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UBS Engage For Impact Fund
UBS Engage For Impact Fund
Investment objective

The Fund seeks to maximize total return, consisting of capital appreciation and current income.

Fees and expenses

These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may qualify for a sales charge waiver or discount if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts and waivers, as well as eligibility requirements for each share class, is available from your financial advisor and in "Managing your fund account" beginning on page 112 of this prospectus and in "Reduced sales charges, additional purchase, exchange and redemption information and other services" beginning on page 96 of the Fund's statement of additional information ("SAI"). In addition to the fees and expenses described below, you may also be required to pay commissions or other fees to your broker for transactions in Class P shares. Shares of the Fund are available in classes other than Class P that have different fees and expenses.

Different intermediaries and financial professionals may make available different sales charge waivers or discounts. These variations are described in Appendix A beginning on page A-1 of this prospectus.

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees - UBS Engage For Impact Fund
Class A
Class P
Maximum front-end sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of offering price) 5.50% none
Maximum contingent deferred sales charge (load) (CDSC) (as a % of purchase or sales price, whichever is less) none [1] none
[1] ​  Purchases of $1 million or more that were not subject to a front-end sales charge are subject to a 1% CDSC if sold within one year of the purchase date.
Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses - UBS Engage For Impact Fund
Class A
Class P
Management fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees 0.25% none
Other expenses [1],[2] 0.76% 0.76%
Total annual fund operating expenses 1.76% 1.51%
Less management fee waiver/expense reimbursements [3] 0.66% 0.66%
Total annual fund operating expenses after management fee waiver/expense reimbursements [3] 1.10% 0.85%
[1] ​  "Other expenses" do not reflect any extraordinary expenses incurred during the most recent fiscal year, such as the costs associated with a proxy statement of the Fund. Had these expenses been included, "Other expenses" would have been 0.78%.
[2] ​  "Other expenses" for Class A are based on estimates for the current fiscal year. "Other expenses" include "Acquired fund fees and expenses," which were less than 0.01% of the average net assets of the Fund.
[3] ​  The Trust, with respect to the Fund, and UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc., the Fund's investment advisor and administrator ("UBS AM (Americas)" or the "Advisor"), have entered into a written agreement pursuant to which the Advisor has agreed to waive a portion of its management fees and/or to reimburse expenses (excluding expenses incurred through investment in other investment companies, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend expense and security loan fees for securities sold short and extraordinary expenses, such as proxy-related expenses) to the extent necessary so that the Fund's ordinary operating expenses (excluding expenses incurred through investment in other investment companies, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend expense and security loan fees for securities sold short and extraordinary expenses, such as proxy-related expenses), through the period ending October 28, 2024, do not exceed 1.10% for Class A shares and 0.85% for Class P shares. Pursuant to the written agreement, the Advisor is entitled to be reimbursed for any fees it waives and expenses it reimburses to the extent such reimbursement can be made during the three years following the period during which such fee waivers and expense reimbursements were made, provided that the reimbursement of the Advisor by the Fund will not cause the Fund to exceed the lesser of any applicable expense limit that is in place for the Fund (i) at the time of the waiver or reimbursement or (ii) at the time of the recoupment. The fee waiver/expense reimbursement agreement may be terminated by the Fund's Board of Trustees at any time and also will terminate automatically upon the expiration or termination of the Fund's advisory contract with the Advisor. Upon termination of the fee waiver/expense reimbursement agreement, however, UBS AM (Americas)'s three year recoupment rights will survive.
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 sell all of your shares at the end of those periods unless otherwise stated. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The costs described in the example reflect the expenses of the Fund that would result from the contractual fee waiver and expense reimbursement agreement with the Advisor for the first year only. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expense Example - UBS Engage For Impact Fund - USD ($)
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Class A 656 1,013 1,393 2,458
Class P 87 412 761 1,745
Portfolio turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 21% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal strategies


Principal investments

To achieve its investment objective, the Fund invests in or seeks exposure to companies based on various financial factors, material sustainability factors such as environmental, social and governance ("ESG") performance and on the current and potential ability of such companies to have a positive impact on human well-being and environmental quality, therefore promoting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), such as clean water and sanitation, clean energy, treatment of disease, food security and people empowerment.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests a substantial portion of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes, if any) in equity securities. Investments in equity securities may include, but are not limited to, dividend-paying securities, common stock and preferred stock of issuers located throughout the world; Global, European and American Depositary Receipts; equity securities of real estate investment trusts ("REITs"); as well as investment companies, including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"). The Fund may invest in issuers from both developed markets (including the United States) and emerging markets.

The Fund's investments may include investments in China A-shares (shares of companies based in mainland China that trade on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange).

The Advisor, on behalf of the Fund, intends to diversify broadly among countries, but reserves the right to invest a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in one or more countries if economic and business conditions warrant such investments. The Fund may invest in stocks of companies of any size.

The Fund may, but is not required to, use exchange traded or over-the-counter ("OTC") derivative instruments for risk management purposes or as part of the Fund's investment strategies. Generally, derivatives are financial contracts whose value depends upon, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate, index or other market factor and may relate to stocks, bonds, interest rates, credit, currencies or currency exchange rates, commodities and related indexes. The derivatives in which the Fund may invest include futures, forward currency agreements and equity participation notes. All of these derivatives may be used for risk management purposes to manage or adjust the risk profile of the Fund. Futures on currencies and forward currency agreements may also be used to hedge against a specific currency. In addition, all of the derivative instruments listed above may be used for investment (non-hedging) purposes to earn income; to enhance returns; to replace more traditional direct investments (except for forward currency agreements); or to obtain exposure to certain markets (except for forward currency agreements). The Fund also may use futures contracts on equity securities and indices to gain market exposure on its uninvested cash.

Under certain market conditions, the Fund may invest in companies at the time of their initial public offering ("IPO").

Management process

The Advisor seeks to invest in companies that the Advisor believes are attractively valued, that integrate sustainability factors into the business model to build a competitive advantage, whose products and services can create a positive impact on society and the environment (e.g., products and services with a primary or intended focus on consequential impact); and which have a clearly identified potential for additional positive impact that the Advisor intends to drive through engagement with the companies. In selecting individual securities for investment, the Advisor considers, among other factors:

•  Its assessment of fundamental valuation (price/intrinsic value) to seek attractively valued companies with strong financial performance;

•  Quantitative and qualitative ESG factors;

•  Quantitative and qualitative assessment of a company's current and potential impact on society and the environment; and

•  Advisor's ability to drive positive change in a company through engagement.

The Advisor aims to identify the best investment ideas with impact potential across the market capitalization spectrum, sectors and geographies within the eligible investment universe ("the impact universe"). Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity investments from this impact universe.

The impact universe is comprised of individual companies that have been identified as having revenue alignment with specific impact categories, such as, but not limited to, climate, health, water, food and empowerment that are aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The Advisor also may include companies whose impact potential, indicated by metrics such as research and development (R&D) spend are aligned with the impact categories described above. The portfolio management team uses quantitative and qualitative factors to identify companies that offer or manufacture products or services that meet the UN SDGs, such as clean water and sanitation products, clean energy, energy saving, treatment of disease, sustainable food system and food security, access to finance or education services.

Within the impact universe, the Advisor will employ a positive screening process to identify for investment securities of companies that provide solutions to significant global challenges through the impact of their products and services, that are attractive based on their fundamental valuation profile in addition to evaluating specific sustainability (ESG) factors as well as the ability of the Advisor to engage with the company's management on impact and ESG-related issues.

Engagement with portfolio companies on ESG and/or impact related topics is a key aspect of the Fund's strategy. Companies have the potential to create additional impact through improving or optimizing the use of their products and services throughout society as well as indirectly through changes to their operations and supply chain. The Advisor's portfolio management team, supported by the Sustainable Investing Research staff, will seek to deliver additional positive impact through engagement with management of companies held in the Fund's portfolio. The Advisor uses the UN SDGs to guide and frame engagement activities with companies held by the Fund. The Advisor will establish specific engagement goals, and measure and evaluate progress regularly in order to assess the impact of its engage-

ment efforts. The purpose of engagement with companies is to:

•  Support the company in improving the management of material ESG risks in its operations and supply chain;

•  Support the company in seizing material ESG opportunities; and

•  Support the company in assessing, measuring, reporting and increasing the positive impact of its products and services.

The Advisor uses a combination of ESG tools to aid stock selection. The Advisor uses an ESG Material Issues Framework to identify 3 to 5 of the most financially relevant factors, per sector, that can impact the investment thesis across different industry sectors. The universe of sustainability issues includes environmental factors such as global greenhouse gas emissions and wastewater management; social factors such as customer privacy and product safety; and governance factors such as critical and systemic risk management.

The Advisor also uses a proprietary risk tool to combine scores and data points from a number of reputable external research providers together with the UBS internal ESG model to flag companies with elevated sustainability risks. In addition, absolute ESG risks such as poor corporate governance and high ESG controversy levels are included in the Advisor's risk tool. Collectively, these inputs lead to an ESG Risk Signal which flags companies with high ESG risks. Once outliers are identified, the Advisor conducts more in-depth analysis to assess the material impact of the ESG risks.

The Advisor's assessment of the ability of public companies to generate impact is based upon impact measurement methodologies the Advisor has developed in partnership with academics from the fields of earth sciences and public health science to measure changes in human well-being and changes in environmental quality (e.g. reduction in air pollution, hospitalizations and biodiversity loss). The impact of the companies held in the Fund's portfolio is reviewed periodically, but impact measurement methodology may not necessarily cover all holdings in the Fund's portfolio at all times. In addition, the Advisor collects data on product output and outcome publicly reported by the companies themselves.

In addition, the Advisor excludes from the Fund's portfolio companies that manufacture products or engage in business activities viewed as having a negative social or environmental impact. Such products or business activities include certain controversial weapons, natural resource extraction activities, thermal coal power generation, and certain controversial behavior and business activities as well as the failure of a portfolio company to meet certain

engagement objectives identified by the Advisor. The Advisor may modify this list of negative screens at any time, without shareholder approval or notice.

Main risks
Performance

The performance information that follows shows the Fund's performance information in a bar chart and an average annual total returns table. There is no performance information quoted for the Class A shares of the Fund as the Class A shares have not completed a full calendar year of operations as of the date of this prospectus. Returns for Class A shares will differ from the Class P shares to the extent that the Class A shares are subject to shareholder services fees and/or distribution fees.

The information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual total returns compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The MSCI All Country World Index (net) reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes but is net of dividend tax withholding. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance for the Fund is available at www.ubs.com/us/en/assetmanagement/funds/mutual-fund-performance.

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. In addition, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold Fund shares through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns for other classes will vary from the Class P shares' after-tax returns shown.

Total return (Class P)*
Bar Chart

* 2019 is the Fund's first full year of operations.
Total return January 1 - September 30, 2023: 6.87%
Best quarter during calendar years shown—2Q 2020: 21.44%
Worst quarter during calendar years shown—1Q 2020: (25.51)%

Average annual total returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2022)
Average Annual Returns - UBS Engage For Impact Fund
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date
Class P (22.35%) 4.78% Oct. 24, 2018
After Taxes on Distributions | Class P (22.52%) 3.64%  
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | Class P (13.11%) 3.60%  
MSCI All Country World Index (net) (18.36%) 7.70%