0001450791-12-000150.txt : 20120710 0001450791-12-000150.hdr.sgml : 20120710 20120710093754 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001450791-12-000150 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120710 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120710 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20120710 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UBS FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000886244 IRS NUMBER: 367056204 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-47287 FILM NUMBER: 12954608 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O UBS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT (AMERICA STREET 2: ONE NORTH WACKER DR. CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 BUSINESS PHONE: 312-525-7100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O UBS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT (AMERICA STREET 2: ONE NORTH WACKER DR. CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BRINSON FUNDS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920929 0000886244 S000002977 UBS High Yield Fund C000008174 CLASS A BNHYX C000008176 CLASS C BNHCX C000008177 CLASS Y BIHYX 0000886244 S000002978 UBS U.S. Large Cap Equity Fund C000008178 Class A BNEQX C000008180 CLASS C BNQCX C000008181 CLASS Y BPEQX 0000886244 S000002979 UBS GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND C000008182 CLASS A BNGLX C000008184 CLASS C BNPCX C000008185 CLASS Y BPGLX 0000886244 S000002980 UBS INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND C000008186 CLASS A BNIEX C000008188 CLASS C BNICX C000008189 CLASS Y BNUEX 0000886244 S000002981 UBS CORE PLUS BOND FUND C000008190 CLASS A BNBDX C000008192 CLASS C BNOCX C000008193 CLASS Y BPBDX 0000886244 S000002982 UBS U.S. EQUITY OPPORTUNITY FUND C000008194 CLASS A BNVAX C000008196 CLASS C BNVCX C000008197 CLASS Y BUSVX 0000886244 S000002984 UBS GLOBAL BOND FUND C000008202 CLASS A BNGBX C000008204 CLASS C BNDCX C000008205 CLASS Y BPGBX 0000886244 S000002985 UBS U.S. SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND C000008206 CLASS A BNSCX C000008208 CLASS C BNMCX C000008209 CLASS Y BISCX 0000886244 S000003132 UBS GLOBAL EQUITY FUND C000008491 CLASS A BNGEX C000008493 CLASS C BNECX C000008494 CLASS Y BPGEX 0000886244 S000003135 UBS DYNAMIC ALPHA FUND C000008503 CLASS A BNAAX C000008505 CLASS C BNACX C000008506 CLASS Y BNAYX 0000886244 S000013001 UBS U.S. Equity Alpha Fund C000035135 Class A BEAAX C000035136 Class C BEACX C000035137 Class Y BEAYX 0000886244 S000017860 UBS Global Frontier Fund C000049576 Class A BGFAX C000049577 Class C BGFCX C000049578 Class Y BGFYX 0000886244 S000029392 UBS Market Neutral Multi-Strategy Fund C000090281 CLASS A C000090282 CLASS C C000090283 CLASS Y 0000886244 S000030411 UBS Fixed Income Opportunities Fund C000093446 CLASS A C000093447 CLASS C C000093448 CLASS Y 0000886244 S000036835 UBS Multi-Asset Income Fund C000112651 Class A C000112652 Class C C000112653 Class Y 497 1 posaisupplement.htm posaisupplement.htm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The UBS Funds
 
 
 Prospectus Supplement
 



The UBS Funds
UBS Dynamic Alpha Fund
UBS Global Allocation Fund
UBS Global Frontier Fund
UBS Multi-Asset Income Fund
UBS Global Equity Fund
UBS International Equity Fund
UBS Market Neutral Multi-Strategy Fund
UBS U.S. Large Cap Equity Fund
UBS U.S. Small Cap Growth Fund
UBS U.S. Equity Alpha Fund
UBS U.S. Equity Opportunity Fund
Prospectus Supplement


July 10, 2012

Dear Investor,

The purpose of this supplement is to update the Prospectuses of The UBS Funds (the “Trust”) to expand the categories of investors eligible to purchase Class A shares of the series of The UBS Funds without the imposition of a front-end sales charge.  Effective July 31, 2012, clients in certain self-directed investment brokerage accounts of broker-dealers or other financial institutions with an appropriate agreement in place with UBS Global Asset Management (US) Inc. (“UBS Global AM (US)”) will be able to purchase Class A shares of the applicable funds with the front-end sales charge waived.

Accordingly, the Prospectuses are hereby revised as follows:

The sections in the Prospectuses captioned “Managing your fund account”, sub-headed “Sales charge waivers for Class A, Class B and Class C shares” and sub-captioned “Class A front-end sales charge waivers” are revised by adding the following numbered sentence after the final numbered sentence under that sub-caption:

10. Broker-dealers or other financial institutions that have entered into an agreement with UBS Global AM (US), on behalf of clients participating in certain self-directed investment brokerage accounts, in which clients may or may not pay a transaction fee to the broker-dealer or financial institution.

PLEASE BE SURE TO RETAIN THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.


ZS-565

 
 

 

 
 
   
 
The UBS Funds
 
 
 Prospectus Supplement
 


The UBS Funds
UBS Core Plus Bond Fund
UBS Fixed Income Opportunities Fund
UBS Global Bond Fund
UBS High Yield Fund
Prospectus Supplement


July 10, 2012
 
 
Dear Investor,

The purpose of this supplement is to update the Prospectus for the above-listed series of The UBS Funds (the “Trust”), as follows:

I.           Effective on July 10, 2012, Scott E. Dolan, John Dugenske, Craig G. Ellinger and Brian Fehrenbach replaced Michael Dow as portfolio manager for the UBS Core Plus Bond Fund.

Therefore, the reference to Mr. Dow under the heading “Portfolio manager” on page 6 of the Prospectus for the UBS Core Plus Bond Fund, is deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following:

•           Scott E. Dolan portfolio manager of the Fund since July 10, 2012
•           John Dugenske portfolio manager of the Fund since July 10, 2012
•           Craig G. Ellinger portfolio manager of the Fund since July 10, 2012
•           Brian Fehrenbach portfolio manager of the Fund since July 10, 2012

In addition, the section under the heading “Management” and the sub-heading “Portfolio management – UBS Core Plus Bond Fund” on page 46 of the Prospectus is deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following:

UBS Core Plus Bond Fund
Scott E. Dolan, John Dugenske, Craig G. Ellinger and Brian Fehrenbach are the members of the investment management team and are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio.  Messrs. Dolan, Dugenske, Ellinger and Fehrenbach have access to a globally integrated team of credit analysts and other members of the Fixed Income investment management team who may contribute to research, security selection and portfolio construction. Messrs. Dolan, Dugenske, Ellinger and Fehrenbach are responsible for the overall portfolio and for reviewing the overall composition of the portfolio to ensure its compliance with the Fund’s stated investment objectives and strategies. Information about the portfolio management team is provided below.
 
Scott E. Dolan is the Co-Head of Multi-Sector Strategies and a Managing Director at UBS Global AM (Americas). Prior to joining UBS Global Asset Management in 2008, Mr. Dolan was a managing director and head of securitized assets for Citigroup Alternative Investments. Prior to joining Citigroup, Mr. Dolan was a managing director and head of mortgages and structured assets for Bear Stearns Asset Management and a senior mortgage trader at the Clinton Group. Mr. Dolan also worked at Deutsche Asset Management as a managing director and co-head of the Rates Group responsible for strategy, security selection and trading for MBS, ABS, agencies and treasuries. Mr. Dolan started his career at Scudder, Stevens and Clark, where he managed total return fixed income mutual funds and institutional portfolios.  Mr. Dolan has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since July 2012.
 
John Dugenske is the Head of North American Fixed Income and a Managing Director at UBS Global AM (Americas). Prior to joining UBS Global Asset Management in 2009, Mr. Dugenske spent over four years at the former asset management business of Lehman Brothers, which encompassed Lehman Brothers Asset Management and Neuberger Berman, where he most recently held the position of Head of European and Middle East Fixed Income, based in London.  Mr. Dugenske has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since July 2012.
 
 
 
 

 
 
Craig G. Ellinger is Managing Director and Head of Global High Yield and US Investment Grade Credit at UBS Global Asset Management. Mr. Ellinger has been an investment professional with UBS Global Asset Management since 2000 and a portfolio manager of the Fund since July 2012.
 
Brian Fehrenbach is the Co-Head of Multi-Sector Strategies and a Managing Director at UBS Global AM (Americas). Prior to joining UBS Global Asset Management in 2006, Mr. Fehrenbach was a managing director in a global strategic trading unit at Bank of America in Chicago, where he primarily managed a US rate derivatives portfolio. Additionally, Mr. Fehrenbach was the global head of rate derivative and currency trading at Fleet Boston prior to the merger with Bank of America in 2004.  Mr. Fehrenbach has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since July 2012.
 
II.           The Prospectus is amended to expand the categories of investors eligible to purchase Class A shares of the series of The UBS Funds without the imposition of a front-end sales charge.  Effective July 31, 2012, clients in certain self-directed investment brokerage accounts of broker-dealers or other financial institutions with an appropriate agreement in place with UBS Global Asset Management (US) Inc. (“UBS Global AM (US)”) will be able to purchase Class A shares of the applicable funds with the front-end sales charge waived.

Accordingly, the Prospectus is hereby revised as follows:

The sections in the Prospectus captioned “Managing your fund account”, sub-headed “Sales charge waivers for Class A, Class B and Class C shares” and sub-captioned “Class A front-end sales charge waivers” are revised by adding the following numbered sentence after the final numbered sentence under that sub-caption:

10. Broker-dealers or other financial institutions that have entered into an agreement with UBS Global AM (US), on behalf of clients participating in certain self-directed investment brokerage accounts, in which clients may or may not pay a transaction fee to the broker-dealer or financial institution.

PLEASE BE SURE TO RETAIN THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
 
 


ZS-566

 
 

 
 
 
 
   
 
The UBS Funds
 
 
  SAI Supplement
 

 
 

The UBS Funds
Supplement to the Statement of Additional Information


July 10, 2012

Dear Investor,

The purpose of this supplement is to update the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) of the UBS Core Plus Bond Fund series (the “Fund”) of The UBS Funds dated October 28, 2011, as follows:

1.           Effective July 10, 2012, Scott E. Dolan, John Dugenske, Craig G. Ellinger and Brian Fehrenbach replaced Michael Dow as portfolio manager for the UBS Core Plus Bond Fund.  Therefore, the references to Messrs. Dow, Dolan, Ellinger and Fehrenbach on page 73 of the SAI under the heading “Investment advisory, principal underwriting and other service arrangements” and the sub-heading “Portfolio managers” are deleted in their entirety and replaced by the following:
 
Portfolio Manager (Funds managed)
Registered Investment Companies
Other Pooled
Investment Vehicles
Other Accounts
 
Number
Assets Managed (in millions)
Number
Assets Managed (in millions)
Number
Assets Managed (in millions)
Scott E. Dolan#
(UBS Core Plus Bond Fund, UBS Fixed Income Opportunities Fund)
1
$77
2*
$6,114
4
$0**
John Dugenske#***
(UBS Core Plus Bond Fund)
0
$0
0
$0
0
$0
Craig G. Ellinger#
5
$604
8*
$2,316
4
$0**
(UBS Core Plus Bond Fund, UBS High Yield Fund)
           
Brian Fehrenbach#
(UBS Core Plus Bond Fund, UBS Fixed Income Opportunities Fund)
1
$77
3*
$200
8
$4
 
             
# Information for  Messrs. Dolan, Dugenske, Ellinger and Fehrenbach is as of December 31, 2011.
* All accounts were calculated at an exchange rate as of December 30, 2011 of 1.0647.
** Accounts have assets less than $1 million.
*** Mr. Dugenske became a portfolio manager of the UBS Core Plus Bond Fund on July 9, 2012.
 
2.           The references to Messrs. Dow, Dolan, Ellinger and Fehrenbach on page 76 of the SAI under the heading “Investment advisory, principal underwriting and other service arrangements” and the sub-heading “Portfolio managers” are deleted in their entirety and replaced by the following:
 
Portfolio Manager/Fund*
Range of shares owned**
Scott E. Dolan#
UBS Core Plus Bond Fund
UBS Fixed Income Opportunities Fund
None
$1-$10,000
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
John Dugenske #
UBS Core Plus Bond Fund
None
Craig G. Ellinger#
UBS Core Plus Bond Fund
UBS High Yield Fund
None
None
Brian Fehrenbach#
UBS Core Plus Bond Fund
UBS Fixed Income Opportunities Fund
None
$100,0001 - $500,000
 
#     Information for  Messrs. Dolan, Dugenske, Ellinger and Fehrenbach is as of December 31, 2011.



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ZS-567

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