485BPOS
February 28, 2023
Prospectus
Global Equity Fund
Voya Global High Dividend Low Volatility Fund
Class/Ticker: A/NAWGX; C/NAWCX; I/NAWIX; R6/VGHRX; W/IGVWX
Global/International Fixed-Income Fund
Voya Global Bond Fund
Class/Ticker: A/INGBX; C/IGBCX; I/IGBIX; R/IGBRX; R6/IGBZX; W/IGBWX
International Equity Funds
Voya International High Dividend Low Volatility Fund
Class/Ticker: A/VGLAX; I/VGLIX; R6/VGLRX;
Voya Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Class/Ticker: A/IEMHX;C/IEMJX; I/IEMGX; P/VMEPX; R/IEMKX; W/IEMLX
Voya Multi-Manager International Equity Fund
Class/Ticker: I/IIGIX
Voya Multi-Manager International Factors Fund
Class/Ticker: I/IICFX; W/IICWX
Voya Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund
Class/Ticker: A/NTKLX; C/NARCX; I/NAPIX; R6/VVJFX; W/ISCWX
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has not approved or disapproved these securities nor has the SEC judged whether the information in this Prospectus is accurate or adequate. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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Voya Global Bond Fund
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks to maximize total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may 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. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Voya mutual funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in the discussion in the Sales Charges section of the Prospectus (page 84), in Appendix A to the Prospectus, or the Purchase, Exchange, and Redemption of Shares section of the Statement of Additional Information (page 104).
Shareholder Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment
Class
Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of
offering price imposed on purchases
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of
purchase or sales price, whichever is less
A
2.50
None1
C
None
1.00
I
None
None
R
None
None
R6
None
None
W
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment
Class
 
A
C
I
R
R6
W
Management Fees
%
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
%
0.25
1.00
None
0.50
None
None
Other Expenses
%
0.30
0.30
0.21
0.30
0.12
0.30
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
%
1.05
1.80
0.71
1.30
0.62
0.80
Waivers and Reimbursements2
%
(0.15)
(0.15)
(0.06)
(0.15)
None
(0.15)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Waivers and
Reimbursements
%
0.90
1.65
0.65
1.15
0.62
0.65
1
A contingent deferred sales charge applies to shares purchased without an initial sales charge, as part of an investment of $500,000 or more, and redeemed within 12 months of purchase.
2
Voya Investments, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 0.90%, 1.65%, 0.65%, 1.15%, 0.65%, and 0.65% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R, Class R6, and Class W shares, respectively, through March 1, 2024. The limitation does not extend to interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. This limitation is subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser within 36 months of the waiver or reimbursement. The amount of the recoupment is limited to the lesser of the amounts that would be recoupable under: (i) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of recoupment. Termination or modification of this obligation requires approval by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).
Expense Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example shows costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Example also assumes that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
1
Voya Global Bond Fund

 
 
If you sold your shares
 
 
 
If you held your shares
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
 
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
A
$
340
561
801
1,487
 
A
$
340
561
801
1,487
C
$
268
552
961
2,104
 
C
$
168
552
961
2,104
I
$
66
221
389
877
 
I
$
66
221
389
877
R
$
117
397
699
1,555
 
R
$
117
397
699
1,555
R6
$
63
199
346
774
 
R6
$
63
199
346
774
W
$
66
240
429
976
 
W
$
66
240
429
976
The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends (and other distributions). If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.
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 Expense Example, affect the Fund's performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 218% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in bonds of issuers in a number of different countries, which may include the United States. The Fund will provide shareholders with at least 60 days' prior written notice of any change in this investment policy.
The Fund may invest in securities of issuers located in developed and emerging market countries. Securities may be denominated in foreign currencies or in U.S. dollars. The Fund may hedge its exposure to securities denominated in foreign currencies. The Fund may also borrow money from banks and invest the proceeds of such loans in portfolio securities to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder , and under the terms of applicable no-action relief or exemptive orders granted thereunder (the “1940 Act”). This investment technique is known as “leveraging.”
The Fund invests primarily in investment grade securities which include, but are not limited to, corporate and government bonds which, at the time of investment, are rated investment grade (at least BBB- by S&P Global Ratings or Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service, Inc.) or have an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or are of comparable quality if unrated. The Fund may also invest in preferred stocks, money market instruments, municipal bonds, commercial and residential mortgage-related securities, asset-backed securities, other securitized and structured debt products, private placements, and sovereign debt.
The Fund may also invest its assets in bank loans and in floating rate secured loans (“Senior Loans”). Although the Fund may invest a portion of its assets in high-yield debt securities rated below investment grade (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”), the Fund will seek to maintain a minimum weighted average portfolio quality rating of at least investment grade. The dollar-weighted average portfolio duration of the Fund will generally range between two and nine years. Duration is the most commonly used measure of risk in fixed-income investments as it incorporates multiple features of the fixed-income instrument (e.g., yield, coupon, maturity, etc.) into one number. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a fixed-income instrument to a change in interest rates. Duration is a weighted average of the times that interest payments and the final return of principal are expected to be received. The weights are the amounts of the payments discounted by the yield-to-maturity of the fixed-income instrument. Duration is expressed as a number of years. The bigger the duration number, the greater the interest-rate risk or reward for the fixed-income instrument prices. For example, the price of a bond with an average duration of five years would be expected to fall approximately 5% if interest rates rose by one percentage point. Conversely, the price of a bond with an average duration of five years would be expected to rise approximately 5% if interest rates drop by one percentage point.
The Fund may use derivatives, including futures, swaps (including interest rate swaps, total return swaps, and credit default swaps), and options, among others, to seek to enhance return, to hedge some of the risks of its investments in fixed-income securities, or as a substitute for a position in an underlying asset. The Fund may, without limitation, seek to obtain market exposure to the securities in which it primarily invests by entering into a series of purchase and sale contracts or by using other investment techniques (such as buy backs or dollar rolls and reverse repurchase agreements).
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The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act.
The investment process focuses on allocating assets among various sectors of the global bond markets and buying bonds at a discount to their intrinsic value. The sub-adviser (the “Sub-Adviser”) utilizes proprietary quantitative techniques to identify bonds or sectors that are cheap relative to other bonds or sectors based on their historical price relationships. Teams of asset specialists use this relative value analysis to guide them in the security selection process.
In evaluating investments for the Fund, the Sub-Adviser takes into account a wide variety of factors and considerations to determine whether any or all of those factors or considerations might have a material effect on the value, risks, or prospects of an investment. Among the factors considered, the Sub-Adviser expects typically to take into account environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors to determine whether one or more factors may have a material effect. In considering ESG factors, the Sub-Adviser intends to rely primarily on factors identified through its proprietary empirical research and on third-party evaluations of an issuer’s ESG standing. ESG factors will be only one of many considerations in the Sub-Adviser’s evaluation of any potential investment; the extent to which ESG factors will affect the Sub-Adviser’s decision to invest in an issuer, if at all, will depend on the analysis and judgment of the Sub-Adviser.
The Sub-Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising, among others.
The Fund may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 13% of its total assets.
Principal Risks
You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate readability, and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur or have a greater adverse impact than another risk.
Bank Instruments: Bank instruments include certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits, bankers’ acceptances, and other debt and deposit-type obligations issued by banks. Changes in economic, regulatory, or political conditions, or other events that affect the banking industry may have an adverse effect on bank instruments or banking institutions that serve as counterparties in transactions with the Fund.
Borrowing: Borrowing creates leverage, which may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks. Borrowing may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the Fund’s net asset value causing the Fund to be more volatile than a fund that does not borrow. Borrowing for investment purposes is considered to be speculative and may result in losses to the Fund.
Company: The price of a company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons, including, among others, poor management, financial problems, reduced demand for the company’s goods or services, regulatory fines and judgments, or business challenges. If a company is unable to meet its financial obligations, declares bankruptcy, or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.
Credit: A Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed - income instrument in which the Fund invests, or the counterparty to a derivative contract the Fund entered into, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services, or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to meet its financial obligations. Asset-backed (including mortgage-backed) securities that are not issued by U.S. government agencies may have a greater risk of default because neither the U.S. government nor an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government has guaranteed them. The credit quality of typical asset-backed securities depends primarily on the credit quality of the underlying assets and the structural support (if any) provided to the securities.
Credit Default Swaps: A Fund may enter into credit default swaps, either as a buyer or a seller of the swap. A buyer of a credit default swap is generally obligated to pay the seller an upfront or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract until a credit event, such as a default, on a reference obligation has occurred. If a credit event occurs, the seller generally must pay the buyer the “par value” (full notional value) of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity described in the swap, or the seller may be required to deliver the related net cash amount if the swap is cash settled. As a seller of a credit default swap, the Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the full notional value of the swap. Credit default swaps are particularly subject to counterparty, credit, valuation, liquidity, and leveraging risks and the risk that the swap may not correlate with its reference obligation as expected. Certain standardized credit default swaps are subject to mandatory central clearing. Central clearing is expected to reduce counterparty credit risk and increase liquidity; however, there is no assurance that it will achieve that result, and, in the meantime, central clearing and related requirements expose the Fund to new kinds of costs and risks. In addition, credit default swaps expose the Fund to the risk of improper valuation.
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Currency: To the extent that the Fund invests directly or indirectly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by the Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions.
Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates, liquidity risk, valuation risk, and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by the Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on the Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the asset, reference rate, or index being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Fixed Income): The Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for the Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. The Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors in respect of obligations of an issuer may rely on third party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be invested in obligations of issuers that the Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may choose not to invest in obligations of issuers that compare favorably to obligations of other issuers on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to obligations of certain issuers due to the Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by the Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
Floating Rate Loans: In the event a borrower fails to pay scheduled interest or principal payments on a floating rate loan (which can include certain bank loans), the Fund will experience a reduction in its income and a decline in the market value of such floating rate loan. If a floating rate loan is held by the Fund through another financial institution, or the Fund relies upon another financial institution to administer the loan, the receipt of scheduled interest or principal payments may be subject to the credit risk of such financial institution. Investors in floating rate loans may not be afforded the protections of the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, because loans may not be considered “securities” under such laws. Additionally, the value of collateral, if any, securing a floating rate loan can decline or may be insufficient to meet the borrower’s obligations under the loan, and such collateral may be difficult to liquidate. No active trading market may exist for many floating rate loans and many floating rate loans are subject to restrictions on resale. Transactions in loans typically settle on a delayed basis and may take longer than 7 days to settle. As a result, the Fund may not receive the proceeds from a sale of a floating rate loan for a significant period of time. Delay in the receipts of settlement proceeds may impair the ability of the Fund to meet its redemption obligations, and may limit the ability of the Fund to repay debt, pay dividends, or to take advantage of new investment opportunities.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments/Developing and Emerging Markets: Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies due, in part, to: smaller markets; differing reporting, accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and practices; nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation; foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or replacement; potential for default on sovereign debt; and political changes or diplomatic developments, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country, or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country, or region. Foreign (non-U.S.) investment risks may be greater in developing and emerging markets than in developed markets.
High-Yield Securities: Lower-quality securities (including securities that have fallen below investment grade and are classified as “junk bonds” or “high-yield securities”) have greater credit risk and liquidity risk than higher-quality (investment grade) securities, and their issuers' long-term ability to make payments is considered speculative. Prices of lower-quality bonds or other fixed-income instruments are also more volatile, are more sensitive to negative news about the economy or the issuer, and have greater liquidity risk and price volatility.
Interest in Loans: The value and the income streams of interests in loans (including participation interests in lease financings and assignments in secured variable or floating rate loans) will decline if borrowers delay payments or fail to pay altogether. A significant rise in market interest rates could increase this risk. Although loans may be fully collateralized when purchased, such collateral may become illiquid or decline in value.
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Interest Rate: A rise in market interest rates generally results in a fall in the value of bonds and other fixed-income instruments; conversely, values generally rise as market interest rates fall. The higher the credit quality of the instrument, and the longer its maturity or duration, the more sensitive it is to changes in market interest rates. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a fixed-income instrument to a change in interest rate. As of the date of this Prospectus, the U.S. is experiencing a rising market interest rate environment, which may increase the Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising market interest rates. Rising market interest rates have unpredictable effects on the markets and may expose fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility. To the extent that the Fund invests in fixed-income instruments, an increase in market interest rates may lead to increased redemptions and increased portfolio turnover, which could reduce liquidity for certain investments, adversely affect values, and increase costs. Increased redemptions may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so and may lower returns. If dealer capacity in fixed-income markets is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in the fixed-income markets. Further, recent and potential future changes in government policy may affect interest rates. Negative or very low interest rates could magnify the risks associated with changes in interest rates. In general, changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, could have unpredictable effects on markets and may expose fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility. Changes to monetary policy by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board or other regulatory actions could expose fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility, interest rate sensitivity, and reduced liquidity, which may impact the Fund’s operations and return potential.
Investing through Bond Connect: Chinese fixed-income instruments trade on the China Interbank Bond Market (the “CIBM”) and may be purchased through a market access program, known as “Bond Connect,” that is designed to, among other things, enable foreign (non-U.S.) investment in the People’s Republic of China. There are significant risks inherent in investing in Chinese fixed-income instruments, similar to the risks of investing in fixed-income instruments in other emerging markets. The prices of fixed-income instruments traded on the CIBM may fluctuate significantly due to low trading volume and potential lack of liquidity. The rules to access fixed-income instruments that trade on the CIBM through Bond Connect are relatively new and subject to change, which may adversely affect the Fund's ability to invest in these instruments and to enforce its rights as a beneficial owner of these instruments. Trading through Bond Connect is subject to a number of restrictions that may affect the Fund’s investments and returns.
The Chinese economy is generally considered an emerging and volatile market. Although China has experienced a relatively stable political environment in recent years, there is no guarantee that such stability will be maintained in the future. Political, regulatory and diplomatic events, such as the U.S.-China “trade war” that intensified in 2018, could have an adverse effect on the Chinese or Hong Kong economies and on investments made through Bond Connect.
Investment Model: The Sub-Adviser’s proprietary model may not adequately take into account existing or unforeseen market factors or the interplay between such factors. Funds that are actively managed, in whole or in part, according to a quantitative investment model can perform differently from the market, based on the investment model and the factors used in the analysis, the weight placed on each factor, and changes from the factors’ historical trends. Mistakes in the construction and implementation of the investment models (including, for example, data problems and/or software issues) may create errors or limitations that might go undetected or are discovered only after the errors or limitations have negatively impacted performance. There is no guarantee that the use of these investment models will result in effective investment decisions for the Fund.
Liquidity: If a security is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, exposing the Fund to the risk that the prices at which it sells illiquid securities will be less than the prices at which they were valued when held by the Fund, which could cause the Fund to lose money. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile than more liquid securities, and the risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress.
London Inter-Bank Offered Rate: The obligations of the parties under many financial arrangements, such as fixed-income instruments (including senior loans) and derivatives, may be determined based, in whole or in part, on the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). In 2017, the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced its intention to cease compelling banks to provide the quotations needed to sustain LIBOR after 2021. ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator of LIBOR, ceased publication of most LIBOR settings on a representative basis at the end of 2021 and is expected to cease publication of a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR settings on a representative basis after June 30, 2023. In addition, global regulators have announced that, with limited exceptions, no new LIBOR-based contracts should be entered into after 2021. Actions by regulators have resulted in the establishment of alternative reference rates to LIBOR in many major currencies, including for example, the Secured Overnight Funding Rate (“SOFR”) for U.S. dollar LIBOR. SOFR is a broad measure of the cost of borrowing cash overnight collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities in the repurchase agreement market. SOFR is published in various forms, including as a daily, compounded, and forward-looking term rate. The discontinuance of LIBOR and the adoption/implementation of alternative rates pose a number of risks, including, among others, whether any substitute rate will experience the market participation and liquidity necessary to provide a workable substitute for LIBOR; the effect on parties’ existing contractual
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arrangements, hedging transactions, and investment strategies generally from a conversion from LIBOR to alternative rates; the effect on the Fund’s existing investments, including the possibility that some of those investments may terminate or their terms may be adjusted to the disadvantage of the Fund; and the risk of general market disruption during the transition period. Markets relying on alternative rates are developing slowly and may offer limited liquidity. The general unavailability of LIBOR and the transition away from LIBOR to alternative rates could have a substantial adverse impact on the performance of the Fund.
Market: The market values of securities will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions, governmental actions or intervention, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, and other factors. Prices of equity securities tend to rise and fall more dramatically than those of fixed-income instruments. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax policies or developments may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs and impair the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
Market Capitalization: Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories: large, mid, and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. If valuations of large-capitalization companies appear to be greatly out of proportion to the valuations of mid- or small-capitalization companies, investors may migrate to the stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies causing a fund that invests in these companies to increase in value more rapidly than a fund that invests in large-capitalization companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be subject to special risks associated with narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, smaller management groups, more limited publicly available information, and a more limited trading market for their stocks as compared with large-capitalization companies. As a result, stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies may be more volatile and may decline significantly in market downturns.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical: A Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events that have led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S., and global economies and markets, generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted, and may continue to result, in significant market volatility, exchange suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, supply chain disruptions, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine has, and may continue to, adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of the Fund’s investments, including beyond the Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. Those events as well as other changes in foreign (non-U.S.) and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
Mortgage- and/or Asset-Backed Securities: Defaults on, or low credit quality or liquidity of, the underlying assets of the asset-backed (including mortgage-backed) securities may impair the value of these securities and result in losses. There may be limitations on the enforceability of any security interest or collateral granted with respect to those underlying assets, and the value of collateral may not satisfy the obligation upon default. These securities also present a higher degree of prepayment and extension risk and interest rate risk than do other types of fixed-income instruments.
Municipal Obligations: The municipal securities market is volatile and can be affected significantly by adverse tax, legislative, or political changes and the financial condition of the issuers of municipal securities. Among other risks, investments in municipal securities are subject to the risk that an issuer may delay payment, restructure its debt, or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its debt.
Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, is the risk that the value of an investment company’s underlying investments might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the Fund’s expenses. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of the Fund; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which the Fund is typically subject. In addition, shares of ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and
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are subject to secondary market trading risks. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads, and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and authorized participants may step away from making a market in an ETF’s shares, which could cause a material decline in the ETF’s net asset value.
Prepayment and Extension: Many types of fixed-income instruments are subject to prepayment and extension risk. Prepayment risk is the risk that the issuer of a fixed-income instrument will pay back the principal earlier than expected. This risk is heightened in a falling market interest rate environment. Prepayment may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. Also, if a fixed-income instrument subject to prepayment has been purchased at a premium, the value of the premium would be lost in the event of prepayment. Extension risk is the risk that the issuer of a fixed-income instrument will pay back the principal later than expected. This risk is heightened in a rising market interest rate environment. This may negatively affect performance, as the value of the fixed-income instrument decreases when principal payments are made later than expected. Additionally, the Fund may be prevented from investing proceeds it would have received at a given time at the higher prevailing interest rates.
Restricted Securities: Securities that are not registered for sale to the public under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are referred to as “restricted securities.” These securities may be sold in private placement transactions between issuers and their purchasers and may be neither listed on an exchange nor traded in other established markets, and often, these securities are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. As a result of the absence of a public trading market, the prices of these securities may be more volatile, less liquid and more difficult to value than publicly traded securities. The price realized from the sale of these securities could be less than the amount originally paid or less than their fair value if they are resold in privately negotiated transactions. In addition, these securities may not be subject to disclosure and other investment protection requirements that are afforded to publicly traded securities. Certain investments may include investment in smaller, less seasoned issuers, which may involve greater risk.
Securities Lending: Securities lending involves two primary risks: “ investment risk ” and “ borrower default risk. ” When lending securities, the Fund will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing the Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks.
Sovereign Debt: Sovereign debt is issued or guaranteed by foreign (non-U.S.) government entities. Investments in sovereign debt are subject to the risk that a government entity may delay payment, restructure its debt, or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt due to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, social changes, the relative size of its debt position to its economy, or its failure to put in place economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or other multilateral agencies. If a government entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans. There is no legal process for collecting amounts owed on sovereign debt that a government does not pay.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows the changes in the Fund's performance from year to year, and the table compares the Fund's performance to the performance of a broad-based securities market index/indices with investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund for the same period. The Fund's performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the period presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund's Class A shares. Sales charges are not reflected in the bar chart. If they were, returns would be less than those shown. However, the table includes all applicable fees and sales charges. Performance for other share classes would differ to the extent they have differences in their fees and expenses. The Class R6 shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class I shares without adjustment for any differences in the expenses between the two classes. If adjusted for such differences, returns would be different. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. For the most recent performance figures, go to https://individuals.voya.com/literature or call 1-800-992-0180.
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Calendar Year Total Returns Class A 
(as of December 31 of each year)
Best quarter:
2nd Quarter 2020
8.02%
Worst quarter:
2nd Quarter 2022
-9.61%
Average Annual Total Returns %
(for the periods ended December 31, 2022)

 
 
1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class A before taxes
%
-19.79
-2.58
-0.72
N/A
06/30/06
After tax on distributions
%
-20.00
-3.48
-1.49
N/A
 
After tax on distributions with sale
%
-10.60
-1.92
-0.26
N/A
 
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index1
%
-16.25
-1.66
-0.44
N/A
 
Class C before taxes
%
-19.12
-2.82
-1.21
N/A
06/30/06
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index1
%
-16.25
-1.66
-0.44
N/A
 
Class I before taxes
%
-17.59
-1.86
-0.21
N/A
06/30/06
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index1
%
-16.25
-1.66
-0.44
N/A
 
Class R before taxes
%
-17.89
-2.33
-0.71
N/A
08/05/11
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index1
%
-16.25
-1.66
-0.44
N/A
 
Class R6 before taxes
%
-17.51
-1.84
-0.20
N/A
05/31/13
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index1
%
-16.25
-1.66
-0.44
N/A
 
Class W before taxes
%
-17.54
-1.83
-0.21
N/A
06/01/09
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index1
%
-16.25
-1.66
-0.44
N/A
 
1
The index returns do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). In some cases the after-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. After-tax returns for other classes will vary.
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
Sub-Adviser
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Portfolio Managers
 
Sean Banai, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 03/19)
Brian Timberlake, Ph.D., CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 05/13)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Shares of the Fund may be purchased or sold on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock Exchange opens for regular trading). You can buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary; by visiting our website at www.voyainvestments.com; by writing to us at Voya Investment Management, 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034; or by calling us at 1-800-992-0180.
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Minimum Initial Investment $ by share class
Class
A, C
I
R
R6
W
Non-retirement accounts
$
1,000
250,000
None
1,000,000
1,000
Retirement accounts
$
250
250,000
None
None
1,000
Certain omnibus accounts
$
250
None
None
None
None
Pre-authorized investment plan
$
1,000
250,000
None
None
1,000
There are no minimums for additional investments except that the pre-authorized investment plan requires a monthly investment of at least $100. For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; or (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts.
The minimum initial investment requirement for Class R6 shares of the Fund is $1,000,000 for non-retirement accounts. There is no minimum initial investment requirement for retirement accounts, certain omnibus accounts, and pre-authorized investment plans. There are no minimum investment requirements for additional investments.
Tax Information
The Fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing through a tax advantaged arrangement, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that arrangement.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Voya Global High Dividend Low Volatility Fund
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks long-term capital growth and current income.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may 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. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Voya mutual funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in the discussion in the Sales Charges section of the Prospectus (page 84), in Appendix A to the Prospectus, or the Purchase, Exchange, and Redemption of Shares section of the Statement of Additional Information (page 104).
Shareholder Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment
Class
Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of
offering price imposed on purchases
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of
purchase or sales price, whichever is less
A
5.75
None1
C
None
1.00
I
None
None
R6
None
None
W
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment
Class
 
A
C
I
R6
W
Management Fees
%
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
%
0.25
1.00
None
None
None
Other Expenses
%
0.25
0.25
0.15
0.13
0.25
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
%
1.00
1.75
0.65
0.63
0.75
Waivers and Reimbursements2
%
(0.15)
(0.15)
(0.05)
(0.06)
(0.15)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Waivers and
Reimbursements
%
0.85
1.60
0.60
0.57
0.60
1
A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $1,000,000 or more.
2
Voya Investments, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) and distributor are contractually obligated to limit expenses to 0.85%, 1.60%, 0.60%, 0.57%, and 0.60% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R6, and Class W shares, respectively, through March 1, 2024. The limitation does not extend to interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. This limitation is subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser and distributor within 36 months of the waiver or reimbursement. The amount of the recoupment is limited to the lesser of the amounts that would be recoupable under: (i) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of recoupment. Termination or modification of this obligation requires approval by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).
Expense Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example shows costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Example also assumes that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
10
Voya Global High Dividend Low Volatility Fund

 
 
If you sold your shares
 
 
 
If you held your shares
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
 
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
A
$
657
861
1,082
1,716
 
A
$
657
861
1,082
1,716
C
$
263
536
935
2,050
 
C
$
163
536
935
2,050
I
$
61
203
357
806
 
I
$
61
203
357
806
R6
$
58
196
345
781
 
R6
$
58
196
345
781
W
$
61
225
402
916
 
W
$
61
225
402
916
The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends (and other distributions). If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.
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 Expense Example, affect the Fund's performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 67% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in a portfolio of equity securities. The Fund will provide 60 days’ prior notice of any change in this investment policy. The Fund invests primarily in the equity securities included in the MSCI World Value IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in securities of issuers in a number of different countries, including the U.S.
The sub-adviser (the “Sub-Adviser”) seeks to maximize total return to the extent consistent with maintaining lower volatility than the Index. Volatility generally measures how much a fund’s returns have varied over a specified time frame.
The Fund may invest in derivative instruments including, but not limited to, index futures. The Fund typically uses derivatives as a substitute for purchasing securities included in the Index or for the purpose of maintaining equity market exposure on its cash balance.
The Fund may invest in real estate-related securities including real estate investment trusts (“REITs”).
The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder , and under the terms of applicable no-action relief or exemptive orders granted thereunder .
The Sub-Adviser creates a target universe that consists of dividend paying securities by screening for companies that exhibit stable dividend yields within each industry sector. Once the Sub-Adviser creates this target universe, the Sub-Adviser seeks to identify the most attractive securities within various geographic regions and sectors by ranking each security relative to other securities within its region or sector, as applicable, using proprietary fundamental sector-specific quantitative investment models. The Sub-Adviser then uses optimization techniques to seek to achieve the portfolio’s target dividend yield (which is expected to be higher than the Index in aggregate), manage target beta, determine active weights, and neutralize region and sector exposures in order to create a portfolio that the Sub-Adviser believes will provide the potential for maximum total return consistent with maintaining lower volatility than the Index. Under certain market conditions, the Fund will likely earn a lower level of total return than it would in the absence of its strategy of maintaining a relatively lower level of volatility.
In evaluating investments for the Fund, the Sub-Adviser, through its quantitative methods and models, takes into account a wide variety of factors and considerations to determine whether any or all of those factors or considerations might have a material effect on the value, risks, or prospects of a company. Among the factors considered, the Sub-Adviser expects that its quantitative methods and models will typically take into account environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors. In considering ESG factors, the Sub-Adviser’s quantitative methods and models will rely primarily on factors identified through the Sub-Adviser’s proprietary empirical research and on third-party evaluations of a company’s ESG standing. ESG factors will be only one of many considerations in the evaluation of any potential investment; the extent to which ESG factors will affect the Sub-Adviser’s decision to invest in a company, if at all, will depend on the operation of the Sub-Adviser’s quantitative processes and the judgment of the Sub-Adviser.
The Fund may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 30% of its total assets.
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Principal Risks
You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate readability, and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur or have a greater adverse impact than another risk.
Company: The price of a company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons, including, among others, poor management, financial problems, reduced demand for the company’s goods or services, regulatory fines and judgments, or business challenges. If a company is unable to meet its financial obligations, declares bankruptcy, or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.
Currency: To the extent that the Fund invests directly or indirectly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by the Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions.
Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates, liquidity risk, valuation risk, and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by the Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on the Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the asset, reference rate, or index being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment.
Dividend: Companies that issue dividend yielding equity securities are not required to continue to pay dividends on such securities. Therefore, there is a possibility that such companies could reduce or eliminate the payment of dividends in the future. As a result, the Fund’s ability to execute its investment strategy may be limited.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Quantitative): The Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for the Fund depends on the operation of quantitative methods and models whose design reflects qualitative and subjective judgments of the Sub-Adviser, including reliance on, or incorporation of, data in respect of ESG factors that may rely on third party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be invested in companies that the Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may not invest in companies that compare favorably to other companies on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to certain companies due to the Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by the Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments: Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies due, in part, to: smaller markets; differing reporting, accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and practices; nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation; foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or replacement; potential for default on sovereign debt; and political changes or diplomatic developments, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country, or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country, or region.
Investment Model: The Sub-Adviser’s proprietary model may not adequately take into account existing or unforeseen market factors or the interplay between such factors. Volatility management techniques may not always be successful in reducing volatility, may not protect against market declines, and may limit the Fund’s participation in market gains, negatively impacting performance even during periods when the market is rising. During sudden or significant market rallies, such underperformance may be significant. Moreover, volatility management strategies may increase portfolio transaction costs, which may increase losses or reduce gains. The Fund’s volatility may not be lower than that of the Fund’s Index during all market cycles due to market factors. Funds that are actively managed, in whole or in part, according to a quantitative investment model can perform differently from the market, based on the investment model and the factors used in the analysis, the weight placed on each factor, and changes from the factors’ historical trends. Mistakes in the construction and implementation of the investment models (including, for example, data problems and/or software issues) may create errors or limitations that might go undetected or are discovered only after the errors or limitations have negatively impacted performance. There is no guarantee that the
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use of these investment models will result in effective investment decisions for the Fund.
Liquidity: If a security is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, exposing the Fund to the risk that the prices at which it sells illiquid securities will be less than the prices at which they were valued when held by the Fund, which could cause the Fund to lose money. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile than more liquid securities, and the risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress.
Market: The market values of securities will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions, governmental actions or intervention, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, and other factors. Prices of equity securities tend to rise and fall more dramatically than those of fixed-income instruments. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax policies or developments may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs and impair the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
Market Capitalization: Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories: large, mid, and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. If valuations of large-capitalization companies appear to be greatly out of proportion to the valuations of mid- or small-capitalization companies, investors may migrate to the stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies causing a fund that invests in these companies to increase in value more rapidly than a fund that invests in large-capitalization companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be subject to special risks associated with narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, smaller management groups, more limited publicly available information, and a more limited trading market for their stocks as compared with large-capitalization companies. As a result, stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies may be more volatile and may decline significantly in market downturns.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical: The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events that have led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S., and global economies and markets, generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted, and may continue to result, in significant market volatility, exchange suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, supply chain disruptions, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine has, and may continue to, adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of the Fund’s investments, including beyond the Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. Those events as well as other changes in foreign (non-U.S.) and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, is the risk that the value of an investment company’s underlying investments might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the Fund’s expenses. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of the Fund; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which the Fund is typically subject. In addition, shares of ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and are subject to secondary market trading risks. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads, and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and authorized participants may step away from making a market in an ETF’s shares, which could cause a material decline in the ETF’s net asset value.
Real Estate Companies and Real Estate Investment Trusts: Investing in real estate companies and REITs may subject the Fund to risks similar to those associated with the direct ownership of real estate, including losses from casualty or condemnation, changes in local and general economic conditions, supply and demand, market interest rates, zoning laws, regulatory limitations on rents, property taxes, overbuilding, high foreclosure rates, and operating expenses in addition to terrorist attacks, wars, or other acts that destroy real property. In addition, REITs may also be affected by tax and regulatory requirements in that a REIT may not qualify for favorable tax treatment or regulatory exemptions. Investments in REITs are affected by the management skill of the REIT’s sponsor. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of expenses, including management fees, paid by each REIT in which it invests.
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Securities Lending: Securities lending involves two primary risks: “ investment risk ” and “ borrower default risk. ” When lending securities, the Fund will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing the Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows the changes in the Fund's performance from year to year, and the table compares the Fund's performance to the performance of a broad-based securities market index/indices with investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund for the same period. The Fund's performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the period presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund's Class A shares. Sales charges are not reflected in the bar chart. If they were, returns would be less than those shown. However, the table includes all applicable fees and sales charges. Performance for other share classes would differ to the extent they have differences in their fees and expenses. The Class R6 shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class I shares without adjustment for any differences in the expenses between the two classes. If adjusted for such differences, returns would be different.
The Fund’s performance prior to December 31, 2020 reflects returns achieved pursuant to different principal investment strategies. The Fund’s performance prior to May 1, 2018 reflects returns achieved pursuant to different principal investment strategies. The Fund’s performance prior to May 1, 2016 reflects returns achieved pursuant to different principal investment strategies. The Fund’s performance prior to December 1, 2014 reflects returns achieved pursuant to different principal investment strategies. If the Fund’s current sub-adviser and strategies had been in place for the prior periods, the performance information shown would have been different. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. For the most recent performance figures, go to https://individuals.voya.com/literature or call 1-800-992-0180.
Calendar Year Total Returns Class A 
(as of December 31 of each year)
Best quarter:
4th Quarter 2022
14.09%
Worst quarter:
1st Quarter 2020
-23.44%
Average Annual Total Returns %
(for the periods ended December 31, 2022)

 
 
1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class A before taxes
%
-10.03
3.39
5.82
N/A
04/19/93
After tax on distributions
%
-10.70
2.75
5.23
N/A
 
After tax on distributions with sale
%
-5.49
2.40
4.49
N/A
 
MSCI World Value IndexSM1
%
-6.52
4.12
7.24
N/A
 
Class C before taxes
%
-6.19
3.85
5.65
N/A
04/19/93
MSCI World Value IndexSM1
%
-6.52
4.12
7.24
N/A
 
Class I before taxes
%
-4.30
4.89
6.71
N/A
09/06/06
MSCI World Value IndexSM1
%
-6.52
4.12
7.24
N/A
 
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1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R6 before taxes
%
-4.28
4.90
6.72
N/A
02/28/20
MSCI World Value IndexSM1
%
-6.52
4.12
7.24
N/A
 
Class W before taxes
%
-4.31
4.88
6.71
N/A
06/01/09
MSCI World Value IndexSM1
%
-6.52
4.12
7.24
N/A
 
1
The index returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions net of withholding taxes, but do not reflect fees, brokerage commissions, or other expenses.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). In some cases the after-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. After-tax returns for other classes will vary.
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
Sub-Adviser
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Portfolio Managers
 
Vincent Costa, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 12/14)
Peg DiOrio, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 02/19)
Steve Wetter
Portfolio Manager (since 05/18)
Kai Yee Wong
Portfolio Manager (since 05/18)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Shares of the Fund may be purchased or sold on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock Exchange opens for regular trading). You can buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary; by visiting our website at www.voyainvestments.com; by writing to us at Voya Investment Management, 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034; or by calling us at 1-800-992-0180.
Minimum Initial Investment $ by share class
Class
A, C
I
R6
W
Non-retirement accounts
$
1,000
250,000
1,000,000
1,000
Retirement accounts
$
250
250,000
None
1,000
Certain omnibus accounts
$
250
None
None
None
Pre-authorized investment plan
$
1,000
250,000
None
1,000
There are no minimums for additional investments except that the pre-authorized investment plan requires a monthly investment of at least $100. For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; or (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts.
The minimum initial investment requirement for Class R6 shares of the Fund is $1,000,000 for non-retirement accounts. There is no minimum initial investment requirement for retirement accounts, certain omnibus accounts, and pre-authorized investment plans. There are no minimum investment requirements for additional investments.
Tax Information
The Fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing through a tax advantaged arrangement, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that arrangement.
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Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Voya International High Dividend Low Volatility Fund
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks maximum total return.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may 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. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Voya mutual funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in the discussion in the Sales Charges section of the Prospectus (page 84), in Appendix A to the Prospectus, or the Purchase, Exchange, and Redemption of Shares section of the Statement of Additional Information (page 104).
Shareholder Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment
Class
Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of
offering price imposed on purchases
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of
purchase or sales price, whichever is less
A
5.75
None1
I
None
None
R6
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment
Class
 
A
I
R6
Management Fees
%
0.50
0.50
0.50
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
%
0.25
None
None
Other Expenses
%
1.27
1.35
2.24
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
%
0.01
0.01
0.01
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses2
%
2.03
1.86
2.75
Waivers and Reimbursements3
%
(1.12)
(1.20)
(2.12)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Waivers and
Reimbursements
%
0.91
0.66
0.63
1
A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $1,000,000 or more.
2
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses shown may be higher than the Fund’s ratio of expenses to average net assets shown in the Financial Highlights, which reflect the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
3
Voya Investments, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 0.90%, 0.65%, and 0.62% for Class A, Class I, and Class R6 shares, respectively, through March 1, 2024. The limitation does not extend to interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. This limitation is subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser within 36 months of the waiver or reimbursement. The amount of the recoupment is limited to the lesser of the amounts that would be recoupable under: (i) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of recoupment. Termination or modification of this obligation requires approval by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).
Expense Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example shows costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Example also assumes that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Class
Share Status
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
A
Sold or Held
$
663
1,073
1,508
2,713
I
Sold or Held
$
67
468
894
2,081
R6
Sold or Held
$
64
651
1,265
2,924
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The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends (and other distributions). If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.
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 Expense Example, affect the Fund's performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 72% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests primarily in equity securities included in the MSCI EAFE® Value Index (the “Index”). Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 65% of its total assets in equity securities of issuers in a number of different countries other than the U.S.
The sub-adviser (the “Sub-Adviser”) seeks to maximize total return to the extent consistent with maintaining lower volatility than the Index. Volatility generally measures how much a fund’s returns have varied over a specified time frame.
The Fund may invest in derivative instruments including, but not limited to, index futures. The Fund typically uses derivatives as a substitute for purchasing securities included in the Index or for the purpose of maintaining equity market exposure on its cash balance.
The Fund may also invest in real estate-related securities, including real estate investment trusts (“REITs”).
The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder , and under the terms of applicable no-action relief or exemptive orders granted thereunder .
The Sub-Adviser creates a target universe that consists of dividend paying securities by screening for companies that exhibit stable dividend yields within each industry sector. Once the Sub-Adviser creates this target universe, the Sub-Adviser seeks to identify the most attractive securities within various geographic regions and sectors by ranking each security relative to other securities within its region or sector, as applicable, using proprietary fundamental sector-specific quantitative investment models. The Sub-Adviser then uses optimization techniques to seek to achieve the portfolio’s target dividend yield (which is expected to be higher than the Index in aggregate), manage target beta, determine active weights, and neutralize region and sector exposures in order to create a portfolio that the Sub-Adviser believes will provide the potential for maximum total return consistent with maintaining lower volatility than the Index. Under certain market conditions, the Fund will likely earn a lower level of total return than it would in the absence of its strategy of maintaining a relatively lower level of volatility.
In evaluating investments for the Fund, the Sub-Adviser, through its quantitative methods and models, takes into account a wide variety of factors and considerations to determine whether any or all of those factors or considerations might have a material effect on the value, risks, or prospects of a company. Among the factors considered, the Sub-Adviser expects that its quantitative methods and models will typically take into account environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors. In considering ESG factors, the Sub-Adviser’s quantitative methods and models will rely primarily on factors identified through the Sub-Adviser’s proprietary empirical research and on third-party evaluations of a company’s ESG standing. ESG factors will be only one of many considerations in the evaluation of any potential investment; the extent to which ESG factors will affect the Sub-Adviser’s decision to invest in a company, if at all, will depend on the operation of the Sub-Adviser’s quantitative processes and the judgment of the Sub-Adviser.
The Fund may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 13% of its total assets.
Principal Risks
You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate readability, and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur or have a greater adverse impact than another risk.
Company: The price of a company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons, including, among others, poor management, financial problems, reduced demand for the company’s goods or services, regulatory fines and judgments, or business challenges. If a company is unable to meet its financial obligations, declares bankruptcy, or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.
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Currency: To the extent that the Fund invests directly or indirectly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by the Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions.
Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates, liquidity risk, valuation risk, and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by the Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on the Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the asset, reference rate, or index being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment.
Dividend: Companies that issue dividend yielding equity securities are not required to continue to pay dividends on such securities. Therefore, there is a possibility that such companies could reduce or eliminate the payment of dividends in the future. As a result, the Fund’s ability to execute its investment strategy may be limited.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Quantitative): The Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for the Fund depends on the operation of quantitative methods and models whose design reflects qualitative and subjective judgments of the Sub-Adviser, including reliance on, or incorporation of, data in respect of ESG factors that may rely on third party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be invested in companies that the Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may not invest in companies that compare favorably to other companies on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to certain companies due to the Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by the Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments: Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies due, in part, to: smaller markets; differing reporting, accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and practices; nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation; foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or replacement; potential for default on sovereign debt; and political changes or diplomatic developments, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country, or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country, or region.
Investment Model: The Sub-Adviser’s proprietary model may not adequately take into account existing or unforeseen market factors or the interplay between such factors. Volatility management techniques may not always be successful in reducing volatility, may not protect against market declines, and may limit the Fund’s participation in market gains, negatively impacting performance even during periods when the market is rising. During sudden or significant market rallies, such underperformance may be significant. Moreover, volatility management strategies may increase portfolio transaction costs, which may increase losses or reduce gains. The Fund’s volatility may not be lower than that of the Fund’s Index during all market cycles due to market factors. Funds that are actively managed, in whole or in part, according to a quantitative investment model can perform differently from the market, based on the investment model and the factors used in the analysis, the weight placed on each factor, and changes from the factors’ historical trends. Mistakes in the construction and implementation of the investment models (including, for example, data problems and/or software issues) may create errors or limitations that might go undetected or are discovered only after the errors or limitations have negatively impacted performance. There is no guarantee that the use of these investment models will result in effective investment decisions for the Fund.
Liquidity: If a security is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, exposing the Fund to the risk that the prices at which it sells illiquid securities will be less than the prices at which they were valued when held by the Fund, which could cause the Fund to lose money. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile than more liquid securities, and the risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress.
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Market: The market values of securities will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions, governmental actions or intervention, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, and other factors. Prices of equity securities tend to rise and fall more dramatically than those of fixed-income instruments. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax policies or developments may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs and impair the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
Market Capitalization: Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories: large, mid, and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. If valuations of large-capitalization companies appear to be greatly out of proportion to the valuations of mid- or small-capitalization companies, investors may migrate to the stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies causing a fund that invests in these companies to increase in value more rapidly than a fund that invests in large-capitalization companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be subject to special risks associated with narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, smaller management groups, more limited publicly available information, and a more limited trading market for their stocks as compared with large-capitalization companies. As a result, stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies may be more volatile and may decline significantly in market downturns.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical: The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events that have led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S., and global economies and markets, generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted, and may continue to result, in significant market volatility, exchange suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, supply chain disruptions, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine has, and may continue to, adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of the Fund’s investments, including beyond the Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. Those events as well as other changes in foreign (non-U.S.) and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, is the risk that the value of an investment company’s underlying investments might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the Fund’s expenses. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of the Fund; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which the Fund is typically subject. In addition, shares of ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and are subject to secondary market trading risks. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads, and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and authorized participants may step away from making a market in an ETF’s shares, which could cause a material decline in the ETF’s net asset value.
Real Estate Companies and Real Estate Investment Trusts: Investing in real estate companies and REITs may subject the Fund to risks similar to those associated with the direct ownership of real estate, including losses from casualty or condemnation, changes in local and general economic conditions, supply and demand, market interest rates, zoning laws, regulatory limitations on rents, property taxes, overbuilding, high foreclosure rates, and operating expenses in addition to terrorist attacks, wars, or other acts that destroy real property. In addition, REITs may also be affected by tax and regulatory requirements in that a REIT may not qualify for favorable tax treatment or regulatory exemptions. Investments in REITs are affected by the management skill of the REIT’s sponsor. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of expenses, including management fees, paid by each REIT in which it invests.
Securities Lending: Securities lending involves two primary risks: “ investment risk ” and “ borrower default risk. ” When lending securities, the Fund will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing the Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks.
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An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows the changes in the Fund's performance from year to year, and the table compares the Fund's performance to the performance of a broad-based securities market index/indices with investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund for the same period. The Fund's performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the period presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund's Class A shares. Sales charges are not reflected in the bar chart. If they were, returns would be less than those shown. However, the table includes all applicable fees and sales charges. Performance for other share classes would differ to the extent they have differences in their fees and expenses. The Class R6 shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class I shares without adjustment for any differences in the expenses between the two classes. If adjusted for such differences, returns would be different.
The Fund’s performance prior to December 31, 2020 reflects returns achieved pursuant to different principal investment strategies. The Fund’s performance prior to May 1, 2018 reflects returns achieved pursuant to different principal investment strategies. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. For the most recent performance figures, go to https://individuals.voya.com/literature or call 1-800-992-0180.
Calendar Year Total Returns Class A 
(as of December 31 of each year)
Best quarter:
4th Quarter 2022
18.06%
Worst quarter:
1st Quarter 2020
-22.60%
Average Annual Total Returns %
(for the periods ended December 31, 2022)

 
 
1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class A before taxes
%
-14.27
-1.29
N/A
2.21
12/06/16
After tax on distributions
%
-14.91
-2.37
N/A
1.05
 
After tax on distributions with sale
%
-7.79
-0.98
N/A
1.66
 
MSCI EAFE® Value Index1
%
-5.58
0.17
N/A
3.70
 
Class I before taxes
%
-8.96
0.13
N/A
3.48
12/06/16
MSCI EAFE® Value Index1
%
-5.58
0.17
N/A
3.70
 
Class R6 before taxes
%
-8.82
0.13
N/A
3.48
02/28/20
MSCI EAFE® Value Index1
%
-5.58
0.17
N/A
3.70
 
1
The index returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions net of withholding taxes, but do not reflect fees, brokerage commissions, or other expenses.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). In some cases the after-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. After-tax returns for other classes will vary.
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Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
Sub-Adviser
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Portfolio Managers
 
Vincent Costa, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 12/16)
Peg DiOrio, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 02/19)
Steve Wetter
Portfolio Manager (since 12/16)
Kai Yee Wong
Portfolio Manager (since 12/16)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Shares of the Fund may be purchased or sold on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock Exchange opens for regular trading). You can buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary; by visiting our website at www.voyainvestments.com; by writing to us at Voya Investment Management, 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034; or by calling us at 1-800-992-0180.
Minimum Initial Investment $ by share class
Class
A
I
R6
Non-retirement accounts
$
1,000
250,000
1,000,000
Retirement accounts
$
250
250,000
None
Certain omnibus accounts
$
250
None
None
Pre-authorized investment plan
$
1,000
250,000
None
There are no minimums for additional investments except that the pre-authorized investment plan requires a monthly investment of at least $100. For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; or (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts.
The minimum initial investment requirement for Class R6 shares of the Fund is $1,000,000 for non-retirement accounts. There is no minimum initial investment requirement for retirement accounts, certain omnibus accounts, and pre-authorized investment plans. There are no minimum investment requirements for additional investments.
Tax Information
The Fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing through a tax advantaged arrangement, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that arrangement.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Voya Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may 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. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Voya mutual funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in the discussion in the Sales Charges section of the Prospectus (page 84), in Appendix A to the Prospectus, or the Purchase, Exchange, and Redemption of Shares section of the Statement of Additional Information (page 104).
Shareholder Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment
Class
Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of
offering price imposed on purchases
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of
purchase or sales price, whichever is less
A
5.75
None1
C
None
1.00
I
None
None
P
None
None
R
None
None
W
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment
Class
 
A
C
I
P
R
W
Management Fees
%
0.99
0.99
0.99
0.99
0.99
0.99
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
%
0.25
1.00
None
None
0.50
None
Other Expenses
%
0.45
0.45
0.21
0.20
0.45
0.45
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
%
1.69
2.44
1.20
1.19
1.94
1.44
Waivers and Reimbursements2
%
(0.19)
(0.19)
(0.05)
(1.04)
(0.19)
(0.19)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Waivers and
Reimbursements
%
1.50
2.25
1.15
0.15
1.75
1.25
1
A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $1,000,000 or more.
2
Voya Investments, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 1.60%, 2.35%, 1.35%, 0.15%, 1.85%, and 1.35% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class P, Class R, and Class W shares, respectively, through March 1, 2024. In addition, the Investment Adviser is contractually obligated to further limit expenses to 1.50%, 2.25%, 1.15%, 1.75%, and 1.25% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R, and Class W shares, respectively, through March 1, 2024. The limitations do not extend to interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. These limitations are subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser within 36 months of the waiver or reimbursement. The amount of the recoupment is limited to the lesser of the amounts that would be recoupable under: (i) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of recoupment. The Investment Adviser is contractually obligated to waive its management fee for Class P shares through March 1, 2024. Termination or modification of these obligations requires approval by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).
Expense Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example shows costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Example also assumes that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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If you sold your shares
 
 
 
If you held your shares
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
 
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
A
$
719
1,060
1,423
2,443
 
A
$
719
1,060
1,423
2,443
C
$
328
742
1,283
2,762
 
C
$
228
742
1,283
2,762
I
$
117
376
655
1,450
 
I
$
117
376
655
1,450
P
$
15
275
554
1,351
 
P
$
15
275
554
1,351
R
$
178
591
1,029
2,249
 
R
$
178
591
1,029
2,249
W
$
127
437
769
1,708
 
W
$
127
437
769
1,708
The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends (and other distributions). If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.
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 Expense Example, affect the Fund's performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 53% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of issuers in emerging markets. The Fund will provide shareholders with at least 60 days' prior notice of any change in this investment policy.
The Fund currently considers developing or emerging market countries to include most countries in the world except Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the U.S., and most of the countries of Western Europe. An emerging market company is one (i) that is organized under the laws of, or has a principal place of business in, an emerging market; (ii) for which the principal securities market is in an emerging market; (iii) that derives at least 50% of its total revenues or profits from goods that are produced or sold, investments made, or services performed in an emerging market; or (iv) at least 50% of the assets of which are located in an emerging market. The Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization.
Equity securities may include common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities, depositary receipts, participatory notes, trust or partnership interests, warrants and rights to buy common stock, and privately placed securities. The Fund may also invest in real estate-related securities including real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) and non-investment grade bonds (high-yield or “junk bonds”).
The Fund may invest in derivatives, including but not limited to, futures, options, swaps, and forward foreign currency exchange contracts as a substitute for securities in which the Fund can invest; to hedge various investments; to seek to reduce currency deviations, where practicable, for the purpose of risk management; to seek to increase the Fund's gains; and for the efficient management of cash flows.
The Fund may invest in securities denominated in U.S. dollars, other major reserve currencies, such as the euro, yen and pound sterling, and currencies of other countries in which it can invest. The Fund typically maintains full currency exposure to those markets in which it invests. However, the Fund may, from time to time, hedge a portion of its foreign currency exposure into the U.S. dollar.
The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder , and under the terms of applicable no-action relief or exemptive orders granted thereunder .
The Investment Adviser allocates the Fund’s assets to different sub-advisers. When selecting sub-advisers, the Investment Adviser takes into account a wide variety of factors and considerations, including among other things the investment strategy of a potential sub-adviser, its personnel, and its fit with other sub-advisers to the Fund. Among those, the Investment Adviser will typically consider the extent to which a potential sub-adviser takes into account environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors as part of its investment process. ESG factors will be only one of many considerations in the Investment Adviser’s evaluation of any potential sub-adviser; the extent to which ESG factors will affect the Investment Adviser’s decision to retain a sub-adviser, if at all, will depend on the analysis and judgment of the Investment Adviser.
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Delaware Investments Fund Advisers (“DIFA”), Van Eck Associates Corporation (“VanEck”), and Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) (each, a “Sub-Adviser” and collectively, the “Sub-Advisers”) provide the day-to-day management of the Fund. The Sub-Advisers act independently of each other and use their own methodology for selecting investments. The Investment Adviser will determine the amount of Fund assets allocated to each Sub-Adviser.
Each Sub-Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising, among others.
The Fund may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 13% of its total assets.
Delaware Investments Fund Advisers
DIFA believes that, although market price and intrinsic business value are positively correlated in the long run, short-term divergences can emerge. DIFA seeks to take advantage of these divergences through a disciplined, fundamental, bottom-up approach. DIFA seeks to invest in companies with sustainable franchises when they are trading at a significant discount to DIFA’s conservative intrinsic value estimate. DIFA also prefers companies that have large market opportunities in which to deploy capital, ensuring that they grow faster than the overall economy.
Fundamental bottom-up research is the core of the investment process. DIFA’s fundamental research process can be broken down into two main components: analyzing a company’s sustainability and assessing its intrinsic value. Sustainability analysis involves identification of a company’s source of competitive advantage and the ability of its management to maximize its return potential. Intrinsic value assessment is typically quantitatively driven by a number of valuation methods including discounted cash flow, replacement cost, private market transaction, and multiples analysis. This bottom-up approach considers current and historical macro drivers that impact a firm’s ability to generate returns over the long-term.
Van Eck Associates Corporation
VanEck selects emerging market countries that the Fund will invest in based on its evaluation of economic fundamentals, legal structure, political developments, and other specific factors VanEck believes to be relevant. Utilizing qualitative and quantitative measures, VanEck seeks to invest in what it believes are reasonably-priced companies that have strong structural growth potential. VanEck seeks attractive investment opportunities in all areas of emerging markets, and utilizes a flexible investment approach across all market capitalizations. VanEck seeks to: (i) integrate financially-material ESG factors into the Fund's investment process; and (ii) reduce material exposure to issuers that VanEck deems controversial in the ESG universe.
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Voya IM employs a “passive management” approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Plus Korea Select Factor Index (the “Index”). The Index is designed to capture risk premium through exposure to five factors that contribute to emerging market equity performance. These five factors include Momentum, Quality, Size, Value and Low Volatility. As a result of the five factor selection process, the Index may be focused in one or more industries, which may change from time to time. As of December 31, 2022, a portion of the Index was focused in the materials and technology sectors.
Voya IM seeks to replicate the performance of the Index, meaning it generally will invest in all of the securities in the Index in weightings consistent with that of the Index. The Fund’s portfolio may not always hold all of the same securities as the Index. Voya IM may also invest in ETFs, stock index futures and other derivatives as a substitute for the sale or purchase of securities in the Index and to provide equity exposure to the Fund’s cash position. Although Voya IM attempts to track, as closely as possible, the performance of the Index, the Fund’s portfolio does not always perform exactly like the Index. Unlike the Index, the Fund has operating expenses and transaction costs and therefore has a performance disadvantage versus the Index.
Principal Risks
You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate readability, and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur or have a greater adverse impact than another risk.
Company: The price of a company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons, including, among others, poor management, financial problems, reduced demand for the company’s goods or services, regulatory fines and judgments, or business challenges. If a company is unable to meet its financial obligations, declares bankruptcy, or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.
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Convertible Securities: Convertible securities are securities that are convertible into or exercisable for common stocks at a stated price or rate. Convertible securities are subject to the usual risks associated with fixed-income instruments, such as interest rate risk and credit risk. In addition, because convertible securities react to changes in the value of the underlying stock, they are subject to market risk.
Credit: The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed - income instrument in which the Fund invests, or the counterparty to a derivative contract the Fund entered into, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services, or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to meet its financial obligations.
Currency: To the extent that the Fund invests directly or indirectly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by the Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions.
Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates, liquidity risk, valuation risk, and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by the Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on the Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the asset, reference rate, or index being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Equity): A Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for the Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. A Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors in respect of a company may rely on third party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be invested in companies that a Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may choose not to invest in companies that compare favorably to other companies on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to certain companies due to a Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by a Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Multi-Manager): The Investment Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting sub-advisers for the Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be allocated to sub-advisers that consider ESG factors as part of their investment processes, and the Investment Adviser may choose to select sub-advisers that do not consider ESG factors as part of their investment processes. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to ESG-focused strategies than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that a sub-adviser selected by the Investment Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential sub-adviser, and such a sub-adviser may, in fact, underperform other potential sub-advisers.
Focused Investing (Index): To the extent that the Fund’s benchmark or other index is substantially composed of securities in a particular industry, sector, market segment, or geographic area, the Fund may allocate its investments to approximately the same extent as the index as part of its investment strategy. As a result, the Fund may be more sensitive to financial, economic, business, political, regulatory, and other developments and conditions, including natural or other disasters, affecting issuers in a particular industry, sector, market segment, or geographic area in which the Fund focuses its investments, and if securities of such industry, sector, market segment, or geographic area fall out of favor, the Fund could underperform, or be more volatile than, a fund that has greater diversification.
Materials Sector: Companies involved in the materials sector includes companies in the following industry groups: forestry and paper, chemicals, industrial metals, and mining. Investments in companies involved in the materials sector may be adversely impacted by changes in commodity prices or exchange rates, depletion of resources, over-production, litigation, and government regulations, among other factors. The chemicals industry may be significantly affected by intense competition, product obsolescence, raw materials prices, and government regulation, and may be subject to risks associated with the production, handling, disposal of hazardous components, and litigation and claims arising out of environmental contamination.
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Technology Sector: Investments in companies involved in the technology sector are subject to significant competitive pressures, such as aggressive pricing of products or services, new market entrants, competition for market share, short product cycles due to an accelerated rate of technological developments, evolving industry standards, changing customer demands, and the potential for limited earnings and/or falling profit margins. The failure of a company to adapt to such changes could have a material adverse effect on the company’s business, results of operations, and financial condition. These companies also face the risks that new services, equipment, or technologies will not be accepted by consumers and businesses or will become rapidly obsolete. These factors can affect the profitability of these companies and, as a result, the values of their securities. Many companies involved in the technology sector have limited operating histories, and prices of these companies’ securities historically have been more volatile than those of many other companies’ securities, especially over the short term.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments/Developing and Emerging Markets: Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies due, in part, to: smaller markets; differing reporting, accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and practices; nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation; foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or replacement; potential for default on sovereign debt; and political changes or diplomatic developments, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country, or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country, or region. Foreign (non-U.S.) investment risks may be greater in developing and emerging markets than in developed markets.
Growth Investing: Prices of growth-oriented stocks are more sensitive to investor perceptions of the issuer’s growth potential and may fall quickly and significantly if investors suspect that actual growth may be less than expected. There is a risk that funds that invest in growth-oriented stocks may underperform other funds that invest more broadly. Growth-oriented stocks tend to be more volatile than value-oriented stocks, and may underperform the market as a whole over any given time period.
High-Yield Securities: Lower-quality securities (including securities that have fallen below investment grade and are classified as “junk bonds” or “high-yield securities”) have greater credit risk and liquidity risk than higher-quality (investment grade) securities, and their issuers' long-term ability to make payments is considered speculative. Prices of lower-quality bonds or other fixed-income instruments are also more volatile, are more sensitive to negative news about the economy or the issuer, and have greater liquidity risk and price volatility.
Index Strategy (Fund): The index selected may underperform the overall market. To the extent the Fund (or a portion of the Fund) seeks to track an index’s performance, the Fund will not use defensive strategies or attempt to reduce its exposure to poor performing securities in the index. To the extent the Fund’s investments track its target index, such Fund may underperform other funds that invest more broadly. Errors in index data, index computations or the construction of the index in accordance with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the index provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund. The correlation between the Fund’s performance and index performance may be affected by the Fund’s expenses and the timing of purchases and redemptions of the Fund’s shares. In addition, the Fund’s actual holdings might not match the index and the Fund’s effective exposure to index securities at any given time may not precisely correlate.
Interest Rate: A rise in market interest rates generally results in a fall in the value of bonds and other fixed-income instruments; conversely, values generally rise as market interest rates fall. The higher the credit quality of the instrument, and the longer its maturity or duration, the more sensitive it is to changes in market interest rates. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a fixed-income instrument to a change in interest rate. As of the date of this Prospectus, the U.S. is experiencing a rising market interest rate environment, which may increase the Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising market interest rates. Rising market interest rates have unpredictable effects on the markets and may expose fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility. To the extent that the Fund invests in fixed-income instruments, an increase in market interest rates may lead to increased redemptions and increased portfolio turnover, which could reduce liquidity for certain investments, adversely affect values, and increase costs. Increased redemptions may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so and may lower returns. If dealer capacity in fixed-income markets is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in the fixed-income markets. Further, recent and potential future changes in government policy may affect interest rates. Negative or very low interest rates could magnify the risks associated with changes in interest rates. In general, changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, could have unpredictable effects on markets and may expose fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility. Changes to monetary policy by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board or other regulatory actions could expose fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility, interest rate sensitivity, and reduced liquidity, which may impact the Fund’s operations and return potential.
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Investing through Stock Connect: Shares in mainland China-based companies that trade on Chinese stock exchanges such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“China A-Shares”) may be purchased directly or indirectly through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect (“Stock Connect”), a mutual market access program designed to, among other things, enable foreign investment in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) via brokers in Hong Kong. There are significant risks inherent in investing in China A-Shares through Stock Connect. The underdeveloped state of PRC’s investment and banking systems subjects the settlement, clearing, and registration of China A-Shares transactions to heightened risks. Stock Connect can only operate when both PRC and Hong Kong markets are open for trading and when banking services are available in both markets on the corresponding settlement days. As such, if either or both markets are closed on a U.S. trading day, the Fund may not be able to dispose of its China A-Shares in a timely manner, which could adversely affect the Fund’s performance.
The Chinese economy is generally considered an emerging and volatile market. Significant portions of the Chinese securities markets may become rapidly illiquid because Chinese issuers have the ability to suspend the trading of their equity securities under certain circumstances, and have shown a willingness to exercise that option in response to market volatility, epidemics, pandemics, adverse economic, market or political events, and other events. In addition, there may be restrictions on investments in Chinese companies. For example, on November 12, 2020, the President of the United States signed an Executive Order prohibiting U.S. persons from purchasing or investing in publicly-traded securities of companies identified by the U.S. government as “Communist Chinese military companies.” The list of such companies can change from time to time, and as a result of forced selling or inability to participate in an investment the Investment Adviser/Sub-Adviser otherwise believes is attractive, the Fund may incur losses.
Investment Model: A Sub-Adviser’s proprietary model may not adequately take into account existing or unforeseen market factors or the interplay between such factors. Funds that are actively managed, in whole or in part, according to a quantitative investment model can perform differently from the market, based on the investment model and the factors used in the analysis, the weight placed on each factor, and changes from the factors’ historical trends. Mistakes in the construction and implementation of the investment models (including, for example, data problems and/or software issues) may create errors or limitations that might go undetected or are discovered only after the errors or limitations have negatively impacted performance. There is no guarantee that the use of these investment models will result in effective investment decisions for the Fund.
Liquidity: If a security is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, exposing the Fund to the risk that the prices at which it sells illiquid securities will be less than the prices at which they were valued when held by the Fund, which could cause the Fund to lose money. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile than more liquid securities, and the risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress.
Market: The market values of securities will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions, governmental actions or intervention, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, and other factors. Prices of equity securities tend to rise and fall more dramatically than those of fixed-income instruments. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax policies or developments may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs and impair the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
Market Capitalization: Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories: large, mid, and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. If valuations of large-capitalization companies appear to be greatly out of proportion to the valuations of mid- or small-capitalization companies, investors may migrate to the stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies causing a fund that invests in these companies to increase in value more rapidly than a fund that invests in large-capitalization companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be subject to special risks associated with narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, smaller management groups, more limited publicly available information, and a more limited trading market for their stocks as compared with large-capitalization companies. As a result, stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies may be more volatile and may decline significantly in market downturns.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical: The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events that have led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S., and global economies and markets, generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted, and may continue to result, in significant market volatility, exchange suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, supply chain disruptions, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine has, and may continue to, adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of the Fund’s investments, including beyond the Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby
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geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. Those events as well as other changes in foreign (non-U.S.) and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, is the risk that the value of an investment company’s underlying investments might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the Fund’s expenses. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of the Fund; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which the Fund is typically subject. In addition, shares of ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and are subject to secondary market trading risks. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads, and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and authorized participants may step away from making a market in an ETF’s shares, which could cause a material decline in the ETF’s net asset value.
Prepayment and Extension: Many types of fixed-income instruments are subject to prepayment and extension risk. Prepayment risk is the risk that the issuer of a fixed-income instrument will pay back the principal earlier than expected. This risk is heightened in a falling market interest rate environment. Prepayment may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. Also, if a fixed-income instrument subject to prepayment has been purchased at a premium, the value of the premium would be lost in the event of prepayment. Extension risk is the risk that the issuer of a fixed-income instrument will pay back the principal later than expected. This risk is heightened in a rising market interest rate environment. This may negatively affect performance, as the value of the fixed-income instrument decreases when principal payments are made later than expected. Additionally, the Fund may be prevented from investing proceeds it would have received at a given time at the higher prevailing interest rates.
Real Estate Companies and Real Estate Investment Trusts: Investing in real estate companies and REITs may subject the Fund to risks similar to those associated with the direct ownership of real estate, including losses from casualty or condemnation, changes in local and general economic conditions, supply and demand, market interest rates, zoning laws, regulatory limitations on rents, property taxes, overbuilding, high foreclosure rates, and operating expenses in addition to terrorist attacks, wars, or other acts that destroy real property. In addition, REITs may also be affected by tax and regulatory requirements in that a REIT may not qualify for favorable tax treatment or regulatory exemptions. Investments in REITs are affected by the management skill of the REIT’s sponsor. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of expenses, including management fees, paid by each REIT in which it invests.
Securities Lending: Securities lending involves two primary risks: “ investment risk ” and “ borrower default risk. ” When lending securities, the Fund will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing the Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks.
Value Investing: Securities that appear to be undervalued may never appreciate to the extent expected. Further, because the prices of value-oriented securities tend to correlate more closely with economic cycles than growth-oriented securities, they generally are more sensitive to changing economic conditions, such as changes in market interest rates, corporate earnings and industrial production. The manager may be wrong in its assessment of a company’s value and the securities the Fund holds may not reach their full values. Risks associated with value investing include that a security that is perceived by the manager to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced and, thus, may not appreciate and provide anticipated capital growth. The market may not favor value-oriented securities and may not favor equities at all. During those periods, the Fund’s relative performance may suffer. There is a risk that funds that invest in value-oriented securities may underperform other funds that invest more broadly.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows the changes in the Fund's performance from year to year, and the table compares the Fund's performance to the performance of a broad-based securities market index/indices with investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund for the same period. The Fund's performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the
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period presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund's Class A shares. Sales charges are not reflected in the bar chart. If they were, returns would be less than those shown. However, the table includes all applicable fees and sales charges. Performance for other share classes would differ to the extent they have differences in their fees and expenses. The Class P shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class I shares without adjustment for any differences in the expenses between the two classes. If adjusted for such differences, returns would be different.
On August 9, 2019, Voya IM was added as an additional sub-adviser and J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (which served as a sub-adviser from October 11, 2011 to August 9, 2019) was removed as a sub-adviser. On August 24, 2015, VanEck was added as an additional sub-adviser. This change to the sub-adviser resulted in a change to the Fund’s principal investment strategies. If the Fund’s current sub-advisers and strategies had been in place for the prior period, the performance information shown would have been different. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. For the most recent performance figures, go to https://individuals.voya.com/literature or call 1-800-992-0180.
Calendar Year Total Returns Class A 
(as of December 31 of each year)
Best quarter:
2nd Quarter 2020
24.02%
Worst quarter:
1st Quarter 2020
-26.91%
Average Annual Total Returns %
(for the periods ended December 31, 2022)

 
 
1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class A before taxes
%
-28.72
-4.47
-0.21
N/A
10/11/11
After tax on distributions
%
-29.51
-5.68
-0.89
N/A
 
After tax on distributions with sale
%
-16.59
-3.13
0.01
N/A
 
MSCI Emerging Markets IndexSM1
%
-20.09
-1.40
1.44
N/A
 
Class C before taxes
%
-25.60
-4.03
-0.36
N/A
10/11/11
MSCI Emerging Markets IndexSM1
%
-20.09
-1.40
1.44
N/A
 
Class I before taxes
%
-24.06
-2.98
0.75
N/A
10/11/11
MSCI Emerging Markets IndexSM1
%
-20.09
-1.40
1.44
N/A
 
Class P before taxes
%
-23.32
-2.24
1.13
N/A
02/28/19
MSCI Emerging Markets IndexSM1
%
-20.09
-1.40
1.44
N/A
 
Class R before taxes
%
-24.54
-3.57
0.14
N/A
10/11/11
MSCI Emerging Markets IndexSM1
%
-20.09
-1.40
1.44
N/A
 
Class W before taxes
%
-24.13
-3.09
0.64
N/A
10/11/11
MSCI Emerging Markets IndexSM1
%
-20.09
-1.40
1.44
N/A
 
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The index returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions net of withholding taxes, but do not reflect fees, brokerage commissions, or other expenses.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). In some cases the after-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. After-tax returns for other classes will vary.
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Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
Portfolio Manager
Paul Zemsky, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 05/18)
Sub-Adviser
 
Delaware Investments Fund Advisers
Portfolio Manager
 
Liu-Er Chen, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 10/11)
 
Sub-Adviser
 
Van Eck Associates Corporation
Portfolio Managers
 
David A. Semple
Portfolio Manager (since 08/15)
Angus Shillington
Assistant Portfolio Manager (since 08/15)
Sub-Adviser
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Portfolio Managers
 
Steve Wetter
Portfolio Manager (since 08/19)
Kai Yee Wong
Portfolio Manager (since 08/19)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Shares of the Fund may be purchased or sold on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock Exchange opens for regular trading). You can buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary; by visiting our website at www.voyainvestments.com; by writing to us at Voya Investment Management, 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034; or by calling us at 1-800-992-0180.
Minimum Initial Investment $ by share class
Class
A, C
I
P
R
W
Non-retirement accounts
$
1,000
250,000
None
None
1,000
Retirement accounts
$
250
250,000
None
None
1,000
Certain omnibus accounts
$
250
None
None
None
None
Pre-authorized investment plan
$
1,000
250,000
None
None
1,000
There are no minimums for additional investments except that the pre-authorized investment plan requires a monthly investment of at least $100. For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; or (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts.
Tax Information
The Fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing through a tax advantaged arrangement, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that arrangement.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Voya Multi-Manager International Equity Fund
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may 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 Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment
Class
Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of
offering price imposed on purchases
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of
purchase or sales price, whichever is less
I
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses1
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment
Class
 
I
Management Fees
%
0.85
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
%
None
Other Expenses
%
0.09
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
%
0.94
Waivers, Reimbursements and Recoupments2
%
(0.04)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Waivers,
Reimbursements and Recoupments
%
0.90
1
Expense information has been restated to reflect current contractual rates.
2
Voya Investments, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 0.97% for Class I shares through March 1, 2024. This limitation is subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser within 36 months of the waiver or reimbursement. The amount of the recoupment is limited to the lesser of the amounts that would be recoupable under: (i) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of recoupment. In addition, the Investment Adviser is contractually obligated to further limit expenses to 0.90 % for Class I shares through March 1, 2024 . The limitations do not extend to interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. Termination or modification of these obligations requires approval by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).
Expense Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example shows costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Example also assumes that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Class
Share Status
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
I
Sold or Held
$
92
296
516
1,151
The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends (and other distributions). If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.
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 Expense Example, affect the Fund's performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 63% of the average value of its portfolio.
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Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities. The Fund will provide shareholders with at least 60 days’ prior notice of any change in this investment policy. The Fund invests at least 65% of its assets in equity securities of companies organized under the laws of, or with principal offices located in, a number of different countries outside of the U.S., including companies in countries in emerging markets. The Fund does not seek to focus its investments in a particular industry or country. The Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization. The equity securities in which the Fund may invest include, but are not limited to, common stocks, preferred stocks, depositary receipts, rights and warrants to buy common stocks, privately placed securities, and initial public offerings (“IPOs”). The Fund may invest in real estate-related securities including real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). The Fund may invest in derivative instruments including options, futures, and forward foreign currency exchange contracts. The Fund typically uses derivatives to seek to reduce exposure to other risks, such as interest rate or currency risk, to substitute for taking a position in the underlying assets, for cash management, and/or to seek to enhance returns in the Fund.
The Fund invests its assets in foreign investments which are denominated in U.S. dollars, major reserve currencies and currencies of other countries and can be affected by fluctuations in exchange rates. To attempt to protect against adverse changes in currency exchange rates, the Fund may, but will not necessarily, use special techniques such as forward foreign currency exchange contracts.
The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder , and under the terms of applicable no-action relief or exemptive orders granted thereunder .
The Investment Adviser allocates the Fund’s assets to different sub-advisers. When selecting sub-advisers, the Investment Adviser takes into account a wide variety of factors and considerations, including among other things the investment strategy of a potential sub-adviser, its personnel, and its fit with other sub-advisers to the Fund. Among those, the Investment Adviser will typically consider the extent to which a potential sub-adviser takes into account environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors as part of its investment process. ESG factors will be only one of many considerations in the Investment Adviser’s evaluation of any potential sub-adviser; the extent to which ESG factors will affect the Investment Adviser’s decision to retain a sub-adviser, if at all, will depend on the analysis and judgment of the Investment Adviser.
Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited (“BG Overseas”), Polaris Capital Management, LLC (“Polaris”), and Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington Management”) (each, a “Sub-Adviser” and collectively, the “Sub-Advisers”) provide day-to-day management of the Fund. The Sub-Advisers act independently of each other and use their own methodologies for selecting investments. The Investment Adviser will determine the amount of Fund assets allocated to each Sub-Adviser.
Each Sub-Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising, among others.
The Fund may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 13% of its total assets.
Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited
BG Overseas’s investment style primarily uses a bottom-up, stock-driven approach, with the objective of selecting stocks that it believes can sustain an above-average growth rate, which is not reflected in the share price. A significant part of the assets will normally be divided among continental Europe, the United Kingdom, and Asia (including Australia and New Zealand). Country allocation, however, is driven by stock selection. BG Overseas invests in companies that it believes are well-managed, quality businesses that enjoy sustainable, competitive advantages in their marketplace.
Companies are screened for quality first; valuation is a secondary consideration. BG Overseas looks for companies that it believes have attractive industry backgrounds, strong competitive positions within those industries, high-quality earnings, and a positive approach toward shareholders. The main fundamental factors that BG Overseas considers in this bottom-up analysis include earnings growth, cash flow growth, profitability, capital structure, and valuation. Further to the Fund’s long-term investment approach, BG Overseas seeks to identify companies with the potential to grow sustainably. When assessing a company’s ability to deliver sustainable growth over the long term, BG Overseas considers a range of factors, including the ESG characteristics of a company.
Polaris Capital Management, LLC
Polaris uses proprietary investment technology combined with Graham & Dodd style fundamental research to seek to identify potential investments that Polaris believes have significantly undervalued streams of sustainable cash flow. The firm uses traditional valuation measures, including price/book ratios and price/sustainable free cash flow ratios to screen its database of more than 40,000 companies worldwide. Polaris uses these measures to identify approximately 500 companies that Polaris
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believes have the greatest potential for undervalued streams of sustainable free cash flow. As a cross check to the database screen, a global valuation model is used that seeks to identify the most undervalued countries based on corporate earnings, yield, inflation, interest rates, and other variables. Allocations among investments are primarily determined by bottom-up security analysis while providing diversification in terms of country, industry, and market capitalization. Polaris monitors portfolio companies as well as a “watch list” comprised of companies which may be purchased if the valuation of an existing portfolio company falls below established limits.
Wellington Management Company LLP
Wellington Management conducts fundamental research on individual companies to identify securities for purchase or sale. Fundamental analysis of a company involves the assessment of such factors as its business environment, management quality, balance sheet, income statement, anticipated earnings, revenues and dividends, and other related measures and indicators of value, including the evaluation of financially material ESG factors based on Wellington Management’s proprietary ESG research. Wellington Management believes assessing financially material ESG factors as part of its investment process allows it to better evaluate a company on its ability to improve or sustain its future returns over time. The factors that Wellington Management considers as part of its fundamental analysis, including the assessment of financially material ESG factors, contribute to its overall evaluation of a company’s risk and return potential. Wellington Management may not assess ESG factors for every stock prior to investment. Wellington Management seeks to invest in companies with underappreciated assets, improving and/or sustainable return on capital, and/or stocks that it believes are mispriced by the market due to short-term issues. This proprietary research takes into account each company’s long-term history as well as Wellington Management’s analysts’ forward-looking estimates, and allows for a comparison of the intrinsic value of stocks on a global basis focusing on return on invested capital in conjunction with other valuation metrics. Portfolio construction is driven primarily by bottom-up stock selection, with region, country, and sector weightings being secondary factors.
Principal Risks
You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate readability, and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur or have a greater adverse impact than another risk.
Company: The price of a company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons, including, among others, poor management, financial problems, reduced demand for the company’s goods or services, regulatory fines and judgments, or business challenges. If a company is unable to meet its financial obligations, declares bankruptcy, or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.
Currency: To the extent that the Fund invests directly or indirectly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by the Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions.
Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates, liquidity risk, valuation risk, and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by the Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on the Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the asset, reference rate, or index being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Equity): A Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for the Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. A Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors in respect of a company may rely on third party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be invested in companies that a Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may choose not to invest in companies that compare favorably to other companies on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to certain companies due to a Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by a Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
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Environmental, Social, and Governance (Multi-Manager): The Investment Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting sub-advisers for the Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be allocated to sub-advisers that consider ESG factors as part of their investment processes, and the Investment Adviser may choose to select sub-advisers that do not consider ESG factors as part of their investment processes. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to ESG-focused strategies than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that a sub-adviser selected by the Investment Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential sub-adviser, and such a sub-adviser may, in fact, underperform other potential sub-advisers.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments/Developing and Emerging Markets: Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies due, in part, to: smaller markets; differing reporting, accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and practices; nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation; foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or replacement; potential for default on sovereign debt; and political changes or diplomatic developments, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country, or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country, or region. Foreign (non-U.S.) investment risks may be greater in developing and emerging markets than in developed markets.
Growth Investing: Prices of growth-oriented stocks are more sensitive to investor perceptions of the issuer’s growth potential and may fall quickly and significantly if investors suspect that actual growth may be less than expected. There is a risk that funds that invest in growth-oriented stocks may underperform other funds that invest more broadly. Growth-oriented stocks tend to be more volatile than value-oriented stocks, and may underperform the market as a whole over any given time period.
Initial Public Offerings: Investments in IPOs and companies that have recently gone public have the potential to produce substantial gains for the Fund. However, there is no assurance that the Fund will have access to profitable IPOs or that the IPOs in which the Fund invests will rise in value. Furthermore, the value of securities of newly public companies may decline in value shortly after the IPO. When the Fund’s asset base is small, the impact of such investments on the Fund’s return will be magnified. If the Fund’s assets grow, it is likely that the effect of the Fund’s investment in IPOs on the Fund’s return will decline.
Investing through Stock Connect: Shares in mainland China-based companies that trade on Chinese stock exchanges such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“China A-Shares”) may be purchased directly or indirectly through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect (“Stock Connect”), a mutual market access program designed to, among other things, enable foreign investment in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) via brokers in Hong Kong. There are significant risks inherent in investing in China A-Shares through Stock Connect. The underdeveloped state of PRC’s investment and banking systems subjects the settlement, clearing, and registration of China A-Shares transactions to heightened risks. Stock Connect can only operate when both PRC and Hong Kong markets are open for trading and when banking services are available in both markets on the corresponding settlement days. As such, if either or both markets are closed on a U.S. trading day, the Fund may not be able to dispose of its China A-Shares in a timely manner, which could adversely affect the Fund’s performance.
The Chinese economy is generally considered an emerging and volatile market. Significant portions of the Chinese securities markets may become rapidly illiquid because Chinese issuers have the ability to suspend the trading of their equity securities under certain circumstances, and have shown a willingness to exercise that option in response to market volatility, epidemics, pandemics, adverse economic, market or political events, and other events. In addition, there may be restrictions on investments in Chinese companies. For example, on November 12, 2020, the President of the United States signed an Executive Order prohibiting U.S. persons from purchasing or investing in publicly-traded securities of companies identified by the U.S. government as “Communist Chinese military companies.” The list of such companies can change from time to time, and as a result of forced selling or inability to participate in an investment the Investment Adviser/Sub-Adviser otherwise believes is attractive, the Fund may incur losses.
Investment Model: A Sub-Adviser’s proprietary model may not adequately take into account existing or unforeseen market factors or the interplay between such factors.
Liquidity: If a security is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, exposing the Fund to the risk that the prices at which it sells illiquid securities will be less than the prices at which they were valued when held by the Fund, which could cause the Fund to lose money. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile than more liquid securities, and the risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress.
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Market: The market values of securities will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions, governmental actions or intervention, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, and other factors. Prices of equity securities tend to rise and fall more dramatically than those of fixed-income instruments. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax policies or developments may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs and impair the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
Market Capitalization: Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories: large, mid, and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. If valuations of large-capitalization companies appear to be greatly out of proportion to the valuations of mid- or small-capitalization companies, investors may migrate to the stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies causing a fund that invests in these companies to increase in value more rapidly than a fund that invests in large-capitalization companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be subject to special risks associated with narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, smaller management groups, more limited publicly available information, and a more limited trading market for their stocks as compared with large-capitalization companies. As a result, stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies may be more volatile and may decline significantly in market downturns.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical: The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events that have led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S., and global economies and markets, generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted, and may continue to result, in significant market volatility, exchange suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, supply chain disruptions, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine has, and may continue to, adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of the Fund’s investments, including beyond the Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. Those events as well as other changes in foreign (non-U.S.) and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, is the risk that the value of an investment company’s underlying investments might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the Fund’s expenses. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of the Fund; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which the Fund is typically subject. In addition, shares of ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and are subject to secondary market trading risks. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads, and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and authorized participants may step away from making a market in an ETF’s shares, which could cause a material decline in the ETF’s net asset value.
Real Estate Companies and Real Estate Investment Trusts: Investing in real estate companies and REITs may subject the Fund to risks similar to those associated with the direct ownership of real estate, including losses from casualty or condemnation, changes in local and general economic conditions, supply and demand, market interest rates, zoning laws, regulatory limitations on rents, property taxes, overbuilding, high foreclosure rates, and operating expenses in addition to terrorist attacks, wars, or other acts that destroy real property. In addition, REITs may also be affected by tax and regulatory requirements in that a REIT may not qualify for favorable tax treatment or regulatory exemptions. Investments in REITs are affected by the management skill of the REIT’s sponsor. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of expenses, including management fees, paid by each REIT in which it invests.
Securities Lending: Securities lending involves two primary risks: “ investment risk ” and “ borrower default risk. ” When lending securities, the Fund will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing the Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks.
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Value Investing: Securities that appear to be undervalued may never appreciate to the extent expected. Further, because the prices of value-oriented securities tend to correlate more closely with economic cycles than growth-oriented securities, they generally are more sensitive to changing economic conditions, such as changes in market interest rates, corporate earnings and industrial production. The manager may be wrong in its assessment of a company’s value and the securities the Fund holds may not reach their full values. Risks associated with value investing include that a security that is perceived by the manager to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced and, thus, may not appreciate and provide anticipated capital growth. The market may not favor value-oriented securities and may not favor equities at all. During those periods, the Fund’s relative performance may suffer. There is a risk that funds that invest in value-oriented securities may underperform other funds that invest more broadly.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows the changes in the Fund's performance from year to year, and the table compares the Fund's performance to the performance of a broad-based securities market index/indices with investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund for the same period. The Fund's performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the period presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower.
On July 27, 2020, Lazard Asset Management LLC (which served as a sub-adviser from July 1, 2013 to July 27, 2020) was removed as a sub-adviser. On January 20, 2017, Polaris and Wellington Management were added as additional sub-advisers and J.P. Morgan Investment management Inc. (which served as a sub-adviser from July 1, 2013 to January 20, 2017) and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (which served as a sub-adviser from December 15, 2010 to January 20, 2017) were removed as sub-advisers. On July 1, 2013, J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. and Lazard Asset Management LLC were added as additional sub-advisers. These changes to the sub-advisers resulted in a change to the Fund’s principal investment strategies. If the Fund’s current sub-advisers and strategies had been in place for the prior period, the performance information shown would have been different. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. For the most recent performance figures, go to https://individuals.voya.com/literature or call 1-800-992-0180.
Calendar Year Total Returns Class I
(as of December 31 of each year)

Best quarter:
2nd Quarter 2020
20.00%
Worst quarter:
1st Quarter 2020
-25.76%
Average Annual Total Returns %
(for the periods ended December 31, 2022)

 
 
1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class I before taxes
%
-21.80
0.12
3.48
N/A
01/06/11
After tax on distributions
%
-21.94
-1.56
2.30
N/A
 
After tax on distributions with sale
%
-12.66
0.09
2.31
N/A
 
MSCI EAFE® Index1
%
-14.45
1.54
4.67
N/A
 
MSCI ACW ex-U.S.SM Index1
%
-16.00
0.88
3.80
N/A
 
1
The index returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions net of withholding taxes, but do not reflect fees, brokerage commissions, or other expenses.
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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). In some cases the after-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period.
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
Portfolio Manager
Paul Zemsky, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 05/18)
Sub-Adviser
 
Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited
Portfolio Managers
 
Iain Campbell
Portfolio Manager (since 01/11)
Sophie Earnshaw, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 12/14)
Joe Faraday, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 01/11)
Milena Mileva
Portfolio Manager (since 05/22)
Stephen Paice
Portfolio Manager (since 07/22)
 
Sub-Adviser
 
Polaris Capital Management, LLC
Portfolio Managers
 
Sumanta Biswas, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 01/17)
Jason Crawshaw
Portfolio Manager (since 02/18)
Bernard R. Horn, Jr.
Portfolio Manager (since 01/17)
Bin Xiao, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 01/17)
Sub-Adviser
 
Wellington Management Company LLP
Portfolio Managers
 
Nicolas M. Choumenkovitch
Portfolio Manager (since 01/17)
Tara Connolly Stilwell, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 01/17)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Shares of the Fund may be purchased or sold on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock Exchange opens for regular trading). You can buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary; by visiting our website at www.voyainvestments.com; by writing to us at Voya Investment Management, 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034; or by calling us at 1-800-992-0180.
Minimum Initial Investment $ by share class
Class
I
Non-retirement accounts
$
250,000
Retirement accounts
$
250,000
Certain omnibus accounts
$
None
Pre-authorized investment plan
$
250,000
There are no minimums for additional investments except that the pre-authorized investment plan requires a monthly investment of at least $100. For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts; or (iv) for members of the Investment Adviser’s Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions team.
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Tax Information
The Fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing through a tax advantaged arrangement, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that arrangement.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Voya Multi-Manager International Factors Fund
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may 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 Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment
Class
Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of
offering price imposed on purchases
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of
purchase or sales price, whichever is less
I
None
None
W
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment
Class
 
I
W
Management Fee
%
0.65
0.65
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
%
None
None
Other Expenses
%
0.14
0.32
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
%
0.79
0.97
Waivers and Reimbursements1
%
(0.07)
(0.25)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Waivers and
Reimbursements
%
0.72
0.72
1
Voya Investments, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 0.75% and 0.75% for Class I and Class W shares, respectively, through March 1, 2024. This limitation is subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser within 36 months of the waiver or reimbursement. The amount of the recoupment is limited to the lesser of the amounts that would be recoupable under: (i) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of recoupment. In addition, the Investment Adviser is contractually obligated to further limit expenses to 0.73% and 0.73% for Class I and Class W shares, respectively, through March 1, 2024. The limitations do not extend to interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. The Investment Adviser is further contractually obligated to waive 0.01% of the management fee through March 1, 2024. Termination or modification of these obligations requires approval by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).
Expense Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example shows costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Example also assumes that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Class
Share Status
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
I
Sold or Held
$
74
245
432
971
W
Sold or Held
$
74
284
512
1,167
The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends (and other distributions). If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.
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 Expense Example, affect the Fund's performance.
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During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 91% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 65% of its total assets in equity securities of companies located in a number of different countries other than the U.S. The Fund may invest in securities of companies from emerging market countries. The Fund may also invest in depositary receipts, warrants, and rights of foreign issuers. The Fund may invest in real estate-related securities including real estate investment trusts (“REITs”).
The Fund may use derivatives, including futures, options, swaps, and forward foreign currency exchange contracts, typically for hedging purposes to reduce risk (such as interest rate risk, currency risk, and price risk), as a substitute for the sale or purchase of the underlying securities, and for the purpose of maintaining equity market exposure on its cash balance.
The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder , and under the terms of applicable no-action relief or exemptive orders granted thereunder .
Investment Adviser allocates the Fund’s assets to different sub-advisers. When selecting sub-advisers, the Investment Adviser takes into account a wide variety of factors and considerations, including among other things the investment strategy of a potential sub-adviser, its personnel, and its fit with other sub-advisers to the Fund. Among those, the Investment Adviser will typically consider the extent to which a potential sub-adviser takes into account environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors as part of its investment process. ESG factors will be only one of many considerations in the Investment Adviser’s evaluation of any potential sub-adviser; the extent to which ESG factors will affect the Investment Adviser’s decision to retain a sub-adviser, if at all, will depend on the analysis and judgment of the Investment Adviser.
PanAgora Asset Management, Inc. (“PanAgora”) and Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) (each, a “Sub-Adviser” and collectively, the “Sub-Advisers”) provide the day-to-day management of the Fund. The Sub-Advisers act independently of each other and use their own methodology for selecting investments. The Investment Adviser will determine the amount of Fund assets allocated to each Sub-Adviser.
Each Sub-Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising, among others.
The Fund may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 13% of its total assets.
PanAgora Asset Management, Inc.
To manage its portion of the Fund’s assets, PanAgora employs a strategy which seeks to achieve the Fund’s investment objective by using a proprietary Dynamic Equity alpha model that integrates a variety of measures, including issuer-specific, sector-specific, and region-specific factors. The strategy seeks to identify and exploit investment opportunities resulting from investors’ under/over reactions to market information and market inefficiencies.
PanAgora, using its proprietary Dynamic Equity investment process, constructs a forecasting model for every security in PanAgora’s defined investment universe, contingent on each security’s distinct characteristics. The model uses a broad array of factors that PanAgora believes are predictive of security returns including, but not limited to, value, momentum, and quality factors. The Dynamic Equity model then combines the return forecasts with information from a proprietary risk model to seek to derive PanAgora’s optimal constrained portfolio. PanAgora seeks to buy securities for the Fund with high forecasted returns, based on PanAgora’s proprietary forecasting model. Size limitations are placed on portfolio positions by PanAgora for risk management purposes.
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
To manage its portion of the Fund’s assets, Voya IM employs a “passive management” approach designed to track the performance of a custom index created by FTSE for Voya IM that was based on the FTSE Developed ex US Select Factor Index (the “Index”). The Index is designed to capture explicit exposure to a broad set of five factors contributing to developed equity market performance outside of the United States. These five factors include Momentum, Quality, Size, Value and Volatility. The Index is part of the FTSE Global Factor Index Series, and has been customized to minimize trading costs through a narrowing of index constituents while still maintaining strong factor exposure. As a result of the five factor selection process, the Index may be focused in one or more industries, which may change from time to time. As of December 31, 2022, a portion of the Index was focused in the industrials sector.
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The Fund’s portfolio may not always hold all of the same securities as the Index. Voya IM may also invest in ETFs, stock index futures and other derivatives as a substitute for the sale or purchase of securities in the Index and to provide equity exposure to the Fund’s cash position. Although Voya IM attempts to track, as closely as possible, the performance of the Index, the Fund’s portfolio does not always perform exactly like the Index. Unlike the Index, the Fund has operating expenses and transaction costs and therefore has a performance disadvantage versus the Index.
Principal Risks
You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate readability, and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur or have a greater adverse impact than another risk.
Company: The price of a company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons, including, among others, poor management, financial problems, reduced demand for the company’s goods or services, regulatory fines and judgments, or business challenges. If a company is unable to meet its financial obligations, declares bankruptcy, or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.
Currency: To the extent that the Fund invests directly or indirectly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by the Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions.
Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates, liquidity risk, valuation risk, and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by the Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on the Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the asset, reference rate, or index being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Multi-Manager): The Investment Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting sub-advisers for the Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be allocated to sub-advisers that consider ESG factors as part of their investment processes, and the Investment Adviser may choose to select sub-advisers that do not consider ESG factors as part of their investment processes. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to ESG-focused strategies than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that a sub-adviser selected by the Investment Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential sub-adviser, and such a sub-adviser may, in fact, underperform other potential sub-advisers.
Focused Investing (Index): To the extent that the Fund’s benchmark or other index is substantially composed of securities in a particular industry, sector, market segment, or geographic area, the Fund may allocate its investments to approximately the same extent as the index as part of its investment strategy. As a result, the Fund may be more sensitive to financial, economic, business, political, regulatory, and other developments and conditions, including natural or other disasters, affecting issuers in a particular industry, sector, market segment, or geographic area in which the Fund focuses its investments, and if securities of such industry, sector, market segment, or geographic area fall out of favor, the Fund could underperform, or be more volatile than, a fund that has greater diversification.
Industrials Sector: Companies involved in the industrials sector include those whose businesses are dominated by one of the following activities: the manufacture and distribution of capital goods, including aerospace and defense, construction, engineering and building products, electrical equipment, and industrial machinery; the provision of commercial services and supplies, including printing, employment, environmental, and office services; and the provision of transportation services, including airlines, couriers, marine, road and rail, and transportation infrastructure. Companies involved in the industrials sector are affected by changes in the supply and demand for products and services, product obsolescence, claims for environmental damage or product liability, and general economic conditions, among other factors.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments/Developing and Emerging Markets: Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies due, in part, to: smaller markets; differing reporting, accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and practices; nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation; foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or replacement;
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potential for default on sovereign debt; and political changes or diplomatic developments, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country, or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country, or region. Foreign (non-U.S.) investment risks may be greater in developing and emerging markets than in developed markets.
Index Strategy (Fund): The index selected may underperform the overall market. To the extent the Fund (or a portion of the Fund) seeks to track an index’s performance, the Fund will not use defensive strategies or attempt to reduce its exposure to poor performing securities in the index. To the extent the Fund’s investments track its target index, such Fund may underperform other funds that invest more broadly. Errors in index data, index computations or the construction of the index in accordance with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the index provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund. The correlation between the Fund’s performance and index performance may be affected by the Fund’s expenses and the timing of purchases and redemptions of the Fund’s shares. In addition, the Fund’s actual holdings might not match the index and the Fund’s effective exposure to index securities at any given time may not precisely correlate.
Investing through Stock Connect: Shares in mainland China-based companies that trade on Chinese stock exchanges such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“China A-Shares”) may be purchased directly or indirectly through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect (“Stock Connect”), a mutual market access program designed to, among other things, enable foreign investment in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) via brokers in Hong Kong. There are significant risks inherent in investing in China A-Shares through Stock Connect. The underdeveloped state of PRC’s investment and banking systems subjects the settlement, clearing, and registration of China A-Shares transactions to heightened risks. Stock Connect can only operate when both PRC and Hong Kong markets are open for trading and when banking services are available in both markets on the corresponding settlement days. As such, if either or both markets are closed on a U.S. trading day, the Fund may not be able to dispose of its China A-Shares in a timely manner, which could adversely affect the Fund’s performance.
The Chinese economy is generally considered an emerging and volatile market. Significant portions of the Chinese securities markets may become rapidly illiquid because Chinese issuers have the ability to suspend the trading of their equity securities under certain circumstances, and have shown a willingness to exercise that option in response to market volatility, epidemics, pandemics, adverse economic, market or political events, and other events. In addition, there may be restrictions on investments in Chinese companies. For example, on November 12, 2020, the President of the United States signed an Executive Order prohibiting U.S. persons from purchasing or investing in publicly-traded securities of companies identified by the U.S. government as “Communist Chinese military companies.” The list of such companies can change from time to time, and as a result of forced selling or inability to participate in an investment the Investment Adviser/Sub-Adviser otherwise believes is attractive, the Fund may incur losses.
Investment Model: A Sub-Adviser’s proprietary model may not adequately take into account existing or unforeseen market factors or the interplay between such factors. Funds that are actively managed, in whole or in part, according to a quantitative investment model can perform differently from the market, based on the investment model and the factors used in the analysis, the weight placed on each factor, and changes from the factors’ historical trends. Mistakes in the construction and implementation of the investment models (including, for example, data problems and/or software issues) may create errors or limitations that might go undetected or are discovered only after the errors or limitations have negatively impacted performance. There is no guarantee that the use of these investment models will result in effective investment decisions for the Fund.
Liquidity: If a security is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, exposing the Fund to the risk that the prices at which it sells illiquid securities will be less than the prices at which they were valued when held by the Fund, which could cause the Fund to lose money. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile than more liquid securities, and the risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress.
Market: The market values of securities will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions, governmental actions or intervention, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, and other factors. Prices of equity securities tend to rise and fall more dramatically than those of fixed-income instruments. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax policies or developments may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs and impair the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
Market Capitalization: Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories: large, mid, and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. If valuations of large-capitalization companies appear to be greatly out of proportion to the valuations of mid- or small-capitalization companies, investors may migrate to the stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies causing a fund that invests in
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these companies to increase in value more rapidly than a fund that invests in large-capitalization companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be subject to special risks associated with narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, smaller management groups, more limited publicly available information, and a more limited trading market for their stocks as compared with large-capitalization companies. As a result, stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies may be more volatile and may decline significantly in market downturns.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical: The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events that have led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S., and global economies and markets, generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted, and may continue to result, in significant market volatility, exchange suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, supply chain disruptions, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine has, and may continue to, adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of the Fund’s investments, including beyond the Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. Those events as well as other changes in foreign (non-U.S.) and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, is the risk that the value of an investment company’s underlying investments might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the Fund’s expenses. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of the Fund; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which the Fund is typically subject. In addition, shares of ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and are subject to secondary market trading risks. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads, and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and authorized participants may step away from making a market in an ETF’s shares, which could cause a material decline in the ETF’s net asset value.
Real Estate Companies and Real Estate Investment Trusts: Investing in real estate companies and REITs may subject the Fund to risks similar to those associated with the direct ownership of real estate, including losses from casualty or condemnation, changes in local and general economic conditions, supply and demand, market interest rates, zoning laws, regulatory limitations on rents, property taxes, overbuilding, high foreclosure rates, and operating expenses in addition to terrorist attacks, wars, or other acts that destroy real property. In addition, REITs may also be affected by tax and regulatory requirements in that a REIT may not qualify for favorable tax treatment or regulatory exemptions. Investments in REITs are affected by the management skill of the REIT’s sponsor. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of expenses, including management fees, paid by each REIT in which it invests.
Securities Lending: Securities lending involves two primary risks: “ investment risk ” and “ borrower default risk. ” When lending securities, the Fund will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing the Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows the changes in the Fund's performance from year to year, and the table compares the Fund's performance to the performance of a broad-based securities market index/indices with investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund for the same period. The Fund's performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the period presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund's Class I shares. Performance for other share classes would differ to the extent they
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have differences in their fees and expenses.
On January 20, 2017, PanAgora and Voya IM were added as sub-advisers and Wellington Management Company LLP (which served as a sub-adviser from date of inception to January 20, 2017) was removed as a sub-adviser. These changes to the sub-advisers resulted in a change to the Fund’s principal investment strategies. On November 22, 2013 Thornburg Investment Management, Inc. (which served as a sub-adviser from date of inception to November 22, 2013) was removed as a sub-adviser. If the Fund’s current sub-advisers and strategies had been in place for the prior period, the performance information shown would have been different. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. For the most recent performance figures, go to https://individuals.voya.com/literature or call 1-800-992-0180.
Calendar Year Total Returns Class I
(as of December 31 of each year)

Best quarter:
2nd Quarter 2020
16.31%
Worst quarter:
1st Quarter 2020
-23.58%
Average Annual Total Returns %
(for the periods ended December 31, 2022)

 
 
1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class I before taxes
%
-15.05
0.84
4.25
N/A
02/08/11
After tax on distributions
%
-15.65
-0.67
2.77
N/A
 
After tax on distributions with sale
%
-8.30
0.62
3.23
N/A
 
MSCI EAFE® Index1
%
-14.45
1.54
4.67
N/A
 
MSCI ACW ex-U.S.SM Index1
%
-16.00
0.88
3.80
N/A
 
60% MSCI EAFE® Index; 40% MSCI ACW ex-U.S.SM Index1,2
%
-15.07
1.28
4.33
N/A
 
Class W before taxes
%
-15.05
0.84
4.26
N/A
08/07/12
MSCI EAFE® Index1
%
-14.45
1.54
4.67
N/A
 
MSCI ACW ex-U.S.SM Index1
%
-16.00
0.88
3.80
N/A
 
60% MSCI EAFE® Index; 40% MSCI ACW ex-U.S.SM Index1,2
%
-15.07
1.28
4.33
N/A
 
1
The index returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions net of withholding taxes, but do not reflect fees, brokerage commissions, or other expenses.
2
Effective April 1, 2022, the Fund added the 60% MSCI EAFE® Index; 40% MSCI ACW ex-U.S.SM Index blended benchmark.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). In some cases the after-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. After-tax returns for other classes will vary.
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
Portfolio Manager
Paul Zemsky, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 05/18)
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Sub-Adviser
 
PanAgora Asset Management, Inc.
Portfolio Managers
 
Jaime Lee, PhD
Portfolio Manager (since 01/17)
George D. Mussalli, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 01/17)
Sub-Adviser
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Portfolio Managers
 
Steve Wetter
Portfolio Manager (since 01/17)
Kai Yee Wong
Portfolio Manager (since 01/17)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Shares of the Fund may be purchased or sold on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock Exchange opens for regular trading). You can buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary; by visiting our website at www.voyainvestments.com; by writing to us at Voya Investment Management, 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034; or by calling us at 1-800-992-0180.
Minimum Initial Investment $ by share class
Class
I
W
Non-retirement accounts
$
250,000
1,000
Retirement accounts
$
250,000
1,000
Certain omnibus accounts
$
None
None
Pre-authorized investment plan
$
250,000
1,000
There are no minimums for additional investments except that the pre-authorized investment plan requires a monthly investment of at least $100. For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; or (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts.
Tax Information
The Fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing through a tax advantaged arrangement, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that arrangement.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Investment Objective
The Fund seeks maximum long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may 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. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Voya mutual funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in the discussion in the Sales Charges section of the Prospectus (page 84), in Appendix A to the Prospectus, or the Purchase, Exchange, and Redemption of Shares section of the Statement of Additional Information (page 104).
Shareholder Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment
Class
Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of
offering price imposed on purchases
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of
purchase or sales price, whichever is less
A
5.75
None1
C
None
1.00
I
None
None
R6
None
None
W
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment

Class
 
A
C
I
R6
W
Management Fees
%
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
%
0.25
1.00
None
None
None
Other Expenses
%
0.32
0.32
0.29
1.532
0.32
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
%
1.57
2.32
1.29
2.53
1.32
Waivers and Reimbursements3
%
(0.04)
(0.04)
(0.09)
(1.33)
(0.04)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Waivers and
Reimbursements
%
1.53
2.28
1.20
1.20
1.28
1
A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $1,000,000 or more.
2
Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
3
Voya Investments, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 1.95%, 2.60%, 1.40%, 1.40 % , and 1.60% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R6 , and Class W shares, respectively, through March 1, 2024. This limitation is subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser within 36 months of the waiver or reimbursement. The amount of the recoupment is limited to the lesser of the amounts that would be recoupable under: (i) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of recoupment. In addition, the Investment Adviser is contractually obligated to further limit expenses to 1.53%, 2.28%, 1.20%, 1.20 % , and 1.28% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R6, and Class W shares, respectively, through March 1, 2024. The limitations do not extend to interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. Termination or modification of these obligations requires approval by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).
Expense Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example shows costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Example also assumes that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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If you sold your shares
 
 
 
If you held your shares
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
 
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
A
$
722
1,039
1,377
2,332
 
A
$
722
1,039
1,377
2,332
C
$
331
721
1,237
2,653
 
C
$
231
721
1,237
2,653
I
$
122
400
699
1,549
 
I
$
122
400
699
1,549
R6
$
122
661
1,226
2,766
 
R6
$
122
661
1,226
2,766
W
$
130
414
720
1,587
 
W
$
130
414
720
1,587
The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends (and other distributions). If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.
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 Expense Example, affect the Fund's performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 72% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of small market capitalization companies. The Fund will provide shareholders with at least 60 days' prior notice of any change in this investment policy. The Fund currently considers small-capitalization companies to be those companies with market capitalizations that fall within the range of companies in the S&P Developed ex-U.S. Small Cap Index (the “Index”) at the time of purchase. Capitalization of companies in the Index will change with market conditions. The market capitalization of companies in the Index as of December 31, 2022, ranged from $15.4 million to $23.0 billion. At least 65% of the Fund's assets will normally be invested in companies located outside the U.S., including companies located in countries with emerging securities markets. The Fund may invest up to 35% of its assets in U.S. issuers. The Fund may hold both growth and value stocks and at times may favor one over the other based on available opportunities.
The Fund invests primarily in common stocks or securities convertible into common stocks of international issuers, but may invest from time to time in such instruments as forward foreign currency exchange contracts, futures contracts, rights, and depositary receipts. The Fund may invest in forward foreign currency exchange contracts or futures contracts to hedge currency and for implementation of a currency model within the portfolio. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to allow market exposure in a cost efficient way, maintain exposure to an asset class in the case of large cash flows, and to have access to a particular market in which the Fund wishes to invest.
The Fund may invest in real estate-related securities including real estate investment trusts (“REITs”).
The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder , and under the terms of applicable no-action relief or exemptive orders granted thereunder .
The Investment Adviser allocates the Fund’s assets to different sub-advisers. When selecting sub-advisers, the Investment Adviser takes into account a wide variety of factors and considerations, including among other things the investment strategy of a potential sub-adviser, its personnel, and its fit with other sub-advisers to the Fund. Among those, the Investment Adviser will typically consider the extent to which a potential sub-adviser takes into account environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors as part of its investment process. ESG factors will be only one of many considerations in the Investment Adviser’s evaluation of any potential sub-adviser; the extent to which ESG factors will affect the Investment Adviser’s decision to retain a sub-adviser, if at all, will depend on the analysis and judgment of the Investment Adviser.
Acadian Asset Management LLC (“Acadian”) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (“Victory Capital”) (each, a “Sub-Adviser” and collectively, the “Sub-Advisers”) provide the day-to-day management of the Fund. The Sub-Advisers act independently of each other and use their own methodology for selecting investments. The Investment Adviser will determine the amount of Fund assets allocated to each Sub-Adviser.
Each Sub-Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising, among others.
The Fund may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 30% of its total assets.
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Acadian Asset Management LLC
Acadian employs a quantitative investment process which is driven by proprietary valuation models that examine stocks simultaneously from a bottom-up perspective to attempt to predict how each stock will perform relative to its region-industry intersection, and from a top-down perspective to attempt to predict how each stock’s country, industry group, and country intersection will perform relative to their market peers.
Victory Capital Management Inc.
Victory Capital employs a bottom-up investment approach that emphasizes individual stock selection. The investment process uses a combination of quantitative and traditional qualitative, fundamental analysis to identify stocks with low relative price multiples, positive trends in earnings forecasts, high profitability and companies with a strong or positively trending ESG profile. The stock selection process is designed to produce a diversified portfolio that, relative to the Index, tends to have a below-average price-to-earnings ratio, an above-average earnings growth trend, and an above-average return on invested capital. ESG investing considerations are not a primary or exclusive factor, but rather an additional inclusive consideration to Victory Capital’s process.
Principal Risks
You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate readability, and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur or have a greater adverse impact than another risk.
Company: The price of a company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons, including, among others, poor management, financial problems, reduced demand for the company’s goods or services, regulatory fines and judgments, or business challenges. If a company is unable to meet its financial obligations, declares bankruptcy, or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.
Convertible Securities: Convertible securities are securities that are convertible into or exercisable for common stocks at a stated price or rate. Convertible securities are subject to the usual risks associated with fixed-income instruments, such as interest rate risk and credit risk. In addition, because convertible securities react to changes in the value of the underlying stock, they are subject to market risk.
Credit: The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed - income instrument in which the Fund invests, or the counterparty to a derivative contract the Fund entered into, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services, or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to meet its financial obligations.
Currency: To the extent that the Fund invests directly or indirectly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by the Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions.
Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates, liquidity risk, valuation risk, and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by the Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on the Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the asset, reference rate, or index being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Equity): A Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for the Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. A Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors in respect of a company may rely on third party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be invested in companies that a Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may choose not to invest in companies that compare favorably to other companies on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to certain companies due to a Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by a Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
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Environmental, Social, and Governance (Multi-Manager): The Investment Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting sub-advisers for the Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be allocated to sub-advisers that consider ESG factors as part of their investment processes, and the Investment Adviser may choose to select sub-advisers that do not consider ESG factors as part of their investment processes. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to ESG-focused strategies than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that a sub-adviser selected by the Investment Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential sub-adviser, and such a sub-adviser may, in fact, underperform other potential sub-advisers.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Quantitative): A Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for the Fund depends on the operation of quantitative methods and models whose design reflects qualitative and subjective judgments of the Sub-Adviser, including reliance on, or incorporation of, data in respect of ESG factors that may rely on third party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be invested in companies that a Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may not invest in companies that compare favorably to other companies on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to certain companies due to a Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by a Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments/Developing and Emerging Markets: Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies due, in part, to: smaller markets; differing reporting, accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and practices; nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation; foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or replacement; potential for default on sovereign debt; and political changes or diplomatic developments, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country, or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country, or region. Foreign (non-U.S.) investment risks may be greater in developing and emerging markets than in developed markets.
Growth Investing: Prices of growth-oriented stocks are more sensitive to investor perceptions of the issuer’s growth potential and may fall quickly and significantly if investors suspect that actual growth may be less than expected. There is a risk that funds that invest in growth-oriented stocks may underperform other funds that invest more broadly. Growth-oriented stocks tend to be more volatile than value-oriented stocks, and may underperform the market as a whole over any given time period.
Interest Rate: A rise in market interest rates generally results in a fall in the value of bonds and other fixed-income instruments; conversely, values generally rise as market interest rates fall. The higher the credit quality of the instrument, and the longer its maturity or duration, the more sensitive it is to changes in market interest rates. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a fixed-income instrument to a change in interest rate. As of the date of this Prospectus, the U.S. is experiencing a rising market interest rate environment, which may increase the Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising market interest rates. Rising market interest rates have unpredictable effects on the markets and may expose fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility. To the extent that the Fund invests in fixed-income instruments, an increase in market interest rates may lead to increased redemptions and increased portfolio turnover, which could reduce liquidity for certain investments, adversely affect values, and increase costs. Increased redemptions may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so and may lower returns. If dealer capacity in fixed-income markets is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in the fixed-income markets. Further, recent and potential future changes in government policy may affect interest rates. Negative or very low interest rates could magnify the risks associated with changes in interest rates. In general, changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, could have unpredictable effects on markets and may expose fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility. Changes to monetary policy by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board or other regulatory actions could expose fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility, interest rate sensitivity, and reduced liquidity, which may impact the Fund’s operations and return potential.
Investing through Stock Connect: Shares in mainland China-based companies that trade on Chinese stock exchanges such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“China A-Shares”) may be purchased directly or indirectly through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect (“Stock Connect”), a mutual market access program designed to, among other things, enable foreign investment in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) via brokers in Hong Kong. There are significant risks inherent in investing in China A-Shares through Stock Connect. The underdeveloped state of PRC’s investment and banking systems subjects the settlement, clearing, and registration of China A-Shares transactions to heightened risks. Stock
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Connect can only operate when both PRC and Hong Kong markets are open for trading and when banking services are available in both markets on the corresponding settlement days. As such, if either or both markets are closed on a U.S. trading day, the Fund may not be able to dispose of its China A-Shares in a timely manner, which could adversely affect the Fund’s performance.
The Chinese economy is generally considered an emerging and volatile market. Significant portions of the Chinese securities markets may become rapidly illiquid because Chinese issuers have the ability to suspend the trading of their equity securities under certain circumstances, and have shown a willingness to exercise that option in response to market volatility, epidemics, pandemics, adverse economic, market or political events, and other events. In addition, there may be restrictions on investments in Chinese companies. For example, on November 12, 2020, the President of the United States signed an Executive Order prohibiting U.S. persons from purchasing or investing in publicly-traded securities of companies identified by the U.S. government as “Communist Chinese military companies.” The list of such companies can change from time to time, and as a result of forced selling or inability to participate in an investment the Investment Adviser/Sub-Adviser otherwise believes is attractive, the Fund may incur losses.
Investment Model: A Sub-Adviser’s proprietary model may not adequately take into account existing or unforeseen market factors or the interplay between such factors. Funds that are actively managed, in whole or in part, according to a quantitative investment model can perform differently from the market, based on the investment model and the factors used in the analysis, the weight placed on each factor, and changes from the factors’ historical trends. Mistakes in the construction and implementation of the investment models (including, for example, data problems and/or software issues) may create errors or limitations that might go undetected or are discovered only after the errors or limitations have negatively impacted performance. There is no guarantee that the use of these investment models will result in effective investment decisions for the Fund.
Liquidity: If a security is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, exposing the Fund to the risk that the prices at which it sells illiquid securities will be less than the prices at which they were valued when held by the Fund, which could cause the Fund to lose money. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile than more liquid securities, and the risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress.
Market: The market values of securities will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions, governmental actions or intervention, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, and other factors. Prices of equity securities tend to rise and fall more dramatically than those of fixed-income instruments. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax policies or developments may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs and impair the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical: The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events that have led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S., and global economies and markets, generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted, and may continue to result, in significant market volatility, exchange suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, supply chain disruptions, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine has, and may continue to, adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of the Fund’s investments, including beyond the Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. Those events as well as other changes in foreign (non-U.S.) and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, is the risk that the value of an investment company’s underlying investments might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the Fund’s expenses. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of the Fund; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which the Fund is typically subject. In addition, shares of ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and are subject to secondary market trading risks. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads, and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and authorized participants may step away from making a market in an ETF’s shares, which could cause a material decline in the ETF’s net asset value.
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Real Estate Companies and Real Estate Investment Trusts: Investing in real estate companies and REITs may subject the Fund to risks similar to those associated with the direct ownership of real estate, including losses from casualty or condemnation, changes in local and general economic conditions, supply and demand, market interest rates, zoning laws, regulatory limitations on rents, property taxes, overbuilding, high foreclosure rates, and operating expenses in addition to terrorist attacks, wars, or other acts that destroy real property. In addition, REITs may also be affected by tax and regulatory requirements in that a REIT may not qualify for favorable tax treatment or regulatory exemptions. Investments in REITs are affected by the management skill of the REIT’s sponsor. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of expenses, including management fees, paid by each REIT in which it invests.
Securities Lending: Securities lending involves two primary risks: “ investment risk ” and “ borrower default risk. ” When lending securities, the Fund will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing the Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks.
Small-Capitalization Company: Investments in small-capitalization companies may involve greater risk than is customarily associated with larger, more established companies due to the greater business risks of a limited operating history, small size, limited markets and financial resources, narrow product lines, less management depth and more reliance on key personnel. The securities of small-capitalization companies are subject to liquidity risk as they are often traded over-the-counter and may not be traded in volumes typically seen on national securities exchanges.
Value Investing: Securities that appear to be undervalued may never appreciate to the extent expected. Further, because the prices of value-oriented securities tend to correlate more closely with economic cycles than growth-oriented securities, they generally are more sensitive to changing economic conditions, such as changes in market interest rates, corporate earnings and industrial production. The manager may be wrong in its assessment of a company’s value and the securities the Fund holds may not reach their full values. Risks associated with value investing include that a security that is perceived by the manager to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced and, thus, may not appreciate and provide anticipated capital growth. The market may not favor value-oriented securities and may not favor equities at all. During those periods, the Fund’s relative performance may suffer. There is a risk that funds that invest in value-oriented securities may underperform other funds that invest more broadly.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows the changes in the Fund's performance from year to year, and the table compares the Fund's performance to the performance of a broad-based securities market index/indices with investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund for the same period. The Fund's performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the period presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund's Class A shares. Sales charges are not reflected in the bar chart. If they were, returns would be less than those shown. However, the table includes all applicable fees and sales charges. Performance for other share classes would differ to the extent they have differences in their fees and expenses.
On November 15, 2019, Wellington Management Company LLP (which served as a sub-adviser from April 30, 2013 to November 15, 2019) was removed. On March 2, 2015, Victory Capital was added as an additional sub-adviser. On April 30, 2013, Wellington Management Company LLP was added as an additional sub-adviser. On April 15, 2013, Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (which served as a sub-adviser from December 17, 2007 to April 15, 2013) was removed. Each change to the sub-advisers resulted in a change to the Fund’s principal investment strategies. The Fund’s performance information for these periods reflects returns achieved by the different sub-advisers and pursuant to different principal investment strategies. If the Fund’s current sub-advisers and strategies had been in place for the prior periods, the performance information shown would have been different.
Because Class R6 shares of the Fund had not commenced operations as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2022, no performance information for Class R6 shares is provided below. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. For the most recent performance figures, go to https://individuals.voya.com/literature or call 1-800-992-0180.
Voya Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund
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Calendar Year Total Returns Class A 
(as of December 31 of each year)
Best quarter:
2nd Quarter 2020
24.37%
Worst quarter:
1st Quarter 2020
-27.45%
Average Annual Total Returns %
(for the periods ended December 31, 2022)

 
 
1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class A before taxes
%
-23.35
-0.21
5.61
N/A
08/31/94
After tax on distributions
%
-23.75
-1.54
4.85
N/A
 
After tax on distributions with sale
%
-13.53
-0.21
4.50
N/A
 
S&P Developed ex-U.S. Small Cap Index1
%
-21.41
0.01
5.89
N/A
 
MSCI EAFE® Small Cap Index1
%
-21.39
-0.05
6.21
N/A
 
Class C before taxes
%
-20.07
0.24
5.51
N/A
08/31/94
S&P Developed ex-U.S. Small Cap Index1
%
-21.41
0.01
5.89
N/A
 
MSCI EAFE® Small Cap Index1
%
-21.39
-0.05
6.21
N/A
 
Class I before taxes
%
-18.42
1.31
6.66
N/A
12/21/05
S&P Developed ex-U.S. Small Cap Index1
%
-21.41
0.01
5.89
N/A
 
MSCI EAFE® Small Cap Index1
%
-21.39
-0.05
6.21
N/A
 
Class W before taxes
%
-18.47
1.24
6.56
N/A
02/12/08
S&P Developed ex-U.S. Small Cap Index1
%
-21.41
0.01
5.89
N/A
 
MSCI EAFE® Small Cap Index1
%
-21.39
-0.05
6.21
N/A
 
1
The index returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions net of withholding taxes, but do not reflect fees, brokerage commissions, or other expenses.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). In some cases the after-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. After-tax returns for other classes will vary.
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
Portfolio Manager
Paul Zemsky, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 05/18)
Sub-Adviser
 
Acadian Asset Management LLC
Portfolio Managers
 
Brendan O. Bradley, Ph.D.
Portfolio Manager (since 03/15)
Ryan D. Taliaferro, Ph.D.
Portfolio Manager (since 01/19)
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Sub-Adviser
 
Victory Capital Management Inc.
Portfolio Managers
 
John W. Evers, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 03/15)
Daniel B. LeVan, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 03/15)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Shares of the Fund may be purchased or sold on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock Exchange opens for regular trading). You can buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary; by visiting our website at www.voyainvestments.com; by writing to us at Voya Investment Management, 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034; or by calling us at 1-800-992-0180.
Minimum Initial Investment $ by share class
Class
A, C
I
R6
W
Non-retirement accounts
$
1,000
250,000
1,000,000
1,000
Retirement accounts
$
250
250,000
None
1,000
Certain omnibus accounts
$
250
None
None
None
Pre-authorized investment plan
$
1,000
250,000
None
1,000
There are no minimums for additional investments except that the pre-authorized investment plan requires a monthly investment of at least $100. For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; or (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts.
The minimum initial investment requirement for Class R6 shares of the Fund is $1,000,000 for non-retirement accounts. There is no minimum initial investment requirement for retirement accounts, certain omnibus accounts, and pre-authorized investment plans. There are no minimum investment requirements for additional investments.
Tax Information
The Fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing through a tax advantaged arrangement, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that arrangement.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
Voya Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund
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KEY FUND INFORMATION

This Prospectus contains information about each Fund and is designed to provide you with important information to help you with your investment decisions. Please read it carefully and keep it for future reference.
Each Fund's Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”) is incorporated by reference into (legally made a part of) this Prospectus. It identifies investment restrictions, more detailed risk descriptions, a description of how the bond rating system works, and other information that may be helpful to you in your decision to invest. You may obtain a copy, without charge, from each Fund.
Neither this Prospectus, nor the related SAI, nor other communications to shareholders, such as proxy statements, is intended, or should be read, to be or give rise to an agreement or contract between Voya Mutual Funds, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), or each Fund and any investor, or to give rise to any rights to any shareholder or other person other than any rights under federal or state law.
Other Voya mutual funds may also be offered to the public that have similar names, investment objectives, and principal investment strategies as those of a Fund. You should be aware that a Fund is likely to differ from these other Voya mutual funds in size and cash flow pattern, as well as other factors. Accordingly, the performance of a Fund can be expected to vary from those of other Voya mutual funds.
Other mutual funds and/or funds-of-funds may invest in a Fund. So long as a Fund accepts investments by other investment companies, it will not purchase securities of other investment companies, except to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder , and under the terms of applicable no-action relief or exemptive orders granted thereunder (the “1940 Act”).
Each Fund is a series of Voya Mutual Funds (“Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust. Each Fund is managed by Voya Investments, LLC (“Voya Investments” or the “Investment Adviser”).
Fund shares may be classified into different classes of shares. The classes of shares of a Fund would be substantially the same except for different expenses, certain related rights, and certain shareholder services. All share classes of a Fund have a common investment objective and investment portfolio. This Prospectus only offers the classes of shares listed on the cover of this Prospectus. Additional share classes of a Fund may be offered through a different prospectus.
The Investment Adviser and Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (the “Distributor”) (together “Voya”) implement fee waivers or expense limitations for one or more share classes of a Fund, and the levels of those fee waivers or expense limitations differ among a Fund’s share classes. The fee waivers include waivers of some or all of a Fund’s management fee in respect of some share classes, but not others (“differential management fee waivers”), with the result being that some share classes pay more in net management fees than other share classes. In some cases, the total net expense ratio of a share class is significantly lower than that of other share classes, and may be zero. Voya may implement those waivers or expense limitations to make the shares of certain share classes more attractive to purchasers, including, among others, funds-of-funds, retirement plans, and variable product purchasers, in certain sales channels than they might otherwise be. The cost of such waivers and expense reimbursements is borne by Voya, and not by a Fund’s other share classes. Such waivers and expense limitations are intended to make the affected share classes more attractive to purchasers and lead to additional investments in a Fund, potentially resulting in a net financial benefit to Voya.
Shares of a class to which such a fee waiver or expense limitation applies will not be available to all investors in a Fund. Rather, they will be made available to investors meeting eligibility criteria outlined in the Prospectuses for such share classes based on, among other factors, an assessment by the Investment Adviser and/or Board of the desirability of offering a relatively low-priced share class in certain sales channels or through certain products and the anticipated direct or indirect financial benefit to a Fund or Voya. Not all share classes of a Fund will typically be offered in a single Prospectus, and it is likely that any Prospectus for a Fund will not offer or provide information regarding some or all share classes subject to differential management fee waivers. Investors should be aware that the total net expenses they incur as shareholders of certain share classes likely will be higher than the total net expenses incurred by shareholders of certain other share classes offered through this Prospectus or otherwise, including without limitation management fees and other fund-level expenses.
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Conflicts of Interest - Voya Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Voya Multi-Manager International Equity Fund, Voya Multi-Manager International Factors Fund, and Voya Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund
The Investment Adviser allocates each Fund’s assets to different sub-advisers, including an affiliated sub-adviser. In addition, the Investment Adviser may, from time to time, manage a portion of each Fund’s assets to seek to manage each Fund’s overall exposure to achieve the desired risk/return profile and to effect each Fund’s investment strategies. The Investment Adviser is subject to conflicts of interest when it allocates assets to itself or to an affiliated sub-adviser because the Adviser would earn higher net advisory fees (the advisory fee received less any sub-advisory fee paid and fee waivers and expense subsidies) since the entire advisory fee is retained by a Voya company.
The Investment Adviser has a fiduciary duty to each Fund and is legally obligated to act in each Fund’s best interest when allocating a Fund’s assets to a sub-adviser. The Investment Adviser has developed an investment process that it believes will ensure each Fund is managed in the best interests of the shareholders of each Fund.
Fundamental Investment Policies
Fundamental investment policies contained in the SAI may not be changed without shareholder approval. Other policies and investment strategies may be changed without a shareholder vote.
Non-Fundamental Investment Policies
Unless otherwise indicated, each Fund’s investment objective, policies, investment strategies, and practices are non-fundamental. In addition, certain Funds have adopted non-fundamental investment policies to invest a Fund's assets in securities that are consistent with the Fund's name. Non-fundamental policies may be changed by a vote of each Fund's Board and without shareholder vote. For more information about these policies, please consult the SAI.
Fund Diversification
Each Fund's diversification status is outlined in the table below. A diversified fund may not, as to 75% of its total assets, invest more than 5% of its total assets in any one issuer and may not purchase more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer (other than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or other investment companies). A non-diversified fund is not limited by the 1940 Act in the percentage of its assets that it may invest in the obligations of a single issuer.
Fund
Diversified
Non-Diversified
Voya Global Bond Fund
X
 
Voya Global High Dividend Low Volatility Fund
X
 
Voya International High Dividend Low Volatility Fund
X
 
Voya Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund
X
 
Voya Multi-Manager International Equity Fund
X
 
Voya Multi-Manager International Factors Fund
X
 
Voya Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund
X
 
Investor Diversification
Although each Fund is designed to serve as a component of a diversified investment portfolio of securities, no single mutual fund can provide an appropriate investment program for all investors. You should evaluate a Fund in the context of your personal financial situation, investment objectives, and other investments.
Temporary Defensive Strategies
When the Investment Adviser or a sub-adviser (each a “Sub-Adviser”) anticipates unusual market, economic, political, or other conditions, a Fund may temporarily depart from its principal investment strategies as a defensive measure. In such circumstances, a Fund may invest in securities believed to present less risk, such as cash, cash equivalents, money market fund shares and other money market instruments, fixed-income instruments that are high quality or higher quality than normal, more liquid securities, or others. While a Fund invests defensively, it may not achieve its investment objective. A Fund's defensive investment position may not be effective in protecting its value. It is impossible to predict accurately how long such alternative strategies may be utilized.
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Percentage and Rating Limitations
The percentage and rating limitations on Fund investments listed in this Prospectus apply at the time of investment.
Investment Not Guaranteed
Please note your investment is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other government agency.
Shareholder Reports
Each Fund's fiscal year ends October 31. Copies of each Fund's annual and semi-annual shareholder reports are no longer sent by mail or e-mail, unless you specifically request copies of the reports. Instead, the reports are available on the Voya funds’ website (https://individuals.voya.com/literature), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from a fund electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by calling 1-800-992-0180 or by sending an e-mail request to [email protected].
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Additional Information About the Investment Objective
Each Fund's investment objective, with the exception of Voya Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund, is non-fundamental and may be changed by a vote of the Fund's Board, without shareholder approval. A Fund will provide 60 days' prior written notice of any change in a non-fundamental investment objective. There is no guarantee a Fund will achieve its investment objective.
The investment objective for Voya Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund is fundamental. Any change in the fundamental investment objective requires shareholder approval.
Additional Information About Principal Investment Strategies
For a complete description of each Fund's principal investment strategies, please see the Fund's summary prospectus or the summary section of this Prospectus.
Voya Global Bond Fund
Additional Information About the Weighted Average Portfolio Quality Rating
To calculate the Fund's weighted average portfolio quality rating, the Sub-Adviser assigns a value to each security held by the Fund based on ratings obtained from two independent rating agencies. In the case of unrated securities, the Sub-Adviser assigns the lowest value to those securities. If independent rating agencies assign different ratings to the same security, the Sub-Adviser will use the lowest rating received from the independent rating agencies for purposes of determining the security's credit quality.
Reference to a weighted average quality portfolio rating for the Fund does not mean that all securities held by the Fund will be rated in that category or higher. The Fund's investments may range in quality from securities rated in the lowest category in which the Fund is permitted to invest to securities rated in the highest category. The percentage of the Fund's assets invested in securities in a particular rating category will vary.
Additional Information About the Principal Risks
All mutual funds involve risk—some more than others—and there is always the chance that you could lose money or not earn as much as you hope. Each Fund's risk profile is largely a factor of the principal securities in which it invests and investment techniques that it uses. Below is a discussion of the principal risks associated with certain of the types of securities in which a Fund may invest and certain of the investment practices that a Fund may use. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate readability, and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur or have a greater adverse impact than another risk. For more information about these and other types of securities and investment techniques that may be used by each Fund, see the SAI.
Many of the investment techniques and strategies discussed in this Prospectus and in the SAI are discretionary, which means that the Investment Adviser or Sub-Adviser can decide whether to use them. A Fund may invest in these securities or use these techniques as part of the Fund's principal investment strategies. However, the Investment Adviser or Sub-Adviser may also use these investment techniques or make investments in securities that are not a part of a Fund's principal investment strategies.
The discussions below expand on the risks included in each Fund's summary section of the Prospectus. Please see the SAI for a further discussion of the principal and other investment strategies employed by each Fund.
Bank Instruments: Bank instruments include certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits, bankers’ acceptances, and other debt and deposit-type obligations issued by banks. Changes in economic, regulatory, or political conditions, or other events that affect the banking industry may have an adverse effect on bank instruments or banking institutions that serve as counterparties in transactions with a Fund.
Borrowing: Borrowing creates leverage, which may increase expenses and increase the impact of a Fund’s other risks. Borrowing may exaggerate any increase or decrease in a Fund’s net asset value causing a Fund to be more volatile than a fund that does not borrow. Borrowing for investment purposes is considered to be speculative and may result in losses to a Fund.
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Company: The price of a company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons, including, among others, poor management, financial problems, reduced demand for the company’s goods or services, regulatory fines and judgments, or business challenges. If a company is unable to meet its financial obligations, declares bankruptcy, or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.
Convertible Securities: Convertible securities are securities that are convertible into or exercisable for common stocks at a stated price or rate. Convertible securities are subject to the usual risks associated with fixed-income instruments, such as interest rate risk and credit risk. In addition, because convertible securities react to changes in the value of the underlying stock, they are subject to market risk. The value of a convertible security will normally fluctuate in some proportion to changes in the value of the underlying stock because of the conversion or exercise feature. However, the value of a convertible security may not increase or decrease as rapidly as the underlying stock. Convertible securities may be rated below investment grade and therefore may be subject to greater levels of credit risk and liquidity risk. In the event the issuer of a convertible security is unable to meet its financial obligations, declares bankruptcy, or becomes insolvent, a Fund could lose money; such events may also have the effect of reducing a Fund's distributable income. There is a risk that a Fund may convert a convertible security at an inopportune time, which may decrease the Fund’s returns.
Credit: A Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed - income instrument in which the Fund invests, or the counterparty to a derivative contract the Fund entered into, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services, or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to meet its financial obligations. Asset-backed (including mortgage-backed) securities that are not issued by U.S. government agencies may have a greater risk of default because neither the U.S. government nor an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government has guaranteed them. The credit quality of typical asset-backed securities depends primarily on the credit quality of the underlying assets and the structural support (if any) provided to the securities.
Credit Default Swaps: A Fund may enter into credit default swaps, either as a buyer or a seller of the swap. A buyer of a credit default swap is generally obligated to pay the seller an upfront or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract until a credit event, such as a default, on a reference obligation has occurred. If a credit event occurs, the seller generally must pay the buyer the “par value” (full notional value) of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity described in the swap, or the seller may be required to deliver the related net cash amount if the swap is cash settled. As a seller of a credit default swap, a Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the full notional value of the swap. Credit default swaps are particularly subject to counterparty, credit, valuation, liquidity, and leveraging risks and the risk that the swap may not correlate with its reference obligation as expected. Certain standardized credit default swaps are subject to mandatory central clearing. Central clearing is expected to reduce counterparty credit risk and increase liquidity; however, there is no assurance that it will achieve that result, and, in the meantime, central clearing and related requirements expose a Fund to new kinds of costs and risks. In addition, credit default swaps expose a Fund to the risk of improper valuation.
Currency: To the extent that a Fund invests directly or indirectly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by the Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions. Currency rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency rates may be affected by changes in market interest rates, intervention (or the failure to intervene) by the U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) governments, central banks or supranational entities such as the International Monetary Fund, by the imposition of currency controls, or other political or economic developments in the United States or abroad.
Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates, liquidity risk, valuation risk, and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by a Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on a Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so a Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the asset, reference rate, or index being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided
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by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment. Generally, derivatives are sophisticated financial instruments whose performance is derived, at least in part, from the performance of an underlying asset, reference rate, or index. Derivatives include, among other things, swap agreements, options, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, and futures. Certain derivatives in which a Fund may invest may be negotiated over-the-counter with a single counterparty and as a result are subject to credit risks related to the counterparty’s ability or willingness to perform its obligations; any deterioration in the counterparty’s creditworthiness could adversely affect the value of the derivative. In addition, derivatives and their underlying instruments may experience periods of illiquidity which could cause a Fund to hold a position it might otherwise sell, or to sell a position it otherwise might hold at an inopportune time or price. A manager might imperfectly judge the direction of the market. For instance, if a derivative is used as a hedge to offset investment risk in another security, the hedge might not correlate to the market’s movements and may have unexpected or undesired results such as a loss or a reduction in gains. The U.S. government has enacted legislation that provides for new regulation of the derivatives market, including clearing, margin, reporting, and registration requirements. The European Union (and other countries outside of the European Union, including the United Kingdom) has implemented similar requirements, which may affect a Fund when it enters into a derivatives transaction with a counterparty organized in that country or otherwise subject to that country's derivatives regulations. Because these requirements are relatively new and evolving (and some of the rules are not yet final), their ultimate impact remains unclear. Central clearing is expected to reduce counterparty credit risk and increase liquidity; however, there is no assurance that it will achieve that result, and, in the meantime, central clearing and related requirements expose a Fund to new kinds of costs and risks.
Dividend: Companies that issue dividend yielding equity securities are not required to continue to pay dividends on such securities. Therefore, there is a possibility that such companies could reduce or eliminate the payment of dividends in the future. As a result, a Fund’s ability to execute its investment strategy may be limited.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Equity): A Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for a Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. A Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors in respect of a company may rely on third party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of a Fund’s assets that will be invested in companies that a Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may choose not to invest in companies that compare favorably to other companies on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that a Fund will have less exposure to certain companies due to a Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by a Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Multi-Manager): The Investment Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting sub-advisers for a Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. There is no minimum percentage of a Fund’s assets that will be allocated to sub-advisers that consider ESG factors as part of their investment processes, and the Investment Adviser may choose to select sub-advisers that do not consider ESG factors as part of their investment processes. It is possible that a Fund will have less exposure to ESG-focused strategies than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that a sub-adviser selected by the Investment Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential sub-adviser, and such a sub-adviser may, in fact, underperform other potential sub-advisers.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Quantitative): A Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for a Fund depends on the operation of quantitative methods and models whose design reflects qualitative and subjective judgments of the Sub-Adviser, including reliance on, or incorporation of, data in respect of ESG factors that may rely on third party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of a Fund’s assets that will be invested in companies that a Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may not invest in companies that compare favorably to other companies on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that a Fund will have less exposure to certain companies due to a Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by a Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
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Floating Rate Loans: In the event a borrower fails to pay scheduled interest or principal payments on a floating rate loan (which can include certain bank loans), a Fund will experience a reduction in its income and a decline in the market value of such floating rate loan. If a floating rate loan is held by a Fund through another financial institution, or the Fund relies upon another financial institution to administer the loan, the receipt of scheduled interest or principal payments may be subject to the credit risk of such financial institution. Investors in floating rate loans may not be afforded the protections of the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, because loans may not be considered “securities” under such laws. Additionally, the value of collateral, if any, securing a floating rate loan can decline or may be insufficient to meet the borrower’s obligations under the loan, and such collateral may be difficult to liquidate. No active trading market may exist for many floating rate loans and many floating rate loans are subject to restrictions on resale. Transactions in loans typically settle on a delayed basis and may take longer than 7 days to settle. As a result, a Fund may not receive the proceeds from a sale of a floating rate loan for a significant period of time. Delay in the receipts of settlement proceeds may impair the ability of a Fund to meet its redemption obligations, and may limit the ability of the Fund to repay debt, pay dividends, or to take advantage of new investment opportunities.
Focused Investing: To the extent that a Fund invests a substantial portion of its assets in securities of a particular industry, sector, market segment, or geographic area, the Fund may be more sensitive to financial, economic, business, political, regulatory, and other developments and conditions, including natural or other disasters, affecting issuers in a particular industry, sector, market segment, or geographic area in which the Fund focuses its investments, and if securities of such industry, sector, market segment, or geographic area fall out of favor, the Fund could underperform, or be more volatile than, a fund that has greater diversification.
Financial Services Sector: Investments in the financial services sector may be subject to credit risk, interest rate risk, and regulatory risk, among others. Banks and other financial institutions can be affected by such factors as downturns in the U.S. and foreign economies and general economic cycles, fiscal and monetary policy, adverse developments in the real estate market, the deterioration or failure of other financial institutions, and changes in banking or securities regulations.
Focused Investing (Index): To the extent that a Fund’s benchmark or other index is substantially composed of securities in a particular industry, sector, market segment, or geographic area, the Fund may allocate its investments to approximately the same extent as the index as part of its investment strategy. As a result, a Fund may be more sensitive to financial, economic, business, political, regulatory, and other developments and conditions, including natural or other disasters, affecting issuers in a particular industry, sector, market segment, or geographic area in which the Fund focuses its investments, and if securities of such industry, sector, market segment, or geographic area fall out of favor, the Fund could underperform, or be more volatile than, a fund that has greater diversification.
Industrials Sector: Companies involved in the industrials sector include those whose businesses are dominated by one of the following activities: the manufacture and distribution of capital goods, including aerospace and defense, construction, engineering and building products, electrical equipment, and industrial machinery; the provision of commercial services and supplies, including printing, employment, environmental, and office services; and the provision of transportation services, including airlines, couriers, marine, road and rail, and transportation infrastructure. Companies involved in the industrials sector are affected by changes in the supply and demand for products and services, product obsolescence, claims for environmental damage or product liability, and general economic conditions, among other factors.
Materials Sector: Companies involved in the materials sector includes companies in the following industry groups: forestry and paper, chemicals, industrial metals, and mining. Investments in companies involved in the materials sector may be adversely impacted by changes in commodity prices or exchange rates, depletion of resources, over-production, litigation, and government regulations, among other factors. The chemicals industry may be significantly affected by intense competition, product obsolescence, raw materials prices, and government regulation, and may be subject to risks associated with the production, handling, disposal of hazardous components, and litigation and claims arising out of environmental contamination.
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Technology Sector: Investments in companies involved in the technology sector are subject to significant competitive pressures, such as aggressive pricing of products or services, new market entrants, competition for market share, short product cycles due to an accelerated rate of technological developments, evolving industry standards, changing customer demands, and the potential for limited earnings and/or falling profit margins. The failure of a company to adapt to such changes could have a material adverse effect on the company’s business, results of operations, and financial condition. These companies also face the risks that new services, equipment, or technologies will not be accepted by consumers and businesses or will become rapidly obsolete. These factors can affect the profitability of these companies and, as a result, the values of their securities. Many companies involved in the technology sector have limited operating histories, and prices of these companies’ securities historically have been more volatile than those of many other companies’ securities, especially over the short term.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments/Developing and Emerging Markets: To the extent a Fund invests in securities of issuers in markets outside the U.S., its share price may be more volatile than if it invested in securities of issuers in the U.S. market due to, among other things, the following factors: comparatively unstable political, social and economic conditions and limited or ineffectual judicial systems; wars; comparatively small market sizes, making securities less liquid and securities prices more sensitive to the movements of large investors and more vulnerable to manipulation; governmental policies or actions, such as high taxes, restrictions on currency movements, replacement of currency, potential for default on sovereign debt, trade or diplomatic disputes, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations, creation of monopolies, and seizure of private property through confiscatory taxation and expropriation or nationalization of company assets; incomplete, outdated, or unreliable information about securities issuers due to less stringent market regulation and accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices; comparatively undeveloped markets and weak banking and financial systems; market inefficiencies, such as higher transaction costs, and administrative difficulties, such as delays in processing transactions; and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, which could reduce gains or widen losses. Economic or other sanctions imposed on a foreign (non-U.S.) country or issuer by the U.S. or on the U.S. by a foreign (non-U.S.) country, could impair a Fund's ability to buy, sell, hold, receive, deliver, or otherwise transact in certain securities. In addition, foreign withholding or other taxes could reduce the income available to distribute to shareholders, and special U.S. tax considerations could apply to foreign (non-U.S.) investments. Depositary receipts are subject to risks of foreign (non-U.S.) investments and might not always track the price of the underlying foreign (non-U.S.) security. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country, or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country, or region. Foreign (non-U.S.) investment risks may be greater in developing and emerging markets than in developed markets, for such reasons as social or political unrest, heavy economic dependence on international aid, agriculture or exports (particularly commodities), undeveloped or overburdened infrastructures and legal systems, vulnerability to natural disasters, significant and unpredictable government intervention in markets or the economy, volatile currency exchange rates, currency devaluations, runaway inflation, business practices that depart from norms for developed countries, and generally less developed or liquid markets. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which regulates auditors of U.S. public companies, is unable to inspect audit work papers in certain foreign (non-U.S.) countries. Investors in foreign (non-U.S.) countries often have limited rights and few practical remedies to pursue shareholder claims, including class actions or fraud claims, and the ability of the SEC, the U.S. Department of Justice and other authorities to bring and enforce actions against foreign (non-U.S.) issuers or persons is limited. In March 2017, the United Kingdom (“UK”) formally notified the European Council of its intention to leave the EU and on January 31, 2020 withdrew from the EU (commonly known as “Brexit”). On December 30, 2020, the UK voted in favor of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The agreement governs the new relationship between the UK and the EU with respect to trading goods and services but critical aspects of the relationship remain unresolved and subject to further negotiation and agreement. Brexit has resulted in volatility in European and global markets and could have negative long-term impacts on financial markets in the UK and throughout Europe. There is considerable uncertainty about the potential consequences of Brexit and how the financial markets will react. As this process unfolds, markets may be further disrupted. Given the size and importance of the UK’s economy, uncertainty about its legal, political, and economic relationship with the remaining member states of the EU may continue to be a source of instability. In addition, the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (the “HFCAA”) could cause securities of a foreign (non-U.S.) company, including American Depositary Receipts, to be delisted from U.S. stock exchanges if the company does not allow the U.S. government to oversee the auditing of its financial information. Although the requirements of the HFCAA
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apply to securities of all foreign (non-U.S.) issuers, the SEC has thus far limited its enforcement efforts to securities of Chinese companies. If securities are delisted, a Fund’s ability to transact in such securities will be impaired, and the liquidity and market price of the securities may decline. A Fund may also need to seek other markets in which to transact in such securities, which could increase the Fund’s costs.
Growth Investing: Prices of growth-oriented stocks are more sensitive to investor perceptions of the issuer’s growth potential and may fall quickly and significantly if investors suspect that actual growth may be less than expected. There is a risk that funds that invest in growth-oriented stocks may underperform other funds that invest more broadly. Growth-oriented stocks tend to be more volatile than value-oriented stocks, and may underperform the market as a whole over any given time period. Growth-oriented stocks typically sell at relatively high valuations as compared to other types of securities. Securities of growth companies may be more volatile than other stocks because they usually invest a high portion of earnings in their business, and they may lack the dividends of value-oriented stocks that can cushion stock prices in a falling market. The market may not favor growth-oriented stocks or may not favor equities at all. In addition, earnings disappointments may lead to sharply falling prices because investors buy growth-oriented stocks in anticipation of superior earnings growth. Historically, growth-oriented stocks have been more volatile than value-oriented stocks.
High-Yield Securities: Lower-quality securities (including securities that have fallen below investment grade and are classified as “junk bonds” or “high-yield securities”) have greater credit risk and liquidity risk than higher-quality (investment grade) securities, and their issuers' long-term ability to make payments is considered speculative. Prices of lower-quality bonds or other fixed-income instruments are also more volatile, are more sensitive to negative news about the economy or the issuer, and have greater liquidity risk and price volatility.
Index Strategy (Fund): The index selected may underperform the overall market. To the extent a Fund (or a portion of the Fund) seeks to track an index’s performance, the Fund will not use defensive strategies or attempt to reduce its exposure to poor performing securities in the index. To the extent a Fund’s investments track its target index, such Fund may underperform other funds that invest more broadly. Errors in index data, index computations or the construction of the index in accordance with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the index provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on a Fund. The correlation between a Fund’s performance and index performance may be affected by the Fund’s expenses and the timing of purchases and redemptions of the Fund’s shares. In addition, a Fund’s actual holdings might not match the index and the Fund’s effective exposure to index securities at any given time may not precisely correlate.
Initial Public Offerings: Investments in IPOs and companies that have recently gone public have the potential to produce substantial gains for a Fund. However, there is no assurance that a Fund will have access to profitable IPOs or that the IPOs in which the Fund invests will rise in value. Furthermore, the value of securities of newly public companies may decline in value shortly after the IPO. When a Fund’s asset base is small, the impact of such investments on the Fund’s return will be magnified. If a Fund’s assets grow, it is likely that the effect of the Fund’s investment in IPOs on the Fund’s return will decline.
Interest in Loans: The value and the income streams of interests in loans (including participation interests in lease financings and assignments in secured variable or floating rate loans) will decline if borrowers delay payments or fail to pay altogether. A significant rise in market interest rates could increase this risk. Although loans may be fully collateralized when purchased, such collateral may become illiquid or decline in value.
Interest Rate: A rise in market interest rates generally results in a fall in the value of bonds and other fixed-income instruments; conversely, values generally rise as market interest rates fall. The higher the credit quality of the instrument, and the longer its maturity or duration, the more sensitive it is to changes in market interest rates. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a fixed-income instrument to a change in interest rate. As of the date of this Prospectus, the U.S. is experiencing a rising market interest rate environment, which may increase a Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising market interest rates. Rising market interest rates have unpredictable effects on the markets and may expose fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility. To the extent that a Fund invests in fixed-income instruments, an increase in market interest rates may lead to increased redemptions and increased portfolio turnover, which could reduce liquidity for certain investments, adversely affect values, and increase costs. Increased redemptions may cause a Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so and may lower returns. If dealer capacity in fixed-income markets is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in the fixed-income markets. Further, recent and potential future changes in
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government policy may affect interest rates. Negative or very low interest rates could magnify the risks associated with changes in interest rates. In general, changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, could have unpredictable effects on markets and may expose fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility. Changes to monetary policy by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board or other regulatory actions could expose fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility, interest rate sensitivity, and reduced liquidity, which may impact a Fund’s operations and return potential.
Investing through Bond Connect: Chinese fixed-income instruments trade on the China Interbank Bond Market (the “CIBM”) and may be purchased through a market access program, known as “Bond Connect,” that is designed to, among other things, enable foreign (non-U.S.) investment in the People’s Republic of China. There are significant risks inherent in investing in Chinese fixed-income instruments, similar to the risks of investing in fixed-income instruments in other emerging markets. The prices of fixed-income instruments traded on the CIBM may fluctuate significantly due to low trading volume and potential lack of liquidity. The rules to access fixed-income instruments that trade on the CIBM through Bond Connect are relatively new and subject to change, which may adversely affect a Fund's ability to invest in these instruments and to enforce its rights as a beneficial owner of these instruments. Trading through Bond Connect is subject to a number of restrictions that may affect a Fund’s investments and returns.
The Chinese economy is generally considered an emerging and volatile market. Although China has experienced a relatively stable political environment in recent years, there is no guarantee that such stability will be maintained in the future. Political, regulatory and diplomatic events, such as the U.S.-China “trade war” that intensified in 2018, could have an adverse effect on the Chinese or Hong Kong economies and on investments made through Bond Connect.
Investing through Stock Connect: Shares in mainland China-based companies that trade on Chinese stock exchanges such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“China A-Shares”) may be purchased directly or indirectly through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect (“Stock Connect”), a mutual market access program designed to, among other things, enable foreign investment in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) via brokers in Hong Kong. There are significant risks inherent in investing in China A-Shares through Stock Connect. The underdeveloped state of PRC’s investment and banking systems subjects the settlement, clearing, and registration of China A-Shares transactions to heightened risks. Stock Connect can only operate when both PRC and Hong Kong markets are open for trading and when banking services are available in both markets on the corresponding settlement days. As such, if either or both markets are closed on a U.S. trading day, a Fund may not be able to dispose of its China A-Shares in a timely manner, which could adversely affect the Fund’s performance.
The Chinese economy is generally considered an emerging and volatile market. Significant portions of the Chinese securities markets may become rapidly illiquid because Chinese issuers have the ability to suspend the trading of their equity securities under certain circumstances, and have shown a willingness to exercise that option in response to market volatility, epidemics, pandemics, adverse economic, market or political events, and other events. In addition, there may be restrictions on investments in Chinese companies. For example, on November 12, 2020, the President of the United States signed an Executive Order prohibiting U.S. persons from purchasing or investing in publicly-traded securities of companies identified by the U.S. government as “Communist Chinese military companies.” The list of such companies can change from time to time, and as a result of forced selling or inability to participate in an investment the Investment Adviser/Sub-Adviser otherwise believes is attractive, a Fund may incur losses.
Many Chinese companies use a structure known as a variable interest entity (a “VIE”) to address Chinese restrictions on direct foreign investment in Chinese companies operating in certain sectors. A Fund’s investment exposure to VIEs may pose additional risks because the Fund’s investment is not made directly in the VIE (the actual Chinese operating company), but rather in a holding company domiciled outside of China (a “Holding Company”) whose interests in the business of the underlying Chinese operating company (the VIE) are established through contracts rather than through equity ownership. The VIE (which a Fund is restricted from owning under Chinese law) is generally owned by Chinese nationals, and the Holding Company (in which a Fund invests) holds only contractual rights (rather than equity ownership) relating to the VIE, typically including a contractual claim on the VIE’s profits. Shares of the Holding Company, in turn, are traded on exchanges outside of China and are available to non-Chinese investors such as a Fund. While the VIE structure is a longstanding practice in China, until recently, such arrangements had not been formally recognized under Chinese law. However, in late 2021, the Chinese government signaled its interest in implementing filing requirement rules that would both affirm the legality of VIE structures and regulate them. How these filing requirements will operate in practice, and what will be required for approval, remains unclear. While there is optimism that these actions will reduce uncertainty over Chinese actions on VIEs, there is also caution given how unresolved the process is. Until
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these rules are finalized, and potentially afterwards depending on how they are implemented, there remains significant uncertainty associated with VIE investments. There is a risk that the Chinese government may cease to tolerate VIE structures at any time or impose new restrictions on the structure, in each case either generally or with respect to specific issuers. In such a scenario, the Chinese operating company could be subject to penalties, including revocation of its business and operating license, or the Holding Company could forfeit its interest in the business of the Chinese operating company. Further, in case of a dispute between the Holding Company investors and the Chinese owners of the VIE, the Holding Company’s contractual claims with respect to the VIE may be unenforceable in China, thus limiting the remedies and rights of Holding Company investors such as a Fund. Control over a VIE may also be jeopardized if a natural person who holds the equity interest in the VIE breaches the terms of the contractual arrangements, is subject to legal proceedings, or if any physical instruments or property of the VIE, such as seals, business registration certificates, financial data and licensing arrangements (sometimes referred to as “chops”), are used without authorization. In the event of such an occurrence, a Fund, as a foreign investor, may have little or no legal recourse. Such legal uncertainty may be exploited against the interests of the Holding Company investors such as a Fund. A Fund will typically have little or no ability to influence the VIE through proxy voting or other means because it is not a VIE owner/shareholder. Foreign (non-U.S.) companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States, including companies using the VIE structure, could also face delisting or other ramifications for failure to meet the expectations and/or requirements of the SEC, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or other U.S. regulators. Any of these risks could reduce the liquidity and value of a Fund’s investments in Holding Companies or render them valueless.
Investment Model: A Sub-Adviser’s proprietary model may not adequately take into account existing or unforeseen market factors or the interplay between such factors. Proprietary models used by a Sub-Adviser to evaluate securities or securities markets are based on the Sub-Adviser’s understanding of the interplay of market factors and do not assure successful investment. The markets, or the price of individual securities, may be affected by factors not foreseen in the construction of the models. Volatility management techniques may not always be successful in reducing volatility, may not protect against market declines, and may limit a Fund’s participation in market gains, negatively impacting performance even during periods when the market is rising. During sudden or significant market rallies, such underperformance may be significant. Moreover, volatility management strategies may increase portfolio transaction costs, which may increase losses or reduce gains. A Fund’s volatility may not be lower than that of the Fund’s Index during all market cycles due to market factors. Funds that are actively managed, in whole or in part, according to a quantitative investment model can perform differently from the market, based on the investment model and the factors used in the analysis, the weight placed on each factor, and changes from the factors’ historical trends. Mistakes in the construction and implementation of the investment models (including, for example, data problems and/or software issues) may create errors or limitations that might go undetected or are discovered only after the errors or limitations have negatively impacted performance. There is no guarantee that the use of these investment models will result in effective investment decisions for a Fund.
Liquidity: If a security is illiquid, a Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, exposing a Fund to the risk that the prices at which it sells illiquid securities will be less than the prices at which they were valued when held by a Fund, which could cause the Fund to lose money. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile than more liquid securities, and the risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress.
London Inter-Bank Offered Rate: The obligations of the parties under many financial arrangements, such as fixed-income instruments (including senior loans) and derivatives, may be determined based, in whole or in part, on the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). In 2017, the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced its intention to cease compelling banks to provide the quotations needed to sustain LIBOR after 2021. ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator of LIBOR, ceased publication of most LIBOR settings on a representative basis at the end of 2021 and is expected to cease publication of a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR settings on a representative basis after June 30, 2023. In addition, global regulators have announced that, with limited exceptions, no new LIBOR-based contracts should be entered into after 2021. Actions by regulators have resulted in the establishment of alternative reference rates to LIBOR in many major currencies, including for example, the Secured Overnight Funding Rate (“SOFR”) for U.S. dollar LIBOR. SOFR is a broad measure of the cost of borrowing cash overnight collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities in the repurchase agreement market. SOFR is published in various forms, including as a daily, compounded, and forward-looking term rate. The discontinuance of LIBOR and the adoption/implementation of alternative rates pose a number of risks, including, among others, whether any substitute rate will experience the market participation and liquidity necessary
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to provide a workable substitute for LIBOR; the effect on parties’ existing contractual arrangements, hedging transactions, and investment strategies generally from a conversion from LIBOR to alternative rates; the effect on a Fund’s existing investments, including the possibility that some of those investments may terminate or their terms may be adjusted to the disadvantage of the Fund; and the risk of general market disruption during the transition period. Markets relying on alternative rates are developing slowly and may offer limited liquidity. The general unavailability of LIBOR and the transition away from LIBOR to alternative rates could have a substantial adverse impact on the performance of a Fund.
Market: The market values of securities will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions, governmental actions or intervention, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, and other factors. Prices of equity securities tend to rise and fall more dramatically than those of fixed-income instruments. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax policies or developments may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs and impair the ability of a Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
Market Capitalization: Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories: large, mid, and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. If valuations of large-capitalization companies appear to be greatly out of proportion to the valuations of mid- or small-capitalization companies, investors may migrate to the stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies causing a fund that invests in these companies to increase in value more rapidly than a fund that invests in large-capitalization companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be subject to special risks associated with narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, smaller management groups, more limited publicly available information, and a more limited trading market for their stocks as compared with large-capitalization companies. As a result, stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies may be more volatile and may decline significantly in market downturns.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical: A Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events that have led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S., and global economies and markets, generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted, and may continue to result, in significant market volatility, exchange suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, supply chain disruptions, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine has, and may continue to, adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of a Fund’s investments, including beyond the Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. Those events as well as other changes in foreign (non-U.S.) and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of a Fund’s investments. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of a Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
Mortgage- and/or Asset-Backed Securities: Defaults on, or low credit quality or liquidity of, the underlying assets of the asset-backed (including mortgage-backed) securities may impair the value of these securities and result in losses. There may be limitations on the enforceability of any security interest or collateral granted with respect to those underlying assets, and the value of collateral may not satisfy the obligation upon default. These securities also present a higher degree of prepayment and extension risk and interest rate risk than do other types of fixed-income instruments. Small movements in interest rates (both increases and decreases) may quickly and significantly reduce the value of certain asset-backed securities. The value of longer-term securities generally changes more in response to changes in market interest rates than shorter-term securities.
These securities may be affected significantly by government regulation, market interest rates, market perception of the creditworthiness of an issuer servicer, and loan-to-value ratio of the underlying assets. During an economic downturn, the mortgages, commercial or consumer loans, trade or credit card receivables, installment purchase obligations, leases, or other debt obligations underlying an asset-backed security may experience an increase in defaults as borrowers
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experience difficulties in repaying their loans which may cause the valuation of such securities to be more volatile and may reduce the value of such securities. These risks are particularly heightened for investments in asset-backed securities that contain sub-prime loans, which are loans made to borrowers with weakened credit histories and often have higher default rates.
Municipal Obligations: The municipal securities market is volatile and can be affected significantly by adverse tax, legislative, or political changes and the financial condition of the issuers of municipal securities. Among other risks, investments in municipal securities are subject to the risk that an issuer may delay payment, restructure its debt, or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its debt. Municipal revenue obligations may be backed by the revenues generated from a specific project or facility and include industrial development bonds and private activity bonds. Private activity and industrial development bonds are dependent on the ability of the facility’s user to meet its financial obligations and the value of any real or personal property pledged as security for such payment. Many municipal securities are issued to finance projects relating to education, health care, transportation, and utilities. Conditions in those sectors may affect the overall municipal securities market. In addition, municipal securities backed by current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific asset may be adversely affected by the discontinuance of the taxation supporting the project or asset or the inability to collect revenues from the project or asset. If an issuer of a municipal security does not comply with applicable tax requirements for tax-exempt status, interest from the security may become taxable, and the security could decline in value.
Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including ETFs , is the risk that the value of an investment company’s underlying investments might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to a Fund’s expenses. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of a Fund; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which a Fund is typically subject. ETFs are exchange-traded investment companies that are, in many cases, designed to provide investment results corresponding to an index. Additional risks of investments in ETFs include that: (i) an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained; or (ii) trading may be halted if the listing exchanges’ officials deem such action appropriate, the shares are delisted from an exchange, or the activation of market-wide “circuit breakers” (which are tied to large decreases in stock prices) halts trading of an ETF’s shares. Other investment companies include Holding Company Depositary Receipts (“HOLDRs”). Because HOLDRs concentrate in the stocks of a particular industry, trends in that industry may have a dramatic impact on their value. In addition, shares of ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and are subject to secondary market trading risks. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads, and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and authorized participants may step away from making a market in an ETF’s shares, which could cause a material decline in the ETF’s net asset value.
Prepayment and Extension: Many types of fixed-income instruments are subject to prepayment and extension risk. Prepayment risk is the risk that the issuer of a fixed-income instrument will pay back the principal earlier than expected. This risk is heightened in a falling market interest rate environment. Prepayment may expose a Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. Also, if a fixed-income instrument subject to prepayment has been purchased at a premium, the value of the premium would be lost in the event of prepayment. Extension risk is the risk that the issuer of a fixed-income instrument will pay back the principal later than expected. This risk is heightened in a rising market interest rate environment. This may negatively affect performance, as the value of the fixed-income instrument decreases when principal payments are made later than expected. Additionally, a Fund may be prevented from investing proceeds it would have received at a given time at the higher prevailing interest rates.
Real Estate Companies and Real Estate Investment Trusts: Investing in real estate companies and REITs may subject a Fund to risks similar to those associated with the direct ownership of real estate, including losses from casualty or condemnation, changes in local and general economic conditions, supply and demand, market interest rates, zoning laws, regulatory limitations on rents, property taxes, overbuilding, high foreclosure rates, and operating expenses in addition to terrorist attacks, wars, or other acts that destroy real property. Some REITs may invest in a limited number of properties, in a narrow geographic area or in a single property type, which increases the risk that a Fund could be unfavorably affected by the poor performance of a single investment or investment type. These companies are also sensitive to factors such as changes in real estate values and property taxes, market interest rates, cash flow of underlying real estate assets, supply and demand, and the management skill and creditworthiness of the issuer.
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Borrowers could default on or sell investments the REIT holds, which could reduce the cash flow needed to make distributions to investors. In addition, REITs may also be affected by tax and regulatory requirements in that a REIT may not qualify for favorable tax treatment or regulatory exemptions. Investments in REITs are affected by the management skill of the REIT’s sponsor. A Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of expenses, including management fees, paid by each REIT in which it invests.
Restricted Securities: Securities that are not registered for sale to the public under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are referred to as “restricted securities.” These securities may be sold in private placement transactions between issuers and their purchasers and may be neither listed on an exchange nor traded in other established markets, and often, these securities are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. As a result of the absence of a public trading market, the prices of these securities may be more volatile, less liquid and more difficult to value than publicly traded securities. The price realized from the sale of these securities could be less than the amount originally paid or less than their fair value if they are resold in privately negotiated transactions. In addition, these securities may not be subject to disclosure and other investment protection requirements that are afforded to publicly traded securities. Certain investments may include investment in smaller, less seasoned issuers, which may involve greater risk.
Securities Lending: Securities lending involves two primary risks: “ investment risk ” and “ borrower default risk. ” When lending securities, a Fund will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that a Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that a Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing a Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of a Fund’s other risks.
A Fund seeks to minimize investment risk by limiting the investment of cash collateral to high-quality instruments of short maturity. In the event of a borrower default, a Fund will be protected to the extent the Fund is able to exercise its rights in the collateral promptly and the value of such collateral is sufficient to purchase replacement securities. A Fund is protected by its securities lending agent, which has agreed to indemnify the Fund from losses resulting from borrower default.
Small-Capitalization Company: Investments in small-capitalization companies may involve greater risk than is customarily associated with larger, more established companies due to the greater business risks of a limited operating history, small size, limited markets and financial resources, narrow product lines, less management depth and more reliance on key personnel. The securities of small-capitalization companies are subject to liquidity risk as they are often traded over-the-counter and may not be traded in volumes typically seen on national securities exchanges.
Sovereign Debt: Sovereign debt is issued or guaranteed by foreign (non-U.S.) government entities. Investments in sovereign debt are subject to the risk that a government entity may delay payment, restructure its debt, or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt due to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, social changes, the relative size of its debt position to its economy, or its failure to put in place economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or other multilateral agencies. If a government entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans. There is no legal process for collecting amounts owed on sovereign debt that a government does not pay.
Value Investing: Securities that appear to be undervalued may never appreciate to the extent expected. Further, because the prices of value-oriented securities tend to correlate more closely with economic cycles than growth-oriented securities, they generally are more sensitive to changing economic conditions, such as changes in market interest rates, corporate earnings and industrial production. The manager may be wrong in its assessment of a company’s value and the securities a Fund holds may not reach their full values. Risks associated with value investing include that a security that is perceived by the manager to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced and, thus, may not appreciate and provide anticipated capital growth. The market may not favor value-oriented securities and may not favor equities at all. During those periods, a Fund’s relative performance may suffer. There is a risk that funds that invest in value-oriented securities may underperform other funds that invest more broadly.
Further Information About Principal Risks
The following provides additional information about certain aspects of the principal risks described above.
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Counterparty: The entity with which a Fund conducts portfolio-related business (such as trading or securities lending), or that underwrites, distributes or guarantees investments or agreements that the Fund owns or is otherwise exposed to, may refuse or may become unable to honor its obligations under the terms of a transaction or agreement. As a result, the Fund may sustain losses and be less likely to achieve its investment objective. These risks may be greater when engaging in over-the-counter transactions or when a Fund conducts business with a limited number of counterparties.
Duration: One measure of risk for fixed-income instruments is duration. Duration measures the sensitivity of a bond’s price to market interest rate movements and is one of the tools used by a portfolio manager in selecting fixed-income instruments. Duration measures the average life of a bond on a present value basis by incorporating into one measure a bond’s yield, coupons, final maturity and call features. As a point of reference, the duration of a non-callable 7% coupon bond with a remaining maturity of 5 years is approximately 4.5 years and the duration of a non-callable 7% coupon bond with a remaining maturity of 10 years is approximately 8 years. Material changes in market interest rates may impact the duration calculation. For example, the price of a bond with an average duration of 5 years would be expected to fall approximately 5% if market interest rates rose by 1%. Conversely, the price of a bond with an average duration of 5 years would be expected to rise approximately 5% if market interest rates dropped by 1%.
Inflation: Inflation risk is the risk that the value of assets or income from a Fund's investments will be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of payments at future dates. As inflation increases, the value of a Fund’s portfolio could decline. Inflation rates may change frequently and drastically as a result of various factors and a Fund's investments may not keep pace with inflation, which may result in losses to the Fund’s investors or adversely affect the value of shareholders' investments in the Fund. Inflation has recently increased, and it cannot be predicted whether it may decline.
Investment by Other Funds: Certain funds-of-funds, including some Voya funds, may invest in a Fund. If investments by these other funds result in large inflows or outflows of cash from a Fund, a Fund could be required to sell securities or invest cash at times, or in ways, that could, among other things, negatively impact its performance, speed the realization of capital gains, increase its portfolio turnover, affect the liquidity of its portfolio, or increase transaction costs. The manager will monitor transactions by such funds-of-funds and will attempt to minimize any adverse effects these transactions may have on a Fund. If shares of a Fund are purchased by another fund in reliance on Section 12(d)(1)(G) of the 1940 Act or Rule 12d1-4 thereunder and the Fund purchases shares of other investment companies in reliance on Rule 12d1-4, the Fund will not be able to make new investments in other funds, including private funds, if, as a result of such investment, more than 10% of the Fund’s assets would be invested in other funds or private funds, subject to certain exceptions.
Leverage: Certain transactions and investment strategies may give rise to leverage. Such transactions and investment strategies include, but are not limited to: borrowing, dollar rolls, reverse repurchase agreements, loans of portfolio securities, short sales, and the use of when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment transactions. The use of certain derivatives may also increase leveraging risk and, in some cases, adverse changes in the value or level of a derivative’s underlying asset, rate, or index may result in potentially unlimited losses. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing a Fund to be more volatile than if the Fund had not been leveraged. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of a Fund’s other risks. The use of leverage may cause a Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so to satisfy its obligations or to meet regulatory requirements resulting in increased volatility of returns.
Manager: A Fund is subject to manager risk because it is an actively managed investment portfolio. The Investment Adviser, a Sub-Adviser or each individual portfolio manager will make judgments and apply investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions, but there can be no guarantee that these decisions will produce the desired results. A Fund’s portfolio may underperform other comparable funds because of portfolio management decisions related to, among other things, the selection of investments, portfolio construction, risk assessments, and/or the outlook on market trends and opportunities. Many managers of equity funds employ styles that are characterized as “value” or “growth.” However, these terms can have different applications by different managers. One manager’s value approach may be different from that of another, and one manager’s growth approach may be different from that of another. For example, some value managers employ a style in which they seek to identify companies that they believe are valued at a more substantial or “deeper discount” to a company’s net worth than other value managers. Therefore, some funds that are characterized as growth or value can have greater volatility than other funds managed by other managers in a growth or value style.
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Operational: A Fund, its service providers, and other market participants increasingly depend on complex information technology and communications systems to conduct business functions. These systems are subject to a number of different threats or risks that could adversely affect a Fund and its shareholders, despite the efforts of a Fund and its service providers to adopt technologies, processes, and practices intended to mitigate these risks. Cyber-attacks, disruptions, or failures that affect a Fund’s service providers, counterparties, market participants, or issuers of securities held by a Fund may adversely affect a Fund and its shareholders, including by causing losses or impairing the Fund’s operations. Information relating to a Fund’s investments has been and will in the future be delivered electronically, which can give rise to a number of risks, including, but not limited to, the risks that such communications may not be secure and may contain computer viruses or other defects, may not be accurately replicated on other systems, or may be intercepted, deleted or interfered with, without the knowledge of the sender or the intended recipient.
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A description of each Fund's policies and procedures regarding the release of portfolio holdings information is available in the Fund's SAI. Portfolio holdings information can be reviewed online at www.voyainvestments.com.
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The Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, an Arizona limited liability company, is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser. Voya Investments serves as the investment adviser to, and has overall responsibility for the management of , each Fund. Voya Investments oversees all investment advisory and portfolio management services, and assists in managing and supervising all aspects of the general day-to-day business activities and operations of each Fund, including, but not limited to, the following: custodial, transfer agency, dividend disbursing, accounting, auditing, compliance, and related services.
Voya Investments began business as an investment adviser in 1994 and currently serves as investment adviser to certain registered investment companies, consisting of open- and closed-end registered investment companies and collateralized loan obligations. Voya Investments is an indirect subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc. Voya Financial, Inc. is a U.S.-based financial institution whose subsidiaries operate in the retirement, investment, and insurance industries.
Voya Investments' principal office is located at 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258. As of December 31, 2022, Voya Investments managed approximately $73.2 billion in assets.
Management Fee
The Investment Adviser receives an annual fee for its services to each Fund. The fee is payable in monthly installments based on the average daily net assets of each Fund.
The Investment Adviser is responsible for all of its own costs, including costs of the personnel required to carry out its duties.
The following table shows the aggregate annual management fee paid by each Fund for the most recent fiscal year as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
 
Management Fees
Voya Global Bond Fund
0.50%
Voya Global High Dividend Low Volatility Fund
0.50%
Voya International High Dividend Low Volatility Fund
0.50%
Voya Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund
0.99%
Voya Multi-Manager International Equity Fund
0.85%
Voya Multi-Manager International Factors Fund
0.65%
Voya Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund
1.00%
For information regarding the basis of the Board’s approval of the investment advisory and investment sub-advisory relationships, please refer to the Funds’ unaudited semi-annual shareholder report which will cover the six-month period ending April 30, 2023.
The Sub-Advisers and Portfolio Managers
The Investment Adviser has engaged one or more sub-advisers to provide the day-to-day management of each Fund's portfolio. One of these sub-advisers is an affiliate of the Investment Adviser.
The Investment Adviser acts as a “manager-of-managers” for each Fund. The Investment Adviser has ultimate responsibility, subject to the oversight of each Fund’s Board, to oversee any sub-advisers and to recommend the hiring, termination, or replacement of sub-advisers. Each Fund and the Investment Adviser have received exemptive relief from the SEC which permits the Investment Adviser, with the approval of the Board but without obtaining shareholder approval, to enter into or materially amend a sub-advisory agreement with sub-advisers that are not affiliated with the Investment Adviser (“non-affiliated sub-advisers”) as well as sub-advisers that are indirect or direct, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Investment Adviser or of another company that indirectly or directly wholly owns the Investment Adviser (“wholly-owned sub-advisers”).
Consistent with the “manager-of-managers” structure, the Investment Adviser delegates to the sub-adviser(s) of each Fund the responsibility for day-to-day investment management, subject to the Investment Adviser’s oversight. The Investment Adviser is responsible for, among other things, monitoring the investment program and performance of the sub-adviser(s). Pursuant to the exemptive relief, the Investment Adviser, with the approval of the Board, has the discretion to terminate any sub-adviser (including terminating a non-affiliated sub-adviser and replacing it with a wholly-owned sub-adviser), and to allocate and reallocate a Fund’s assets among other sub-advisers.
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The Investment Adviser’s selection of sub-advisers presents conflicts of interest. The Investment Adviser will have an economic incentive to select sub-advisers that charge the lowest sub-advisory fees, to select sub-advisers affiliated with it, or to manage a portion of a Fund itself. The Investment Adviser may retain an affiliated sub-adviser (or delay terminating an affiliated sub-adviser) in order to help that sub-adviser achieve or maintain scale in an investment strategy or increase its assets under management. The Investment Adviser may select or retain an affiliated sub-adviser even in cases where another potential sub-adviser or an existing sub-adviser might charge a lower fee or have more favorable historical investment performance.
In the event that the Investment Adviser exercises its discretion to replace a sub-adviser or appoint a new sub-adviser, the Fund will provide shareholders with information about the new sub-adviser and the new sub-advisory agreement within 90 days. The replacement of an existing sub-adviser or appointment of a new sub-adviser may be accompanied by a change to the name of the Fund and a change to the investment strategies of the Fund.
A sub-advisory agreement can be terminated by the Investment Adviser, a Fund’s Board, or a sub-adviser, provided that the conditions of such termination, as set forth in the agreement, are met. In addition, a sub-advisory agreement may be terminated by a Fund’s shareholders. In the event a sub-advisory agreement is terminated, the sub-adviser(s) may be replaced, subject to any regulatory requirements, or the Investment Adviser may assume day-to-day investment management of the Fund.
The “manager-of-managers” structure and reliance on the exemptive relief has been approved by each Fund’s shareholders.
Voya Global Bond Fund, Voya Global High Dividend Low Volatility Fund, and Voya International High Dividend Low Volatility Fund
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM” or the “Sub-Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, was founded in 1972 and is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser. Voya IM is an indirect subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc. and is an affiliate of the Investment Adviser. Voya IM has acted as an investment adviser or sub-adviser to mutual funds since 1994 and has managed institutional accounts since 1972. Voya IM is an indirect subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc. and is an affiliate of the Investment Adviser. Voya IM's principal office is located at 230 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10169. As of December 31, 2022, Voya IM managed approximately $321 billion in assets.
Voya Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Voya Multi-Manager International Equity Fund, Voya Multi-Manager International Factors Fund, and Voya Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund
The Multi-Manager Approach
Voya Investments allocates each respective Fund’s assets to different sub-advisers. Voya Investments may, from time to time, directly manage a portion of a Fund’s assets to seek to manage the Fund’s overall risk exposure, to achieve the Fund’s desired risk/return profile, and to effect the Fund’s investment strategies.
Delaware Investments Fund Advisers, Van Eck Associates Corporation, and Voya IM are the sub-advisers of Voya Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund. Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited, Polaris Capital Management, LLC, and Wellington Management Company LLP are the sub-advisers of Voya Multi-Manager International Equity Fund. PanAgora Asset Management, Inc. and Voya IM are the sub-advisers of Voya Multi-Manager International Factors Fund. Acadian Asset Management LLC and Victory Capital Management Inc. are the sub-advisers of Voya Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund. Each sub-adviser makes investment decisions for the assets it has been allocated to manage. The Investment Adviser may change the allocation of a Fund's assets between the sub-advisers as it determines necessary to pursue each Fund's investment objective.
For each Fund, the Investment Adviser will determine what it believes to be the optimal allocation of the assets under management among the Fund’s sub-advisers. Subsequent inflows and outflows will be allocated between a Fund’s sub-advisers to maintain the Investment Adviser’s determined allocation.
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Acadian Asset Management LLC
Acadian Asset Management LLC (“Acadian” or the “Sub-Adviser”) is an SEC-registered investment adviser and a subsidiary of BrightSphere Affiliate Holdings LLC, which is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of BrightSphere Investment Group Inc., a publicly listed company on the New York Stock Exchange. Acadian is an SEC-registered investment adviser and Boston-headquartered investment management firm that, along with its wholly-owned Australia, Singapore, and UK affiliates, specializes in the active investment management of global and international equity strategies. The principal address of Acadian is 260 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. As of December 31, 2022, Acadian had assets under management of approximately $93 billion.
Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited
Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited (“BG Overseas” or the “Sub-Adviser”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Baillie Gifford & Co., a Scottish investment company. Founded in 1908, Baillie Gifford & Co. manages money primarily for institutional clients. It is one of the largest independently owned investment management firms in the UK which, as of December 31, 2022 had approximately $268.7 billion in assets under management. The principal address of BG Overseas is Calton Square, 1 Greenside Row, Edinburgh, EH1 3AN, Scotland. As of December 31, 2022, BG Overseas had assets under management of over $148.0 billion.
Delaware Investments Fund Advisers
Delaware Investments Fund Advisers (“DIFA” or the “Sub-Adviser”) is a series of Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust (“MIMBT”), which is a subsidiary of Macquarie Management Holdings, Inc. (“MMHI”). Macquarie Group Limited, an Australian publicly held company (ASX: MQG), indirectly holds, through its subsidiaries, all of the voting equity of MMHI. MIMBT is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser and its predecessors have advised publicly offered mutual funds since 1938. The principal address of DIFA is 610 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106. As of December 31, 2022 MMHI and its subsidiaries managed $195.22 billion in assets under management.
DIFA has entered into an agreement whereby DIFA may delegate certain of its investment advisory services to Macquarie Investment Management Global Limited (“MIMGL”), which is an affiliated investment adviser. The principal address for MIMGL is 50 Martin Place, Sydney, Australia 2000.
PanAgora Asset Management, Inc.
PanAgora Asset Management, Inc. (“PanAgora” or the “Sub-Adviser”), a Delaware corporation, is an SEC-registered investment adviser located at One International Place, 24th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 and was founded in 1985. As of December 31, 2022, PanAgora had assets under management of approximately $31.9 billion.
Polaris Capital Management, LLC
Polaris Capital Management, LLC (“Polaris” or the “Sub-Adviser”), is an SEC-registered investment adviser whose principal address is located at 121 High Street, Boson, Massachusetts 02110. As of December 31, 2022, Polaris had approximately $12.42 billion in assets under management for institutional clients and affluent individuals.
Van Eck Associates Corporation
Van Eck Associates Corporation (“VanEck” or the “Sub-Adviser”) has been an investment adviser since 1955 and also acts as adviser or sub-adviser to other mutual funds, ETFs, other pooled investment vehicles, and separate accounts. Jan F. van Eck and members of his family own 100% of the voting stock of VanEck. The principal address of VanEck is 666 Third Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10017-4033. As of December 31, 2022, VanEck had approximately $69.03 billion in assets under management.
Victory Capital Management Inc.
Victory Capital Management Inc. (“Victory Capital” or the “Sub-Adviser”) is a New York corporation registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. The principal address of Victory Capital is 15935 La Cantera Pkwy, San Antonio, Texas 78256. As of December 31, 2022, Victory Capital had approximately $152.95 billion in assets under management and advisement. Victory Capital manages its portion of Voya Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund through its investment franchise, Trivalent Investments.
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Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Voya IM, a Delaware limited liability company, was founded in 1972 and is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser. Voya IM is an indirect subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc. and is an affiliate of the Investment Adviser. Voya IM has acted as adviser or sub-adviser to mutual funds since 1994 and has managed institutional accounts since 1972. Voya IM's principal office is located at 230 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10169. As of December 31, 2022, Voya IM managed approximately $321 billion in assets.
Wellington Management Company LLP
Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington Management” or the “Sub-Adviser”) is a Delaware limited liability partnership. Wellington Management is a professional investment counseling firm which provides services to investment companies, employee benefit plans, endowments, foundations, and other institutions. Wellington Management and its predecessor organizations have provided investment advisory services for over 80 years. Wellington Management is owned by the partners of Wellington Management Group LLP, a Massachusetts limited liability partnership. The principal address of Wellington Management is 280 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210. As of December 31, 2022, Wellington Management and its investment advisory affiliates had investment management authority with respect to approximately $1.15 trillion in assets.
Individual Portfolio Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the noted Funds.
Portfolio Manager
Investment
Adviser or
Sub-Adviser
Fund
Recent Professional Experience
Sean Banai, CFA
Voya IM
Voya Global Bond Fund
Mr. Banai, Portfolio Manager, is head of portfolio
management for the fixed-income platform at Voya
IM. Previously, he was a senior portfolio manager
and, before that, he was head of quantitative
research for proprietary fixed income. Prior to joining
Voya IM in 1999, Mr. Banai was a partner in a
private sector company.
Sumanta Biswas, CFA
Polaris
Voya Multi-Manager International
Equity Fund
Mr. Biswas, Portfolio Manager, and Vice President of
Polaris joined Polaris in 2002 as an analyst.
Brendan O. Bradley, Ph.D.
Acadian
Voya Multi-Manager International
Small Cap Fund
Mr. Bradley, Executive Vice President and Chief
Investment Officer, joined Acadian in 2004. He has
served as the firm’s Director of Portfolio
Management, overseeing portfolio management
policy, and was previously the Director of Acadian’s
Managed Volatility strategies. Mr. Bradley is a
member of several oversight committees at Acadian,
including the Board of Managers, Executive
Management Team, Executive Committee, and
Responsible Investing Committee.
Iain Campbell
BG Overseas
Voya Multi-Manager International
Equity Fund
Mr. Campbell, Portfolio Manager, Investment
Specialist in the Japanese Specialist Team and a
partner of Baillie Gifford & Co. He has been a
member of the International All Cap Portfolio
Construction Group since 2010. Before joining BG
Overseas in 2004, Mr. Campbell worked for
Goldman Sachs in the investment banking division.
Liu-Er Chen, CFA
DIFA
Voya Multi-Manager Emerging
Markets Equity Fund
Mr. Chen, Senior Vice President and Chief
Investment Officer-Emerging Markets and
Healthcare, heads DIFA’s global emerging markets
team. Prior to joining DIFA in September 2006, he
spent nearly 11 years at Evergreen Investment
Management Company.
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Portfolio Manager
Investment
Adviser or
Sub-Adviser
Fund
Recent Professional Experience
Nicolas M.
Choumenkovitch
Wellington
Management
Voya Multi-Manager International
Equity Fund
Mr. Choumenkovitch, Senior Managing Director and
Equity Portfolio Manager, joined Wellington
Management as an investment professional in
1995.
Vincent Costa, CFA
Voya IM
Voya Global High Dividend Low
Volatility Fund
Voya International High
Dividend Low Volatility Fund
Mr. Costa, Portfolio Manager, also serves as Head of
the global equities team and as portfolio manager
forthe active quantitative strategies and the U.S.
large cap value portfolios. He joined Voya IM in April
2006 as head of portfolio management for
quantitative equity. Prior to joining Voya IM, Mr.
Costa managed quantitative equity investments at
both Merrill Lynch Investment Management and
Bankers Trust Company
Jason Crawshaw
Polaris
Voya Multi-Manager International
Equity Fund
Mr. Crawshaw, Portfolio Manager, joined Polaris in
2014 as an analyst.
Peg DiOrio, CFA
Voya IM
Voya Global High Dividend Low
Volatility Fund
Voya International High
Dividend Low Volatility Fund
Ms. DiOrio, Portfolio Manager, is the head of
quantitative equity portfolio management at Voya IM
and serves as a portfolio manager for the active
quantitative strategies. Prior to joining Voya IM in
2012, she was a quantitative analyst with Alliance
Bernstein/Sanford C. Bernstein for sixteen years
where she was responsible for multivariate and time
series analysis for low volatility strategies, global
equities, REITs and options. Previously, Ms. DiOrio
was a senior investmentplanning analyst with
Sanford C. Bernstein.
Sophie Earnshaw, CFA
BG Overseas
Voya Multi-Manager International
Equity Fund
Ms. Earnshaw, Portfolio Manager, in the Emerging
Markets Equity Team. She joined BG Overseas in
2010 and has been a member of the International
All Cap Portfolio Construction Group since 2014.
John W. Evers, CFA
Victory
Capital
Voya Multi-Manager International
Small Cap Fund
Mr. Evers, Senior Portfolio Manager has been with
Victory Capital’s Trivalent Investments since 2014.
From 2007-2014, he was a Senior Portfolio
Manager of Munder Capital Management, which was
acquired by Victory Capital in 2014.
Joe Faraday, CFA
BG Overseas
Voya Multi-Manager International
Equity Fund
Mr. Faraday, Portfolio Manager, joined BG Overseas
in 2002. He has worked as an investment manager
on the European, North American, Developed Asia,
and Emerging Markets Equity teams. Mr. Faraday
has been a member of the International All Cap
Portfolio Construction Group since 2007.
Bernard R. Horn, Jr.
Polaris
Voya Multi-Manager International
Equity Fund
Mr. Horn, Portfolio Manager, is the Founder,
President and Chief Investment Officer of Polaris. He
founded Polaris in 1995.
Jaime Lee, PhD
PanAgora
Voya Multi-Manager
International Factors Fund
Dr. Lee, Portfolio Manager and Managing Director at
PanAgora, leads PanAgora’s Dynamic Equity
Management Team. Dr. Lee joined PanAgora in
November 2015. Prior to joining PanAgora, she was
with BlackRock, Inc. since 2007 where she was a
Portfolio Manager and Managing Director of the
Scientific Active Equity team at BlackRock,Inc.
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Portfolio Manager
Investment
Adviser or
Sub-Adviser
Fund
Recent Professional Experience
Daniel B. LeVan, CFA
Victory
Capital
Voya Multi-Manager International
Small Cap Fund
Mr. LeVan, Lead Portfolio Manager, Chief Investment
Officer of Victory Capital’s Trivalent Investments, has
been with Victory Capital since 2014. From
2007-2014, he was a Senior Portfolio Manager of
Munder Capital Management, which was acquired
by Victory Capital in 2014.
Milena Mileva
BG Overseas
Voya Multi-Manager International
Equity Fund
Ms. Mileva, Portfolio Manager, in the UK Equity Team
and partner of Baillie Gifford & Co. She joined BG
Overseas in 2009 and has been a member of the
International All Cap Portfolio Construction Group
since 2022.
George D. Mussalli, CFA
PanAgora
Voya Multi-Manager
International Factors Fund
Mr. Mussalli, Portfolio Manager, is the Chief
Investment Officer and Head of Research, Equity at
PanAgora. Mr. Mussalli is responsible for oversight of
the firm’s Dynamic and Stock Selector Equity
strategies, as well as the Equity Trading and
Implementation, Data Science and Portfolio Strategy
teams. He joined PanAgora in June 2004.
Stephen Paice
BG Overseas
Voya Multi-Manager International
Equity Fund
Mr. Paice, Portfolio Manager, in the European Equity
Team. He joined BG Overseas in 2005 and has
spent time in the U.S., UK Smaller Companies and
Japanese Equities teams. Mr. Paice has been a
member of the International All Cap Portfolio
Construction Group in since 2022.
David A. Semple
VanEck
Voya Multi-Manager Emerging
Markets Equity Fund
Mr. Semple, Portfolio Manager, is primarily
responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund’s assets allocated to VanEck. He has been with
VanEck since 1998 and is currently the portfolio
manager of various funds advised by VanEck. Mr.
Semple is responsible for asset allocation and stock
selection in global emerging markets.
Angus Shillington
VanEck
Voya Multi-Manager Emerging
Markets Equity Fund
Mr. Shillington, Assistant Portfolio Manager, joined
VanEck in 2009 and currently serves on the
investment team for various funds advised by
VanEck. Prior to joining VanEck, he was the Head of
International Equity at ABN Amro from 2006 to
2008 and Managing Director at BNP Paribas from
2001 to 2006.
Tara Connolly Stilwell, CFA
Wellington
Management
Voya Multi-Manager International
Equity Fund
Ms. Stilwell, Senior Managing Director and Equity
Portfolio Manager, is involved in portfolio
management and securities analysis at Wellington
Management. She joined Wellington Management as
an investment professional in 2008.
Ryan D. Taliaferro, Ph.D.
Acadian
Voya Multi-Manager International
Small Cap Fund
Mr. Taliaferro, Senior Vice President, Director, Equity
Strategies, joined Acadian in 2011. Previously, he
was the lead portfolio manager for Acadian’s
Managed Volatility Strategies. He is also a member
of the Acadian Executive Committee.
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Portfolio Manager
Investment
Adviser or
Sub-Adviser
Fund
Recent Professional Experience
Brian Timberlake, Ph.D.,
CFA
Voya IM
Voya Global Bond Fund
Dr. Timberlake, Portfolio Manager, is currently Head
of Fixed Income Research. Prior to this position,he
was Head of Quantitative Research and before that,
a Senior Quantitative Analyst. Dr. Timberlake joined
Voya IM in 2003.
Steve Wetter
Voya IM
Voya Global High Dividend Low
Volatility Fund
Voya International High
Dividend Low Volatility Fund
Voya Multi-Manager Emerging
Markets Equity Fund
Voya Multi-Manager
International Factors Fund
Mr. Wetter, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for
portfolio management of the index, active
quantitative, and smart beta strategies. He joined
Voya IM in April 2012 and prior to that he was a
portfolio manager and trader at Mellon Asset
Management (2007 – 2009) and Northern Trust
(2003 – 2007).
Kai Yee Wong
Voya IM
Voya Global High Dividend Low
Volatility Fund
Voya International High
Dividend Low Volatility Fund
Voya Multi-Manager Emerging
Markets Equity Fund
Voya Multi-Manager
International Factors Fund
Ms. Wong, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the
portfolio management of the index, active
quantitative, and smart beta strategies. Prior to
joining Voya IM in 2012, she worked as a senior
equity portfolio manager at Northern Trust,
responsible for managing various global indices
including developed, emerging, real estate, Topix,
and socially responsible benchmarks (2003 –
2009).
Bin Xiao, CFA
Polaris
Voya Multi-Manager International
Equity Fund
Mr. Xiao, Portfolio Manager, joined Polaris in 2006
as an analyst.
Paul Zemsky, CFA
Voya
Investments
(Investment
Adviser)
Voya Multi-Manager Emerging
Markets Equity Fund
Voya Multi-Manager International
Equity Fund
Voya Multi-Manager
International Factors Fund
Voya Multi-Manager International
Small Cap Fund
Portfolio Manager, and Chief Investment Officer of
Voya IM’s Multi-Asset Strategies. Mr. Zemsky joined
Voya IM in 2005 as head of derivative strategies.
Additional Information Regarding the Portfolio Managers
The SAI provides additional information about each portfolio manager’s compensation, other accounts managed by each portfolio manager, and the securities each portfolio manager owns in the Fund(s) the portfolio manager manages.
The Distributor
Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (the “Distributor”), a Delaware limited liability company, is the principal underwriter and distributor of each Fund. The Distributor is an indirect subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc. and is an affiliate of the Investment Adviser. The Distributor’s principal office is located at 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258. See “Principal Underwriter” in the SAI.
The Distributor is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). To obtain information about FINRA member firms and their associated persons, you may contact FINRA at www.finra.org or the Public Disclosure Hotline at 800-289-9999.
Contractual Arrangements
Each Fund has contractual arrangements with various service providers, which may include, among others, investment advisers, distributors, custodians and fund accounting agents, shareholder service providers, and transfer agents, who provide services to each Fund. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended (“third-party”) beneficiaries of, any of those contractual arrangements, and those contractual arrangements are not intended to create in any individual
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shareholder or group of shareholders any right to enforce them against the service providers or to seek any remedy under them against the service providers, either directly or on behalf of a Fund. This paragraph is not intended to limit any rights granted to shareholders under federal or state securities laws.
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Choosing a Share Class
When choosing between classes, you should carefully consider: (1) how long you plan to hold shares of a Fund; (2) the amount of your investment; (3) the expenses you will pay for each class, including ongoing annual expenses along with the initial sales charge or the contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”); and (4) whether you qualify for any sales charge discounts. Please review the disclosure about all of the available share classes carefully. Before investing, you should discuss with your financial intermediary which share class may be right for you.
The table below summarizes the features of the classes of shares available through this Prospectus. Fund charges may vary so you should review each Fund's fee table included in the summary section of this Prospectus as well as the section entitled “Sales Charges” in this Prospectus.
Summary of primary differences among share classes:
Class A
 
Initial Sales Charge
Up to 2.50% (reduced for purchases of $100,000 or more and
eliminated for purchases of $500,000 or more) for Voya Global
Bond Fund
Up to 5.75% (reduced for purchases of $50,000 or more and
eliminated for purchases of $1 million or more) for all other
Funds
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
None (except that with respect to purchases of $1 million or
more ($500,000 or more for Voya Global Bond Fund) for which
the initial sales charge was waived, a charge of 1.00% applies to
redemptions made within 18 months (12 months for Voya Global
Bond Fund))1
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
0.25% annually
Purchase Maximum
None
Minimum Initial Purchase/Minimum Account Size
$1,000 ($250 for IRAs)/$1,000 ($250 for IRAs)
Minimum Subsequent Purchases
None (At least $100/month for pre-authorized investment plan)
Minimum Initial Account Balance for Systematic Exchange
Privilege
$5,000
Conversion
None
Class C
 
Initial Sales Charge
None
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
1.00% if the shares are sold within one year from the date of
purchase
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
1.00% annually
Purchase Maximum
$1,000,000
Minimum Initial Purchase/Minimum Account Size
$1,000 ($250 for IRAs)/$1,000 ($250 for IRAs)
Minimum Subsequent Purchases
None (At least $100/month for pre-authorized investment plan)
Minimum Initial Account Balance for Systematic Exchange
Privilege
$5,000
Conversion
Automatic conversion to Class A shares at net asset value
(without the imposition of a sales charge) after 8 years
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Class I
 
Initial Sales Charge
None
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
None
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
None
Purchase Maximum
None
Minimum Initial Purchase2/Minimum Account Size
$250,000/$250,000
Minimum Subsequent Purchases
None (At least $100/month for pre-authorized investment plan)
Minimum Initial Account Balance for Systematic Exchange
Privilege
None
Conversion
None
Class P
 
Initial Sales Charge
None
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
None
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
None
Purchase Maximum
None
Minimum Initial Purchase/Minimum Account Size
None/None
Minimum Subsequent Purchases
None
Minimum Initial Account Balance for Systematic Exchange
Privilege
None
Conversion
None
Class R
 
Initial Sales Charge
None
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
None
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
0.50% annually
Purchase Maximum
None
Minimum Initial Purchase/Minimum Account Size
None/None
Minimum Subsequent Purchases
None
Minimum Initial Account Balance for Systematic Exchange
Privilege
None
Conversion
None
Class R6
 
Initial Sales Charge
None
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
None
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
None
Purchase Maximum
None
Minimum Initial Purchase3/Minimum Account Size
$1,000,000/$1,000,000
Minimum Subsequent Purchases
None
Minimum Initial Account Balance for Systematic Exchange
Privilege
None
Conversion
None
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Class W
 
Initial Sales Charge
None
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
None
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
None
Purchase Maximum
None
Minimum Initial Purchase/Minimum Account Size
$1,000/$1,000
Minimum Subsequent Purchases
None (At least $100/month for pre-authorized investment plan)
Minimum Initial Account Balance for Systematic Exchange
Privilege
None
Conversion
None
1
A contingent deferred sales charge applies to shares purchased without an initial sales charge, as part of an investment of $1,000,000 or more ($500,000 or more for Voya Global Bond Fund), and redeemed within 18 months of purchase (12 months of purchase for Voya Global Bond Fund). For shares of Voya Global Bond Fund purchased prior to August 3, 2020 without an initial sales charge, as part of an investment of $500,000 or more, a contingent deferred sales charge applies if redeemed within 6 months of purchase.
2
For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya IM who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the Distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts; or (iv) members of the Adviser’s Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions team purchasing shares of Voya Multi-Manager International Equity Fund.
3
The minimum initial investment requirement for Class R6 shares is $1,000,000 for non-retirement accounts. There is no minimum initial investment requirement for retirement accounts, certain omnibus accounts, and pre-authorized investment plans.
Please refer to the minimum investments table on page 90 for additional information.
The relative impact of the initial sales charge, if applicable, and ongoing annual expenses will depend on the length of time a share is held. Higher distribution fees mean a higher expense ratio, so Class C shares and Class R shares pay correspondingly lower dividends and may have a lower net asset value (“NAV”) than Class A shares.
Because a Fund may not be able to identify an individual investor's trading activities when investing through omnibus account arrangements, you and/or your financial intermediary are responsible for ensuring that your investment in Class C shares does not exceed $1,000,000. A Fund cannot ensure that it will identify purchase orders that would cause your investment in Class C shares to exceed the maximum allowed amount. When investing through such arrangements, you and/or your financial intermediary should be diligent in determining that you have selected the appropriate share class for you.
You and/or your financial intermediary should also take care to assure that you are receiving any sales charge reductions or other benefits to which you may be entitled. As an example, as is discussed below, you may be able to reduce a Class A sales charge payable by aggregating purchases to achieve breakpoint discounts. Each Fund uses the net amount invested when determining whether a shareholder has reached the required investment amount in order to be eligible for a breakpoint discount. In order to ensure that you are receiving any applicable sales charge reduction, it may be necessary for you to inform the Fund or your financial intermediary of the existence of other accounts that may be eligible to be aggregated. The SAI discusses specific classes of investors who may be eligible for a reduced sales charge. In addition, investors investing in a Fund through an intermediary should consult Appendix A to this Prospectus, which includes information regarding financial intermediary specific sales charges and related discount policies that apply to purchases through certain specified intermediaries. Before investing you should discuss which share class may be right for you with your financial intermediary.
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
Each Fund pays fees to the Distributor on an ongoing basis as compensation for the services the Distributor provides and the expenses it bears in connection with the sale and distribution of Fund shares (“distribution fees”) and/or in connection with personal services rendered to Fund shareholders and the maintenance of shareholder accounts (“service
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fees”). These payments are made pursuant to distribution and/or shareholder servicing plans adopted by each Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act (“12b-1 Plan”). Because these distribution and service fees are paid on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.
Each Fund (except Voya Multi-Manager International Equity Fund and Voya Multi-Manager International Factors Fund) has adopted a 12b-1 Plan for at least one of the following share classes: Class A, Class C, and Class R shares. The following table lists the maximum annual rates at which the distribution and/or servicing fees may be paid under a 12b-1 Plan (calculated as a percentage of each Fund's average daily net assets attributable to the particular class of shares):
Fund
Class A
Class C
Class R
Voya Global Bond Fund
0.25%
1.00%
0.50%
Voya Global High Dividend Low Volatility Fund
0.25%
1.00%
N/A
Voya International High Dividend Low Volatility Fund
0.25%
N/A
N/A
Voya Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund
0.25%
1.00%
0.50%
Voya Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund
0.25%
1.00%
N/A
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SALES CHARGES

Each Fund makes available in a clear and prominent format, free of charge, on its website, (www.voyainvestments.com), information regarding applicable sales loads, reduced sales charges (i.e., breakpoint discounts), sales load waivers, eligibility minimums and purchases of a Fund's shares. The website includes hyperlinks that facilitate access to the information.
Class A Shares
This section includes important information about sales charges and sales charge reduction programs available to investors in a Fund's Class A shares and describes the information or records you may need to provide to the Distributor or your financial intermediary in order to be eligible for sales charge reduction programs.
Unless you are eligible for a waiver, the public offering price you pay when you buy Class A shares is the NAV of the shares at the time of purchase, plus an initial sales charge. The initial sales charge varies depending on the size of your purchase, as set forth in the following tables. No sales charge is imposed when Class A shares are issued to you pursuant to the automatic reinvestment of income dividends or capital gains distributions. For investors investing in Class A shares through a financial intermediary, it is the responsibility of the financial intermediary to ensure that the investor obtains the proper breakpoint discount, if any.
Because the offering price is calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward rounding was required during the calculation process.
Class A shares (except Voya Global Bond Fund) are sold subject to the following sales charge:
Your Investment
As a % of
the offering price
As a % of net
asset value
Less than $50,000
5.75
6.10
$50,000 - $99,999
4.50
4.71
$100,000 - $249,999
3.50
3.63
$250,000 - $499,999
2.50
2.56
$500,000 - $999,999
2.00
2.04
$1,000,000 and over1
N/A
N/A
Class A shares of Voya Global Bond Fund are sold subject to the following sales charge:
Your Investment
As a % of the
offering
price
As a % of net
asset value
Less than $100,000
2.50
2.56
$100,000 - $499,999
2.00
2.04
$500,000 and over1
N/A
N/A
1
See CDSC - Class A Shares below.
Shareholders that purchased funds that were a part of the Lexington family of funds or the Aetna family of funds prior to February 2, 1998, at the time of purchase, are not subject to sales charges for the life of their account on purchases made directly with a Fund. Former Class C shareholders that were converted to Class A shares are not subject to a sales charge for the life of their account on purchases made directly with a Fund. Shareholders that exchanged Class O shares for Class A shares of a Fund are not subject to sales charges for additional purchases of Class A shares of that Fund for the life of their account.
CDSC - Class A Shares
Investments of $1,000,000 or More. There is no front-end sales charge if you purchase Class A shares in an amount of $1,000,000 or more ($500,000 or more for Voya Global Bond Fund). However, these shares will be subject to a 1.00% CDSC if they are redeemed within 18 months of purchase (12 months of purchase for Voya Global Bond Fund).
Class C Shares
Unless you are eligible for a waiver, if you sell your Class C shares within the time periods specified below, you will pay a CDSC according to the following schedules. It is the responsibility of your financial intermediary to ensure that you are credited with the proper holding period for the shares redeemed.
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Class C shares are offered at their NAV per share without any initial sales charge. However, you may be charged a CDSC on shares that you sell within a certain period of time after you bought them. The amount of the CDSC is based on the lesser of the NAV of the shares at the time of purchase or redemption. The CDSCs are as follows:
Years after purchase
CDSC on shares being sold
1st year
1.00%
After 1st year
None
To keep your CDSC as low as possible, each time you place a request to redeem shares, a Fund will first redeem shares in your account that are not subject to a CDSC and then will sell shares that have the lowest CDSC.
There is no CDSC on shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions.
CDSC on Exchange into Voya Credit Income Fund (formerly, Voya Senior Income Fund)
You are not required to pay an applicable CDSC upon an exchange from a Fund described in this Prospectus into Voya Credit Income Fund. However, if you exchange into Voya Credit Income Fund and subsequently offer your common shares for repurchase by Voya Credit Income Fund, a Fund's CDSC will apply. After an exchange into Voya Credit Income Fund, the time period for application of the CDSC will be calculated based on the first date you acquired your shares.
Reduced or Waived Front-End Sales Charges or CDSC
The sales charge and CDSC waiver categories described in this section do not apply to customers purchasing shares of a Fund through any of the financial intermediaries specified in Appendix A to this Prospectus (each a “Specified Intermediary”). In all instances, it is the investor’s responsibility to notify a Fund or the investor’s financial intermediary at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts qualifying the purchaser for sales charge waivers or discounts.
Different financial intermediaries may apply different sales charge or CDSC waivers. Please refer to Appendix A for the sales charge or CDSC waivers that are applicable to each Specified Intermediary.
Investors in a Fund could reduce or eliminate sales charges applicable to the purchase of Class A shares through utilization of the Letter of Intent, Rights of Accumulation, or Combination Privilege. These programs are summarized below and are described in greater detail in the SAI.
You may reduce the initial sales charge on a purchase of Class A shares of a Fund by combining multiple purchases to take advantage of the breakpoints in the sales charge schedules. You may do this by:
Letter of Intent—lets you purchase shares over a 13-month period and pay the same sales charge as if the shares had all been purchased at once;
Rights of Accumulation—lets you add the value of shares of any open-end Voya mutual fund (excluding Voya Government Money Market Fund) you already own to the amount of your next purchase for purposes of calculating the sales charge; or
Combination Privilege—shares held by investors in the Voya mutual funds which impose a CDSC may be combined with Class A shares for a reduced sales charge.
In addition, certain investors may be eligible for special purchases of Class A shares at NAV. This may be done by:
Reinstatement Privilege—If you sell Class A shares of a Fund (or shares of other Voya mutual funds managed by the Adviser) and reinvest any of the proceeds in Class A shares of another Voya mutual fund within 90 days. For additional information regarding the reinstatement privilege, contact a Shareholder Services Representative or see the SAI; or
Purchases by Certain Accounts—Class A shares may be purchased at NAV by certain fee-based programs offered through selected registered investment advisers, broker-dealers, and other financial intermediaries. Class A shares may also be purchased at NAV by shareholders that purchase a Fund through a financial intermediary that offers our Class A shares uniformly on a “no load” (or reduced load) basis to you and all similarly situated customers of the intermediary in accordance with the intermediary's prescribed fee schedule for purchases of fund shares, including by shareholders that purchase shares through a financial intermediary that has entered into an agreement with the Distributor to offer shares to self-directed investment brokerage accounts that may or may not charge a transaction fee to its customers.
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See the Account Application or the SAI for additional information regarding the reduction of Class A shares' charges, or contact your financial intermediary or a Shareholder Services Representative for more information.
Required Shareholder Information and Records. In order for investors in Class A shares of a Fund to take advantage of sales charge reductions, an investor or his/her financial intermediary must notify the Distributor that the investor qualifies for such reduction. If the Distributor is not notified that the investor is eligible for these reductions, the Distributor will be unable to ensure that the reduction is applied to the investor's account. An investor may have to provide certain information or records, including account statements, to his/her financial intermediary or to the Distributor to verify the investor's eligibility for breakpoint privileges or other sales charge waivers.
CDSC Waivers. If you notify a Fund's transfer agent, BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (the “Transfer Agent”), at the time of redemption, the CDSC for Class A and Class C shares will be waived in the following cases:
Redemptions following the death or permanent disability of a shareholder if made within one year of death or the initial determination of permanent disability. The waiver is available only for shares held at the time of death or initial determination of permanent disability.
Redemptions for Class C shares, pursuant to a Systematic Withdrawal Plan, up to a maximum of 12% per year of a shareholder's account value based on the value of the account at the time the plan is established and annually thereafter.
Mandatory distributions from “employee benefit plans” or an individual retirement account (“IRA”).
Reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions.
In addition, the CDSC will be waived on the redemption of shares held through an intermediary if the intermediary has entered into an agreement with the Distributor to waive the CDSC. If you think you may be eligible for a CDSC waiver, contact your financial intermediary or a Shareholder Services Representative.
Reinstatement Privilege. If you sell Class A or Class C shares of a Fund you may be eligible for a full or prorated credit of the CDSC paid on the sale when you make an investment up to the amount redeemed in the same share class within 90 days of the eligible sale. Reinstated Class C shares will retain their original cost and purchase date for purposes of the CDSC. This privilege can be used only once per calendar year. If you want to use the Reinstatement Privilege, contact your financial intermediary or a Shareholder Services Representative, or see the SAI for more information. An investor may be asked to provide information or records, including account statements, regarding shares of a Fund held in all of the investor's accounts held directly with the Trust or through a financial intermediary; any account of the investor at another financial intermediary; and accounts of related parties of the investor, such as members of the same family or household, at any financial intermediary.
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HOW SHARES ARE PRICED

Each Fund is open for business every day the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) opens for regular trading (each such day, a “Business Day”). The net asset value (the “NAV”) per share for each class of each Fund is determined each Business Day as of the close of the regular trading session (“Market Close”), as determined by the Consolidated Tape Association (the “CTA”), the central distributor of transaction prices for exchange-traded securities (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time unless otherwise designated by the CTA). The NAV per share of each class of each Fund is calculated by taking the value of the Fund’s assets attributable to that class, subtracting the Fund’s liabilities attributable to that class, and dividing by the number of shares of that class that are outstanding. On days when a Fund is closed for business, Fund shares will not be priced, and the Fund will not process purchase or redemption orders. To the extent a Fund’s assets are traded in other markets on days when the Fund does not price its shares, the value of the Fund’s assets will likely change and you will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Portfolio holdings for which market quotations are readily available are valued at market value. Investments in open-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day NAV per share. The prospectuses of the open-end registered investment companies in which each Fund may invest explain the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing. Foreign (non-U.S.) securities’ prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of Market Close.
When a market quotation for a portfolio security is not readily available or is deemed unreliable (for example, when trading has been halted or there are unexpected market closures or other material events that would suggest that the market quotation is unreliable) and for purposes of determining the value of other portfolio holdings, the portfolio holding is priced at its fair value. The Board has designated the Investment Adviser, as the valuation designee, to make fair value determinations in good faith. In determining the fair value of a Fund’s portfolio holdings, the Investment Adviser, pursuant to its fair valuation policy, may consider inputs from pricing service providers, broker-dealers, or a Fund’s Sub-Adviser(s). Issuer specific events, transaction price, position size, nature and duration of restrictions on disposition of the security, market trends, bid/ask quotes of brokers, and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of the fair value of a portfolio holding. Because trading hours for certain foreign (non-U.S.) securities end before Market Close, closing market quotations may become unreliable. The prices of foreign (non-U.S.) securities will generally be adjusted based on inputs from an independent pricing service that are intended to reflect valuation changes through Market Close. Because of the inherent uncertainties of fair valuation, the values used to determine each Fund’s NAV may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments. Thus, fair valuation may have an unintended dilutive or accretive effect on the value of shareholders’ investments in each Fund.
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HOW TO BUY SHARES

Customer Identification
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 that opens an account, and to determine whether such person’s name appears on government lists of known or suspected terrorists and terrorist organizations.
What this means for you: a Fund, the Distributor, or a third-party selling you a Fund, must obtain the following information for each person that opens an account:
Name;
Date of birth (for individuals);
Physical residential address (although post office boxes are still permitted for mailing); and
Social Security number, taxpayer identification number, or other identifying number.
You may also be asked to show your driver’s license, passport, or other identifying documents in order to verify your identity. In addition, it may be necessary to verify your identity by cross-referencing your identification information with a consumer report or other electronic database. Additional information may be required to open accounts for corporations and other non-natural persons.
Federal law prohibits a Fund, the Distributor, and other financial institutions from opening accounts unless they receive the minimum identifying information listed above. They also may be required to close your account if they are unable to verify your identity within a reasonable time.
Each Fund and the Distributor reserve the right to reject any purchase order. Please note that cash, traveler's checks, third-party checks, money orders, and checks drawn on non-U.S. banks (even if payment may be effected through a U.S. bank) generally will not be accepted. Each Fund and the Distributor reserve the right to waive minimum investment amounts. Waiver of the minimum investment amount can increase operating expenses of a Fund. Each Fund and the Distributor reserve the right to liquidate sufficient shares to recover annual transfer agent fees or to close your account and redeem your shares should you fail to maintain your account value minimum.
Each Fund reserves the right to suspend the offering of shares.
Class A and Class C Shares
Class A and Class C shares may be purchased and sold by contacting any financial intermediary (who may impose transaction charges in addition to those described in this Prospectus) authorized to sell Fund shares. You may purchase additional shares in various ways, including through your financial adviser and by mail, telephone, on-line, and bank wire.
A shareholder’s Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares at net asset value (without the imposition of a sales charge) on the second calendar day of the following month in which the 8th anniversary of the issuance of the Class C shares occurs, together with a pro rata portion of all Class C shares representing dividends and other distributions paid in additional Class C shares.
Class I Shares
Class I shares may be purchased without a sales charge by: (1) qualified retirement plans such as 401(a), 401(k), or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans; (2) 529 college savings plans; (3) insurance companies and foundations investing for their own account; (4) wrap programs offered by broker-dealers and financial institutions; (5) accounts of, or managed by, trust departments; (6) individuals whose accounts are managed by an investment adviser representative, as stated above; (7) employees of Voya IM who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; (8) retirement plans affiliated with Voya Financial, Inc.; (9) Voya Financial, Inc. affiliates for purposes of corporate cash management; (10) other registered investment companies; (11) members of the Adviser’s Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions team purchasing shares of Voya Multi-Manager International Equity Fund; and (12) (a) investors purchasing Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the Distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts. An investor transacting in Class I shares on such brokerage platforms may be required to pay a commission and/or other forms of compensation to the broker.
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Class P Shares
Class P shares may only be purchased by certain Voya affiliated products, as determined by management in its discretion, in light of the expense structures of those funds, the markets in which those funds are offered, or such other factors as management may consider appropriate. Such Voya affiliated products can include: (1) other funds in the Voya family of funds; (2) collective investment trusts, common investment trusts, and separate accounts sponsored or managed by Voya affiliated entities; and (3) funds outside the Voya family of funds managed or sub-advised by a Voya affiliate.
Class R Shares
Class R shares may be purchased without a sales charge. Class R shares of the Fund are continuously offered to qualified retirement plans (“Retirement Plans”) including, but not limited to, 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer sponsored 403(b) plans, IRAs, Simplified Employee Pension Plans (“SEPs”), and other accounts or plans whereby Class R shares are held on the books of the Fund through omnibus accounts (either at the plan level or the level of the plan administrator). Purchases and redemptions of shares may be made only by eligible Retirement Plans for the purpose of funding qualified retirement plans. Please refer to the plan document for information on how to direct investments in, or redemptions from, an investment option corresponding to the Fund and any fees that may apply.
The administrator of a Retirement Plan or employee benefits office can provide participants with detailed information on how to participate in the plan and how to elect the Fund as an investment option, alter the amounts contributed to the plan, or reallocate contributions. Eligible Retirement Plans generally may open an account and purchase Class R shares by contacting any broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (“Financial Service Firm”) authorized to sell Class R shares of the Fund. Additional shares may be purchased through a Retirement Plan's administrator or recordkeeper. Financial Service Firms may provide or arrange for the provision of some or all of the shareholder servicing and account maintenance services required by Retirement Plan accounts and their plan participants including, without limitation, transfers of registration and dividend payee changes. Financial Service Firms may also perform other functions, including generating confirmation statements, and may arrange with plan administrators for other investment or administrative services.
Financial Service Firms may independently establish and charge Retirement Plans and plan participants transaction fees and/or other additional amounts for such services, which may change over time. Similarly, Retirement Plans may charge plan participants for certain expenses. These fees and additional amounts could reduce the investment return in Class R shares of the Fund.
Class R6 Shares
Class R6 shares may be purchased without a sales charge. Class R6 shares are offered to the following investors, provided that these investors do not require a Fund or an affiliate of a Fund (including the Investment Adviser and any affiliate of the Investment Adviser) to make, and a Fund or affiliate does not pay, any type of servicing, administrative, or revenue sharing payments with respect to Class R6 shares: (1) qualified retirement plans, including, but not limited to 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer sponsored 403(b) plans, defined benefit plans and other accounts or plans whereby Class R6 shares are held on the books of each Fund through omnibus accounts (either at the plan level or the level of the plan administrator); (2) non-qualified deferred compensation plans; (3) other registered investment companies; (4) Health Savings Accounts (“HSAs”) within plan level or omnibus accounts that are held on the books of a Fund; (5) other institutional investors (including, for example, endowment funds and foundations) that: (a) meet a $1 million minimum initial investment requirement and (b) hold interests in a Fund through a single plan level account held directly through the Fund and not traded through an intermediary; and (6) wrap programs offered by broker-dealers and financial institutions that have entered into an agreement with the Distributor to offer Class R6 shares and invest through an omnibus account. Such availability will be subject to management's determination of the appropriateness of investment in Class R6 shares. Notwithstanding the above, affiliates of Voya, including affiliates that are intermediaries that sell Class R6 shares of a Fund, may benefit financially from the revenue Voya receives for the services it provides to Class R6 shares of a Fund.
Class R6 shares are not available to traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SARSEPs, SIMPLE IRAs and 529 college savings plans. Class R6 shares also are not available to adviser-sold donor-advised funds.
In addition to the above investors, certain existing Class I shareholders of each Fund may exchange all of its Class I shares for Class R6 shares of the Fund provided: (1) the shareholder meets the requirements for investment in Class R6 shares as stated above; and (2) the shareholder does not require the Fund or an affiliate of the Fund to make,
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and the Fund or affiliate (including the Investment Adviser and any affiliate of the Investment Adviser) does not pay, any type of servicing, administrative, or revenue sharing payments with respect to Class R6 shares. All exchanges within a Fund are subject to the discretion of the Distributor to permit or reject such exchanges.
Class W Shares
Class W shares may be purchased without a sales charge by: (1) qualified retirement plans such as 401(a), 401(k), or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans; (2) insurance companies and foundations investing for their own account; (3) wrap programs offered by broker-dealers and financial institutions; (4) accounts of, or managed by, trust departments; (5) individuals whose accounts are managed by an investment adviser representative; (6) retirement plans affiliated with Voya Financial, Inc.; (7) Voya Financial, Inc. affiliates for purposes of corporate cash management; and (8) by other Voya mutual funds in the Voya family of funds.
In addition, Class W shares are available to the following persons through direct investment (not through broker-dealers that are not approved by Voya) into a Voya mutual fund or through a Voya approved broker-dealer (currently, Voya Financial Advisors, Inc.): (1) current and retired officers and directors/trustees of the Voya mutual funds; (2) current and retired officers, directors, and full-time employees of Voya Investments, LLC, Directed Services LLC; any Voya mutual fund's sub-adviser; Voya Investments Distributor, LLC; and any of their affiliates; (3) family members of the foregoing persons (defined as current spouse, children, parents, grandparents, grandchildren, uncles, aunts, siblings, nephews, nieces, step-relations, relations at-law, and cousins); (4) any trust, pension, profit-sharing, or other benefit plan for such persons (including family members); (5) discretionary advisory accounts of Voya Investments, LLC, Directed Services LLC, any Voya mutual fund's sub-adviser, or Voya Investments Distributor, LLC; and (6) qualifying investments made through Voya promotional programs as determined by Voya Investments Distributor, LLC.
Retirement Plans
Each Fund has available prototype qualified retirement plans for corporations and self-employed individuals. Each Fund also has available prototype IRA, Roth IRA and Simple IRA plans (for both individuals and employers), Simplified Employee Pension Plans and Pension and Profit Sharing Plans. BNY Mellon Investment Servicing Trust Company acts as the custodian under these plans. For further information, contact a Shareholder Services Representative at 1-800-992-0180. BNY Mellon Investment Servicing Trust Company currently receives a $12 custodial fee annually for the maintenance of each such account.
Make your investment using the purchase minimum guidelines in the following table.
Minimum Investments
Class
Initial Purchase
Subsequent Purchases
Non-retirement accounts
A/C/W
I1
R
R6
$1,000
$250,000
No minimum
$1,000,000
No minimum
Retirement accounts
A/C
I1
R/R6
W
$250
$250,000
No minimum
$1,000
No minimum
Pre-authorized investment plan
A/C/W
I1
$1,000
$250,000
At least $100/month
Certain omnibus accounts
A/C
R
$250
No minimum
No minimum
1
For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya IM who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the Distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts; or (iv) members of the Adviser’s Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions team purchasing shares of Voya Multi-Manager International Equity Fund.
Make your investment using the methods outlined in the following table. If you are a participant in a qualified retirement plan, you should make purchases through your plan administrator or sponsor, who is responsible for transmitting orders.
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Buying Shares
Opening an Account
Adding to an Account
By Contacting Your Financial
Intermediary
A financial intermediary with an authorized
firm can help you establish and maintain your
account.
Contact your financial intermediary.
By Mail
Make your check payable to Voya Investment
Management and mail it with a completed
Account Application. Please indicate your
financial intermediary on the New Account
Application.
Fill out the Account Additions form at the
bottom of your account statement and mail it
along with your check payable to Voya
Investment Management to the address on
the account statement. Please write your
account number on the check.
By Wire
Call Shareholder Services at
1-800-992-0180 to obtain an account
number and indicate your financial
intermediary on the account.
Instruct your bank to wire funds to the Fund
in the care of:
Bank of New York Mellon
ABA # 011001234
credit to: BNY Mellon Investment Servicing
(US) Inc. as Agent for Voya mutual funds
A/C #0000733938; for further credit to
Shareholder A/C #      
(A/C # you received over the telephone)
Shareholder Name:
       (Your Name Here)
After wiring funds you must complete the
Account Application and send it to:
Voya Investment Management
P.O. Box 534480
Pittsburgh, PA
15253-4480
Wire the funds in the same manner described
under “Opening an Account.”
Execution of Purchase Orders
Purchase orders are executed at the next NAV determined after the order is received in proper form by the Transfer Agent or the Distributor. A purchase order will be deemed to be in proper form when all of the required steps set forth under “How to Buy Shares” have been completed. If you purchase by wire, however, the order will be deemed to be in proper form after the federal funds wire has been received. If you are opening a new account and you purchase by wire, you must submit an application form prior to Market Close. If an order or payment by wire is received after Market Close, your order will not be executed until the next NAV is determined. For your transaction to be counted on the day you place your order with your broker-dealer or other financial institution, your broker-dealer or financial institution must receive your order in proper form before Market Close and transmit the order to the Transfer Agent or the Distributor in a timely manner.
You will receive a confirmation of each new transaction in your account, which also will show you the number of shares you own including the number of shares being held in safekeeping by the Transfer Agent for your account. You may rely on these confirmations in lieu of certificates as evidence of your ownership.
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You may sell shares by using the methods outlined in the following table. Under unusual circumstances, a Fund may suspend the right of redemption as allowed by the SEC or federal securities laws.
If you are a participant in a qualified retirement plan, you should make redemptions through your plan administrator or sponsor, who is responsible for transmitting orders.
Selling Shares
To Sell Some or All of Your Shares
By Contacting Your Financial
Intermediary
You may sell shares by contacting your financial intermediary. Financial intermediaries may
charge for their services in connection with your redemption request but neither the Fund nor
the Distributor imposes any such charge.
By Mail
Send a written request specifying the Fund name and share class, your account number, the
name(s) in which the account is registered, and the dollar value or number of shares you wish
to redeem to:
Voya Investment Management
P.O. Box 534480
Pittsburgh, PA 15253-4480
If certificated shares have been issued, the certificate must accompany the written request.
Corporate investors and other associations must have an appropriate certification on file
authorizing redemptions. A suggested form of such certification is provided on the Account
Application. A signature guarantee may be required.
By Telephone - Expedited Redemption
You may sell shares by telephone on all accounts, other than retirement accounts, unless you
check the box on the Account Application which signifies that you do not wish to use telephone
redemptions. To redeem by telephone, call a Shareholder Services Representative at
1-800-992-0180.
Receiving Proceeds By Check:
You may have redemption proceeds (up to a maximum of $10,000,000) mailed to an address
which has been on record with Voya Investment Management for at least 30 days.
Receiving Proceeds By Wire:
You may have redemption proceeds (up to a maximum of $10,000,000) wired to your
pre-designated bank account. You will not be able to receive redemption proceeds by wire
unless you check the box on the Account Application which signifies that you wish to receive
redemption proceeds by wire and attach a voided check. Under normal circumstances,
proceeds will be transmitted to your bank on the Business Day following receipt of your
instructions, provided redemptions may be made. In the event that share certificates have been
issued, you may not request a wire redemption by telephone.
Systematic Withdrawal Plan (available only for those share classes referenced below)
You may elect to make periodic withdrawals from your account on a regular basis.
 Class A and Class C
Your account must have a current value of at least $10,000.
Minimum withdrawal amount is $100.
You may choose from monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual payments.
 Class I and Class W
Your account must have a current value of at least $250,000 or $1,000 for Class I and Class W shares, respectively.
Minimum withdrawal amount is $1,000.
You may choose from monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual payments.
For additional information, contact a Shareholder Services Representative or refer to the Account Application or the SAI.
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Execution of Sale Requests
Sale requests are executed at the next NAV determined after the order is received in proper form by the Transfer Agent or the Distributor. For your transaction to be counted on the day you place your sale request with your broker-dealer or other financial institution, your broker-dealer or financial institution must receive your sale request in proper form before Market Close and transmit the sale request to the Transfer Agent or the Distributor in a timely manner.
You will receive a confirmation of each new transaction in your account, which also will show you the number of shares you own including the number of shares being held in safekeeping by the Transfer Agent for your account. You may rely on these confirmations in lieu of certificates as evidence of your ownership.
Payments
Normally, payment for shares redeemed will typically be made within one business day after receipt by the Transfer Agent of a request in good order. Each Fund can delay payment of the redemption proceeds for up to 7 days and may suspend redemptions and/or further postpone payment proceeds when the NYSE is closed (other than weekends or holidays) or when trading thereon is restricted or during emergency or other circumstances, including as determined by the SEC. When you place a request to redeem shares for which the purchase money has not yet been collected, the request will be executed at the next determined NAV, but a Fund will not release the proceeds until your purchase payment clears. This may take up to 30 days. A redemption request made within 30 calendar days after submission of a change of address is permitted only if the request is in writing and is accompanied by a medallion signature guarantee. Redemption requests of an amount of $10 million or more must be submitted in writing by an authorized person.
A medallion signature guarantee may be required in certain circumstances. A request to change the bank designated to receive wire redemption proceeds must be received in writing, signed by an authorized person, and accompanied by a medallion signature guarantee from any eligible guarantor institution. In addition, if you wish to have your redemption proceeds transferred by wire to an account other than your designated bank account, paid to someone other than the shareholder of record, or sent somewhere other than the shareholder’s address of record, you must provide a medallion signature guarantee with your written redemption instructions. Please see the SAI for more details on the medallion signature guarantee program.
Each Fund will typically pay redemption proceeds in cash using cash held by each Fund, with cash generated by each Fund through the sale of cash equivalents and other Fund assets or by borrowing cash pursuant to each Fund’s line of credit. A Fund may, however, determine in its absolute discretion to distribute non-cash assets in kind in complete or partial satisfaction of its obligation to pay redemption proceeds to a shareholder. Each Fund may distribute non-cash assets in any case where it has determined, in its sole discretion, that it is advisable and in the best interests of each Fund. By way of example, where the redemption might be expected to have an unfavorable tax effect on each Fund, cases arising during a period of deteriorating market conditions or market stress, cases arising when a significant portion of each Fund’s portfolio is comprised of less-liquid and/or illiquid securities, or in the case of a very large redemption that could adversely affect Fund operations. In such a case, each Fund could elect to make payment in securities or other assets for redemptions that exceed the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of its net assets during any 90-day period for any one record shareholder. A shareholder may incur brokerage costs in converting such assets to cash.
Telephone Orders
Neither a Fund nor the Transfer Agent will be responsible for the authenticity of phone instructions or losses, if any, resulting from unauthorized shareholder transactions if they reasonably believe that such instructions were genuine. Each Fund and the Transfer Agent have established reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions communicated by telephone are genuine. These procedures include recording telephone instructions for exchanges and expedited redemptions, requiring the caller to give certain specific identifying information, and providing written confirmation to shareholders of record not later than 5 days following any such telephone transactions. If a Fund or the Transfer Agent do not employ these procedures, they may be liable for any losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent telephone instructions.
Small Accounts
Due to the relatively high cost of handling small investments, a Fund reserves the right, upon 30 days’ prior written notice, to redeem at NAV (less any applicable deferred sales charge), the shares of any shareholder whose account (except for IRAs) has a total value that is less than a Fund's minimum. Before a Fund redeems such shares and sends the proceeds to the shareholder, it will notify the shareholder that the value of the shares in the account is
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less than the minimum amount allowed and will allow the shareholder 30 days to make an additional investment in an amount that will increase the value of the account to the minimum before the redemption is processed. Your account will not be closed if its drop in value is due to Fund performance.
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HOW TO EXCHANGE SHARES

Exchanges Between Voya Mutual Funds
You may exchange shares of a Fund for shares of the same class of any other Voya mutual fund, except for Voya Corporate Leaders® Trust Fund, without paying any additional sales charge, if you otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of the class of shares of the Voya mutual fund to be received in the exchange. If you purchase Class A shares of Voya Government Money Market Fund and did not pay a sales charge, you must pay the applicable sales charge on an exchange into Class A shares of another Voya mutual fund.
If you exchange shares of a Fund that are subject to a CDSC into shares of another Voya mutual fund that are subject to a CDSC, the CDSC will continue to apply to your new shares at the same CDSC rate that was applicable to your original shares. Your new shares will continue to age for CDSC purposes from the date that the original shares were purchased.
Exchanges Between Classes of a Fund
You may exchange Class C and Class W shares for Class I shares within a Fund, or you may exchange Class A shares and Class I shares for any other class within a Fund, if you otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of the class of shares to be received in the exchange, or you may exchange Class C shares for Class A shares within a Fund, except that: (1) you may not exchange shares that are subject to a CDSC until the CDSC period has expired, unless the Distributor approves the exchange and determines that no CDSC is payable in connection with the exchange; (2) you may not exchange Class A shares for Class W shares unless you acquired the Class A shares through a Voya approved broker-dealer (currently, Voya Financial Advisors, Inc.); and (3) you may not exchange Class C shares for Class A shares unless your intermediary has agreed to waive its right to receive the front-end sales charge that otherwise would be applicable to the Class A shares. Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund after they have been held for 8 years. Last, you may exchange Class P shares for Class I shares within a Fund if you are no longer eligible for Class P shares and otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of Class I shares.
Certain existing Class I shareholders of a Fund may exchange their Class I shares for Class R6 shares of the Fund provided: (1) the shareholder meets the requirements for investment in Class R6 shares as stated in the section of this Prospectus entitled “How to Buy Shares”; and (2) the shareholder does not require the Fund or an affiliate (including the Investment Adviser and any affiliate of the Investment Adviser) of the Fund to make, and the Fund or affiliate does not pay, any type of servicing, administrative, or revenue sharing payments with respect to Class R6 shares.
All exchanges within a Fund are subject to the discretion of the Distributor to permit or reject such exchanges. Shareholders generally should not recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes from an exchange between classes of shares within a Fund provided that the transaction is undertaken and processed, with respect to any shareholder, as a direct exchange transaction. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors as to the federal, state, local, and non-U.S. tax consequences of an exchange between classes of shares within a Fund.
Exchanges between classes of shares within a Fund are not subject to the frequent trading and market timing policies of Voya mutual funds.
Additional Information About Exchanges
Fees and expenses differ among Voya mutual funds and among share classes of the same fund. Please read the prospectus for the Voya mutual fund and share class you are interested in prior to exchanging into that Voya mutual fund or share class. Contact your financial intermediary or consult your plan documents for additional information.
An exchange of shares of a Fund for shares of another Voya mutual fund is treated as a sale and purchase of shares and may result in the recognition of a gain or loss for federal and state income tax purposes. For exchanges between Voya mutual funds, you should consult your own tax advisor for advice about the particular federal, state, and local tax consequences to you of the exchange. The total value of shares being exchanged must at least equal the minimum investment requirement of the Voya mutual fund into which they are being exchanged.
If you exchange into Voya Credit Income Fund, your ability to sell or liquidate your investment will be limited. Voya Credit Income Fund is a closed-end interval fund and does not redeem its shares on a daily basis. It is not expected that a secondary market for Voya Credit Income Fund's shares will develop, so you will not be able to sell them through a broker or other investment professional. To provide a measure of liquidity, Voya Credit Income Fund will normally make monthly repurchase offers for not less than 5% of its outstanding common shares. If more than 5% of Voya Credit Income Fund's common shares are tendered, you may not be able to completely liquidate your holdings in any one month. You also would not have liquidity between these monthly repurchase dates. Investors exercising the exchange
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privilege into Voya Credit Income Fund should carefully review the prospectus of that fund. Investors may obtain a copy of the Voya Credit Income Fund prospectus or any other Voya mutual fund prospectus by calling 1-800-992-0180 or by going to www.voyainvestments.com.
In addition to each Fund available in this Prospectus, the Distributor offers many other funds. Shareholders exercising the exchange privilege with any other Voya mutual fund should carefully review the prospectus of that fund before exchanging their shares. Investors may obtain a copy of a prospectus of any Voya mutual fund not discussed in this Prospectus by calling 1-800-992-0180 or by going to www.voyainvestments.com.
You will automatically have the ability to request an exchange between Voya mutual funds by calling a Shareholder Services Representative unless you mark the box on the Account Application that indicates that you do not wish to have the telephone exchange privilege. Each Fund may change or cancel its exchange policies at any time, upon 60 days’ prior notice to shareholders.
Systematic Exchange Privilege
Subject to the information and limitations outlined above, you may elect to have a specified dollar amount of shares systematically exchanged, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually from your account to an identically registered account in the same class of any other open-end Voya mutual fund, except for Voya Corporate Leaders® Trust Fund. This exchange privilege may be modified at any time or terminated upon 60 days' prior written notice to shareholders.
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FREQUENT TRADING - MARKET TIMING

Each Fund is intended for long-term investment and not as a short-term trading vehicle. Accordingly, organizations or individuals that use market timing investment strategies should not purchase shares of a Fund. Each Fund reserves the right, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, to reject, restrict, or refuse purchase orders whether directly or by exchange, including purchase orders that have been accepted by a shareholder's or retirement plan participant's intermediary, that the Fund determines not to be in the best interest of the Fund. Such action may include, but not be limited to: rejecting additional purchase orders, whether directly or by exchange; extending settlement of a redemption up to 7 days; rejecting all purchase orders from broker-dealers or their registered representatives suspected of violating the Fund's frequent trading policy; or termination of the selling group agreement or other agreement with broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries associated with frequent trading. A Fund will not be liable for any loss resulting from rejected orders or other actions as described above.
Each Fund believes that market timing or frequent, short-term trading in any account, including a retirement plan account, is not in the best interest of the Fund or its shareholders. Due to the disruptive nature of this activity, it can adversely affect the ability of the Investment Adviser or Sub-Adviser (if applicable) to invest assets in an orderly, efficient manner. Frequent trading can raise Fund expenses through: increased trading and transaction costs; increased administrative costs; and lost opportunity costs. This in turn can have an adverse effect on Fund performance.
Funds that invest in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may present greater opportunities for market timers and thus be at a greater risk for excessive trading. If an event occurring after the close of a foreign market, but before the time a Fund computes its current NAV, causes a change in the price of the foreign (non-U.S.) security and such price is not reflected in its current NAV, investors may attempt to take advantage of anticipated price movements in securities held by a Fund based on such pricing discrepancies. This is often referred to as “price arbitrage.” Such price arbitrage opportunities may also occur in funds which do not invest in foreign (non-U.S.) securities. For example, if trading in a security held by a Fund is halted and does not resume prior to the time it calculates its NAV such “stale pricing” presents an opportunity for investors to take advantage of the pricing discrepancy. Similarly, funds that hold thinly-traded securities, such as certain small-capitalization securities, may be exposed to varying levels of pricing arbitrage. Each Fund has adopted fair valuation policies and procedures intended to reduce its exposure to price arbitrage, stale pricing and other potential pricing discrepancies. However, to the extent that a Fund does not immediately reflect these changes in market conditions, short-term trading may dilute the value of the Fund’s shares which negatively affects long-term shareholders.
The Board has adopted policies and procedures designed to deter frequent, short-term trading in shares of each Fund. In general, shareholders may make exchanges among their accounts with Voya mutual funds once every 30 days. However, each Fund prohibits frequent trading. Each Fund has defined frequent trading as follows:
Any shareholder or financial adviser initiated exchanges among all their accounts with a Fund within 30 calendar days of a previous exchange. All exchanges occurring on the same day for all accounts (individual, IRA, 401(k), etc.) beneficially owned by the same shareholder will be treated as a single transaction for purposes of this policy;
Trading deemed harmful or excessive by a Fund (including but not limited to patterns of purchases and redemptions), in its sole discretion; and
Trades initiated by financial advisers, among multiple shareholder accounts, that in the aggregate are deemed harmful or excessive.
The following transactions are excluded when determining whether trading activity is excessive:
Purchases and sales of Fund shares in the amount of $5,000 or less;
Transfers associated with systematic purchases or redemptions;
Purchases and sales of funds that affirmatively permit short-term trading;
Rebalancing to facilitate fund-of-fund arrangements or a Fund's systematic exchange privileges;
Purchases or sales initiated by Voya mutual funds; and
Transactions subject to the trading policy of an intermediary that a Fund deems materially similar to the Fund's policy.
Please note that while money market funds permit short-term trading, an exchange between a money market fund and another fund that does not permit short-term trading will count as an exchange for purposes of this policy.
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If a violation of the policy is identified, the following action will be taken:
Upon the first violation of this policy in a calendar year, purchase and exchange privileges shall be suspended for 90 days. For example, if an exchange is initiated on February 1st, and a second exchange is initiated on February 15th, trading privileges shall be suspended for 90 days from February 1st.
Upon a second violation in a calendar year, purchase and exchange privileges shall be suspended for 180 days.
No purchases or exchanges will be permitted in the account and all related accounts bearing the same Tax ID or equivalent identifier.
On the next Business Day following the end of the 90 or 180 day suspension, any trading restrictions placed on the account(s) shall be removed.
Each Fund reserves the right to modify this policy at any time without prior notice.
Although the restrictions described above are designed to discourage frequent, short-term trading, none of them alone, nor all of them taken together, can eliminate the possibility that frequent, short-term trading activity in a Fund will occur. Moreover, in enforcing such restrictions, a Fund is often required to make decisions that are inherently subjective. Each Fund strives to make these decisions to the best of its abilities in a manner that it believes is in the best interest of shareholders.
Shareholders may invest in a Fund through omnibus account arrangements with financial intermediaries. Omnibus accounts permit intermediaries to aggregate their clients' transactions and in these circumstances, the identity of the shareholder is often unknown. Such intermediaries include broker-dealers, banks, investment advisers, record keepers, retirement plans, and fee-based accounts such as wrap fee programs. Omnibus accounts generally do not identify customers' trading activity on an individual basis. The Investment Adviser or its affiliated entities have agreements in place with intermediaries which require such intermediaries to provide detailed account information, including trading history, upon request of a Fund. There is no assurance that the Investment Adviser or its affiliated entities will request such information with sufficient frequency to detect or deter excessive trading or that review of such information will be sufficient to detect or deter excessive trading in omnibus accounts effectively.
In some cases, a Fund will rely on the intermediaries' excessive trading policies and such policies shall define the trading activity in which the shareholder may engage. This shall be the case where a Fund is used in certain retirement plans offered by affiliates. With trading information received as a result of the agreements, a Fund may make a determination that certain trading activity is harmful to the Fund and its shareholders even if such activity is not strictly prohibited by the intermediaries' excessive trading policy. As a result, a shareholder investing directly or indirectly in a Fund may have their trading privileges suspended without violating the stated excessive trading policy of the intermediary.
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PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

Voya mutual funds are distributed by the Distributor. The Distributor is a broker-dealer that is licensed to sell securities. The Distributor generally does not sell directly to the public but sells and markets its products through intermediaries such as other broker-dealers. Each Voya mutual fund also has an investment adviser which is responsible for managing the money invested in each of the mutual funds. Both of these entities or their affiliates (collectively, “Voya”) may compensate an intermediary for selling Voya mutual funds.
Persons licensed with FINRA as a registered representative (often referred to as a broker or financial adviser) and associated with a specific broker-dealer may receive compensation from each Fund for providing services which are primarily intended to result in the sale of Fund shares. The Distributor has an agreement in place with each broker-dealer selling each Fund defining specifically what that broker-dealer will be paid for the sale of a particular Voya mutual fund. The broker-dealer then pays the registered representative who sold you the mutual fund some or all of what they receive from Voya. A registered representative may receive a payment when the sale is made and in some cases, can continue to receive payments while you are invested in the mutual fund. In addition, other entities may receive compensation from each Fund for providing services which are primarily intended to result in the sale of Fund shares, so long as such entities are permitted to receive these fees under applicable rules and regulations.
The Distributor may pay, from its own resources, additional fees to these broker-dealers or other financial institutions including affiliated entities. These additional fees paid to intermediaries may take the following forms: (1) a percentage of that entity’s customer assets invested in Voya mutual funds; (2) a percentage of that entity's gross sales; or (3) some combination of these payments. Depending on the broker-dealer's satisfaction of the required conditions, these payments may be periodic and may be up to: (1) 0.30% per annum of the value of each Fund's shares held by the broker-dealer’s customers; or (2) 0.30% of the value of each Fund's shares sold by the broker-dealer during a particular period. For example, if that initial investment averages a value of $10,000 over the year, the Distributor could pay a maximum of $30 on those assets. If you invested $10,000, the Distributor could pay a maximum of $30 for that sale.
Voya, out of its own resources and without additional cost to each Fund or its shareholders, may provide additional cash or non-cash compensation to intermediaries selling shares of each Fund, including affiliates of Voya. These amounts would be in addition to the distribution payments made by each Fund under the distribution agreements. Management personnel of Voya may receive additional compensation if the overall amount of investments in funds advised by Voya meets certain target levels or increases over time.
Voya may provide additional cash or non-cash compensation to third parties selling our mutual funds including affiliated companies. This may take the form of cash incentives and non-cash compensation and may include, but is not limited to: cash; merchandise; trips; occasional entertainment; meals or tickets to a sporting event; client appreciation events; payment for travel expenses (including meals and lodging) to pre-approved training and education seminars; and payment for advertising and sales campaigns. The Distributor may also pay concessions in addition to those described above to broker-dealers so that Voya mutual funds are made available by those broker-dealers for their customers. The Sub-Adviser of each Fund may contribute to non-cash compensation arrangements.
The compensation paid by Voya to a financial intermediary is typically paid continually over time, during the period when the intermediary’s clients hold investments in the Voya mutual funds. The amount of continuing compensation paid by Voya to different financial intermediaries for distribution and/or shareholder services varies. The compensation is typically a percentage of the value of the financial intermediary’s clients’ investments in Voya mutual funds or a per account fee. The variation in compensation may, but will not necessarily, reflect enhanced or additional services provided by the intermediary.
Voya or a Voya mutual fund may pay service fees to intermediaries for administration, recordkeeping, and other shareholder services. Intermediaries receiving these payments may include, among others, brokers, financial planners or advisers, banks, and insurance companies. The Voya mutual funds may reimburse Voya for some or all of the payments made by Voya to intermediaries for these services.
In some cases, a financial intermediary may hold its clients’ mutual fund shares in nominee or street name. These financial intermediaries may (though they will not necessarily) provide services including, among other things: processing and mailing trade confirmations; capturing and processing tax data; issuing and mailing dividend checks to shareholders who have selected cash distributions; preparing record date shareholder lists for proxy solicitations; collecting and posting distributions to shareholder accounts; and establishing and maintaining systematic withdrawals and automated investment plans and shareholder account registrations.
The top firms Voya paid to sell its mutual funds as of the last calendar year are:
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PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES (continued)

Advisor Group, Inc.; Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC; Broadridge Business Process Outsourcing, LLC; Cetera Financial Holdings, Inc.; Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.; Directed Services LLC; E*trade Securities, LLC; Fidelity Distributors Company LLC; J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC; LPL Financial, LLC; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.; Mid Atlantic Financial Management, Inc.; Morgan Stanley; National Financial Services, LLC; Pershing, LLC; Prudential Insurance Company of America; Raymond James & Associates, Inc.; RBC Capital Markets, LLC; ReliaStar Life Insurance Company of New York; TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.; UBS Financial Services, Inc.; USI Securities, Inc.; Voya Financial Advisors, Inc.; Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company; and Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC.
Your registered representative or broker-dealer could have a financial interest in selling you a particular mutual fund, or the mutual funds of a particular company, to increase the compensation they receive. Please make sure you read fully each mutual fund prospectus and discuss any questions you have with your registered representative.
Class R6
Voya mutual funds are distributed by the Distributor. The Distributor is a broker-dealer that is licensed to sell securities. The Distributor generally does not sell directly to the public but sells and markets its products through financial intermediaries. Each Voya mutual fund also has an investment adviser which is responsible for managing the money invested in each of the mutual funds. No dealer compensation is paid from the sale of Class R6 shares of a Fund. Class R6 shares do not have sales commissions, pay 12b-1 fees, or make payments to financial intermediaries for assisting the Distributor in promoting the sales of a Fund's shares. In addition, neither a Fund nor its affiliates (including the Investment Adviser and any affiliate of the Investment Adviser) make any type of administrative, service, or revenue sharing payments in connection with Class R6 shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, affiliates of Voya, including affiliates that are intermediaries that sell Class R6 shares of a Fund, may benefit financially from the revenue Voya receives for the services it provides to Class R6 shares of a Fund.
100


DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES

Dividends and Distributions
Each Fund generally distributes most or all of its net earnings in the form of dividends, consisting of ordinary income and capital gains distributions. Each Fund distributes capital gains, if any, annually. Each Fund (except for Voya Global Bond Fund, Voya Global High Dividend Low Volatility Fund, and Voya International High Dividend Low Volatility Fund) also declares dividends and pays dividends consisting of ordinary income, if any, annually. Voya Global High Dividend Low Volatility Fund and Voya International High Dividend Low Volatility Fund declare and distribute dividends consisting of ordinary income, if any, quarterly; and Voya Global Bond Fund declares dividends daily and distributes dividends consisting of ordinary income, if any, monthly.
From time to time a portion of a Fund’s distributions may constitute a return of capital. To comply with federal tax regulations, each Fund may also pay an additional capital gains distribution.
Dividend Reinvestment
Unless you instruct a Fund to pay you dividends in cash, dividends and distributions paid by the Fund will be reinvested in additional shares of the Fund. You may, upon written request or by completing the appropriate section of the Account Application, elect to have all dividends and other distributions paid on shares of a Fund invested in another Voya mutual fund that offers the same class of shares.
Taxes
The tax discussion in this Prospectus is only a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax issues generally affecting each Fund and its shareholders. The following assumes that each Fund's shares will be capital assets in the hands of a shareholder. Circumstances among investors may vary, so you are encouraged to discuss an investment in a Fund with your tax advisor.
Each Fund will distribute all, or substantially all, of its net investment income and net capital gains (i.e., the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses, in each case determined with reference to any loss carryforwards) to its shareholders each year. Although a Fund will not be taxed on amounts it distributes, most shareholders will be taxed on amounts they receive.
Distributions, whether received as cash or reinvested in additional shares, may be subject to federal income taxes and may also be subject to state or local taxes. For mutual funds generally, dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income and capital gain dividends) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares. Distributions properly reported as capital gain dividends are taxable as long term capital gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares.
Distributions made to a non-corporate shareholder out of “qualified dividend income,” if any, received by a Fund will be subject to tax at the lower rates applicable to net capital gains, provided that the shareholder meets certain holding period and other requirements with respect to its shares.
Selling or exchanging your Fund shares is a taxable event and may result in capital gain or loss. A capital gain or capital loss may be realized from an ordinary redemption of shares or an exchange of shares between two mutual funds. Any such capital gain or loss will generally be long term if the shares sold or exchanged were held for more than one year; otherwise, such gain or loss will be short term. Any capital loss incurred on the sale or exchange of Fund shares held for six months or less will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of capital gain dividends received with respect to such shares. Additionally, any loss realized on a sale, redemption or exchange of Fund shares may be disallowed under “wash sale” rules to the extent the shares disposed of are replaced with other shares of that same Fund within a period of 61 days beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the shares are disposed of, such as pursuant to a dividend reinvestment in shares of the Fund. If disallowed, the loss will be reflected in an adjustment to the tax basis of the shares acquired. You are responsible for any tax liabilities generated by your transactions.
You will be notified annually of the amount of income, dividends and net capital gains distributed. If you purchase shares of a Fund through a financial intermediary, that entity will provide this information to you.
Each Fund intends to qualify and be eligible for treatment each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company generally is not subject to tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are timely distributed to shareholders. However, a Fund’s failure to qualify as a regulated investment company would result in fund level taxation and therefore, a reduction in income available for distribution.
101


DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES (continued)

An additional 3.8% Medicare tax is imposed on certain net investment income (including ordinary dividends and capital gain distributions received from a Fund and net gains from redemptions or other taxable dispositions of Fund shares) of U.S. individuals, estates and trusts to the extent that such person’s “modified adjusted gross income” (in the case of an individual) or “adjusted gross income” (in the case of an estate or trust) exceeds certain threshold amounts.
Each Fund is required to withhold a portion of all taxable dividends, distributions, and redemption proceeds payable to any noncorporate shareholder that does not provide the Fund with the shareholder's correct taxpayer identification number or certification that the shareholder is not subject to backup withholding. This is not an additional tax but can be credited against your U.S. federal income tax liability.
Shareholders that invest in a Fund through a tax advantaged account, such as a qualified retirement plan, generally will not have to pay tax on dividends or gains from the sale or exchange of Fund shares until they are distributed from the account. These accounts are subject to complex tax rules, and you should consult your tax advisor about investing through such an account.
Foreign shareholders invested in a Fund should consult with their tax advisors as to if and how the U.S. federal income tax law and its withholding requirements apply to them. Generally, a Fund will withhold 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate) on distributions to foreign shareholders.
Foreign Taxes. Investment income and proceeds received by a Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign withholding or other taxes. The United States has entered into tax treaties with many foreign countries which may entitle a Fund to a reduced rate of such taxes or exemption from taxes on such income or proceeds. It is impossible to determine the effective rate of foreign tax for a Fund in advance since the amount of the assets to be invested within various countries is not known.
If more than 50% in value of a Fund's total assets at the close of its taxable year consists of stock or securities of foreign corporations, or if at least 50% of the value of a Fund's total assets at the close of each quarter of its taxable year is represented by interests in other regulated investment companies, the Fund may elect (the “Foreign Election”) to “pass through” to its shareholders the amount of foreign income and similar foreign taxes paid or deemed paid by it. If a Fund so elects, each of its shareholders would be required to include in gross income, even though not actually received, its pro rata share of such foreign taxes paid or deemed paid by the Fund, but would be treated as having paid its pro rata share of such foreign taxes and would therefore be allowed to either deduct such amount in computing taxable income or use such amount (subject to various limitations) as a foreign tax credit against federal income tax (but not both). It is anticipated that each Fund will qualify to make the Foreign Election; however, each Fund cannot be certain that it will be eligible to make such an election or that you will be eligible for the foreign tax credit.
Cost Basis Reporting. The Internal Revenue Service requires mutual fund companies and brokers to report on Form 1099-B the cost basis on the sale or exchange of Fund shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012 (“covered shares”). If you acquire and hold shares directly through a Fund and not through a financial intermediary, the Fund will use an average cost single category methodology for tracking and reporting your cost basis on covered shares, unless you request, in writing, another cost basis reporting methodology.
Please see the SAI for further information regarding tax matters.
102


ACCOUNT POLICIES

Account Access
Unless your Fund shares are held through a third-party fiduciary or in an omnibus registration at your bank or brokerage firm, you will be able to access your account information over the Internet at www.voyainvestments.com or via a touch tone telephone by calling 1-800-992-0180. Should you wish to speak with a Shareholder Services Representative, you may call the toll-free number listed above.
Privacy Policy
Each Fund has adopted a policy concerning investor privacy. To review the privacy policy, contact a Shareholder Services Representative at 1-800-992-0180, obtain a policy over the Internet at www.voyainvestments.com, or see the privacy promise that accompanies any Prospectus obtained by mail.
Householding
To reduce expenses, we may mail only one copy of a Fund's Prospectus and each annual and semi-annual shareholder report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive individual copies of these documents, please call a Shareholder Services Representative at 1-800-992-0180 or speak to your investment professional. We will begin sending you individual copies 30 days after receiving your request.
103


INDEX DESCRIPTIONS

The Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index provides a broad-based measure of global investment-grade debt markets.
The FTSE Developed ex US Select Factor Index is designed to capture explicit exposure to a broad set of five factors contributing to developed equity market performance outside of the United States. These five factors include Momentum, Quality, Size, Value and Volatility. The index is part of the FTSE Global Factor Index Series, and has been customized to minimize trading costs through a narrowing of index constituents while still maintaining strong factor exposure.
The FTSE Emerging Plus Korea Select Factor Index, based on the FTSE Emerging Comprehensive Factor Index, is designed to capture risk premium through exposure to five factors that contribute to emerging market equity performance. These five factors include Momentum, Quality, Size, Value and Low Volatility.

The FTSE Global Factor Index Series is a suite of single and multi-factor indexes offering extensive global coverage across 16 starting universes and 6 equity risk premia factors. The benchmarks are designed to represent the performance of specific factor characteristics for which there is broad academic and empirical evidence of long-term outperformance versus the market capitalization index.
The Voya Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund and Voya Multi-Manager International Factors Fund are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by FTSE International Limited (“FTSE”) (the “Licensor Party”) and the Licensor Party does not make any warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to the results to be obtained from the use of its indices and/or the figure at which an index stands at any particular time on any particular day or otherwise. The indices are compiled and calculated by FTSE. The Licensor Party shall not be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in an Index and the Licensor Party shall not be under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein. FTSE®, FT-SE®, Footsie®, FTSE4Good® and techMARK® are trademarks of the Exchange and FT and are used by FTSE under license. All-World®, All-Share® and All-Small® are trademarks of FTSE.
The MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Index SM is a free-float adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global developed and emerging markets, excluding the United States.
The MSCI Emerging Markets IndexSM measures the performance of securities listed on exchanges in developing nations throughout the world.
The MSCI EAFE® Index measures the performance of securities listed on exchanges in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East.
The MSCI EAFE® Small Cap Index measures the performance of small-capitalization stocks in European, Australasian, and Far Eastern markets.
The MSCI EAFE® Value Index captures large and mid cap securities exhibiting overall value style characteristics across developed markets countries around the world, excluding the U.S. and Canada.
The MSCI World Value IndexSM captures large and mid cap securities exhibiting overall value style characteristics across 23 developed markets countries.
The S&P Developed ex-U.S. Small Cap Index is a float-adjusted index which captures the bottom 15% of companies in the developed markets, based on the cumulative market capitalization of each country, excluding the United States, within the S&P Global Broad Market Index, which covers all publicly listed equities in 47 countries with a float-adjusted market capitalization of U.S. $100 million or greater and a minimum annual trading liquidity of U.S. $50 million.
104


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand a Fund's financial performance for the periods shown. Certain information reflects the financial results for a single share. The total returns in the table represent the rate of return that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in a Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and/or distributions). The information for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2020, October 31, 2021, and October 31, 2022 has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, whose report, along with a Fund’s financial statements, is included in a Fund’s Annual Report, which is available upon request. The information for the prior fiscal years or periods was audited by a different independent public accounting firm.
Because Class R6 shares of Voya Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund had not commenced operations as of the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022, such share class financial highlights are not presented; however, financial highlights for Class A shares are presented for the Fund. Financial Highlights would differ only to the extent that Class R6 shares and Class A shares have different fees and expenses.
105


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.
 
 
Income (loss)
from
investment
operations
 
Less distributions
 
 
 
 
Ratios to average net assets
Supplemental
data
 
Net asset value, beginning
of year or period
Net investment income (loss)
Net realized and unrealized
gain (loss)
Total from investment
operations
From net investment income
From net realized gains
From return of capital
Total distributions
Payments from distribution settlement/affiliate
Net asset value, end of year or period
Total Return(1)
Expenses before
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Expenses, net of fee waivers
and/or recoupments, if any(2)(3)
Expenses net of all
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Net investment income
(loss)(2)(3)
Net assets, end of year or period
Portfolio turnover rate
Year or Period ended
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
($000's)
(%)
Voya Global Bond Fund
Class A
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
9.34
0.17
(2.21)
(2.04)
0.00*
0.32
0.32
6.98
(22.22)
1.05
0.90
0.90
2.04
23,251
218
10-31-21
9.77
0.18
(0.19)
(0.01)
0.04
0.38
0.42
9.34
(0.18)
1.02
0.90
0.90
1.90
34,657
191
10-31-20
9.74
0.26
0.20
0.46
0.32
0.06
0.05
0.43
9.77
4.88
1.02
0.90
0.90
2.67
34,928
208
10-31-19
9.40
0.25
0.51
0.76
0.37
0.05
0.42
9.74
8.27
1.05
0.90
0.90
2.69
33,186
247
10-31-18
9.94
0.30
(0.42)
(0.12)
0.18
0.24
0.42
9.40
(1.32)
1.05
0.91
0.91
3.08
32,989
105
Class C
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
9.29
0.10
(2.18)
(2.08)
0.00*
0.26
0.26
6.95
(22.73)
1.80
1.65
1.65
1.27
1,139
218
10-31-21
9.71
0.11
(0.18)
(0.07)
0.03
0.32
0.35
9.29
(0.85)
1.77
1.65
1.65
1.18
3,262
191
10-31-20
9.69
0.19
0.18
0.37
0.24
0.06
0.05
0.35
9.71
4.00
1.77
1.65
1.65
1.94
4,709
208
10-31-19
9.35
0.19
0.50
0.69
0.30
0.05
0.35
9.69
7.49
1.80
1.65
1.65
1.96
9,172
247
10-31-18
9.88
0.23
(0.42)
(0.19)
0.10
0.24
0.34
9.35
(1.99)
1.80
1.66
1.66
2.34
12,578
105
Class I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
9.29
0.19
(2.19)
(2.00)
0.00*
0.34
0.34
6.95
(21.94)
0.71
0.65
0.65
2.29
107,231
218
10-31-21
9.72
0.20
(0.19)
0.01
0.04
0.40
0.44
9.29
0.05
0.67
0.65
0.65
2.05
160,932
191
10-31-20
9.69
0.28
0.20
0.48
0.34
0.06
0.05
0.45
9.72
5.15
0.67
0.65
0.65
2.90
36,988
208
10-31-19
9.35
0.29
0.49
0.78
0.39
0.05
0.44
9.69
8.57
0.71
0.65
0.65
2.92
55,250
247
10-31-18
9.89
0.33
(0.42)
(0.09)
0.21
0.24
0.45
9.35
(1.06)
0.71
0.66
0.66
3.33
35,067
105
Class R
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
9.35
0.15
(2.21)
(2.06)
0.00*
0.29
0.29
7.00
(22.39)
1.30
1.15
1.15
1.79
4,449
218
10-31-21
9.77
0.16
(0.20)
(0.04)
0.03
0.35
0.38
9.35
(0.44)
1.27
1.15
1.15
1.65
6,170
191
10-31-20
9.73
0.23
0.20
0.43
0.28
0.06
0.05
0.39
9.77
4.60
1.27
1.15
1.15
2.43
6,249
208
10-31-19
9.38
0.23
0.51
0.74
0.34
0.05
0.39
9.73
8.01
1.30
1.15
1.15
2.44
6,313
247
10-31-18
9.91
0.28
(0.42)
(0.14)
0.15
0.24
0.39
9.38
(1.47)
1.30
1.16
1.16
2.85
6,263
105
Class R6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
9.32
0.19
(2.19)
(2.00)
0.00*
0.35
0.35
6.97
(21.94)
0.62
0.62
0.62
2.32
76,691
218
10-31-21
9.75
0.21
(0.20)
0.01
0.04
0.40
0.44
9.32
0.08
0.61
0.61
0.61
2.19
103,575
191
10-31-20
9.72
0.28
0.20
0.48
0.34
0.06
0.05
0.45
9.75
5.17
0.62
0.62
0.62
2.93
116,095
208
10-31-19
9.38
0.28
0.51
0.79
0.40
0.05
0.45
9.72
8.58
0.66
0.65
0.65
2.89
114,682
247
10-31-18
9.92
0.33
(0.42)
(0.09)
0.21
0.24
0.45
9.38
(1.02)
0.67
0.66
0.66
3.34
69,687
105
Class W
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
9.17
0.19
(2.17)
(1.98)
0.00*
0.33
0.33
6.86
(22.04)
0.80
0.65
0.65
2.30
53,389
218
10-31-21
9.57
0.21
(0.18)
0.03
0.04
0.39
0.43
9.17
0.18
0.77
0.65
0.65
2.19
90,343
191
10-31-20
9.53
0.27
0.20
0.47
0.32
0.06
0.05
0.43
9.57
5.14
0.77
0.65
0.65
2.85
133,137
208
10-31-19
9.18
0.28
0.50
0.78
0.38
0.05
0.43
9.53
8.63
0.80
0.65
0.65
2.93
78,002
247
10-31-18
9.71
0.32
(0.42)
(0.10)
0.19
0.24
0.43
9.18
(1.09)
0.80
0.66
0.66
3.36
70,360
105
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Highlights
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.
 
 
Income (loss)
from
investment
operations
 
Less distributions
 
 
 
 
Ratios to average net assets
Supplemental
data
 
Net asset value, beginning
of year or period
Net investment income (loss)
Net realized and unrealized
gain (loss)
Total from investment
operations
From net investment income
From net realized gains
From return of capital
Total distributions
Payments from distribution settlement/affiliate
Net asset value, end of year or period
Total Return(1)
Expenses before
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Expenses, net of fee waivers
and/or recoupments, if any(2)(3)
Expenses net of all
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Net investment income
(loss)(2)(3)
Net assets, end of year or period
Portfolio turnover rate
Year or Period ended
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
($000's)
(%)
Voya Global High Dividend Low Volatility Fund
Class A
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
41.58
1.23
(3.53)
(2.30)
0.96
0.96
38.32
(5.56)
1.00
0.85
0.85
3.06
205,989
67
10-31-21
32.14
0.82
9.46
10.28
0.84
0.84
41.58
32.16
1.01
0.85
0.85
2.10
230,663
75
10-31-20
36.30
0.75
(4.16)
(3.41)
0.73
0.02
0.75
32.14
(9.35)
1.03
0.85
0.85
2.20
191,019
61
10-31-19
33.99
0.96
2.41
3.37
1.06
1.06
36.30
10.12
1.03
0.85
0.85
2.72
170,817
77
10-31-18
35.74
0.67
(1.07)
(0.40)
1.35
1.35
33.99
(1.29)
1.33
1.11
1.11
1.86
164,032
140
Class C
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
38.61
0.84
(3.25)
(2.41)
0.69
0.69
35.51
(6.28)
1.75
1.60
1.60
2.25
4,208
67
10-31-21
29.90
0.48
8.81
9.29
0.58
0.58
38.61
31.17
1.76
1.60
1.60
1.33
6,174
75
10-31-20
33.77
0.46
(3.84)
(3.38)
0.47
0.02
0.49
29.90
(9.99)
1.78
1.60
1.60
1.41
5,795
61
10-31-19
31.64
0.64
2.25
2.89
0.76
0.76
33.77
9.30
1.78
1.60
1.60
1.99
33,041
77
10-31-18
33.14
0.37
(1.01)
(0.64)
0.86
0.86
31.64
(2.06)
2.08
1.86
1.86
1.11
48,210
140
Class I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
41.96
1.37
(3.59)
(2.22)
1.06
1.06
38.68
(5.33)
0.65
0.60
0.60
3.36
44,628
67
10-31-21
32.43
0.93
9.54
10.47
0.94
0.94
41.96
32.47
0.67
0.60
0.60
2.36
58,145
75
10-31-20
36.63
0.85
(4.21)
(3.36)
0.82
0.02
0.84
32.43
(9.13)
0.69
0.60
0.60
2.45
45,136
61
10-31-19
34.30
1.05
2.44
3.49
1.16
1.16
36.63
10.41
0.70
0.60
0.60
2.96
32,357
77
10-31-18
36.12
0.77
(1.08)
(0.31)
1.51
1.51
34.30
(1.05)
1.00
0.86
0.86
2.11
29,178
140
Class R6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
41.94
1.35
(3.56)
(2.21)
1.07
1.07
38.66
(5.30)
0.63
0.57
0.57
3.33
118
67
10-31-21
32.41
1.01
9.48
10.49
0.96
0.96
41.94
32.57
1.27
0.57
0.57
2.49
126
75
02-28-20(4) - 10-31-20
34.25
0.59
(1.75)
(1.16)
0.67
0.01
0.68
32.41
(3.26)
2.03
0.57
0.57
2.68
3
61
Class W
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
41.93
1.35
(3.57)
(2.22)
1.06
1.06
38.65
(5.33)
0.75
0.60
0.60
3.33
3,266
67
10-31-21
32.40
0.92
9.55
10.47
0.94
0.94
41.93
32.51
0.76
0.60
0.60
2.35
3,745
75
10-31-20
36.60
0.83
(4.19)
(3.36)
0.82
0.02
0.84
32.40
(9.14)
0.78
0.60
0.60
2.42
3,117
61
10-31-19
34.27
1.04
2.45
3.49
1.16
1.16
36.60
10.42
0.78
0.60
0.60
2.97
2,523
77
10-31-18
36.09
0.75
(1.07)
(0.32)
1.50
1.50
34.27
(1.07)
1.08
0.86
0.86
2.07
2,549
140
Voya International High Dividend Low Volatility Fund
Class A
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
10.35
0.37
(2.16)
(1.79)
0.37
0.37
8.19
(17.72)
2.02
0.90
0.90
3.87
5,620
72
10-31-21
8.31
0.28
2.00
2.28
0.24
0.24
10.35
27.49
1.95
0.90
0.90
2.74
5,620
71
10-31-20
9.75
0.18
(1.36)
(1.18)
0.26
0.26
8.31
(12.22)
1.97
0.90
0.90
2.06
4,351
59
10-31-19
10.10
0.30
0.39
0.69
0.31
0.73
1.04
9.75
7.72
1.73
0.89
0.89
3.18
4,860
60
10-31-18
11.73
0.32
(1.06)
(0.74)
0.58
0.31
0.89
10.10
(6.95)
1.72
0.85
0.85
2.85
4,470
129
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.
 
 
Income (loss)
from
investment
operations
 
Less distributions
 
 
 
 
Ratios to average net assets
Supplemental
data
 
Net asset value, beginning
of year or period
Net investment income (loss)
Net realized and unrealized
gain (loss)
Total from investment
operations
From net investment income
From net realized gains
From return of capital
Total distributions
Payments from distribution settlement/affiliate
Net asset value, end of year or period
Total Return(1)
Expenses before
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Expenses, net of fee waivers
and/or recoupments, if any(2)(3)
Expenses net of all
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Net investment income
(loss)(2)(3)
Net assets, end of year or period
Portfolio turnover rate
Year or Period ended
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
($000's)
(%)
Class I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
10.38
0.39
(2.17)
(1.78)
0.39
0.39
8.21
(17.56)
1.85
0.65
0.65
4.09
4,510
72
10-31-21
8.33
0.30
2.01
2.31
0.26
0.26
10.38
27.86
1.78
0.65
0.65
2.98
5,472
71
10-31-20
9.75
0.21
(1.35)
(1.14)
0.28
0.28
8.33
(11.78)
1.82
0.65
0.65
2.31
4,292
59
10-31-19
10.10
0.33
0.39
0.72
0.34
0.73
1.07
9.75
8.02
1.58
0.64
0.64
3.44
4,851
60
10-31-18
11.76
0.35
(1.07)
(0.72)
0.63
0.31
0.94
10.10
(6.80)
1.57
0.60
0.60
3.10
4,463
129
Class R6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
10.37
0.38
(2.14)
(1.76)
0.39
0.39
8.22
(17.42)
2.74
0.62
0.62
4.03
14
72
10-31-21
8.32
0.31
2.00
2.31
0.26
0.26
10.37
27.81
2.53
0.62
0.62
3.06
10
71
02-28-20(4) - 10-31-20
8.98
0.17
(0.65)
(0.48)
0.18
0.18
8.32
(5.31)
2.93
0.62
0.62
3.04
3
59
Voya Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Class A
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
14.39
0.16
(4.31)
(4.15)
0.24
2.00
2.24
8.00
(33.68)
1.69
1.50
1.50
1.60
14,138
53
10-31-21
13.00
0.05
1.87
1.92
0.09
0.44
0.53
14.39
14.76
1.64
1.50
1.50
0.36
24,177
59
10-31-20
12.31
0.05
0.88
0.93
0.17
0.07
0.24
13.00
7.58
1.63
1.50
1.50
0.37
22,843
60
10-31-19
10.64
0.07
1.66
1.73
0.06
0.06
12.31
16.36
1.76
1.57
1.57
0.58
22,672
71
10-31-18
13.17
0.09
(2.48)
(2.39)
0.14
0.14
10.64
(18.31)
1.77
1.57
1.57
0.60
21,470
53
Class C
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
14.26
0.09
(4.33)
(4.24)
0.02
2.00
2.02
8.00
(34.24)
2.44
2.25
2.25
0.85
158
53
10-31-21
12.90
(0.05)
1.85
1.80
0.44
0.44
14.26
13.94
2.39
2.25
2.25
(0.37)
487
59
10-31-20
12.21
(0.06)
0.87
0.81
0.05
0.07
0.12
12.90
6.66
2.38
2.25
2.25
(0.52)
542
60
10-31-19
10.56
(0.04)
1.69
1.65
12.21
15.63
2.51
2.32
2.32
(0.31)
2,521
71
10-31-18
13.09
(0.02)
(2.45)
(2.47)
0.06
0.06
10.56
(18.97)
2.52
2.32
2.32
(0.18)
3,581
53
Class I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
14.45
0.20
(4.32)
(4.12)
0.30
2.00
2.30
8.03
(33.46)
1.20
1.15
1.15
1.94
148,389
53
10-31-21
13.04
0.12
1.86
1.98
0.13
0.44
0.57
14.45
15.23
1.18
1.15
1.15
0.80
245,082
59
10-31-20
12.35
0.10
0.88
0.98
0.22
0.07
0.29
13.04
7.93
1.18
1.15
1.15
0.72
287,527
60
10-31-19
10.68
0.12
1.66
1.78
0.11
0.11
12.35
16.79
1.30
1.22
1.22
1.01
315,161
71
10-31-18
13.22
0.14
(2.49)
(2.35)
0.19
0.19
10.68
(18.06)
1.32
1.22
1.22
1.11
269,739
53
Class P
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
14.85
0.30
(4.47)
(4.17)
0.30
2.00
2.30
8.38
(32.81)
1.19
0.15
0.15
2.90
119,306
53
10-31-21
13.26
0.26
1.90
2.16
0.13
0.44
0.57
14.85
16.37
1.18
0.15
0.15
1.67
156,796
59
10-31-20
12.44
0.24
0.86
1.10
0.21
0.07
0.28
13.26
8.93
1.18
0.15
0.15
1.87
94,157
60
02-28-19(4) - 10-31-19
12.00
0.18
0.26
0.44
12.44
6.05
1.96
0.15
0.15
2.27
3
71
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108


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.
 
 
Income (loss)
from
investment
operations
 
Less distributions
 
 
 
 
Ratios to average net assets
Supplemental
data
 
Net asset value, beginning
of year or period
Net investment income (loss)
Net realized and unrealized
gain (loss)
Total from investment
operations
From net investment income
From net realized gains
From return of capital
Total distributions
Payments from distribution settlement/affiliate
Net asset value, end of year or period
Total Return(1)
Expenses before
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Expenses, net of fee waivers
and/or recoupments, if any(2)(3)
Expenses net of all
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Net investment income
(loss)(2)(3)
Net assets, end of year or period
Portfolio turnover rate
Year or Period ended
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
($000's)
(%)
Class R
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
14.44
0.13
(4.33)
(4.20)
0.21
2.00
2.21
8.03
(33.89)
1.94
1.75
1.75
1.30
42
53
10-31-21
12.99
0.02
1.87
1.89
0.44
0.44
14.44
14.55
1.89
1.75
1.75
0.15
51
59
10-31-20
12.32
0.00*
0.89
0.89
0.15
0.07
0.22
12.99
7.20
1.88
1.75
1.75
0.03
22
60
10-31-19
10.66
0.04
1.66
1.70
0.04
0.04
12.32
16.05
2.01
1.82
1.82
0.44
139
71
10-31-18
13.20
0.04
(2.46)
(2.42)
0.12
0.12
10.66
(18.51)
2.02
1.82
1.82
0.39
101
53
Class W
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
14.41
0.19
(4.32)
(4.13)
0.28
2.00
2.28
8.00
(33.56)
1.44
1.25
1.25
1.84
37,408
53
10-31-21
13.00
0.10
1.87
1.97
0.12
0.44
0.56
14.41
15.15
1.39
1.25
1.25
0.64
65,102
59
10-31-20
12.33
0.08
0.86
0.94
0.20
0.07
0.27
13.00
7.67
1.38
1.25
1.25
0.69
33,162
60
10-31-19
10.66
0.10
1.67
1.77
0.10
0.10
12.33
16.70
1.51
1.32
1.32
0.83
61,726
71
10-31-18
13.19
0.10
(2.46)
(2.36)
0.17
0.17
10.66
(18.10)
1.52
1.32
1.32
0.86
57,026
53
Voya Multi-Manager International Equity Fund
Class I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
14.24
0.12
(3.69)
(3.57)
0.20
2.43
2.63
8.04
(30.30)
0.94
0.93
0.93
1.16
301,161
63
10-31-21
11.35
0.12
3.31
3.43
0.12
0.42
0.54
14.24
30.69
0.96
0.96
0.96
0.87
554,017
49
10-31-20
11.47
0.10
0.01
0.11
0.23
0.23
11.35
0.89
0.92
0.92
0.92
0.86
549,329
71
10-31-19
10.98
0.18
0.89
1.07
0.18
0.40
0.58
11.47
10.53
0.96
0.96
0.96
1.69
592,938
51
10-31-18
12.32
0.16
(1.22)
(1.06)
0.21
0.07
0.28
10.98
(8.83)
0.97
0.97
0.97
1.36
492,439
45
Voya Multi-Manager International Factors Fund
Class I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
11.30
0.25
(2.45)
(2.20)
0.46
1.10
1.56
7.54
(22.48)(5)
0.79
0.73
0.73
2.78
275,219
91
10-31-21
8.99
0.21
2.39
2.60
0.29
0.29
11.30
29.27
0.77
0.74
0.74
1.98
394,315
106
10-31-20
9.64
0.19
(0.53)
(0.34)
0.31
0.31
8.99
(3.77)
0.76
0.74
0.74
1.97
396,906
89
10-31-19
9.57
0.26
0.46
0.72
0.26
0.39
0.65
9.64
8.25
0.81
0.75
0.75
2.76
403,512
58
10-31-18
11.06
0.24
(1.08)
(0.84)
0.33
0.32
0.65
9.57
(8.02)
0.84
0.75
0.75
2.31
326,126
55
Class W
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
11.29
0.24
(2.43)
(2.19)
0.46
1.10
1.56
7.54
(22.41)(5)
0.97
0.73
0.73
2.67
39,234
91
10-31-21
8.99
0.24
2.35
2.59
0.29
0.29
11.29
29.15
0.95
0.74
0.74
2.21
66,649
106
10-31-20
9.64
0.17•
(0.51)
(0.34)
0.31
0.31
8.99
(3.77)
0.94
0.74
0.74
1.87
30,770
89
10-31-19
9.57
0.26
0.46
0.72
0.26
0.39
0.65
9.64
8.25
0.99
0.75
0.75
2.77
60,559
58
10-31-18
11.05
0.24
(1.07)
(0.83)
0.33
0.32
0.65
9.57
(7.93)
0.96
0.75
0.75
2.29
56,210
55
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109


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.
 
 
Income (loss)
from
investment
operations
 
Less distributions
 
 
 
 
Ratios to average net assets
Supplemental
data
 
Net asset value, beginning
of year or period
Net investment income (loss)
Net realized and unrealized
gain (loss)
Total from investment
operations
From net investment income
From net realized gains
From return of capital
Total distributions
Payments from distribution settlement/affiliate
Net asset value, end of year or period
Total Return(1)
Expenses before
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Expenses, net of fee waivers
and/or recoupments, if any(2)(3)
Expenses net of all
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Net investment income
(loss)(2)(3)
Net assets, end of year or period
Portfolio turnover rate
Year or Period ended
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
($000's)
(%)
Voya Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund
Class A
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
72.04
1.02
(18.33)
(17.31)
0.97
6.85
7.82
46.91
(26.58)
1.57
1.53
1.53
1.82
44,707
72
10-31-21
52.86
0.55
19.43
19.98
0.80
0.80
72.04
38.09
1.60
1.53
1.53
0.81
65,656
79
10-31-20
51.61
0.31
2.06
2.37
1.12
1.12
52.86
4.56
1.67
1.53
1.53
0.62
46,220
91
10-31-19
55.06
0.55
1.38
1.93
0.69
4.69
5.38
51.61
4.77
1.76
1.54
1.54
1.01
46,448
57
10-31-18
63.00
0.44
(7.82)
(7.38)
0.56
0.56
55.06
(11.82)
1.78
1.58
1.58
0.70
53,086
46
Class C
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
66.20
0.57
(16.72)
(16.15)
0.71
6.85
7.56
42.49
(27.12)
2.32
2.28
2.28
1.13
2,217
72
10-31-21
48.57
0.02
17.93
17.95
0.32
0.32
66.20
37.07
2.35
2.28
2.28
0.03
2,864
79
10-31-20
47.47
(0.35)
2.20
1.85
0.75
0.75
48.57
3.86
2.42
2.28
2.28
(0.73)
978
91
10-31-19
50.97
0.14
1.29
1.43
0.24
4.69
4.93
47.47
3.99
2.51
2.29
2.29
0.30
7,575
57
10-31-18
58.29
(0.01)
(7.24)
(7.25)
0.07
0.07
50.97
(12.45)
2.50
2.30
2.30
(0.02)
9,791
46
Class I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
71.82
1.23
(18.27)
(17.04)
1.20
6.85
8.05
46.73
(26.33)
1.29
1.20
1.20
2.25
126,178
72
10-31-21
52.68
0.78
19.34
20.12
0.98
0.98
71.82
38.54
1.30
1.20
1.20
1.14
121,433
79
10-31-20
51.44
0.44
2.10
2.54
1.30
1.30
52.68
4.91
1.35
1.20
1.20
0.88
54,488
91
10-31-19
54.99
0.75
1.30
2.05
0.91
4.69
5.60
51.44
5.10
1.46
1.21
1.21
1.45
72,771
57
10-31-18
62.99
0.73
(7.87)
(7.14)
0.86
0.86
54.99
(11.49)
1.44
1.22
1.22
1.16
81,260
46
Class W
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-31-22
89.20
1.47
(23.16)
(21.69)
1.12
6.85
7.97
59.54
(26.40)
1.32
1.28
1.28
2.07
24,831
72
10-31-21
65.22
0.89
24.00
24.89
0.91
0.91
89.20
38.44
1.35
1.28
1.28
1.06
34,019
79
10-31-20
63.40
0.50
2.57
3.07
1.25
1.25
65.22
4.82
1.42
1.28
1.28
0.80
25,810
91
10-31-19
66.30
0.87
1.75
2.62
0.83
4.69
5.52
63.40
5.07
1.51
1.29
1.29
1.35
31,724
57
10-31-18
75.77
0.60
(9.28)
(8.68)
0.79
0.79
66.30
(11.57)
1.50
1.30
1.30
0.79
30,608
46
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Highlights
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(1)
Total return is calculated assuming reinvestment of all dividends, capital gain distributions, and return of capital distributions, if any, at net asset value and excluding the deduction of sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable. Total return for periods less than one year is not annualized.
(2)
Annualized for periods less than one year.
(3)
Ratios reflect operating expenses of a Fund. Expenses before reductions/additions do not reflect amounts reimbursed or recouped by the Investment Adviser and/or Distributor or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by a Fund during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the Investment Adviser and/or Distributor or recoupment of previously reimbursed fees by the Investment Adviser, but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions/additions represent the net expenses paid by a Fund. Net investment income (loss) is net of all such additions or reductions.
(4)
Commencement of operations.
(5)
Excluding a payment by affiliate in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2021, the total return for Voya Multi-Manager International Factors Fund would have been -22.51% and -22.44% on Classes I and W, respectively.
Calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout the year or period.
*
Amount is less than $0.005 or 0.005% or more than $(0.005) or (0.005)%.
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APPENDIX A

Financial Intermediary Specific Sales Charge Waiver and Related Discount Policy Information
As described in the Prospectus, Class A shares may be subject to an initial sales charge and both Class A and Class C shares may charge a CDSC. Certain financial intermediaries may impose different initial sales charges or waive the initial sales charge or CDSC in certain circumstances. This Appendix details the variations in sales charge waivers by financial intermediary. You should consult your financial representative for assistance in determining whether you may qualify for a particular sales charge waiver.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers Available at Ameriprise Financial:
The following information applies to Class A shares purchases if you have an account with or otherwise purchase Fund shares through Ameriprise Financial:
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial brokerage account are eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund’s prospectus or SAI:
Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the same fund family).
Shares exchanged from Class C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 7-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to such shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will apply.
Employees and registered representatives of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
Shares purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson, granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.
Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (i.e. Rights of Reinstatement).
ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INC. (“BAIRD”)
Shareholders purchasing fund shares through a Baird platform or account will only be eligible for the following sales charge waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and CDSC waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Prospectus or the SAI.
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers on Class A shares Available at Baird
Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund.
Shares purchased by employees and registered representatives of Baird or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Baird.
Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions from another Voya fund, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same accounts, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales charge (known as rights of reinstatement).
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A shareholder in the Fund’s Class C shares will have their shares converted at net asset value to Class A shares of the Fund if the shares are no longer subject to CDSC and the conversion is in line with the policies and procedures of Baird.
Employer-sponsored retirement plans or charitable accounts in a transactional brokerage account at Baird, including 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
CDSC Waivers on Class A and C shares Available at Baird
Shares sold due to death or disability of the shareholder.
Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund’s Prospectus.
Shares bought due to returns of excess contributions from an IRA Account.
Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 72 as described in the Fund’s Prospectus.
Shares sold to pay Baird fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Baird.
Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.
Front-End Sales Charge Discounts Available at Baird: Breakpoints and/or Rights of Accumulations
Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus.
Rights of accumulations which entitles shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Baird. Eligible fund assets not held at Baird may be included in the rights of accumulations calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
Letters of Intent (LOI) allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases of fund shares through Baird, over a 13-month period of time.
D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. (“D.A. DAVIDSON”)
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares, including existing Fund shareholders, through a D.A. Davidson &. Co. (“D.A. Davidson”) platform or account, or through an introducing broker-dealer or independent registered investment advisor for which D.A. Davidson provides trade execution, clearance, and/or custody services, will be eligible for the following sales charge waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Prospectus or the Fund’s SAI.
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers on Class A Shares available at D.A. Davidson
Shares purchased within the same fund family through a systematic reinvestment of capital gains and dividend distributions.
Employees and registered representatives of D.A. Davidson or its affiliates and their family members as designated by D.A. Davidson.
Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales charge (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
A shareholder in the Fund’s Class C Shares will have their shares converted at net asset value to Class A Shares (or the appropriate share class) of the Fund after 6 years from the date of first purchase of the Class C shares and if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the conversion is consistent with D.A. Davidson’s policies and procedures.
CDSC Waivers on Class A and Class C Shares available at D.A. Davidson
Death or disability of the shareholder.
Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund’s prospectus.
Return of excess contributions from an IRA account.
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Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA or other qualifying retirement accounts pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.
Front-end sales charge discounts available at D.A. Davidson: breakpoints, rights of accumulation and/or letters of intent
Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus.
Rights of accumulation which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at D.A. Davidson. Eligible fund family assets not held at D.A. Davidson may be included in the calculation of rights of accumulation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
Letters of intent which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, over a 13-month time period. Eligible fund family assets not held at D.A. Davidson may be included in the calculation of letters of intent only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
EDWARD D. JONES & CO., L.P. (“EDWARD JONES”)
Policies Regarding Transactions Through Edward Jones
The following information has been provided by Edward Jones:
The following information supersedes prior information with respect to transactions and positions held in fund shares through an Edward Jones system. Clients of Edward Jones (also referred to as “shareholders”) purchasing fund shares on the Edward Jones commission and fee-based platforms are eligible only for the following sales charge discounts (also referred to as “breakpoints”) and waivers, which can differ from discounts and waivers described elsewhere in the mutual fund prospectus or statement of additional information (“SAI”) or through another broker-dealer. In all instances, it is the shareholder's responsibility to inform Edward Jones at the time of purchase of any relationship, holdings of Voya funds and Voya 529 Plans or other facts qualifying the purchaser for discounts or waivers. Edward Jones can ask for documentation of such circumstance. Shareholders should contact Edward Jones if they have questions regarding their eligibility for these discounts and waivers.
Breakpoints
Breakpoint pricing, otherwise known as volume pricing, at dollar thresholds as described in the Prospectus.
Rights of Accumulation (“ROA”)
The applicable sales charge on a purchase of Class A shares is determined by taking into account all share classes (except certain money market funds and assets held in group retirement plans) of the Voya funds and Voya 529 Plans held by the shareholder or in an account grouped by Edward Jones with other accounts for the purpose of providing certain pricing considerations (“pricing groups”). If grouping assets as a shareholder, this includes all share classes held on the Edward Jones platform and/or held on another platform. The inclusion of eligible fund family assets in the ROA calculation is dependent on the shareholder notifying Edward Jones of such assets at the time of calculation. Money market funds are included only if such shares were sold with a sales charge at the time of purchase or acquired in exchange for shares purchased with a sales charge.
The employer maintaining a SEP IRA plan and/or SIMPLE IRA plan may elect to establish or change ROA for the IRA accounts associated with the plan to a plan-level grouping as opposed to including all share classes at a shareholder or pricing group level.
ROA is determined by calculating the higher of cost minus redemptions or market value (current shares x NAV).
Letter of Intent (“LOI”)
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Through a LOI, shareholders can receive the sales charge and breakpoint discounts for purchases shareholders intend to make over a 13-month period from the date Edward Jones receives the LOI. The LOI is determined by calculating the higher of cost or market value of qualifying holdings at LOI initiation in combination with the value that the shareholder intends to buy over a 13-month period to calculate the front-end sales charge and any breakpoint discounts. Each purchase the shareholder makes during that 13-month period will receive the sales charge and breakpoint discount that applies to the total amount. The inclusion of eligible fund family assets in the LOI calculation is dependent on the shareholder notifying Edward Jones of such assets at the time of calculation. Purchases made before the LOI is received by Edward Jones are not adjusted under the LOI and will not reduce the sales charge previously paid. Sales charges will be adjusted if LOI is not met.
If the employer maintaining a SEP IRA plan and/or SIMPLE IRA plan has elected to establish or change ROA for the IRA accounts associated with the plan to a plan-level grouping, LOIs will also be at the plan-level and may only be established by the employer.
Sales Charge Waivers
Sales charges are waived for the following shareholders and in the following situations:
Associates of Edward Jones and its affiliates and their family members who are in the same pricing group (as determined by Edward Jones under its policies and procedures) as the associate. This waiver will continue for the remainder of the associate's life if the associate retires from Edward Jones in good-standing and remains in good standing pursuant to Edward Jones' policies and procedures.
Shares purchased in an Edward Jones fee-based program.
Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment.
Shares purchased from the proceeds of redeemed shares of the same fund family so long as the following conditions are met: 1) the proceeds are from the sale of shares within 60 days of the purchase, and 2) the sale and purchase are made in the same share class and the same account or the purchase is made in an individual retirement account with proceeds from liquidations in a non-retirement account.
Shares exchanged into Class A shares from another share class so long as the exchange is into the same fund and was initiated at the discretion of Edward Jones. Edward Jones is responsible for any remaining CDSC due to the fund company, if applicable. Any future purchases are subject to the applicable sales charge as disclosed in the prospectus.
Exchanges from Class C shares to Class A shares of the same fund, generally, in the 84th month following the anniversary of the purchase date or earlier at the discretion of Edward Jones.
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) Waivers
If the shareholder purchases shares that are subject to a CDSC and those shares are redeemed before the CDSC is expired, the shareholder is responsible to pay the CDSC except in the following conditions:
The death or disability of the shareholder
Systematic withdrawals with up to 10% per year of the account value
Return of excess contributions from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA)
Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts if the redemption is taken in or after the year the shareholder reaches qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations
Shares sold to pay Edward Jones fees or costs in such cases where the transaction is initiated by Edward Jones
Shares exchanged in an Edward Jones fee-based program
Shares acquired through NAV reinstatement
Shares redeemed at the discretion of Edward Jones for Minimum Balances, as described below.
Other Important Information Regarding Transactions Through Edward Jones
Minimum Purchase Amounts
Initial purchase minimum: $250
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Subsequent purchase minimum: none
Minimum Balances
Edward Jones has the right to redeem at its discretion fund holdings with a balance of $250 or less. The following are examples of accounts that are not included in this policy:
A fee-based account held on an Edward Jones platform
A 529 account held on an Edward Jones platform
An account with an active systematic investment plan or LOI
Exchanging Share Classes
At any time it deems necessary, Edward Jones has the authority to exchange at NAV a shareholder's holdings in a fund to Class A shares.
E*TRADE FRONT-END SALES CHARGE WAIVER
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through an E*TRADE brokerage account will be eligible for a waiver of the front-end sales charge with respect to Class A shares (or the equivalent). This includes shares purchased through the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions.
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through a Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (“Janney”) account will be eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and CDSC, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end sales charge waivers on Class A shares available at Janney
Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family).
Shares purchased by employees and registered representatives of Janney or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Janney.
Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within ninety (90) days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (i.e., right of reinstatement).
Class C shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same Fund pursuant to Janney’s policies and procedures.
Sales charge waivers on Class A and C shares available at Janney
Shares sold upon the death or disability of the shareholder.
Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund’s Prospectus.
Shares purchased in connection with a return of excess contributions from an IRA account.
Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½ as described in a Fund’s Prospectus.
Shares sold to pay Janney fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Janney.
Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.
Front-end load discounts available at Janney: breakpoints, and/or rights of accumulation
Breakpoints as described in a Fund’s Prospectus.
Rights of accumulation (“ROA”), which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts, will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Janney. Eligible fund family assets not held at Janney may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
MERRILL LYNCH
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APPENDIX A (continued)

The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts will depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the Fund or through a financial intermediary. Intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the availability of front-end sales load waivers or contingent deferred (back-end) sales load (“CDSC”) waivers, which are discussed below. In all instances, it is the purchaser’s responsibility to notify the Fund or the purchaser’s financial intermediary at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts qualifying the purchaser for sales charge waivers or discounts. For waivers and discounts not available through a particular intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund or through another intermediary to receive these waivers or discounts.
*****
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through a Merrill Lynch platform or account will be eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end Sales Charge Waivers on Class A Shares available at Merrill Lynch
Employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan
Shares purchased by a 529 Plan (does not include 529 Plan units or 529-specific share classes or equivalents)
Shares purchased through a Merrill Lynch-affiliated investment advisory program
Shares exchanged due to the holdings moving from a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program to a Merrill Lynch brokerage (non-advisory) account pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers
Shares purchased by third party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform
Shares of Funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform (if applicable)
Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other Fund within the fund family)
Shares exchanged from Class C shares (i.e. level load) pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers
Employees and registered representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members
Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in the Fund’s Prospectus
Eligible shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales charge (known as Rights of Reinstatement). Automated transactions (i.e. systematic purchases and withdrawals) and purchases made after shares are automatically sold to pay Merrill Lynch’s account maintenance fees are not eligible for reinstatement.
CDSC Waivers on Class A and Class C Shares available at Merrill Lynch
Death or disability of the shareholder
Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund’s Prospectus
Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account
Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code
Shares sold to pay Merrill Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch
Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement
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APPENDIX A (continued)

Shares held in retirement brokerage accounts that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to certain fee based accounts or platforms (applicable to Class A and Class C shares only). Shares received through an exchange due to the holdings moving from Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program to a Merrill Lynch brokerage (non-advisory) account pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers.
Front-End Load Discounts available at Merrill Lynch: Breakpoints, Rights of Accumulation & Letters of Intent
Breakpoints as described in the Fund’s Prospectus
ROA, which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts, as described in the Fund’s Prospectus will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts (including 529 program holdings, where applicable) within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible fund family assets not held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial adviser about such assets
Letters of Intent (“LOI”), which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable)
MORGAN STANLEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management transactional brokerage account will be eligible only for the following front-end sales charge waivers with respect to Class A shares, which may differ from and may be more limited than those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end Sales Charge Waivers on Class A Shares available at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.
Morgan Stanley employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules.
Shares purchased through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund.
Shares purchased through a Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account.
Class C (i.e., level-load) shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program – Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to a frontend or deferred sales charge.
OPPENHEIMER & CO. (“OPCO”)
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through an OPCO platform or account are eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund's Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end Sales Load Waivers on Class A Shares available at OPCO
Employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan.
Shares purchased by or through a 529 Plan.
Shares purchased through an OPCO affiliated investment advisory program.
Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family).
Shares purchased form the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same amount, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as “Rights of Restatement”).
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APPENDIX A (continued)

A shareholder in the Fund’s Class C shares will have their shares converted at net asset value to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the Fund after 5 years from the date of first purchase of the Class C shares and if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the conversion is in line with the policies and procedures of OPCO.
Employees and registered representatives of OPCO or its affiliates and their family members.
Directors or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in the Fund’s Prospectus.
CDSC Waivers on A and C Shares available at OPCO
Death or disability of the shareholder
Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund's Prospectus
Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account
Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½ as described in the Fund’s Prospectus
Shares sold to pay OPCO fees but only if the transaction is initiated by OPCO
Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement
Front-end load Discounts Available at OPCO: Breakpoints, Rights of Accumulation & Letters of Intent
Breakpoints as described in the Fund’s Prospectus
ROA which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser's household at OPCO. Eligible fund family assets not held at OPCO may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC., RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. and each entity’s affiliates (“RAYMOND JAMES”)
Shareholders purchasing fund shares through a Raymond James platform or account, or through an introducing broker-dealer or independent registered investment adviser for which Raymond James provides trade execution, clearance, and/or custody services, will be eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end sales load waivers on Class A shares available at Raymond James
Shares purchased in an investment advisory program.
Shares purchased within the same fund family through a systematic reinvestment of capital gains and dividend distributions.
Employees and registered representatives of Raymond James or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Raymond James.
Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
A shareholder in the Fund’s Class C shares will have their shares converted at net asset value to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the Fund if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the conversion is in line with the policies and procedures of Raymond James.
CDSC Waivers on Classes A and C shares available at Raymond James
Death or disability of the shareholder.
Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund’s Prospectus.
Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account.
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Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½.
Shares sold to pay Raymond James fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Raymond James.
Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.
Front-end load discounts available at Raymond James: breakpoints, rights of accumulation, and /or letters of intent
Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus.
Rights of accumulation which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Raymond James. Eligible fund family assets not held at Raymond James may be included in the calculation of rights of accumulation calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
Letters of intent which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, over a 13-month time period. Eligible fund family assets not held at Raymond James may be included in the calculation of letters of intent only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED (“STIFEL”)
The following information applies to shareholders purchasing Class C shares of a Fund through a Stifel platform or account or who own Class C shares for which Stifel or an affiliate is the broker-dealer of record. This information may differ from information about Class C shares disclosed elsewhere in this Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Class C Conversion to Class A; Class A Shares Front-End Sales Waiver Available at Stifel:
A Class C shareholder of a Fund will have such shareholder’s Class C shares converted at net asset value to Class A shares of that Fund in accordance with Stifel’s policies and procedures. Stifel has informed the Fund that its policies and procedures currently provide for such a conversion following the seventh (7th) anniversary of the shareholder’s purchase of the Class C shares.
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