June 30, 2024
PROSPECTUS
SEI Catholic Values Trust
Class Y Shares
• Catholic Values Equity Fund (CAVYX)
• Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund (CFVYX)
The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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SEI CATHOLIC VALUES TRUST
About This Prospectus
FUND SUMMARY |
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CATHOLIC VALUES EQUITY FUND |
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CATHOLIC VALUES FIXED INCOME FUND |
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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares |
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Tax Information |
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Payments to
Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries |
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT INVESTMENTS |
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RISKS |
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Risk Information Common to the Funds |
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More Information About Principal Risks |
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MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE FUNDS' BENCHMARK INDEXES |
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INVESTMENT ADVISER |
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SUB-ADVISERS |
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Information About Voluntary Fee Waivers |
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Sub-Advisers and Portfolio Managers |
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PURCHASING,
EXCHANGING AND SELLING FUND SHARES |
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HOW TO PURCHASE FUND SHARES |
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Pricing of Fund Shares |
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Frequent Purchases
and Redemptions of Fund Shares |
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Foreign Investors |
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Customer
Identification and Verification and Anti-Money Laundering Program |
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HOW TO EXCHANGE YOUR FUND SHARES |
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HOW TO SELL YOUR FUND SHARES |
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Receiving Your Money |
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Methods Used to Meet Redemption Obligations |
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Low Balance Redemptions |
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Suspension of Your Right to Sell Your Shares |
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Telephone Transactions |
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Unclaimed Property |
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DISTRIBUTION OF FUND SHARES |
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DISCLOSURE OF
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION |
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DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES |
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Dividends and Distributions |
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Taxes |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS |
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HOW TO OBTAIN MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT SEI CATHOLIC VALUES TRUST |
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Fund Summary
Long-term capital appreciation.
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell Fund shares. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in this table and examples below.
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
Class Y Shares |
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This Example is intended
to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing
in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund
for the time periods indicated and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5%
return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same.
1 Year |
3 Years |
5 Years |
10 Years |
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Catholic Values Equity Fund — Class Y Shares |
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The Fund pays transaction
costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over"
its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction
costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses
or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal
year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was
Under normal market conditions, at least 80% of the Fund's net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) will be invested in a diversified portfolio of common stocks of companies that the Fund's portfolio managers believe have long-term growth potential.
The Fund seeks to make investment decisions consistent with the principles of the Catholic Church with respect to a range of social and moral concerns that may include: protecting human life; promoting human
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dignity; reducing arms production; pursuing economic justice; protecting the environment, and encouraging corporate responsibility. This will be accomplished through the reliance on the principles contained in the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Socially Responsible Investing Guidelines (Guidelines). Potential investments for the Fund are first selected for financial soundness and then evaluated according to the Fund's social criteria. The Fund's investment adviser, SEI Investments Management Corporation (SIMC, or the Adviser), has retained a third party environmental, social, and governance research firm to compile a list of restricted securities, using principles contained in the Guidelines, in which the Fund will not be permitted to invest. The Fund will not invest in issuers identified through this process. SIMC reserves the right to modify the criteria from time to time to maintain alignment with evolving Catholic social and moral positions.
The Fund invests in common stocks and other equity securities, which may include preferred stocks, warrants, participation notes and depositary receipts. The Fund invests primarily in securities of domestic companies, but may also, to a lesser extent, invest in securities of foreign companies, which may include companies in emerging markets. The Fund generally invests in larger companies, although it may purchase securities of companies of any size, including small companies. The Fund may invest in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) or equity swaps to obtain exposure to the equity market during high volume periods of investment into the Fund.
SIMC seeks to enhance performance and reduce market risk by strategically allocating the Fund's assets among multiple sub-advisers (each, a Sub-Adviser and collectively, the Sub-Advisers). The allocation is made based on the Adviser's desire to achieve performance objectives while keeping appropriate balance among differing investment styles and philosophies offered by the Sub-Advisers, including growth-oriented, value-oriented, stability-oriented, momentum-oriented, quality-oriented and/or blended approaches to selecting investments. Growth-oriented managers generally select stocks they believe have attractive growth and appreciation potential in light of such characteristics as revenue and earnings growth, expectations from professional financial research analysts and momentum, while stability-oriented managers generally select stocks they believe have sustainable competitive advantages, less economic sensitivity and/or less volatility, and value-oriented managers generally select stocks they believe are attractively valued in light of fundamental characteristics such as assets, capital structure, earnings, and/or cash flows. Quality-oriented managers generally identify businesses that possess quality management teams, favorable industry dynamics and attractive or improving financials and seek to invest in companies that are trading at meaningful discounts relative to intrinsic value by identifying such companies before quality is evident in their financials. Momentum-oriented managers generally select securities that are rising in value and that they believe will continue to rise and sell such investments when they have peaked.
The Fund implements its views on the Guidelines through the use of Sub-Advisers that invest directly and a designated Sub-Adviser that acts as an overlay manager and implements the portfolio recommendations of the other Sub-Advisers. Such other Sub-Advisers provide a model portfolio to the Fund on an ongoing basis that represents their recommendations as to the securities to be purchased, sold or retained by the Fund. The overlay manager constructs a portfolio for the Fund that represents the aggregation of the model portfolios, with the weighting of each Sub-Adviser's model in the total portfolio determined by the Adviser. The overlay manager implements the portfolio consistent with that represented by the aggregation of the model portfolios, but also has the authority to vary from such aggregation: (i) to conform the Fund's securities transactions by avoiding issuers identified as not aligning with the Guidelines; (ii) to favor, consistent with the Guidelines, securities of companies that are more highly ranked with respect to environmental, social and
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governance ("ESG") criteria (e.g., company business models, corporate governance policies, relationships with stakeholders, and history of controversies) than other companies in the Fund's portfolio; (iii) to seek to achieve lower volatility; and (iv) to a lesser extent, manage risks, seek trading cost efficiencies or efficient tax management. In addition to acting as overlay manager, the overlay manager may also manage a portion of the Fund's portfolio, as determined by the Adviser.
The Fund may sell a security when it becomes substantially overvalued or is experiencing deteriorating fundamentals as a result of changes in portfolio strategy or to help the overlay manager meet the Fund's investment strategies.
Principal Risks
The following principal risks could affect the value of your investment:
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Investing in the Fund
involves risk, and there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its
investment goal.
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The Fund's |
Catholic Values Equity Fund — Class Y |
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Return After Taxes on Distributions |
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Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
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Russell 3000 Index
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The Fund's 80/20
Blended Benchmark Return (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
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Management
Investment Adviser and Portfolio Manager. SEI Investments Management Corporation
Portfolio Manager |
Experience with the Fund |
Title with Adviser |
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David L. Hintz, CFA |
Since 2018 |
Portfolio Manager |
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Jason Collins |
Since 2023 |
Portfolio Manager, Head of Sub-Advised Equity |
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Sub-Advisers and Portfolio Managers.
Sub-Adviser |
Portfolio Manager |
Experience
with the Fund |
Title with Sub-Adviser |
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Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC |
Patrick S. Kaser,
CFA James J. Clarke Celia R. Hoopes, CFA |
Since 2015 Since 2015 Since 2018 |
Managing Director
and Portfolio Manager Portfolio Manager and Director of Fundamental Research Portfolio Manager & Research Analyst |
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Copeland Capital Management, LLC |
Mark W.
Giovanniello, CFA Eric C. Brown, CFA David McGonigle, CFA Jeffrey Walkenhorst, CFA |
Since
2019 Since 2019 Since 2019 Since 2019 |
Chief Investment
Officer, Principal and Portfolio Manager Chief Executive Officer, Principal and Portfolio Manager Portfolio Manager, Principal and Senior Research Analyst Portfolio Manager, Principal and Senior Research Analyst |
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Fred Alger Management, LLC |
Patrick Kelly,
CFA Ankur Crawford, Ph.D. |
Since
2019 Since 2019 |
Executive Vice
President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Alger Capital Appreciation and
Spectra Strategies Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager |
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Jupiter Asset Management Limited |
Dermot Murphy Ben Whitmore |
Since 2023 Since 2023 |
Investment Manager,
Value Equities Head of Strategy, Value Equities |
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Lazard Asset Management LLC |
Louis
Florentin-Lee Barnaby Wilson, CFA Robert Failla, CFA |
Since 2020 Since 2020 Since 2020 |
Managing Director,
Portfolio Manager/Analyst Managing Director, Portfolio Manager/Analyst Managing Director, Portfolio Manager/Analyst |
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Leeward Investments, LLC |
R. Todd Vingers,
CFA Jay C. Willadsen, CFA |
Since 2021 Since 2022 |
President, Portfolio
Manager Portfolio Manager |
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Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC |
Paul
Bouchey Thomas Seto James Reber |
Since 2015 Since 2015 Since 2022 |
Global Head of
Research Head of Investment Management Managing Director, Portfolio Management |
For important information about the Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares, Tax Information and Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries, please turn to page 16 of this prospectus.
The Fund is not authorized or sponsored by the Roman Catholic Church and the USCCB has not endorsed SIMC, its investment management activities and/or the Fund.
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Fund Summary
High level of current income with preservation of capital.
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell Fund shares. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in this table and examples below.
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
Class Y Shares |
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Management Fees |
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Distribution (12b-1) Fees |
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Other Expenses |
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
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% |
This Example is intended
to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing
in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund
for the time periods indicated and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5%
return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same.
1 Year |
3 Years |
5 Years |
10 Years |
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Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund — Class Y Shares |
$ |
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$ |
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The Fund pays transaction
costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over"
its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction
costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses
or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal
year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was
Under normal market conditions, at least 80% of the Fund's net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) will be invested in a diversified portfolio of bonds and other debt obligations of varying maturities, which may include floating rate and variable rate securities. Due to its investment strategy, the Fund may buy and sell securities and other instruments frequently.
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The Fund seeks to make investment decisions consistent with the principles of the Catholic Church with respect to a range of social and moral concerns that may include: protecting human life; promoting human dignity; reducing arms production; pursuing economic justice; protecting the environment, and encouraging corporate responsibility. This will be accomplished through the reliance on the principles contained in the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Socially Responsible Investing Guidelines (Guidelines). Potential investments for the Fund are first selected for financial soundness and then evaluated according to the Fund's social criteria. The Fund's investment adviser, SEI Investments Management Corporation (SIMC, or the Adviser), has retained a third party environmental, social, and governance research firm to compile a list of restricted securities, using principles contained in the Guidelines, in which the Fund will not be permitted to invest. The Fund will not invest in issuers identified through this process. SIMC reserves the right to modify the criteria from time to time to maintain alignment with evolving Catholic social and moral positions.
The Fund invests in corporate bonds. The Fund also invests in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or one of its agencies or instrumentalities, such as the Government National Mortgage Association, which are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, and the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, which are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury. The Fund may also invest in bonds of international corporations or foreign governments. In addition, the Fund invests in mortgage-backed securities (including residential mortgage-backed securities and to-be-announced mortgage-backed securities) and asset-backed securities. The Fund will engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest a significant portion of its assets in bonds that are rated within the four highest credit rating categories assigned by independent rating agencies, and the Fund will attempt to maintain an overall credit quality rating of A or higher. The Fund may invest in unrated equivalents that may be considered to be investment grade. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in bonds that are rated below investment grade (those rated BB+, B and CCC) (junk bonds). The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in bank loans, which are, generally, non-investment grade (junk bond) floating rate instruments. The Fund may invest in bank loans in the form of participations in the loans or assignments of all or a portion of the loans from third parties.
Up to 20% of the Fund's net assets may be invested in commercial paper within the two highest rating categories of independent rating agencies. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in the fixed-income securities of foreign issuers in any country, including developed or emerging markets. Foreign securities are selected on an individual basis without regard to any defined allocation among countries or geographic regions.
The Fund may also invest in futures contracts, forward contracts, and options for speculative or hedging purposes. Futures contracts, forward contracts, and options may be used to synthetically obtain exposure to securities or baskets of securities. These derivatives may also be used to mitigate the Fund's overall level of risk and/or the Fund's risk to particular types of securities, currencies or market segments. The sub-advisers (each, a Sub-Adviser and collectively, the Sub-Advisers) may also engage in currency transactions using futures and foreign currency forward contracts either to seek to hedge the Fund's currency exposure or to enhance the Fund's returns. The Fund may take long and short positions in foreign currencies in excess of the value of the Fund's assets denominated in a particular currency or when the Fund does not own assets denominated in that currency.
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The Adviser seeks to enhance performance and reduce market risk by strategically allocating the Fund's assets among multiple Sub-Advisers. The allocation is made based on the Adviser's desire for balance among differing investment styles and philosophies offered by the Sub-Advisers.
While each Sub-Adviser chooses securities of different types and maturities, the Fund, in the aggregate, generally will have a dollar-weighted average duration that is consistent with that of the broad U.S. fixed income market, as represented by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. Duration is a measure of the expected life of a fixed income security that is used to determine the sensitivity of a security's price to changes in interest rates. For example, if a fixed income security has a five-year duration, it will decrease in value by 5% if interest rates rise 1% and increase in value by 5% if interest rates fall 1%. Fixed income instruments with higher duration typically have higher risk and higher volatility. The dollar-weighted average duration of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index varies significantly over time, but as of March 31, 2024 it was 6.21 years.
Investments for the Fund, both foreign and domestic, are selected based on the following criteria:
• the use of interest-rate and yield-curve analyses;
• the use of credit analyses, which indicate a security's rating and payment of interest and principal at maturity; and
• use of the above disciplines to invest in high-yield bonds and fixed-income securities issued by foreign and domestic governments and companies.
The remainder of the Fund's assets may be held in cash or cash equivalents.
A Sub-Adviser may sell a security when it becomes substantially overvalued or is experiencing deteriorating fundamentals, or as a result of changes in portfolio strategy. A security may also be sold and replaced with one that presents a better value.
Principal Risks
The following principal risks could affect the value of your investment:
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Investing in the Fund
involves risk, and there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its
investment goal.
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Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund — Class Y |
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5 Years |
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Return After Taxes on Distributions |
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Bloomberg U.S.
Aggregate Bond Index Return expenses or taxes) |
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Management
Investment Adviser and Portfolio Manager. SEI Investments Management Corporation
Portfolio Manager |
Experience with the Fund |
Title with Adviser |
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Richard A. Bamford |
Since 2017 |
Portfolio Manager |
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Nilay Shah |
Since 2023 |
Assistant Portfolio Manager |
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Anthony Karaminas,
CFA |
Since
2024 |
Portfolio Manager,
Head of Sub-Advisory Fixed Income & Multi-Asset |
Sub-Advisers and Portfolio Managers.
Sub-Adviser |
Portfolio Manager |
Experience
with the Fund |
Title with Sub-Adviser |
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Income Research + Management |
Bill O'Malley,
CFA Jake Remley, CFA Jim Gubitosi, CFA |
Since
2015 Since 2019 Since 2015 |
Chief Executive
Officer, Co-Chief Investment Officer, and Board Member Principal, Senior Portfolio Manager Co-Chief Investment Officer, and Principal |
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Western Asset Management Company, LLC |
S. Kenneth
Leech Mark S. Lindbloom Frederick R. Marki, CFA Julien A. Scholnick, CFA Michael C. Buchanan, CFA |
Since 2015 Since 2015 Since 2019 Since 2019 Since 2024 |
Co-Chief Investment
Officer Portfolio Manager Portfolio Manager Portfolio Manager Co-Chief Investment Officer |
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Western Asset Management Company Limited |
S. Kenneth Leech |
Since 2015 |
Co-Chief Investment Officer |
For important information about the Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares, Tax Information and Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries, please turn to page 16 of this prospectus.
The Fund is not authorized or sponsored by the Roman Catholic Church and the USCCB has not endorsed SIMC, its investment management activities and/or the Fund.
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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
The minimum initial investment for Class Y Shares is $500 with minimum subsequent investments of $100, which may be waived at the discretion of SIMC. You may purchase and redeem shares of a Fund on any day that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open for business (a Business Day). You may sell your Fund shares by contacting your authorized financial institution or intermediary directly. Authorized financial institutions and intermediaries may redeem Fund shares on behalf of their clients by contacting the Funds' transfer agent (the Transfer Agent) or the Funds' authorized agent, using certain SEI Investments Company (SEI) or third party systems or by calling 1-800-858-7233, as applicable.
Tax Information
The distributions made by the Funds generally are taxable and will be taxed as qualified dividend income, ordinary income or capital gains. If you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or individual retirement account, you will generally not be subject to federal taxation on Fund distributions until you begin receiving distributions from your tax-deferred arrangement. You should consult your tax advisor regarding the rules governing your tax-deferred arrangement.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase Fund shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), a Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-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.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT INVESTMENTS
Each Fund is a mutual fund. A mutual fund pools shareholders' money and, using professional investment managers, invests it in securities and certain other instruments.
Each Fund has its own investment goal and strategies for reaching that goal. Each Fund's assets are managed under the direction of SIMC and one or more Sub-Advisers, who manage portions of the Fund's assets in a way that they believe will help the applicable Fund achieve its goal.
Due to its investment strategy, each Fund may buy and sell securities frequently. This may result in higher transaction costs and additional capital gains tax liabilities, which may, in turn, reduce a Fund's performance. The investments and strategies described in this prospectus are those that SIMC and the Sub-Advisers use under normal conditions; however, each Fund may also invest in other securities, use other strategies or engage in other investment practices. These investments and strategies, as well as those described in this prospectus, are described in more detail in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information (SAI).
During unusual economic or market conditions or for temporary defensive or liquidity purposes, each Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in cash, money market instruments, repurchase agreements and other short-term obligations that would not ordinarily be consistent with a Fund's objectives. In addition, for temporary defensive purposes, the Funds may invest all or a portion of their assets in common stocks of larger, more established companies and in investment grade fixed income securities. A Fund will do so only if SIMC or a Sub-Adviser believes that the risk of loss outweighs the opportunity for capital gains or higher income. Of course, there is no guarantee that any Fund will achieve its investment goal.
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The Funds make investment decisions consistent with the Guidelines on a range of social and moral concerns that may include: protecting human life; promoting human dignity; reducing arms production; seeking to promote the fair allocation of benefits among all members of the economy; protecting the environment; and encouraging corporate responsibility. Potential investments for the Funds are first selected for financial soundness and then evaluated according to the Funds' social criteria. SIMC has retained a third-party environmental, social, and governance research firm to compile a list of restricted securities using principles contained in the Guidelines and the Funds will not be permitted to invest in these securities. The Funds will not invest in issuers identified through this process. SIMC reserves the right to modify the criteria from time to time to maintain alignment with evolving Catholic social and moral positions.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RISKS
Risk Information Common to the Funds
Investing in the Funds involves risk and there is no guarantee that a Fund will achieve its goal. SIMC and the Sub-Advisers, as applicable, make judgments about the securities markets, the economy and companies, but these judgments may not anticipate actual market movements or the impact of economic conditions on company performance. You could lose money on your investment in a Fund, just as you could with other investments. An investment in a Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
The value of your investment in a Fund is based on the market prices of the securities the Fund holds. These prices change daily due to economic and other events that affect securities markets generally, as well as those that affect particular companies and other issuers. These price movements, sometimes called volatility, may be greater or lesser depending on the types of securities a Fund owns and the markets in which those securities trade. The effect on a Fund's share price of a change in the value of a single security will depend on how widely the Fund diversifies its holdings.
Investing in issuers located in foreign countries poses distinct risks because political and economic events unique to a country or region will affect those markets and their issuers. These events will not necessarily affect the U.S. economy or similar issuers located in the U.S. In addition, investments in foreign countries are generally denominated in a foreign currency. As a result, changes in the value of those currencies compared to the U.S. dollar may affect (positively or negatively) the value of a Fund's investments. These currency movements may happen in response to events that do not otherwise affect the value of the security in the issuer's home country. These various risks will be even greater for investments in emerging market countries, where political turmoil and rapid changes in economic conditions are more likely to occur.
More Information About Principal Risks
The following are the risks associated with an investment in the specified Funds.
Asset-Backed Securities — Asset-backed securities are securities that are backed primarily by the cash flows of a discrete pool of fixed or revolving receivables or other financial assets that by their terms convert into cash within a finite time period. Asset-backed securities include mortgage-backed securities, but the term is more commonly used to refer to securities supported by non-mortgage assets such as student loans, credit card receivables, floorplan receivables, equipment leases and peer-to-peer loans. The assets are removed from any potential bankruptcy estate of an operating company through the true sale of the assets to an issuer that is a special purpose entity, and the issuer obtains a perfected security interest in the assets. Payments of principal of and interest on asset-backed securities rely entirely on the performance of the underlying assets.
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Asset-backed securities are generally not insured or guaranteed by the related sponsor or any other entity and therefore, if the assets or sources of funds available to the issuer are insufficient to pay those securities, the Funds will incur losses. In addition, asset-backed securities entail prepayment risk that may vary depending on the type of asset, but is generally less than the prepayment risk associated with mortgage-backed securities.
Losses may be greater for asset-backed securities that are issued as "pass-through certificates" rather than as debt securities because those types of certificates only represent a beneficial ownership interest in the related assets and their payment is based primarily on collections actually received. For asset-backed securities as a whole, if a securitization issuer defaults on its payment obligations due to losses or shortfalls on the assets held by the issuer, a sale or liquidation of the assets may not be sufficient to support payments on the securities and a Fund, as a securityholder, may suffer a loss.
There is a limited secondary market for asset-backed securities. Consequently, it may be difficult for the Funds to sell or realize profits on those securities at favorable times or for favorable prices.
Bank Loans — Bank loans are fixed and floating rate loans arranged through private negotiations between a company or a non-U.S. government and one or more financial institutions (lenders). In connection with purchasing participations, a Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement relating to the loan, nor any rights of set-off against the borrower, and a Fund may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which they have purchased the participation. As a result, a Fund will assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the participation. When a Fund purchases assignments from lenders, the Fund will acquire direct rights against the borrower on the loan. A Fund may have difficulty disposing of bank loans because, in certain cases, the market for such instruments is not highly liquid. The lack of a highly liquid secondary market may have an adverse impact on the value of such instruments and on a Fund's ability to dispose of the bank loan in response to a specific economic event, such as deterioration in the creditworthiness of the borrower, but there is no guarantee that an investment in these securities will result in a high rate of return.
Below Investment Grade Fixed Income Securities (Junk Bonds) — Below investment grade fixed income securities (commonly referred to as junk bonds) involve greater risks of default or downgrade and are generally more volatile than investment grade securities. Junk bonds involve greater risk of price declines than investment grade securities due to actual or perceived changes in an issuer's creditworthiness. In addition, issuers of junk bonds may be more susceptible than other issuers to economic downturns. Junk bonds are subject to the risk that the issuer may not be able to pay interest or dividends and ultimately to repay principal upon maturity. Discontinuation of these payments could substantially adversely affect the market value of the security. The volatility of junk bonds, particularly those issued by foreign governments, is even greater because the prospect for repayment of principal and interest of many of these securities is speculative. Some may even be in default. As an incentive to invest, these risky securities tend to offer higher returns, but there is no guarantee that an investment in these securities will result in a high rate of return.
Catholic Values/Socially Responsible Investing — The Funds consider the Guidelines in their investment process and may choose not to purchase, or may sell, otherwise profitable investments in companies which have been identified as being in conflict with the Guidelines. This means that the Funds may underperform other similar mutual funds that do not consider the Guidelines when making investment decisions. With respect to the Catholic Values Equity Fund, there is also a risk that the Fund will underperform other similar mutual funds that do not consider other socially responsible investing principles in their investing.
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Commercial Paper — Commercial paper is the term used to designate unsecured short-term promissory notes issued by corporations and other entities to finance short-term credit needs. Commercial paper is usually sold on a discount basis and has a maturity at the time of issuance generally not exceeding 270 days. The value of commercial paper may be affected by changes in the credit rating or financial condition of the issuing entities. The value of commercial paper will tend to fall when interest rates rise and rise when interest rates fall.
Corporate Fixed Income Securities — Corporate fixed income securities are fixed income securities issued by public and private businesses. Corporate fixed income securities respond to economic developments, especially changes in interest rates, as well as perceptions of the creditworthiness and business prospects of individual issuers. Corporate fixed income securities are subject to the risk that the issuer may not be able to pay interest or, ultimately, to repay principal upon maturity. Interruptions or delays of these payments could adversely affect the market value of the security. In addition, due to lack of uniformly available information about issuers or differences in the issuers' sensitivity to changing economic conditions, it may be difficult to measure the credit risk of securities issued by private businesses.
Credit — Credit risk is the risk that a decline in the credit quality of an investment could cause a Fund to lose money. A Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio security or a counterparty to a derivative contract fails to make timely payment or otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed income securities rated below investment grade (junk bonds) (described above) involve greater risks of default or downgrade and are generally more volatile than investment grade securities. Discontinuation of these payments could substantially adversely affect the market value of the security.
Currency — Currency exchange rates may fluctuate in response to factors extrinsic to that country's economy, which makes the forecasting of currency market movements extremely difficult. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates, intervention (or failure to intervene) by U.S. or foreign governments, central banks or supranational entities such as the International Monetary Fund, or by the imposition of currency controls or other political developments in the United States or abroad. These can result in losses to the Funds if they are unable to deliver or receive currency or funds in settlement of obligations and could also cause hedges it has entered into to be rendered useless, resulting in full currency exposure as well as incurring transaction costs. Passive investment in currencies may subject a Fund to additional risks and the value of the Fund's investments may fluctuate in response to broader macroeconomic risks than if the Fund invested only in U.S. equity securities.
Current Market Conditions Risk — Current market conditions risk is the risk that a particular investment, or shares of the Funds in general, may fall in value due to current market conditions. As a means to fight inflation, which remains at elevated levels, the Federal Reserve and certain foreign central banks have raised interest rates and expect to continue to do so, and the Federal Reserve has announced that it intends to reverse previously implemented quantitative easing. U.S. regulators have proposed several changes to market and issuer regulations that could directly impact the Funds, and any regulatory changes could adversely impact the Funds' ability to achieve its investment strategies or make certain investments. Recent and potential future bank failures could result in disruption to the broader banking industry or markets generally and reduce confidence in financial institutions and the economy as a whole, which may also heighten market volatility and reduce liquidity. The ongoing adversarial political climate in the United States, as well as political and diplomatic events both domestic and abroad, have and may continue to have an adverse impact on the U.S. regulatory landscape, markets and investor behavior, which could have a negative impact on the Funds' investments and operations. Other unexpected political, regulatory and diplomatic
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events within the U.S. and abroad may affect investor and consumer confidence and may adversely impact financial markets and the broader economy. The economies of the United States and its trading partners, as well as the financial markets generally, may be adversely impacted by trade disputes and other matters. If any geopolitical conflicts develop or worsen, economies, markets and individual securities may be adversely affected, and the value of the Funds' assets may go down. The COVID-19 global pandemic, or any future public health crisis, and the ensuing policies enacted by governments and central banks have caused and may continue to cause significant volatility and uncertainty in global financial markets, negatively impacting global growth prospects. Advancements in technology may also adversely impact markets and the overall performance of the Funds. These events, and any other future events, may adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the Funds' investments and could result in disruptions in the trading markets.
Depositary Receipts — Depositary receipts are alternatives to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their national markets and currencies. However, depositary receipts, including American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), are subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities, which are further described below.
Derivatives — Derivatives are instruments that derive their value from an underlying security, financial asset or an index. Examples of derivative instruments include futures contracts, options, forward contracts, credit-linked notes and swaps. Changes in the market value of a security that is a reference asset for a derivative instrument may not be proportionate to changes in the market value of the derivative instrument itself. There may not be a liquid market for the Funds to sell a derivative instrument, which could result in difficulty in closing the position prior to expiration. Moreover, certain derivative instruments can magnify the extent of losses incurred due to changes in the market value of the securities to which they relate. Some derivative instruments are subject to counterparty risk. A default by the counterparty on its payments to the Funds will cause the value of your investment in the Funds to decrease. The Funds' use of derivatives is also subject to credit risk, leverage risk, lack of availability risk, valuation risk, correlation risk, counterparty risk and tax risk. Credit risk is described above and leverage risk is described below. A Fund's counterparties to its derivative contracts present the same types of credit risk as issuers of fixed income securities. Lack of availability risk is the risk that suitable derivative transactions, such as roll-forward contracts, may not be available in all circumstances for risk management or other purposes. Valuation risk is the risk that a particular derivative may be valued incorrectly. Correlation risk is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to a derivatives contract, a clearing member used by the Fund to hold a cleared derivative contract, or a borrower of the Fund's securities is unable or unwilling to make timely settlement payments, return the Fund's margin or otherwise honor its obligations. Tax risk is the risk that the use of derivatives may cause the Funds to realize higher amounts of short-term capital gains or otherwise affect a Fund's ability to pay out dividends subject to preferential rates or the dividends received deduction, thereby increasing the amount of taxes payable by some shareholders. These risks could cause the Funds to lose more than the principal amount invested. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the Funds' initial investment.
Derivatives are also subject to a number of other risks described elsewhere in this prospectus. Derivatives transactions conducted outside the U.S. may not be conducted in the same manner as those entered into on U.S. exchanges, and may be subject to different margin, exercise, settlement or expiration procedures. Derivatives transactions conducted outside the U.S. also are subject to the risks affecting foreign securities, currencies and other instruments, in addition to other risks.
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Duration — Duration is a measure of the expected life of a fixed income security that is used to determine the sensitivity of a security's price to changes in interest rates. For example, if a fixed income security has a five-year duration, it will decrease in value by approximately 5% if interest rates rise 1% and increase in value by approximately 5% if interest rates fall 1%. Fixed income instruments with higher duration typically have longer risk and higher volatility. Longer-term fixed-income securities in which a portfolio may invest are more volatile than shorter-term fixed-income securities. A portfolio with a longer average portfolio duration is typically more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a portfolio with a shorter average portfolio duration.
Equity Market — Because the Catholic Values Equity Fund purchases equity securities, the Fund is subject to the risk that stock prices will fall over short or extended periods of time. Historically, the equity markets have moved in cycles, and the value of the Fund's securities may fluctuate drastically from day to day. Individual companies may report poor results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and developments. The prices of securities issued by such companies may suffer a decline in response. In the case of foreign stocks, these fluctuations will reflect international economic and political events, as well as changes in currency valuations relative to the U.S. dollar. These factors contribute to price volatility, which is a principal risk of investing in the Catholic Values Equity Fund.
Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) — The risks of owning interests of an exchange-traded fund (ETF) generally reflect the same risks as owning the underlying securities or other instruments that the ETF is designed to track. The shares of certain ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to their intrinsic value (i.e., the market value may differ from the net asset value (NAV) of an ETF's shares). For example, supply and demand for shares of an ETF or market disruptions may cause the market price of the ETF to deviate from the value of the ETF's investments, which may be emphasized in less liquid markets. By investing in an ETF, a Fund indirectly bears the proportionate share of any fees and expenses of the ETF in addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund and its shareholders directly bear in connection with the Fund's operations. ETFs are investment companies whose shares are bought and sold on a securities exchange. Most ETFs are passively-managed, meaning they invest in a portfolio of securities designed to track a particular market segment or index. ETFs, like mutual funds, have expenses associated with their operation, including advisory fees. Such ETF expenses may make owning shares of the ETF more costly than owning the underlying securities directly. The risks of owning shares of a passively-managed ETF generally reflect the risks of owning the underlying securities the ETF is designed to track, although lack of liquidity in an ETF could result in its value being more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities.
Extension — Investments in fixed income securities are subject to extension risk. Generally, rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of fixed income securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates. As a result, in a period of rising interest rates, a Fund may exhibit additional volatility.
Fixed Income Market — The prices of a Fund's fixed income securities respond to economic developments, particularly interest rate changes, as well as to perceptions about the creditworthiness of individual issuers, including governments and their agencies. Generally, a Fund's fixed income securities will decrease in value if interest rates rise and vice versa. Fixed income securities may have fixed-, variable- or floating-rates. There is a risk that the current interest rate on floating and variable rate instruments may not accurately reflect existing market interest rates. Also, longer-term securities are generally more sensitive to changes in the level of interest rates, so the average maturity or duration of these securities affects risk. Changes in government policy, including the Federal Reserve's decisions with respect to raising interest rates or terminating certain programs such as quantitative easing, could increase the risk that interest rates will rise. Rising interest rates may, in turn, increase volatility and reduce liquidity in the fixed income markets, and result in a decline in the value of the fixed income investments held by a Fund. These risks may be heightened
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in a low interest rate environment. In addition, reductions in dealer market-making capacity as a result of structural or regulatory changes could further decrease liquidity and/or increase volatility in the fixed income markets. As a result of these conditions, a Fund's value may fluctuate and/or the Fund may experience increased redemptions from shareholders, which may impact the Fund's liquidity or force the Fund to sell securities into a declining or illiquid market.
Foreign Investment/Emerging Markets — A Fund may invest in foreign issuers, including issuers located in emerging market countries. Investing in issuers located in foreign countries poses distinct risks because political and economic events unique to a country or region will affect those markets and their issuers. These events will not necessarily affect the U.S. economy or similar issuers located in the United States. In addition, investments in foreign countries are generally denominated in a foreign currency. As a result, changes in the value of those currencies compared to the U.S. dollar may affect (positively or negatively) the value of a Fund's investments. These currency movements may happen separately from and in response to events that do not otherwise affect the value of the security in the issuer's home country. Investments in emerging markets are subject to the added risk that information in emerging market investments may be unreliable or outdated due to differences in regulatory, accounting or auditing and financial record keeping standards, or because less information about emerging market investments is publicly available. In addition, the rights and remedies associated with emerging market investments may be different than investments in developed markets. A lack of reliable information, rights and remedies increase the risks of investing in emerging markets in comparison to more developed markets.
Emerging market countries are those countries that are: (i) characterized as developing or emerging by any of the World Bank, the United Nations, the International Finance Corporation, or the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; (ii) included in an emerging markets index by a recognized index provider; or (iii) countries with similar developing or emerging characteristics as countries classified as emerging market countries pursuant to sub-paragraph (i) and (ii) above, in each case determined at the time of purchase. Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging market countries often have less uniformity in accounting and reporting requirements and unreliable securities valuation. It is sometimes difficult to obtain and enforce court judgments in such countries and there is often a greater potential for nationalization and/or expropriation of assets by the government of an emerging market country. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in other countries. As a result, there will tend to be an increased risk of price volatility associated with a Fund's investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to the U.S. dollar.
Additionally, periodic U.S. Government restrictions on investments in issuers from certain foreign countries may result in a Fund having to sell such prohibited securities at inopportune times. Such prohibited securities may have less liquidity as a result of such U.S. Government designation and the market price of such prohibited securities may decline, which may cause the Fund to incur losses. In addition, the large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 and the resulting responses, including economic sanctions by the U.S. and other countries against certain Russian individuals and companies could negatively impact the Funds' performance and cause losses on your investment in the Funds.
Foreign Sovereign Debt Securities — The risks that (i) the governmental entity that controls the repayment of sovereign debt may not be willing or able to repay the principal and/or interest when it becomes due, because of factors such as debt service burden, political constraints, cash flow problems and other national economic factors; (ii) governments may default on their debt securities, which may require holders of such
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securities to participate in debt rescheduling or additional lending to defaulting governments; and (iii) there is no bankruptcy proceeding by which defaulted sovereign debt may be collected in whole or in part.
Forward Contracts — A forward contract involves a negotiated obligation to purchase or sell a specific security or currency at a future date (with or without delivery required), which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the contract. Forward contracts are not traded on exchanges; rather, a bank or dealer will act as agent or as principal in order to make or take future delivery of a specified lot of a particular security or currency for a Fund's account. Risks associated with forwards may include: (i) an imperfect correlation between the movement in prices of forward contracts and the securities or currencies underlying them; (ii) an illiquid market for forwards; (iii) difficulty in obtaining an accurate value for the forwards; and (iv) the risk that the counterparty to the forward contract will default or otherwise fail to honor its obligation. Because forwards require only a small initial investment in the form of a deposit or margin, they involve a high degree of leverage. Forwards are also subject to credit risk, liquidity risk and leverage risk, each of which is further described elsewhere in this section.
Futures Contracts — Futures contracts provide for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a specified amount of a specific security or asset at a specified future time and at a specified price (with or without delivery required). The risks of futures include: (i) leverage risk; (ii) correlation or tracking risk and (iii) liquidity risk. Because futures require only a small initial investment in the form of a deposit or margin, they involve a high degree of leverage. Accordingly, the fluctuation of the value of futures in relation to the underlying assets upon which they are based is magnified. Thus, the Funds may experience losses that exceed losses experienced by funds that do not use futures contracts and which may be unlimited, depending on the structure of the contract. There may be imperfect correlation, or even no correlation, between price movements of a futures contract and price movements of investments for which futures are used as a substitute, or which futures are intended to hedge.
Lack of correlation (or tracking) may be due to factors unrelated to the value of the investments being substituted or hedged, such as speculative or other pressures on the markets in which these instruments are traded. Consequently, the effectiveness of futures as a security substitute or as a hedging vehicle will depend, in part, on the degree of correlation between price movements in the futures and price movements in underlying securities or assets. Although futures contracts are generally liquid instruments, under certain market conditions they may become illiquid. Futures exchanges may impose daily or intra-day price change limits and/or limit the volume of trading.
Additionally, government regulation may further reduce liquidity through similar trading restrictions. As a result, the Funds may be unable to close out their futures contracts at a time that is advantageous. If movements in the markets for security futures contracts or the underlying security decrease the value of the Fund's positions in security futures contracts, the Fund may be required to have or make additional funds available to its brokerage firm as a margin. If the Fund's account is under the minimum margin requirements set by the exchange or the brokerage firm, its position may be liquidated at a loss, and the Fund will be liable for the deficit, if any, in its account. The Fund may also experience losses due to systems failures or inadequate system back-up or procedures at the brokerage firm(s) carrying the Fund's positions. The successful use of futures depends upon a variety of factors, particularly the ability of SIMC or the Sub-Advisers to predict movements of the underlying securities markets, which requires different skills than predicting changes in the prices of individual securities. There can be no assurance that any particular futures strategy adopted will succeed.
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Interest Rate — The risk that a change in interest rates will cause a fall in the value of fixed income securities, including U.S. Government securities, in which a Fund invests. In a low interest rate environment, the risk of a decline in value of the Fund's portfolio securities associated with rising rates are heightened because there may be a greater likelihood of rates increasing, potentially rapidly. In a declining interest rate environment, the Fund generally will be required to invest available cash in instruments with lower interest rates than those of the current portfolio securities. Although U.S. Government securities are considered to be among the safest investments, they are not guaranteed against price movements due to changing interest rates. Obligations issued by some U.S. Government agencies are backed by the U.S. Treasury, whereas others are backed solely by the ability of the agency to borrow from the U.S. Treasury or by the agency's own resources.
Investment Style — The risk that the equity or fixed income securities in which a Fund invests may underperform other segments of the equity or fixed income markets or the equity or fixed income markets as a whole.
Leverage — Certain Fund transactions, such as derivatives or reverse repurchase agreements, may give rise to a form of leverage. The use of leverage can amplify the effects of market volatility on a Fund's share price and make the Fund's returns more volatile. This is because leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the Fund's portfolio securities. Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act requires, among other things, that a Fund either use derivatives in a limited manner or comply with an outer limit on fund leverage risk based on one of two value-at-risk (VaR) tests. The use of leverage may also cause a Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it would not be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its obligations or to meet the applicable requirements of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder.
Liquidity — Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell. The market for certain investments may become illiquid due to specific adverse changes in the condition of a particular issuer or under adverse market or economic conditions independent of the issuer. A Fund's investments in illiquid securities may reduce the returns of the Fund because it may be unable to sell the illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price.
Further, transactions in illiquid securities may entail transaction costs that are higher than those for transactions in liquid securities.
Manager Risk — The success of a Fund's investment strategy depends both on SIMC's selection of the Sub-Advisers and allocating assets to such Sub-Advisers, as well as the Sub-Advisers' success or failure in implementing a Fund's investment strategies. SIMC or a Sub-Adviser may be incorrect in assessing market trends, the value or growth capability of particular securities or asset classes. In addition, the methodology by which SIMC allocates a Fund's assets to the Sub-Advisers may not achieve desired results and may cause the Fund to lose money or underperform other comparable mutual funds.
Mortgage-Backed Securities — Mortgage-backed securities are a class of asset-backed securities representing an interest in a pool or pools of whole mortgage loans (which may be residential mortgage loans or commercial mortgage loans). Mortgage-backed securities held or acquired by a Fund could include (i) obligations guaranteed by federal agencies of the U.S. Government, such as Government National Mortgage Association, which are backed by the "full faith and credit" of the United States, (ii) securities issued by Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, which are not backed by the "full faith and credit" of the United States but are guaranteed by the U.S. Government as to timely payment of principal and interest, (iii) securities (commonly referred to as "private-label RMBS") issued by private issuers that represent an interest in or are collateralized by whole residential mortgage loans without a government guarantee and (iv) commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), which are
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multi-class or pass-through securities backed by a mortgage loan or a pool of mortgage loans secured by commercial property such as industrial and warehouse properties, office buildings, retail space and shopping malls, multifamily properties and cooperative apartments. Because private-label RMBS and CMBS are not issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, those securities generally are structured with one or more types of credit enhancement. There can be no assurance, however, that credit enhancements will support full payment to a Fund of the principal and interest on such obligations. In addition, changes in the credit quality of the entity that provides credit enhancement could cause losses to a Fund and affect its share price.
A Fund may invest in mortgage-backed securities in the form of debt or in the form of "pass-through" certificates. Pass-through certificates, which represent beneficial ownership interests in the related mortgage loans, differ from debt securities, which generally provide for periodic fixed payments of interest on and principal of the related notes. Mortgage pass-through securities provide for monthly payments that are a "pass-through" of the monthly interest and principal payments (including any prepayments) made by the individual borrowers on the pooled mortgage loans, net of any fees and expenses owed to the servicers of the mortgage loans and other transaction parties that receive payment from collections on the mortgage loans.
The performance of mortgage loans and, in turn, the mortgage-backed securities acquired by a Fund, is influenced by a wide variety of economic, geographic, social and other factors, including general economic conditions, the level of prevailing interest rates, the unemployment rate, the availability of alternative financing and homeowner behavior.
The rate and aggregate amount of distributions on mortgage-backed securities, and therefore the average lives of those securities and the yields realized by a Fund, will be sensitive to the rate of prepayments (including liquidations) and modifications of the related mortgage loans, any losses and shortfalls on the related mortgage loans allocable to the tranches held by the Fund and the manner in which principal payments on the related mortgage loans are allocated among the various tranches in the particular securitization transaction. Furthermore, mortgage-backed securities are sensitive to changes in interest rates, but may respond to those changes differently from other fixed income securities due to the possibility of prepayment of the mortgage loans. Among other factors, a significant amount of defaults, rapid prepayments or prepayment interest shortfalls may erode amounts available for distributions to a Fund. The timing of changes in the rate of prepayments of the mortgage loans may significantly affect a Fund's actual yield to maturity, even if the average rate of principal payments is consistent with the Fund's expectations. If prepayments of mortgage loans occur at a rate faster than that anticipated by the Funds, payments of interest on the mortgage-backed securities could be significantly less than anticipated. Similarly, if the number of mortgage loans that are modified is larger than that anticipated by a Fund, payments of principal and interest on the mortgage-backed securities could be significantly less than anticipated.
Mortgage Dollar Rolls — Mortgage dollar rolls are transactions in which a Fund sells securities (usually mortgage-backed securities) and simultaneously contracts to repurchase substantially similar, but not identical, securities on a specified future date. During the roll period, a Fund forgoes principal and interest paid on such securities. The Fund is compensated by the difference between the current sales price and the forward price for the future purchase (often referred to as the "drop") as well as by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale. At the end of the roll commitment period, the Fund may or may not take delivery of the securities it has contracted to purchase. Mortgage dollar rolls may be renewed prior to cash settlement and may initially involve only a firm commitment agreement by the Fund to buy a security. If the broker-dealer to whom the Fund sells the security becomes insolvent, the Fund's right to repurchase the security may be restricted. Other risks involved in entering into mortgage dollar rolls include the risk that the
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value of the security may change adversely over the term of the mortgage dollar roll and that the security the Fund is required to repurchase may be worth less than the security that the Fund originally held.
Options — An option is a contract between two parties for the purchase and sale of a financial instrument for a specified price at a specified date. Unlike a futures contract, an option grants the purchaser, in exchange for a premium payment, a right (not an obligation) to buy or sell a financial instrument. An option on a futures contract gives the purchaser the right, in exchange for a premium, to assume a position in a futures contract at a specified exercise price during the term of the option. The seller of an uncovered call (buy) option assumes the risk of a theoretically unlimited increase in the market price of the underlying security above the exercise price of the option. The securities necessary to satisfy the exercise of the call option may be unavailable for purchase except at much higher prices. Purchasing securities to satisfy the exercise of the call option can itself cause the price of the securities to rise further, sometimes by a significant amount, thereby exacerbating the loss. The buyer of a call option assumes the risk of paying an entire premium in the call option without ever getting the opportunity to execute the option. The seller (writer) of a covered put (sell) option (e.g., the writer has a short position in the underlying security) will suffer a loss if the increase in the market price of the underlying security is greater than the premium received from the buyer of the option. The seller of an uncovered put option assumes the risk of a decline in the market price of the underlying security below the exercise price of the option. The buyer of a put option assumes the risk of paying an entire premium in the put option without ever getting the opportunity to exercise the option. An option's time value (i.e., the component of the option's value that exceeds the in-the-money amount) tends to diminish over time. Even though an option may be in-the-money to the buyer at various times prior to its expiration date, the buyer's ability to realize the value of an option depends on when and how the option may be exercised. For example, the terms of a transaction may provide for the option to be exercised automatically if it is in-the-money on the expiration date. Conversely, the terms may require timely delivery of a notice of exercise, and exercise may be subject to other conditions (such as the occurrence or non-occurrence of certain events, such as knock-in, knock-out or other barrier events) and timing requirements, including the "style" of the option.
Participation Notes (P-Notes) — Participation notes (P-Notes) are participation interest notes that are issued by banks or broker-dealers and are designed to offer a return linked to a particular underlying equity, debt, currency or market. Investments in P-Notes involve the same risks associated with a direct investment in the underlying foreign companies or foreign securities markets that they seek to replicate. However, there can be no assurance that the trading price of P-Notes will equal the underlying value of the foreign companies or foreign securities markets that they seek to replicate.
Portfolio Turnover — Due to its investment strategy, the Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund may buy and sell securities frequently. This may result in higher transaction costs and additional capital gains tax liabilities, which may affect the Fund's performance.
Prepayment — Fund investments in fixed income securities are subject to prepayment risk. In a declining interest rate environment, fixed income securities with stated interest rates may have their principal paid earlier than expected. This may result in a Fund having to reinvest that money at lower prevailing interest rates, which can reduce the returns of the Fund.
Quantitative Investing — A quantitative investment style generally involves the use of computers to implement a systematic or rules-based approach to selecting investments based on specific measurable factors. Due to the significant role technology plays in such strategies, they carry the risk of unintended or unrecognized issues or flaws in the design, coding, implementation or maintenance of the computer
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programs or technology used in the development and implementation of the quantitative strategy. These issues or flaws, which can be difficult to identify, may result in the implementation of a portfolio that is different from that which was intended, and could negatively impact investment returns. Such risks should be viewed as an inherent element of investing in an investment strategy that relies heavily upon quantitative models and computerization. Utility interruptions or other key systems outages also can impair the performance of quantitative investment strategies.
Small and Medium Capitalization Issuers — Investing in equity securities of small and medium capitalization companies often involves greater risk than is customarily associated with investments in larger capitalization companies. This increased risk may be due to the greater business risks of smaller and medium size companies, limited markets and financial resources, narrow product lines and the frequent lack of depth of management. Stock prices of smaller and medium companies may be based in substantial part on future expectations rather than current achievements. The securities of smaller and medium companies are often traded over-the-counter and, even if listed on a national securities exchange, may not be traded in volumes typical for that exchange. Consequently, the securities of smaller and medium companies may be less liquid, may have limited market stability and may be subject to more severe, abrupt or erratic market movements than securities of larger, more established companies or the market averages in general. Further, smaller and medium companies may have less publicly available information and, when available, it may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Swap Agreements — Swaps are centrally cleared or OTC derivative products in which two parties agree to exchange payment streams calculated by reference to an underlying asset, such as a rate, index, instrument or securities (referred to as the "underlying") and a predetermined amount (referred to as the "notional amount"). Swaps typically involve credit risk, market risk, liquidity risk, funding risk, operational risk, legal and documentation risk, counterparty risk, regulatory risk and/or tax risk. The underlying for a swap may be an interest rate (fixed or floating), a currency exchange rate, a commodity price index, a security, group of securities or a securities index, a combination of any of these, or various other rates, securities, instruments, assets or indexes. Swap agreements generally do not involve the delivery of the underlying or principal, and a party's obligations generally are equal to only the net amount to be paid or received under the agreement based on the relative values of the positions held by each party to the swap agreement.
A great deal of flexibility is possible in the way swaps may be structured. For example, in a simple fixed-to-floating interest rate swap, one party makes payments equivalent to a fixed interest rate, and the other party makes payments calculated with reference to a specified floating interest rate, such as the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) or the prime rate. In a currency swap, the parties generally enter into an agreement to pay interest streams in one currency based on a specified rate in exchange for receiving interest streams denominated in another currency. Currency swaps may involve initial and final exchanges of the currency that correspond to the agreed upon notional amount.
A Fund may engage in simple or more complex swap transactions involving a wide variety of underlyings for various reasons. For example, a Fund may enter into a swap to gain exposure to investments (such as an index of securities in a market) or currencies without actually purchasing those stocks or currencies; to make an investment without owning or taking physical custody of securities or currencies in circumstances in which direct investment is restricted for legal reasons or is otherwise impracticable; to hedge an existing position; to obtain a particular desired return at a lower cost to the Fund than if it had invested directly in an instrument that yielded the desired return; or for various other reasons.
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The Dodd-Frank Act, which was signed into law on July 21, 2010, established a comprehensive new regulatory framework for swaps and security-based swaps. Key Dodd-Frank Act provisions relating to swaps and security-based swaps require rulemaking by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), not all of which have been completed as of the date of this prospectus. Prior to the Dodd-Frank Act, the swaps and security-based swaps transactions generally occurred on a bilateral basis in the OTC market (so-called "bilateral OTC transactions"). Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, some, but not all, swaps and security-based swaps transactions are now required to be centrally cleared and traded on exchanges or electronic trading platforms. Bilateral OTC transactions differ from exchange-traded or cleared swaps and security-based swaps in several respects. Bilateral OTC transactions are transacted directly between counterparties and not through an exchange (although they may be submitted for clearing with a clearing corporation). As bilateral OTC transactions are entered into directly with a counterparty, there is a risk of nonperformance by the counterparty as a result of its insolvency or otherwise. Under certain risk mitigation regulations adopted pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act (commonly referred to as "Margin Rules"), the Fund is required to post collateral (known as variation margin) to cover the mark-to-market exposure in respect of its uncleared transactions in swaps and security-based swaps. The Margin Rules also mandate that collateral in the form of initial margin be posted to cover potential future exposure attributable to uncleared transactions in swaps and security-based swaps for certain entities, which may include the Funds. In addition, clearing agencies may impose separate margin requirements for certain cleared transactions in swaps and security-based swaps.
U.S. Government Securities — U.S. Government securities are obligations of, or guaranteed by, the U.S. Government, its agencies or government-sponsored entities. U.S. Government securities include issues by non-governmental entities (such as financial institutions) that carry direct guarantees from U.S. Government agencies as part of government initiatives in response to a market crisis or otherwise. Although the U.S. Government guarantees principal and interest payments on securities issued by the U.S. Government and some of its agencies, such as securities issued by the Government National Mortgage Association, this guarantee does not apply to losses resulting from declines in the market value of these securities. U.S. Government securities include zero coupon securities that make payments of interest and principal only upon maturity, which tend to be subject to greater volatility than interest bearing securities with comparable maturities. Some of the U.S. Government securities that a Fund may hold are not guaranteed or backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, such as those issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. The maximum potential liability of the issuers of some U.S. Government securities may greatly exceed their current resources, including any legal right to support from the U.S. Government. Although U.S. Government securities are considered to be among the safest investments, they are still subject to the credit risk of the U.S. Government and are not guaranteed against price movements due to changing interest rates.
Warrants — Warrants are instruments that entitle the holder to buy an equity security at a specific price for a specific period of time. Warrants may be more speculative than other types of investments. The price of a warrant may be more volatile than the price of its underlying security, and a warrant may offer greater potential for capital appreciation as well as capital loss. A warrant ceases to have value if it is not exercised prior to its expiration date.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS' BENCHMARK INDEXES
The following information describes the index referred to in the Performance Information sections of this prospectus.
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The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. The Russell 3000 Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive, unbiased and stable barometer of the broad market and is completely reconstituted annually to ensure new and growing equities are reflected.
The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index is an unmanaged capitalization-weighted index composed of companies representative of both developed and emerging markets, excluding the U.S.
The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a widely-recognized, market-weighted (higher market value bonds have more influence than lower market value bonds) index of U.S. Government obligations, corporate debt securities and AAA rated mortgage-backed securities. All securities in the index are rated investment grade (BBB-) or higher, with maturities of at least 1 year.
INVESTMENT ADVISER
SIMC, an SEC registered investment adviser, located at One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA 19456, serves as the investment adviser to the Funds. As of March 31, 2024, SIMC had approximately $197.57 billion in assets under management.
The Funds are managed by SIMC and one or more Sub-Advisers. SIMC acts as a "manager of managers" of the Funds and, subject to the oversight of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the Board), is responsible for:
— researching and recommending to the Board, the hiring, termination and replacement of Sub-Advisers;
— allocating, on a continuous basis, assets of a Fund among the Sub-Advisers (to the extent a Fund has more than one Sub-Adviser);
— monitoring and evaluating each Sub-Adviser's performance;
— overseeing the Sub-Advisers to ensure compliance with the Funds' investment objectives, policies and restrictions; and
— monitoring each Sub-Adviser's adherence to its investment style.
SIMC acts as manager of managers for the Funds pursuant to an exemptive order obtained from the SEC. The exemptive order permits SIMC, with the approval of the Board, to retain unaffiliated sub-advisers for the Funds without submitting the sub-advisory agreements to a vote of the applicable Funds' shareholders. Among other things, the exemptive order permits the non-disclosure of amounts payable by SIMC under a particular sub-advisory agreement, but instead requires SIMC to disclose the aggregate amount of sub-advisory fees paid by SIMC with respect to each Fund. As a manager of managers, SIMC is ultimately responsible for the investment performance of the Funds. The Board supervises SIMC and the Sub-Advisers and establishes policies that they must follow in their management activities.
In accordance with a separate exemptive order that the Trust and SIMC have obtained from the SEC, the Board may approve a new sub-advisory agreement or a material amendment to an existing sub-advisory agreement at a meeting that is not in person, subject to certain conditions, including that the Trustees are able to participate in the meeting using a means of communication that allows them to hear each other simultaneously during the meeting.
SIMC sources, analyzes, selects and monitors a wide array of Sub-Advisers across multiple asset classes. Differentiating manager skill from market-generated returns is one of SIMC's primary objectives, as it seeks to identify Sub-Advisers that can deliver attractive investment results. SIMC believes that a full assessment
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of qualitative as well as quantitative factors is required to identify truly skilled managers. In carrying out this function, SIMC forms forward-looking expectations regarding how a Sub-Adviser will execute a given investment mandate; defines environments in which the strategy is likely to outperform or underperform; and seeks to identify the relevant factors behind a Sub-Adviser's performance. It also utilizes this analysis to identify catalysts that would lead SIMC to reevaluate its view of a Sub-Adviser.
SIMC then constructs a portfolio that seeks to maximize the risk-adjusted rate of return by finding a proper level of diversification between sources of excess return (at an asset class level) and the investment managers implementing them. The allocation to a given investment manager is based on SIMC's analysis of the manager's particular array of alpha sources, the current macroeconomic environment, expectations about the future macroeconomic environment, and the level of risk inherent in a particular manager's investment strategy. SIMC measures and allocates to Sub-Advisers based on risk allocations in an attempt to ensure that one manager does not dominate the risk of a multi-manager, multi-return-source Fund.
The following portfolio managers are primarily responsible for the management and oversight of the Funds, as described above.
CATHOLIC VALUES EQUITY FUND:
Jason Collins serves as a Portfolio Manager to the Catholic Values Equity Fund. Mr. Collins is Head of Sub-Advised Equity and the Head of the UK Investment Management Unit. In addition to lead portfolio management responsibility on various equity funds, Mr. Collins oversees resources and investment strategy for all equity portfolios. Prior to his current role, he served in a number of investment leadership roles at SEI and, before joining the firm, had gained significant experience in the fields of manager selection and portfolio management. Mr. Collins earned his Bachelor of Arts in financial services, with honors, from Bournemouth University and is a member of the CFA society.
David L. Hintz, CFA serves as a Portfolio Manager to the Catholic Values Equity Fund. In this role, Mr. Hintz is responsible for the management of the portfolios, capital market research, ongoing evaluation and allocation of equity managers and capital for the SEI funds. Prior to joining SEI, Mr. Hintz worked at Russell Investments as a Portfolio Manager and previously as the Head of US Equity Research and a Research Analyst. Mr. Hintz received his Bachelor of Science from Walla Walla University and his M.B.A. from Pacific Lutheran University. Mr. Hintz is a CFA charterholder from the CFA Institute.
CATHOLIC VALUES FIXED INCOME FUND:
Richard A. Bamford serves as Portfolio Manager to the Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund. Mr. Bamford serves as a Senior Portfolio Manager for Traditional Strategies Group within the Investment Management Unit. Mr. Bamford is responsible for high yield, emerging market, municipal and taxable fixed-income portfolios, as well as leading the investment-grade debt and municipal bonds portfolios. Mr. Bamford's duties include manager analysis and selection, strategy development and enhancement as well as investment research. Mr. Bamford has over 20 years of investment experience in investment management. Prior to joining SEI in 1999, Mr. Bamford worked as a Municipal Credit Analyst for Vanguard. Mr. Bamford received a Bachelor of Science in Economics/Finance and Accounting from the University of Scranton and an M.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from St. Joseph's University.
Nilay Shah serves as Assistant Portfolio Manager for the Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund. Mr. Shah's duties include manager due diligence and selection for SEI's fixed income fund management and separate account business with a primary focus on US investment-grade and high yield strategies. Mr. Shah joined SEI in 2005 and has over 15 years of investment experience. Mr. Shah received a Bachelor of Science in Business
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Administration with concentrations in Finance and Economics from Drexel University and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Saint Joseph's University.
Anthony Karaminas, CFA, serves as Portfolio Manager for the Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund. Mr. Karaminas is the Head of Sub-Advisory Fixed Income & Multi-Asset within the Investment Management Unit and is responsible for Portfolio Management leadership and oversight duties. Prior to joining SEI, he was an Associate Portfolio Manager/Analyst within the Multi-Manager Solution team at UBS Asset Management. Previously, Mr. Karaminas held the role of Sector Head of Global Fixed Income and Global High Yield Funds Research at S&P Capital IQ. Mr. Karaminas was also a Senior Analyst at Goldman Sachs JBWere. Mr. Karaminas received a Bachelor of Business (with honors) from Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute.
SUB-ADVISERS
Each Sub-Adviser makes investment decisions for the assets it manages and continuously reviews, supervises and administers its investment program. Each Sub-Adviser must also operate within each Fund's investment objective, restrictions and policies, and within specific guidelines and instructions established by SIMC from time to time. Each Sub-Adviser is responsible for managing only the portion of the Fund allocated to it by SIMC, and Sub-Advisers may not consult with each other concerning transactions for a Fund. SIMC pays the Sub-Advisers out of the investment advisory fees it receives (as described below).
For the fiscal year ended February 29, 2024, SIMC received investment advisory fees, as a percentage of each Fund's average daily net assets, at the following annual rates:
Investment Advisory Fees |
Investment Advisory Fees After Fee Waivers |
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Catholic Values Equity Fund |
0.60 |
% |
0.42 |
% |
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Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund |
0.35 |
% |
0.30 |
% |
A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Funds' investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements is available in the Funds' Semi-Annual Report, which covers the period of March 1, 2023 through August 31, 2023, and the Funds' Annual Report, which covers the period of March 1, 2023 through February 29, 2024.
SIMC has registered with the National Futures Association as a "commodity pool operator" under the Commodities Exchange Act (CEA) with respect to certain products not included in this prospectus. SIMC has claimed on behalf of each Fund in accordance with CFTC Regulation 4.5 and other relevant rules, regulations and no-action relief, an exclusion from the definition of the term "commodity pool operator" under the CEA. SIMC is therefore not subject to regulation as a pool operator under the CEA with regard to the operation of the Funds.
Information About Voluntary Fee Waivers
The Funds' actual total annual fund operating expenses for the most recent fiscal year ended February 29, 2024 differ from the amounts shown in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses tables in the Fund Summary sections because the Funds' Adviser, the Funds' administrator and/or the Funds' distributor have voluntarily waived and/or reimbursed a portion of their fees in order to keep total direct annual Fund operating expenses (exclusive of interest from borrowings, brokerage commissions, taxes, costs associated with litigation or tax-related services, Trustee fees, prime broker fees, interest and dividend expenses related to
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short sales and extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Funds' business) at a specified level. The voluntary waivers of the Funds' Adviser, the Funds' administrator and/or the Funds' distributor are limited to the Funds' direct operating expenses and, therefore, do not apply to indirect expenses incurred by the Funds, such as acquired fund fees and expenses (AFFE). The Funds' Adviser, the Funds' administrator and/or the Funds' distributor may discontinue all or part of these waivers and/or reimbursements at any time. With these fee waivers, the Funds' actual total annual fund operating expenses for the most recent fiscal year (ended February 29, 2024) were as follows:
Fund Name — Class Y Shares |
Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (before voluntary fee waivers) |
Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (after voluntary fee waivers) |
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Catholic Values Equity Fund |
0.99 |
% |
0.76 |
% |
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Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund |
0.75 |
% |
0.61 |
% |
Sub-Advisers and Portfolio Managers
CATHOLIC VALUES EQUITY FUND:
Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC: Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC (Brandywine Global), located at 1735 Market Street, Suite 1800, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, serves as a Sub-Adviser to the Catholic Values Equity Fund. A team of investment professionals manages the portion of the Catholic Values Equity Fund's assets allocated to Brandywine Global. The team consists of Patrick S. Kaser, CFA, Brandywine Global's Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, who is responsible for researching the financial and healthcare sectors, contributing insights and stock recommendations, James J. Clarke, Brandywine Global's Portfolio Manager and Director of Fundamental Research, and Celia R. Hoopes, CFA, Brandywine Global's Portfolio Manager & Research Analyst. Mr. Kaser has been with Brandywine Global since 1998. He is a member of the Executive Board, co-chair of the Firm's Brokerage Committee, and Executive Sponsor of the Firm's DEI Council. Mr. Clarke has been with Brandywine Global since December 2008. Immediately prior to joining Brandywine Global, Mr. Clarke served as founding partner of Clarke Bennitt, LLC and co-portfolio manager of the concentrated, all-cap Montchanin funds from 2005 to 2008. Ms. Hoopes has been with Brandywine Global since 2018. Prior to joining Brandywine, Ms. Hoopes served in various roles at Aberdeen Standard Investments from 2012 to 2018, including as an investment manager.
Copeland Capital Management, LLC: Copeland Capital Management, LLC (Copeland), located at 161 Washington Street, Suite 1325, Conshohocken, PA 19428, serves as a Sub-Adviser to the Catholic Values Equity Fund. A team of investment professionals manages the portion of the Catholic Values Equity Fund's assets allocated to Copeland. Mr. Mark Giovanniello, CFA, is the Chief Investment Officer, Principal and Portfolio Manager at Copeland. Mr. Giovanniello joined Copeland in 2009 and is a co-portfolio manager on all Domestic Strategies and the lead manager for the Mid Cap, Smid Cap, and Small Cap Strategies. Mr. Giovanniello holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. Mr. Giovanniello also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of the Philadelphia Security Analyst Society. Mr. Eric Brown, CFA, is the Chief Executive Officer, Principal and a Portfolio Manager at Copeland. Mr. Brown formed Copeland in 2005 and is responsible for research coverage of the Utilities and MLP sectors across all domestic portfolios. While founding Copeland, Mr. Brown developed a proprietary fundamental model to best evaluate dividend growth stocks. Mr. Brown holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Trinity College in Hartford, CT and also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Mr. Brown is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society and the American Mensa Society. Mr. David McGonigle,
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CFA, is a Senior Research Analyst, Principal and a Portfolio Manager at Copeland. Mr. McGonigle's primary coverage responsibilities are in the Consumer Discretionary, Financial and Industrial sectors across all domestic portfolios. Mr. McGonigle holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a finance concentration, from the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond. Mr. McGonigle also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of the CFA Society of Philadelphia. Mr. Jeffrey Walkenhorst, CFA, is a Research Analyst, Principal and a Portfolio Manager at Copeland. Mr. Walkenhorst joined Copeland in 2011 and his primary coverage responsibilities are in the Consumer Staples, Real Estate, and Technology/Telecom sectors across all domestic portfolios. Mr. Walkenhorst holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Stanford University. Mr. Walkenhorst also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.
Fred Alger Management, LLC: Fred Alger Management, LLC (Alger), located at 100 Pearl Street, 27th Floor, New York, New York 10004, serves as a Sub-Adviser to the Catholic Values Equity Fund. A team of investment professionals manages the portion of the Catholic Values Equity Fund's assets allocated to Alger. Mr. Patrick Kelly, CFA, has been employed by Alger since 1999. Mr. Kelly has been a portfolio manager since 2004, an Executive Vice President since 2008, and the Head of Alger Capital Appreciation and Spectra Strategies since 2015. Dr. Ankur Crawford, Ph.D., has been employed by Alger since 2004. She became a portfolio manager and a Senior Vice President in 2010 and an Executive Vice President in 2019. She previously served as a Vice President and an Analyst from 2007 to 2010, and a Senior Analyst from 2010 to 2016.
Jupiter Asset Management Limited: Jupiter Asset Management Limited (Jupiter), located at The Zig Zag Building, 70 Victoria Street, London, UK, SW1E 6SQ, serves as a Sub-Adviser to the Catholic Values Equity Fund. A team of investment professionals manages the portion of the Catholic Values Equity Fund's assets allocated to Jupiter. Dermot Murphy and Ben Whitmore are the investment managers with Mr. Murphy being the Lead Investment Manager. Both Mr. Murphy and Mr. Whitmore have been employed with Jupiter over the past five years. Mr. Murphy joined Jupiter in 2014 and is currently an Investment Manager on the Value Equities team. He is Co-Manager of the Jupiter Global Value Equity Fund (Unit Trust) alongside Mr. Whitmore and assists Mr. Whitmore in the management of the Jupiter UK Special Situations Fund (Unit Trusts). Prior to joining Jupiter, Mr. Murphy worked at Fidelity where he was a Building Materials Analyst. Mr. Murphy holds a BA in Commerce from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Mr. Whitmore joined Jupiter in 2006 and is currently Head of Strategy, Value Equities. Mr. Whitmore manages the Jupiter UK Special Situations Fund, as well as co-managing the Jupiter Global Value Equity Fund (Unit Trust) alongside Mr. Murphy. Before joining Jupiter, he worked at Schroders, managing both retail and institutional portfolios and around £2 billion of assets. Mr. Whitmore has a degree in Geography from Cambridge University.
Lazard Asset Management LLC: Lazard Asset Management LLC (Lazard), located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10112, serves as a Sub-Adviser to the Catholic Values Equity Fund. A team of investment professionals manages the portion of the Catholic Values Equity Fund's assets allocated to Lazard. Louis Florentin-Lee is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst on various global equity teams, International Quality Growth and US Equity Select. He was formerly the co-Portfolio Manager/Analyst for the Lazard European Explorer Fund from 2004 and 2010. Prior to joining Lazard in 2004, Mr. Florentin-Lee was an equity research analyst at Soros Funds Limited and Schroder Investment Management. He began working in the investment industry in 1996. Mr. Florentin-Lee has a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the London School of Economics. Barnaby Wilson is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst on various global equity teams as well as International Quality Growth. Prior to joining Lazard in 1999,
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Mr. Wilson worked for Orbitex Investments as a Research Analyst. He began working in the investment field in 1998. Mr. Wilson has a BA (Hons) in Mathematics and Philosophy from Balliol College, Oxford University. He is a CFA charterholder. Robert Failla is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst on the International and Global Equity platforms. Mr. Failla is a member of the International Quality Growth portfolio management team. Prior to joining Lazard in 2003, Mr. Failla was a Portfolio Manager with AllianceBernstein. He began working in the investment field in 1993. Mr. Failla has an M.B.A. from NYU's Stern School of Business and a B.A.(Hons) from Harvard University. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Link Education Partners and previously served on the Board of Trustees at Delbarton School in Morristown, NJ from 2007 to 2019. Mr. Failla is a CFA charterholder.
Leeward Investments, LLC: Leeward Investments, LLC (Leeward), located at 10 Winthrop Square, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, serves as a Sub-Adviser to the Catholic Values Equity Fund. The portion of the Catholic Values Equity Fund's assets managed by Leeward is managed by R. Todd Vingers, CFA, President and Portfolio Manager, and Jay C. Willadsen, CFA, Portfolio Manager. Mr. Vingers is the President of Leeward, and also serves as the Head of the Investment Team and as a Portfolio Manager. Prior to joining Leeward, he spent 20 years at LMCG Investments, LLC, where he established the Value team in 2002 and served as a Managing Director. Mr. Vingers has over 34 years of investment experience. Mr. Willadsen is a Portfolio Manager at Leeward. Prior to joining Leeward, he spent 19 years at LMCG Investments, LLC, most recently as a Portfolio Manager. Mr. Willadsen has over 26 years of investment experience.
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC: Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (Parametric), located at 800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2800, Seattle, Washington 98104, serves as a Sub-Adviser to the Catholic Values Equity Fund. A team of investment professionals at Parametric, led by Paul Bouchey, Global Head of Research, Thomas Seto, Head of Investment Management, and James Reber, Managing Director, Portfolio Management, manages the portion of the Catholic Values Equity Fund's assets allocated to Parametric. Messrs. Bouchey, Seto and Reber have been with Parametric since 2006, 1998, and 2004, respectively.
CATHOLIC VALUES FIXED INCOME FUND:
Income Research + Management: Income Research + Management (IR+M), located at 115 Federal Street, 22nd Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, serves as a Sub-Adviser to the Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund. A team of investment professionals manages the portion of the Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund's assets allocated to IR+M. The team consists of Bill O'Malley, CFA, Board Member, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Chief Investment Officer; Jake Remley, CFA, Principal and Senior Portfolio Manager; and Jim Gubitosi, CFA, Principal and Co-Chief Investment Officer. This team is ultimately responsible for the day-to-day management and strategic direction of the Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund. Mr. O'Malley joined IR+M in September 1994, Mr. Remley joined IR+M in July of 2005, and Mr. Gubitosi joined IR+M in March 2007. Mr. O'Malley was previously the Director of the Investment Team at IR+M, Mr. Remley was previously a Portfolio Manager at IR+M, and Mr. Gubitosi was previously a Portfolio Manager and Senior Portfolio Manager at IR+M.
Western Asset Management Company, LLC: Western Asset Management Company, LLC (Western Asset), located at 385 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91101, serves as a Sub-Adviser to the Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund. A team of investment professionals led by Co-Chief Investment Officers S. Kenneth Leech and Michael C. Buchanan, CFA and Portfolio Managers Mark S. Lindbloom, Frederick R. Marki, CFA and Julien A. Scholnick, CFA manages the portion of the Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund's assets allocated to Western Asset. Messrs. Leech and Buchanan are responsible for the strategic oversight of the investments and for supervising the operations of the various sector specialist teams dedicated to the
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specific asset classes. Messrs. Lindbloom, Marki and Scholnick are responsible for portfolio structure, including sector allocation, duration weighting and term structure decisions. Mr. Leech has served as Portfolio Manager for Western Asset for over 34 years. Mr. Leech joined Western Asset as a Portfolio Manager in 1990, Messrs. Buchanan, Lindbloom and Marki joined Western Asset as Portfolio Managers in 2005 and Mr. Scholnick joined Western Asset as a Portfolio Manager in 2003.
Western Asset Management Company Limited: Western Asset Management Company Limited (Western Asset Limited), located at 10 Exchange Square, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2EN, United Kingdom, serves as a Sub-Adviser to the Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund. S. Kenneth Leech, Co-Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager, manages the portion of the Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund's assets allocated to Western Asset Limited. Mr. Leech joined Western Asset companies in 1990 and has 47 years of industry experience.
The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers' compensation, other accounts they manage and their ownership, if any, of Fund shares.
PURCHASING, EXCHANGING AND SELLING FUND SHARES
This section tells you how to purchase, exchange and sell (sometimes called "redeem") Class Y Shares of the Funds. Class Y Shares may only be purchased by:
• independent investment advisers investing for the benefit of their clients through accounts held at SEI Private Trust Company, that, after requesting access to Class Y Shares, are determined to be eligible to purchase Class Y Shares based on the criteria maintained by the SEI Funds (or their delegate) and made available to independent investment advisers through the SEI Wealth PlatformSM communication site. For these purposes, the SEI Funds (or their delegate) consider an independent investment adviser to be an individual or a group of related individuals that, in the sole determination of the SEI Funds (or their delegate), operate as a distinct customer of SEI. In the event that an independent investment adviser that was authorized to purchase Class Y Shares for its clients subsequently fails to meet eligibility requirements for whatever reason, which may include a situation where a group of related individuals that previously operated as a distinct customer of SEI cease to do so, the SEI Funds (or their delegate) may in their discretion waive the eligibility requirements;
• bank trust departments or other financial firms, for the benefit of their clients, that have entered into an agreement with the Funds' distributor, or its affiliates, permitting the purchase of Class Y shares;
• institutions, such as defined benefit plans, defined contribution plans, healthcare plans and board designated funds, insurance operating funds, foundations, endowments, public plans and Taft-Hartley plans, subject to a minimum initial investment of least $25,000,000 in Class Y shares of the SEI funds;
• clients that have entered into an investment advisory agreement with SIMC with respect to their assets invested in the Funds; and
• other SEI mutual funds.
In the event a Class Y shareholder no longer meets the eligibility requirements to purchase Class Y shares (as noted in the section), the SEI funds (or their delegate) may, in their discretion, elect to convert such shareholder's Class Y shares into a Class of shares of the same Fund(s) for which such shareholder does meet the eligibility requirements. Without limiting the foregoing, this may include situations, as applicable, where the shareholder's independent investment adviser, bank trust department or financial firm no longer meets
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the eligibility criteria noted above or the shareholder no longer meets the eligibility criteria (for example, by terminating their relationship with an eligible adviser or firm). In all cases, if a client meets the eligibility requirements for more than one other Class of shares, then such client's Class Y shares shall be convertible into shares of the Class having the lowest total annual operating expenses (disregarding fee waivers) for which such clients meet the eligibility requirements.
For information on how to open an account and set up procedures for placing transactions, please call 1-800-DIAL-SEI.
HOW TO PURCHASE FUND SHARES
Fund shares may be purchased on any Business Day. Authorized financial institutions and intermediaries may purchase, sell or exchange Class Y Shares by placing orders with the Transfer Agent or the Funds' authorized agent. Authorized financial institutions and intermediaries that use certain SEI proprietary systems may place orders electronically through those systems. Authorized financial institutions and intermediaries may also place orders by calling 1-800-858-7233. Generally, cash investments must be transmitted or delivered in federal funds to the Funds' wire agent by the close of business on the day after the order is placed. However, in certain circumstances the Funds, at their discretion, may allow purchases to settle (i.e., receive final payment) at a later date in accordance with the Funds' procedures and applicable law. The Funds reserve the right to refuse any purchase requests, particularly those that the Funds reasonably believe may not be in the best interests of the Funds or their shareholders and could adversely affect the Funds or their operations. This includes those from any individual or group who, in a Fund's view, is likely to engage in excessive trading (usually defined as four or more "round trips" in a Fund in any twelve-month period). A Fund generally will notify a prospective investor of the Fund's determination to reject a purchase request within a reasonable period of time after such determination is made. For more information regarding the Funds' policies and procedures related to excessive trading, please see "Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares" below.
You may be eligible to purchase other classes of shares of a Fund. However, you may only purchase a class of shares that your financial institutions or intermediaries sell or service. Your financial institution representative or intermediaries can tell you which class of shares is available to you.
Each Fund calculates its NAV per share once each Business Day at the close of normal trading on the NYSE (normally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). For you to receive the current Business Day's NAV per share, generally a Fund (or an authorized agent) must receive your purchase order in proper form before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. A Fund will not accept orders that request a particular day or price for the transaction or any other special conditions.
When you purchase, sell or exchange Fund shares through certain financial institutions, you may have to transmit your purchase, sale and exchange requests to these financial institutions at an earlier time for your transaction to become effective that day. This allows these financial institutions time to process your requests and transmit them to the Funds.
Certain other intermediaries, including certain broker-dealers and shareholder organizations, are authorized to accept purchase, redemption and exchange requests for Fund shares. These requests are executed at the next determined NAV per share after the intermediary receives the request if transmitted to the Funds in accordance with the Funds' procedures and applicable law. These authorized intermediaries are responsible for transmitting requests and delivering funds on a timely basis.
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You will have to follow the procedures of your financial institution or intermediary for transacting with the Funds. You may be charged a fee for purchasing and/or redeeming Fund shares by your financial institution or intermediary.
Pricing of Fund Shares
NAV for one Fund share is the value of that share's portion of the net assets of the Fund. In calculating NAV, the Fund generally values its investment portfolio at market price. You may obtain the current NAV of the Fund by calling 1-800-DIAL-SEI.
If a market quotation is readily available for the valuation of Fund investments, then it is valued by the Funds' administrator at current market value in accordance with the Funds' Pricing and Valuation Procedures. The Trust's Board of Trustees has designated SIMC as the Valuation Designee for the Funds pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act (the "Rule"). The Valuation Designee has the responsibility for the fair value determination with respect to all Fund investments that do not have readily available market quotations or quotations that are no longer reliable. SIMC, in furtherance of the Board's designation, has appointed a committee of SIMC persons to function as the Valuation Designee (the "Committee") and has established a Valuation and Pricing Policy to implement the Rule and the Funds' Valuation and Pricing Policy (together with SIMC's Valuation and Pricing Policy, the "Fair Value Procedures").
As discussed in detail below, the Committee will typically first seek to fair value investments with valuations received from an independent, third-party pricing agent (a "Pricing Service"). If such valuations are not available or are unreliable, the Committee will seek to obtain a bid price from at least one independent broker or dealer. If a broker or dealer quote is unavailable, the Committee will convene, subject to the Fair Value Procedures, to establish a fair value for the fair value investments.
When valuing portfolio securities, securities listed on a securities exchange, market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (other than securities traded on National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) or as otherwise noted below), including securities traded over the counter, are valued at the last quoted sale price on the primary exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which the securities are traded or, if there is no such reported sale, at the most recent quoted bid price. Securities traded on NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price.
Redeemable securities issued by open-end investment companies are valued at the investment company's applicable NAV per share, with the exception of ETFs, which are priced as equity securities. These open-end investment company shares are offered in separate prospectuses, each of which describes the process by which the applicable investment company's NAV is determined. The prices of foreign securities are reported in local currency and converted to U.S. dollars using currency exchange rates.
Options are valued at the last quoted sales price. If there is no such reported sale on the valuation date, then long positions are valued at the most recent bid price, and short positions are valued at the most recent ask price as provided by a Pricing Service.
Futures and swaps cleared through a central clearing house (centrally cleared swaps) are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of exchange on which they are traded. The daily settlement prices for financial futures and centrally cleared swaps are provided by a Pricing Service. On days when there is excessive volume, market volatility or the future or centrally cleared swap does not end trading by the time the fund calculates its NAV, the settlement price may not be available at the time at which a fund
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calculates its NAV. On such days, the best available price (which is typically the last sales price) may be used to value a Fund's futures or centrally cleared swaps position.
If a security's price cannot be obtained, as noted above, or in the case of equity tranches of CLOs or CDOs, the securities will be valued using a bid price from at least one independent broker. If such prices are not readily available, are determined to be unreliable or cannot be valued using the methodologies described above, the Committee will fair value the security using the Fair Value Procedures, as described below.
If available, debt securities, swaps (which are not centrally cleared), bank loans or debt tranches of CLOs/CDOs, such as those held by the Funds, are priced based upon valuations provided by a Pricing Service. Such values generally reflect the last reported sales price if the security is actively traded. The Pricing Service may also value debt securities at an evaluated bid price by employing methodologies that utilize actual market transactions, broker-supplied valuations or other methodologies designed to identify the market value for such securities.
On the first day a new debt security purchase is recorded, if a price is not available from a Pricing Service or an independent broker, the security may be valued at its purchase price. Each day thereafter, the debt security will be valued according to the Fair Value Procedures until an independent source can be secured. Securities held by a Fund with remaining maturities of 60 days or less will be valued at their amortized cost. Should existing credit, liquidity or interest rate conditions in the relevant markets and issuer specific circumstances suggest that amortized cost does not approximate fair value, then the security will be valued by an independent broker quote or fair valued by the Committee.
Foreign currency forward contracts are valued at the current day's interpolated foreign exchange rate, as calculated using forward rates provided by a Pricing Service.
The Committee and Fund's administrator, as applicable, reasonably believe that prices provided by Pricing Services are reliable. However, there can be no assurance that such Pricing Service's prices will be reliable. The Committee, who is responsible for making fair value determinations with respect to the Funds' portfolio securities, will, with assistance from the applicable Sub-Adviser, continuously monitor the reliability of readily available market quotations obtained from any Pricing Service and shall promptly notify the Funds' administrator if the Committee reasonably believes that a Pricing Service is no longer a reliable source of readily available market quotations. The Funds' administrator, in turn, will notify the Committee if it reasonably believes that a Pricing Service is no longer a reliable source for readily available market quotations.
The Fair Value Procedures provide that any change in a primary Pricing Service or a pricing methodology for investments with readily available market quotations requires prior approval by the Board. However, when the change would not materially affect the valuation of a Fund's net assets or involve a material departure in pricing methodology from that of the Fund's existing Pricing Service or pricing methodology, ratification may be obtained at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board. A change in a Pricing Service or a material change in a pricing methodology for investments with no readily available market quotations will be reported to the Board by the Committee in accordance with certain requirements.
Securities for which market prices are not "readily available" are valued in accordance with Rule 2a-5 and the Fair Value Procedures.
The Committee must monitor for circumstances that may necessitate that a security be valued using Fair Value Procedures, which can include: (i) the security's trading has been halted or suspended, (ii) the security has been de-listed from a national exchange, (iii) the security's primary trading market is temporarily closed
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at a time when under normal conditions it would be open, (iv) the security has not been traded for an extended period of time, (v) the security's primary pricing source is not able or willing to provide a price, (vi) trading of the security is subject to local government-imposed restrictions, or (vii) a significant event (as defined below). When a security is valued in accordance with the Fair Value Procedures, the Committee will determine the value after taking into consideration relevant information reasonably available to the Committee. Examples of factors the Committee may consider include: (i) the type of security or asset, (ii) the last trade price, (iii) evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the security is purchased and sold, (iv) the liquidity of the security, (v) the size of the holding in a Fund or (vi) any other appropriate information.
The Committee is responsible for selecting and applying, in a consistent manner, the appropriate methodologies for determining and calculating the fair value of holdings of the Funds, including specifying the key inputs and assumptions specific to each asset class or holding.
The determination of a security's fair value price often involves the consideration of a number of subjective factors and is therefore subject to the unavoidable risk that the value assigned to a security may be higher or lower than the security's value would be if a reliable market quotation for the security was readily available.
With respect to any investments in foreign securities, the Funds use a third-party fair valuation vendor, which provides a fair value for such foreign securities based on certain factors and methodologies (generally involving tracking valuation correlations between the U.S. market and each foreign security). Values from the vendor are applied in the event that there is a movement in the U.S. market that exceeds a specific threshold that has been established by the Committee. The Committee has also established a "confidence interval," which is used to determine the level of historical correlation between the value of a specific foreign security and movements in the U.S. market before a particular security will be fair-valued when the threshold is exceeded. In the event that the threshold established by the Committee is exceeded on a specific day, the Funds shall value the foreign securities in their portfolios that exceed the applicable "confidence interval" based upon the adjusted prices provided by the vendor. Additionally, if a local market in which the Funds own securities is closed for one or more days (scheduled or unscheduled) while a Fund is open, and if such securities in a Fund's portfolio exceed the predetermined confidence interval discussed above, then such Fund shall value such securities based on the fair value prices provided by the vendor.
For securities that principally trade on a foreign market or exchange, a significant gap in time can exist between the time of a particular security's last trade and the time at which a Fund calculates its NAV. The readily available market quotations of such securities may no longer reflect their market value at the time a Fund calculates NAV if an event that could materially affect the value of those securities (a Significant Event) has occurred between the time of the security's last close and the time that the Fund calculates NAV thereby rendering the readily available market quotations as unreliable. A Fund may invest in securities that are primarily listed on foreign exchanges that trade on weekends or other days when the Fund does not price its shares. As a result, the NAV of a Fund's shares may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or redeem Fund shares. A Significant Event may relate to a single issuer or to an entire market sector.
The Committee is primarily responsible for the obligation to monitor for Significant Events as part of the Committee's ongoing responsibility to determine whether a Fund investment is required to be fair valued (i.e., the investment does not have a reliable readily available market quotation). The Committee may consider input from a Fund's service providers, including the Fund's administrator or a Sub-Adviser, if applicable and as appropriate. If the Committee becomes aware of a Significant Event that has occurred with
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respect to a security or group of securities after the closing of the exchange or market on which the security or securities principally trade, but before the time at which a Fund calculates net asset value, the Committee shall notify the Fund's administrator.
Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares
"Market timing" refers to a pattern of frequent purchases and sales of a Fund's shares, often with the intent of earning arbitrage profits. Market timing of the Funds could harm other shareholders in various ways, including by diluting the value of the shareholders' holdings, increasing Fund transaction costs, disrupting the portfolio management strategy, causing a Fund to incur unwanted taxable gains, and forcing a Fund to hold excess levels of cash.
The Funds are intended to be long-term investment vehicles and are not designed for investors that engage in short-term trading activity (i.e., a purchase of Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such shares, or vice versa, in an effort to take advantage of short-term market movements). Accordingly, the Board has adopted policies and procedures on behalf of the Funds to deter short-term trading. The Transfer Agent will monitor trades in an effort to detect short-term trading activities. If, as a result of this monitoring, a Fund determines, in its sole discretion, that a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, it will refuse to process future purchases or exchanges into the Fund from that shareholder's account.
A shareholder will be considered to be engaging in excessive short-term trading in a Fund in the following circumstances:
i. if the shareholder conducts four or more "round trips" in a Fund in any twelve-month period. A round trip involves the purchase of shares of a Fund and the subsequent redemption of all or most of those shares. An exchange into and back out of a Fund in this manner is also considered a round trip.
ii. if a Fund determines, in its sole discretion, that a shareholder's trading activity constitutes excessive short-term trading, regardless of whether such shareholder exceeds the foregoing round trip threshold.
The Funds, in their sole discretion, also reserve the right to reject any purchase request (including exchange requests to acquire Fund shares) for any reason. A Fund generally will notify a prospective investor of the Fund's determination to reject a purchase request within a reasonable amount of time after such determination is made.
Judgments with respect to implementation of the Funds' policies are made uniformly and in good faith in a manner that the Funds believe is consistent with the best long-term interests of shareholders. When applying the Funds' policies, the Funds may consider (to the extent reasonably available) an investor's trading history in all SEI funds, as well as trading in accounts under common ownership, influence or control, and any other information available to the Funds.
The Funds' monitoring techniques are intended to identify and deter short-term trading in the Funds. However, despite the existence of these monitoring techniques, it is possible that short-term trading may occur in the Funds without being identified. For example, certain investors seeking to engage in short-term trading may be adept at taking steps to hide their identity or activity from the Funds' monitoring techniques. Operational or technical limitations may also limit the Funds' ability to identify short-term trading activity.
The Funds and/or their service providers have entered into agreements with financial intermediaries that require them to provide the Funds and/or their service providers with certain shareholder transaction information to enable the Funds and/or their service providers to review the trading activity in the omnibus
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accounts maintained by financial intermediaries. The Funds may also delegate trade monitoring to the financial intermediaries. If excessive trading is identified in an omnibus account, the Funds will work with the financial intermediary to prohibit the shareholder from future purchases or exchanges into the Funds.
Certain of the Funds are sold to participant-directed employee benefit plans. The Funds' ability to monitor or restrict trading activity by individual participants in a plan may be constrained by regulatory restrictions or plan policies. In such circumstances, the Funds will take such action, which may include taking no action, as deemed appropriate in light of all the facts and circumstances.
The Funds may amend these policies and procedures in response to changing regulatory requirements or to enhance the effectiveness of the program.
Foreign Investors
The Funds do not generally accept investments by non-U.S. persons. Non-U.S. persons may be permitted to invest in a Fund subject to the satisfaction of enhanced due diligence. Prospective investors should consult their own financial institution or financial intermediary regarding their eligibility to invest in a Fund. The Funds may rely on representations from such financial institutions and financial intermediaries regarding their investor eligibility.
Customer Identification and Verification and Anti-Money Laundering Program
Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each customer who opens an account. Accounts for the Funds are generally opened through other financial institutions or financial intermediaries. When you open your account through your financial institution or financial intermediary, you will have to provide your name, address, date of birth, identification number and other information that will allow the financial institution or financial intermediary to identify you. When you open an account on behalf of an entity you will have to provide formation documents and identifying information about beneficial owner(s) and controlling parties. This information is subject to verification by the financial institution or financial intermediary to ensure the identity of all persons opening an account.
Your financial institution or financial intermediary is required by law to reject your new account application if the required identifying information is not provided. Your financial institution or intermediary may contact you in an attempt to collect any missing information required on the application, and your application may be rejected if they are unable to obtain this information. In certain instances, your financial institution or financial intermediary may be required to collect documents to establish and verify your identity.
The Funds will accept investments and your order will be processed at the next determined NAV after receipt of your application in proper form (which includes receipt of all identifying information required on the application). The Funds, however, reserve the right to close and/or liquidate your account at the then-current day's price if the financial institution or financial intermediary through which you open your account is unable to verify your identity. As a result, you may be subject to a gain or loss on Fund shares as well as corresponding tax consequences.
Customer identification and verification are part of the Funds' overall obligation to deter money laundering under Federal law. The Funds have adopted an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Program designed to prevent the Funds from being used for money laundering or the financing of terrorist activities. In this regard, the Funds reserve the right to (i) refuse, cancel or rescind any purchase or exchange order submitted to acquire Fund shares and generally will notify a prospective investor of such determination within a reasonable period of time after such determination is made; (ii) freeze any account and/or suspend account
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services; or (iii) involuntarily close your account in cases of threatening conduct or suspected fraudulent or illegal activity. These actions will be taken when, in the sole discretion of Fund management, they are deemed to be in the best interest of a Fund or in cases when a Fund is requested or compelled to do so by governmental or law enforcement authority. If your account is closed at the request of governmental or law enforcement authority, you may not receive proceeds of the redemption if a Fund is required to withhold such proceeds.
HOW TO EXCHANGE YOUR FUND SHARES
You may exchange Class Y Shares of any Fund for Class Y Shares of any other fund of SEI Catholic Values Trust on any Business Day by contacting the Funds directly by mail or telephone. This exchange privilege may be changed or canceled at any time upon 60 days' notice. For information about how to exchange Fund shares through your authorized financial institution or intermediary, you should contact your authorized financial institution or intermediary directly. When you exchange shares, you are really selling your shares of one fund and buying shares of another fund. Therefore, your sale price and purchase price will be based on the next calculated NAV after the Funds receive your exchange request. All exchanges are based on the eligibility requirements of the fund into which you are exchanging and any other limits on sales of or exchanges into that fund. Each Fund reserves the right to refuse or limit any exchange order for any reason, including if the transaction is deemed not to be in the best interest of the Fund's other shareholders or possibly disruptive to the management of the Fund. When a purchase or exchange order is rejected, the Fund will send notice to the prospective investor or the prospective investor's financial intermediary.
HOW TO SELL YOUR FUND SHARES
Authorized financial institutions and intermediaries may sell Fund shares on any Business Day by placing orders with the Transfer Agent or the Funds' authorized agent. Authorized financial institutions and intermediaries that use certain SEI or third party systems may place orders electronically through those systems. Authorized financial institutions and intermediaries may also place orders by calling 1-800-858-7233. For information about how to sell Fund shares through your authorized financial institution or intermediary, you should contact your authorized financial institution or intermediary directly. Your authorized financial institution or intermediary may charge a fee for its services. The sale price of each share will be the next determined NAV after the Funds receive your request or after the Funds' authorized intermediary receives your request if transmitted to the Funds in accordance with the Funds' procedures and applicable law.
Each Fund calculates its NAV per share once each Business Day at the close of normal trading on the NYSE (normally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). For you to receive the current Business Day's NAV, generally a Fund (or an authorized agent) must receive your redemption request in proper form before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. A Fund will not accept redemption requests that request a particular day or price for the transaction or any other special conditions.
Receiving Your Money
Normally, the Funds will make payment on your redemption request on the Business Day following the day on which they receive your request regardless of the method the Funds use to make such payment, but it may take up to seven days. You may arrange for your proceeds to be wired to your bank account.
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Methods Used to Meet Redemption Obligations
The Funds generally pay sale (redemption) proceeds in cash during normal market conditions. To the extent that a Fund does not have sufficient cash holdings for redemption proceeds, it will typically seek to generate such cash through the sale of portfolio assets. The Funds also operate an interfund lending program that enables a Fund to borrow from another Fund on a temporary basis, which, on a less regular basis, may be used to help a Fund satisfy redemptions. Under stressed or unusual conditions that make the payment of cash unwise (and for the protection of the Funds' remaining shareholders), the Funds might pay all or part of your redemption proceeds in liquid securities with a market value equal to the redemption price (redemption in kind). Although it is highly unlikely that your shares would ever be redeemed in kind, you would probably have to pay brokerage costs to sell the securities distributed to you, as well as taxes on any capital gains from the sale as with any redemption and you will bear the investment risk of the distributed securities until the distributed securities are sold. These methods may be used during both normal and stressed market conditions.
Low Balance Redemptions
A Fund (or its delegate) may, in its discretion, and upon reasonable notice, redeem in full a financial institution, intermediary or shareholder that fails to maintain an investment of at least $100 in the Fund.
Suspension of Your Right to Sell Your Shares
The Funds may suspend your right to sell your shares if the NYSE restricts trading, the SEC declares an emergency or for other reasons, as permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. More information about such suspension can be found in the SAI.
Telephone Transactions
Purchasing, selling and exchanging Fund shares over the telephone is extremely convenient, but not without risk. The Funds have certain safeguards and procedures to confirm the identity of callers and the authenticity of instructions. If the Funds follow these procedures, the Funds will not be responsible for any losses or costs incurred by following telephone instructions that the Funds reasonably believe to be genuine.
Unclaimed Property
Each state has unclaimed property rules that generally provide for escheatment (or transfer) to the state of unclaimed property, including mutual fund shares, under various circumstances. Such circumstances include inactivity (i.e., no owner-initiated contact for a certain period), returned mail (i.e., when mail sent to a shareholder is returned by the post office, or "RPO," as undeliverable), or a combination of both inactivity and returned mail. More information on unclaimed property and how to maintain an active account is available through your state.
If you are a resident of certain states, you may designate a representative to receive notice of the potential escheatment of your property. The designated representative would not have any rights to your shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for additional information.
DISTRIBUTION OF FUND SHARES
SEI Investments Distribution Co. (SIDCo.) is the distributor of the shares of the Funds.
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DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION
Portfolio holdings information for the Funds can be obtained on the Internet at the following address: http://www.seic.com/holdings (the Portfolio Holdings Website). Five calendar days after each month end, a list of all portfolio holdings in each Fund as of the end of such month shall be made available on the Portfolio Holdings Website. Beginning on the day after any portfolio holdings information is posted on the Portfolio Holdings Website, such information will be delivered directly to any person who requests it, through electronic or other means. The portfolio holdings information placed on the Portfolio Holdings Website shall remain there until the fifth calendar day of the thirteenth month after the date of which the data relates, at which time it will be permanently removed from the site.
Additional information regarding the information disclosed on the Portfolio Holdings website and the Funds' policies and procedures on the disclosure of portfolio holdings information is available in the SAI.
DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
Dividends and Distributions
The Catholic Values Equity Fund distributes its investment income annually. The Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund declares its net investment income daily and distributes it monthly. The Funds distribute their investment income as a dividend to shareholders. The Funds make distributions of capital gains, if any, at least annually.
You will receive dividends and distributions in cash unless otherwise stated.
Taxes
Please consult your tax advisor regarding your specific questions about U.S. federal, state and local income taxes. The following is a summary of certain important U.S. federal income tax consequences of investing in the Funds. This summary does not apply to shares held in an individual retirement account or other tax qualified plans, which are generally not subject to current tax. Transactions relating to shares held in such accounts may, however, be taxable at some time in the future. This summary is based on current tax laws, which may change.
Each Fund intends to qualify each year for treatment as a regulated investment company (a RIC) within the meaning of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). If it meets certain minimum distribution requirements, a RIC 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 RIC or to meet minimum distribution requirements would result (if certain relief provisions were not available) in fund-level taxation and, consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders.
Each Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any. The dividends and distributions you receive, whether in cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Funds may be subject to federal, state and local taxation, depending upon your tax situation. Income distributions, including distributions of net short-term capital gains, are generally taxable at ordinary income tax rates except to the extent they are reported as qualified dividend income. Distributions reported by the Funds as long-term capital gains and qualified dividend income are generally taxable at the rates applicable to long term capital gains and currently set at a maximum rate to individuals of 20% (lower rates apply to individuals in lower tax brackets). The Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund's investment strategies will significantly limit its ability to distribute dividends eligible to be treated as qualified dividend income. Once a
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year the Funds (or their administrative agents) will send you a statement showing the types and total amount of distributions you received during the previous year.
A RIC that receives business Interest Income may pass through Its net business Interest Income for purposes of the tax rules applicable to the interest expense limitations under Section 163(j) of the Code. A RIC's total "Section 163(j) Interest Dividend" for a tax year is limited to the excess of the RIC's business interest income over the sum of its business interest expense and its other deductions properly allocable to its business interest income. A RIC may, in its discretion, designate all or a portion of ordinary dividends as Section 163(j) Interest Dividends, which would allow the recipient shareholder to treat the designated portion of such dividends as interest income for purposes of determining such shareholder's interest expense deduction limitation under Section 163(j) of the Code. This can potentially increase the amount of a shareholder's interest expense deductible under Section 163(j) of the Code. In general, to be eligible to treat a Section 163(j) Interest Dividend as interest income, you must have held your shares in a Fund for more than 180 days during the 361-day period beginning on the date that is 180 days before the date on which the share becomes ex-dividend with respect to such dividend. Section 163(j) Interest Dividends, if so designated by a Fund, will be reported to your financial intermediary or otherwise in accordance with the requirements specified by the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS).
Each sale of Fund shares may be a taxable event. For tax purposes, an exchange of your Fund shares for shares of a different Fund is the same as a sale. Assuming you hold your Fund shares as a capital asset, any gain or loss realized upon a sale or exchange of Fund shares is generally treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the shares have been held for more than one year. Capital gain or loss realized upon a sale or exchange of Fund shares held for one year or less is generally treated as short-term capital gain or loss, except that any capital loss on the sale of Fund shares held for six months or less is treated as long-term capital loss to the extent that capital gain dividends were paid with respect to such Fund shares.
You should note that if you purchase shares just before a distribution, the purchase price would reflect the amount of the upcoming distribution. In this case, you would be taxed on the entire amount of the distribution received, even though, as an economic matter, the distribution simply constitutes a return of your investment. This is known as "buying a dividend" and generally should be avoided by taxable investors.
U.S. individuals with income exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 if married and filing jointly) are subject to a 3.8% tax on their "net investment income," including interest, dividends, and capital gains (including capital gains realized on the sale or exchange of shares of a Fund).
The Funds (or their administrative agents) must report to the IRS and furnish to Fund shareholders the cost basis information for purchases of Fund shares. In addition to reporting the gross proceeds from the sale of Fund shares, the Funds are also required to report the cost basis information for such shares and indicate whether these shares have a short-term or long-term holding period. For each sale of such Fund's shares, the Fund will permit its shareholders to elect from among several IRS-accepted cost basis methods, including the average cost basis method. In the absence of an election, each Fund will use a default cost basis method which can be obtained from the Fund or the administrator. The cost basis method elected by a Fund shareholder (or the cost basis method applied by default) for each sale of Fund shares may not be changed after the settlement date of each such sale of Fund shares. Shareholders of the Funds should consult their tax advisors to determine the best IRS-accepted cost basis method for their tax situation and to obtain more information about cost basis reporting. Shareholders also should carefully review any cost basis information provided to them and make any additional basis, holding period or other adjustments that are required when reporting these amounts on their federal income tax returns.
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To the extent a Fund invests in foreign securities, it may be subject to foreign withholding taxes with respect to dividends or interest the Fund received from sources in foreign countries that would reduce the yield on a Fund's stock or securities. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate these taxes. Foreign countries generally do not impose taxes on capital gains with respect to investments by foreign investors.
The SAI contains more information about taxes.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Trust enters into contractual arrangements with various parties (including, among others, the Funds' investment adviser, custodian, administrator and transfer agent, accountants and distributor) who provide services to the Funds. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended (or "third-party") beneficiaries of, any of those contractual arrangements, and those contractual arrangements are not intended to create in any individual shareholder or group of shareholders any right to enforce the terms of the contractual arrangements against the service providers or any right to seek any remedy under the contractual arrangements against the service providers, either directly or on behalf of the Trust.
This prospectus and the SAI provide information concerning the Trust and the Funds that you should consider in determining whether to purchase shares of the Funds. The Funds may make changes to this information from time to time. Neither this prospectus, the SAI nor any document filed as an exhibit to the Trust's registration statement, is intended to, nor does it, give rise to an agreement or contract between the Trust or the Funds and any shareholder, or give rise to any contract or other rights in any individual shareholder, group of shareholders or other person other than any rights conferred explicitly (and which may not be waived) by federal or state securities laws.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The table that follows presents performance information about Class Y Shares of each Fund. This information is intended to help you understand each Fund's financial performance for the period of the Fund's operations. Some of this information reflects financial information for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that you would have earned (or lost) on an investment in a Fund, assuming you reinvested all of your dividends and distributions.
The information below has been derived from each Fund's financial statements, which have been audited by KPMG LLP, the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm. Its report, along with each Fund's financial statements, appears in the annual report. You can obtain the annual report, which contains more performance information, at no charge by calling 1-800-DIAL-SEI.
FOR THE YEARS ENDED
FEBRUARY 29, OR FEBRUARY 28,
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE
YEARS
Net
Asset Value, Beginning of Year |
Net Investment Income(1) |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments(1) |
Total from Operations |
Dividends from Net Investment Income |
Distributions from Net Realized Gains |
Total Dividends and Distributions |
Net Asset Value, End of Year |
Total Return† |
Net Assets End of Year ($ Thousands) |
Ratio
of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets |
Ratio of
Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Fees Paid Indirectly and Waivers) |
Ratio
of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets |
Portfolio Turnover Rate† |
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Catholic Values Equity Fund |
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CLASS Y |
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2024 |
$ |
12.57 |
$ |
0.15 |
$ |
2.48 |
$ |
2.63 |
$ |
(0.14 |
) |
$ |
(0.04 |
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$ |
(0.18 |
) |
$ |
15.02 |
21.04 |
% |
$ |
32,357 |
0.76 |
% |
0.99 |
% |
1.10 |
% |
28 |
% |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 |
14.09 |
0.15 |
(1.22 |
) |
(1.07 |
) |
(0.14 |
) |
(0.31 |
) |
(0.45 |
) |
12.57 |
(7.42 |
) |
26,934 |
0.76 |
0.99 |
1.17 |
33 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 |
15.17 |
0.11 |
1.35 |
1.46 |
(0.12 |
) |
(2.42 |
) |
(2.54 |
) |
14.09 |
8.82 |
29,986 |
0.76 |
0.98 |
0.68 |
37 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 |
11.69 |
0.13 |
3.81 |
3.94 |
(0.14 |
) |
(0.32 |
) |
(0.46 |
) |
15.17 |
33.84 |
21,759 |
0.76 |
0.98 |
0.99 |
65 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 |
11.90 |
0.16 |
0.15 |
0.31 |
(0.16 |
) |
(0.36 |
) |
(0.52 |
) |
11.69 |
2.28 |
22,026 |
0.76 |
0.99 |
1.31 |
34 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catholic Values Fixed Income Fund |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CLASS Y |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 |
$ |
8.61 |
$ |
0.30 |
$ |
(0.06 |
) |
$ |
0.24 |
$ |
(0.25 |
) |
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
$ |
(0.28 |
) |
$ |
8.57 |
2.75 |
% |
$ |
51,417 |
0.61 |
% |
0.75 |
% |
3.50 |
% |
105 |
% |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 |
9.88 |
0.23 |
(1.28 |
) |
(1.05 |
) |
(0.22 |
) |
— |
(0.22 |
) |
8.61 |
(10.65 |
) |
39,606 |
0.61 |
0.72 |
2.60 |
101 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 |
10.35 |
0.16 |
(0.38 |
) |
(0.22 |
) |
(0.22 |
) |
(0.03 |
) |
(0.25 |
) |
9.88 |
(2.21 |
) |
46,076 |
0.61 |
0.72 |
1.58 |
76 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 |
10.56 |
0.21 |
0.05 |
0.26 |
(0.21 |
) |
(0.26 |
) |
(0.47 |
) |
10.35 |
2.45 |
38,212 |
0.61 |
0.70 |
1.99 |
126 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 |
9.84 |
0.27 |
0.82 |
1.09 |
(0.29 |
) |
(0.08 |
) |
(0.37 |
) |
10.56 |
11.28 |
58,798 |
0.61 |
0.70 |
2.62 |
128 |
† Returns and portfolio turnover rates are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes the shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares.
(1) Per share net investment income and net realized and unrealized gains (losses) calculated using average shares.
Amounts designated as "—" are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.
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Investment Adviser
SEI Investments Management
Corporation
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456
Distributor
SEI Investments
Distribution Co.
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, Pennsylvania
19456
Legal Counsel
Morgan, Lewis &
Bockius LLP
2222 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-3007
More information about the Funds is available without charge through the following:
Statement of Additional Information (SAI)
The SAI dated June 30, 2024 includes more detailed information about SEI Catholic Values Trust. The SAI is on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. This means that the SAI, for legal purposes, is a part of this prospectus.
Annual and Semi-Annual Reports
These reports list the Funds' holdings and contain information from the Funds' managers about Fund strategies and market conditions and trends and their impact on Fund performance. The reports also contain detailed financial information about the Funds.
To Obtain an SAI, Annual or Semi-Annual Report, or More Information:
By Telephone: Call
1-800-DIAL-SEI
By Mail: Write to the Funds at:
One Freedom Valley
Drive
Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456
By Internet: The Trust makes available its SAI and Annual and Semi-Annual Reports, free of charge, on or through the Funds' website at www.seic.com/fundprospectuses. You can also obtain the SAI, Annual or Semi-Annual Report upon request by telephone or mail.
From the SEC: You can also obtain the SAI or the Annual and Semi-Annual Reports, as well as other information about SEI Catholic Values Trust, from the EDGAR Database on the SEC's website ("http://www.sec.gov"). You may request documents by mail from the SEC, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by e-mailing the SEC at the following address: [email protected].
SEI Catholic Values Trust's Investment Company Act registration number is 811-23015.
SEI-F-189 (06/24)
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