
Prospectus Supplement | October 2, 2023
Includes:
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Dear Investor,
The purpose of this supplement is to update the information in the Prospectus relating to Class P2 shares, dated October 28, 2022, as supplemented, for UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund (the "Fund"), a series of The UBS Funds, as follows:
Effective October 1, 2023, the Fund's primary benchmark changed from the MSCI All Country World ("ACWI") ex-US Index to the MSCI World ex-US Index.
The MSCI ACWI ex-US Index captures large and mid-cap equity representation across both Developed Markets countries (excluding the US) and Emerging Markets countries, while the MSCI World ex-US Index captures large and mid-cap equity representation solely across Developed Markets countries (excluding the US).
Therefore, the information under the heading "UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund-Fund Summary" and the sub-heading "Average annual total returns" is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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ZS-1238
The UBS Funds
Supplement to the Statements of Additional Information | October 2, 2023
Includes:
• UBS All China Equity Fund
• UBS Dynamic Alpha Fund
• UBS Emerging Markets Equity Opportunity Fund
• UBS Engage For Impact Fund
• UBS Global Allocation Fund
• UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund
• UBS U.S. Small Cap Growth Fund
• UBS Multi Income Bond Fund
• UBS Sustainable Development Bank Bond Fund
• UBS US Dividend Ruler Fund
• UBS US Quality Growth At Reasonable Price Fund
Dear Investor,
The purpose of this supplement is to update the information in the Statements of Additional Information ("SAIs"), dated October 28, 2022, with respect to the above-listed series of the UBS Funds (the "Trust"), and the SAI, dated March 13, 2023, with respect to Class P2 shares of UBS US Dividend Ruler Fund, a series of the Trust, as follows:
The Board of Trustees of the Trust approved Mark E. Carver to serve as President of the Trust, and, therefore, effective October 1, 2023, Mark E. Carver replaced Igor Lasun as President of the Trust.
Therefore, the fifth row under the heading "Management of the Trust" and the table titled "Officers" is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Name, address, and age |
Position(s) held with the trust |
Term of office and length of time served |
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Mark E. Carver* Age: 60 |
President |
Since October 2023 |
Mr. Carver is an executive director and senior member of UBS AM's Americas Products team (since rejoining UBS in January 2022). In addition to his Fund Board relations and governance role, he serves as a regional strategic product shelf manager, including UBS AM's strategic product alignment with UBS WM USA. Mr. Carver previously served in the role of President of the Trust from 2010 to 2018 before moving to a senior product role at UBS Wealth Management USA until 2020. Before rejoining UBS AM, Mr. Carver served in a consulting capacity for FLX Networks, a firm serving both the asset management and wealth management industries. He is president of 6 investment companies (consisting of 50 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager. |
(N.B. Above referenced footnote appears after the complete table in the SAI).
All references to Igor Lasun in the SAI are deleted in their entirety effective October 1, 2023.
PLEASE BE SURE TO RETAIN THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
ZS-1239
Document and Entity Information |
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Prospectus: | |
Document Type | 497 |
Document Period End Date | Sep. 29, 2023 |
Entity Registrant Name | The UBS Funds |
Entity Central Index Key | 0000886244 |
Entity Inv Company Type | N-1A |
Amendment Flag | false |
Document Creation Date | Sep. 29, 2023 |
Document Effective Date | Sep. 29, 2023 |
Prospectus Date | Oct. 28, 2022 |
Class A & P Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | CLASS A | |
Prospectus: | |
Trading Symbol | BNIEX |
Class A & P Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | CLASS P | |
Prospectus: | |
Trading Symbol | BNUEX |
Class P2 Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | Class P2 | |
Prospectus: | |
Trading Symbol | ESPTX |
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The UBS Funds Prospectus Supplement | October 2, 2023 Includes: • UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund Dear Investor, The purpose of this supplement is to update the information in the Prospectus relating to Class A and Class P shares, dated October 28, 2022, as supplemented, for UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund (the "Fund"), a series of The UBS Funds, as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Effective October 1, 2023, the Fund's primary benchmark changed from the MSCI All Country World ("ACWI") ex-US Index to the MSCI World ex-US Index. Therefore, the information under the heading "UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund-Fund Summary" and the sub-heading "Average annual total returns" is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average annual total returns (figures reflect sales charges) (for the periods ended December 31, 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class A & P Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | ||||
Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
Supplement to Prospectus [Text Block] | rr_SupplementToProspectusTextBlock | The UBS Funds Prospectus Supplement | October 2, 2023 Includes: • UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund Dear Investor, The purpose of this supplement is to update the information in the Prospectus relating to Class A and Class P shares, dated October 28, 2022, as supplemented, for UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund (the "Fund"), a series of The UBS Funds, as follows: |
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Risk/Return [Heading] | rr_RiskReturnHeading | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | ||
Performance Narrative [Text Block] | rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock | Effective October 1, 2023, the Fund's primary benchmark changed from the MSCI All Country World ("ACWI") ex-US Index to the MSCI World ex-US Index. Therefore, the information under the heading "UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund-Fund Summary" and the sub-heading "Average annual total returns" is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
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Performance Table Market Index Changed | rr_PerformanceTableMarketIndexChanged | Effective October 1, 2023, the MSCI World ex-US Index replaced the MSCI ACWI ex-US Index as the Fund's benchmark because it more closely aligns with the Fund's investment strategy. | ||
Performance Table Closing [Text Block] | rr_PerformanceTableClosingTextBlock | PLEASE BE SURE TO RETAIN THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. |
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Average Annual Return, Caption | rr_AverageAnnualReturnCaption | Average annual total returns (figures reflect sales charges) (for the periods ended December 31, 2021) | ||
Class A & P Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | MSCI ACWI ex-US Index | ||||
Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 7.82% | [1] | |
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 | 9.61% | [1] | |
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 | 7.28% | [1] | |
Class A & P Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | MSCI World ex-US Index | ||||
Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 12.62% | [1] | |
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 | 9.63% | [1] | |
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 | 7.84% | [1] | |
Class A & P Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | CLASS A | ||||
Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | (2.59%) | ||
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 | 7.87% | ||
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 | 7.45% | ||
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date | rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate | Jun. 30, 1997 | ||
Class A & P Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | CLASS P | ||||
Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 3.34% | ||
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 | 9.36% | ||
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 | 8.33% | ||
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date | rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate | Aug. 31, 1993 | ||
Class A & P Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | CLASS P | After Taxes on Distributions | ||||
Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 1.17% | ||
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 | 8.69% | ||
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 | 7.74% | ||
Class A & P Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | CLASS P | After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | ||||
Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 3.61% | ||
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 | 7.48% | ||
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 | 6.78% | ||
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Class P2 Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The UBS Funds Prospectus Supplement | October 2, 2023 Includes: • UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund Dear Investor, The purpose of this supplement is to update the information in the Prospectus relating to Class P2 shares, dated October 28, 2022, as supplemented, for UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund (the "Fund"), a series of The UBS Funds, as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Effective October 1, 2023, the Fund's primary benchmark changed from the MSCI All Country World ("ACWI") ex-US Index to the MSCI World ex-US Index. Therefore, the information under the heading "UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund-Fund Summary" and the sub-heading "Average annual total returns" is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average annual total returns (figures reflect sales charges) (for the periods ended December 31, 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class P2 Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | ||||
Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
Supplement to Prospectus [Text Block] | rr_SupplementToProspectusTextBlock | The UBS Funds Prospectus Supplement | October 2, 2023 Includes: • UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund Dear Investor, The purpose of this supplement is to update the information in the Prospectus relating to Class P2 shares, dated October 28, 2022, as supplemented, for UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund (the "Fund"), a series of The UBS Funds, as follows: |
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Risk/Return [Heading] | rr_RiskReturnHeading | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | ||
Performance Narrative [Text Block] | rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock | Effective October 1, 2023, the Fund's primary benchmark changed from the MSCI All Country World ("ACWI") ex-US Index to the MSCI World ex-US Index. Therefore, the information under the heading "UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund-Fund Summary" and the sub-heading "Average annual total returns" is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
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Performance Table Market Index Changed | rr_PerformanceTableMarketIndexChanged | Effective October 1, 2023, the MSCI World ex-US Index replaced the MSCI ACWI ex-US Index as the Fund's benchmark because it more closely aligns with the Fund's investment strategy. | ||
Performance Table Closing [Text Block] | rr_PerformanceTableClosingTextBlock | PLEASE BE SURE TO RETAIN THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. |
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Average Annual Return, Caption | rr_AverageAnnualReturnCaption | Average annual total returns (figures reflect sales charges) (for the periods ended December 31, 2021) | ||
Class P2 Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | MSCI ACWI ex-US Index | ||||
Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 7.82% | [1] | |
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception | 24.27% | [1] | |
Class P2 Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | MSCI World ex-US Index | ||||
Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 12.62% | [1] | |
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception | 30.00% | [1] | |
Class P2 Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | Class P2 | ||||
Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 4.14% | ||
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception | 20.34% | ||
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date | rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate | Oct. 30, 2020 | ||
Class P2 Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | Class P2 | After Taxes on Distributions | ||||
Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 1.76% | ||
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception | 17.75% | ||
Class P2 Prospectus | UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund | Class P2 | After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | ||||
Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 4.22% | ||
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception | 15.62% | ||
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