Form 485BPOS
Prospectus
iMGP RBA Responsible Global Allocation ETF (IRBA)
Listed
on the NYSE Arca under the symbol “IRBA”
January 21,
2022
As
with all mutual funds, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has
not approved or disapproved these securities, nor has the SEC judged whether the
information in this Prospectus is accurate or adequate. Any representation
to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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copies of the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer
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posted and provided with a website link to access the report.
You
may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest
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financial intermediary.
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iMGP
RBA Responsible Global Allocation ETF
Summary
Section
Investment
Objective
The
iMGP RBA Responsible Global Allocation ETF (the “Fund”) seeks long-term capital
appreciation.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares of the Fund.
Annual
Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value
of your investment)
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Management
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0.55% |
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Distribution
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0.00% |
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Acquired
Fund Fees and Expenses(1)
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0.20% |
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Other
Expenses(1)
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Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
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0.75% |
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Fee
Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement(2) |
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0.06% |
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Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense
Reimbursement(2)
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0.69% |
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(1) |
“Acquired Fund Fees
and Expenses” and “Other Expenses” have been
estimated for the current fiscal year. Actual expenses may be
different. |
(2) |
Pursuant
to a contractual operating expense limitation between iM Global Partner
Fund Management, LLC (“iM Global” or the “Advisor”), the advisor to the
Fund, and the Fund, iM Global has agreed to limit Total Annual Fund
Operating Expenses (excluding interest charges on any borrowings,
dividends and other expenses on securities sold short, taxes, brokerage
commissions and other transactional expenses, accrued deferred tax
liability, extraordinary expenses and any distribution fees and expenses
paid by the Fund under a Rule 12b‑ Plan) to 0.69% of the Fund’s average
daily net assets for at least one year from the effective date of the
Trust’s registration statement with respect to the Fund. This agreement
may be renewed for additional periods of one (1) year and may be
terminated by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Litman Gregory Funds
Trust (the “Trust”) upon sixty (60) days’ written notice to iM
Global. iM Global may also decline to renew this agreement by written
notice to the Trust at least thirty (30) days before the renewal
date. Any fee waiver or expense reimbursement made by iM Global
pursuant to this agreement is subject to the repayment by the Fund only
within three (3) years of the date such amounts were waived or
reimbursed, provided that the repayment does not cause the Fund’s annual
expense ratio to exceed the lesser of (i) the expense limitation
applicable at the time of that fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement or
(ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of repayment, and
the repayment is approved by the
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Example
This
example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with
the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you
invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of
your shares at the end of those periods. The example reflects the net
operating expenses of the Fund that result from the contractual operating
expense limitation for the period through April 30, 2023. The example also
assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be
higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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$232 |
Portfolio
Turnover
The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover
rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may
result in higher taxes when shares of the Fund are held in a taxable account as
compared to shares of investment companies that hold investments for a longer
period. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating
expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. Because the Fund
has not yet commenced operations, no portfolio turnover figures are available as
of the date of the Prospectus.
Principal
Strategies
The
Fund is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve
its objective by investing its assets in a portfolio of exchange-traded vehicles
that provide exposure to asset classes in various regions, countries and sectors
around the globe. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80%
of its total assets in affiliated and unaffiliated ETFs and other
exchange-traded products (“ETPs”) (collectively, “Underlying Vehicles”) that
satisfy the ESG characteristics described below and that provide exposure to
various investment asset classes, including equity and fixed income securities,
real estate, commodities, currencies, cash and cash equivalents. The Underlying
Vehicles are identified by the Fund’s investment sub‑advisor, Richard Bernstein
Advisors, LLC (“RBA” or the “Sub‑Advisor”), using fundamental research to
demonstrate favorable return potential and/or portfolio risk-management
characteristics, and as being ETFs that consider Environmental, Social and
Governance (“ESG”) factors as part of their investment process. RBA uses
research, analytics and data from recognized third-party data providers, such as
Bloomberg and FactSet, to screen broadly for ETFs and ETPs that follow
ESG‑related investment strategies. RBA conducts a further qualitative review of
these ETFs and ETPs to ensure that the investment methodology of each potential
Underlying Vehicle qualifies it to be included in the ESG universe in the
judgment of RBA, and then applies its own fundamental macroeconomic and
financial analysis, described in further detail below, to build the Fund’s
portfolio. RBA selects Underlying Vehicles that use ESG data/rating providers,
such as MSCI and Sustainalytics, or that have their own rigorous ESG screening
process, to identify potential investments. As a result, Underlying Vehicles
selected by RBA will typically consider, as applicable or relevant, the
following positive-screening ESG factors in determining their underlying
investments: environmental assessments (involving issues such as greenhouse gas
emissions, resource efficiency and waste management), social
assessments (involving issues such as labor standards, occupational
health & safety records, data security and product
quality & safety) and/or governance assessments (involving issues
such as board structure & quality, executive
compensation and ownership & shareholder rights). Underlying
Vehicles included in the Fund may also use negative-screening criteria to
exclude certain issuers from investment, such as excluding companies with
material involvement in weapons, tobacco or
coal.
Dependent
on the outlook for U.S. and global corporate profits, liquidity conditions,
market sentiment and valuation analysis, RBA makes top‑down assessments of the
relative attractiveness of various asset classes, including, among others,
stocks versus
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bonds,
Treasuries versus corporate bonds, growth versus value stocks, large‑cap versus
small‑cap, cyclicals versus defensives, and emerging markets versus
international developed markets versus U.S. stocks. After determining the target
asset allocation mix, RBA selects the asset classes and market exposures that
historically have had the most compelling characteristics given RBA’s
macroeconomic assessment. With respect to its macroeconomic assessment and
determination of “compelling characteristics,” RBA considers factors such as
profits, investor sentiment, and liquidity; for example, a country or asset
class that demonstrates accelerating profits and plentiful liquidity but
negative investor sentiment would be one viewed as having compelling
characteristics by RBA. Those characteristics are likely to differ depending on
RBA’s assessment of the global economic and profit environments. RBA believes
its expertise lies in identifying profit cycles, that is, periods of
acceleration and deceleration in profits, and weighting the Fund’s investment
portfolio towards the particular market segments that have the potential to
outperform, while maintaining a rigorous and disciplined long-term asset
allocation strategy.
The
macroeconomic factors and indicators RBA uses (of which its own proprietary
research represents over 90%) include the following: global market valuations;
global yield curves; asset class, regional, and country correlations; profit
cycle analyses and style and sector rotation; expected beta, a measure of the
volatility of a security as compared to the overall market; estimate revisions
and earnings surprises; investor sentiment; credit spreads; default rates and
other factors. Individual Underlying Vehicle selection will be based on
quantitative screening and risk-analysis, as well as qualitative review, to
achieve desired market exposures. The portfolio is monitored on an ongoing basis
and rebalanced as necessary to ensure that desired market exposures and both
Underlying Vehicle and portfolio level risk controls are maintained.
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In
implementing its investment strategies, the Fund may invest across the globe by
accentuating various global market segments and asset classes at different
times, based on RBA’s assessment of which regions, sectors, styles, or asset
classes provide the most potential for positive return. Under normal market
conditions, the Fund expects to invest 50‑80% of its net assets in U.S. and
foreign equity securities, 20‑50% in U.S. and foreign fixed-income securities
and other fixed and floating-rate income instruments, 0‑20% in commodities
(primarily through the use of ETFs that invest in commodities or
commodities-related investments) and/or currencies, and 0‑30% in cash and cash
equivalents. The expected long-term (i.e., over a cycle of at least 10 years)
target allocation of the Fund is 65% in equity securities and 35% in fixed
income securities, although there is no requirement for RBA to manage the Fund
within this target allocation. The Fund’s actual asset allocation may be
materially different depending on market conditions, and the Fund’s asset
allocation over shorter or longer market cycles may differ materially from the
target.
The
Fund defines foreign companies as those domiciled or principally traded outside
of the U.S., or that are economically tied to foreign countries based on company
operations, for example, a company that derives a substantial portion of its
total revenues or earnings from business activities in a foreign
country.
The
Fund actively manages its exposure to a wide range of foreign countries (under
normal market conditions, “wide range” meaning at least three countries outside
the U.S.) relative to their weightings within the Fund’s global benchmark, the
MSCI ACWI Index, by increasing or decreasing its allocation to Underlying
Vehicles that have exposure to foreign companies in either a single country or
across multiple countries. Countries or regions chosen for emphasis and/or
de-emphasis will vary over time based on RBA’s assessment of a range of
proprietary and non-proprietary quantitative indicators and its macro-economic
analysis and judgment. The Fund may invest without limit in both developed and
emerging markets, including frontier markets, which are a subset of emerging
market countries with newer or even less developed economies and markets. Such
investments may include securities denominated in foreign currencies and
securities trading in the form of depositary receipts. The Fund defines equity
exposures to include Underlying Vehicles that track the performance of stock
indices, closed‑end funds, real estate investment trusts (“REITs”),
exchange-traded currency trusts, common stock, preferred stock and convertible
securities of issuers of any market capitalization. The Fund defines fixed
income exposures to include Underlying Vehicles that track the performance of
fixed income indices, exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”), securities issued by the
U.S. Government and its agencies, sovereign debt and domestic and foreign
corporate bonds of any credit quality, including high yield (or “junk”) bonds,
municipal obligations, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities,
inflation-linked debt securities and zero coupon bonds. The Fund may also invest
in senior loans and variable rate obligations. The Fund defines commodity and
currency exposures to include Underlying Vehicles that track the performance of
commodity and currency indices.
The
Fund is considered a “fund of funds” that seeks to achieve its investment
objective by primarily investing in Underlying Vehicles, including affiliated
ETFs (i.e., ETFs that are managed by an affiliate of the Advisor) and
non‑affiliated ETFs, that offer exposure to asset classes in various regions,
countries, and sectors around the globe. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its
net assets in instruments that are not Underlying Vehicles but which the
Sub‑Advisor believes will help the Fund achieve its investment objective,
including futures, options, swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, and money
market funds.
RBA
has discretion to actively manage the Fund’s portfolio in accordance with the
Fund’s investment objective. Securities may be sold if they exhibit performance
that might counteract the desired exposures or to implement a revised allocation
based on a modified view of market conditions. The Fund may also sell a security
when RBA believes that the security is overvalued or better investment
opportunities are available, to invest in cash and cash equivalents, or to meet
redemptions.
Principal
Risks
As with all exchange-traded funds, it is possible to
lose money on an investment in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a
deposit of any bank and is not guaranteed, endorsed or insured by any financial
institution, government authority or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC). The following risks
could
affect
the value of your investment. Each risk summarized below is considered a
“principal risk” of investing in the Fund, regardless of the order in which it
appears. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the Fund’s net asset
value per share (“NAV”), total return and/or ability to meet its
objective.
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Underlying Vehicles Risk. The risks of investing in securities of
ETFs, ETPs and investment companies typically reflect the risks of the
types of instruments in which the underlying ETFs, ETPs or investment
company invests. In addition, with such investments, the Fund bears its
proportionate share of the fees and expenses of the underlying entity. As
a result, the Fund’s operating expenses may be higher and performance may
be lower. Through its investments in investment companies, the Fund may be
indirectly exposed to derivatives and leverage. Any use of leverage by
Underlying Vehicles is speculative and could magnify losses. Because ETNs
are unsecured, unsubordinated debt securities, an investment in an ETN
exposes the Fund to the risk that an ETN issuer may be unable to pay. In
addition, with investments in ETNs, the Fund bears its proportionate share
of the fees and expenses of the ETN, which may cause the Fund’s operating
expenses to be higher and performance to be
lower. |
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Responsible Investing Risk: The
consideration of ESG factors by the Fund and the Underlying Vehicles in
making their investment decisions may select or exclude securities of
certain issuers for reasons other than potential performance, and may
affect the Fund’s exposure to certain issuers, industries, sectors,
regions or countries. The Fund’s performance will likely differ,
positively or negatively, as compared to funds that do not utilize an ESG
strategy, depending on whether the Underlying Vehicles’ ESG investments
are in or out of favor in the market. ESG investing is qualitative and
subjective by nature, and there is no guarantee that the criteria used or
judgment exercised by the Sub‑Advisor or the Underlying Vehicles will
reflect the opinions of any particular investor. Although the investments
of the Underlying Vehicles may satisfy one or more ESG factors, there is
no guarantee that a company actually promotes positive environmental,
social or economic developments, and that same company may also fail to
satisfy other ESG standards. Funds with ESG investment strategies are
generally suited for long-term rather than short-term
investors. |
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Equity Investing Risk. Through its investments in Underlying
Vehicles, the Fund is subject to equity investing risk. An investment in the Fund involves risks
similar to those of investing in any fund holding equity securities, such
as market fluctuations, changes in interest rates and perceived trends in
stock prices. The values of equity securities held by the Underlying
Vehicles could decline generally or could underperform other investments.
In addition, securities may decline in value due to factors affecting a
specific issuer, market or securities market
generally. |
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Debt Securities and Fixed-Income Risk.
Through its investments in Underlying Vehicles, the Fund is subject
to debt securities and fixed-income risk.
Debt securities, along with derivatives based on debt securities,
are subject to credit risk and interest rate risk. Credit risk, as
described more fully below, refers to the possibility that the issuer of a
debt security will be unable to make interest payments or repay principal
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becomes
due. Interest rate risk, as described more fully below, refers to
fluctuations in the value of a debt security resulting from changes in the
general level of interest rates. Prices of fixed income securities tend to
move inversely with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in rates
will adversely affect fixed income security prices and, accordingly, the
returns and share price of an Underlying Vehicle, and therefore of the
Fund. In addition, the Fund, through its investments in Underlying
Vehicles, may be subject to “call” risk, which is the risk that during a
period of falling interest rates the issuer may redeem a security by
repaying it early (which may reduce the Underlying Vehicle’s income if the
proceeds are reinvested at lower interest rates), and “extension” risk,
which occurs during a rising interest rate environment because certain
obligations will be paid off by an issuer more slowly than anticipated
(causing the value of those securities held by the Underlying Vehicle to
fall). |
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Foreign Investment Risk. Through its investments in Underlying
Vehicles, the Fund is subject to foreign investment risk. This is the risk that an investment in
foreign (non‑U.S.) securities may cause an Underlying Vehicle, and
therefore the Fund, to experience more rapid and extreme changes in value
than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies, due
to factors such as currency conversion rate fluctuations, and the
political and economic climates and differences in financial reporting,
accounting and auditing standards in the foreign countries where the
Underlying Vehicle invests or has
exposure. |
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Country/Regional Risk. Through its
investments in Underlying Vehicles, the Fund is subject to country and
regional risk. This is the risk
that world events – such as political upheaval, financial troubles, or
natural disasters – will adversely affect the value of securities issued
by companies in foreign countries or regions. Because the Fund may invest
a large portion of its assets in Underlying Vehicles that invest in
securities of companies located in any one country or region, including
emerging markets, the Fund’s performance may be hurt disproportionately by
the poor performance of its investments in that area. Country/regional
risk is heightened in emerging
markets. |
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Risks Associated with Europe. The Fund may invest a significant
portion of its assets in Underlying Vehicles that invest in issuers based
in Western Europe and the United Kingdom (“UK”). The economies of countries in Europe are
often closely connected and interdependent, and events in one country in
Europe can have an adverse impact on other European countries. Efforts by
the member countries of the European Union (“EU”) to continue to unify
their economic and monetary policies may increase the potential for
similarities in the movements of European markets and reduce the potential
investment benefits of diversification within the region. However, the
substance of these policies may not address the needs of all European
economies. European financial markets have in recent years experienced
increased volatility due to concerns with some countries’ high levels of
sovereign debt, budget deficits and unemployment. Markets have also been
affected by the decision by the UK to withdraw from the EU (an event
commonly known as “Brexit”). There is uncertainty surrounding the impact
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Brexit
on the UK, the EU and the broader global economy. An exit by any member
countries from the EU or the Economic and Monetary Union of the EU, or
even the prospect of such an exit, could lead to increased volatility in
European markets and negatively affect investments both in issuers in the
exiting country and throughout
Europe. |
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Asia-Pacific Risk: The Fund may invest a
significant portion of its assets in Underlying Vehicles that invest in
issuers based in the Asia-Pacific region. Investments in securities of
issuers in Asia-Pacific countries involve risks that are specific to the
Asia-Pacific region, including certain legal, regulatory, political and
economic risks. Certain Asia-Pacific countries have experienced
expropriation and/or nationalization of assets, confiscatory taxation,
political instability, armed conflict and social instability as a result
of religious, ethnic, socio-economic and/or political unrest. Some
economies in this region are dependent on a range of commodities, and are
strongly affected by international commodity prices and particularly
vulnerable to price changes for these
products. |
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Emerging Markets Risk: This is the risk
that the value of the Fund’s investments in Underlying Vehicles that hold
emerging and frontier markets investments will decline due to the greater
degree of economic, political and social instability of emerging or
developing countries as compared to developed
countries. |
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Currency Risk. The Fund’s exposure to
foreign currencies through its investments in Underlying Vehicles subjects
the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative
to the U.S. Dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the
U.S. Dollar will decline in value relative to the currency that the
Fund is short. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate
significantly over short periods of time for any number of reasons,
including changes in interest rates and the imposition of currency
controls or other political developments in the U.S. or
abroad. |
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General Market Risk; Recent Market Events
Risk. The value of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate based on the
performance of the Fund’s investments and other factors affecting the
securities markets generally. Certain investments selected for the Fund’s
portfolio may be worth less than the price originally paid for them, or
less than they were worth at an earlier time. The value of the Fund’s
investments may go up or down, sometimes dramatically and unpredictably,
based on current market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse
political or economic conditions, inflation, changes in interest rates,
lack of liquidity in the fixed income markets or adverse investor
sentiment. |
U.S.
and international markets have experienced volatility recently due to a number
of economic, political and global macro factors, including the impact of the
coronavirus (COVID‑19) global pandemic, which has resulted in a public health
crisis, business interruptions, growth concerns in the U.S. and overseas,
layoffs, rising unemployment claims, changed travel and social behaviors and
reduced consumer spending. The effects of COVID‑19 may lead to a substantial
economic downturn or recession in the U.S. and global economies, the recovery
from which is uncertain and may last for an extended period of
time.
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Derivatives Risk. Derivatives include
instruments and contracts that are based on, and are valued in relation
to, one or more underlying securities, financial benchmarks or indices,
such as futures swap agreements and forward contracts. Derivatives
typically have economic leverage inherent in their terms. The primary
types of derivatives in which the Fund and Underlying Vehicles invest are
futures contracts and forward contracts. Futures contracts and forward
contracts can be highly volatile, illiquid and difficult to value, and
changes in the value of such instruments held directly or indirectly by
the Fund and Underlying Vehicles may not correlate with the underlying
instrument or reference assets, or the Fund’s or an Underlying Vehicle’s
other investments. Although the value of futures contracts and forward
contracts depends largely upon price movements in the underlying
instrument or reference asset, there are additional risks associated with
futures contracts and forward contracts that are possibly greater than the
risks associated with investing directly in the underlying instruments or
reference assets, including illiquidity risk, leveraging risk and
counterparty credit risk. A small position in futures contracts or forward
contracts could have a potentially large impact on the Fund’s or
Underlying Vehicle’s performance. Trading restrictions or limitations may
be imposed by an exchange, and government regulations may restrict trading
in futures contracts and forward
contracts. |
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Commodities Risk. Through its investments
in Underlying Vehicles, the Fund is subject to commodities risk. Exposure to the commodities markets
(including financial futures markets) may subject the Underlying Vehicles,
and therefore the Fund, to greater volatility than investments in
traditional securities. Prices of commodities and related contracts may
fluctuate significantly over short periods for a variety of reasons,
including changes in interest rates, supply and demand relationships and
balances of payments and trade; weather and natural disasters;
governmental, agricultural, trade, fiscal, monetary and exchange control
programs and policies, public health crises and trade or price wars among
commodity producers or buyers. The commodity markets are subject to
temporary distortions and other disruptions. U.S. futures exchanges and
some foreign exchanges have regulations that limit the amount of
fluctuation in futures contract prices which may occur during a single
business day. Limit prices have the effect of precluding trading in a
particular contract or forcing the liquidation of contracts at
disadvantageous times or prices. |
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Credit Risk. Credit risk refers to the
possibility that the issuer of the security or a counterparty in respect
of a derivative instrument will not be able to satisfy its payment
obligations to the Fund or the Underlying Vehicle when due. Changes in an
issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s
creditworthiness may also affect the value of the Fund’s or the Underlying
Vehicle’s investment in that issuer. Securities rated in the four highest
categories by the rating agencies are considered investment grade but they
may also have some speculative characteristics. Investment grade ratings
do not guarantee that bonds will not lose value or default. In addition,
the credit quality of securities may be lowered if an issuer’s financial
condition changes. |
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ETF Risks. The Fund is an ETF, and, as a
result of an ETF’s structure, it is exposed to the following
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Authorized Participants, Market Makers, and
Liquidity Providers Limitation Risk. The Fund has a limited number
of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants (“APs”).
In addition, there may be a limited number of market makers and/or
liquidity providers in the marketplace. To the extent either of the
following events occur, shares of the Fund (“Shares”) may trade at a
material discount to NAV and possibly face delisting: (i) APs exit
the business or otherwise become unable to process creation and/or
redemption orders and no other APs step forward to perform these services,
or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity providers exit the business or
significantly reduce their business activities and no other entities step
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Cash Redemption Risk. The Fund’s investment strategy may
require it to redeem Shares for cash or to otherwise include cash as part
of its redemption proceeds. The Fund may be required to sell or unwind
portfolio investments to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption
proceeds. This may cause the Fund to recognize a capital gain that it
might not have recognized if it had made a redemption in‑kind. As a
result, the Fund may pay out higher annual capital gain distributions than
if the in‑kind redemption process was
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Costs of Buying or Selling Shares. Due
to the costs of buying or selling Shares, including brokerage commissions
imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading of Shares may
significantly reduce investment results and an investment in Shares may
not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly making small
investments. |
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Shares May Trade at Prices Other Than
NAV. As with all ETFs, Shares may be bought and sold in the
secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market
price of Shares will approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when
the market price of Shares is more than the NAV intra‑day (premium) or
less than the NAV intra‑day (discount) due to supply and demand of Shares
or during periods of market volatility. This risk is heightened in times
of market volatility and volatility in the Fund’s portfolio holdings,
periods of steep market declines, and periods when there is limited
trading activity for Shares in the secondary market, in which case such
premiums or discounts may be significant. If an investor purchases Shares
at a time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV of the Shares
or sells at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV of
the Shares, then the investor may sustain losses that are in addition to
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Trading.
Although Shares are listed for trading on a national securities
exchange, and may be traded on other U.S. exchanges, there can be no
assurance that Shares will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock
exchange. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin
to mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which
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investments in Underlying Vehicles, the Fund is subject to interest rate
risk. Prices of fixed income
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increase
when interest rates decline and decrease when interest rates increase. The
Underling Vehicles, and therefore the Fund, may lose money if short term
or long term interest rates rise sharply or otherwise change in a manner
not anticipated by the Sub‑Advisor. The Fund, through the Underlying
Vehicles, may be subject to heightened interest rate risk due to rising
rates as the current period of historically low interest rates may be
ending. Interest rate risk is generally greater for fixed-income
securities with longer maturities or durations, but increasing interest
rates may have an adverse effect on the value of an Underlying Vehicle’s
investment portfolio as a whole, as investors and markets adjust expected
returns relative to such increasing rates. The negative impact on fixed
income securities from the resulting rate increases for that and other
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Management Risk. The Fund is
actively-managed and may not meet its investment objective based on the
portfolio managers’ success or failure to implement investment strategies
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Government Securities and Agency Risk.
Direct obligations of the U.S. Government such as Treasury bills, notes
and bonds are supported by its full faith and credit. Indirect obligations
issued by Federal agencies and government-sponsored entities generally are
not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury. Accordingly,
while U.S. Government agencies and instrumentalities may be chartered or
sponsored by Acts of Congress, their securities are neither issued nor
guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. Some of these indirect obligations may be
supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the Treasury; others
are supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to
purchase the agency’s obligations; still others are supported only by the
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Liquidity Risk. The Fund is subject to
liquidity risk primarily due to its or the Underlying Vehicle’s
investments in derivatives. Investments in derivative instruments involve
the risk that the Fund or the Underlying Vehicle may be unable to sell the
derivative instrument or sell it at a reasonable
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Small and Medium Capitalization Company
Risk. Through its investments in Underlying Vehicles, the Fund is
subject to small and medium capitalization company risk. Securities of small and mid‑cap
companies are generally more volatile and less liquid than the securities
of large‑cap companies. This is because smaller companies may be more
reliant on a few products, services or key personnel, which can make it
riskier than investing in larger companies with more diverse product lines
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Risk. Through its
investments in Underlying Vehicles, the Fund is subject to below
investment-grade fixed income securities risk. This is the risk of investing in below
investment-grade fixed income securities (also known as “junk bonds”),
which may be greater than that of higher rated fixed income
securities. These securities are rated Ba1 through C by Moody’s
Investors Service (“Moody’s”) or BB+ through D by Standard &
Poor’s Rating Group (“S&P”) (or comparably rated by another nationally
recognized statistical rating organization), or, if not rated by Moody’s
or S&P, are considered by the sub‑advisors to be
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similar quality. These securities
have greater risk of default than higher rated securities. The market
value of these securities is more sensitive to corporate developments and
economic conditions and can be volatile. Market conditions can diminish
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Operational Risk. Operational risks
include human error, changes in personnel, system changes, faults in
communication, and failures in systems, technology, or processes. Various
operational events or circumstances are outside the Advisor’s or
Sub‑Advisor’s control, including instances at third parties. The Fund, the
Advisor and the Sub‑Advisor seek to reduce these operational risks through
controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address every
possible risk and may be inadequate to address these
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Regulatory Risk. Governments, agencies or
other regulatory bodies may adopt or change laws or regulations that could
adversely affect the issuer, or market value, of an instrument held by the
Fund or the Underlying Vehicles or that could adversely impact the Fund’s
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Performance
The Fund has not commenced investment
operations. Once the Fund has a performance record of at least one calendar
year, a bar chart and performance table will be included in this
Prospectus. Updated performance information is available on
the Fund’s website at www.imgpfunds.com.
Management
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Dan Suzuki, Deputy, CFA, Chief
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For
important information about the purchase and sale of fund shares, tax
information and financial intermediary compensation, please turn to the “Summary
of Other Important Information Regarding the Fund” section below.
Summary
of Other Important Information Regarding the Fund
Purchase
and Sale of Shares
Shares
of the Fund (“Shares”) are listed and trade on the NYSE Arca (the “Exchange”).
Individual Shares may only be bought and sold on the Exchange through a broker
or dealer at market prices, rather than at NAV. Because Shares trade at market
prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than at NAV
(premium) or less than at NAV (discount). Investors may also incur costs
attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to
pay to purchase Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept
for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the secondary market (the
“Bid‑Ask Spread”).
The
Fund issues and redeems Shares at NAV only in large blocks known as “Creation
Units,” which only Authorized Participants (“APs”) (typically, broker-dealers)
may purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in
exchange for a designated amount of U.S. cash and/or a portfolio of securities
closely approximating the holdings of the Fund (the “Deposit Securities”).
Information
on the Fund’s NAV, market price, premiums and discounts to NAV, and bid‑ask
spreads is available on the Fund’s website www.imgpfunds.com.
Tax
Information
Fund
distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend
income, or capital gains (or a combination), unless your investment is in an IRA
or other tax‑advantaged account. Distributions on investments made through
tax‑deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of assets from
those accounts.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If
you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary
(such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), iM Global Partner Fund Management, LLC,
the Fund’s investment adviser, or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for
certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities
that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange
traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing,
educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of
Shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the
Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.
Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your
salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
Additional
Information About the Fund
Additional
Investment Strategies, Policies and Risks
The
Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a non‑fundamental investment
policy and may be changed by the
Fund’s
Board of Trustees without shareholder approval upon 60 days’ written notice to
shareholders.
Please
see the SAI for additional information about the securities and investment
strategies described in this Prospectus and about additional securities and
investment strategies that may be used by the Fund.
Temporary Defensive Positions and Related Risks.
To respond to adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions,
the Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in a temporary defensive manner by
holding all or a substantial portion of its assets in cash, cash equivalents, or
other high quality short-term investments. Temporary defensive investments
generally may include short-term U.S. government securities, commercial paper,
bank obligations, repurchase agreements, money market fund shares, and other
money market instruments. The Sub‑Advisor also may invest in these types of
securities or hold cash while looking for suitable investment opportunities or
to maintain liquidity. In these circumstances, the Fund may be unable to achieve
its investment objective.
Cash Transactions Risk. Unlike many ETFs, the
Fund may issue and redeem entirely in cash or partially in cash. As a result, an
investment in the Fund may be less tax‑efficient than an investment in an ETF
that distributes portfolio securities in‑kind. If the Fund effects a portion of
redemptions for cash, the Fund may be required to sell portfolio securities to
obtain the cash needed to distribute the redemption proceeds. Such sales may
cause the Fund to incur transaction costs. The Fund may recognize gains on these
sales it might not otherwise have recognized if it were to distribute portfolio
securities in‑kind, or to recognize the gain sooner than would otherwise be
required.
Authorized Participant Risk. The Fund may
directly engage in creation or redemption transactions only with APs. The Fund
may have a limited number of intermediaries acting as APs, and none are, or will
be, obligated to engage in creation or redemption transactions. It is possible
that these intermediaries may choose to exit the business or not proceed with a
creation or redemption order with respect to the Fund. In such a case, and if no
other AP creates or redeems, Shares may trade at a discount and be subject to
the risk of potential trading halts and/or delisting.
Multi-Manager Exemptive Order: The Trust and
iM Global have obtained an exemptive order from the SEC that permits iM Global,
subject to certain conditions, to hire, terminate and replace managers with the
approval of the Board only and without shareholder approval. Within 60 days of
the hiring of any new manager or the implementation of any proposed material
change in a sub‑advisory agreement with an existing manager, shareholders will
be furnished information about the new manager or sub‑advisory agreement that
would be included in a proxy statement. The order also permits a Fund to
disclose sub‑advisory fees only in the aggregate in its registration statement.
Pursuant to the order, shareholder approval is required before iM Global enters
into any sub‑advisory agreement with a manager that is affiliated with the Fund
or iM Global.
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Fund
Management and Investment Styles
The Advisor, Multi‑Manager Issues & Fees
The
Advisor
The
Fund is managed by iM Global Partner Fund Management, LLC (“iM Global”), 1676 N.
California Blvd., Suite 500, Walnut Creek, California 94596. Litman Gregory is
an affiliate of iM Global Partner US LLC (“iMGPUS”), an SEC‑registered
investment advisory firm. Pursuant to a shared services agreement, advisory
personnel of iMGPUS provide certain services to the Fund. iM Global has overall
responsibility for assets under management, recommends the selection of managers
as sub‑advisors of the Fund (each, a “manager” or “sub‑advisor”) to the Board of
Trustees (the “Board”) of the Litman Gregory Funds Trust (the “Trust”),
evaluates the performance of the managers, monitors changes at the managers’
organizations that may impact their abilities to deliver superior future
performance, determines when to rebalance the managers’ assets and the amount of
cash equivalents (if any) that may be held in addition to cash in the managers’
portfolios, coordinates with the managers with respect to diversification and
tax issues and oversees the operational aspects of the Fund.
Asset
Level Limitations
iM
Global believes that high levels of assets under management can be detrimental
to certain investment strategies. iM Global also believes that relatively low
levels of assets under management can provide flexibility to skilled investment
managers that under certain circumstances may contribute positively to returns.
Because of this belief, the Fund may be closed to new shareholders, with certain
exceptions approved by the Board, at asset levels that iM Global and the
Sub‑Advisor believe to be optimal in allowing for a high degree of flexibility
for the Sub‑Advisor.
Sub‑Advisor
Evaluation and Selection
iM
Global is responsible for hiring and removing sub‑advisors. iM Global believes
that it is possible to identify investment managers to serve as sub‑advisors
who, over a market cycle, have a greater potential to deliver superior returns
for a Fund relative to its peer groups. iM Global also believes it can
identify sub‑advisors who it believes should outperform a relevant benchmark
over a market cycle. iM Global defines a “market cycle” as the movement from a
period of increasing prices and strong performance, or bull market, through a
period of weak performance and falling prices, or bear market, and back again to
new strength. The term of a full market cycle can vary from three to five years
or as long as five to ten years. The top of a cycle is called a peak and the
bottom a trough. iM Global generally assesses the long-term growth of an
investment by considering the increase in the value of the investment over a
period greater than five years.
Before
hiring a sub‑advisor, iM Global performs extensive due diligence. This includes
quantitative and qualitative analysis, including (but not limited to) an
evaluation of: the investment process, the consistency of its execution and
discipline; individual holdings; strategies employed, past mistakes, risk
controls, team depth and quality; operations and compliance; and business focus
and vision. iM Global’s evaluation process includes review of
literature
and documents, quantitative historical performance evaluation, extensive
discussions with members of the investment team and firm management and
background checks through industry contacts. The sub‑advisor’s management fee is
also an important consideration. It is iM Global’s objective to hire a
sub‑advisor who it believes is skilled and can deliver strong market cycle
returns while taking risks into account. Generally, iM Global prefers managers
who it believes will be able to add value through security selection from a
risk/return perspective. iM Global is responsible for the general overall
supervision of the sub‑advisor.
In
the event a manager ceases to manage a segment of a Fund’s portfolio, iM Global
will select a replacement manager. The securities that were held in the
departing manager’s portfolio may be retained by the replacement manager of the
Fund or will be liquidated in an orderly manner, taking into account various
factors, which may include but are not limited to the market for the security
and the potential tax consequences.
The
SAI provides additional information about the compensation of each portfolio
manager at the sub‑advisor, other accounts managed by each portfolio manager,
and each such portfolio manager’s ownership of securities of the Fund.
Portfolio
Holdings Information
A
description of the Fund’s policies and procedures regarding disclosure of the
Fund’s portfolio holdings can be found in the SAI, which can be obtained free of
charge by contacting the Fund at 1‑800‑960‑0188.
Advisory
Fees
For
the services it provides to the Fund the Fund pays the Advisor a unified
management fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of
0.55% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
iM
Global, not the Fund, is responsible for payment of the sub‑advisory fee to the
manager, which is compensated monthly on the basis of the Fund’s net
assets.
Pursuant
to a contractual operating expense limitation between iM Global and the Fund, iM
Global has agreed to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding
interest charges on any borrowings, dividends and other expenses on securities
sold short, taxes, brokerage commissions and other transactional expenses,
accrued deferred tax liability, extraordinary expenses and any distribution fees
and expenses paid by the Fund under a Rule 12b‑ Plan) to 0.69% of the Fund’s
average daily net assets for at least one year from the effective date of the
Trust’s registration statement with respect to the Fund. This agreement may be
renewed for additional periods of one (1) year and may be terminated by the
Board upon sixty (60) days’ written notice to iM Global. iM Global may also
decline to renew this agreement by written notice to the Trust at least thirty
(30) days before the renewal date. Any fee waiver or expense
reimbursement made by iM Global pursuant to this agreement is subject to the
repayment by the Fund only within three (3) years of the date such amounts
were waived or reimbursed, provided that the repayment does not
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cause
the Fund’s annual expense ratio to exceed the lesser of (i) the expense
limitation applicable at the time of that fee waiver and/or expense
reimbursement or (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of
repayment, and the repayment is approved by the Board.
A
discussion regarding the Board’s basis for approving the Fund’s investment
advisory agreements with iM Global and the Sub‑Advisor will be available in the
Fund’s Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal period ending
June 30, 2022.
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The
Sub‑Advisor
Richard
Bernstein
Dan
Suzuki, CFA
Matthew
Griswold, CFA
Henry
Timmons, CFA
Richard
Bernstein Advisors, LLC
1251
Avenue of the Americas, Suite 4102
New
York, NY 10020
Richard
Bernstein, Dan Suzuki, CFA, Matthew Griswold, CFA and Henry Timmons, CFA serve
as portfolio managers of the Fund. Bernstein is the Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Investment Officer of Richard Bernstein Advisors, LLC (“RBA”) (since its
founding in 2009). In his role as CIO, Bernstein leads RBA’s Investment
Committee, which manages all of the firm’s investments, and performs executive
management functions as CEO. RBA utilizes a unique top‑down approach to
investing, focusing on macro trends rather than individual stock selection.
Bernstein has over 40 years’ experience on Wall Street, most recently as the
Chief Investment Strategist at Merrill Lynch & Co. Prior to joining
Merrill Lynch in 1988, he held positions at E.F. Hutton and Chase
Econometrics/IDC. A much-noted expert on equity, style and asset allocation,
Bernstein was voted to Institutional Investor magazine’s annual “All‑America
Research Team” eighteen times, and is one of only fifty-seven analysts inducted
into the Institutional Investor “Hall of Fame.” Bernstein is chair of the Alfred
P. Sloan Foundation endowment’s Investment Committee (~$2.3 billion) and sits on
the Hamilton College endowment’s Investment Committee (~$1.4 billion); he is a
trustee of both institutions. He is also a member of the Journal of Portfolio
Management’s Advisory Committee, a Program Reviewer for the CFA
Curriculum, and former adjunct faculty of the NYU/Stern Graduate School of
Business. Bernstein holds an MBA in finance, with Beta Gamma Sigma distinction,
from New York University, and a BA in economics from Hamilton College. He has
lectured on finance and economics at numerous colleges, universities and
professional forums.
Since
2020, Suzuki has served as the Deputy Chief Investment Officer of RBA. In his
role at RBA, Suzuki is a senior member of the RBA Investment Committee and is
responsible for portfolio strategy, asset allocation, investment management and
marketing to major wirehouses and independent registered investment advisers.
Prior to joining RBA, Suzuki was a Senior Equity Strategist at Bank of America –
Merrill Lynch Global Research for over fifteen years, during a portion of which
he worked closely with Bernstein and Lisa Kirschner (RBA’s Director of
Research). Most recently, Suzuki was a senior equity strategist, where in
addition to his in‑depth analysis on valuation and sectors, he authored regular
publications on the S&P 500® EPS Outlook and US
Small and Mid‑Cap Strategy. Prior to working in strategy, Suzuki was a
fundamental equity research analyst covering the Business Services sector. He is
a frequent guest on CNBC and Bloomberg TV and is often quoted in leading
financial publications including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and
Barron’s. Suzuki holds a BS in economics from Duke University, and is a
Chartered Financial Analyst® charterholder.
Griswold
joined RBA in 2010 and is the Director of Investments at RBA. In his role at
RBA, Griswold oversees investment process design and implementation for all
investment products. Before joining RBA, Griswold was a Vice President and
Portfolio Manager at State Street Global Advisors, with responsibility for the
design, execution and evaluation of both new and existing global investment
strategies. His extensive portfolio management experience spans most major asset
classes and includes both quantitative and fundamental investment disciplines.
For almost 20 years, Griswold assumed a wide variety of leadership positions
within State Street in areas of portfolio construction, research, performance
measurement, risk analysis, mutual fund administration and client service.
Griswold holds a BS in industrial management from Carnegie Mellon University. He
is a Chartered Financial Analyst® charterholder and a member
of the Boston Security Analysts Society.
Timmons
joined RBA in 2011 and is the Director of Exchange-Traded Funds at RBA and is
responsible for asset allocation, portfolio construction, risk management and
ETF research. Before joining RBA, Timmons was a Portfolio Manager and
Quantitative Analyst at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (GMO).
While at GMO, Timmons evaluated quantitative and fundamental sources of alpha as
potential inputs to the investment process, while assisting in constructing and
managing portfolios. Prior to GMO, Timmons was a management consultant at
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he designed forecasting models improving
supply-chain management processes for various clients. Mr. Timmons holds a
BS in mechanical engineering and a MEng in systems engineering and engineering
management from Cornell University, and an MBA in finance from Cornell
University’s SC Johnson College of Business. He is a Chartered Financial
Analyst® charterholder.
RBA
is an SEC‑registered investment advisory firm formed in 2009 with over
$14.9 billion in assets under management/advisement as of
September 30, 2021. The Sub‑Advisor focuses on longer-term investment
strategies that combine top‑down, macroeconomic analysis and
quantitatively-driven portfolio construction. The Sub‑Advisor offers its
advisory services to a variety of clients, across various different formats and
mainly through partnerships with some of the world’s leading financial
institutions, where the Sub‑Advisor provides clients sub‑advisory services
through separately managed accounts and wrap fee programs; tailored
asset-allocation
models for discretionary wrap programs and equity income-oriented portfolios for
open‑end and/or closed‑end registered investment companies, unit investment
trusts; as well as serve as an index provider to ETFs. iM Global Partner, an
affiliate of the Advisor, owns a minority interest in the Sub‑Advisor.
Dependent
on the outlook for U.S. and global corporate profits, liquidity conditions,
market sentiment and valuation analysis, RBA makes top‑down assessments of the
relative attractiveness of various asset classes, including, among others,
stocks versus bonds, Treasuries versus corporate bonds, growth versus value
stocks, large‑cap versus small‑cap, cyclicals versus defensives, and emerging
markets versus international developed markets versus U.S. stocks. After
determining the target asset allocation mix, RBA selects the asset classes and
market exposures that historically have had the most compelling characteristics
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RBA’s
macroeconomic assessment. With respect to its macroeconomic assessment and
determination of “compelling characteristics,” RBA considers factors such as
profits, investor sentiment, and liquidity; for example, a country or asset
class that demonstrates accelerating profits and plentiful liquidity but
negative investor sentiment would be one viewed as having compelling
characteristics by RBA. Those characteristics are likely to differ depending on
RBA’s assessment of the global economic and profit environments. RBA believes
its expertise lies in identifying profit cycles, that is, periods of
acceleration and deceleration in profits, and weighting the Fund’s investment
portfolio towards the particular market segments that have the potential to
outperform, while maintaining a rigorous and disciplined long-term asset
allocation strategy.
The
macroeconomic factors and indicators RBA uses (of which its own proprietary
research represents over 90%) include the following: global market valuations;
global yield curves; asset class, regional, and country correlations; profit
cycle analyses and style and sector rotation; expected beta, a measure of the
volatility of a security as compared to the overall market; estimate revisions
and earnings surprises; investor sentiment and other factors. Individual
Underlying Vehicle selection will be based on quantitative screening and
risk-analysis, as well as qualitative review, to achieve desired market
exposures. The portfolio is monitored on an ongoing basis and rebalanced as
necessary to ensure that desired market exposures and both Underlying Vehicle
and portfolio level risk controls are maintained. Securities may be sold if they
exhibit performance that might counteract the desired exposures or to implement
a revised allocation based on a modified view of market conditions. The Fund may
also sell a security when RBA believes that the security is overvalued or better
investment opportunities are available, to invest in cash and cash equivalents,
or to meet redemptions.
In
implementing the Fund’s investment strategies, RBA may invest across the globe
to accentuate various global market segments and asset classes at different
times. RBA employs a performance attribution analysis to assess which regions,
sectors, styles, or asset classes provide the most potential for positive
return.
The
Fund’s benchmark (i.e., its strategic asset allocation target) will be a blend
of 65% global equities and 35% U.S. core bonds, represented by the Morgan
Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) and the
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, respectively. RBA will seek to generate
performance above this 65/35 passive index blend from its tactical asset
allocation and Underlying Vehicle selection.
Under
normal circumstances, the Fund currently expects to invest 50‑80% of its net
assets in global equity securities, 20‑50% in fixed-income securities and other
fixed and floating-rate income instruments, 0‑20% in commodities (primarily
through the use of ETFs that invest in commodities or commodities-related
investments) and/or currencies, and 0‑20% in cash and cash equivalents.
The
expected long-term (i.e., over a cycle
of at least 10 years) target allocation of the Fund is 65% in global equity
securities and 35% in fixed income securities. There is no requirement to manage
the
Fund within this target allocation. The Fund’s actual asset allocation may be
materially different depending on market conditions, and the Fund’s asset
allocation over shorter or longer market cycles may differ materially from the
target. The Fund may invest without limit in both developed and emerging
markets, including frontier markets. Such investments may include securities
denominated in foreign currencies and securities trading in the form of
depositary receipts. The Fund may invest in fixed-income securities of any
credit quality including securities rated below investment grade and comparable
unrated securities (commonly referred to as “high yield” or “junk” bonds), and
expects to invest principally in fixed-income securities that are issued by
corporations, issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or
instrumentalities, obligations of other sovereign nations, municipal
obligations, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, inflation-linked debt
securities or zero coupon bonds. The Fund may also invest in senior loans and
variable rate obligations.
At
least 80% of the Underlying Vehicles selected to implement RBA’s asset
allocation for this strategy will consider Environmental, Social and Governance
(“ESG”) factors as part their investment process, as identified by RBA primarily
utilizing research, analytics and data from recognized third-party data
providers, such as Bloomberg and FactSet, to screen broadly for ETFs and ETPs
that follow ESG‑related investment strategies. RBA conducts a further
qualitative review of these ETFs and ETPs to ensure that the investment
methodology of each potential Underlying Vehicle qualifies it to be included in
the ESG universe in the judgment of RBA, and then applies its own fundamental
macroeconomic and financial analysis to build the Fund’s portfolio. RBA selects
Underlying Vehicles that use ESG data/rating providers, such as MSCI and
Sustainalytics, or that have their own rigorous ESG screening process, to
identify potential investments. As a result, Underlying Vehicles selected by RBA
will typically consider, as applicable or relevant, the following
positive-screening ESG factors in determining their underlying investments:
environmental assessments (involving issues such as greenhouse gas emissions,
resource efficiency and waste management), social assessments
(involving issues such as labor standards, occupational health & safety
records, data security and product quality &
safety) and/or governance assessments (involving issues such as board
structure & quality, executive
compensation and ownership & shareholder rights). Underlying
Vehicles included in the Fund may also use negative-screening criteria to
exclude certain issuers from investment, such as excluding companies with
material involvement in weapons, tobacco or coal.
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How
to Buy and Sell Shares
The
Fund issues and redeems Shares at NAV only in Creation Units. Only Authorized
Participants (“APs”) may acquire Shares directly from the Fund, and only APs may
tender their Shares for redemption directly to the Fund, at NAV. APs must be a
member or participant of a clearing agency registered with the SEC and must
execute a Participant Agreement that has been agreed to by the Distributor, and
that has been accepted by the Transfer Agent, with respect to purchases and
redemptions of Creation Units. Once created, Shares trade in the secondary
market in quantities less than a Creation Unit.
Most
investors buy and sell individual Shares in secondary market transactions
through brokers. Shares are listed for trading on the Exchange and can be bought
and sold throughout the trading day like other publicly traded securities.
When
buying or selling Shares through a broker, you will incur customary brokerage
commissions and charges, and you may pay some or all of the spread between the
bid and the offer price in the secondary market on each leg of a round trip
(purchase and sale) transaction. In addition, because secondary market
transactions occur at market prices, you may pay more than NAV when you buy
Shares, and receive less than NAV when you sell those Shares.
Book-Entry
Shares
are held in book-entry form, which means that no stock certificates are issued.
The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its nominee is the record owner of all
outstanding Shares.
Investors
owning Shares are beneficial owners as shown on the records of DTC or its
participants. DTC serves as the securities depository for all Shares. DTC’s
participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies,
clearing corporations, and other institutions that directly or indirectly
maintain a custodial relationship with DTC. As a beneficial owner of Shares, you
are not entitled to receive physical delivery of stock certificates or to have
Shares registered in your name, and you are not considered a registered owner of
Shares. Therefore, to exercise any right as an owner of Shares, you must rely
upon the procedures of DTC and its participants. These procedures are the same
as those that apply to any other securities that you hold in book-entry or
“street name” through your brokerage account.
Share
Trading Prices on the Exchange
Trading
prices of Shares on the Exchange may differ from the Fund’s daily NAV. Market
forces of supply and demand, economic conditions, and other factors may affect
the trading prices of Shares. To provide additional information regarding the
indicative value of Shares, the Exchange or a market data vendor disseminates
information every 15 seconds through the facilities of the Consolidated Tape
Association or other widely disseminated means an updated “intraday indicative
value” (“IIV”) for Shares as calculated by an information provider or market
data vendor. The Fund is not involved in or responsible for any aspect of the
calculation or dissemination of the IIVs and make no representation or warranty
as to the accuracy of the IIVs. If the calculation of the IIV is based on the
basket of Deposit Securities and/or a designated amount of U.S. cash, such IIV
may not
represent
the best possible valuation of the Fund’s portfolio because the basket of
Deposit Securities does not necessarily reflect the precise composition of the
Fund’s current portfolio at a particular point in time and does not include a
reduction for the fees, operating expenses, or transaction costs incurred by the
Fund. The IIV should not be viewed as a “real-time” update of the Fund’s NAV
because the IIV may not be calculated in the same manner as the NAV, which is
computed only once a day, typically at the end of the business day. The IIV is
generally determined by using both current market quotations and/or price
quotations obtained from broker-dealers that may trade in the Deposit
Securities.
Frequent
Purchases and Redemptions of Shares
The
Fund imposes no restrictions on the frequency of purchases and redemptions of
Shares. In determining not to adopt a policy restricting frequent trading in the
Fund, the Board evaluated the risks of market timing activities by the Fund’s
shareholders. Purchases and redemptions by APs, who are the only parties that
may purchase or redeem Shares directly with the Fund, are an essential part of
the ETF process and help keep Share trading prices in line with NAV. As such,
the Fund accommodates frequent purchases and redemptions by APs. However,
frequent purchases and redemptions for cash may increase tracking error and
portfolio transaction costs and may lead to the realization of capital gains. To
minimize these potential consequences of frequent purchases and redemptions, the
Fund employs fair value pricing and may impose transaction fees on purchases and
redemptions of Creation Units to cover the custodial and other costs incurred by
the Fund in effecting trades. In addition, the Fund and iM Global reserve the
right to reject any purchase order at any time.
Determination
of NAV
The
Fund’s NAV is calculated as of the scheduled close of regular trading on the New
York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, each day
the NYSE is open for business. The NAV is calculated by dividing the Fund’s net
assets by its Shares outstanding.
In
calculating its NAV, the Fund generally values its assets on the basis of market
quotations, last sale prices, or estimates of value furnished by a pricing
service or brokers who make markets in such instruments. If such information is
not available for a security held by the Fund or is determined to be unreliable,
the security will be valued at fair value estimates under guidelines established
by the Board (as described below).
Fair
Value Pricing
The
Board has adopted procedures and methodologies to fair value the Fund’s
securities whose market prices are not “readily available” or are deemed to be
unreliable. For example, such circumstances may arise when: (i) a security
has been de‑listed or has had its trading halted or suspended; (ii) a
security’s primary pricing source is unable or unwilling to provide a price;
(iii) a security’s primary trading market is closed during regular market
hours; or (iv) a security’s value is materially affected by events
occurring after the close of the security’s primary trading market. Generally,
when fair valuing a security, the Fund will take into
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account
all reasonably available information that may be relevant to a particular
valuation including, but not limited to, fundamental analytical data regarding
the issuer, information relating to the issuer’s business, recent trades or
offers of the security, general and/or specific market conditions and the
specific facts giving rise to the need to fair value the security. Fair value
determinations are made in good faith and in accordance with the fair value
methodologies included in the Board-adopted valuation procedures. Due to the
subjective and variable nature of fair value pricing, there can be no assurance
that the Advisor will be able to obtain the fair value assigned to the security
upon the sale of such security.
Delivery
of Shareholder Documents – Householding
Householding
is an option available to certain investors of the Fund. Householding is a
method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which
a single copy of certain shareholder documents can be delivered to investors who
share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different
names. Householding for the Fund is available through certain broker-dealers. If
you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of
prospectuses and other shareholder documents, please contact your broker-dealer.
If you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your
householding status, please contact your broker-dealer.
Dividends,
Distributions, and Taxes
Dividends
and Distributions
The
Fund intends to pay out dividends and interest income, if any, annually and
distribute net realized capital gains, if any, to its shareholders at least
annually. The Fund will declare and pay income and capital gain distributions in
cash. Distributions in cash may be reinvested automatically in additional whole
Shares only if the broker through whom you purchased Shares makes such option
available. Your broker is responsible for distributing the income and capital
gain distributions to you.
Taxes
The
following discussion is a summary of some important U.S. federal income tax
considerations generally applicable to investments in the Fund. Your investment
in the Fund may have other tax implications. Please consult your tax advisor
about the tax consequences of an investment in Shares, including the possible
application of foreign, state, and local tax laws.
The
tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax
Act”) made significant changes to the U.S. federal income tax rules for taxation
of individuals and corporations, generally effective for taxable years beginning
after December 31, 2017. Many of the changes applicable to individuals are
temporary and would apply only to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2026. There were only minor
changes with respect to the specific rules only applicable to a RIC, such as the
Fund. The Tax Act, however, made numerous other changes to the tax rules that
may affect shareholders and the Fund. Subsequent legislation has modified
certain changes to the U.S. federal income tax rules made by the Tax Act which
may,
in
addition, affect shareholders and the Fund. You are urged to consult with your
own tax advisor regarding how this legislation affects your investment in the
Fund.
The
Fund intends to qualify each year for treatment as a RIC under the Code. As long
as the Fund qualifies for treatment as a RIC and meets certain minimum
distribution requirements, then it generally is not subject to federal income
tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are timely
distributed to shareholders. However, the 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 as a regular corporation
and, consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to
shareholders.
Unless
your investment in Shares is made through a tax‑exempt entity or tax‑advantaged
account, such as an IRA or 401(k) plan, you need to be aware of the possible tax
consequences when the Fund makes distributions, when you sell your Shares listed
on the Exchange, and when you purchase or redeem Creation Units (institutional
investors only).
Taxes on Distributions. Taxes on distributions
of capital gains (if any) are determined by how long the Fund owned the
investments that generated them, rather than how long a shareholder has owned
his or her Shares. Sales of assets held by the Fund for more than one year
generally result in long-term capital gains and losses, and sales of assets held
by the Fund for one year or less generally result in short-term capital gains
and losses. Distributions of the Fund’s net capital gain (the excess of net
long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) that are reported by
the Fund as capital gain dividends (“Capital Gain Dividends”) will be taxable as
long-term capital gains, which for non‑corporate shareholders are subject to tax
at reduced rates of up to 20% (lower rates apply to individuals in lower tax
brackets). Distributions of short-term capital gain will generally be taxable as
ordinary income. Dividends and distributions are generally taxable to you
whether you receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional Shares.
Distributions
reported by the Fund as “qualified dividend income” are generally taxed to
non‑corporate shareholders at rates applicable to long-term capital gains,
provided holding period and other requirements are met. “Qualified dividend
income” generally is income derived from dividends paid by U.S. corporations or
certain foreign corporations that are either incorporated in a U.S. possession
or eligible for tax benefits under certain U.S. income tax treaties. In
addition, dividends that the Fund received in respect of stock of certain
foreign corporations may be qualified dividend income if that stock is readily
tradable on an established U.S. securities market.
Shortly
after the close of each calendar year, you will be informed of the character of
any distributions received from the Fund.
In
addition to the federal income tax, certain individuals, trusts and estates may
be subject to a Net Investment Income (“NII”) tax of 3.8%. The NII tax is
imposed on the lesser of: (i) the taxpayer’s investment income, net of
deductions properly allocable to such income; or (ii) the amount by which
the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain thresholds
($250,000 for
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married
individuals filing jointly, $200,000 for unmarried individuals and $125,000 for
married individuals filing separately). The Fund’s distributions are includable
in a shareholder’s investment income for purposes of this NII tax. In addition,
any capital gain realized by a shareholder upon a sale or redemption of Shares
is includable in such shareholder’s investment income for purposes of this NII
tax.
In
general, your distributions are subject to federal income tax for the year in
which they are paid. Certain distributions paid in January, however, may be
treated as paid on December 31 of the prior year. Distributions are
generally taxable even if they are paid from income or gains earned by the Fund
before your investment (and thus were included in the Shares’ NAV when you
purchased your Shares).
You
may wish to avoid investing in the Fund shortly before a dividend or other
distribution, because such a distribution will generally be taxable even though
it may economically represent a return of a portion of your investment.
If
you are neither a resident nor a citizen of the United States or if you are a
foreign entity, distributions (other than Capital Gain Dividends) paid to you by
the Fund will generally be subject to a U.S. withholding tax at the rate of 30%
unless a lower treaty rate applies. The Fund may, under certain circumstances,
report all or a portion of a dividend as an “interest-related dividend” or a
“short-term capital gain dividend,” which would generally be exempt from this
30% U.S. withholding tax, provided certain other requirements are met.
The
Fund (or a financial intermediary, such as a broker, through which a shareholder
owns Shares) generally are required to withhold and remit to the U.S. Treasury a
percentage of the taxable distributions and sale or redemption proceeds paid to
any shareholder who fails to properly furnish a correct taxpayer identification
number, who has underreported dividend or interest income, or who fails to
certify that he, she or it is not subject to such withholding.
Taxes When Shares are Sold on the Exchange. Any
capital gain or loss realized upon a sale of Shares generally is treated as a
long-term capital gain or loss if Shares have been held for more than one year
and as a short-term capital gain or loss if Shares have been held for one year
or less. However, any capital loss on a sale of Shares held for six months or
less is treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of Capital Gain
Dividends paid with respect to such Shares. The ability to deduct capital losses
may be limited.
Taxes on Purchases and Redemptions of Creation
Units. An AP having the U.S. dollar as its functional currency for U.S.
federal income tax purposes who exchanges securities for Creation Units
generally recognizes a gain or a loss. The gain or loss will be equal to the
difference between the value of the Creation Units at the time of the exchange
and the exchanging AP’s aggregate basis in the securities delivered plus the
amount of any cash paid for the Creation Units. An AP who exchanges Creation
Units for securities will generally recognize a gain or loss equal to the
difference between the exchanging AP’s basis in the Creation Units and the
aggregate U.S. dollar market value of the securities received, plus
any
cash received for such Creation Units. The IRS may assert, however, that a loss
that is realized upon an exchange of securities for Creation Units may not be
currently deducted under the rules governing “wash sales” (for an AP who does
not mark‑to‑market their holdings), or on the basis that there has been no
significant change in economic position. Persons exchanging securities should
consult their own tax advisor with respect to whether wash sale rules apply and
when a loss might be deductible.
Any
capital gain or loss realized upon redemption of Creation Units is generally
treated as long-term capital gain or loss if Shares comprising the Creation
Units have been held for more than one year and as a short-term capital gain or
loss if such Shares have been held for one year or less.
The
Fund may include a payment of cash in addition to, or in place of, the delivery
of a basket of securities upon the redemption of Creation Units. The Fund may
sell portfolio securities to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption
proceeds. This may cause the Fund to recognize investment income and/or capital
gains or losses that it might not have recognized if it had completely satisfied
the redemption in‑kind. As a result, the Fund may be less tax efficient if it
includes such a cash payment in the proceeds paid upon the redemption of
Creation Units.
Taxation of Foreign Shareholders. If you are a
nonresident alien individual or a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income
tax purposes, please see the Fund’s SAI for information on how you will be taxed
as a result of holding Shares.
The foregoing discussion summarizes some of the
possible consequences under current federal tax law of an investment in the
Fund. It is not a substitute for personal tax advice. You also may be subject to
state and local tax on the Fund’s distributions and sales of Shares. Consult
your personal tax advisor about the potential tax consequences of an investment
in Shares under all applicable tax laws. For more information, please see the
section entitled “Taxation” in the SAI.
Distribution
ALPS
Distributors, Inc. is a broker-dealer registered with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission. The Distributor distributes Creation Units for the Fund on
an agency basis and does not maintain a secondary market in Shares. The
Distributor has no role in determining the policies of the Fund or the
securities that are purchased or sold by the Fund. The Distributor’s principal
address is 1290 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203.
The
Board has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the “Rule 12b‑1 Plan”)
pursuant to Rule 12b‑1 under the 1940 Act. In accordance with the Rule 12b‑1
Plan, the Fund is authorized to pay an amount up to 0.25% of its average daily
net assets each year to pay distribution fees for the sale and distribution of
its Shares.
No
fees are currently paid by the Fund pursuant to the Rule 12b‑1 Plan, and such
fees are not expected to be imposed. However, in the event fees are charged
pursuant to the Rule 12b‑1 Plan in the future, because the fees are ongoing,
over time these fees will
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increase
the cost of your investment and may cost you more than certain other types of
sales charges.
The
Advisor, out of its own resources and legitimate profits and without additional
cost to the Fund or its shareholders, may provide cash payments to certain
intermediaries, sometimes referred to as revenue sharing. These payments are in
addition to or in lieu of any amounts payable to financial intermediaries under
the Rule 12b‑1 Plan. The Advisor may make revenue sharing payments to
intermediaries for shareholder services or distribution-related services, such
as: marketing support services; access to third party platforms; access to sales
meetings, sales representatives and management representatives of the
intermediary; and inclusion of the Fund on a sales list, including a preferred
or select sales list, and in other sales programs. The Advisor may also pay cash
compensation in the form of finder’s fees that vary depending on the dollar
amount of the Shares sold. From time to time, and in accordance with applicable
rules and regulations, the Advisor may also provide non‑cash compensation to
representatives of various intermediaries who sell Shares or provide services to
the Fund’s shareholders.
Premium/Discount
Information
Information
regarding how often Shares traded on the Exchange at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV per Share is
available, free of charge, on the Fund’s website at www.imgpfunds.com.
Additional
Notices
Shares
are not sponsored, endorsed, or promoted by the Exchange. The Exchange is not
responsible for, nor has it participated in the determination of, the timing,
prices, or quantities of Shares to be issued, nor in the determination or
calculation of the equation by which Shares are redeemable. The Exchange has no
obligation or liability to owners of Shares in connection with the
administration, marketing, or trading of Shares.
Without
limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall the Exchange have any liability
for any lost profits or indirect, punitive, special, or consequential damages
even if notified of the possibility thereof.
The
Advisor and the Fund make no representation or warranty, express or implied, to
the owners of Shares or any member of the public regarding the advisability of
investing in securities generally or in the Fund particularly.
Financial
Highlights
The
Trust’s registration statement with respect to the Fund became effective on
January 21, 2022, as a result, audited financial highlights are not
available for the Fund and financial statements for the Fund are not included in
the Trust’s shareholder reports as of the date of this Prospectus.
Index
Descriptions
The
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that
measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond
market. The index includes Treasuries, government-related and corporate
securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate pass-throughs),
asset-backed securities and commercial mortgage-backed securities (agency and
non‑agency).
The
Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) is a
broad-based free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is
designed to measure equity market performance of developed and emerging markets.
Direct
investment in an index is not possible.
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For
More Information
Statement
of Additional Information:
The
SAI contains additional information about the Fund. A current SAI is on file
with the SEC, is incorporated by reference, and is legally considered a part of
this Prospectus.
Annual
and Semi-Annual Reports:
Additional
information about the Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s Annual and
Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders, which are available on the Fund’s website
(http://www.imgpfunds.com). In the Fund’s Annual Report, you will find a
discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly
affected the Fund’s performance during the last fiscal year.
The
SAI and the Fund’s Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders are available,
without charge, upon request. To request an SAI or the Fund’s Annual or
Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders, or to make shareholder inquiries or to
obtain other information about the Fund, please call 1‑800‑960‑0188. You may
also obtain a copy of the SAI or Fund’s Annual or Semi-Annual Reports, free of
charge, by accessing the Fund’s website (http://www.imgpfunds.com), or by
writing to the Fund.
SEC
Contact Information:
If
you have access to the Internet, you can view the SAI, the Fund’s Annual or
Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders and other information about the Fund on the
EDGAR Database at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) internet site
at www.sec.gov. You may request copies of information available on the EDGAR
Database by an electronic request at the following E‑mail address:
[email protected]. The SEC charges a
duplicating fee for this service.
Fund
Information:
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Gregory Funds Trust
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Kansas
City, MO 64121-9922
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ALPS
Distributors, Inc. Denver, Colorado 80203
©
2021 iM Global Partner Fund Management, LLC. All rights
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Investment
Company Act File No: 811-07763