CAUSEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT TRUST
TABLE OF CONTENTS
As
with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and Exchange Commission
has not approved or disapproved of these securities or passed on the accuracy or
adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
This Prospectus contains information about Causeway
International Value Fund (the “International Value Fund”), Causeway Global Value
Fund (the “Global Value Fund”), Causeway Emerging Markets Fund (the “Emerging
Markets Fund”), Causeway International Opportunities Fund (the “International
Opportunities Fund”), and Causeway International Small Cap Fund (the
“International Small Cap Fund”) (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”),
each of which is a diversified series of Causeway Capital Management Trust (the
“Trust”). Causeway Capital Management LLC, each Fund’s investment adviser, is
referred to below as the “Investment Adviser.”
CAUSEWAY INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND
Investment Objective
The
Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital and
income.
Fees and Expenses
The
following table shows the fees and expenses that you pay if you buy, hold and
sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions
and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the
tables and example below.
Shareholder
Transaction Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
None
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the
value of your investment)
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Institutional |
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Investor |
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Management
Fees |
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0.80 |
% |
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0.80 |
% |
Other
Expenses |
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0.10 |
% |
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0.10 |
% |
Shareholder
Service Fees |
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None |
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0.25 |
% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
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0.90 |
% |
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1.15 |
% |
Expense
Reimbursement (1) |
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(0.02 |
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(0.02 |
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Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement |
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0.88 |
% |
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1.13 |
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(1) |
Under
the terms of an expense limit agreement, the Investment Adviser has agreed
to waive all or a portion of its advisory fee and, if necessary, reimburse
expenses to keep the Fund’s “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses”
(excluding brokerage fees and commissions, shareholder service fees,
interest, taxes, fees and expenses of other funds in which the Fund
invests, tax reclaim-related fees and expenses, and extraordinary
expenses) from exceeding 0.85% of the average daily net assets of each of
the Institutional Class and Investor Class shares. The expense limit
agreement will remain in effect until January 31,
2025 and may only be terminated earlier by the Fund’s
Board or upon termination of the Fund’s investment advisory
agreement. |
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
$10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your
shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses
remain the same. The example reflects the effect of the expense limit agreement
through January 31, 2025 only, and assumes no expense limit after that
time. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these
assumptions your costs would be:
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1 Year |
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3 Years |
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5 Years |
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10 Years |
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Institutional
Class |
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$ |
90 |
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$ |
285 |
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$ |
497 |
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$ |
1,106 |
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Investor
Class |
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$ |
115 |
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$ |
363 |
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$ |
631 |
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$ |
1,396 |
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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
54% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies and Risks
What are the Fund’s principal investment strategies?
The
Fund invests primarily in common stocks of companies in developed countries
outside the U.S. Normally, the Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in
stocks of companies in a number of foreign countries and invests the majority of
its total assets in companies that pay dividends or repurchase their shares. The
Fund may invest up to 15% of its total assets in companies in emerging (less
developed) markets.
The
Investment Adviser determines a company’s country by referring to: the stock
exchange where its securities are principally traded; where it is registered,
organized or incorporated; where its headquarters are located; its MSCI country
classification; where it derives at least 50% of its revenues or profits from
goods produced or sold, investments made, or services performed; or where at
least 50% of its assets are located. These categories are designed to identify
investments that are tied economically to, and subject to the risks of,
investing outside the U.S. The Fund considers a country to be an emerging market
if the country is included in the MSCI Emerging Markets
Index.
When
investing the Fund’s assets, the Investment Adviser follows a value style,
performing fundamental research supplemented by quantitative
analysis. Beginning with a universe of all publicly listed companies
throughout the non-U.S. developed and emerging markets, the Investment Adviser
applies market capitalization and liquidity thresholds to reduce investment
candidates to approximately 2,000 equity securities. The Investment Adviser uses
quantitative valuation screens to further narrow the potential investment
candidates. The Investment Adviser then performs fundamental research, which
generally includes company-specific research, company visits, and interviews of
suppliers, customers, competitors, industry analysts, and experts. The
Investment Adviser also applies a proprietary quantitative risk model to adjust
return forecasts based on risk assessments. This process results in
risk-adjusted return forecasts for a closely followed group of potential
investment candidates. Using a value style means that the Investment Adviser
buys stocks that it believes have lower prices than their true worth. For
example, stocks may be “undervalued” because the issuing companies are in
industries that are currently out of favor with investors. However, even in
those industries, certain companies may have high rates of growth of earnings
and be financially sound.
The
Investment Adviser considers whether a company has each of the following value
characteristics in purchasing or selling securities for the
Fund:
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Low
price-to-earnings ratio (stock price divided by earnings per share)
relative to the sector |
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High
yield (percentage rate of return paid on a stock in dividends and share
repurchases) relative to the market |
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Low
price-to-book value ratio (stock price divided by book value per share)
relative to the market |
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Low
price-to-cash flow ratio (stock price divided by net income plus non-cash
charges per share) relative to the
market |
Generally,
price-to-earnings ratio and yield are the most important
factors.
The
Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization, and is not required
to invest a minimum amount and is not limited to investing a maximum amount in
companies in any particular country.
What are the main risks of investing in the Fund?
Market and Selection Risk. As with any mutual fund, the Fund’s value,
and therefore the value of your Fund shares, may go down. This may occur because
the value of a particular stock or stock market in which the Fund invests is
falling, and it is possible that such changes will be sharp and unpredictable.
Global economies are increasingly interconnected, and political, economic and
other conditions and events (including, but not limited to, war, conflicts,
natural disasters, pandemics, epidemics, inflation/deflation and social unrest)
in one country or region might adversely impact a different country or region.
Also, the Investment Adviser may select securities that underperform the stock
market or other funds with similar investment objectives and investment
strategies.
The Investment Adviser’s use of quantitative screens and techniques may be
adversely affected if it relies on erroneous or outdated data. If the value of the Fund’s investments goes down, you may lose
money. We cannot guarantee that the Fund will achieve its
investment objective.
Foreign and Emerging Markets
Risks. Because
the Fund invests most of its assets in foreign securities, the Fund is subject
to further risks. For example, the value of the Fund’s securities may be
affected by social, political and economic developments and U.S. and foreign
laws relating to foreign investment. Further, because the Fund invests in
securities denominated in foreign currencies, the Fund’s securities may go down
in value depending on foreign exchange rates. Other risks include trading,
settlement, custodial, and other operational risks; withholding or other taxes;
and the less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards of some
foreign markets. All of these factors can make foreign securities less liquid,
more volatile and harder to value than U.S. securities. These risks are higher
for emerging markets investments.
Value Stock Risk. Value stocks, including those selected by
the Investment Adviser for the Fund, are subject to the risks that their
intrinsic value may never be realized by the market and that their prices may go
down. The Fund’s value discipline sometimes prevents or limits investments in
stocks that are in its benchmark index, the MSCI EAFE Index (Net).
Small and Medium Cap Risk. The Fund may invest in smaller and medium
capitalization issuers. The values of securities of smaller and medium
capitalization companies can be more sensitive to, and react differently to,
company, political, market, and economic developments than the market as a whole
and other types of securities. Because of these and other risks, securities of
smaller and medium capitalization companies tend to be more volatile and less
liquid than securities of larger capitalization companies. During some periods,
securities of smaller and medium capitalization
companies, as asset classes, have
underperformed the securities of larger capitalization companies.
Dividend-Paying Stock Risk. Dividend-paying stocks may underperform
non-dividend paying stocks (and the stock market as a whole) over any period of
time. The prices of dividend-paying stocks may decline as interest rates
increase. In addition, issuers of dividend-paying stocks typically have
discretion to defer or stop paying dividends. If the dividend-paying stocks held
by the Fund reduce or stop paying dividends, the Fund’s ability to generate
income may be adversely affected.
See
“Investment Risks” beginning on page 36 for more information about the risks
associated with the Fund.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank
deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or any other government agency.
The
Fund may be an appropriate investment if you:
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Are
seeking long-term growth of capital and can withstand the share price
volatility of equity investing. |
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Are
seeking to diversify a portfolio of equity securities to include foreign
securities. |
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Can
tolerate the increased volatility and currency fluctuations associated
with investments in foreign securities. |
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Are
willing to accept the risk that the value of your investment may decline
in order to seek long-term growth of capital and
income. |
Performance
The bar chart and the
performance table that follow provide some indication of the risks and
volatility 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
returns for one year, five and ten years, and since inception, compare with
those of a broad measure of market performance. The Fund’s past performance
(before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform
in the future. For current performance information, please visit
www.causewayfunds.com.
Institutional
Class:
During
the period shown in the bar chart, the best quarter was
27.32% (12/31/2020) and the
worst quarter was
-32.01% (3/31/2020).
Average
Annual Total Returns
After-tax returns are shown
for the Institutional Class only; after-tax returns for the Investor Class will
differ. 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.
Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your tax situation and may differ
from those shown. After-tax returns shown are
not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred
arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts
(IRAs).
For
the periods ended December 31, 2023:
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1 Year |
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5 Years |
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10 Years |
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Since Inception |
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(October 26,
2001) |
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Fund
Returns Before Taxes |
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27.33 |
% |
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10.39 |
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4.48 |
% |
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7.30 |
% |
Fund
Returns After Taxes on Distributions |
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26.36 |
% |
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9.83 |
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3.99 |
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6.66 |
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Fund
Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
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17.03 |
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8.28 |
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3.55 |
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6.22 |
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Investor Class |
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Fund
Returns Before Taxes |
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27.02 |
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10.12 |
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4.24 |
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7.04 |
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MSCI
EAFE Index (Gross) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
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18.85 |
% |
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8.69 |
% |
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4.78 |
% |
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6.31 |
% |
MSCI
EAFE Index (Net)* (reflects deduction for withholding taxes but not for
fees or expenses) |
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18.24 |
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8.16 |
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4.28 |
% |
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5.83 |
% |
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Effective the date of this
Prospectus, the Fund’s benchmark changed from the MSCI EAFE Index (Gross)
to the MSCI EAFE Index (Net). The MSCI EAFE Index (Gross) is
calculated to reflect reinvestment of distributions without any deductions
for tax withholdings on such distributions. The MSCI EAFE Index (Net)
is calculated to reflect reinvestment of distributions after accounting
for tax withholdings on such distributions by applying a maximum assumed
tax withholding rate. The Fund believes “net” benchmarks are
regularly used by other registered investment companies and generally
better align with the tax impact on the Fund’s foreign security
holdings. |
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Causeway
Capital Management LLC
Portfolio Managers
The
Fund is managed by the following team of portfolio managers:
Brian
Woonhyung Cho, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s
portfolio management team since 2021.
Jonathan
Eng, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s portfolio
management team since 2006.
Harry
Hartford, president and co-founder of the Investment Adviser, has served on the
Fund’s portfolio management team since 2001.
Sarah
Ketterer, chief executive officer and co-founder of the Investment Adviser, has
served on the Fund’s portfolio management team since 2001.
Ellen
Lee, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s portfolio
management team since 2015.
Conor
Muldoon, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s
portfolio management team since 2010.
Steven
Nguyen, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s portfolio
management team since 2019.
Alessandro
Valentini, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s
portfolio management team since 2013.
Purchase and Sale of
Fund Shares: You may
purchase, sell (redeem), or exchange shares of the Fund on any business day
through your broker, by writing to the Fund at P.O. Box 219085, Kansas City, MO
64121-7159, telephoning the Fund at 1-866-947-7000 or visiting the Fund’s
website at www.causewayfunds.com. Shares may be purchased
by
check or by wire, or through the automated clearing house. You may receive
redemption proceeds by wire or by check.
Investor
Class shares require a $5,000 minimum initial investment. Institutional Class
shares require a $1 million minimum initial investment. There are no minimum
amounts required for subsequent investments.
Tax
Information:
Distributions from the Fund are generally taxable to you as ordinary income or
long-term capital gain, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred
arrangement, such as an IRA or 401(k) plan.
Payments to
Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase shares of the Fund through
a broker or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its
related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and
related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by
influencing the broker or financial intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. For more information, ask your
salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website.
CAUSEWAY GLOBAL VALUE FUND
Investment Objective
The
Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital and
income.
Fees and Expenses
The
following table shows the fees and expenses that you pay if you buy, hold and
sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions
and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the
tables and examples below.
Shareholder
Transaction Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
None
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year
as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Institutional Class |
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Investor Class |
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Management
Fees |
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0.80 |
% |
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0.80 |
% |
Other
Expenses |
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0.49 |
% |
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0.49 |
% |
Shareholder
Service Fees |
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None |
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0.25 |
% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
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1.29 |
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1.54 |
% |
Expense
Reimbursement(1) |
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(0.44)% |
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(0.44 |
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Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement |
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0.85 |
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1.10 |
% |
(1) |
Under
the terms of an expense limit agreement, the Investment Adviser has agreed
to waive all or a portion of its advisory fee and, if necessary, reimburse
expenses to keep the Fund’s “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses”
(excluding brokerage fees and commissions, shareholder service fees,
interest, taxes, fees and expenses of other funds in which the Fund
invests, tax reclaim-related fees and expenses, and extraordinary
expenses) from exceeding 0.85% of the average daily net assets of each of
the Institutional Class and Investor Class shares. The expense limit
agreement will remain in effect until January 31,
2025 and may only be terminated earlier by the Fund’s
Board or upon termination of the Fund’s investment advisory
agreement. |
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
$10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your
shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses
remain the same. The example reflects the effect of the expense limit agreement
through January 31, 2025 only, and assumes no expense limit after that
time. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these
assumptions your costs would be:
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1 Year |
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3 Years |
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5 Years |
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10 Years |
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Institutional
Class |
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$ |
87 |
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$ |
366 |
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$ |
665 |
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1,518 |
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Investor
Class |
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$ |
112 |
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443 |
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798 |
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1,797 |
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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
80% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies and Risks
What are the Fund’s principal investment strategies?
The
Fund invests primarily in common stocks of companies in developed countries
outside the U.S. and of companies in the U.S. Normally, the Fund invests the
majority of its total assets in companies that pay dividends or repurchase their
shares.
The
Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in companies in emerging (less
developed) markets.
Under
normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 40% of its total assets in a
number of countries outside the U.S. The Investment Adviser determines a
company’s country by referring to: the stock exchange where its securities are
principally traded; where it is registered, organized or incorporated; where its
headquarters are located; its MSCI country classification; where it derives at
least 50% of its revenues or profits from goods produced or sold, investments
made, or services performed; or where at least 50% of its assets are located.
These categories are designed to identify investments that are tied economically
to, and subject to the risks of, investing outside the U.S. The Fund considers a
country to be an emerging market if the country is included in the MSCI Emerging
Markets Index.
When
investing the Fund’s assets, the Investment Adviser follows a value style,
performing fundamental research supplemented by quantitative
analysis. Beginning with a universe of all publicly listed companies
throughout the developed and emerging markets, the Investment Adviser applies
market capitalization and liquidity thresholds to reduce investment candidates
to approximately 4,000 equity securities. The Investment Adviser uses
quantitative valuation screens to further narrow the potential investment
candidates. The Investment Adviser then performs fundamental research, which
generally includes company-specific research, company visits, and interviews of
suppliers, customers, competitors, industry analysts, and experts. The
Investment Adviser also applies a proprietary quantitative risk model to adjust
return forecasts based on risk assessments. This process results in
risk-adjusted return forecasts for a closely followed group of potential
investment candidates. Using a value style means that the Investment Adviser
buys stocks that it believes have lower prices than their true worth. For
example, stocks may be “undervalued” because the issuing companies are in
industries that are currently out of favor with investors. However, even in
those industries, certain
companies
may have high rates of growth of earnings and be financially
sound.
The
Investment Adviser considers whether a company has each of the following value
characteristics in purchasing or selling securities for the
Fund:
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Low
price-to-earnings ratio (stock price divided by earnings per share)
relative to the sector |
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High
yield (percentage rate of return paid on a stock in dividends and share
repurchases) relative to the market |
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Low
price-to-book value ratio (stock price divided by book value per share)
relative to the market |
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Low
price-to-cash flow ratio (stock price divided by net income plus non-cash
charges per share) relative to the
market |
Generally,
price-to-earnings ratio and yield are the most important
factors.
The
Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization, and is not required
to invest a minimum amount and is not limited to investing a maximum amount in
companies in any particular country.
What are the main risks of investing in the Fund?
Market and Selection Risk. As with any mutual fund, the Fund’s value,
and therefore the value of your Fund shares, may go down. This may occur because
the value of a particular stock or stock market in which the Fund invests is
falling, and it is possible that such changes will be sharp and unpredictable.
Global economies are increasingly interconnected, and political, economic and
other conditions and events (including, but not limited to, war, conflicts,
natural disasters, pandemics, epidemics, inflation/deflation and social unrest)
in one country or region might
adversely
impact a different country or region. Also, the Investment Adviser may select
securities that underperform the stock market or other funds with similar
investment objectives and investment strategies. The Investment Adviser’s use of
quantitative screens and techniques may be adversely affected if it relies on
erroneous or outdated data. If the value of the Fund’s investments goes down, you may lose
money. We cannot guarantee that the Fund will achieve its
investment objective.
Foreign and Emerging Markets
Risk. In
addition, because the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in
foreign securities, the Fund is subject to further risks. For example, the value
of the Fund’s securities may be affected by social, political and economic
developments and U.S. and foreign laws relating to foreign investment. Further,
because the Fund invests in securities denominated in foreign currencies, the
Fund’s securities may go down in value depending on foreign exchange rates.
Other risks include trading, settlement, custodial, and other operational risks;
withholding or other taxes; and the less stringent investor protection and
disclosure standards of some foreign markets. All of these factors can make
foreign securities less liquid, more volatile and harder to value than U.S.
securities. These risks are higher for emerging markets investments.
Value Stock Risk. Value stocks, including those selected by
the Investment Adviser for the Fund, are subject to the risks that their
intrinsic value may never be realized by the market and that their prices may go
down. The Fund’s value discipline sometimes prevents or limits investments in
stocks that are in its benchmark index, the MSCI ACWI Index (Net).
Small and Medium Cap Risk.
The Fund may invest in smaller and medium capitalization issuers. The
values of securities of smaller and medium capitalization companies can be more
sensitive to, and react differently to, company, political, market, and economic
developments than the market as a whole and other types of securities. Because
of these and
other
risks, securities of smaller and medium capitalization companies tend to be more
volatile and less liquid than securities of larger capitalization companies.
During some periods, securities of smaller and medium capitalization companies,
as asset classes, have underperformed the securities of larger capitalization
companies.
Dividend-Paying Stock Risk. Dividend-paying stocks may underperform
non-dividend paying stocks (and the stock market as a whole) over any period of
time. The prices of dividend-paying stocks may decline as interest rates
increase. In addition, issuers of dividend-paying stocks typically have
discretion to defer or stop paying dividends. If the dividend-paying stocks held
by the Fund reduce or stop paying dividends, the Fund’s ability to generate
income may be adversely affected.
See
“Investment Risks” beginning on page 36 for more information about the risks
associated with the Fund.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank
deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or any other government agency.
The
Fund may be an appropriate investment if you:
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Are
seeking long-term growth of capital and can withstand the share price
volatility of equity investing. |
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Are
seeking to diversify a portfolio of equity securities to include foreign
securities as well as U.S. securities. |
|
• |
|
Can
tolerate the increased volatility and currency fluctuations associated
with investments in foreign securities, including emerging markets
securities. |
|
• |
|
Are
willing to accept the risk that the value of your investment may decline
in order to seek long-term growth of capital and
income. |
Performance
The bar chart
and the performance table that follow provide some indication of the risks and
volatility of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance
and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for one year, five and (for
the Institutional Class) ten years, and since inception, compare with those of a
broad measure of market performance. The Fund’s past performance
(before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform
in the future. For current performance information, please visit
www.causewayfunds.com.
Institutional
Class:
During
the period shown in the bar chart, the best quarter was
34.03% (12/31/2020) and the
worst quarter was
-34.99% (3/31/2020).
Average
Annual Total Returns
After-tax returns are shown
for the Institutional Class only; after-tax returns for the Investor Class will
differ. 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.
Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your tax situation and may differ
from those shown. After-tax returns shown are
not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred
arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts
(IRAs).
For
the periods ended December 31, 2023:
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Institutional Class |
|
1 Year |
|
|
5 Years |
|
|
10 Years |
|
|
Since Inception (Institutional Class Inception: April 29, 2008) |
Fund Returns
Before Taxes |
|
|
29.83 |
% |
|
|
11.58 |
% |
|
|
6.78 |
% |
|
6.22% |
Fund Returns
After Taxes on Distributions |
|
|
29.02 |
% |
|
|
10.88 |
% |
|
|
5.44 |
% |
|
5.24% |
Fund Returns
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
|
|
18.08 |
% |
|
|
9.09 |
% |
|
|
5.00 |
% |
|
4.80% |
Investor Class |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Investor
Class
Inception: January 31, 2011) |
Fund
Returns Before Taxes |
|
|
29.41 |
% |
|
|
11.33 |
% |
|
|
6.55 |
% |
|
7.74% |
MSCI
ACWI Index (Gross) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
|
|
22.81 |
% |
|
|
12.27 |
% |
|
|
8.48 |
% |
|
6.83%
(since 4/29/08) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.83%
(since 1/31/11) |
MSCI ACWI Index
(Net)* (reflects deduction for withholding taxes but not for fees or
expenses) |
|
|
22.20 |
% |
|
|
11.72 |
% |
|
|
7.93 |
% |
|
6.27%
(since 4/29/08) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.26%
(since 1/31/11) |
* |
Effective the date of this
Prospectus, the Fund’s benchmark changed from the MSCI ACWI Index (Gross)
to the MSCI ACWI Index (Net). The MSCI ACWI Index (Gross) is
calculated to reflect reinvestment of distributions without any deductions
for tax withholdings on such distributions. The MSCI ACWI Index (Net)
is calculated to reflect reinvestment of distributions after accounting
for tax withholdings on such distributions by applying a maximum assumed
tax withholding rate. The Fund believes “net” benchmarks are
regularly used by other registered investment companies and generally
better align with the tax impact on the Fund’s foreign security
holdings. |
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Causeway
Capital Management LLC
Portfolio Managers
The
Fund is managed by the following team of portfolio managers:
Brian
Woonhyung Cho, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s
portfolio management team since 2021.
Jonathan
Eng, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s portfolio
management team since 2008.
Harry
Hartford, president and co-founder of the Investment Adviser, has served on the
Fund’s portfolio management team since 2008.
Sarah
Ketterer, chief executive officer and co-founder of the Investment Adviser, has
served on the Fund’s portfolio management team since 2008.
Ellen
Lee, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s portfolio
management team since 2015.
Conor
Muldoon, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s
portfolio management team since 2010.
Steven
Nguyen, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s portfolio
management team since 2019.
Alessandro
Valentini, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s
portfolio management team since 2013.
Purchase and Sale of Fund
Shares: You may
purchase, sell (redeem), or exchange shares of the Fund on any business day
through your broker, by writing to the Fund at P.O. Box 219085, Kansas City, MO
64121-7159, telephoning the Fund at 1-866-947-7000 or visiting the Fund’s
website at www.causewayfunds.com. Shares may be purchased
by
check or by wire, or through the automated clearing house. You may receive
redemption proceeds by wire or by check.
Investor
Class shares require a $5,000 minimum initial investment. Institutional Class
shares require a $1 million minimum initial investment. There are no minimum
amounts required for subsequent investments.
Tax
Information:
Distributions from the Fund are generally taxable to you as ordinary income or
long-term capital gain, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred
arrangement, such as an IRA or 401(k) plan.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other
Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase shares of the Fund through
a broker or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its
related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and
related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by
influencing the broker or financial intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. For more information, ask your
salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website.
CAUSEWAY EMERGING MARKETS FUND
Investment Objective
The
Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital.
Fees and Expenses
The
following table shows the fees and expenses that you pay if you buy, hold and
sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions
and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the
tables and examples below.
Shareholder
Transaction Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
None
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the
value of your investment)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Institutional |
|
|
Investor |
|
|
|
|
Class |
|
|
|
Class |
|
Management
Fees |
|
|
1.00 |
% |
|
|
1.00 |
% |
Other
Expenses |
|
|
0.16 |
% |
|
|
0.16 |
% |
Shareholder
Service Fees |
|
|
None |
|
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
|
|
1.16 |
% |
|
|
1.41 |
% |
Expense Reimbursement (1) |
|
|
(0.05 |
)% |
|
|
(0.05 |
)% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
After
Expense Reimbursement |
|
|
1.11 |
% |
|
|
1.36 |
% |
(1) |
Under
the terms of an expense limit agreement, the Investment Adviser has agreed
to waive all or a portion of its advisory fee and, if necessary, reimburse
expenses to keep the Fund’s “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses”
(excluding brokerage fees and commissions, shareholder service fees,
interest, taxes, fees and expenses of other funds in which the Fund
invests, tax reclaim-related fees and expenses, and extraordinary
expenses) from exceeding 1.10% of the average daily net assets of each of
the Institutional Class and Investor Class shares. The expense limit
agreement will remain in effect until January 31,
2025 and may only be terminated earlier by the Fund’s
Board or upon termination of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement.
|
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 redeem all of your
shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses
remain the same. The example reflects the effect of the expense limit agreement
through January 31, 2025 only, and assumes no expense limit after that
time. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these
assumptions your costs would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
1 Year |
|
|
3 Years |
|
|
5 Years |
|
|
10 Years |
|
Institutional
Class |
|
$ |
113 |
|
|
$ |
364 |
|
|
$ |
633 |
|
|
$ |
1,405 |
|
Investor
Class |
|
$ |
138 |
|
|
$ |
441 |
|
|
$ |
766 |
|
|
$ |
1,687 |
|
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
93% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies and Risks
What are the Fund’s principal investment strategies?
The
Fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of
companies in emerging (less developed) markets and other investments that are
tied economically to emerging markets. Generally these investments include
common stock, preferred and preference stock, depositary receipts, participation
notes, warrants or other equity-linked notes, and
exchange-traded
funds that invest in emerging markets.
The
Investment Adviser uses a quantitative investment approach to purchase and sell
investments for the Fund. To select securities, the Investment Adviser’s
proprietary computer model analyzes “stock-specific” factors relating to
valuation, growth, technical indicators, and competitive strength, and
“top-down” factors relating to macroeconomics, currency, and country-sector
aggregate. Currently, the valuation factor category receives the highest overall
weight in the model and stock-specific factors comprise approximately 75% of the
score for a company. For each stock, the relative weight assigned to each
stock-specific factor differs depending on its classification (for example,
value, growth, momentum, capitalization or other classifications). The relative
weights of these stock-specific factors are sometimes referred to as “contextual
weights.” Factors and their weightings may change over time as the model is
revised and updated, or if the classification of a stock changes. In addition to
its quantitative research, the Investment Adviser’s fundamental research
analysts review certain of the quantitative outputs to attempt to identify and
address special issues, such as upcoming mergers and acquisitions or management
changes, that may not be captured by the quantitative model.
The
Fund invests in companies in ten or more emerging markets. If the Fund invests
in a country, the percentage of the Fund’s total assets attributable to that
country is not expected to be greater than the weight of that country in the
Fund’s benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net) (the “EM Index”), plus 5
percentage points, or less than the weight of that country in the EM Index minus
5 percentage points. For these purposes, emerging markets include, but are not
limited to, countries included in the EM Index, which currently are: Brazil,
Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India,
Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand,
Turkey,
and the United Arab Emirates. In addition, at the discretion of the Investment
Adviser, the Fund may invest up to 10% of total Fund assets in companies in less
developed emerging markets not included in the EM Index, such as countries
included in the MSCI Frontier Markets Index and countries with similar economic
characteristics. The Investment Adviser determines a company’s country by
referring to: the stock exchange where its securities are principally traded;
where it is registered, organized or incorporated; where its headquarters are
located; its MSCI country classification; where it derives at least 50% of its
revenues or profits from goods produced or sold, investments made, or services
performed; or where at least 50% of its assets are located. The Fund considers a
country to be an emerging market if the country is included in the EM Index.
The
Fund generally invests in companies with market capitalizations of US $500
million or greater at the time of investment and may invest in a wide range of
industries. The Fund may use futures contracts, including futures contracts
based on emerging markets indices, to obtain exposures to emerging markets for
efficient cash management.
What are the main risks of investing in the Fund?
Market and Selection Risk. As with any mutual fund, the Fund’s value,
and therefore the value of your Fund shares, may go down. This may occur because
the value of a particular stock or stock market in which the Fund invests is
falling, and it is possible that such changes will be sharp and unpredictable.
Global economies are increasingly interconnected, and political, economic and
other conditions and events (including, but not limited to, war, conflicts,
natural disasters, pandemics, epidemics, inflation/deflation and social unrest)
in one country or region might adversely impact a different country or region.
Also, the Investment Adviser may select securities that underperform the stock
market or other funds with similar investment objectives and investment
strategies. If the
value of the Fund’s investments goes
down, you may lose
money. We cannot guarantee that the Fund will achieve its
investment objective.
Foreign and Emerging Markets
Risk. The Fund’s
investments in companies in emerging markets, including common stock, preferred
and preference stocks, depositary receipts, participation notes, warrants or
other equity-linked notes, and exchange-traded funds that invest in emerging
markets, involve special risks not present in U.S. investments that can increase
the chances that the Fund will lose money. For example, the value of the Fund’s
securities may be affected by social, political and economic developments and
U.S. and foreign laws relating to foreign investment. The extent of economic
development, political stability, market depth, infrastructure, capitalization
and regulatory oversight in emerging markets can be less than in more developed
foreign markets. Further, because the Fund invests in securities denominated in
foreign currencies, the Fund’s securities may go down in value depending on
foreign exchange rates. Other risks include trading, settlement, custodial, and
other operational risks; withholding or other taxes; and the less stringent
investor protection and disclosure standards of some foreign markets. All of
these factors can make emerging markets securities less liquid, more volatile
and harder to value than U.S. securities. These risks are higher for investments
in frontier markets.
Quantitative Analysis Risk. Data for emerging markets companies may be
less available, less accurate and/or less current than data for developed
markets companies. The Investment Adviser will use quantitative techniques to
generate investment decisions and its analysis and stock selection can be
adversely affected if it relies on erroneous or outdated data. Any errors in the
Investment Adviser’s quantitative methods may adversely affect the Fund’s
performance. In addition, securities selected using quantitative analysis can
perform differently from the market as a whole as a result of the factors used
in the analysis, the weight assigned to a stock-specific factor
for
a stock or the weight placed on each factor, and changes in the factor’s
historical trends. The factors used in quantitative analysis and the weight
assigned to a stock-specific factor for a stock or the weight placed on each
factor may not predict a security’s value, and the effectiveness of the factors
can change over time. These changes may not be reflected in the current
quantitative model.
Small and Medium Cap Risk. Some of the Fund’s investments may be in
smaller and medium capitalization issuers. The values of securities of smaller
and medium capitalization companies, which may be less well-known companies, can
be more sensitive to, and react differently to, company, political, market, and
economic developments than the market as a whole and other types of securities.
Smaller and medium capitalization companies can have more limited product lines,
markets, growth prospects, depth of management, and financial resources, and
these companies may have shorter operating histories and less access to
financing, creating additional risk. Smaller and medium capitalization companies
in countries with less-liquid currencies may have additional difficulties in
financing and conducting their businesses. Further, smaller and medium
capitalization companies may be particularly affected by interest rate
increases, as they may find it more difficult to borrow money to continue or
expand operations, or may have difficulty in repaying any loans that have
floating rates. Because of these and other risks, securities of smaller and
medium capitalization companies tend to be more volatile and less liquid than
securities of larger capitalization companies. During some periods, securities
of smaller and medium capitalization companies, as asset classes, have
underperformed the securities of larger capitalization companies.
Derivatives Risk. The Fund’s use of futures contracts
subjects the Fund to additional risks. Futures contracts are derivative
instruments which can be volatile and involve special risks including leverage
risk and basis risk (the risk that the value of the investment will not
react
in parallel with the value of the reference index), in addition to market risk,
credit risk, liquidity risk, operational risk and legal risk. Participation
notes, warrants or similar equity-linked notes, which may be based on either an
index or exposures selected by the Investment Adviser, may be used to obtain
exposure to the China A-Share market, are also derivative instruments which can
be volatile and involve special risks including counterparty risk, liquidity
risk, and basis risk. These risks are in addition to the risks associated with
the investments underlying such derivative instruments.
See
“Investment Risks” beginning on page 36 for more information about the risks
associated with the Fund.
An
investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
The
Fund may be an appropriate investment if you:
|
• |
|
Are seeking long-term
growth of capital and can withstand the share price volatility of equity
investing. |
|
• |
|
Are seeking to diversify
a portfolio of equity securities to include emerging markets securities.
|
|
• |
|
Can tolerate the
increased volatility and currency fluctuations associated with investments
in foreign securities, and especially emerging markets.
|
|
• |
|
Are willing to accept
the risk that the value of your investment may decline in order to seek
long-term growth of capital. |
Performance
The
bar chart and the performance table that follow provide some indication of the
risks and volatility 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
returns for one year,
five and ten years, and since
inception, compare with those of a broad measure of market
performance. The Fund’s past performance
(before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform
in the future. For current performance information, please visit
www.causewayfunds.com.
Institutional
Class:
During
the period shown in the bar chart, the best quarter was
19.41% (12/31/2020) and the
worst quarter was
-23.01% (3/31/2020).
Average
Annual Total Returns
After-tax returns are shown
for the Institutional Class only; after-tax returns for the Investor Class will
differ. 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.
Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your tax situation and may differ
from those shown. After-tax returns shown are
not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred
arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts
(IRAs).
For
the periods ended December 31, 2023:
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|
|
|
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|
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|
| |
Institutional Class |
|
1 Year |
|
|
5 Years |
|
|
10 Years |
|
|
Since Inception (March 30,
2007) |
|
Fund
Returns Before Taxes |
|
|
17.21 |
% |
|
|
3.98 |
% |
|
|
2.70 |
% |
|
|
3.56 |
% |
Fund
Returns After Taxeson Distributions |
|
|
15.89 |
% |
|
|
2.53 |
% |
|
|
1.84 |
% |
|
|
2.87 |
% |
Fund
Returns After Taxeson Distributions and Saleof Fund Shares |
|
|
11.09 |
% |
|
|
3.28 |
% |
|
|
2.25 |
% |
|
|
2.96 |
% |
Investor Class |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fund
Returns Before Taxes |
|
|
16.90 |
% |
|
|
3.74 |
% |
|
|
2.46 |
% |
|
|
3.37 |
% |
MSCI
EM Index (Gross) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
|
|
10.27 |
% |
|
|
4.07 |
% |
|
|
3.05 |
% |
|
|
3.39 |
% |
MSCI
EM Index (Net)* (reflects deduction for withholding taxes but not for fees
or expenses) |
|
|
9.83 |
% |
|
|
3.68 |
% |
|
|
2.66 |
% |
|
|
3.03 |
% |
* |
Effective the date of this
Prospectus, the Fund’s benchmark changed from the MSCI EM Index (Gross) to
the MSCI EM Index (Net). The MSCI EM Index (Gross) is calculated to
reflect reinvestment of distributions without any deductions for tax
withholdings on such distributions. The MSCI EM Index (Net) is
calculated to reflect reinvestment of distributions after accounting for
tax withholdings on such distributions by applying a maximum assumed tax
withholding rate. The Fund believes “net” benchmarks are regularly
used by other registered investment companies and generally better align
with the tax impact on the Fund’s foreign security
holdings. |
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Causeway
Capital Management LLC
Portfolio Managers
The
Fund is managed by the following portfolio managers:
Joe
Gubler, CFA, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served as the Fund’s
portfolio manager since 2014.
Arjun
Jayaraman, PhD, CFA, head of the quantitative research group at the Investment
Adviser, has served as the Fund’s portfolio manager since 2007.
MacDuff
Kuhnert, CFA, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served as the Fund’s
portfolio manager since 2007.
Ryan
Myers, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s portfolio
management team since 2021.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: You may purchase, sell (redeem), or
exchange shares of the Fund on any business day through your broker, by writing
to the Fund at P.O. Box 219085, Kansas City, MO 64121-7159, telephoning the Fund
at 1-866-947-7000 or visiting the Fund’s website at www.causewayfunds.com .
Shares may be purchased by check or by wire, or through the automated clearing
house. You may receive redemption proceeds by wire or by check.
Investor
Class shares require a $5,000 minimum initial investment. Institutional Class
shares require a $1 million minimum initial investment. There are no minimum
amounts required for subsequent investments.
Tax
Information:
Distributions from the Fund are generally taxable to you as ordinary income or
long-term capital gain, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred
arrangement, such as an IRA or 401(k) plan.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial
Intermediaries: If you
purchase shares of the Fund through a broker or other financial intermediary
(such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary
for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a
conflict of interest by influencing the broker or financial intermediary and
your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. For more
information, ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s
website.
CAUSEWAY INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND
Investment Objective
The
Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of
capital.
Fees and Expenses
The
following table shows the fees and expenses that you pay if you buy, hold and
sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions
and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the
tables and examples below.
Shareholder
Transaction Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
None
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the
value of your investment)
|
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|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Institutional Class |
|
|
Investor Class |
|
Management
Fees |
|
|
0.80 |
% |
|
|
0.80 |
% |
Other
Expenses |
|
|
0.22 |
% |
|
|
0.22 |
% |
Shareholder
Service Fees |
|
|
None |
|
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
|
|
1.02 |
% |
|
|
1.27 |
% |
Expense
Reimbursement(1) |
|
|
(0.07 |
)% |
|
|
(0.07 |
)% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement |
|
|
0.95 |
% |
|
|
1.20 |
% |
(1) |
Under
the terms of an expense limit agreement, the Investment Adviser has agreed
to waive all or a portion of its advisory fee and, if necessary, reimburse
expenses to keep the Fund’s “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses”
(excluding brokerage fees and commissions, shareholder service fees,
interest, taxes, fees and expenses of other funds in which the Fund
invests, tax reclaim-related fees and expenses, and extraordinary
expenses) from exceeding 0.95% of the average daily net assets of each of
the Institutional Class and Investor Class shares. The expense limit
agreement will remain in effect until January 31,
2025 and may only be terminated earlier by the Fund’s
Board or upon termination of the Fund’s investment advisory
agreement. |
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 redeem all of your
shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses
remain the same. The example reflects the effect of the expense limit agreement
through January 31, 2025 only, and assumes no expense limit after that
time. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these
assumptions your costs would be:
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1 Year |
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3 Years |
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5 Years |
|
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10 Years |
|
Institutional
Class |
|
$ |
97 |
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|
$ |
318 |
|
|
$ |
556 |
|
|
$ |
1,241 |
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Investor
Class |
|
$ |
122 |
|
|
$ |
396 |
|
|
$ |
690 |
|
|
$ |
1,528 |
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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
60% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies and Risks
What are the Fund’s principal investment strategies?
The
Fund invests primarily in companies both in developed markets — excluding the
United States (the “international value portfolio”) — and in emerging markets
(the “emerging markets portfolio”). The Investment Adviser allocates
substantially all of the Fund’s assets between the international value portfolio
and the emerging markets portfolio using a proprietary asset allocation model.
Normally, the Fund will invest in companies in at least ten foreign
countries.
International Value Portfolio: The
international value portfolio consists primarily of common stocks of companies
in developed countries outside the U.S. Normally, the majority of this portfolio
invests in companies that pay dividends or repurchase their shares. The
international value portfolio may also invest in companies in emerging (less
developed) markets.
When
investing the international value portfolio, the Investment Adviser follows a
value style, performing fundamental research supplemented by quantitative
analysis. Beginning with a universe of all publicly listed companies
throughout the non-U.S. developed and emerging markets, the Investment Adviser
applies market capitalization and liquidity thresholds to reduce investment
candidates to approximately 2,000 equity securities. The Investment Adviser uses
quantitative valuation screens to further narrow the potential investment
candidates. The Investment Adviser then performs fundamental research, which
generally includes company-specific research, company visits, and interviews of
suppliers, customers, competitors, industry analysts, and experts. The
Investment Adviser also applies a proprietary quantitative risk model to adjust
return forecasts based on risk assessments. This process results in
risk-adjusted return forecasts for a closely followed group of potential
investment candidates. Using a value style means that the Investment Adviser
buys stocks that it believes have lower prices than their true worth. For
example, stocks may be “undervalued” because the issuing companies are in
industries that are currently out of favor with investors. However, even in
those industries, certain companies may have high rates of growth of earnings
and be financially sound.
The
Investment Adviser considers whether a company has each of the following value
characteristics in purchasing or selling securities for the international value
portfolio:
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Low
price-to-earnings ratio (stock price divided by earnings per share)
relative to the sector |
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High
yield (percentage rate of return paid on a stock in dividends and share
repurchases) relative to the market |
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Low
price-to-book value ratio (stock price divided by book value per share)
relative to the market |
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Low
price-to-cash flow ratio (stock price divided by net income plus non-cash
charges per share) relative to the
market |
Generally,
price-to-earnings ratio and yield are the most important
factors.
The
international value portfolio may invest in companies of any market
capitalization, and is not required to invest a minimum amount and is not
limited to investing a maximum amount in companies in any particular
country.
Emerging Markets Portfolio: The emerging
markets portfolio is normally invested in equity securities of companies in
emerging (less developed) markets and other investments that are tied
economically to emerging markets. Generally, these investments include common
stock, preferred and preference stock, depositary receipts, and exchange-traded
funds that invest in emerging markets.
The
Investment Adviser uses a quantitative investment approach to purchase and sell
investments for the emerging markets portfolio. To select securities, the
Investment Adviser’s proprietary computer model analyzes “stock-specific”
factors relating to valuation, growth, technical indicators, and competitive
strength, and “top-down” factors relating to macroeconomics, currency, and
country-sector aggregate. Currently, the valuation factor category receives the
highest overall weight in the model and stock-specific factors comprise
approximately 75% of the score for a company. For each stock, the relative
weight assigned to each stock-specific factor
differs
depending
on its classification (for example, value, growth, momentum, capitalization or
other classifications). The relative weights of these stock-specific factors are
sometimes referred to as “contextual weights.” Factors and their weightings may
change over time as the model is revised and updated, or if the classification
of a stock changes. In addition to its quantitative research, the Investment
Adviser’s fundamental research analysts review certain of the quantitative
outputs to attempt to identify and address special issues, such as mergers and
acquisitions or management changes, that may not be captured by the quantitative
model.
If
the emerging markets portfolio invests in a country, the percentage of the
emerging markets portfolio’s total assets attributable to that country is not
expected to be greater than the weight of that country in the MSCI Emerging
Markets Index (Net) (the “EM Index”) plus 5 percentage points, or less than the
weight of that country in the EM Index minus 5 percentage points. In addition,
at the discretion of the Investment Adviser, up to 10% of the emerging markets
portfolio may be invested in companies in less developed emerging markets not
included in the EM Index, such as countries included in the MSCI Frontier
Markets Index and countries with similar economic characteristics. The emerging
markets portfolio generally invests in companies with market capitalizations of
US $500 million or greater at the time of investment and may invest in a wide
range of industries.
Asset Allocation Methodology: The Investment
Adviser uses quantitative signals from systems developed and managed by its
quantitative portfolio managers and qualitative input from its fundamental
portfolio managers to determine the allocation of assets between the
international value portfolio and the emerging markets portfolio. Quantitative
signals are generated by a proprietary asset allocation model designed by the
quantitative portfolio managers to indicate when allocations to emerging markets
should increase or decrease relative to the Fund’s
benchmark,
the
MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) (“ACWI ex USA Index”). The model currently analyzes
factors in five categories: valuation, earnings growth, financial strength,
macroeconomics, and risk aversion. The Investment Adviser’s fundamental
portfolio managers evaluate these quantitative signals in light of fundamental
analysis and the portfolio managers, as a team, determine the allocation between
the international value portfolio and the emerging markets portfolio. The
allocation is reassessed by the quantitative model daily and adjusted
periodically when deemed appropriate by the investment
team.
The
Fund considers a country to be an emerging market if the country is included in
the EM Index. The percentage of the Fund’s total assets in emerging markets
investments is not expected to be greater than the weight of emerging markets in
the ACWI ex USA Index multiplied by two, and can be as low as zero. As of
December 31, 2023, the emerging markets portion of the ACWI ex USA Index
was 28.1%.
What are the main risks of investing in the Fund?
Market and Selection Risk. As with any mutual fund, the Fund’s value,
and therefore the value of your Fund shares, may go down. This may occur because
the value of a particular stock or stock market in which the Fund invests is
falling, and it is possible that such changes will be sharp and unpredictable.
Global economies are increasingly interconnected, and political, economic and
other conditions and events (including, but not limited to, war, conflicts,
natural disasters, pandemics, epidemics, inflation/deflation and social unrest)
in one country or region might adversely impact a different country or region.
Also, the Investment Adviser may select securities that underperform the stock
market or other funds with similar investment objectives and investment
strategies. If the value of the Fund’s investments goes down, you may lose
money. We cannot guarantee that the Fund will achieve its
investment objective.
Allocation Risk. The Investment Adviser uses a proprietary,
quantitative, asset allocation model to determine allocations between developed
and emerging markets. This subjects the Fund to the risk of relative
underperformance if emerging markets exposure is relatively high when emerging
markets underperform developed markets or if emerging markets exposure is
relatively low when emerging markets outperform developed markets. No assurance
can be given that the Investment Adviser’s asset allocation decisions will avoid
underperformance or losses.
Foreign and Emerging Markets
Risk. In
addition, because the Fund invests most of its assets in foreign securities,
including common stock, preferred and preference stocks, depositary receipts,
and exchange-traded funds that invest in foreign securities, the Fund is subject
to further risks. For example, the value of the Fund may be affected by social,
political and economic developments and U.S. and foreign laws relating to
foreign investment. Further, because the Fund invests in securities denominated
in foreign currencies, the Fund’s shares may go down in value depending on
foreign exchange rates. Other risks include trading, settlement, custodial, and
other operational risks; withholding or other taxes; and the less stringent
investor protection and disclosure standards of some foreign markets. All of
these factors can make foreign securities less liquid, more volatile and harder
to value than U.S. securities. These risks are higher for emerging markets
investments, as the extent of economic development, political stability, market
depth, infrastructure, capitalization and regulatory oversight in emerging
markets can be less than in more developed foreign markets. These risks are
further heightened for investments in frontier markets.
Value Stock Risk. Value stocks are subject to the risks that
their intrinsic value may never be realized by the market and that their prices
may go down. The value discipline used for the international value portfolio
sometimes prevents or limits investments
in
stocks that are in the MSCI EAFE Index (Net), the benchmark for this portfolio
of the Fund. Accordingly, the return of the Fund’s investment in the
international value portfolio will not necessarily be similar to the return of
the MSCI EAFE Index (Net).
Dividend-Paying Stock Risk. Dividend-paying stocks may underperform
non-dividend paying stocks (and the stock market as a whole) over any period of
time. The prices of dividend-paying stocks may decline as interest rates
increase. In addition, issuers of dividend-paying stocks typically have
discretion to defer or stop paying dividends. If the dividend-paying stocks held
by the Fund reduce or stop paying dividends, the Fund’s ability to generate
income may be adversely affected.
Quantitative Analysis Risk. Data for emerging markets companies may be
less available, less accurate and/or less current than data for developed
markets companies. The Investment Adviser will use quantitative techniques to
generate investment decisions and its analysis and stock selection can be
adversely affected if it relies on erroneous or outdated data. Any errors in the
Investment Adviser’s quantitative methods may adversely affect the Fund’s
performance. In addition, securities selected using quantitative analysis can
perform differently from the market as a whole as a result of the factors used
in the analysis, the weight assigned to a stock-specific factor for a stock or
the weight placed on each factor, and changes in the factor’s historical trends.
The factors used in quantitative analysis and the weight assigned to a
stock-specific factor for a stock or the weight placed on each factor may not
predict a security’s value, and the effectiveness of the factors can change over
time. These changes may not be reflected in the current quantitative model.
Small and Medium Cap Risk. Some of the Fund’s investments may be in
smaller and medium capitalization companies. The values of securities of smaller
and medium capitalization companies, which
may
be less well-known companies, can be more sensitive to, and react differently
to, company, political, market, and economic developments than the market as a
whole and other types of securities. Smaller and medium capitalization companies
can have more limited product lines, markets, growth prospects, depth of
management, and financial resources, and these companies may have shorter
operating histories and less access to financing, adding additional risk.
Smaller and medium capitalization companies in countries with less-liquid
currencies may have additional difficulties in financing and conducting their
businesses. Further, smaller and medium capitalization companies may be
particularly affected by interest rate increases, as they may find it more
difficult to borrow money to continue or expand operations, or may have
difficulty in repaying any loans that are floating rate. Because of these and
other risks, securities of smaller and medium capitalization companies tend to
be more volatile and less liquid than securities of larger capitalization
companies. During some periods, securities of smaller and medium capitalization
companies, as asset classes, have underperformed the securities of larger
capitalization companies.
See
“Investment Risks” beginning on page 36 for more information about the risks
associated with the Fund.
An
investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government
agency.
The
Fund may be an appropriate investment if you:
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Are
seeking long-term growth of capital and can withstand the share price
volatility of equity investing. |
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Are
seeking to diversify a portfolio of equity securities to include foreign
securities, including emerging markets. |
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• |
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Can
tolerate the increased volatility and currency fluctuations associated
with investments in foreign securities, including emerging
markets. |
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Are
willing to accept the risk that the value of your investment may decline
in order to seek long-term growth of capital. |
Performance
The bar chart
and the performance table that follow provide some indication of the risks and
volatility of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance
and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for one year, five and ten
years, and since inception, compare with those of a broad measure of market
performance. The Fund’s past performance
(before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform
in the future. For current performance information, please visit
www.causewayfunds.com.
Institutional
Class:
During
the period shown in the bar chart, the best quarter was
23.32% (12/31/2020) and the
worst quarter was
-30.74% (3/31/2020).
Average
Annual Total Returns
After-tax returns are shown
for the Institutional Class only; after-tax returns for the Investor Class will
differ. 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.
Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your tax situation and may differ
from those shown. After-tax returns shown are
not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred
arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts
(IRAs).
For
the periods ended December 31, 2023:
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Institutional Class |
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1 Year |
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|
5 Years |
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|
10 Years |
|
|
Since Inception
(December 31, 2009) |
|
Fund
Returns Before Taxes |
|
|
24.77 |
% |
|
|
8.71 |
% |
|
|
4.00 |
% |
|
|
5.76 |
% |
Fund
Returns After Taxes on Distributions |
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|
24.19 |
% |
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8.32 |
% |
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|
3.54 |
% |
|
|
5.33 |
% |
Fund
Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
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15.44 |
% |
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|
7.00 |
% |
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3.19 |
% |
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4.72 |
% |
Investor Class |
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Fund
Returns Before Taxes |
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|
24.42 |
% |
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8.44 |
% |
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|
3.74 |
% |
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5.50 |
% |
MSCI
ACWI ex USA Index (Gross) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
|
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16.21 |
% |
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|
7.60 |
% |
|
|
4.32 |
% |
|
|
5.10 |
% |
MSCI
ACWI ex USA Index (Net)* (reflects deduction for withholding taxes but not
for fees or expenses) |
|
|
15.62 |
% |
|
|
7.08 |
% |
|
|
3.83 |
% |
|
|
4.61 |
% |
* |
Effective the date of this
Prospectus, the Fund’s benchmark changed from the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index
(Gross) to the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net). The MSCI ACWI ex USA
Index (Gross) is calculated to reflect reinvestment of distributions
without any deductions for tax withholdings on such
distributions. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) is calculated to
reflect reinvestment of distributions after accounting for tax
withholdings on such distributions by applying a maximum assumed tax
withholding rate. The Fund believes “net” benchmarks are regularly
used by other registered investment companies and generally better align
with the tax impact on the Fund’s foreign security
holdings. |
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Causeway
Capital Management LLC
Portfolio Managers
The
Fund is managed by the following team of portfolio managers:
Brian
Woonhyung Cho, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s
portfolio management team since 2021.
Jonathan
Eng, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s portfolio
management team since 2009.
Joe
Gubler, CFA, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s
portfolio management team since 2014.
Harry
Hartford, president and co-founder of the Investment Adviser, has served on the
Fund’s portfolio management team since 2009.
Arjun
Jayaraman, PhD, CFA, head of the quantitative research group at the Investment
Adviser, has served on the Fund’s portfolio management team since 2009.
Sarah
Ketterer, chief executive officer and co-founder of the Investment Adviser, has
served on the Fund’s portfolio management team since 2009.
MacDuff
Kuhnert, CFA, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s
portfolio management team since 2009.
Ellen
Lee, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s portfolio
management team since 2015.
Conor
Muldoon, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s
portfolio management team since 2010.
Ryan
Myers, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s portfolio
management team since 2021.
Steven
Nguyen, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s portfolio
management team since 2019.
Alessandro
Valentini, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s
portfolio management team since 2013.
Purchase and Sale of
Fund Shares: You may
purchase, sell (redeem), or exchange shares of the Fund on any business day
through your broker, by writing to the Fund at P.O. Box 219085, Kansas City, MO
64121-7159, telephoning the Fund at 1-866-947-7000 or visiting the Fund’s
website at www.causewayfunds.com . Shares may be purchased by check or by wire,
or through the automated clearing house. You may receive redemption proceeds by
wire or by check.
Investor
Class shares require a $5,000 minimum initial investment. Institutional Class
shares require a $1 million minimum initial investment. There are no minimum
amounts required for subsequent investments.
Tax
Information:
Distributions from the Fund are generally taxable to you as ordinary income or
long-term capital gain, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred
arrangement, such as an IRA or 401(k) plan.
Payments to
Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase shares of the Fund through
a broker or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its
related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and
related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by
influencing the broker or financial intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. For more information, ask your
salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website.
CAUSEWAY INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND
Investment Objective
The
Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of
capital.
Fees and Expenses
The
following table shows the fees and expenses that you pay if you buy, hold and
sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions
and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the
tables and examples below.
Shareholder
Transaction Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
None
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the
value of your investment)
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Institutional Class |
|
|
Investor Class |
|
Management
Fees |
|
|
1.00 |
% |
|
|
1.00 |
% |
Other
Expenses |
|
|
0.31 |
% |
|
|
0.31 |
% |
Shareholder
Service Fees |
|
|
None |
|
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
|
|
1.31 |
% |
|
|
1.56 |
% |
Expense
Reimbursement(1) |
|
|
(0.21 |
)% |
|
|
(0.21 |
)% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement |
|
|
1.10 |
% |
|
|
1.35 |
% |
(1) |
Under
the terms of an expense limit agreement, the Investment Adviser has agreed
to waive all or a portion of its advisory fee and, if necessary, reimburse
expenses to keep the Fund’s “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses”
(excluding brokerage fees and commissions, shareholder service fees,
interest, taxes, fees and expenses of other funds in which the Fund
invests, tax reclaim-related fees and expenses, and extraordinary
expenses) from exceeding 1.10% of the average daily net assets of each of
the Institutional Class and Investor Class shares. The expense limit
agreement will remain in effect until January 31,
2025 and may only be terminated earlier by the Fund’s
Board or upon termination of the Fund’s investment advisory
agreement. |
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 redeem all of your
shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses
remain the same. The example reflects the effect of the expense limit agreement
through January 31, 2025 only, and assumes no expense limit after that
time. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these
assumptions your costs would be:
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1 Year |
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3 Years |
|
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5 Years |
|
|
10 Years |
|
Institutional
Class |
|
$ |
112 |
|
|
$ |
395 |
|
|
$ |
698 |
|
|
$ |
1,561 |
|
Investor
Class |
|
$ |
137 |
|
|
$ |
472 |
|
|
$ |
830 |
|
|
$ |
1,839 |
|
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 period, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was
133% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies and Risks
What are the Fund’s principal investment strategies?
The
Fund invests primarily in common stocks of companies with smaller market
capitalizations located in developed and emerging markets outside the U.S. The
Fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of
companies with smaller market capitalizations. Smaller market capitalization
companies have market capitalizations that do not exceed the highest market
capitalization of a company
included
in the MSCI ACWI ex USA Small Cap Index (Net) (the “Small Cap Index”), at the
time of purchase. As of December 31, 2023 the Small Cap Index included
companies with market capitalizations of up to $7.6 billion, and included
companies in both developed and emerging markets outside the U.S. Some of these
companies, although small compared with larger U.S. companies, might be large
companies in their local markets. The Fund may continue to invest in a company
with a market capitalization that appreciates above the smaller market
capitalization threshold and thus may from time to time hold less than 80% of
its total assets in equity securities of companies with smaller market
capitalizations. The Fund may invest in a wide range of
industries.
The
Investment Adviser uses a quantitative investment approach to purchase and sell
investments for the Fund. To select securities, the Investment Adviser’s
proprietary computer model analyzes “stock-specific” factors relating to
valuation, sentiment, technical indicators, and competitive strength, and
“top-down” factors relating to macroeconomics and country. Currently, the
valuation factor category receives the highest overall weight in the model and
stock-specific factors comprise approximately 90% of the score for a company.
For each stock, the relative weight assigned to each stock-specific factor
differs depending on its classification (for example, value, growth, momentum,
capitalization or other classifications). The relative weights of these
stock-specific factors are sometimes referred to as “contextual weights.”
Factors and their weightings may change over time as the model is revised and
updated, or if the classification of a stock changes. In addition to its
quantitative research, the Investment Adviser’s fundamental research analysts
review certain of the quantitative outputs to attempt to identify and address
special issues, such as mergers and acquisitions or management changes, that may
not be captured by the quantitative
model.
If
the Fund invests in a country, the percentage of the Fund’s total assets
attributable to that country is not
expected
to be greater than the weight of that country in the Small Cap Index, plus 5
percentage points, or less than the weight of that country in the Small Cap
Index minus 5 percentage points. In addition, at the discretion of the
Investment Adviser, the Fund may invest up to 10% of total Fund assets in
foreign and emerging markets not included in the Small Cap Index. The Investment
Adviser determines a company’s country by referring to: the stock exchange where
its securities are principally traded; where it is registered, organized or
incorporated; where its headquarters are located; its MSCI country
classification; where it derives at least 50% of its revenues or profits from
goods produced or sold, investments made, or services performed; or where at
least 50% of its assets are located.
What are the main risks of investing in the Fund?
Market and Selection Risk. As with any mutual fund, the Fund’s value,
and therefore the value of your Fund shares, may go down. This may occur because
the value of a particular stock or stock market in which the Fund invests is
falling, and it is possible that such changes will be sharp and unpredictable.
Global economies are increasingly interconnected, and political, economic and
other conditions and events (including, but not limited to, war, conflicts,
natural disasters, pandemics, epidemics, inflation/deflation and social unrest)
in one country or region might adversely impact a different country or region.
Also, the Investment Adviser may select securities that underperform the stock
market or other funds with similar investment objectives and investment
strategies. If the value of the Fund’s investments goes down, you may lose
money. We cannot guarantee that the Fund will achieve its
investment objective.
Foreign and Emerging Markets
Risk. The Fund’s
investments in companies in foreign and emerging markets involve special risks
not present in U.S. investments that can increase the chances that the Fund will
lose money. For example, the value of the Fund’s securities may be affected by
social, political
and
economic developments and U.S. and foreign laws relating to foreign investment.
The extent of economic development, political stability, market depth,
infrastructure, capitalization and regulatory oversight in emerging markets can
be less than in more developed foreign markets. Further, because the Fund
invests in securities denominated in foreign currencies, the Fund’s shares may
go down in value depending on foreign exchange rates. Other risks include
trading, settlement, custodial, and other operational risks; withholding or
other taxes; and the less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards
of some foreign markets. All of these factors can make foreign and emerging
markets securities less liquid, more volatile and harder to value than U.S.
securities. These risks are higher for smaller capitalization
investments.
Small Cap Risk. The Fund will invest a significant portion
of its assets in the securities of smaller capitalization companies. The values
of securities of smaller companies, which may be less well-known companies, can
be more sensitive to, and react differently to, company, political, market, and
economic developments than the market as a whole and other types of securities.
Smaller companies can have more limited product lines, markets, growth
prospects, depth of management, and financial resources, and these companies may
have shorter operating histories and less access to financing, creating
additional risk. Smaller capitalization companies in countries with less-liquid
currencies may have additional difficulties in financing and conducting their
businesses. Further, smaller companies may be particularly affected by interest
rate increases, as they may find it more difficult to borrow money to continue
or expand operations, or may have difficulty in repaying any loans that have
floating rates. Because of these and other risks, securities of smaller
capitalization companies tend to be more volatile and less liquid than
securities of medium and larger capitalization companies. During some periods,
securities of smaller capitalization companies, as an asset class, have
underperformed the securities of larger capitalization companies.
Quantitative Analysis Risk.
Data for foreign
and emerging markets companies, particularly for smaller companies, may be less
available, less accurate and/or less current than data for U.S. companies. The
Investment Adviser will use quantitative techniques to generate investment
decisions and its analysis and stock selection can be adversely affected if it
relies on erroneous or outdated data. Any errors in the Investment Adviser’s
quantitative methods may adversely affect the Fund’s performance. In addition,
securities selected using quantitative analysis can perform differently from the
market as a whole as a result of the factors used in the analysis, the weight
assigned to a stock-specific factor for a stock or the weight placed on each
factor, and changes in the factor’s historical trends. The factors used in
quantitative analysis and the weight assigned to a stock-specific factor for a
stock or the weight placed on each factor may not predict a security’s value,
and the effectiveness of the factors can change over time. These changes may not
be reflected in the current quantitative model.
High Portfolio Turnover
Risk. The Fund
may engage in active and frequent trading of its portfolio securities. High
portfolio turnover (more than 100%) may result in increased transaction costs to
the Fund, including brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups and other transaction
costs on the sale of the securities and on reinvestment in other securities. The
sale of Fund portfolio securities may result in the realization and/or
distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains or losses as compared to a
fund with less active trading policies. These effects of higher than normal
portfolio turnover may adversely affect Fund performance.
See
“Investment Risks” beginning on page 36 for more information about the risks
associated with the Fund.
An
investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government
agency.
The
Fund may be an appropriate investment if you:
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Are
seeking long-term growth of capital and can withstand the share price
volatility of equity investing. |
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Are
seeking to diversify a portfolio of equity securities to include smaller
capitalization foreign and emerging markets
securities. |
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Can
tolerate the increased volatility and currency fluctuations associated
with investments in foreign and emerging markets securities, and smaller
capitalization securities. |
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Are
willing to accept the risk that the value of your investment may decline
in order to seek long-term growth of
capital. |
Performance
The bar chart
and the performance table that follow provide some indication of the risks and
volatility of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance
and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for one year and five
years, and since inception, compare with those of a broad measure of market
performance. The Fund’s past performance
(before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform
in the future. For current performance information, please visit
www.causewayfunds.com.
Institutional
Class:
During
the period shown in the bar chart, the best quarter was
18.08% (6/30/2020) and the
worst quarter was
-30.67% (3/31/2020).
Average
Annual Total Returns
After-tax returns are shown
for the Institutional Class only; after-tax returns for the Investor Class will
differ. 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.
Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your tax situation and may differ
from those shown. After-tax returns shown are
not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred
arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts
(IRAs).
For
the periods ended December 31, 2023:
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Institutional Class |
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1 Year |
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5 Years |
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Since Inception
(October 20, 2014) |
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Fund
Returns Before Taxes |
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27.19 |
% |
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10.84 |
% |
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7.63 |
% |
Fund
Returns After Taxes on Distributions |
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25.14 |
% |
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9.88 |
% |
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6.69 |
% |
Fund
Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
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17.17 |
% |
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8.57 |
% |
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6.04 |
% |
Investor Class |
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Fund
Returns Before Taxes |
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26.82 |
% |
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10.57 |
% |
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7.38 |
% |
MSCI
ACWI ex USA Small Cap Index (Gross) (reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes) |
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16.23 |
% |
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8.36 |
% |
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6.32 |
% |
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Institutional Class |
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1 Year |
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5 Years |
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Since Inception
(October 20, 2014) |
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MSCI
ACWI ex USA Small Cap Index (Net) (reflects deduction for withholding
taxes but not for fees or expenses) |
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15.66 |
% |
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7.89 |
% |
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5.89 |
% |
MSCI
ACWI ex USA IMI Index (Net)* (reflects deduction for withholding taxes but
not for fees or expenses) |
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15.62 |
% |
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7.18 |
% |
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4.86 |
% |
* |
Effective the date of this
Prospectus, the Fund’s benchmark changed from the MSCI ACWI ex USA Small
Cap Index (Gross) to the MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI Index (Net), and the Fund is
also presenting the MSCI ACWI ex USA Small Cap Index (Net). The MSCI
ACWI ex USA Small Cap Index (Gross) is calculated to reflect reinvestment
of distributions without any deductions for tax withholdings on such
distributions. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) is calculated to
reflect reinvestment of distributions after accounting for tax
withholdings on such distributions by applying a maximum assumed tax
withholding rate. The Fund believes “net” benchmarks are regularly
used by other registered investment companies and generally better align
with the tax impact on the Fund’s foreign security
holdings. While the MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Index (Net) is a broad-based index presented for regulatory reasons, the
Fund believes the MSCI ACWI ex USA Small Cap Index (Net) is more
representative of the securities in which the Fund will
invest. |
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Causeway
Capital Management LLC
Portfolio Managers
The
Fund is managed by the following portfolio managers:
Joe
Gubler, CFA, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served as the Fund’s
portfolio manager since 2014.
Arjun
Jayaraman, PhD, CFA, head of the quantitative research group at the Investment
Adviser, has served as the Fund’s portfolio manager since 2014.
MacDuff
Kuhnert, CFA, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served as the Fund’s
portfolio manager since 2014.
Ryan
Myers, a director of the Investment Adviser, has served on the Fund’s portfolio
management team since 2021.
Purchase and Sale of
Fund Shares: You may
purchase, sell (redeem), or exchange shares of the Fund on any business day
through your broker, by writing to the Fund at P.O. Box 219085, Kansas City, MO
64121-7159, telephoning the Fund at 1-866-947-7000 or visiting the Fund’s
website at www.causewayfunds.com . Shares may be purchased by check or by wire,
or through the automated clearing house. You may receive redemption proceeds by
wire or by check.
Investor
Class shares require a $5,000 minimum initial investment. Institutional Class
shares require a $1 million minimum initial investment. There are no minimum
amounts required for subsequent investments.
Tax
Information:
Distributions from the Fund are generally taxable to you as ordinary income or
long-term capital gain, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred
arrangement, such as an IRA or 401(k) plan.
Payments to
Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase shares of the Fund through
a broker or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its
related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and
related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by
influencing the broker or financial intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. For more information, ask your
salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website.
Investment Objectives and
Principal Investment Strategies
The
investment objective of the International Value Fund is to seek long-term growth
of capital and income. The investment objective of the Global Value Fund is to
seek long-term growth of capital and income. The investment objective of the
Emerging Markets Fund is to seek long-term growth of capital. The investment
objective of the International Opportunities Fund is to seek long-term growth of
capital. The investment objective of the International Small Cap Fund is to seek
long-term growth of capital. No assurance can be given that the investment
objective of any of the Funds will be realized. Each Fund’s investment objective
is non-fundamental, and may be changed by the Fund’s Board without shareholder
approval upon 60 days’ written notice.
The
Funds seek to achieve their investment objectives using the principal investment
strategies described below.
Causeway International Value Fund
The
Fund invests primarily in common stocks of companies in developed countries
outside the U.S. Normally, the Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in
stocks of companies in a number of foreign countries and invests the majority of
its total assets in companies that pay dividends or repurchase their shares. The
Fund may invest up to 15% of its total assets in companies in emerging (less
developed) markets. The Fund considers a country to be an emerging market if the
country is included in the EM Index.
When
investing the Fund’s assets, the Investment Adviser follows a value style,
performing fundamental research supplemented by quantitative
analysis. Beginning with a universe of all publicly listed companies
throughout the non-U.S. developed
and
emerging markets, the Investment Adviser applies market capitalization and
liquidity thresholds to reduce investment candidates to approximately 2,000
equity securities. The Investment Adviser uses quantitative valuation screens to
further narrow the potential investment candidates. The Investment Adviser then
performs fundamental research, which generally includes company-specific
research, company visits, and interviews of suppliers, customers, competitors,
industry analysts, and experts. The Investment Adviser also applies a
proprietary quantitative risk model to adjust return forecasts based on risk
assessments. This process results in risk-adjusted return forecasts for a
closely followed group of potential investment candidates. Using a value style
means that the Investment Adviser buys stocks that it believes have lower prices
than their true worth. For example, stocks may be “undervalued” because the
issuing companies are in industries that are currently out of favor with
investors. However, even in those industries, certain companies may have high
rates of growth of earnings and be financially sound.
The
Investment Adviser considers whether a company has each of the following value
characteristics in purchasing or selling securities for the Fund:
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Low
price-to-earnings ratio (stock price divided by earnings per share)
relative to the sector |
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High
yield (percentage rate of return paid on a stock in dividends and share
repurchases) relative to the market |
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Low
price-to-book value ratio (stock price divided by book value per share)
relative to the market |
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Low
price-to-cash flow ratio (stock price divided by net income plus non-cash
charges per share) relative to the market |
Generally,
price-to-earnings ratio and yield are the most important factors.
The
Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization, and is not required
to invest a minimum amount and is not limited to investing a maximum amount in
companies in any particular country.
Causeway Global Value Fund
The
Fund invests primarily in common stocks of companies in developed countries
outside the U.S. and of companies in the U.S. Normally, the Fund invests the
majority of its total assets in companies that pay dividends or repurchase their
shares.
The
Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in companies in emerging (less
developed) markets. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least
40% of its total assets in a number of countries outside the U.S. The Fund
considers a country to be an emerging market if the country is included in the
EM Index.
When
investing the Fund’s assets, the Investment Adviser follows a value style,
performing fundamental research supplemented by quantitative
analysis. Beginning with a universe of all publicly listed companies
throughout the developed and emerging markets, the Investment Adviser applies
market capitalization and liquidity thresholds to reduce investment candidates
to approximately 4,000 securities. The Investment Adviser uses quantitative
valuation screens to further narrow the potential investment candidates. The
Investment Adviser then performs fundamental research, which generally includes
company-specific research, company visits, and interviews of suppliers,
customers, competitors, industry analysts, and experts. The Investment
Adviser also applies a proprietary quantitative risk model to adjust return
forecasts based on risk assessments. This process results in risk-adjusted
return forecasts for a closely followed group of potential investment
candidates. Using a value style means that the Investment Adviser buys stocks
that it believes have lower prices than their true worth. For
example,
stocks
may be “undervalued” because the issuing companies are in industries that are
currently out of favor with investors. However, even in those industries,
certain companies may have high rates of growth of earnings and be financially
sound.
The
Investment Adviser considers whether a company has each of the following value
characteristics in purchasing or selling securities for the Fund:
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Low
price-to-earnings ratio (stock price divided by earnings per share)
relative to the sector |
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• |
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High
yield (percentage rate of return paid on a stock in dividends and share
repurchases) relative to the market |
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• |
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Low
price-to-book value ratio (stock price divided by book value per share)
relative to the market |
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• |
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Low
price-to-cash flow ratio (stock price divided by net income plus non-cash
charges per share) relative to the market |
Generally,
price-to-earnings ratio and yield are the most important factors.
The
Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization, and is not required
to invest a minimum amount and is not limited to investing a maximum amount in
companies in any particular country.
Causeway Emerging Markets Fund
The
Fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of
companies in emerging (less developed) markets and other investments that are
tied economically to emerging markets. Generally these investments include
common stock, preferred and preference stock, depositary receipts, participation
notes, warrants or other equity-linked notes, and exchange-traded funds that
invest in emerging markets.
The
Investment Adviser uses a quantitative investment approach to purchase and sell
investments for the Fund. To select securities, the Investment Adviser’s
proprietary computer model analyzes “stock-specific” factors relating to
valuation, growth, technical indicators, and competitive strength, and
“top-down” factors relating to macroeconomics, currency, and country-sector
aggregate. Currently, the valuation factor category receives the highest overall
weight in the model and stock-specific factors comprise approximately 75% of the
score for a company. For each stock, the relative weight assigned to each
stock-specific factor differs depending on its classification (for example,
value, growth, momentum, capitalization or other classifications). The relative
weights of these stock-specific factors are sometimes referred to as “contextual
weights.” Factors and their weightings may change over time as the model is
revised and updated, or if the classification of a stock changes. In addition to
its quantitative research, the Investment Adviser’s fundamental research
analysts review certain of the quantitative outputs to attempt to identify and
address special issues, such as mergers and acquisitions or management changes,
that may not be captured by the quantitative model.
The
Fund invests in companies in ten or more emerging markets. If the Fund invests
in a country, the percentage of the Fund’s total assets attributable to that
country is not expected to be greater than the weight of that country in the EM
Index, plus 5 percentage points, or less than the weight of that country in the
EM Index minus 5 percentage points. For these purposes, emerging markets
include, but are not limited to, countries included in the EM Index, which
currently are: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece,
Hungary, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines,
Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand,
Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. In addition, at the discretion of the
Investment Adviser, the Fund may invest up to 10% of total Fund assets in
companies in less developed emerging markets not included in the EM
Index,
such as countries included in the MSCI Frontier Markets Index and countries with
similar economic characteristics. The Fund considers a country to be an emerging
market if the country is included in the EM Index.
The
Fund generally invests in companies with market capitalizations of US $500
million or greater at the time of investment and may invest in a wide range of
industries. The Fund may use futures contracts, including futures contracts
based on emerging markets indices, to obtain exposures to emerging markets for
efficient cash management.
Causeway International Opportunities Fund
The
Fund invests primarily in companies both in developed markets — excluding the
United States — and in emerging markets. The Investment Adviser allocates
substantially all of the Fund’s assets between the international value portfolio
and the emerging markets portfolio using a proprietary asset allocation model.
Normally, the Fund will invest in companies in at least ten foreign countries.
These portfolio strategies are summarized below.
International Value Portfolio: The
international value portfolio consists primarily of common stocks of companies
in developed countries outside the U.S. Normally, the majority of this portfolio
invests in companies that pay dividends or repurchase their shares. The
international value portfolio may also invest in companies in emerging (less
developed) markets.
When
investing the international value portfolio, the Investment Adviser follows a
value style, performing fundamental research supplemented by quantitative
analysis. Beginning with a universe of all publicly listed companies
throughout the non-U.S. developed and emerging markets, the Investment Adviser
applies market capitalization and liquidity thresholds to reduce potential
investment candidates to approximately 2,000 equity securities. The
Investment
Adviser
uses quantitative valuation screens to further narrow the potential investment
candidates. The Investment Adviser then performs fundamental research, which
generally includes company-specific research, company visits, and interviews of
suppliers, customers, competitors, industry analysts, and experts. The
Investment Adviser also applies a proprietary quantitative risk model to adjust
return forecasts based on risk assessments. This process results in
risk-adjusted return forecasts for a closely followed group of potential
investment candidates. Using a value style means that the Investment Adviser
buys stocks that it believes have lower prices than their true worth. For
example, stocks may be “undervalued” because the issuing companies are in
industries that are currently out of favor with investors. However, even in
those industries, certain companies may have high rates of growth of earnings
and be financially sound.
The
Investment Adviser considers whether a company has each of the following value
characteristics in purchasing or selling securities for the international value
portfolio:
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Low
price-to-earnings ratio (stock price divided by earnings per share)
relative to the sector |
|
• |
|
High
yield (percentage rate of return paid on a stock in dividends and share
repurchases) relative to the market |
|
• |
|
Low
price-to-book value ratio (stock price divided by book value per share)
relative to the market |
|
• |
|
Low
price-to-cash flow ratio (stock price divided by net income plus non-cash
charges per share) relative to the market |
Generally,
price-to-earnings ratio and yield are the most important factors. The
international value portfolio may invest in companies of any market
capitalization, and is not required to invest a
minimum
amount and is not limited to investing a maximum amount in companies in any
particular country.
Emerging Markets Portfolio: The emerging
markets portfolio is normally invested in equity securities of companies in
emerging (less developed) markets and other investments that are tied
economically to emerging markets. Generally, these investments include common
stock, preferred and preference stock, depositary receipts, and exchange-traded
funds that invest in emerging markets.
The
Investment Adviser uses a quantitative investment approach to purchase and sell
investments for the emerging markets portfolio. To select securities, the
Investment Adviser’s proprietary computer model analyzes “stock-specific”
factors relating to valuation, growth, technical indicators, and competitive
strength, and “top-down” factors relating to macroeconomics, currency, and
country-sector aggregate. Currently, the valuation factor category receives the
highest overall weight in the model and stock-specific factors comprise
approximately 75% of the score for a company. For each stock, the relative
weight assigned to each stock-specific factor differs depending on its
classification (for example, value, growth, momentum, capitalization or other
classifications). The relative weights of these stock-specific factors are
sometimes referred to as “contextual weights.” Factors and their weightings may
change over time as the model is revised and updated, or if the classification
of a stock changes. In addition to its quantitative research, the Investment
Adviser’s fundamental research analysts review certain of the quantitative
outputs to attempt to identify and address special issues, such as mergers and
acquisitions or management changes, that may not be captured by the quantitative
model.
If
the emerging markets portfolio invests in a country, the percentage of the
emerging markets portfolio’s total assets attributable to that country is not
expected to be greater than the weight of that country in the EM
Index
plus
5 percentage points, or less than the weight of that country in the EM Index
minus 5 percentage points. In addition, at the discretion of the Investment
Adviser, up to 10% of the emerging markets portfolio may be invested in
companies in less developed emerging markets not included in the EM Index, such
as countries included in the MSCI Frontier Markets Index and countries with
similar economic characteristics. The emerging markets portfolio generally
invests in companies with market capitalizations of US $500 million or greater
at the time of investment and may invest in a wide range of industries.
Asset Allocation Methodology: The Investment
Adviser uses quantitative signals from systems developed and managed by its
quantitative portfolio managers and qualitative input from its fundamental
portfolio managers to determine the allocation of assets between the
international value portfolio and the emerging markets portfolio. Quantitative
signals are generated by a proprietary asset allocation model designed by the
quantitative portfolio managers to indicate when allocations to emerging markets
should increase or decrease relative to the Fund’s benchmark, the ACWI ex USA
Index. The model currently analyzes factors in five categories: valuation,
earnings growth, financial strength, macroeconomics, and risk aversion. The
Investment Adviser’s fundamental portfolio managers evaluate these quantitative
signals in light of fundamental analysis and the portfolio managers, as a team,
determine the allocation between the international value portfolio and the
emerging markets portfolio. The allocation is reassessed by the quantitative
model daily and adjusted periodically when deemed appropriate by the investment
team.
The
Fund considers a country to be an emerging market if the country is included in
the EM Index. The percentage of the Fund’s total assets in emerging markets
investments is not expected to be greater than the weight of emerging markets in
the ACWI ex USA Index multiplied by two, and can be as low as zero. As of
December 31, 2023, the emerging markets portion of the ACWI ex USA Index
was 28.1%.
Causeway International Small Cap Fund
The
Fund invests primarily in common stocks of companies with smaller market
capitalizations located in developed and emerging markets outside the U.S. The
Fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of
companies with smaller market capitalizations. Smaller market capitalization
companies have market capitalizations that do not exceed the highest market
capitalization of a company included in the Small Cap Index, at the time of
purchase. As of December 31, 2023, the Small Cap Index included companies
with market capitalizations of up to $7.6 billion, and included companies in
both developed and emerging markets outside the U.S. Some of these companies,
although small compared with larger U.S. companies, might be large companies in
their local markets. The Fund may continue to invest in a company with a market
capitalization that appreciates above the smaller market capitalization
threshold and thus may from time to time hold less than 80% of its total assets
in equity securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations. The Fund
may invest in a wide range of industries.
The
Investment Adviser uses a quantitative investment approach to purchase and sell
investments for the Fund. To select securities, the Investment Adviser’s
proprietary computer model analyzes “stock-specific” factors relating to
valuation, sentiment, technical indicators, and competitive strength, and
“top-down” factors relating to macroeconomics and country. Currently, the
valuation factor category receives the highest overall weight in the model and
stock-specific factors comprise approximately 90% of the score for a company.
For each stock, the relative weight assigned to each stock-specific factor
differs depending on its classification (for example, value, growth, momentum,
capitalization or other classifications). The relative weights of these
stock-specific factors are sometimes referred to as “contextual weights.”
Factors and their weightings may change over time as the model is revised and
updated, or if the classification of a stock changes. In addition to its
quantitative
research,
the Investment Adviser’s fundamental research analysts review certain of the
quantitative outputs to attempt to identify and address special issues, such as
mergers and acquisitions or management changes, that may not be captured by the
quantitative model.
If
the Fund invests in a country, the percentage of the Fund’s total assets
attributable to that country is not expected to be greater than the weight of
that country in the Small Cap Index, plus 5 percentage points, or less than the
weight of that country in the Small Cap Index minus 5 percentage points. In
addition, at the discretion of the Investment Adviser, the Fund may invest up to
10% of total Fund assets in foreign and emerging markets not included in the
Small Cap Index.
Additional Investment
Information
Money Market Investments
To
meet redemptions and when waiting to invest cash receipts, the Funds may invest
in short-term, investment grade bonds, money market mutual funds and other money
market instruments. Also, the Funds temporarily can invest up to 100% of their
assets in short-term, investment grade bonds, and other money market instruments
in response to adverse market, economic or political conditions. A larger
percentage of such investments could moderate a Fund’s investment results. A
Fund may not achieve its investment objective using this type of
investing.
Preferred Stocks and Preference Stocks
The
Funds may invest in preferred stocks and preference stocks. Preferred stocks
include convertible and non-convertible preferred stocks that are senior to
common stock. Preferred stocks are equity securities that are senior to common
stock with respect to the right to receive dividends and a fixed share of the
proceeds resulting from the issuer’s liquidation. Some preferred stocks also
entitle their holders to receive additional liquidation proceeds on the same
basis as
holders
of the issuer’s common stock. Preference stock is a special type of common stock
that shares in the earnings of a company, has limited voting rights, may have a
dividend preference, and may also have liquidation preference. Preference stocks
are more common in emerging markets than in developed markets.
Information About Each Fund’s Index
Information
about each Fund’s benchmark index appears below. A Fund’s returns will not
necessarily be similar to the returns of its benchmark index.
The
benchmark index for the International Value Fund is the MSCI EAFE Index. This
Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index, designed to
measure developed market equity performance excluding the U.S. and Canada,
consisting of 21 stock markets in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East.
The
benchmark index for the Global Value Fund is the MSCI ACWI Index. The MSCI ACWI
Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index, designed to measure
the equity market performance of developed and emerging markets, consisting of
23 developed country indices, including the U.S, and 24 emerging market country
indices.
The
benchmark index for the Emerging Markets Fund is the MSCI Emerging Markets
Index. This Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index, designed
to measure equity market performance of emerging markets, consisting of 24
emerging country indices.
The
benchmark index for the International Opportunities Fund is the MSCI ACWI ex USA
Index. This Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index,
designed to measure the equity market performance of developed and emerging
markets excluding the U.S., consisting of 46 country indices.
The
primary benchmark index for the International Small Cap Fund is the MSCI ACWI ex
USA IMI Index. This Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index,
designed to capture large, mid and small cap representation across developed and
emerging markets excluding the U.S., consisting of 46 country indices. The
secondary benchmark index is the MSCI ACWI ex-USA Small Cap Index. This Index is
a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index, designed to measure
the equity market performance of smaller capitalization stocks in developed and
emerging markets excluding the U.S., consisting of 46 country indices. The Index
covers approximately 14% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in
each country.
The
above indices are net of withholding taxes, assume reinvestment of dividends and
capital gains, and assume no management, custody, transaction or other
expenses.
MSCI
has not approved, reviewed or produced this Prospectus, makes no express or
implied warranties or representations and is not liable whatsoever for any data
in this Prospectus.
Determining Where a Company Is Located
The
Investment Adviser determines a company’s country by referring to: the stock
exchange where its securities are principally traded; where it is registered,
organized or incorporated; where its headquarters are located; its MSCI country
classification; where it derives at least 50% of its revenues or profits from
goods produced or sold, investments made, or services performed; or where at
least 50% of its assets are located. These categories are designed to identify
investments that are tied economically to, and subject to the risks of,
investing outside the U.S. The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”) discusses where an exchange-traded fund is located.
Sustainability Issues
As
part of the Investment Adviser’s investment process, as summarized in this
Prospectus, when evaluating investments and potential investments, it considers
material sustainability factors (i.e., environmental, social and corporate
governance issues that have pecuniary implications), where applicable, as an
input into investment analysis. The Investment Adviser does not use
sustainability factors as the sole criteria to include or exclude companies or
sectors from its investable universe. Rather, the Investment Adviser seeks to
identify and quantify through research those sustainability factors it believes
are material, and to integrate those factors into its investment process. For
fundamental strategies, such as those used by the International Value Fund,
Global Value Fund, and the international value portfolio of the International
Opportunities Fund, these strategies employ a bottom-up stock selection process
whereby the Investment Adviser assesses a mosaic of fundamental company and
industry information to form a holistic view of an investment. Material
sustainability issues that the Investment Adviser believes are likely to impact
investment performance are, where applicable, an input in forming this view. The
emphasis on sustainability factors depends on the importance of these factors to
the relevant sector and unique circumstances of a company. For quantitative
strategies, such as those used by the Emerging Markets Fund, International Small
Cap Fund, and the emerging markets portfolio of the International Opportunities
Fund, the Investment Adviser uses a proprietary corporate governance assessment
score that ranks companies in developed and emerging markets based on a number
of bottom-up and top-down corporate governance measures. The ranking is used as
a negative screening indicator and highlights stocks that should be considered
for omission from the investable universe or trimming or sale from the
portfolio. In addition, the Investment Adviser uses a governance factor as a
top-down alpha indicator for the International Small Cap Fund.
There
are not universally agreed upon objective standards for assessing sustainability
issues for companies, and the Investment Adviser’s criteria and process for
assessing sustainability issues may differ from an investor’s or other person’s
understanding of which sustainability criteria should be used or how
sustainability issues should be analyzed. Sustainability issues tend to have
many subjective characteristics, can be difficult to analyze, and frequently
involve a balancing of a company’s business plans, objectives, actual conduct
and other factors. In addition, sustainability issues can vary over different
periods and can evolve over time. They may also be difficult to apply
consistently across regions, countries, industries or sectors. Moreover, there
is not universal acceptance of sustainability analysis within the investment
community. In addition, in evaluating an investment, the Investment Adviser is
dependent upon information and data obtained through third-party sources that
may be incomplete, inaccurate or unavailable, which could adversely affect the
analysis of the sustainability issues relevant to a particular
investment.
Investment Risks
This
section contains additional information about the general risks of investing in
each Fund. As with any mutual fund, there can be no guarantee that a Fund will
meet its goals or that the Fund’s performance will be positive for any period of
time. For more information about other types of investments a Fund may make, and
about the risks of investing in each Fund, including risks associated with
investments in particular countries, please see the Funds’ SAI, which is
available upon request.
The
Funds’ principal risks are listed below:
Market and Selection Risk
Market
risk is the risk that the market will go down in value, including the
possibility that such changes will be sharp and unpredictable. Global economies
are increasingly interconnected, and political, economic
and
other conditions and events (including, but not limited to, war, conflicts,
natural disasters, pandemics, epidemics, inflation/deflation and social unrest)
in one country or region might adversely impact a different country or region.
Furthermore, the occurrence of severe weather or geological events, fires,
floods, earthquakes, climate change or other natural or man-made disasters,
outbreaks of disease, epidemics and pandemics, malicious acts, cyber-attacks or
terrorist acts, among other events, could adversely impact the performance of a
Fund. These events may result in, among other consequences, closing borders,
exchange closures, health screenings, healthcare service delays, quarantines,
cancellations, supply chain disruptions, lower consumer demand, market
volatility and general uncertainty. These events could adversely impact issuers,
markets and economies over the short-and long-term, including in ways that
cannot necessarily be foreseen. A Fund could be negatively impacted if the value
of a portfolio holding were harmed by political or economic conditions or
events. Moreover, negative political and economic conditions and events could
disrupt the processes necessary for the Funds’ operations.
For
example, on January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom officially withdrew from
the EU (such departure from the EU, “Brexit”). On December 24, 2020, the EU and
United Kingdom signed the EU-United Kingdom Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the
“TCA”), which formally took effect on May 1, 2021 and now governs the
relationship between the EU and the United Kingdom. Notwithstanding the TCA,
certain aspects of the relationship between the United Kingdom and EU remain
unresolved and subject to further negotiation and agreement. As such, there
remains uncertainty as to the scope, nature and terms of the relationship
between the United Kingdom and the EU and the effect and implications of the
TCA.
The
actual and potential consequences of Brexit, and the associated uncertainty,
have adversely affected, and
for
the foreseeable future may adversely affect, economic and market conditions in
the United Kingdom, in the EU and its member states and elsewhere, and may also
contribute to uncertainty and instability in global financial markets.
This
uncertainty may, at any stage, adversely affect a Fund and its investments.
There may be detrimental implications for the value of a Fund’s investments
and/or its ability to implement its investment program. This may be due to,
among other things: (i) increased uncertainty and volatility in United
Kingdom, EU and other financial markets; (ii) fluctuations in asset values;
(iii) fluctuations in exchange rates; (iv) increased illiquidity of
investments located, listed or traded within the United Kingdom, the EU or
elsewhere; (v) changes in the willingness or ability of financial and other
counterparties to enter into transactions, or the price at which and terms on
which they are prepared to transact; and/or (vi) changes in legal and
regulatory regimes to which a Fund or certain of its assets and/or service
providers are or become subject.
The
withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU could have a material impact on the
United Kingdom’s economy and its future growth, impacting adversely a Fund’s
investments in the United Kingdom. It could also result in prolonged uncertainty
regarding aspects of the United Kingdom’s economy and damage customers’ and
investors’ confidence. Any of these events could have a material adverse effect
on a Fund.
Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the resulting responses by the U.S. and
other countries, and the potential for wider conflict, have increased and may
continue to increase volatility and uncertainty in financial markets worldwide.
The U.S. and other countries have imposed broad-ranging economic sanctions on
Russia and Russian entities and individuals, and may impose additional
sanctions, including on other countries that provide military or economic
support to Russia. These sanctions, among other things, restrict companies from
doing business
with
Russia and Russian issuers, and may adversely affect companies with economic or
financial exposure to Russia and Russian issuers. The extent and duration of
Russia’s military actions and the repercussions of such actions are not known.
The invasion may widen beyond Ukraine and may escalate, including through
retaliatory actions and cyberattacks by Russia and even other countries. These
events may result in further and significant market disruptions and may
adversely affect regional and global economies including those of Europe and the
U.S. Certain industries and markets, such as those involving oil, natural gas
and other commodities, as well as global supply chains, may be particularly
adversely affected. Whether or not a Fund invests in securities of issuers
located in Russia, Ukraine and adjacent countries or with significant exposure
to issuers in these countries, these events could negatively affect the value
and liquidity of a Fund’s investments.
In
addition, exchanges and securities markets may close early, close late or issue
trading halts on specific securities, which may result in, among other things, a
Fund being unable to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments at
an advantageous time or accurately price its portfolio investments.
Selection
risk is the risk that the investments that a Fund’s portfolio managers select
will underperform (or outperform, if short) the market or other funds with
similar investment objectives and investment strategies.
Management Risk
The
Funds are subject to management risk as actively managed investment portfolios.
The Investment Adviser’s opinion about the intrinsic worth of a company or
security may be incorrect; the Investment Adviser may not make timely purchases
or sales of securities for a Fund; a Fund’s investment objective may not be
achieved; or the market may continue to undervalue a Fund’s securities. In
addition, a Fund may not be able to dispose of certain securities
holdings
in a timely manner. Certain securities or other instruments in which a Fund
seeks to invest may not be available in the quantities desired. In addition,
regulatory restrictions, policies, and procedures to manage actual or potential
conflicts of interest, or other considerations may cause the Investment Adviser
to restrict or prohibit participation in certain investments.
Operations Risk
The
Funds may rely on various third-party sources to calculate their NAVs and to
provide other services. As a result, the Funds are subject to certain
operational risks associated with reliance on service providers and service
providers’ data sources. In particular, errors or systems failures and other
technological issues may adversely impact the Funds’ calculations of their NAVs,
and such NAV calculation issues may result in inaccurately calculated NAVs,
delays in NAV calculation and/or the inability to calculate NAVs over extended
periods. A Fund may be unable to recover losses associated with such
failures.
Issuer-Specific Risk
The
value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more
volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the value
of the market as a whole, due to, for example: a reason directly related to the
issuer; management performance; financial leverage; reduced demand for the
issuer’s goods or services; the historical and prospective earnings of the
issuer; or the value of the issuer’s assets.
Foreign and Emerging Markets Risk
Foreign
investments—including common stock, preferred and preference stocks, depositary
receipts, participation notes, warrants or other equity-linked notes, and
exchange traded funds that invest in foreign securities—involve special risks
not present in U.S. investments that can increase the chances that a Fund will
lose money. These risks are higher for
emerging
markets investments, which can be subject to greater social, economic,
regulatory and political uncertainties. These risks are also higher for
investments in smaller or medium capitalization companies. In particular,
investments in foreign securities and related investments involve the following
risks:
• The
economies of some foreign markets often do not compare favorably with that of
the U.S. in areas such as growth of gross domestic product, reinvestment of
capital, resources, and balance of payments. Some of these economies may rely
heavily on particular industries or foreign capital. For example, weakening
global demand for oil may negatively affect the economies of countries that rely
on the energy industry. They may be more vulnerable to adverse diplomatic
developments, the imposition of economic sanctions against a country, changes in
international trading patterns, trade barriers and other protectionist or
retaliatory measures.
• Governmental
actions — such as the imposition of capital controls, nationalization of
companies or industries, expropriation of assets or the imposition of punitive
taxes – may adversely affect long investments in foreign markets.
• The
governments of certain countries may prohibit or substantially restrict foreign
investing in their capital markets or in certain industries, or may restrict the
sale of certain holdings once purchased. In addition, the U.S. government may
restrict U.S. investors, including the Funds, from investing in certain foreign
issuers. Any of these restrictions could severely affect security prices; impair
a Fund’s ability to purchase or sell foreign securities or transfer its assets
or income back to the U.S.; result in forced selling of securities or an
inability to participate in an investment the Investment Adviser otherwise
believes is attractive; or otherwise adversely affect a Fund’s operations.
• Other
foreign market risks include foreign exchange controls, difficulties in pricing
securities, defaults on foreign government securities, difficulties in
enforcing
favorable
legal judgments in foreign courts, and political and social instability. Legal
remedies available to investors in some foreign countries are less extensive
than those available to investors in the U.S. Many foreign governments supervise
and regulate stock exchanges, brokers and the sale of securities less than the
U.S. government does. Corporate governance may not be as robust as in more
developed countries. As a result, protections for minority investors may not be
strong, which could affect security prices.
• Accounting
standards in other countries are not necessarily the same as in the U.S. If the
accounting standards in another country do not require as much disclosure or
detail as U.S. accounting standards, it may be harder for a Fund’s portfolio
managers to completely and accurately determine a company’s financial condition
or find reliable and current data to process using the Investment Adviser’s
quantitative techniques. U.S. regulators may be unable to enforce a company’s
regulatory obligations.
• Because
there are usually fewer investors on foreign exchanges and smaller numbers of
shares traded each day, it may be difficult for a Fund to buy and sell
securities on those exchanges. In addition, prices of foreign securities may go
up and down more than prices of securities traded in the U.S.
• Foreign
markets may have different clearance and settlement procedures. In certain
markets, settlements may not keep pace with the volume of securities
transactions. If this occurs, settlement may be delayed and a Fund’s assets may
be uninvested and may not be earning returns. A Fund also may miss investment
opportunities or not be able to sell an investment because of these
delays.
• Changes
in currency exchange rates will affect the value of a Fund’s foreign holdings.
Further, companies in foreign countries may conduct business or issue debt
denominated in currencies other than their domestic currencies, creating
additional risk if there is any disruption, abrupt change in the currency
markets, or illiquidity in the trading of such currencies.
• A
Fund may (but is not obligated to) purchase and sell forward foreign currency
contracts or swaps for the purpose of increasing or decreasing exposure to a
foreign currency or to shift exposure to foreign currency fluctuations from one
country to another, or from or to the Eurozone region in the case of the euro.
If a Fund makes these investments, the investments may not be effective as a
hedge against currency fluctuations and can limit potential for growth in the
value of a Fund. Currency forwards and swaps, like other derivatives, can be
volatile and involve significant risks including counterparty risk, leverage
risk, liquidity risk, credit risk, and basis risk (the risk that the value of
the investment will not react in parallel with the value of underlying
assets).
• The
costs of foreign securities transactions tend to be higher than those of U.S.
transactions, increasing the transaction costs paid directly or indirectly by
the Funds.
• International
trade barriers or economic sanctions against foreign countries may adversely
affect a Fund’s foreign holdings.
• The
Funds’, and in particular the Emerging Markets Fund’s, performance may be
affected by the social, political, and economic conditions within China. After
decades of unprecedented growth, China currently faces several headwinds,
including a slowing economy, high municipal debt, slowing manufacturing and
exports, high youth unemployment, a housing market downturn and deflation.
China’s securities markets have less regulation and are substantially smaller,
less liquid and more volatile than the securities markets of more developed
countries, and hence are more susceptible to manipulation, insider trading, and
other market abuses. As with all transition countries, China’s ability to
develop and sustain a credible legal, regulatory, monetary and socioeconomic
system could influence the course of outside investment. China has yet to
develop comprehensive securities, corporate, or commercial laws; its market is
relatively new and undeveloped; and its economy is slowing.
Government
policies have recently contributed to economic growth and prosperity in China,
but such policies could be altered or discontinued at any time. Changes in
government policy and slower economic growth may restrict or adversely affect a
Fund’s investments or returns. There is no guarantee that the Chinese government
will take action to support real estate or financial markets, or that any action
taken by the government would be effective. Such events, including government
intervention, could have a significant adverse impact on the Chinese, regional
and global markets and on a Fund’s holdings. In addition, certain Funds may
obtain exposure to the China A-Share market through participation notes,
warrants or similar equity-linked notes, which are derivative instruments that
can be volatile and involve special risks including counterparty risk, liquidity
risk, and basis risk. These instruments may be based on an index or exposures
selected by the Investment Adviser. Alternatively, certain Funds may directly
invest in China A-Shares listed and traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange or
Shenzhen Stock Exchange through the Shanghai-Hong Kong or Shenzhen – Hong Kong
Stock Connect links (“Stock Connect”). Trading through Stock Connect is subject
to a number of risks including, among others, trading, clearance and settlement
risks, currency exchange risks, political and economic instability, inflation,
confiscatory taxation, nationalization, expropriation, Chinese securities market
volatility, less reliable financial information, differences in accounting,
auditing, and financial standards and requirements from those applicable to U.S.
issuers, and uncertainty of implementation of existing law in the People’s
Republic of China (“PRC”). Further developments are likely and there can be no
assurance of Stock Connect’s continued existence or whether future developments
regarding the program may restrict or adversely affect a Fund’s investments or
returns. In addition, securities of certain Chinese issuers are, or may in the
future become, restricted, and a Fund may be forced to sell these restricted
securities and incur a loss as a result.
• A
Fund may gain exposure to certain operating companies in China through legal
structures known as variable interest entities (“VIEs”). In China, ownership of
companies in certain sectors by non-Chinese individuals and entities (including
U.S. persons and entities, such as the Funds) is prohibited. To facilitate
indirect non-Chinese investment, many China-based operating companies have
created VIE structures. In a VIE structure, a China-based operating company
establishes an entity outside of China that enters into service and other
contracts with the China-based operating company. Shares of the entities
established outside of China are often listed and traded on an exchange.
Non-Chinese investors (such as a Fund) hold equity interests in the entities
established outside of China rather than directly in the China-based operating
companies. This arrangement allows U.S. investors to obtain economic exposure to
the China-based operating company through contractual means rather than through
formal equity ownership. An investment in a VIE structure subjects a Fund to the
risks associated with the underlying China-based operating company. In addition,
a Fund may be exposed to certain associated risks, including the risks that: the
Chinese government could subject the China-based operating company to penalties,
revocation of business and operating licenses or forfeiture of ownership
interests; the Chinese government may outlaw the VIE structure, which could
cause an uncertain negative impact to existing investors in the VIE structure;
if the contracts underlying the VIE structure are not honored by the China-based
operating company or if there is otherwise a dispute, the contracts may not be
enforced by Chinese courts; and shareholders of the China-based operating
company may leverage the VIE structure to their benefit and to the detriment of
the investors in the VIE structure. If any of these actions were to occur, the
market value of a Fund’s investments in VIEs would likely fall, causing
investment losses, which could be substantial, for the Fund.
The
PCAOB historically has been restricted from inspecting the audit work and
practices of registered
accountants
in the PRC. In 2022, the PCAOB entered into an agreement with the China
Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Finance of the PRC that
permits the PCAOB to inspect registered accountants headquartered in mainland
China and Hong Kong. There remains uncertainty as to whether the PRC will allow
the PCAOB unrestricted access to the audit papers of PRC issuers. As a result,
there continues to be the risk that audits performed by registered accountants
in mainland China and Hong Kong may continue to be less reliable than those
performed by other firms subject to PCAOB inspection, and that material
accounting and financial information about PRC issuers may be unavailable or
unreliable.
Dividend-Paying Stock Risk
A
Fund’s investment in dividend-paying stocks involves the risk that such stocks
may fall out of favor with investors and underperform the market. Companies that
issue dividend-paying stocks are not required to continue to pay dividends on
such stocks. Therefore, there is the possibility that such companies could
reduce or eliminate the payment of dividends in the future or the anticipated
acceleration of dividends could not occur as a result of, among other things, a
sharp rise in interest rates or an economic downturn. The prices of
dividend-paying stocks may also decline as interest rates increase. Changes in
the dividend policies of companies and capital resources available for these
companies’ dividend payments may adversely affect a Fund. In addition, depending
upon market conditions, dividend-paying stocks that meet a Fund’s investment
criteria may not be widely available.
Derivatives Risk
A
Fund’s use of futures contracts subjects the Fund to additional risks. Futures
contracts are derivative instruments which can be volatile and involve special
risks including leverage risk and basis risk (the risk that the value of the
investment will not react in parallel with the value of the reference index),
in
addition
to market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, operational risk and legal risk.
Participation notes, warrants or similar equity-linked notes, which may be based
on either an index or exposures selected by the Investment Adviser, may be used
to obtain exposure to the China A-Share market, are also derivative instruments
which can be volatile and involve special risks including counterparty risk,
liquidity risk, and basis risk. These risks are in addition to the risks
associated with the investments underlying such derivative
instruments.
Allocation Risk
The
Investment Adviser uses a proprietary, quantitative, asset allocation model to
determine allocations for the Opportunities Fund between developed and emerging
markets. This subjects the Fund to the risk of relative underperformance if its
emerging markets exposure is relatively high when emerging markets underperform
developed markets or if its emerging markets exposure is relatively low when
emerging markets outperform developed markets. No assurance can be given that
the Investment Adviser’s asset allocation decisions will avoid underperformance
or losses.
Small and Medium Cap Risk
The
International Small Cap Fund will invest a significant portion of its assets in
the securities of smaller capitalization companies, and other Funds may also
invest in smaller and medium capitalization issuers. The values of securities of
smaller and medium capitalization companies, which may be less well-known
companies, can be more sensitive to, and react differently to, company,
political, market, and economic developments than the market as a whole and
other types of securities. Smaller and medium capitalization companies can have
more limited product lines, markets, growth prospects, depth of management, and
financial resources, and these companies may have shorter operating histories
and less access to financing, creating additional risk. Smaller and medium
capitalization companies in
countries
with less-liquid currencies may have additional difficulties in financing and
conducting their businesses. Further, smaller and medium capitalization
companies may be particularly affected by interest rate increases, as they may
find it more difficult to borrow money to continue or expand operations, or may
have difficulty in repaying any loans that have floating rates. Because of these
and other risks, securities of smaller and medium capitalization companies tend
to be more volatile and less liquid than securities of larger capitalization
companies. During some periods, securities of smaller and medium capitalization
companies, as asset classes, have underperformed the securities of larger
capitalization companies.
Quantitative Analysis Risk
The
Investment Adviser may use quantitative methods when selecting investments,
either as the primary investment approach or to supplement its fundamental
research, as described in each Fund’s principal investment strategies. The
Investment Adviser’s quantitative techniques may be adversely affected if it
relies on erroneous or outdated data. In addition, any errors in the Investment
Adviser’s quantitative methods may adversely affect a Fund’s performance.
Securities
or other investments selected by the Investment Adviser using quantitative
methods may perform differently from the market as a whole for numerous reasons
including factors used in the quantitative analysis, the weight assigned to a
stock-specific factor for a stock or the weight placed on each factor, and
changes in the factor’s historical trends. The factors used in quantitative
analysis and the weight assigned to a stock-specific factor for a stock or the
weight placed on each factor may not predict a security’s value, and the
effectiveness of the factors can change over time. These changes may not be
reflected in the current quantitative model.
High Portfolio Turnover Risk
The
International Small Cap Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of its
portfolio securities. High
portfolio
turnover (more than 100%) may result in increased transaction costs to the Fund,
including brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on
the sale of the securities and on reinvestment in other securities. The sale of
Fund portfolio securities may result in the realization and/or distribution to
shareholders of higher capital gains or losses as compared to a fund with less
active trading policies. These effects of higher than normal portfolio turnover
may adversely affect Fund performance.
Large Purchase/Redemption Risk
A
Fund may be adversely affected when large shareholders purchase or redeem large
amounts of shares, which may impact the Fund in the same manner as a high volume
of purchase or redemption requests. Such large shareholders may include, but are
not limited to, other funds, institutional investors, and asset allocators who
make investment decisions on behalf of underlying clients. Significant
shareholder purchases and redemptions may adversely impact a Fund’s portfolio
management. For example, a Fund may be forced to sell a comparatively large
portion of its portfolio to meet significant shareholder redemptions, or hold a
comparatively large portion of its portfolio in cash due to significant
shareholder purchases, in each case when the Fund otherwise would not seek to do
so. Such shareholder transactions may cause Funds to make investment decisions
at inopportune times or prices or miss attractive investment opportunities. Such
transactions may also increase a Fund’s transaction costs, accelerate the
realization of taxable income if sales of securities resulted in gains, or
otherwise cause a Fund to perform differently than intended. While large
shareholder transactions may be more frequent under certain circumstances, a
Fund is generally subject to the risk that a large shareholder can purchase or
redeem a significant percentage of Fund shares at any time. Moreover, a Fund is
subject to the risk that other shareholders may make investment decisions based
on the choices of a large shareholder, which could exacerbate negative effects
experienced by the Fund.
Cybersecurity Risk
The
use of technology is prevalent in the course of business and, as a result, the
Funds have become potentially more susceptible to operational and information
security risks resulting from breaches in cyber security. A breach in cyber
security could result from intentional or unintentional cyber events from
outside threat actors or internal resources that may, among other matters, cause
a Fund to lose proprietary information, suffer data corruption and/or
destruction or lose operational capacity, result in the unauthorized release or
other misuse of confidential information, or otherwise disrupt normal business
operations. Cyber security breaches may involve unauthorized access to a Fund’s
digital information systems (e.g.,
through “hacking,” malicious software coding, etc.), from multiple sources
including outside attacks such as denial-of-service attacks (i.e., efforts to
make network services unavailable to intended users), or cyber extortion
including exfiltration of data held for ransom and/or “ransomware” attacks that
renders systems inoperable until ransom is paid. In addition, cyber security
breaches involving a Fund’s third party service providers (including but not
limited to investment advisers, administrators, transfer agents, custodians,
vendors, suppliers, distributors and other third parties), trading
counterparties or issuers in which a Fund invests can also subject a Fund to
many of the same risks associated with direct cyber security breaches or
extortion of company data. Moreover, cyber security breaches involving trading
counterparties or issuers in which a Fund invests could adversely impact these
counterparties or issuers and cause the Fund’s investment to lose value.
Cyber
security failures or breaches may result in financial losses to a Fund and its
shareholders. These failures or breaches may also result in disruptions to
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses; interference
with a Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV, process shareholder transactions or
otherwise transact business with shareholders; impediments to trading;
violations of applicable privacy and other
laws;
regulatory fines; penalties; third party claims in litigation; reputational
damage; reimbursement or other compensation costs; additional compliance and
cyber security risk management costs and other adverse consequences. In
addition, substantial costs may be incurred in order to seek to prevent cyber
security incidents in the future.
As
with operational risk in general, the Funds have established business continuity
plans and other systems designed to reduce the risks associated with cyber
security. However, there are inherent limitations in these plans and systems,
including that certain risks may not have been identified, in large part because
different or unknown threats may be unknown or emerge in the future. As such,
there is no guarantee that these efforts will succeed, especially because the
Funds do not directly control the cyber security systems of issuers in which a
Fund may invest, trading counterparties or third party service providers to the
Funds. These entities may have experienced cyber security attacks and other
attempts to gain unauthorized access to systems from time to time, and there is
no guarantee that efforts to prevent or mitigate the effects of these attacks
will be successful. There is also a risk that cyber security breaches may not be
detected, or may not be detected for a meaningful period of time. The Funds and
their shareholders may suffer losses as a result of a cyber security breach
related to the Funds, their service providers, trading counterparties or the
issuers in which a Fund invests.
Information about
Portfolio Holdings
A
description of the Funds’ policy and procedures with respect to the disclosure
of their portfolio holdings is available in the SAI, which is available upon
request.
If
you would like further information about a Fund, including how it invests,
please see the SAI.
Management of the Funds
About the Investment Adviser
Causeway
Capital Management LLC, the Funds’ Investment Adviser, manages each Fund’s
investments under the overall supervision of the Board. The Investment Adviser
is responsible for making all investment decisions for the Funds. Each Fund pays
the Investment Adviser an annual management fee equal to a percentage of its
average daily net assets, as indicated in the table below.
|
|
|
| |
Fund |
|
Management Fee |
|
International Value Fund |
|
|
0.80 |
% |
Global Value Fund |
|
|
0.80 |
% |
Emerging Markets Fund |
|
|
1.00 |
% |
International Opportunities Fund |
|
|
0.80 |
% |
International Small Cap Fund |
|
|
1.00 |
% |
The
Investment Adviser began operations as an investment adviser in June 2001. The
Investment Adviser had approximately $45.5 billion in assets under management as
of December 31, 2023. The Investment Adviser’s address is 11111 Santa
Monica Boulevard, 15th
Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90025.
A
discussion regarding the basis for the approval by the Board of the Investment
Advisory Agreement for each Fund is contained in the Funds’ Annual Reports to
Shareholders for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.
About the International Value Fund and the Global
Value Fund Portfolio Managers
The
International Value Fund and the Global Value Fund are managed by a team of
portfolio managers comprised of Brian Woonhyung Cho, Jonathan Eng, Harry
Hartford, Sarah Ketterer, Ellen Lee, Conor Muldoon, Steven Nguyen, and
Alessandro Valentini. Their backgrounds are described below.
Brian
Woonhyung Cho is a director of the Investment Adviser. Mr. Cho joined the
firm in September 2013. From 2011 to 2013, Mr. Cho was a vice president at
BofA-ML Equity Research, covering the IT hardware and supply chain sector. From
2007 to 2011, he worked as an associate at Goldman Sachs Equity Research
covering the same sector. From 2006 to 2007, he worked as an analyst at Morgan
Stanley Equity Research covering the internet and interactive software sector.
Prior to that, he worked as an analyst at PA Consulting Group in the financial
services practice. Mr. Cho earned a BSc in management science from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Jonathan
Eng is a director of the Investment Adviser. Mr. Eng joined the firm in
July 2001. From 1997 to July 2001, Mr. Eng was with the Hotchkis and Wiley
division of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“HW-MLIM”) in Los Angeles
and London, where he was an equity research associate for the International and
Global Value Equity Team. Mr. Eng has a BA in History and Economics from
Brandeis University and an MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management
at UCLA.
Harry
Hartford is the president of the Investment Adviser. Mr. Hartford
co-founded the Investment Adviser in June 2001. Prior to that, he was with
HW-MLIM since 1996, where he was a managing director and co-head of the
International and Global Value Equity Team in Los Angeles. Mr. Hartford has
a BA, with honors, in Economics from the University of Dublin, Trinity College,
and an MSc in Economics from Oklahoma State University, and is a Phi Kappa Phi
member.
Sarah
Ketterer is the chief executive officer of the Investment Adviser.
Ms. Ketterer co-founded the Investment Adviser in June 2001. Prior to that,
she was with HW-MLIM since 1996, where she was a managing director and co-head
of the International and Global Value Equity Team in Los Angeles.
Ms. Ketterer has a BA in Economics and Political Science from Stanford
University and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School, Dartmouth College.
Ellen
Lee is a director of the Investment Adviser. She joined the firm in August 2007.
During the summer of 2006, Ms. Lee interned at Tiger Asia, a long short
equity hedge fund focused on China, Japan, and Korea. From 2001 to 2004,
Ms. Lee was an associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions division of Credit
Suisse First Boston in Seoul, where she advised Korean corporates and
multinational corporations. From 1999 to 2000, she was an analyst in the Mergers
and Acquisitions division of Credit Suisse First Boston in Hong Kong.
Ms. Lee has a BA in Business Administration from Seoul National University
and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Conor
Muldoon is a director of the Investment Adviser. Mr. Muldoon joined the
firm in June 2003. From 1995 to June 2003, Mr. Muldoon was an investment
consultant for Fidelity Investments where he served as a liaison between
institutional clients and investment managers within Fidelity. Mr. Muldoon
has a BSc and an MA from the University of Dublin, Trinity College, and an MBA
with high honors from the University of Chicago. Mr. Muldoon was inducted
into the Beta Gamma Sigma honors society and is also a CFA charterholder.
Steven
Nguyen is a director of the Investment Adviser. He joined the firm in April
2012. From 2006 to 2012, Mr. Nguyen was a Senior Credit Analyst at
Bradford & Marzec covering high yield and investment grade companies in
the telecommunication services, cable, media, gaming, insurance, and REIT
industries. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Nguyen was a Credit Analyst/Portfolio
Manager in the corporate bond department of Allegiance Capital. Mr. Nguyen
has a BA in Business Economics from Brown University, an MBA, with honors, from
the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and is a CFA charterholder.
Alessandro
Valentini is a director of the Investment Adviser. He joined the firm in July
2006. During the summer of 2005, Mr. Valentini worked as a research analyst
at Thornburg Investment Management, where he conducted fundamental research
focusing on the
European
telecommunication and Canadian oil sectors. From 2000 to 2004, he worked as a
financial analyst at Goldman Sachs in the European Equities Research-Sales
division in New York. Mr. Valentini has an MBA from Columbia Business
School, with honors, an MA in Economics from Georgetown University and a BS,
magna cum laude, from Georgetown University. He was inducted into the Beta Gamma
Sigma honors society, is a Phi Beta Kappa member, and is a CFA
charterholder.
About the Emerging Markets Fund and the International
Small Cap Fund Portfolio Managers
The
Emerging Markets Fund and the International Small Cap Fund are managed by Joe
Gubler, Arjun Jayaraman, MacDuff Kuhnert, and Ryan Myers. Their backgrounds are
described below.
Joe
Gubler, CFA, is a director of the Investment Adviser and performs quantitative
research. He joined the Investment Adviser in April 2005. From 2002 to April
2005, Mr. Gubler worked as Director of Engineering for the MonsterTRAK
division of Monster.com. He was responsible for a cross-functional team that
developed, enhanced, and maintained the software that powers the monstertrak.com
website. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Gubler developed database-enabled web
applications for a wide range of companies, including the National Academy of
Recording Arts and Sciences, the Recording Industry Association of America,
Disney, NameSafe.com, and Array Networks. While studying astrophysics at UC San
Diego, Mr. Gubler worked as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory’s stellar interferometry group. Mr. Gubler has a BS,
cum laude, in Physics from UC Irvine, an MS in Physics from UC San Diego, and an
MBA from the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management. He is a CFA
charterholder.
Arjun
Jayaraman, PhD, CFA, is head of the quantitative research group at the
Investment Adviser. He has been a portfolio manager at the Investment Adviser
since
January
2006. From 2004 to 2005, Dr. Jayaraman was a portfolio manager for
quantitative strategies at PanAgora Asset Management. He was the lead portfolio
manager of its non-U.S. large cap core equity portfolios and was the
co-portfolio manager of its global large cap core equity portfolios. From
2000-2004, Dr. Jayaraman managed similar portfolios at Putnam Investments
in addition to working closely with the teams that managed Putnam’s traditional
non-U.S. strategies. Dr. Jayaraman has a BA in Economics from Columbia
University, a PhD from New York University (Stern School of Business), and is a
CFA charterholder.
MacDuff
Kuhnert, CFA, is a director of the Investment Adviser and performs quantitative
research. He joined the Investment Adviser in July 2001. From 1996 to July 2001,
Mr. Kuhnert worked for HW-MLIM as a quantitative research associate, where
he created and developed advanced quantitative models used in the international
value investment process. Mr. Kuhnert has a BA in Chemistry from Dartmouth
College. He is a CFA charterholder and member of the Los Angeles Society of
Financial Analysts and the Los Angeles Quantitative Investment
Association.
Ryan
Myers is a director of the Investment Adviser and performs quantitative
research. He joined the Investment Adviser in June 2013. From 2010 to 2012,
Mr. Myers served as chief investment officer of Iron Castle Asset
Management, an investment partnership focused on mid-cap U.S. equities. From
2007 to 2008, Mr. Myers worked as an analyst at Canyon Partners, where he
covered the cable, media, telecom and satellite sectors. From 2005 to 2007,
Mr. Myers was an associate for Oaktree Capital Management in the distressed
opportunities group. Mr. Myers began his professional career in 2003 as an
investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs in the technology, media and telecom
group. Mr. Myers earned a BA, magna cum laude, in economics from Harvard
University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned an MBA from the
Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller
Scholar.
Mr. Myers
currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Yosemite Conservancy, an
organization dedicated to supporting projects and programs that preserve
Yosemite National Park and enrich the visitor experience.
About the International Opportunities Fund Portfolio
Managers
The
International Opportunities Fund is managed by a team of portfolio managers
comprised of Brian Woonhyung Cho, Jonathan Eng, Joe Gubler, Harry Hartford,
Arjun Jayaraman, Sarah Ketterer, MacDuff Kuhnert, Ellen Lee, Conor Muldoon, Ryan
Myers, Steven Nguyen, and Alessandro Valentini. Their backgrounds are described
above.
The
SAI, which is available upon request, provides additional information about the
portfolio managers’ compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio
managers, and their ownership of shares of the Funds.
Other Information
This
Prospectus and the SAI, any contracts filed as exhibits to the Trust’s
registration statement, related regulatory filings, and any other Fund
communications or disclosure documents do not create any contractual obligations
between a Fund and shareholders. A Fund may amend any of these documents or
enter into or amend other contracts, and interpret its investment objective,
policies, restrictions and contractual provisions applicable to it without
shareholder approval except where shareholder approval is specifically required
by law or the Trust’s governing documents or where a shareholder approval
requirement is specifically disclosed in the Trust’s then-current Prospectus or
SAI. Further, shareholders are neither parties to nor intended third-party
beneficiaries of any contracts entered into by (or on behalf of) a Fund,
including contracts with the Investment Adviser or other parties providing
services to the Fund.
Investing in the Funds
Description of Classes
Each
Fund offers two classes of shares – Investor Class and Institutional Class. Each
share class has its own expense structure. Each share class represents an
ownership interest in the same investment portfolio.
Investor
Class shares are for retail investors who meet the account minimum and investors
purchasing shares through financial intermediaries authorized to make Investor
Class shares available. Institutional Class shares are for institutions and
individuals who meet the account minimum and investors purchasing through
financial intermediaries authorized to make Institutional Class shares
available.
Investor Class
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no
upfront or deferred sales charge |
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up
to 0.25% annual shareholder service fee |
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higher
annual expenses than Institutional Class |
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$5,000
minimum initial investment |
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no
minimum for subsequent investments |
Institutional Class
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no
upfront or deferred sales charge |
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no
shareholder service fee |
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lower
annual expenses than Investor Class |
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$1
million minimum initial investment |
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no
minimum for subsequent investments |
The
account minimums for Institutional and Investor Class shares may be waived for
employees and board members of the Investment Adviser (or its parent holding
company) and Trustees of the Funds and their families, and for holders of shares
purchased by clients of the Investment Adviser. The Funds’ officers or their
delegates may, in their discretion, also waive or lower
account
minimums for customers of a financial intermediary or investment adviser if the
aggregate investments of the customers of the financial intermediary or
investment adviser meet the account minimum or are believed likely to meet the
account minimum in the future, or if the customers of the financial intermediary
or investment adviser in aggregate invest more than $1 million in the
Trust.
If
you are the beneficial owner of an Investor Class account or multiple Investor
Class accounts held directly with a Fund and your total investment in a Fund
exceeds $1 million, you may request your Fund to convert and/or exchange in kind
your shares to Institutional Class shares. In addition, a financial intermediary
or investment adviser whose customers in aggregate invest more than $1 million
in the Trust may request a Fund to convert and/or exchange in kind its
customers’ shares to Institutional Class shares. Your broker or other financial
intermediary may also convert or exchange in kind your Institutional Class
shares to Investor Class shares. To do so, your intermediary must have your
authorization to convert your shares, and must provide shareholder services to
you that are reasonable in relation to the shareholder service fees it will
receive from the Fund. Your intermediary must be converting your shares as part
of a plan to place you in a brokerage account with a combination of fees and
services appropriate for you, and must have appropriately disclosed the fees and
services associated with your brokerage account. It is your intermediary’s
responsibility to meet these conditions and the Fund will not be able to confirm
that it has done so.
How to Purchase, Exchange
and Sell Fund Shares
This
section tells you how to purchase, exchange and sell (sometimes called “redeem”)
shares of the Funds.
How to Purchase Fund Shares
You
may purchase shares on any day that the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open
for business (a “Business Day”).
You
may purchase shares directly by:
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To
purchase shares directly from us, complete and send in a Fund application.
Individuals may also complete an application online. If you need an application
or have questions, please call 1-866-947-7000 or visit www.causewayfunds.com.
Unless you arrange to pay by wire or through ACH, write your check, payable in
U.S. dollars, to “Causeway International Value Fund,” “Causeway Global Value
Fund,” “Causeway Emerging Markets Fund,” “Causeway International Opportunities
Fund,” or “Causeway International Small Cap Fund” (depending on the Fund shares
you wish to buy) and mail it to the appropriate Fund at: P.O. Box 219085, Kansas
City, MO 64121-7159. The Funds do not accept cash, credit card convenience
checks, counter checks, foreign checks, money orders, starter checks, third
party checks, traveler’s checks or credit cards for Fund shares. If you intend
to pay by wire or through ACH please call 1-866-947-7000 for further
instructions.
Internet
transactions via the Funds’ website are available to existing shareholders and
new individual shareholders. Institutions may not make an initial purchase of a
Fund’s shares via the Internet. Visit www.causewayfunds.com and click on “Fund
Account – Access” to view account information and perform subsequent purchases,
exchanges and redemptions. Only bank accounts held at domestic financial
institutions that are ACH members may be used for telephone or Internet
transactions.
You
may also buy shares through accounts with brokers and other institutions that
are authorized to place trades in Fund shares for their customers. If
you
invest
through an authorized institution, you will have to follow its procedures, which
may be different from the procedures for investing directly. Your broker or
institution may charge a fee for its services, in addition to the fees charged
by a Fund. You will also generally have to address your correspondence or
questions regarding a Fund to your institution.
A
Fund may reject any purchase order if it determines that accepting the order
would not be in the best interests of the Fund or its shareholders.
How to Exchange Fund Shares
You
may exchange shares of one class of a Fund for shares of the same class of
another Fund. You may exchange shares on any Business Day, and may exchange
shares directly by:
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Mail,
by writing to the Funds at the address listed under “How to Purchase Fund
Shares” above and indicating the Funds you wish to
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Telephone,
by calling 1-866-947-7000, or |
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You
may also exchange shares through accounts with brokers and other institutions
that are authorized to place trades in Fund shares for their customers, but you
will need to follow your institution’s procedures and may be subject to fees
charged by your institution.
Exchanges
will be subject to the Funds’ minimum investment requirements. To effect an
exchange, you must exchange shares with a total value of at least $100, and
exchanges are limited to a maximum of $250,000 for exchanges of Investor Class
shares and $1 million for exchanges of Institutional Class shares, per
transaction. An exchange of shares will have the same tax consequences as a
redemption of shares. For example, if you exchange shares held in a taxable
account that are worth more than when you purchased them, the gain (generally,
the value at the time of the exchange less your cost) will be
taxable.
Conversions
or exchanges between Classes of shares of the same Fund are not subject to the
above minimums.
A
Fund may reject any exchange order if it determines that accepting the order
would not be in the best interests of the Fund or its shareholders.
Financial Intermediary Compensation
The
Investment Adviser makes payments out of its own resources to certain brokers
and financial intermediaries for providing services intended to result in the
sale of Fund shares or for shareholder service activities. These payments by the
Investment Adviser may include one or more of the following types of payments:
one-time account establishment fees, annual per account fees, sales fees of up
to 0.08% of sales of Fund shares, and annual asset-based charges of up to 0.16%
of the average daily NAV of shares of a Fund serviced by the institution.
Payments to certain intermediaries are subject to annual minimums of up to
$25,000. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the
broker or financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend a Fund over
another investment. For more information, please see the SAI or ask your
salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website.
Customer Identification and Verification
To
help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering
activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify,
and record information that identifies each person (or the control person(s)
and/or beneficial owners of legal entity customers) who opens an account.
What
this means for you (or the control person(s) and/or beneficial owners of legal
entity customers): when you open an account, we will ask for your name, address,
date of birth, and other information that will allow us to identify you. We may
also ask for a copy of your driver’s license or other identifying documents. We
will use these documents for the
purpose
of establishing and verifying your identity — we will not be obligated to follow
the terms of any of these documents. We may not accept your new account
application if you do not provide the required identifying information.
We
will attempt to collect any missing information by contacting you or your
broker. If we are unable to obtain the information within a timeframe
established in our sole discretion, we may not accept your new account
application.
We
will attempt to verify your identity (or the control person(s) and/or beneficial
owners of legal entity customers) in a timeframe established in our sole
discretion. If we are unable to verify your identity, we may close your account
and return to you the value of your shares at the next calculated NAV. If you
purchased your shares by check, redemption proceeds may not be available until
your check has cleared (which may take up to 15 days from your date of
purchase). If your account is closed, you may realize a gain or loss on the
redeemed Fund shares and will be subject to resulting tax consequences.
How Fund Shares are Priced
The
price per Fund share (the offering price) will be the NAV next determined after
the Fund receives your purchase or exchange order, provided that your purchase
or exchange order contains all information and legal documentation necessary to
process the order including, for new accounts, required identifying information
described in “Customer Identification and Verification” above. The NAV for one
Fund share is the value of that share’s portion of all of the net assets of the
Fund.
Each
Fund calculates its NAV once each Business Day as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, the
normal close of regular trading of the NYSE. If, for example, the NYSE closes at
1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, each Fund’s NAV would still be determined as of 4:00
p.m. Eastern Time. In this example, portfolio securities traded on
the
NYSE would be valued at their closing prices unless a fair value adjustment is
appropriate. For you to receive the current Business Day’s NAV, the Fund or its
authorized agent must receive your purchase or exchange order before 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Time. Note that your financial intermediary may have earlier deadlines
to receive your order. The Fund will use the next trading day’s NAV for a
purchase, exchange or redemption order received after 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Time.
In
calculating NAV, each Fund generally values its investment portfolio at market
price. The value of investments in any open-end investment companies that are
not exchange-traded funds are based on their NAVs. If market prices are not
readily available or are unreliable, fair value prices may be determined by the
Fund’s valuation designee (the Investment Adviser), acting through the
Investment Adviser’s fair value committee (the “Fair Value Committee”) in good
faith using methods approved by the Board.
For
instance, if trading in a security has halted or suspended, a security has
de-listed from a national exchange, a security has not traded for an extended
period of time, or a significant event with respect to a security occurs after
the close of the market on which the security principally trades and before the
time a Fund calculates NAV, the valuation designee, acting through the Fair
Value Committee, may determine the security’s fair value. The Funds use a
third-party fair valuation service to provide each Fund with fair value prices
for certain securities. Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price
established each day by the board of exchange on which they are traded, and the
settlement prices are provided by an independent source. On days when there is
excessive volume or market volatility or when a futures contract does not end
trading by the time a Fund calculates its NAV, the settlement price may not be
available at the time a Fund calculates its NAV. On these days, the best
available price (which is typically the last sale price) may be used to value a
Fund’s futures contracts. Participation notes, warrants or similar
equity-linked
notes
used to obtain exposure to the China A-Share market are fair valued based on the
underlying stocks and terms of the instrument, including those related to
performance and fees.
Foreign
securities owned by a Fund may trade on weekends or other days when the Fund
does not price its shares. As a result, a Fund’s NAV may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem the Fund’s shares. It is possible that
market timers or “arbitrageurs” may attempt to buy or sell Fund shares to profit
from price movements in foreign markets not yet reflected in a Fund’s NAV. Such
trades may have the effect of reducing the value of existing shareholders’
investments. The intended effect of a Fund’s use of fair value pricing is to
more accurately determine the current market value of portfolio securities and
to minimize the possibilities for time-zone arbitrage.
Valuing
securities at fair value involves greater reliance on judgment than valuation of
securities based on readily available market quotations. A Fund that uses fair
value to price securities may value those securities higher or lower than
another fund using market quotations or fair value to price the same securities.
There can be no assurance that a Fund would obtain the fair value assigned to a
security if it were to sell the security at approximately the time at which the
Fund determines its NAV.
Systematic Investment Plan
If
you have a checking or savings account with a bank, you may purchase shares of a
Fund automatically through regular deductions from your account with a minimum
of $100. You may begin regularly scheduled investments once a month.
How to Sell Fund Shares
If
you own your shares of a Fund directly, you may sell (redeem) your shares on any
Business Day by contacting the Fund directly by mail or telephone at
1-866-947-7000 or via the Internet at
www.causewayfunds.com.
To help protect investors from potential fraud, redemptions by telephone and via
the Internet are limited to $50,000 per Business Day. If you own your shares
through an account with a broker or other institution, contact that broker or
institution to sell your shares. Your broker or institution may charge a fee for
its services in addition to the fees charged by the Fund. If you would like to
close your Fund account and have your sale proceeds sent to a third party or an
address other than your own, please notify the Fund in writing and include a
signature guarantee by a bank or other financial institution (a notarized
signature is not sufficient). The sale price of each share will be the next NAV
determined after the Fund receives your request.
Under
normal market conditions, each Fund expects to meet redemption orders by using
holdings of cash or cash equivalents. A Fund may use additional methods to meet
shareholder redemptions, if they become necessary or desirable. These methods
may include, but are not limited to, the sale of portfolio holdings, the use of
overdraft protection afforded by the Fund’s custodian, or making payment with
Fund securities or other Fund assets rather than cash (as further discussed in
“Redemptions in Kind” below).
Systematic Withdrawal Plan
You
may use the Systematic Withdrawal Plan to arrange monthly, quarterly or annual
withdrawals of at least $100 from a Fund. The proceeds of each withdrawal will
be mailed to you by check or, if you have a checking or savings account with a
bank, electronically transferred to your account. To sell shares in a Systematic
Withdrawal Plan, you need to have at least $5,000 in your account.
Receiving Your Money
Normally,
if you are redeeming directly through the transfer agent, we will send your sale
proceeds within seven days after we receive your request. Your proceeds can be
wired to your bank account (subject to a $10 fee) or sent to you by check. If
you are
redeeming
through financial intermediaries, payments will be made on the settlement date
agreed between the Trust and the intermediary or through the NSCC system
(typically one to two business days, but potentially up to seven calendar days).
If you recently purchased your shares by check or ACH, a Fund may delay mailing
a redemption check until after your check or ACH has cleared (up to 15 calendar
days).
Signature Guarantee
A
“Medallion” signature guarantee is a widely accepted way to protect shareholders
by verifying a signature in certain circumstances including: (1) requests
for redemptions in excess of $50,000, (2) all requests to wire redemption
proceeds to a bank other than the bank previously designated on the account
application, (3) requests to change or update banking instructions, and
(4) redemption requests to send proceeds to an address other than the
address of record or to a person other than the registered shareholder(s) for
the account. Medallion signature guarantees can be obtained from any of the
following institutions: a national or state bank, a trust company, a federal
savings and loan association, or a broker-dealer that is a member of a national
securities exchange. A notarized signature is not sufficient. Accounts held by a
corporation, trust, fiduciary or partnership may require additional
documentation along with a Medallion signature guarantee. Please call
1-866-947-7000 for more information. The Funds participate in the Paperless
Legal Program. Requests received with a Medallion signature guarantee will be
reviewed to see if they have the proper criteria to meet the guidelines of the
Program and may not require additional documentation.
Redemptions in Kind
Each
Fund generally pays sale (redemption) proceeds in cash. However, under certain
conditions (including for the protection of a Fund’s remaining shareholders), a
Fund might pay all or part of your redemption proceeds in securities with a
market value equal to the redemption price (a “redemption in
kind”).
A Fund also may, but is not required to, pay redemptions in kind at the request
of a shareholder if the Fund’s officers believe that doing so would not hurt the
Fund. It is unlikely that your shares would ever be redeemed in kind, but if
they were, then in addition to taxes on any net capital gains from the
redemption, you would probably have to pay transaction costs to sell the
securities distributed to you. See “Taxes” below. In addition, securities
redeemed in kind will be subject to market risk until sold by the
shareholder.
Redemption Fee
No
Fund currently charges a redemption fee. However, the Trust reserves the right
to impose a redemption fee on a Fund in the future, upon appropriate notice to
shareholders. While the Funds do not currently utilize redemption fees, the
Board has adopted policies and procedures to deter excessive short-term trading
in shares of the Funds. See “Excessive Short-Term Trading” below.
Involuntary Redemptions or Transfers of Your Shares
If
your Investor Class account balance drops below $500 because of redemptions or
exchanges, the Fund may redeem your shares. A Fund will give you at least 60
days’ written notice to give you time to add to your account and avoid the
redemption of your shares. This involuntary redemption does not apply to
retirement plans or Uniform Gifts or Transfers to Minors Act accounts. In
addition, each Fund reserves the right to redeem all or some of your shares for
any reason if it determines doing so would be in the best interests of the Fund
or its shareholders.
Officers
of the Trust may transfer accounts in Institutional Class shares that are below
the minimum initial investment requirement to Investor Class shares, unless the
account’s failure to meet the minimum is the result of market
movement.
Unclaimed Property
If
your account is deemed “abandoned” or “unclaimed” under state law, the relevant
Fund or intermediary may be required to “escheat” or transfer the assets in your
account to the applicable state’s unclaimed property administration. The state
may sell escheated Fund shares and, if you subsequently seek to reclaim your
proceeds of liquidation from the state, you may only be able to recover the
amount received when the shares were sold. Escheatment rules vary considerably
by state. Please check your state’s unclaimed or abandoned property department
website for specific information. It is your responsibility to ensure that you
maintain a correct address for your account, keep your account active, and
promptly cash all checks for dividends, capital gains and redemptions. Neither
the relevant Fund, the Fund’s transfer agent, the Fund’s distributor nor the
Investment Adviser or their affiliates will be liable to shareholders or their
representatives for good faith compliance with state escheatment laws.
Suspension of Your Right to Sell Your Shares
A
Fund may suspend your right to sell your shares if the NYSE restricts trading,
the Commission declares an emergency or for other reasons. See the Funds’ SAI
for more information.
Online and Telephone Transactions
Individual
investors may visit us online at www.causewayfunds.com to check your account
balance and historical transactions, and make purchases or redemptions of Fund
shares or exchanges into other Causeway Funds. If you do not already have a
login ID and password, you may establish online transaction privileges by
enrolling on the website. Individuals automatically have the ability to
establish these privileges, but will be required to enter into a user’s
agreement through the website to enroll for the privileges. The website is
generally not available for institutional investors.
Viewing
information and purchasing, exchanging and selling Fund shares over the
telephone or online is convenient, but not without risk. Although each Fund has
safeguards and procedures to confirm the identity of telephone callers or online
users, and the authenticity of instructions, a Fund and its service providers
are not responsible for any losses or costs incurred by accessing information
online or by following telephone or online instructions the Fund believes to be
genuine. If you or your financial institution use the website or transact with a
Fund over the telephone or online, you will generally bear the risk of any loss.
In addition, during times of intense activity or website service interruptions,
there may be delays in reaching your Fund or other inconveniences. If this
occurs, you should consider using other methods to purchase, redeem or exchange
shares. Note that if you open an account online, your account will automatically
permit telephone transactions.
Householding
The
Funds take advantage of the “Householding” Rule, which permits the delivery of
one copy of an annual/semi-annual report, prospectus and/or proxy statement on
behalf of two or more shareholders at a shared address. Unless notified
otherwise, a Fund will deliver one copy of the above referenced documents to the
shareholder’s address. A shareholder may change this option at any time by
calling 1-866-947-7000. Upon receiving such notification, a Fund will begin
mailing individual copies of the above referenced documents to the shareholder
within approximately 30 days.
Shareholder Service Fees
Each
Fund has adopted a shareholder service plan for Investor Class shares that
allows the Fund to pay broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries annual
fees of up to 0.25% of average daily net assets for non-distribution services
provided to Investor Class shareholders of the Fund. Because these fees are paid
out of a Fund’s assets continuously, over time
these
fees will also increase the cost of an investment in Investor Class
shares.
Excessive Short-Term Trading
The
Funds are intended to be long-term investment vehicles and are not designed for
investors that engage in short-term trading activity. Some investors try to
profit by using excessive short-term trading practices involving mutual fund
shares, frequently referred to as “market timing.” Market timing activity can
interfere with the efficient management of a fund, result in dilution of the
value of shareholders’ holdings and cause increased fund transaction costs. The
Funds oppose market timing and the Board has adopted policies and procedures
designed to deter such trading, which are described below.
The
Funds have Pricing and Valuation Procedures, which have been approved by the
Board. As previously noted, fair value prices may be determined by the Fund’s
valuation designee (the Investment Adviser), acting through the Fair Value
Committee in good faith using methods approved by the Board. The Funds also use
a third-party fair valuation service to provide the Funds with fair value prices
for certain foreign securities held by the Funds. Fair value pricing is intended
to deter those trying to take advantage of time-zone differences in the
valuation of foreign securities.
The
Trust reserves the right to reject any purchase or exchange order for a Fund,
including orders deemed to be market timing, if the officers or a delegate
believe that accepting the order would not be in the best interests of the Fund
or its shareholders. The Trust may consider various factors in determining
whether an investor has engaged in market timing, including, but not limited to,
the investor’s historic trading patterns, the number of transactions, the time
between transactions and the percentage of the investor’s account involved in
each transaction. The Trust also reserves the right to restrict future purchases
of any Fund by an investor who is classified as engaged in market
timing.
Some
investors purchase Fund shares through a financial intermediary that establishes
an omnibus account in a Fund for its customers and submits a net order to
purchase or redeem shares after combining its customer orders. These
intermediaries have agreed to provide trading information about their customers
to the Funds upon request, and to restrict or block purchases of any shareholder
identified by a Fund as engaging in trading that may be construed as market
timing.
There
can be no assurance that the Funds will successfully detect or prevent market
timing. Moreover, despite the existence of these policies and procedures, it is
possible that market timing may occur in a Fund without being identified,
especially through financial intermediaries. While the Funds intend that
intermediaries trading in Fund shares will assist the Funds in enforcing the
Funds’ policies, certain intermediaries may be unable or unwilling to do so. The
Funds will seek cooperation from any intermediary through which the Funds
believe market timing activity is taking place.
Dividends and Capital
Gain Distributions
Each
Fund expects to earn income from its investments and distributes this income, if
and to the extent it exceeds expenses (which differ by class), to its
shareholders as dividends. Each Fund also realizes capital gains and losses from
its investments and distributes any net capital gains to its shareholders as
capital gain distributions (as used in this section, together with income
dividends, “distributions”). Each Fund distributes any distributions at least
annually.
Distributions
paid by a Fund may be reinvested automatically in shares of the distributing
class of that Fund at NAV or may be taken in cash. If your account is held
directly with a Fund and you would like to receive distributions in cash,
contact your Fund at 1-866-947-7000. If your account is with a securities dealer
or other financial intermediary that has an
agreement
with a Fund, contact your dealer or intermediary about which option you
prefer.
Taxes
Except
for tax-advantaged retirement plans and accounts and other tax-exempt investors,
all Fund distributions you receive generally are subject to federal income tax,
whether you receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares. Fund
distributions to IRAs (including Roth IRAs), qualified retirement plans, and
other tax-exempt investors generally are tax-free. The Emerging Markets Fund
anticipates that the majority of its distributions, if any, will be taxable as
ordinary income.
Distributions
of net investment income, the excess of net short-term capital gain over net
long-term capital loss, and net gains (if any) from certain foreign currency
transactions (i.e., “dividends”) are
generally taxed as ordinary income. A Fund’s dividends attributable to
“qualified dividend income” (generally, dividends it receives on stock of most
U.S. and certain foreign corporations with respect to which it satisfies certain
holding period and other restrictions) are subject to federal income tax for
individual and certain other non-corporate shareholders (each, an “individual
shareholder”) who satisfy those restrictions with respect to their Fund shares
at the rates for long-term capital gains ‑‑ a maximum of 15% or 20%, depending
on whether the individual shareholder’s income exceeds certain threshold
amounts.
Distributions
of net capital gain (i.e., the excess of
net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) are generally taxed
as long-term capital gain and, for an individual shareholder, are subject to the
15% or 20% maximum federal income tax rates mentioned above. The tax treatment
of capital gain distributions from a Fund depends on how long the Fund held the
securities it sold that generated the gain, not when you bought your Fund shares
or whether you reinvested your distributions.
Fund
distributions generally are taxable to you in the year you receive them. In some
cases, however, distributions you receive in January are taxable as if they had
been paid the previous December 31.
When
you sell (redeem) Fund shares, including pursuant to an exchange, you generally
will realize a taxable gain or loss. An exception, once again, applies to
tax-advantaged retirement plans and accounts and other tax-exempt investors. Any
capital gain an individual shareholder recognizes on a redemption of his or her
Fund shares that have been held for more than one year will qualify for the 15%
or 20% maximum federal income tax rates mentioned above.
The
federal income tax you actually owe on Fund distributions and share transactions
can vary with many factors, such as your marginal tax bracket, how long you held
your shares, and whether you owe federal alternative minimum tax. Shortly after
the end of each calendar year, we will send you a tax statement that will detail
the distributions you received during that year and will show their tax status.
This may be separate from the statement that covers your share transactions (see
the paragraph below regarding “Covered Shares”). Most importantly, consult your
tax advisers. Everyone’s tax situation is different, and your tax advisers
should be able to answer any questions you may have.
A
Fund is required to withhold, at the applicable percentage rate, a portion of
the money you are otherwise entitled to receive from its distributions and
redemption proceeds (regardless of whether you realize a gain or loss) if you
are an individual shareholder who fails to provide a correct taxpayer
identification number to the Fund (together with the withholding described in
the next sentence, “backup withholding”). Withholding at that rate also is
required from a Fund’s distributions to which you are otherwise entitled if you
are such a shareholder and the Internal Revenue Service (“Service”) tells us
that you are subject to backup withholding or you are subject to backup
withholding for any other reason.
Backup
withholding is not an additional tax, and any amounts so withheld may be
credited against your federal income tax liability or refunded.
If
you buy shares when a Fund has earned or realized undistributed ordinary income
or net capital gains and has announced a record date for the distribution
thereof, you will be “buying a dividend” by paying the full price of the shares
and then receiving a portion of the price back in the form of a taxable
distribution. You can avoid this situation by waiting to invest until after the
record date for the distribution.
Generally,
if you are investing in a Fund through a tax-advantaged retirement plan or
account, distributions paid by the Fund are not taxable to you on a current
basis (but you may be subject to taxes when making withdrawals from such plan or
account).
An
individual is required to pay a 3.8% tax on the lesser of (1) the
individual’s “net investment income,” which generally includes dividends,
interest, and net gains from the disposition of investment property (including
distributions a Fund pays and net gains realized on the redemption or exchange
of Fund shares), or (2) the excess of the individual’s “modified adjusted
gross income” over a threshold amount ($250,000 for married persons filing
jointly and $200,000 for single taxpayers). This tax is in addition to any other
taxes due on that income. A similar tax applies to estates and trusts.
Shareholders should consult their own tax advisers regarding the effect, if any,
this provision may have on their investment in Fund shares.
A
shareholder’s basis in Fund shares he or she acquired or acquires after
December 31, 2011 (“Covered Shares”), will be determined in accordance with
the Funds’ default method, which is average basis, unless the shareholder
affirmatively elects in writing (which may be electronic) to use a different
Service-accepted basis determination method (e.g., a specific identification method). The
method a
shareholder
elects (or the default method) may not be changed with respect to a redemption
of Covered Shares after the settlement date of the redemption.
In
addition to the requirement to report the gross proceeds from the redemption of
shares, each Fund (or its administrative agent) must report to the Service and
furnish to its shareholders the basis information for Covered Shares and
indicate whether they had a short-term (one year or less) or long-term (more
than one year) holding period. Fund shareholders should consult with their tax
advisers to determine the best Service-accepted basis method for their tax
situation and to obtain more information about how the basis reporting law
applies to them.
If
more than 50% of the value of a Fund’s total assets at the close of any taxable
year consists of securities of foreign corporations – which is likely for each
Fund – the Fund will be eligible to, and intends to file (as each Fund has filed
in recent taxable years) an election with the Service that would generally
enable its shareholders to benefit from any foreign tax credit or deduction
available for any foreign taxes the Fund pays (subject to certain holding period
and other requirements). The consequences of such an election are discussed in
more detail in the SAI.
Shareholders
other than U.S. persons may be subject to a different U.S. federal income tax
treatment, including withholding tax at the rate of 30% on amounts treated as
ordinary dividends from a Fund, as discussed in more detail in the SAI.
This
section summarizes some of the consequences under current federal income tax law
of an investment in a Fund. It is not a substitute for personal tax advice.
Consult your
tax advisers about the potential tax consequences of an investment in a Fund
under all applicable tax laws.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS — INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND
The
financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the International
Value Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years. The Fund’s
fiscal year-end is September 30. Certain information reflects financial
results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the
rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund
(assuming reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions). This
information has been derived from the financial statements audited by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as
noted in its report dated November 22, 2023. This report, along with the
Fund’s financial statements, is incorporated by reference in the SAI, which is
available upon request.
Financial Highlights
For the Fiscal Years
Ended September 30, For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Fiscal Years
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of
Year
($) |
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Net Investment Income
($)† |
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Net Realized and Unrealized Gain
(Loss)
on Investments
($) |
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Total
from Operations
($) |
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Dividends from
Net Investment
Income
($) |
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Distribu-
tions from
Capital Gains
($) |
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Total Dividends and Distributions
($) |
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Redemp-
tion Fees
($) |
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Net Asset Value, End
of Year ($) |
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Total Return (%) |
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Net
Assets,
End
of
Year
($000) |
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Ratio
of Expenses to Average Net Assets (%) |
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Ratio
of Expenses to
Average Net
Assets (Excluding Waivers and Reimburse- ments)
(%) |
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Ratio
of Net Investment Income
to
Average Net
Assets
(%) |
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Portfolio Turnover Rate
(%) |
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Causeway International Value Fund |
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Institutional |
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2023 |
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13.20 |
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0.37 |
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5.16 |
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5.53 |
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(0.28 |
) |
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— |
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(0.28 |
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— |
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18.45 |
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42.26 |
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6,176,428 |
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0.88 |
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0.90 |
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2.11 |
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54 |
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2022 |
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17.55 |
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0.30 |
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(4.33 |
) |
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(4.03 |
) |
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(0.32 |
) |
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— |
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(0.32 |
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— |
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13.20 |
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(23.39 |
) |
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4,628,087 |
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0.85 |
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0.88 |
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1.81 |
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58 |
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2021 |
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12.93 |
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0.33 |
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4.51 |
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4.84 |
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(0.22 |
) |
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— |
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(0.22 |
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— |
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17.55 |
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37.59 |
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5,838,585 |
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0.85 |
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0.89 |
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1.94 |
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60 |
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2020 |
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14.68 |
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0.21 |
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(1.23 |
) |
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(1.02 |
) |
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(0.50 |
) |
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(0.23 |
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(0.73 |
) |
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— |
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12.93 |
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(7.83 |
) |
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4,537,029 |
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0.88 |
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0.88 |
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1.51 |
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57 |
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2019 |
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16.53 |
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0.47 |
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(1.84 |
) |
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(1.37 |
) |
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(0.37 |
) |
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(0.11 |
) |
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(0.48 |
) |
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— |
(1) |
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14.68 |
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(8.01 |
) |
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5,896,074 |
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0.90 |
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0.90 |
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3.18 |
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36 |
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Investor |
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2023 |
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13.09 |
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0.35 |
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5.09 |
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5.44 |
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(0.24 |
) |
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— |
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(0.24 |
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— |
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18.29 |
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41.87 |
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480,811 |
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1.13 |
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1.15 |
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2.02 |
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54 |
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2022 |
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17.40 |
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0.25 |
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(4.28 |
) |
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(4.03 |
) |
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(0.28 |
) |
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— |
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(0.28 |
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— |
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13.09 |
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(23.54 |
) |
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262,095 |
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1.10 |
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1.13 |
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1.55 |
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58 |
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2021 |
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12.81 |
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0.29 |
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4.48 |
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4.77 |
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(0.18 |
) |
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— |
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(0.18 |
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— |
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17.40 |
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37.33 |
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355,468 |
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1.08 |
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1.12 |
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1.73 |
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60 |
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2020 |
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14.55 |
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0.16 |
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(1.21 |
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(1.05 |
) |
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(0.46 |
) |
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(0.23 |
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(0.69 |
) |
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— |
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12.81 |
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(8.06 |
) |
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315,922 |
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1.11 |
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1.12 |
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1.18 |
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57 |
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2019 |
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16.39 |
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0.44 |
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(1.83 |
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(1.39 |
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(0.34 |
) |
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(0.11 |
) |
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(0.45 |
) |
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— |
(1) |
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14.55 |
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(8.26 |
) |
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615,202 |
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1.14 |
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1.14 |
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3.02 |
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36 |
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† |
Per
share amounts calculated using average shares
method. |
(1) |
Amount
represents less than $0.01 per share. |
Amounts |
designated
as “—” are $0 or round to $0. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
financial statements.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS — GLOBAL VALUE FUND
The
financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the Global Value
Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years. The Fund’s fiscal
year-end is September 30. Certain information reflects financial results
for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that
an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund (assuming
reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions). This information has
been derived from the financial statements audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as noted in its report
dated November 22, 2023. This report, along with the Fund’s financial
statements, is incorporated by reference in the SAI, which is available upon
request.
Financial Highlights
For the Fiscal Years
Ended September 30, For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Fiscal Years
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Net
Asset
Value,
Beginning
of
Year
($) |
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Net
Investment
Income
($)† |
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Net
Realized
and
Unrealized
Gain
(Loss)
on
Investments
($) |
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Total
from
Operations
($) |
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Dividends
from
Net
Investment
Income
($) |
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Distribu-
tions
from
Capital
Gains
($) |
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Total
Dividends
and
Distributions
($) |
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Redemp-
tion Fees
($) |
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Net
Asset
Value,
End
of
Year
($) |
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Total
Return
(%) |
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Net
Assets,
End
of
Year
($000) |
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Ratio
of
Expenses
to
Average
Net
Assets
(%) |
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Ratio
of
Expenses
to
Average
Net
Assets
(Excluding
Waivers
and
Reimburse- ments)
(%) |
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Ratio
of
Net
Investment
Income
to
Average
Net
Assets
(%) |
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Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
(%) |
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Causeway Global Value Fund |
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2023 |
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9.10 |
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0.15 |
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3.41 |
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3.56 |
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(0.10 |
) |
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— |
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(0.10 |
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— |
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12.56 |
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39.25 |
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54,279 |
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0.85 |
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1.29 |
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1.27 |
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80 |
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2022 |
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12.66 |
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0.08 |
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(3.23 |
) |
|
|
(3.15 |
) |
|
|
(0.09 |
) |
|
|
(0.32 |
) |
|
|
(0.41 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
9.10 |
|
|
|
(25.70 |
) |
|
|
29,685 |
|
|
|
0.85 |
|
|
|
1.21 |
|
|
|
0.69 |
|
|
|
70 |
|
2021 |
|
|
8.38 |
|
|
|
0.10 |
|
|
|
4.33 |
|
|
|
4.43 |
|
|
|
(0.15 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.15 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
12.66 |
|
|
|
53.15 |
|
|
|
60,934 |
|
|
|
0.85 |
|
|
|
1.23 |
|
|
|
0.87 |
|
|
|
91 |
|
2020 |
|
|
9.87 |
|
|
|
0.11 |
|
|
|
(1.10 |
) |
|
|
(0.99 |
) |
|
|
(0.33 |
) |
|
|
(0.17 |
) |
|
|
(0.50 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
8.38 |
|
|
|
(11.04 |
) |
|
|
42,419 |
|
|
|
1.01 |
|
|
|
1.25 |
|
|
|
1.18 |
|
|
|
89 |
|
2019 |
|
|
12.66 |
|
|
|
0.31 |
|
|
|
(1.44 |
) |
|
|
(1.13 |
) |
|
|
(0.20 |
) |
|
|
(1.46 |
) |
|
|
(1.66 |
) |
|
|
— |
(1) |
|
|
9.87 |
|
|
|
(7.74 |
) |
|
|
76,531 |
|
|
|
1.05 |
|
|
|
1.08 |
|
|
|
3.02 |
|
|
|
51 |
|
Investor |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
| |
2023 |
|
|
9.02 |
|
|
|
0.11 |
|
|
|
3.40 |
|
|
|
3.51 |
|
|
|
(0.07 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.07 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
12.46 |
|
|
|
39.02 |
|
|
|
4,776 |
|
|
|
1.10 |
|
|
|
1.54 |
|
|
|
0.95 |
|
|
|
80 |
|
2022 |
|
|
12.57 |
|
|
|
0.06 |
|
|
|
(3.23 |
) |
|
|
(3.17 |
) |
|
|
(0.06 |
) |
|
|
(0.32 |
) |
|
|
(0.38 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
9.02 |
|
|
|
(25.97 |
) |
|
|
1,946 |
|
|
|
1.10 |
|
|
|
1.46 |
|
|
|
0.48 |
|
|
|
70 |
|
2021 |
|
|
8.32 |
|
|
|
0.08 |
|
|
|
4.31 |
|
|
|
4.39 |
|
|
|
(0.14 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.14 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
12.57 |
|
|
|
52.95 |
|
|
|
2,840 |
|
|
|
1.06 |
|
|
|
1.43 |
|
|
|
0.69 |
|
|
|
91 |
|
2020 |
|
|
9.82 |
|
|
|
0.09 |
|
|
|
(1.10 |
) |
|
|
(1.01 |
) |
|
|
(0.32 |
) |
|
|
(0.17 |
) |
|
|
(0.49 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
8.32 |
|
|
|
(11.30 |
) |
|
|
1,116 |
|
|
|
1.19 |
|
|
|
1.44 |
|
|
|
1.03 |
|
|
|
89 |
|
2019 |
|
|
12.60 |
|
|
|
0.28 |
|
|
|
(1.42 |
) |
|
|
(1.14 |
) |
|
|
(0.18 |
) |
|
|
(1.46 |
) |
|
|
(1.64 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
9.82 |
|
|
|
(7.82 |
) |
|
|
1,416 |
|
|
|
1.16 |
|
|
|
1.20 |
|
|
|
2.75 |
|
|
|
51 |
|
† |
Per
share amounts calculated using average shares
method. |
(1) |
Amount
represents less than $0.01 per share. |
Amounts
designated as “—” are $0 or round to $0.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
financial statements.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS — EMERGING MARKETS FUND
The
financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the Emerging
Markets Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years. The Fund’s
fiscal year-end is September 30. Certain information reflects financial
results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the
rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund
(assuming reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions). This
information has been derived from the financial statements audited by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as
noted in its report dated November 22, 2023. This report, along with the
Fund’s financial statements, is incorporated by reference in the SAI, which is
available upon request.
Financial Highlights
For the Fiscal Years
Ended September 30, For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Fiscal Years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Net
Asset
Value,
Beginning
of
Year
($) |
|
|
Net
Investment
Income
($)† |
|
|
Net
Realized
and
Unrealized
Gain
(Loss)
on
Investments
($) |
|
|
Total
from
Operations
($) |
|
|
Dividends
from
Net
Investment
Income
($) |
|
|
Distribu-
tions
from
Capital
Gains
($) |
|
|
Total
Dividends
and
Distributions
($) |
|
|
Redemp-
tion
Fees
($) |
|
|
Net
Asset
Value,
End
of
Year
($) |
|
|
Total
Return
(%) |
|
|
Net
Assets,
End
of
Year
($000) |
|
|
Ratio
of
Expenses
to
Average
Net
Assets
(%) |
|
|
Ratio
of Expenses to
Average
Net
Assets (Excluding
Waivers
and
Reimburse- ments)
(%) |
|
|
Ratio
of
Net
Investment
Income
to
Average
Net
Assets
(%) |
|
|
Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
(%) |
|
Causeway Emerging Markets Fund |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Institutional |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
| |
2023 |
|
|
8.60 |
|
|
|
0.30 |
|
|
|
1.15 |
|
|
|
1.45 |
|
|
|
(0.43 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.43 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
9.62 |
|
|
|
17.32 |
|
|
|
969,435 |
|
|
|
1.11 |
|
|
|
1.16 |
|
|
|
3.22 |
|
|
|
93 |
|
2022 |
|
|
14.87 |
|
|
|
0.34 |
|
|
|
(3.81 |
) |
|
|
(3.47 |
) |
|
|
(0.40 |
) |
|
|
(2.40 |
) |
|
|
(2.80 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
8.60 |
|
|
|
(28.39 |
) |
|
|
1,116,479 |
|
|
|
1.10 |
|
|
|
1.13 |
|
|
|
2.98 |
|
|
|
68 |
|
2021 |
|
|
12.77 |
|
|
|
0.22 |
|
|
|
2.09 |
|
|
|
2.31 |
|
|
|
(0.21 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.21 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
14.87 |
|
|
|
18.06 |
|
|
|
2,187,057 |
|
|
|
1.10 |
|
|
|
1.11 |
|
|
|
1.40 |
|
|
|
46 |
|
2020 |
|
|
11.87 |
|
|
|
0.16 |
|
|
|
1.01 |
|
|
|
1.17 |
|
|
|
(0.27 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.27 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
12.77 |
|
|
|
9.79 |
|
|
|
2,667,366 |
|
|
|
1.08 |
|
|
|
1.08 |
|
|
|
1.33 |
|
|
|
41 |
|
2019 |
|
|
12.77 |
|
|
|
0.25 |
|
|
|
(0.92 |
) |
|
|
(0.67 |
) |
|
|
(0.23 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.23 |
) |
|
|
— |
(1) |
|
|
11.87 |
|
|
|
(5.15 |
) |
|
|
3,448,261 |
|
|
|
1.16 |
|
|
|
1.16 |
|
|
|
2.05 |
|
|
|
39 |
|
Investor |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
| |
2023 |
|
|
8.69 |
|
|
|
0.29 |
|
|
|
1.17 |
|
|
|
1.46 |
|
|
|
(0.39 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.39 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
9.76 |
|
|
|
17.26 |
|
|
|
247,275 |
|
|
|
1.36 |
|
|
|
1.41 |
|
|
|
3.03 |
|
|
|
93 |
|
2022 |
|
|
14.99 |
|
|
|
0.29 |
|
|
|
(3.84 |
) |
|
|
(3.55 |
) |
|
|
(0.35 |
) |
|
|
(2.40 |
) |
|
|
(2.75 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
8.69 |
|
|
|
(28.63 |
) |
|
|
254,914 |
|
|
|
1.35 |
|
|
|
1.38 |
|
|
|
2.42 |
|
|
|
68 |
|
2021 |
|
|
12.88 |
|
|
|
0.21 |
|
|
|
2.08 |
|
|
|
2.29 |
|
|
|
(0.18 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.18 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
14.99 |
|
|
|
17.78 |
|
|
|
684,530 |
|
|
|
1.35 |
|
|
|
1.36 |
|
|
|
1.37 |
|
|
|
46 |
|
2020 |
|
|
11.97 |
|
|
|
0.15 |
|
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
|
1.15 |
|
|
|
(0.24 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.24 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
12.88 |
|
|
|
9.55 |
|
|
|
554,976 |
|
|
|
1.31 |
|
|
|
1.31 |
|
|
|
1.20 |
|
|
|
41 |
|
2019 |
|
|
12.84 |
|
|
|
0.23 |
|
|
|
(0.92 |
) |
|
|
(0.69 |
) |
|
|
(0.18 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.18 |
) |
|
|
— |
(1) |
|
|
11.97 |
|
|
|
(5.32 |
) |
|
|
395,539 |
|
|
|
1.39 |
|
|
|
1.39 |
|
|
|
1.90 |
|
|
|
39 |
|
† |
Per
share amounts calculated using average shares
method. |
(1) |
Amount
represents less than $0.01 per share. |
Amounts
designated as “—” are $0 or round to $0.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
financial statements.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS — INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND
The
financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the International
Opportunities Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years. The
Fund’s fiscal year-end is September 30. Certain information reflects
financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table
represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment
in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions).
This information has been derived from the financial statements audited by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as
noted in its report dated November 22, 2023. This report, along with the
Fund’s financial statements, is incorporated by reference in the SAI, which is
available upon request.
Financial Highlights
For the Fiscal Years
Ended September 30, For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Fiscal Years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Net
Asset
Value,
Beginning
of
Year
($) |
|
|
Net
Investment
Income
($)† |
|
|
Net
Realized
and
Unrealized
Gain
(Loss)
on
Investments
($) |
|
|
Total
from
Operations
($) |
|
|
Dividends
from
Net
Investment
Income
($) |
|
|
Distribu-
tions
from
Capital
Gains
($) |
|
|
Total
Dividends
and
Distributions
($) |
|
|
Redemp-
tion
Fees
($) |
|
|
Net
Asset
Value,
End
of
Year
($) |
|
|
Total
Return
(%) |
|
|
Net
Assets,
End
of
Year
($000) |
|
|
Ratio
of
Expenses
to
Average
Net
Assets
(%) |
|
|
Ratio
of
Expenses
to
Average
Net
Assets
(Excluding
Waivers
and
Reimburse- ments)
(%) |
|
|
Ratio
of
Net
Investment
Income
to
Average
Net
Assets
(%) |
|
|
Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
(%) |
|
Causeway International Opportunities Fund |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Institutional |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
| |
2023 |
|
|
11.22 |
|
|
|
0.36 |
|
|
|
3.61 |
|
|
|
3.97 |
|
|
|
(0.36 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.36 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
14.83 |
|
|
|
35.86 |
|
|
|
201,687 |
|
|
|
0.95 |
|
|
|
1.02 |
|
|
|
2.52 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
2022 |
|
|
15.24 |
|
|
|
0.32 |
|
|
|
(4.10 |
) |
|
|
(3.78 |
) |
|
|
(0.24 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.24 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
11.22 |
|
|
|
(25.18 |
) |
|
|
151,612 |
|
|
|
0.95 |
|
|
|
0.97 |
|
|
|
2.30 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
2021 |
|
|
11.74 |
|
|
|
0.25 |
|
|
|
3.45 |
|
|
|
3.70 |
|
|
|
(0.20 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.20 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
15.24 |
|
|
|
31.61 |
|
|
|
264,723 |
|
|
|
0.95 |
|
|
|
0.99 |
|
|
|
1.67 |
|
|
|
45 |
|
2020 |
|
|
12.61 |
|
|
|
0.21 |
|
|
|
(0.73 |
) |
|
|
(0.52 |
) |
|
|
(0.35 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.35 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
11.74 |
|
|
|
(4.52 |
) |
|
|
173,273 |
|
|
|
0.95 |
|
|
|
1.02 |
|
|
|
1.71 |
|
|
|
55 |
|
2019 |
|
|
13.71 |
|
|
|
0.41 |
|
|
|
(1.19 |
) |
|
|
(0.78 |
) |
|
|
(0.29 |
) |
|
|
(0.03 |
) |
|
|
(0.32 |
) |
|
|
— |
(1) |
|
|
12.61 |
|
|
|
(5.43 |
) |
|
|
182,720 |
|
|
|
1.05 |
|
|
|
1.06 |
|
|
|
3.25 |
|
|
|
43 |
|
Investor |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
| |
2023 |
|
|
11.12 |
|
|
|
0.32 |
|
|
|
3.58 |
|
|
|
3.90 |
|
|
|
(0.32 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.32 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
14.70 |
|
|
|
35.53 |
|
|
|
19,381 |
|
|
|
1.20 |
|
|
|
1.27 |
|
|
|
2.27 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
2022 |
|
|
15.11 |
|
|
|
0.30 |
|
|
|
(4.08 |
) |
|
|
(3.78 |
) |
|
|
(0.21 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.21 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
11.12 |
|
|
|
(25.37 |
) |
|
|
14,745 |
|
|
|
1.20 |
|
|
|
1.22 |
|
|
|
2.14 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
2021 |
|
|
11.64 |
|
|
|
0.21 |
|
|
|
3.43 |
|
|
|
3.64 |
|
|
|
(0.17 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.17 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
15.11 |
|
|
|
31.36 |
|
|
|
18,778 |
|
|
|
1.20 |
|
|
|
1.24 |
|
|
|
1.43 |
|
|
|
45 |
|
2020 |
|
|
12.52 |
|
|
|
0.18 |
|
|
|
(0.74 |
) |
|
|
(0.56 |
) |
|
|
(0.32 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.32 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
11.64 |
|
|
|
(4.84 |
) |
|
|
11,488 |
|
|
|
1.19 |
|
|
|
1.26 |
|
|
|
1.55 |
|
|
|
55 |
|
2019 |
|
|
13.60 |
|
|
|
0.38 |
|
|
|
(1.17 |
) |
|
|
(0.79 |
) |
|
|
(0.26 |
) |
|
|
(0.03 |
) |
|
|
(0.29 |
) |
|
|
— |
(1) |
|
|
12.52 |
|
|
|
(5.59 |
) |
|
|
10,204 |
|
|
|
1.30 |
|
|
|
1.31 |
|
|
|
3.02 |
|
|
|
43 |
|
† |
Per
share amounts calculated using average shares
method. |
(1) |
Amount
represents less than $0.01 per share. |
Amounts
designated as “—” are $0 or round to $0.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
financial statements.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS — INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND
The
financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the International
Small Cap Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years. The
Fund’s fiscal year-end is September 30. Certain information reflects
financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table
represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment
in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions).
This information has been derived from the financial statements audited by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as
noted in its report dated November 22, 2023. This report, along with the
Fund’s financial statements, is incorporated by reference in the SAI, which is
available upon request.
Financial Highlights
For the Fiscal Years
Ended September 30, For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Fiscal Years
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
| |
|
|
Net
Asset
Value,
Beginning
of
Year
($) |
|
|
Net
Investment
Income
($)† |
|
|
Net
Realized
and
Unrealized
Gain
(Loss)
on
Investments
($) |
|
|
Total
from
Operations
($) |
|
|
Dividends
from
Net
Investment
Income
($) |
|
|
Distribu-
tions
from
Capital
Gains
($) |
|
|
Total
Dividends
and
Distributions
($) |
|
|
Redemp-
tion
Fees
($) |
|
|
Net
Asset
Value,
End
of
Year
($) |
|
|
Total
Return
(%) |
|
|
Net
Assets,
End
of
Year
($000) |
|
|
Ratio
of
Expenses
to
Average
Net
Assets
(%) |
|
|
Ratio
of
Expenses
to
Average
Net
Assets
(Excluding
Waivers
and
Reimburse- ments)
(%) |
|
|
Ratio
of
Net
Investment
Income
to
Average
Net
Assets
(%) |
|
|
Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
(%) |
|
Causeway International Small Cap Fund |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Institutional |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
| |
2023 |
|
|
10.18 |
|
|
|
0.54 |
|
|
|
2.89 |
|
|
|
3.43 |
|
|
|
(0.34 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.34 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
13.27 |
|
|
|
34.22 |
|
|
|
110,568 |
|
|
|
1.10 |
|
|
|
1.31 |
|
|
|
4.39 |
|
|
|
133 |
|
2022 |
|
|
13.11 |
|
|
|
0.54 |
|
|
|
(2.99 |
) |
|
|
(2.45 |
) |
|
|
(0.48 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.48 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
10.18 |
|
|
|
(19.43 |
) |
|
|
39,067 |
|
|
|
1.10 |
|
|
|
1.41 |
|
|
|
4.29 |
|
|
|
147 |
|
2021 |
|
|
10.41 |
|
|
|
0.33 |
|
|
|
2.78 |
|
|
|
3.11 |
|
|
|
(0.41 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.41 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
13.11 |
|
|
|
30.56 |
|
|
|
62,232 |
|
|
|
1.10 |
|
|
|
1.48 |
|
|
|
2.67 |
|
|
|
112 |
|
2020 |
|
|
10.75 |
|
|
|
0.27 |
|
|
|
(0.17 |
) |
|
|
0.10 |
|
|
|
(0.44 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.44 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
10.41 |
|
|
|
0.60 |
|
|
|
72,577 |
|
|
|
1.14 |
|
|
|
1.46 |
|
|
|
2.73 |
|
|
|
99 |
|
2019 |
|
|
12.39 |
|
|
|
0.39 |
|
|
|
(1.71 |
) |
|
|
(1.32 |
) |
|
|
(0.32 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.32 |
) |
|
|
— |
(1) |
|
|
10.75 |
|
|
|
(10.47 |
) |
|
|
74,767 |
|
|
|
1.15 |
|
|
|
1.51 |
|
|
|
3.63 |
|
|
|
92 |
|
Investor |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
| |
2023 |
|
|
10.17 |
|
|
|
0.47 |
|
|
|
2.92 |
|
|
|
3.39 |
|
|
|
(0.31 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.31 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
13.25 |
|
|
|
33.89 |
|
|
|
20,202 |
|
|
|
1.35 |
|
|
|
1.56 |
|
|
|
3.98 |
|
|
|
133 |
|
2022 |
|
|
13.11 |
|
|
|
0.55 |
|
|
|
(3.03 |
) |
|
|
(2.48 |
) |
|
|
(0.46 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.46 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
10.17 |
|
|
|
(19.64 |
) |
|
|
31,613 |
|
|
|
1.35 |
|
|
|
1.64 |
|
|
|
4.63 |
|
|
|
147 |
|
2021 |
|
|
10.41 |
|
|
|
0.41 |
|
|
|
2.68 |
|
|
|
3.09 |
|
|
|
(0.39 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.39 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
13.11 |
|
|
|
30.29 |
|
|
|
9,034 |
|
|
|
1.35 |
|
|
|
1.69 |
|
|
|
3.19 |
|
|
|
112 |
|
2020 |
|
|
10.75 |
|
|
|
0.25 |
|
|
|
(0.18 |
) |
|
|
0.07 |
|
|
|
(0.41 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.41 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
10.41 |
|
|
|
0.33 |
|
|
|
1,573 |
|
|
|
1.38 |
|
|
|
1.70 |
|
|
|
2.48 |
|
|
|
99 |
|
2019 |
|
|
12.38 |
|
|
|
0.32 |
|
|
|
(1.66 |
) |
|
|
(1.34 |
) |
|
|
(0.29 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.29 |
) |
|
|
— |
(1) |
|
|
10.75 |
|
|
|
(10.62 |
) |
|
|
1,728 |
|
|
|
1.40 |
|
|
|
1.80 |
|
|
|
3.02 |
|
|
|
92 |
|
† |
Per
share amounts calculated using average shares
method. |
(1) |
Amount
represents less than $0.01 per share. |
Amounts
designated as “—” are $0 or round to $0.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
financial statements.
The Funds
Causeway
International Value Fund
Causeway
Global Value Fund
Causeway
Emerging Markets Fund
Causeway
International Opportunities Fund
Causeway
International Small Cap Fund
c/o
SEI Investments Global Funds Services
One
Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks,
PA 19456
Investment Adviser
Causeway
Capital Management LLC
11111
Santa Monica Boulevard
15th
Floor
Los
Angeles, CA 90025
Transfer Agent
SS&C
GIDS, Inc. (formerly known as DST Systems, Inc.)
1055
Broadway
Kansas
City, MO 64105
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
601
South Figueroa Street
Los
Angeles, CA 90017
Distributor
SEI
Investments Distribution Co.
One
Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks,
PA 19456
Administrator
SEI
Investments Global Funds Services
One
Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks,
PA 19456
Custodian
The
Bank of New York Mellon
2
Hanson Place
Brooklyn,
NY 11217
Counsel
Dechert
LLP
One
Bush Street, Suite 1600
San
Francisco, CA 94104
Additional
information about the Funds’ investments will be available in the Funds’ annual
and semi-annual reports to shareholders. In the Funds’ annual reports you will
find discussions of the relevant market conditions and investment strategies
that significantly affected the Funds’ performance during their last fiscal
years. The Funds’ SAI contains further information about each Fund and is
incorporated by reference (legally considered to be part of this
Prospectus).
You
may download these and other documents from www.causewayfunds.com. You may also
request a free copy of any of these documents, request other information, or ask
questions about a Fund by calling 1-866-947-7000, e-mailing
[email protected], or writing your Fund at c/o SEI Investments Distribution
Co., One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA 19456. Other information may also be
obtained from your financial consultant or from financial intermediaries that
sell shares of a Fund.
Information
about the Funds (including the SAI) is available on the Commission’s internet
site at http://www.sec.gov and copies may be obtained upon payment of a
duplicating fee by electronic request at the following e-mail address:
[email protected].
Investment
Company Act File #811-10467.
CAUSEWAY INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND
Institutional
Class (CIVIX)
Investor
Class (CIVVX)
CAUSEWAY GLOBAL VALUE FUND
Institutional
Class (CGVIX)
Investor
Class (CGVVX)
CAUSEWAY EMERGING MARKETS FUND
Institutional
Class (CEMIX)
Investor
Class (CEMVX)
CAUSEWAY INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND
Institutional
Class (CIOIX)
Investor
Class (CIOVX)
CAUSEWAY INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND
Institutional
Class (CIISX)
Investor
Class (CVISX)
> PROSPECTUS
January 26,
2024