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July 31, 2024
Prospectus
Fixed Income Funds
Voya Floating Rate Fund
Class/Ticker: A/IFRAX; C/IFRCX; I/IFRIX; R/IFRRX; W/IFRWX
Voya GNMA Income Fund
Class/Ticker: A/LEXNX; C/LEGNX; I/LEINX; R6/VGMBX; W/IGMWX
Voya High Yield Bond Fund
Class/Ticker: A/IHYAX; C/IMYCX; I/IHYIX; R/IRSTX; R6/VHYRX; W/IHYWX
Voya Intermediate Bond Fund
Class/Ticker: A/IIBAX; C/IICCX; I/IICIX; R/IIBOX; R6/IIBZX; W/IIBWX
Voya Short Duration Bond Fund
Class/Ticker: A/IASBX; C/ICSBX; I/IISBX; R/VSTRX; R6/IGZAX; W/IWSBX
Voya Short Duration High Income Fund
Class/Ticker: A/VVJBX; C/VVJGX; I/VVJCX; R6/VVJDX
Voya Strategic Income Opportunities Fund
Class/Ticker: A/ISIAX; C/ISICX; I/IISIX; R/ISIRX; R6/VSIRX; W/ISIWX
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has not approved or disapproved these securities nor has the SEC judged whether the information in this Prospectus is accurate or adequate. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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Back Cover

Voya Floating Rate Fund
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks to provide investors with a high level of current income.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Voya mutual funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in the discussion in the Sales Charges section of the Prospectus (page 89), in Appendix A to the Prospectus, or the Purchase, Exchange, and Redemption of Shares section of the Statement of Additional Information (page 92).
Shareholder Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment
Class
Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of
offering price imposed on purchases
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of
purchase or sales price, whichever is less
A
2.50
None1
C
None
1.00
I
None
None
R
None
None
W
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment
Class
 
A
C
I
R
W
Management Fees
%
0.65
0.65
0.65
0.65
0.65
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
%
0.25
1.00
None
0.50
None
Other Expenses
%
0.27
0.27
0.27
0.27
0.27
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
%
1.17
1.92
0.92
1.42
0.92
Waivers and Reimbursements2
%
(0.18)
(0.18)
(0.18)
(0.18)
(0.18)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Waivers and
Reimbursements
%
0.99
1.74
0.74
1.24
0.74
1
A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 12 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $500,000 or more.
2
Voya Investments, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 1.00%, 1.75%, 0.75%, 1.25%, and 0.75% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R, and Class W shares, respectively, through August 1, 2025. This limitation is subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser within 36 months of the waiver or reimbursement. The amount of the recoupment is limited to the lesser of the amounts that would be recoupable under: (i) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of recoupment. The Investment Adviser is contractually obligated to further limit expenses to 0.95%, 1.70%, 0.70%, 1.20%, and 0.70% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R, and Class W shares, respectively, through August 1, 2025. This limitation does not extend to interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. The Investment Adviser is also contractually obligated to waive 0.02% of the management fee through August 1, 2025. Termination or modification of these obligations requires approval by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).
Expense Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example shows costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Example also assumes that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
1
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If you sold your shares
 
 
 
If you held your shares
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
 
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
A
$
348
595
861
1,619
A
$
348
595
861
1,619
C
$
277
586
1,020
2,229
C
$
177
586
1,020
2,229
I
$
76
275
492
1,115
I
$
76
275
492
1,115
R
$
126
432
759
1,686
R
$
126
432
759
1,686
W
$
76
275
492
1,115
W
$
76
275
492
1,115
The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends (and other distributions). If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as assignment fees and commissions, when it buys and sells (or “turns over”) assets in its portfolio. A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs  and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Expense Example, affect the Fund's performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 72% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in U.S. dollar denominated floating rate loans and other floating rate debt instruments, including: floating rate bonds; floating rate notes; money market instruments with a remaining maturity of 60 days or less; floating rate debentures; and tranches of floating rate asset-backed securities, including structured notes, made to, or issued by, U.S. and non-U.S. corporations or other business entities (collectively “Floating Rate Debt”). The Fund will provide shareholders with at least 60 days’ prior notice of any change in this investment policy.
The Fund normally invests substantially in floating rate loans. The floating rate loans in which the Fund invests are generally rated below investment grade and either hold the most senior position in the capital structure of the borrower, hold an equal ranking with other senior debt, or have characteristics (such as a senior position secured by liens on a borrower's assets) that the sub-adviser (the “Sub-Adviser”) believes justify treatment as senior debt. Below investment grade debt instruments are high-yield bonds commonly known as “junk bonds.” The Fund may invest in floating rate loans of companies whose financial condition is troubled or uncertain and that may be involved in bankruptcy proceedings, reorganizations, or financial restructurings. Structured notes include, but are not limited to, collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”).
Although the Fund has no restrictions on investment maturity, normally the floating rate loans will have remaining maturities of ten years or less.
The Fund may invest in derivative instruments, including, but not limited to, the following: credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, futures, and forward contracts in order to seek to enhance returns or to attempt to hedge some of its investment risk.
The Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets, measured at the time of purchase, in a combination of one or more of the following types of investments: high-yield bonds, senior or subordinated fixed rate debt instruments, including notes and bonds, whether secured and unsecured; equity securities: (i) as an incident to the purchase or ownership of Floating Rate Debt or fixed rate debt instruments; (ii) in connection with a restructuring of a borrower or issuer or its debt; or (iii) if the Fund already owns Floating Rate Debt or a fixed rate debt instrument of the issuer of such equity; short-term debt obligations, repurchase agreements, cash and cash equivalents that do not otherwise qualify as Floating Rate Debt; and other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and under the terms of applicable no-action relief or exemptive orders granted thereunder. The other investment companies in which the Fund invests may or may not be affiliated with the Investment Adviser. High-yield bonds are debt instruments that, at the time of purchase, are not rated by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) or are rated below investment grade (for example, rated below BBB- by S&P Global Ratings or Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.) or have an equivalent rating by a NRSRO.
Most of the Fund’s investments will be denominated in U.S. dollars, although the Fund may invest in securities of foreign (non-U.S.) companies, foreign (non-U.S.) dollar denominated loans and securities (e.g., denominated in Euros, British pounds, Swiss francs or Canadian dollars), foreign (non-U.S.) sovereign debt instruments, and Eurodollar bonds and obligations. The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in obligations of issuers in, or denominated in currencies of, emerging market countries.
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In evaluating investments for the Fund, the Sub-Adviser takes into account a wide variety of factors and considerations to determine whether any or all of those factors or considerations might have a material effect on the value, risks, or prospects of an investment. Among the factors considered, the Sub-Adviser expects typically to take into account environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors to determine whether one or more factors may have a material effect. In considering ESG factors, the Sub-Adviser intends to rely primarily on factors identified through its proprietary empirical research and on third-party evaluations of an issuer’s ESG standing. ESG factors will be only one of many considerations in the Sub-Adviser’s evaluation of any potential investment; the extent to which ESG factors will affect the Sub-Adviser’s decision to invest in an issuer, if at all, will depend on the analysis and judgment of the Sub-Adviser.
The Sub-Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising.
Principal Risks
You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate readability, and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur or have a greater adverse impact than another risk.
Asset-Backed Securities: Defaults on, or low credit quality or liquidity of, the underlying assets of the asset-backed securities may impair the value of these securities and result in losses. There may be limitations on the enforceability of any security interest or collateral granted with respect to those underlying assets, and the value of collateral may not satisfy the obligation upon default. These securities also present a higher degree of prepayment and extension risk and interest rate risk than do other types of debt instruments.
Bank Instruments: Bank instruments include certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits, bankers’ acceptances, and other debt and deposit-type obligations issued by banks. Changes in economic, regulatory, or political conditions, or other events that affect the banking industry may have an adverse effect on bank instruments or banking institutions that serve as counterparties in transactions with the Fund. In the event of a bank insolvency or failure, the Fund may be considered a general creditor of the bank, and it might lose some or all of the funds deposited with the bank. Even where it is recognized that a bank might be in danger of insolvency or failure, the Fund might not be able to withdraw or transfer its money from the bank in time to avoid any adverse effects of the insolvency or failure. Volatility in the banking system may impact the viability of banking and financial services institutions. In the event of failure of any of the financial institutions where the Fund maintains its cash and cash equivalents, there can be no assurance that the Fund would be able to access uninsured funds in a timely manner or at all and the Fund may incur losses. Any such event could adversely affect the business, liquidity, financial position and performance of the Fund.
Cash/Cash Equivalents: Investments in cash or cash equivalents may lower returns and result in potential lost opportunities to participate in market appreciation which could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and ability to achieve its investment objective.
Collateralized Loan Obligations and Other Collateralized Obligations: A collateralized loan obligation ( “ CLO ” ) is an obligation of a trust or other special purpose vehicle typically collateralized by a pool of loans, which may include senior secured and unsecured loans and subordinate corporate loans, including loans that may be rated below investment grade, or equivalent unrated loans. CLOs may incur management fees and administration fees. The risks of investing in a CLO depend largely on the type of the collateral held in the CLO portfolio and the tranche of securities in which the Fund may invest, and can generally be summarized as a combination of economic risks of the underlying loans combined with the risks associated with the CLO structure governing the priority of payments, and include interest rate risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, prepayment and extension risk, and the risk of default of the underlying asset, among others.
Covenant-Lite Loans: Loans in which the Fund may invest or to which the Fund may gain exposure indirectly through its investments in collateralized debt obligations, CLOs or other types of structured securities may be considered “covenant-lite” loans. Covenant-lite refers to loans which do not incorporate traditional performance-based financial maintenance covenants. Covenant-lite does not refer to a loan’s seniority in a borrower’s capital structure nor to a lack of the benefit from a legal pledge of the borrower’s assets and does not necessarily correlate to the overall credit quality of the borrower. Covenant-lite loans generally do not include terms which allow a lender to take action based on a borrower’s performance relative to its covenants. Such actions may include the ability to renegotiate and/or re-set the credit spread on the loan with a borrower, and even to declare a default or force the borrower into bankruptcy restructuring if certain criteria are breached. Covenant-lite loans typically still provide lenders with other covenants that restrict a borrower from incurring additional debt or engaging in certain actions. Such covenants can only be breached by an affirmative action of the borrower, rather than by a deterioration in the borrower’s
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financial condition. Accordingly, the Fund may have fewer rights against a borrower when it invests in, or has exposure to, covenant-lite loans and, accordingly, may have a greater risk of loss on such investments as compared to investments in, or exposure to, loans with additional or more conventional covenants.
Credit (Loans): The value of the Fund’s shares and the Fund’s ability to pay dividends is dependent upon the performance of the assets in its portfolio. Prices of the Fund’s investments are likely to fall if the actual or perceived financial health of the borrowers on, or issuers of, such investments deteriorate, whether because of broad economic or issuer-specific reasons, or if the borrower or issuer is late (or defaults) in paying interest or principal.
The Fund generally invests in loans that are senior in the capital structure of the borrower or issuer, hold an equal ranking with other senior debt, or have characteristics (such as a senior position secured by liens on a borrower’s assets) that the manager believes justify treatment as senior debt. Loans that are senior and secured generally involve less risk than unsecured or subordinated debt and equity instruments of the same borrower because the payment of principal and interest on senior loans is an obligation of the borrower that, in most instances, takes precedence over the payment of dividends, the return of capital to the borrower’s shareholders, and payments to bond holders. Loans that are senior and secured also may have collateral supporting the repayment of the debt instrument. However, the value of the collateral may not equal the Fund’s investment when the debt instrument is acquired or may decline below the principal amount of the debt instrument subsequent to the Fund’s investment. Also, to the extent that collateral consists of stocks of the borrower, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, the Fund bears the risk that the stocks may decline in value, be relatively illiquid, or may lose all or substantially all of their value, causing the Fund’s investment to be undercollateralized. Therefore, the liquidation of the collateral underlying a loan in which the Fund has invested may not satisfy the borrower’s obligation to the Fund in the event of non-payment of scheduled interest or principal, and the collateral may not be able to be readily liquidated. In addition, it is possible that disputes as to the nature or identity of the collateral securing a loan may delay the Fund’s ability to realize on the collateral or, if the dispute is resolved adversely to the Fund, may prevent the Fund from realizing on assets it had considered to constitute collateral.
In the event of the bankruptcy of a borrower or issuer, the Fund could experience delays and limitations on its ability to realize the benefits of the collateral securing the investment. Among the risks involved in a bankruptcy are assertions that the pledge of collateral to secure a loan constitutes a fraudulent conveyance or preferential transfer that would have the effect of nullifying or subordinating the Fund’s rights to the collateral.
The loans in which the Fund invests are generally rated lower than investment grade credit quality, i.e., rated lower than Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or BBB- by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), or have been made to borrowers who have issued debt instruments that are rated lower than investment grade in quality or, if unrated, would be rated lower than investment grade credit quality. The Fund’s investments in lower than investment grade loans will generally be rated at the time of purchase between B3 and Ba1 by Moody’s, B- and BB+ by S&P or, if not rated, would be of similar credit quality.
Lower quality securities (including securities that are or have fallen below investment grade and are classified as “junk bonds” or “high-yield securities”) have greater credit risk and liquidity risk than higher quality (investment grade) securities, and their issuers’ long-term ability to make payments is considered speculative. Prices of lower quality bonds or other debt instruments are also more volatile, are more sensitive to negative news about the economy or the issuer, and have greater liquidity risk and price volatility. Investment decisions are based largely on the credit analysis performed by the manager, and not on rating agency evaluation. This analysis may be difficult to perform. Information about a loan and its borrower generally is not in the public domain. Investors in loans may not be afforded the protections of the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, because loans may not be considered “securities” under such laws. In addition, many borrowers have not issued securities to the public and are not subject to reporting requirements under U.S. federal securities laws. Generally, however, borrowers are required to provide financial information to lenders and information may be available from other loan market participants or agents that originate or administer loans.
Credit Default Swaps: The Fund may enter into credit default swaps, either as a buyer or a seller of the swap. A buyer of a credit default swap is generally obligated to pay the seller an upfront or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract until a credit event, such as a default, on a reference obligation has occurred. If a credit event occurs, the seller generally must pay the buyer the “par value” (full notional value) of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity described in the swap, or the seller may be required to deliver the related net cash amount if the swap is cash settled. As a seller of a credit default swap, the Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the full notional value of the swap. Credit default swaps are particularly subject to counterparty, credit, valuation, liquidity, and leveraging risks, and the risk that the swap may not correlate with its reference obligation as expected. Certain standardized credit default swaps are subject to mandatory central clearing. Central clearing is expected to reduce counterparty credit risk and increase liquidity; however, there is no assurance that it will achieve that result, and in the meantime, central clearing and related requirements expose the Fund to different kinds of costs and risks. In addition, credit default swaps expose the Fund to the risk of improper valuation.
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Currency: To the extent that the Fund invests directly or indirectly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by the Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions.
Demand for Loans: An increase in demand for loans may benefit the Fund by providing increased liquidity for such loans and higher sales prices, but it may also adversely affect the rate of interest payable on such loans and the rights provided to the Fund under the terms of the applicable loan agreement, and may increase the price of loans in the secondary market. A decrease in the demand for loans may adversely affect the price of loans in the Fund’s portfolio, which could cause the Fund’s net asset value to decline and reduce the liquidity of the Fund’s loan holdings.
Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates, liquidity risk, valuation risk, and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by the Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on the Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the asset, reference rate, or index being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Fixed Income): The Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for the Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. The Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors in respect of obligations of an issuer may rely on third-party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be invested in obligations of issuers that the Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may choose not to invest in obligations of issuers that compare favorably to obligations of other issuers on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to obligations of certain issuers due to the Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by the Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
Equity Securities Incidental to Investments in Loans: Investments in equity securities incidental to investments in loans entail certain risks in addition to those associated with investments in loans. The value of such equity securities may change more rapidly, and to a greater extent, than debt instruments issued by the same issuer in response to company-specific developments and general market conditions. The Fund’s holdings of equity securities may increase fluctuations in the Fund’s net asset value. The Fund may frequently possess material non-public information about a borrower as a result of its ownership of a loan of such borrower. Because of prohibitions on trading in securities of issuers while in possession of such information, the Fund might be unable to enter into a transaction in a security of such a borrower when it would otherwise be advantageous to do so.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments/Developing and Emerging Markets: Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies due, in part, to: smaller markets; differing reporting, accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices; nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation; foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or replacement; potential for default on sovereign debt; and political changes or diplomatic developments, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions (or the threat of new or modified sanctions) or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country or region. Foreign (non-U.S.) investment risks may be greater in developing and emerging markets than in developed markets.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments for Floating Rate Loans: Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) debt instruments may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in debt instruments of U.S. companies due, in part, to: smaller markets; differing reporting, accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices; nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation; foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or replacement; potential for default on sovereign debt; and political changes or diplomatic developments, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions (or the threat of new or modified sanctions) or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country, or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country, or region.
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High-Yield Securities: Lower-quality securities (including securities that are or have fallen below investment grade and are classified as “junk bonds” or “high-yield securities”) have greater credit risk and liquidity risk than higher-quality (investment grade) securities, and their issuers' long-term ability to make payments is considered speculative. Prices of lower-quality bonds or other debt instruments are also more volatile, are more sensitive to negative news about the economy or the issuer, and have greater liquidity risk and price volatility.
Interest in Loans: The value and the income streams of interests in loans (including participation interests in lease financings and assignments in secured variable or floating rate loans) will decline if borrowers delay payments or fail to pay altogether. A significant rise in market interest rates could increase this risk. Although loans may be fully collateralized when purchased, such collateral may become illiquid or decline in value.
Interest Rate for Floating Rate Loans: Changes in short-term market interest rates will directly affect the yield on investments in floating rate loans. If short-term market interest rates fall, the yield on the Fund’s shares will also fall. To the extent that the interest rate spreads on loans in the Fund’s portfolio experience a general decline, the yield on the Fund’s shares will fall and the value of the Fund’s assets may decrease, which will cause the Fund’s net asset value to decrease. Conversely, when short-term market interest rates rise, because of the lag between changes in such short-term rates and the resetting of the floating rates on assets in the Fund’s portfolio, the impact of rising rates will be delayed to the extent of such lag. The impact of market interest rate changes on the Fund’s yield will also be affected by whether, and the extent to which, the floating rate loans in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to floors on the secured overnight funding rate (“SOFR”) base rate on which interest is calculated for such loans (a “benchmark floor”). So long as the base rate for a loan remains under the applicable benchmark floor, changes in short-term market interest rates will not affect the yield on such loans. In addition, to the extent that changes in market interest rates are reflected not in a change to a base rate such as SOFR but in a change in the spread over the base rate which is payable on the floating rate loans of the type and quality in which the Fund invests, the Fund’s net asset value could also be adversely affected. With respect to investments in fixed rate instruments, a rise in market interest rates generally causes values of such instruments to fall. The values of fixed rate instruments with longer maturities or duration are more sensitive to changes in market interest rates. As of the date of this Prospectus, the U.S has recently experienced a rising market interest rate environment, which may increase the Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising market interest rates. Rising market interest rates have unpredictable effects on the markets and may expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility, which could reduce liquidity for certain investments, adversely affect values, and increase costs. Increased redemptions may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so and may lower returns. If dealer capacity in debt and related markets is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in the debt and related markets. Further, recent and potential future changes in government policy may affect interest rates.
Limited Secondary Market for Floating Rate Loans: Although the re-sale, or secondary market, for floating rate loans has grown substantially in recent years, both in overall size and number of market participants, there is no organized exchange or board of trade on which floating rate loans are traded. Instead, the secondary market for floating rate loans is a private, unregulated inter-dealer or inter-bank re-sale market. Transactions in loans typically settle on a delayed basis and typically take longer than 7 days to settle. As a result the Fund may not receive the proceeds from a sale of a floating rate loan for a significant period of time. Delay in the receipts of settlement proceeds may impair the ability of the Fund to meet its redemption obligations and may increase amounts the Fund may be required to borrow. It may also limit the ability of the Fund to repay debt, pay dividends, or take advantage of new investment opportunities.
Floating rate loans usually trade in large denominations. Trades can be infrequent, and the market for floating rate loans may experience substantial volatility. In addition, the market for floating rate loans has limited transparency so that information about actual trades may be difficult to obtain. Accordingly, some of the floating rate loans will be relatively illiquid.
In addition, the floating rate loans may require the consent of the borrower and/or the agent prior to sale or assignment. These consent requirements can delay or impede the Fund’s ability to sell floating rate loans and can adversely affect the price that can be obtained.
These considerations may cause the Fund to sell floating rate loans at lower prices than it would otherwise consider to meet cash needs or cause the Fund to maintain a greater portion of its assets in money market instruments than it would otherwise, which could negatively impact performance. The Fund may seek to avoid the necessity of selling assets to meet redemption requests or liquidity needs by the use of borrowings. Such borrowings, even though they are for the purpose of satisfying redemptions or meeting liquidity needs and not to generate leveraged returns, nevertheless would produce leverage and the risks that are inherent in leverage. However, there can be no assurance that sales of floating rate loans at such lower prices can be avoided.
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From time to time, the occurrence of one or more of the considerations described above may create a cascading effect where the market for debt instruments (including the market for floating rate loans) first experiences volatility and then decreased liquidity. Such conditions, or other similar conditions, may then adversely affect the value of floating rate loans and other instruments, widening spreads against higher-quality debt instruments, and making it harder to sell floating rate loans at prices at which they have historically or recently traded, thereby further reducing liquidity. For example, during the global financial crisis in the second half of 2008, the average price of loans in the Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index declined by 32% (which included a decline of 3.06% on a single day). Additionally, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the same index declined by 12.37% in March 2020 (which included a decline of 3.74% on a single day).
Declines in net asset value or other market developments (which could be more severe than these prior declines) may lead to increased redemptions, which could cause the Fund to have to sell floating rate loans and other instruments at disadvantageous prices and inhibit the ability of the Fund to retain its assets in the hope of greater stabilization in the secondary markets. In addition, these or similar circumstances could cause the Fund to sell its highest quality and most liquid floating rate loans and other investments in order to satisfy an initial wave of redemptions while leaving the Fund with a remaining portfolio of lower-quality and less liquid investments. In anticipation of such circumstances, the Fund may also need to maintain a larger portion of its assets in liquid instruments than usual. However, there can be no assurance that the Fund will foresee the need to maintain greater liquidity or that actual efforts to maintain a larger portion of assets in liquid investments would successfully mitigate the foregoing risks.
As of the date of this Prospectus, Voya Floating Rate Fund has entered into a line of credit under which it may borrow money from time to time. The amount of available borrowing under the line of credit reflects such factors as, among other things, the Investment Adviser’s expectations as to the liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio and settlement times for the loans held by the Fund, as well as anticipated growth in the size of the Fund. The cost of maintaining the line of credit will reduce the Fund’s investment return.
Liquidity for Floating Rate Loans: If a loan is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the loan at a time when the manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid loans, exposing the Fund to the risk that the price at which it sells loans will be less than the price at which they were valued when held by the Fund. The risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress. The Fund could lose money if it cannot sell a loan at the time and price that would be most beneficial to the Fund. The SEC has proposed amendments to Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act and Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act that, if adopted, would, among other things, cause more investments to be treated as illiquid, which could prevent the Fund from investing in securities that the Investment Adviser or Sub-Adviser believes are attractive investment opportunities.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical: The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events that have led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S. and global economies and markets, generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant market volatility, exchange suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, supply chain disruptions, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. The economic impacts of COVID-19 have created a unique challenge for real estate markets. Many businesses have either partially or fully transitioned to a remote-working environment and this transition may negatively impact the occupancy rates of commercial real estate over time. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine has, and may continue to, adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of the Fund’s investments, including beyond the Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. A number of U.S. domestic banks and foreign (non-U.S.) banks have recently experienced financial difficulties and, in some cases, failures. There can be no certainty that the actions taken by regulators to limit the effect of those financial difficulties and failures on other banks or other financial institutions or on the U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) economies generally will be successful. It is possible that more banks or other financial institutions will experience financial difficulties or fail, which may affect adversely other U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) financial institutions and economies. These events as well as other changes in foreign (non-U.S.) and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
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Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, is the risk that the value of an investment company’s underlying investments might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the Fund’s expenses. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of the Fund; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which the Fund is typically subject. In addition, shares of ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and are subject to secondary market trading risks. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads, and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and authorized participants may step away from making a market in an ETF’s shares, which could cause a material decline in the ETF’s net asset value.
Prepayment and Extension: Many types of debt instruments are subject to prepayment and extension risk. Prepayment risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt instrument will pay back the principal earlier than expected. This risk is heightened in a falling market interest rate environment. Prepayment may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. Also, if a debt instrument subject to prepayment has been purchased at a premium, the value of the premium would be lost in the event of prepayment. Extension risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt instrument will pay back the principal later than expected. This risk is heightened in a rising market interest rate environment. This may negatively affect performance, as the value of the debt instrument decreases when principal payments are made later than expected. Additionally, the Fund may be prevented from investing proceeds it would have received at a given time at the higher prevailing interest rates. Loans typically have a 6-12 month call protection and may be prepaid partially or in full after the call protection period without penalty.
Repurchase Agreements: In the event that the other party to a repurchase agreement defaults on its obligations, the Fund would generally seek to sell the underlying security serving as collateral for the repurchase agreement. However, the value of collateral may be insufficient to satisfy the counterparty's obligation and/or the Fund may encounter delay and incur costs before being able to sell the security. Such a delay may involve loss of interest or a decline in price of the security, which could result in a loss. In addition, if the Fund is characterized by a court as an unsecured creditor, it would be at risk of losing some or all of the principal and interest involved in the transaction.
Sovereign Debt: Sovereign debt is issued or guaranteed by foreign (non-U.S.) government entities. Investments in sovereign debt are subject to the risk that a government entity may delay payment, restructure its debt, or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt due to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, social changes, the relative size of its debt position to its economy, or its failure to put in place economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or other multilateral agencies. If a government entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans. There is no legal process for collecting amounts owed on sovereign debt, such as bankruptcy proceedings, that a government does not pay.
Valuation of Loans: The Fund values its assets every day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. However, because the secondary market for floating rate loans is limited, it may be difficult to value loans, exposing the Fund to the risk that the price at which it sells loans will be less than the price at which they were valued when held by the Fund. Reliable market value quotations may not be readily available for some loans, and determining the fair valuation of such loans may require more research than for securities that trade in a more active secondary market. In addition, elements of judgment may play a greater role in the valuation of loans than for more securities that trade in a more developed secondary market because there is less reliable, objective market value data available. If the Fund purchases a relatively large portion of a loan, the limitations of the secondary market may inhibit the Fund from selling a portion of the loan and reducing its exposure to a borrower when the manager deems it advisable to do so. Even if the Fund itself does not own a relatively large portion of a particular loan, the Fund, in combination with other similar accounts under management by the same portfolio managers, may own large portions of loans. The aggregate amount of holdings could create similar risks if and when the portfolio managers decide to sell those loans. These risks could include, for example, the risk that the sale of an initial portion of the loan could be at a price lower than the price at which the loan was valued by the Fund, the risk that the initial sale could adversely impact the price at which additional portions of the loan are sold, and the risk that the foregoing events could warrant a reduced valuation being assigned to the remaining portion of the loan still owned by the Fund.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows the changes in the Fund's performance from year to year, and the table compares the Fund's performance to the performance of a broad-based securities market index/indices with investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund for the same period. The Fund's performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the
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period presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund's Class A shares. Sales charges are not reflected in the bar chart. If they were, returns would be less than those shown. However, the table includes all applicable fees and sales charges. Performance for other share classes would differ to the extent they have differences in their fees and expenses. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. For the most recent performance figures, go to https://individuals.voya.com/literature or call 1-800-992-0180.
Calendar Year Total Returns Class A 
(as of December 31 of each year)
Best quarter:
2nd Quarter 2020
7.73%
Worst quarter:
1st Quarter 2020
-14.81%
Year-to-date total return:
June 30, 2024
4.50%
Average Annual Total Returns %
(for the periods ended December 31, 2023)

 
 
1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class A before taxes
%
8.32
2.22
2.21
N/A
8/17/2010
After tax on distributions
%
4.44
0.09
0.31
N/A
After tax on distributions with sale
%
4.83
0.77
0.83
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index2
%
13.32
5.80
4.42
N/A
Class C before taxes
%
9.28
1.97
1.86
N/A
8/17/2010
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index2
%
13.32
5.80
4.42
N/A
Class I before taxes
%
11.24
2.99
2.74
N/A
8/17/2010
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index2
%
13.32
5.80
4.42
N/A
Class R before taxes
%
10.84
2.48
2.22
N/A
8/17/2010
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index2
%
13.32
5.80
4.42
N/A
Class W before taxes
%
11.35
2.99
2.73
N/A
8/17/2010
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index2
%
13.32
5.80
4.42
N/A
1
Effective commencing with shareholder reports filed and transmitted to shareholders after July 24, 2024, the Investment Adviser changed the primary benchmark from the Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index in accordance with recent changes to regulatory disclosure requirements. The Fund continues to use the Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index as an additional benchmark that the Investment Adviser believes more closely reflects the Fund's principal investment strategies.
2
The index returns do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). In some cases the after-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. After-tax returns for other classes will vary.
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Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
Sub-Adviser
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Portfolio Managers
 
Mohamed Basma, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 10/22)
Randall Parrish, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 05/23)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Shares of the Fund may be purchased or sold on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock Exchange opens for regular trading). You can buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary; by visiting our website at www.voyainvestments.com; by writing to us at Voya Investment Management, 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034; or by calling us at 1-800-992-0180.
Minimum Initial Investment $ by share class
Class
A, C
I
R
W
Non-retirement accounts
$
1,000
250,000
None
1,000
Retirement accounts
$
250
250,000
None
1,000
Certain omnibus accounts
$
250
None
None
None
Pre-authorized investment plan
$
1,000
250,000
None
1,000
There are no minimums for additional investments except that the pre-authorized investment plan requires a monthly investment of at least $100. For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; or (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts.
Tax Information
The Fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that arrangement.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Voya GNMA Income Fund
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks a high level of current income consistent with liquidity and safety of principal through investment primarily in Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) mortgage-backed securities (also known as GNMA Certificates) that are guaranteed as to the timely payment of principal and interest by the U.S. government.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Voya mutual funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in the discussion in the Sales Charges section of the Prospectus (page 89), in Appendix A to the Prospectus, or the Purchase, Exchange, and Redemption of Shares section of the Statement of Additional Information (page 92).
Shareholder Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment
Class
Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of
offering price imposed on purchases
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of
purchase or sales price, whichever is less
A
2.50
None1
C
None
1.00
I
None
None
R6
None
None
W
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment
Class
 
A
C
I
R6
W
Management Fees
%
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
%
0.25
1.00
None
None
None
Other Expenses
%
0.16
0.16
0.14
0.05
0.16
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
%
0.86
1.61
0.59
0.50
0.61
Waivers and Reimbursements2
%
(0.02)
(0.02)
(0.05)
None
(0.02)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Waivers and
Reimbursements
%
0.84
1.59
0.54
0.50
0.59
1
A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 12 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $500,000 or more.
2
Voya Investments, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 0.84%, 1.59%, 0.54%, 0.54%, and 0.59% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R6, and Class W shares, respectively, through August 1, 2025. The limitation does not extend to interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. This limitation is subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser within 36 months of the waiver or reimbursement. The amount of the recoupment is limited to the lesser of the amounts that would be recoupable under: (i) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of recoupment. Termination or modification of these obligations requires approval by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).
Expense Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example shows costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Example also assumes that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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Voya GNMA Income Fund

 
 
If you sold your shares
 
 
 
If you held your shares
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
 
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
A
$
334
516
713
1,282
A
$
334
516
713
1,282
C
$
262
506
874
1,909
C
$
162
506
874
1,909
I
$
55
184
324
733
I
$
55
184
324
733
R6
$
51
160
280
628
R6
$
51
160
280
628
W
$
60
193
338
760
W
$
60
193
338
760
The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends (and other distributions). If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Expense Example, affect the Fund's performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 495% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in GNMA Certificates. The Fund will provide shareholders with at least 60 days' prior notice of any change in this investment policy.
The Fund may purchase or sell GNMA Certificates on a delayed delivery or forward commitment basis through the “to be announced” (“TBA”) market. With TBA transactions, the particular securities to be delivered are not identified at the trade date but the delivered securities must meet specified terms and standards. The remaining assets of the Fund will be invested in other securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, including U.S. Treasury securities, and securities issued by other agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government. The Fund may also invest in repurchase agreements secured by securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, GNMA Certificates, and securities issued by other agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government.
The Fund may invest in debt instruments of any maturity, although the sub-adviser (the “Sub-Adviser”) expects to invest in securities with effective maturities in excess of one year.
Please refer to the Statement of Additional Information for a complete description of GNMA Certificates and Modified Pass Through GNMA Certificates. The Fund intends to use the proceeds from principal payments to purchase additional GNMA Certificates or other U.S. government guaranteed securities.
The Fund may invest in futures, including U.S. Treasury futures, to manage the duration of the Fund.
Duration is a commonly used measure of risk in debt instruments as it incorporates multiple features of debt instruments (e.g., yield, coupon, maturity, etc.) into one number. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a debt instrument to a change in interest rates. Duration is a weighted average of the times that interest payments and the final return of principal are received. The weights are the amounts of the payments discounted by the yield-to-maturity of the debt instrument. Duration is expressed as a number of years. The bigger the duration number, the greater the interest rate risk or reward for the debt instrument prices. For example, the price of a bond with an average duration of 5 years would be expected to fall approximately 5% if market interest rates rose by 1%. Conversely, the price of a bond with an average duration of 5 years would be expected to rise approximately 5% if market interest rates dropped by 1%.
In evaluating investments for the Fund, the Sub-Adviser takes into account a wide variety of factors and considerations to determine whether any or all of those factors or considerations might have a material effect on the value, risks, or prospects of an investment. Among the factors considered, the Sub-Adviser expects typically to take into account environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors to determine whether one or more factors may have a material effect. In considering ESG factors, the Sub-Adviser intends to rely primarily on factors identified through its proprietary empirical research and on third-party evaluations of an issuer’s ESG standing. ESG factors will be only one of many considerations in the Sub-Adviser’s evaluation of any potential investment; the extent to which ESG factors will affect the Sub-Adviser’s decision to invest in an issuer, if at all, will depend on the analysis and judgment of the Sub-Adviser.
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The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and under the terms of applicable no-action relief or exemptive orders granted thereunder.
The Sub-Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising.
The Fund may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 13% of its total assets.
Principal Risks
You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate readability, and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur or have a greater adverse impact than another risk.
Credit: The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument in which the Fund invests, or the counterparty to a derivative contract the Fund entered into, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services, or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to meet its financial obligations. Asset-backed (including mortgage-backed) securities that are not issued by U.S. government agencies may have a greater risk of default because they are not guaranteed by either the U.S. government or an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government. The credit quality of typical asset-backed securities depends primarily on the credit quality of the underlying assets and the structural support (if any) provided to the securities.
Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates, liquidity risk, valuation risk, and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by the Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on the Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the asset, reference rate, or index being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Fixed Income): The Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for the Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. The Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors in respect of obligations of an issuer may rely on third-party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be invested in obligations of issuers that the Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may choose not to invest in obligations of issuers that compare favorably to obligations of other issuers on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to obligations of certain issuers due to the Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by the Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
Interest Rate: A rise in market interest rates generally results in a fall in the value of bonds and other debt instruments; conversely, values generally rise as market interest rates fall. Interest rate risk is generally greater for debt instruments than floating-rate instruments. The higher the credit quality of the instrument, and the longer its maturity or duration, the more sensitive it is to changes in market interest rates. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a debt instrument to a change in interest rate. As of the date of this Prospectus, the U.S. has recently experienced a rising market interest rate environment, which may increase the Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising market interest rates. Rising market interest rates have unpredictable effects on the markets and may expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility. To the extent that the Fund invests in debt instruments, an increase in market interest rates may lead to increased redemptions and increased portfolio turnover, which could reduce liquidity for certain investments, adversely affect values, and increase costs. Increased redemptions may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so and may lower returns. If dealer capacity in debt markets is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in debt markets. Further, recent and potential future changes in government policy may affect interest rates. Negative or very low interest rates could magnify the risks associated with changes in interest rates. In general, changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, could have unpredictable effects on markets and may expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility. Changes to monetary policy by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board or other regulatory actions could expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility, interest rate sensitivity, and reduced liquidity, which may impact the Fund’s operations and return potential.
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Liquidity: If a security is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, exposing the Fund to the risk that the prices at which it sells illiquid securities will be less than the prices at which they were valued when held by the Fund, which could cause the Fund to lose money. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile than more liquid securities, and the risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress. Certain securities that are liquid when purchased may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress or due to geopolitical events such as sanctions, trading halts, or wars.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical: The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events that have led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S. and global economies and markets, generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant market volatility, exchange suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, supply chain disruptions, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. The economic impacts of COVID-19 have created a unique challenge for real estate markets. Many businesses have either partially or fully transitioned to a remote-working environment and this transition may negatively impact the occupancy rates of commercial real estate over time. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine has, and may continue to, adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of the Fund’s investments, including beyond the Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. A number of U.S. domestic banks and foreign (non-U.S.) banks have recently experienced financial difficulties and, in some cases, failures. There can be no certainty that the actions taken by regulators to limit the effect of those financial difficulties and failures on other banks or other financial institutions or on the U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) economies generally will be successful. It is possible that more banks or other financial institutions will experience financial difficulties or fail, which may affect adversely other U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) financial institutions and economies. These events as well as other changes in foreign (non-U.S.) and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
Mortgage- and/or Asset-Backed Securities: Defaults on, or low credit quality or liquidity of, the underlying assets of the asset-backed (including mortgage-backed) securities may impair the value of these securities and result in losses. There may be limitations on the enforceability of any security interest or collateral granted with respect to those underlying assets, and the value of collateral may not satisfy the obligation upon default. These securities also present a higher degree of prepayment and extension risk and interest rate risk than do other types of debt instruments.
Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, is the risk that the value of an investment company’s underlying investments might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the Fund’s expenses. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of the Fund; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which the Fund is typically subject. In addition, shares of ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and are subject to secondary market trading risks. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads, and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and authorized participants may step away from making a market in an ETF’s shares, which could cause a material decline in the ETF’s net asset value.
Portfolio Turnover: The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to carry out its investment strategies, which may result in high portfolio turnover. A high portfolio turnover rate may increase transaction costs, which may lower the Fund’s performance and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
Prepayment and Extension: Many types of debt instruments are subject to prepayment and extension risk. Prepayment risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt instrument will pay back the principal earlier than expected. This risk is heightened in a falling market interest rate environment. Prepayment may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. Also, if a debt instrument subject to prepayment has been purchased at a premium, the value of the premium would be lost in the event of prepayment. Extension risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt instrument will pay back the principal
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later than expected. This risk is heightened in a rising market interest rate environment. This may negatively affect performance, as the value of the debt instrument decreases when principal payments are made later than expected. Additionally, the Fund may be prevented from investing proceeds it would have received at a given time at the higher prevailing interest rates.
Repurchase Agreements: In the event that the other party to a repurchase agreement defaults on its obligations, the Fund would generally seek to sell the underlying security serving as collateral for the repurchase agreement. However, the value of collateral may be insufficient to satisfy the counterparty's obligation and/or the Fund may encounter delay and incur costs before being able to sell the security. Such a delay may involve loss of interest or a decline in price of the security, which could result in a loss. In addition, if the Fund is characterized by a court as an unsecured creditor, it would be at risk of losing some or all of the principal and interest involved in the transaction.
Securities Lending: Securities lending involves two primary risks: “ investment risk ” and “ borrower default risk. ” When lending securities, the Fund will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing the Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks.
U.S. Government Securities and Obligations: U.S. government securities are obligations of, or guaranteed by, the U.S. government, its agencies, or government-sponsored enterprises. U.S. government securities are subject to market risk and interest rate risk, and may be subject to varying degrees of credit risk.
When-Issued, Delayed Delivery, and Forward Commitment Transactions: When-issued, delayed delivery, and forward commitment transactions involve the risk that the security the Fund buys will lose value prior to its delivery. These transactions may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing the Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks. There also is the risk that the security will not be issued or that the other party will not meet its obligation. If this occurs, the Fund loses both the investment opportunity for the assets it set aside to pay for the security and any gain in the security’s price.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows the changes in the Fund's performance from year to year, and the table compares the Fund's performance to the performance of a broad-based securities market index/indices with investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund for the same period. The Fund's performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the period presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund's Class A shares. Sales charges are not reflected in the bar chart. If they were, returns would be less than those shown. However, the table includes all applicable fees and sales charges. Performance for other share classes would differ to the extent they have differences in their fees and expenses. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. For the most recent performance figures, go to https://individuals.voya.com/literature or call 1-800-992-0180.
Calendar Year Total Returns Class A 
(as of December 31 of each year)
Best quarter:
4th Quarter 2023
6.85%
Worst quarter:
3rd Quarter 2022
-4.67%
Year-to-date total return:
June 30, 2024
-0.59%
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Average Annual Total Returns %
(for the periods ended December 31, 2023)

 
 
1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class A before taxes
%
2.15
-0.24
0.92
N/A
8/17/1973
After tax on distributions
%
0.72
-1.19
-0.10
N/A
After tax on distributions with sale
%
1.25
-0.57
0.26
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Bloomberg GNMA Index2
%
5.40
0.34
1.34
N/A
Class C before taxes
%
3.04
-0.49
0.57
N/A
10/13/2000
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Bloomberg GNMA Index2
%
5.40
0.34
1.34
N/A
Class I before taxes
%
5.12
0.57
1.48
N/A
1/7/2002
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Bloomberg GNMA Index2
%
5.40
0.34
1.34
N/A
Class R6 before taxes
%
5.04
0.58
1.48
N/A
7/31/2020
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Bloomberg GNMA Index2
%
5.40
0.34
1.34
N/A
Class W before taxes
%
5.07
0.53
1.44
N/A
12/17/2007
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Bloomberg GNMA Index2
%
5.40
0.34
1.34
N/A
1
Effective commencing with shareholder reports filed and transmitted to shareholders after July 24, 2024, the Investment Adviser changed the primary benchmark from the Bloomberg GNMA Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index in accordance with recent changes to regulatory disclosure requirements. The Fund continues to use Bloomberg GNMA Index as an additional benchmark that the Investment Adviser believes more closely reflects the Fund's principal investment strategies.
2
The index returns do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). In some cases the after-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. After-tax returns for other classes will vary.
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
Sub-Adviser
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Portfolio Managers
 
Jeff Dutra, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 05/09)
Justin McWhorter, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 05/09)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Shares of the Fund may be purchased or sold on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock Exchange opens for regular trading). You can buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary; by visiting our website at www.voyainvestments.com; by writing to us at Voya Investment Management, 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034; or by calling us at 1-800-992-0180.
Minimum Initial Investment $ by share class
Class
A, C
I
R6
W
Non-retirement accounts
$
1,000
250,000
1,000,000
1,000
Retirement accounts
$
250
250,000
None
1,000
Certain omnibus accounts
$
250
None
None
None
Pre-authorized investment plan
$
1,000
250,000
None
1,000
There are no minimums for additional investments except that the pre-authorized investment plan requires a monthly investment of at least $100. For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii)
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employees of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; or (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts.
Tax Information
The Fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that arrangement.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Voya High Yield Bond Fund
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks to provide investors with a high level of current income and total return.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Voya mutual funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in the discussion in the Sales Charges section of the Prospectus (page 89), in Appendix A to the Prospectus, or the Purchase, Exchange, and Redemption of Shares section of the Statement of Additional Information (page 92).
Shareholder Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment
Class
Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of
offering price imposed on purchases
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of
purchase or sales price, whichever is less
A
2.50
None1
C
None
1.00
I
None
None
R
None
None
R6
None
None
W
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment
Class
 
A
C
I
R
R6
W
Management Fees
%
0.61
0.61
0.61
0.61
0.61
0.61
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
%
0.25
1.00
None
0.50
None
None
Other Expenses
%
0.23
0.23
0.14
0.23
0.07
0.23
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
%
1.09
1.84
0.75
1.34
0.68
0.84
Waivers and Reimbursements2
%
(0.05)
(0.05)
(0.05)
(0.05)
(0.05)
(0.05)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Waivers and
Reimbursements
%
1.04
1.79
0.70
1.29
0.63
0.79
1
A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 12 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $500,000 or more.
2
Voya Investments, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 1.10%, 1.85%, 0.85%, 1.35%, 0.83%, and 0.85% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R, Class R6, and Class W shares, respectively, through August 1, 2025. The limitation does not extend to interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. This limitation is subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser within 36 months of the waiver or reimbursement. The amount of the recoupment is limited to the lesser of the amounts that would be recoupable under: (i) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of recoupment. The Investment Adviser is contractually obligated to waive 0.05% of the management fee through August 1, 2025. Termination or modification of these obligations requires approval by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).
Expense Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example shows costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Example also assumes that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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Voya High Yield Bond Fund

 
 
If you sold your shares
 
 
 
If you held your shares
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
 
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
A
$
353
583
831
1,541
A
$
353
583
831
1,541
C
$
282
574
991
2,154
C
$
182
574
991
2,154
I
$
72
235
412
926
I
$
72
235
412
926
R
$
131
420
729
1,608
R
$
131
420
729
1,608
R6
$
64
213
374
842
R6
$
64
213
374
842
W
$
81
263
461
1,033
W
$
81
263
461
1,033
The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends (and other distributions). If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Expense Example, affect the Fund's performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 62% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in a diversified portfolio of high-yield (high risk) bonds commonly known as “junk bonds.” The Fund will provide shareholders with at least 60 days’ prior notice of any change in this investment policy.
High-yield bonds are debt instruments that, at the time of purchase, are not rated by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) or are rated below investment grade (e.g., rated below BBB- by S&P Global Ratings or Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.) or have an equivalent rating by a NRSRO. The Fund defines high-yield bonds to include: bank loans; payment-in-kind securities; fixed and variable floating rate and deferred interest debt obligations; zero-coupon bonds and debt obligations provided they are unrated or rated below investment grade. In evaluating the quality of a particular high-yield bond for investment by the Fund, the sub-adviser (the “Sub-Adviser”) does not rely exclusively on credit ratings assigned by a NRSRO. The Sub-Adviser will utilize a security’s credit rating as simply one indication of an issuer’s creditworthiness and will principally rely upon its own analysis of any security. The Sub-Adviser does not have restrictions on the rating level of the securities held in the Fund and may purchase and hold securities in default. There are no restrictions on the average maturity of the Fund’s portfolio or the maturity of any single investment. Maturities may vary widely depending on the Sub-Adviser’s assessment of interest rate trends and other economic or market factors.
Any remaining assets may be invested in investment grade debt instruments; common and preferred stocks; U.S. government securities; money market instruments; and debt instruments of foreign (non-U.S.) issuers, including securities of companies in emerging markets. The Fund may invest in derivatives, including structured debt instruments, dollar roll transactions, swap agreements, including credit default swaps and interest rate swaps, and options on swap agreements. The Fund typically uses derivatives to reduce exposure to other risks, such as interest rate or currency risk, to substitute for taking a position in the underlying asset, and/or to enhance returns in the Fund. The Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization size.
The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and under the terms of applicable no-action relief or exemptive orders granted thereunder.
In choosing investments for the Fund, the Sub-Adviser combines extensive company and industry research with relative value analysis to identify high-yield bonds expected to provide above-average returns. Relative value analysis is intended to enhance returns by moving from overvalued to undervalued sectors of the bond market. The Sub-Adviser’s approach to decision making includes contributions from individual portfolio managers responsible for specific industry sectors.
In evaluating investments for the Fund, the Sub-Adviser takes into account a wide variety of factors and considerations to determine whether any or all of those factors or considerations might have a material effect on the value, risks, or prospects of an investment. Among the factors considered, the Sub-Adviser expects typically to take into account environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors to determine whether one or more factors may have a material effect. In considering ESG factors, the Sub-Adviser intends to rely primarily on factors identified through its proprietary empirical research and on third-party
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evaluations of an issuer’s ESG standing. ESG factors will be only one of many considerations in the Sub-Adviser’s evaluation of any potential investment; the extent to which ESG factors will affect the Sub-Adviser’s decision to invest in an issuer, if at all, will depend on the analysis and judgment of the Sub-Adviser.
The Sub-Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising.
The Fund may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 13% of its total assets.
Principal Risks
You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate readability, and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur or have a greater adverse impact than another risk.
Bank Instruments: Bank instruments include certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits, bankers’ acceptances, and other debt and deposit-type obligations issued by banks. Changes in economic, regulatory, or political conditions, or other events that affect the banking industry may have an adverse effect on bank instruments or banking institutions that serve as counterparties in transactions with the Fund. In the event of a bank insolvency or failure, the Fund may be considered a general creditor of the bank, and it might lose some or all of the funds deposited with the bank. Even where it is recognized that a bank might be in danger of insolvency or failure, the Fund might not be able to withdraw or transfer its money from the bank in time to avoid any adverse effects of the insolvency or failure. Volatility in the banking system may impact the viability of banking and financial services institutions. In the event of failure of any of the financial institutions where the Fund maintains its cash and cash equivalents, there can be no assurance that the Fund would be able to access uninsured funds in a timely manner or at all and the Fund may incur losses. Any such event could adversely affect the business, liquidity, financial position and performance of the Fund.
Company: The price of a company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons, including, among others, poor management, financial problems, reduced demand for the company’s goods or services, regulatory fines and judgments, or business challenges. If a company is unable to meet its financial obligations, declares bankruptcy, or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.
Credit: The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument in which the Fund invests, or the counterparty to a derivative contract the Fund entered into, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services, or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to meet its financial obligations.
Credit Default Swaps: The Fund may enter into credit default swaps, either as a buyer or a seller of the swap. A buyer of a credit default swap is generally obligated to pay the seller an upfront or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract until a credit event, such as a default, on a reference obligation has occurred. If a credit event occurs, the seller generally must pay the buyer the “par value” (full notional value) of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity described in the swap, or the seller may be required to deliver the related net cash amount if the swap is cash settled. As a seller of a credit default swap, the Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the full notional value of the swap. Credit default swaps are particularly subject to counterparty, credit, valuation, liquidity, and leveraging risks, and the risk that the swap may not correlate with its reference obligation as expected. Certain standardized credit default swaps are subject to mandatory central clearing. Central clearing is expected to reduce counterparty credit risk and increase liquidity; however, there is no assurance that it will achieve that result, and in the meantime, central clearing and related requirements expose the Fund to different kinds of costs and risks. In addition, credit default swaps expose the Fund to the risk of improper valuation.
Currency: To the extent that the Fund invests directly or indirectly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by the Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions.
Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates, liquidity risk, valuation risk, and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by the Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on the Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives
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may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the asset, reference rate, or index being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Fixed Income): The Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for the Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. The Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors in respect of obligations of an issuer may rely on third-party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be invested in obligations of issuers that the Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may choose not to invest in obligations of issuers that compare favorably to obligations of other issuers on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to obligations of certain issuers due to the Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by the Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments/Developing and Emerging Markets: Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies due, in part, to: smaller markets; differing reporting, accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices; nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation; foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or replacement; potential for default on sovereign debt; and political changes or diplomatic developments, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions (or the threat of new or modified sanctions) or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country or region. Foreign (non-U.S.) investment risks may be greater in developing and emerging markets than in developed markets.
High-Yield Securities: Lower-quality securities (including securities that are or have fallen below investment grade and are classified as “junk bonds” or “high-yield securities”) have greater credit risk and liquidity risk than higher-quality (investment grade) securities, and their issuers' long-term ability to make payments is considered speculative. Prices of lower-quality bonds or other debt instruments are also more volatile, are more sensitive to negative news about the economy or the issuer, and have greater liquidity risk and price volatility.
Interest in Loans: The value and the income streams of interests in loans (including participation interests in lease financings and assignments in secured variable or floating rate loans) will decline if borrowers delay payments or fail to pay altogether. A significant rise in market interest rates could increase this risk. Although loans may be fully collateralized when purchased, such collateral may become illiquid or decline in value.
Interest Rate: A rise in market interest rates generally results in a fall in the value of bonds and other debt instruments; conversely, values generally rise as market interest rates fall. Interest rate risk is generally greater for debt instruments than floating-rate instruments. The higher the credit quality of the instrument, and the longer its maturity or duration, the more sensitive it is to changes in market interest rates. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a debt instrument to a change in interest rate. As of the date of this Prospectus, the U.S. has recently experienced a rising market interest rate environment, which may increase the Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising market interest rates. Rising market interest rates have unpredictable effects on the markets and may expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility. To the extent that the Fund invests in debt instruments, an increase in market interest rates may lead to increased redemptions and increased portfolio turnover, which could reduce liquidity for certain investments, adversely affect values, and increase costs. Increased redemptions may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so and may lower returns. If dealer capacity in debt markets is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in debt markets. Further, recent and potential future changes in government policy may affect interest rates. Negative or very low interest rates could magnify the risks associated with changes in interest rates. In general, changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, could have unpredictable effects on markets and may expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility. Changes to monetary policy by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board or other regulatory actions could expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility, interest rate sensitivity, and reduced liquidity, which may impact the Fund’s operations and return potential.
Liquidity: If a security is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, exposing the Fund to the risk that the prices at which it sells illiquid securities will be less than the prices at which they were valued when held by the Fund, which could cause the Fund to lose money. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile
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than more liquid securities, and the risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress. Certain securities that are liquid when purchased may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress or due to geopolitical events such as sanctions, trading halts, or wars.
Market: The market values of securities will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions, governmental actions or intervention, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, and other factors. Prices of equity securities tend to rise and fall more dramatically than those of debt instruments. Additionally, legislative, regulatory or tax policies or developments may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs, and impair the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
Market Capitalization: Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories: large, mid, and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. If valuations of large-capitalization companies appear to be greatly out of proportion to the valuations of mid- or small-capitalization companies, investors may migrate to the stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies causing a fund that invests in these companies to increase in value more rapidly than a fund that invests in large-capitalization companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be subject to special risks associated with narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, smaller management groups, more limited publicly available information, and a more limited trading market for their stocks as compared with large-capitalization companies. As a result, stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies may be more volatile and may decline significantly in market downturns.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical: The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events that have led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S. and global economies and markets, generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant market volatility, exchange suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, supply chain disruptions, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. The economic impacts of COVID-19 have created a unique challenge for real estate markets. Many businesses have either partially or fully transitioned to a remote-working environment and this transition may negatively impact the occupancy rates of commercial real estate over time. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine has, and may continue to, adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of the Fund’s investments, including beyond the Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. A number of U.S. domestic banks and foreign (non-U.S.) banks have recently experienced financial difficulties and, in some cases, failures. There can be no certainty that the actions taken by regulators to limit the effect of those financial difficulties and failures on other banks or other financial institutions or on the U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) economies generally will be successful. It is possible that more banks or other financial institutions will experience financial difficulties or fail, which may affect adversely other U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) financial institutions and economies. These events as well as other changes in foreign (non-U.S.) and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, is the risk that the value of an investment company’s underlying investments might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the Fund’s expenses. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of the Fund; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which the Fund is typically subject. In addition, shares of ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and are subject to secondary market trading risks. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads, and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and authorized participants may step away from making a market in an ETF’s shares, which could cause a material decline in the ETF’s net asset value.
Preferred Stocks: Preferred stock generally has preference over common stock but is generally subordinate to debt instruments with respect to dividends and liquidation. Preferred stocks are subject to the risks associated with other types of equity securities, as well as greater credit or other risks than senior debt instruments. In addition, preferred stocks are subject to other risks, such as risks related to deferred and omitted distributions, limited voting rights, liquidity, interest rate, regulatory changes and special redemption rights.
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Prepayment and Extension: Many types of debt instruments are subject to prepayment and extension risk. Prepayment risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt instrument will pay back the principal earlier than expected. This risk is heightened in a falling market interest rate environment. Prepayment may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. Also, if a debt instrument subject to prepayment has been purchased at a premium, the value of the premium would be lost in the event of prepayment. Extension risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt instrument will pay back the principal later than expected. This risk is heightened in a rising market interest rate environment. This may negatively affect performance, as the value of the debt instrument decreases when principal payments are made later than expected. Additionally, the Fund may be prevented from investing proceeds it would have received at a given time at the higher prevailing interest rates.
Securities Lending: Securities lending involves two primary risks: “ investment risk ” and “ borrower default risk. ” When lending securities, the Fund will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing the Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks.
U.S. Government Securities and Obligations: U.S. government securities are obligations of, or guaranteed by, the U.S. government, its agencies, or government-sponsored enterprises. U.S. government securities are subject to market risk and interest rate risk, and may be subject to varying degrees of credit risk.
Zero-Coupon Bonds and Pay-in-Kind Securities: Zero-coupon bonds and pay-in-kind securities may be subject to greater fluctuations in price due to market interest rate changes than conventional interest-bearing securities. The Fund may have to pay out the imputed income on zero-coupon bonds without receiving the actual cash currency, resulting in a loss.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows the changes in the Fund's performance from year to year, and the table compares the Fund's performance to the performance of a broad-based securities market index/indices with investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund for the same period. The Fund's performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the period presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund's Class A shares. Sales charges are not reflected in the bar chart. If they were, returns would be less than those shown. However, the table includes all applicable fees and sales charges. Performance for other share classes would differ to the extent they have differences in their fees and expenses. The Class R6 and Class W shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class A shares without adjustment for any differences in expenses between the two classes. If adjusted for such differences, returns would be different. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. For the most recent performance figures, go to https://individuals.voya.com/literature or call 1-800-992-0180.
Calendar Year Total Returns Class A 
(as of December 31 of each year)
Best quarter:
2nd Quarter 2020
7.80%
Worst quarter:
1st Quarter 2020
-11.57%
Year-to-date total return:
June 30, 2024
2.34%
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Average Annual Total Returns %
(for the periods ended December 31, 2023)

 
 
1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class A before taxes
%
8.96
3.71
3.29
N/A
12/15/1998
After tax on distributions
%
6.29
1.42
1.01
N/A
After tax on distributions with sale
%
5.21
1.87
1.49
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Bloomberg High Yield Bond - 2% Issuer Constrained Composite Index2
%
13.44
5.35
4.59
N/A
Class C before taxes
%
9.94
3.47
2.93
N/A
12/15/1998
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Bloomberg High Yield Bond - 2% Issuer Constrained Composite Index2
%
13.44
5.35
4.59
N/A
Class I before taxes
%
12.17
4.61
3.94
N/A
7/31/2008
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Bloomberg High Yield Bond - 2% Issuer Constrained Composite Index2
%
13.44
5.35
4.59
N/A
Class R before taxes
%
11.49
3.99
N/A
3.27
1/30/2014
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
N/A
1.69
Bloomberg High Yield Bond - 2% Issuer Constrained Composite Index2
%
13.44
5.35
N/A
4.55
Class R6 before taxes
%
12.23
4.68
3.86
N/A
8/3/2016
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Bloomberg High Yield Bond - 2% Issuer Constrained Composite Index2
%
13.44
5.35
4.59
N/A
Class W before taxes
%
12.04
4.51
3.84
N/A
7/29/2011
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Bloomberg High Yield Bond - 2% Issuer Constrained Composite Index2
%
13.44
5.35
4.59
N/A
1
Effective commencing with shareholder reports filed and transmitted to shareholders after July 24, 2024, the Investment Adviser changed the primary benchmark from the Bloomberg High Yield Bond - 2% Issuer Constrained Composite Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index in accordance with recent changes to regulatory disclosure requirements. The Fund continues to use the Bloomberg High Yield Bond - 2% Issuer Constrained Composite Index as an additional benchmark that the Investment Adviser believes more closely reflects the Fund's principal investment strategies.
2
The index returns do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). In some cases the after-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. After-tax returns for other classes will vary.
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
Sub-Adviser
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Portfolio Managers
 
Mohamed Basma, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 05/23)
Randall Parrish, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 03/07)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Shares of the Fund may be purchased or sold on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock Exchange opens for regular trading). You can buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary; by visiting our website at www.voyainvestments.com; by writing to us at Voya Investment Management, 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034; or by calling us at 1-800-992-0180.
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Minimum Initial Investment $ by share class
Class
A, C
I
R
R6
W
Non-retirement accounts
$
1,000
250,000
None
1,000,000
1,000
Retirement accounts
$
250
250,000
None
None
1,000
Certain omnibus accounts
$
250
None
None
None
None
Pre-authorized investment plan
$
1,000
250,000
None
None
1,000
There are no minimums for additional investments except that the pre-authorized investment plan requires a monthly investment of at least $100. For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; or (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts.
Tax Information
The Fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that arrangement.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Voya Intermediate Bond Fund
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks to maximize total return through income and capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Voya mutual funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in the discussion in the Sales Charges section of the Prospectus (page 89), in Appendix A to the Prospectus, or the Purchase, Exchange, and Redemption of Shares section of the Statement of Additional Information (page 92).
Shareholder Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment
Class
Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of
offering price imposed on purchases
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of
purchase or sales price, whichever is less
A
2.50
None1
C
None
1.00
I
None
None
R
None
None
R6
None
None
W
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment
Class
 
A
C
I
R
R6
W
Management Fees
%
0.27
0.27
0.27
0.27
0.27
0.27
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
%
0.25
1.00
None
0.50
None
None
Other Expenses
%
0.20
0.20
0.07
0.20
0.02
0.20
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
%
0.72
1.47
0.34
0.97
0.29
0.47
Waivers and Reimbursements2
%
None
None
None
None
None
None
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Waivers and
Reimbursements
%
0.72
1.47
0.34
0.97
0.29
0.47
1
A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 12 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $500,000 or more.
2
Voya Investments, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 0.75%, 1.50%, 0.50%, 1.00%, 0.50%, and 0.50% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R, Class R6, and Class W shares, respectively, through August 1, 2025. The limitation does not extend to interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. This limitation is subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser within 36 months of the waiver or reimbursement. The amount of the recoupment is limited to the lesser of the amounts that would be recoupable under: (i) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of recoupment. Termination or modification of this obligation requires approval by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).
Expense Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example shows costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Example also assumes that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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Voya Intermediate Bond Fund

 
 
If you sold your shares
 
 
 
If you held your shares
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
 
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
A
$
322
474
641
1,122
A
$
322
474
641
1,122
C
$
250
465
803
1,757
C
$
150
465
803
1,757
I
$
35
109
191
431
I
$
35
109
191
431
R
$
99
309
536
1,190
R
$
99
309
536
1,190
R6
$
30
93
163
368
R6
$
30
93
163
368
W
$
48
151
263
591
W
$
48
151
263
591
The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends (and other distributions). If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Expense Example, affect the Fund's performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 277% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in a portfolio of bonds, including but not limited to corporate, government and mortgage bonds, which, at the time of purchase, are rated investment-grade (e.g., rated at least BBB- by S&P Global Ratings or Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service, Inc.) or have an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”), or are of comparable quality if unrated. The Fund will provide shareholders with at least 60 days' prior notice of any change in this investment policy.
Although the Fund may invest a portion of its assets in high-yield (high risk) debt instruments rated below investment grade (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”), the Fund will seek to maintain a minimum weighted average portfolio quality rating of at least investment grade. Generally, the sub-adviser (the “Sub-Adviser”) maintains a dollar-weighted average duration between three and ten years. Duration is a commonly used measure of risk in debt instruments as it incorporates multiple features of debt instruments (e.g., yield, coupon, maturity, etc.) into one number. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a debt instrument to a change in interest rates. Duration is a weighted average of the times that interest payments and the final return of principal are received. The weights are the amounts of the payments discounted by the yield-to-maturity of the debt instrument. Duration is expressed as a number of years. The bigger the duration number, the greater the interest rate risk or reward for the debt instrument prices. For example, the price of a bond with an average duration of 5 years would be expected to fall approximately 5% if market interest rates rose by 1%. Conversely, the price of a bond with an average duration of 5 years would be expected to rise approximately 5% if market interest rates dropped by 1%.
The Fund may also invest in: preferred stocks; high quality money market instruments; municipal bonds; debt instruments of foreign (non-U.S.) issuers (including those located in emerging market countries); securities denominated in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies; foreign (non-U.S.) currencies; mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities; bank loans and floating rate secured loans (“Senior Loans”); and derivatives including futures, options, and swaps (including credit default swaps, interest rate swaps and total return swaps) involving securities, securities indices and interest rates, which may be denominated in the U.S. dollar or foreign (non-U.S.) currencies. The Fund typically uses derivatives to reduce exposure to other risks, such as interest rate or currency risk, to substitute for taking a position in the underlying asset, and/or to enhance returns in the Fund.
The Fund may seek to obtain exposure to the securities in which it invests by entering into a series of purchase and sale contracts or through other investment techniques such as buy backs and dollar rolls. Buy backs and dollar rolls involve selling securities and simultaneously entering into a commitment to purchase those or similar securities on a specified future date and price from the same party.
The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and under the terms of applicable no-action relief or exemptive orders granted thereunder.
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The Sub-Adviser believes that relationships between the drivers of debt instrument returns change over time and that recognizing this is key to managing such assets. Therefore, the Sub-Adviser employs a dynamic investment process that seeks to balance top-down macro economic considerations and fundamental bottom-up analysis during the steps of its investment process - sector allocation, security selection, duration and yield curve management. This includes utilizing proprietary qualitative analysis along with quantitative tools throughout the portfolio construction process.
In evaluating investments for the Fund, the Sub-Adviser takes into account a wide variety of factors and considerations to determine whether any or all of those factors or considerations might have a material effect on the value, risks, or prospects of an investment. Among the factors considered, the Sub-Adviser expects typically to take into account environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors to determine whether one or more factors may have a material effect. In considering ESG factors, the Sub-Adviser intends to rely primarily on factors identified through its proprietary empirical research and on third-party evaluations of an issuer’s ESG standing. ESG factors will be only one of many considerations in the Sub-Adviser’s evaluation of any potential investment; the extent to which ESG factors will affect the Sub-Adviser’s decision to invest in an issuer, if at all, will depend on the analysis and judgment of the Sub-Adviser.
The Sub-Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising.
The Fund may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 13% of its total assets.
Principal Risks
You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate readability, and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur or have a greater adverse impact than another risk.
Bank Instruments: Bank instruments include certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits, bankers’ acceptances, and other debt and deposit-type obligations issued by banks. Changes in economic, regulatory, or political conditions, or other events that affect the banking industry may have an adverse effect on bank instruments or banking institutions that serve as counterparties in transactions with the Fund. In the event of a bank insolvency or failure, the Fund may be considered a general creditor of the bank, and it might lose some or all of the funds deposited with the bank. Even where it is recognized that a bank might be in danger of insolvency or failure, the Fund might not be able to withdraw or transfer its money from the bank in time to avoid any adverse effects of the insolvency or failure. Volatility in the banking system may impact the viability of banking and financial services institutions. In the event of failure of any of the financial institutions where the Fund maintains its cash and cash equivalents, there can be no assurance that the Fund would be able to access uninsured funds in a timely manner or at all and the Fund may incur losses. Any such event could adversely affect the business, liquidity, financial position and performance of the Fund.
Company: The price of a company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons, including, among others, poor management, financial problems, reduced demand for the company’s goods or services, regulatory fines and judgments, or business challenges. If a company is unable to meet its financial obligations, declares bankruptcy, or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.
Credit: The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument in which the Fund invests, or the counterparty to a derivative contract the Fund entered into, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services, or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to meet its financial obligations. Asset-backed (including mortgage-backed) securities that are not issued by U.S. government agencies may have a greater risk of default because they are not guaranteed by either the U.S. government or an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government. The credit quality of typical asset-backed securities depends primarily on the credit quality of the underlying assets and the structural support (if any) provided to the securities.
Credit Default Swaps: The Fund may enter into credit default swaps, either as a buyer or a seller of the swap. A buyer of a credit default swap is generally obligated to pay the seller an upfront or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract until a credit event, such as a default, on a reference obligation has occurred. If a credit event occurs, the seller generally must pay the buyer the “par value” (full notional value) of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity described in the swap, or the seller may be required to deliver the related net cash amount if the swap is cash settled. As a seller of a credit default swap, the Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the full notional value of the swap. Credit default swaps are particularly subject to counterparty, credit, valuation, liquidity, and leveraging risks, and the risk that the swap may not correlate with its reference obligation as expected. Certain standardized credit default swaps are subject
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to mandatory central clearing. Central clearing is expected to reduce counterparty credit risk and increase liquidity; however, there is no assurance that it will achieve that result, and in the meantime, central clearing and related requirements expose the Fund to different kinds of costs and risks. In addition, credit default swaps expose the Fund to the risk of improper valuation.
Currency: To the extent that the Fund invests directly or indirectly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by the Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions.
Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates, liquidity risk, valuation risk, and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by the Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on the Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the asset, reference rate, or index being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Fixed Income): The Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for the Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. The Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors in respect of obligations of an issuer may rely on third-party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be invested in obligations of issuers that the Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may choose not to invest in obligations of issuers that compare favorably to obligations of other issuers on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to obligations of certain issuers due to the Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by the Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
Floating Rate Loans: In the event a borrower fails to pay scheduled interest or principal payments on a floating rate loan (which can include certain bank loans), the Fund will experience a reduction in its income and a decline in the market value of such floating rate loan. If a floating rate loan is held by the Fund through another financial institution, or the Fund relies upon another financial institution to administer the loan, the receipt of scheduled interest or principal payments may be subject to the credit risk of such financial institution. Investors in floating rate loans may not be afforded the protections of the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, because loans may not be considered “securities” under such laws. Additionally, the value of collateral, if any, securing a floating rate loan can decline or may be insufficient to meet the borrower’s obligations under the loan, and such collateral may be difficult to liquidate. No active trading market may exist for many floating rate loans and many floating rate loans are subject to restrictions on resale. Transactions in loans typically settle on a delayed basis and may take longer than 7 days to settle. As a result, the Fund may not receive the proceeds from a sale of a floating rate loan for a significant period of time. Delay in the receipts of settlement proceeds may impair the ability of the Fund to meet its redemption obligations, and may limit the ability of the Fund to repay debt, pay dividends, or to take advantage of new investment opportunities.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments/Developing and Emerging Markets: Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies due, in part, to: smaller markets; differing reporting, accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices; nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation; foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or replacement; potential for default on sovereign debt; and political changes or diplomatic developments, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions (or the threat of new or modified sanctions) or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country or region. Foreign (non-U.S.) investment risks may be greater in developing and emerging markets than in developed markets.
High-Yield Securities: Lower-quality securities (including securities that are or have fallen below investment grade and are classified as “junk bonds” or “high-yield securities”) have greater credit risk and liquidity risk than higher-quality (investment grade) securities, and their issuers' long-term ability to make payments is considered speculative. Prices of lower-quality bonds or other debt instruments are also more volatile, are more sensitive to negative news about the economy or the issuer, and have greater liquidity risk and price volatility.
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Interest in Loans: The value and the income streams of interests in loans (including participation interests in lease financings and assignments in secured variable or floating rate loans) will decline if borrowers delay payments or fail to pay altogether. A significant rise in market interest rates could increase this risk. Although loans may be fully collateralized when purchased, such collateral may become illiquid or decline in value.
Interest Rate: A rise in market interest rates generally results in a fall in the value of bonds and other debt instruments; conversely, values generally rise as market interest rates fall. Interest rate risk is generally greater for debt instruments than floating-rate instruments. The higher the credit quality of the instrument, and the longer its maturity or duration, the more sensitive it is to changes in market interest rates. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a debt instrument to a change in interest rate. As of the date of this Prospectus, the U.S. has recently experienced a rising market interest rate environment, which may increase the Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising market interest rates. Rising market interest rates have unpredictable effects on the markets and may expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility. To the extent that the Fund invests in debt instruments, an increase in market interest rates may lead to increased redemptions and increased portfolio turnover, which could reduce liquidity for certain investments, adversely affect values, and increase costs. Increased redemptions may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so and may lower returns. If dealer capacity in debt markets is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in debt markets. Further, recent and potential future changes in government policy may affect interest rates. Negative or very low interest rates could magnify the risks associated with changes in interest rates. In general, changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, could have unpredictable effects on markets and may expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility. Changes to monetary policy by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board or other regulatory actions could expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility, interest rate sensitivity, and reduced liquidity, which may impact the Fund’s operations and return potential.
Investment Model: The Sub-Adviser’s proprietary investment model may not adequately take into account existing or unforeseen market factors or the interplay, including changes in the interplay, between such factors, and there is no guarantee that the use of a proprietary investment model will result in effective investment decisions for the Fund. Funds that are actively managed, in whole or in part, according to a quantitative investment model (including models that utilize forms of artificial intelligence, such as machine learning) can perform differently from the market, based on the investment model and the factors used in the analysis, the weight placed on each factor, and changes from the factors’ historical trends. Mistakes in the construction and implementation of the investment models (including, for example, data problems and/or software issues) may create errors or limitations that might go undetected or are discovered only after the errors or limitations have negatively impacted performance.
Liquidity: If a security is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, exposing the Fund to the risk that the prices at which it sells illiquid securities will be less than the prices at which they were valued when held by the Fund, which could cause the Fund to lose money. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile than more liquid securities, and the risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress. Certain securities that are liquid when purchased may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress or due to geopolitical events such as sanctions, trading halts, or wars.
Market: The market values of securities will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions, governmental actions or intervention, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, and other factors. Prices of equity securities tend to rise and fall more dramatically than those of debt instruments. Additionally, legislative, regulatory or tax policies or developments may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs, and impair the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
Market Capitalization: Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories: large, mid, and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. If valuations of large-capitalization companies appear to be greatly out of proportion to the valuations of mid- or small-capitalization companies, investors may migrate to the stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies causing a fund that invests in these companies to increase in value more rapidly than a fund that invests in large-capitalization companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be subject to special risks associated with narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, smaller management groups, more limited publicly available information, and a more limited trading market for their stocks as compared with large-capitalization companies. As a result, stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies may be more volatile and may decline significantly in market downturns.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical: The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates
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in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events that have led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S. and global economies and markets, generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant market volatility, exchange suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, supply chain disruptions, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. The economic impacts of COVID-19 have created a unique challenge for real estate markets. Many businesses have either partially or fully transitioned to a remote-working environment and this transition may negatively impact the occupancy rates of commercial real estate over time. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine has, and may continue to, adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of the Fund’s investments, including beyond the Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. A number of U.S. domestic banks and foreign (non-U.S.) banks have recently experienced financial difficulties and, in some cases, failures. There can be no certainty that the actions taken by regulators to limit the effect of those financial difficulties and failures on other banks or other financial institutions or on the U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) economies generally will be successful. It is possible that more banks or other financial institutions will experience financial difficulties or fail, which may affect adversely other U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) financial institutions and economies. These events as well as other changes in foreign (non-U.S.) and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
Mortgage- and/or Asset-Backed Securities: Defaults on, or low credit quality or liquidity of, the underlying assets of the asset-backed (including mortgage-backed) securities may impair the value of these securities and result in losses. There may be limitations on the enforceability of any security interest or collateral granted with respect to those underlying assets, and the value of collateral may not satisfy the obligation upon default. These securities also present a higher degree of prepayment and extension risk and interest rate risk than do other types of debt instruments.
Municipal Obligations: The municipal securities market is volatile and can be affected significantly by adverse tax, legislative, or political changes and the financial condition of the issuers of municipal securities. Among other risks, investments in municipal securities are subject to the risk that an issuer may delay payment, restructure its debt, or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its debt.
Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, is the risk that the value of an investment company’s underlying investments might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the Fund’s expenses. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of the Fund; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which the Fund is typically subject. In addition, shares of ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and are subject to secondary market trading risks. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads, and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and authorized participants may step away from making a market in an ETF’s shares, which could cause a material decline in the ETF’s net asset value.
Preferred Stocks: Preferred stock generally has preference over common stock but is generally subordinate to debt instruments with respect to dividends and liquidation. Preferred stocks are subject to the risks associated with other types of equity securities, as well as greater credit or other risks than senior debt instruments. In addition, preferred stocks are subject to other risks, such as risks related to deferred and omitted distributions, limited voting rights, liquidity, interest rate, regulatory changes and special redemption rights.
Prepayment and Extension: Many types of debt instruments are subject to prepayment and extension risk. Prepayment risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt instrument will pay back the principal earlier than expected. This risk is heightened in a falling market interest rate environment. Prepayment may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. Also, if a debt instrument subject to prepayment has been purchased at a premium, the value of the premium would be lost in the event of prepayment. Extension risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt instrument will pay back the principal later than expected. This risk is heightened in a rising market interest rate environment. This may negatively affect performance, as the value of the debt instrument decreases when principal payments are made later than expected. Additionally, the Fund may be prevented from investing proceeds it would have received at a given time at the higher prevailing interest rates.
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Securities Lending: Securities lending involves two primary risks: “ investment risk ” and “ borrower default risk. ” When lending securities, the Fund will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing the Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks.
U.S. Government Securities and Obligations: U.S. government securities are obligations of, or guaranteed by, the U.S. government, its agencies, or government-sponsored enterprises. U.S. government securities are subject to market risk and interest rate risk, and may be subject to varying degrees of credit risk.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows the changes in the Fund's performance from year to year, and the table compares the Fund's performance to the performance of a broad-based securities market index/indices with investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund for the same period. The Fund's performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the period presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund's Class A shares. Sales charges are not reflected in the bar chart. If they were, returns would be less than those shown. However, the table includes all applicable fees and sales charges. Performance for other share classes would differ to the extent they have differences in their fees and expenses. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. For the most recent performance figures, go to https://individuals.voya.com/literature or call 1-800-992-0180.
Calendar Year Total Returns Class A 
(as of December 31 of each year)
Best quarter:
4th Quarter 2023
7.01%
Worst quarter:
1st Quarter 2022
-6.37%
Year-to-date total return:
June 30, 2024
0.37%
Average Annual Total Returns %
(for the periods ended December 31, 2023)

 
 
1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class A before taxes
%
3.95
0.69
1.77
N/A
12/15/1998
After tax on distributions
%
2.42
-0.66
0.48
N/A
After tax on distributions with sale
%
2.31
-0.01
0.80
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Class C before taxes
%
4.85
0.44
1.43
N/A
12/15/1998
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Class I before taxes
%
7.01
1.56
2.37
N/A
1/8/2002
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Class R before taxes
%
6.36
0.95
1.77
N/A
3/16/2004
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Class R6 before taxes
%
7.07
1.62
2.42
N/A
5/31/2013
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
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1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class W before taxes
%
6.90
1.46
2.28
N/A
12/17/2007
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
1
The index returns do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). In some cases the after-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. After-tax returns for other classes will vary.
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
Sub-Adviser
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Portfolio Managers
 
Sean Banai, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 07/21)
David Goodson
Portfolio Manager (since 04/17)
Randall Parrish, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 04/17)
Eric Stein, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 05/24)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Shares of the Fund may be purchased or sold on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock Exchange opens for regular trading). You can buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary; by visiting our website at www.voyainvestments.com; by writing to us at Voya Investment Management, 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034; or by calling us at 1-800-992-0180.
Minimum Initial Investment $ by share class
Class
A, C
I
R
R6
W
Non-retirement accounts
$
1,000
250,000
None
1,000,000
1,000
Retirement accounts
$
250
250,000
None
None
1,000
Certain omnibus accounts
$
250
None
None
None
None
Pre-authorized investment plan
$
1,000
250,000
None
None
1,000
There are no minimums for additional investments except that the pre-authorized investment plan requires a monthly investment of at least $100. For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; or (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts.
Tax Information
The Fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that arrangement.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Voya Short Duration Bond Fund(formerly, Voya Short Term Bond Fund)
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks maximum total return.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Voya mutual funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in the discussion in the Sales Charges section of the Prospectus (page 89), in Appendix A to the Prospectus, or the Purchase, Exchange, and Redemption of Shares section of the Statement of Additional Information (page 92).
Shareholder Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment
Class
Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of
offering price imposed on purchases
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of
purchase or sales price, whichever is less
A
2.50
None1
C
None
1.00
I
None
None
R
None
None
R6
None
None
W
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment
Class
 
A
C
I
R
R6
W
Management Fees
%
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
%
0.25
1.00
None
0.50
None
None
Other Expenses
%
0.14
0.14
0.13
0.14
0.06
0.14
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
%
0.64
1.39
0.38
0.89
0.31
0.39
Waivers and Reimbursements2
%
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.03)
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.01)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Waivers and
Reimbursements
%
0.63
1.38
0.35
0.88
0.30
0.38
1
A contingent deferred sales charge of 0.50% is assessed on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 12 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $500,000 or more.
2
Voya Investments, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 0.65%, 1.40%, 0.35%, 0.90%, 0.30%, and 0.40% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R, Class R6, and Class W shares, respectively, through August 1, 2025. The limitation does not extend to interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. This limitation is subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser within 36 months of the waiver or reimbursement. The amount of the recoupment is limited to the lesser of the amounts that would be recoupable under: (i) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of recoupment. Termination or modification of this obligation requires approval by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).
Expense Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example shows costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Example also assumes that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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Voya Short Duration Bond Fund

 
 
If you sold your shares
 
 
 
If you held your shares
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
 
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
A
$
313
449
597
1,027
A
$
313
449
597
1,027
C
$
240
439
760
1,668
C
$
140
439
760
1,668
I
$
36
119
210
477
I
$
36
119
210
477
R
$
90
283
492
1,095
R
$
90
283
492
1,095
R6
$
31
99
173
392
R6
$
31
99
173
392
W
$
39
124
218
492
W
$
39
124
218
492
The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends (and other distributions). If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Expense Example, affect the Fund's performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 348% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowing for investment purposes) in a diversified portfolio of bonds or derivative instruments having economic characteristics similar to bonds. The Fund will provide shareholders with at least 60 days’ prior notice of any change in this investment policy. Under normal circumstances, the average dollar-weighted duration of the Fund will not exceed 3 years. Because of the Fund's holdings in amortizing and/or sinking fund securities such as, but not exclusively, asset-backed, commercial mortgage-backed, residential mortgage-backed, collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”), and corporate bonds, the Fund's average dollar-weighted duration is equivalent to the average weighted duration of the cash flows in the securities held by the Fund given certain prepayment assumptions.
Duration is a commonly used measure of risk in debt instruments as it incorporates multiple features of debt instruments (e.g., yield, coupon, maturity, etc.) into one number. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a debt instrument to a change in interest rates. Duration is a weighted average of the times that interest payments and the final return of principal are received. The weights are the amounts of the payments discounted by the yield-to-maturity of the debt instrument. Duration is expressed as a number of years. The bigger the duration number, the greater the interest rate risk or reward for the debt instrument prices. For example, the price of a bond with an average duration of 5 years would be expected to fall approximately 5% if market interest rates rose by 1%. Conversely, the price of a bond with an average duration of 5 years would be expected to rise approximately 5% if market interest rates dropped by 1%.
The Fund invests in non-government issued debt instruments, issued by companies of all sizes, rated investment grade, but may also invest up to 20% of its total assets in high yield securities, (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”) rated B or better by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), or by Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) or, if not rated by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, if the sub-adviser (the “Sub-Adviser”) determines at the time of purchase that they are of comparable quality. Money market securities must be rated in the two highest rating categories by Moody’s (P-1 or P-2), S&P (A-1+, A-1 or A-2) or Fitch (A-1+, A-1 or A-2), or determined, at the time of purchase, to be of comparable quality by the Sub-Adviser.
The Fund may also invest in: preferred stocks; U.S. government securities, securities of foreign (non-U.S.) governments, and supranational organizations; mortgage-backed and asset-backed debt instruments; bank loans and floating rate secured loans; municipal bonds, notes, and commercial paper; and debt instruments of foreign (non-U.S.) issuers. The Fund may engage in dollar roll transactions and swap agreements, including credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, and total return swaps. The Fund may use options, options on swap agreements and futures contracts involving securities, securities indices and interest rates to hedge against market risk, to enhance returns, and as a substitute for taking a position in the underlying asset.
In addition, private placements of debt instruments (which are often restricted securities) are eligible for purchase along with other illiquid securities.
The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and under the terms of applicable no-action relief or exemptive orders granted thereunder.
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The Sub-Adviser believes that relationships between the drivers of debt instrument returns change over time and that recognizing this is key to managing such assets. Therefore, the Sub-Adviser employs a dynamic investment process that seeks to balance top-down macro economic considerations and fundamental bottom-up analysis during the steps of its investment process: sector allocation, security selection, duration, and yield curve management. This includes utilizing proprietary qualitative analysis along with quantitative tools throughout the portfolio construction process.
In evaluating investments for the Fund, the Sub-Adviser takes into account a wide variety of factors and considerations to determine whether any or all of those factors or considerations might have a material effect on the value, risks, or prospects of an investment. Among the factors considered, the Sub-Adviser expects typically to take into account environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors to determine whether one or more factors may have a material effect. In considering ESG factors, the Sub-Adviser intends to rely primarily on factors identified through its proprietary empirical research and on third-party evaluations of an issuer’s ESG standing. ESG factors will be only one of many considerations in the Sub-Adviser’s evaluation of any potential investment; the extent to which ESG factors will affect the Sub-Adviser’s decision to invest in an issuer, if at all, will depend on the analysis and judgment of the Sub-Adviser.
The Sub-Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising.
The Fund may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 13% of its total assets.
Principal Risks
You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate readability, and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur or have a greater adverse impact than another risk.
Bank Instruments: Bank instruments include certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits, bankers’ acceptances, and other debt and deposit-type obligations issued by banks. Changes in economic, regulatory, or political conditions, or other events that affect the banking industry may have an adverse effect on bank instruments or banking institutions that serve as counterparties in transactions with the Fund. In the event of a bank insolvency or failure, the Fund may be considered a general creditor of the bank, and it might lose some or all of the funds deposited with the bank. Even where it is recognized that a bank might be in danger of insolvency or failure, the Fund might not be able to withdraw or transfer its money from the bank in time to avoid any adverse effects of the insolvency or failure. Volatility in the banking system may impact the viability of banking and financial services institutions. In the event of failure of any of the financial institutions where the Fund maintains its cash and cash equivalents, there can be no assurance that the Fund would be able to access uninsured funds in a timely manner or at all and the Fund may incur losses. Any such event could adversely affect the business, liquidity, financial position and performance of the Fund.
Collateralized Loan Obligations and Other Collateralized Obligations: A collateralized loan obligation ( “ CLO ” ) is an obligation of a trust or other special purpose vehicle typically collateralized by a pool of loans, which may include senior secured and unsecured loans and subordinate corporate loans, including loans that may be rated below investment grade, or equivalent unrated loans. CLOs may incur management fees and administration fees. The risks of investing in a CLO depend largely on the type of the collateral held in the CLO portfolio and the tranche of securities in which the Fund may invest, and can generally be summarized as a combination of economic risks of the underlying loans combined with the risks associated with the CLO structure governing the priority of payments, and include interest rate risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, prepayment and extension risk, and the risk of default of the underlying asset, among others.
Company: The price of a company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons, including, among others, poor management, financial problems, reduced demand for the company’s goods or services, regulatory fines and judgments, or business challenges. If a company is unable to meet its financial obligations, declares bankruptcy, or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.
Covenant-Lite Loans: Loans in which the Fund may invest or to which the Fund may gain exposure indirectly through its investments in collateralized debt obligations, CLOs or other types of structured securities may be considered “covenant-lite” loans. Covenant-lite refers to loans which do not incorporate traditional performance-based financial maintenance covenants. Covenant-lite does not refer to a loan’s seniority in a borrower’s capital structure nor to a lack of the benefit from a legal pledge of the borrower’s assets and does not necessarily correlate to the overall credit quality of the borrower. Covenant-lite loans generally do not include terms which allow a lender to take action based on a borrower’s performance relative to its covenants. Such actions may include the ability to renegotiate and/or re-set the credit spread on the loan with a borrower, and even to declare a default or force the borrower into bankruptcy restructuring if certain criteria are breached. Covenant-lite loans typically still provide lenders with other covenants that restrict a borrower from incurring additional debt or engaging in certain actions. Such covenants can only be breached by an affirmative action of the borrower, rather than by a deterioration in the borrower’s
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financial condition. Accordingly, the Fund may have fewer rights against a borrower when it invests in, or has exposure to, covenant-lite loans and, accordingly, may have a greater risk of loss on such investments as compared to investments in, or exposure to, loans with additional or more conventional covenants.
Credit: The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument in which the Fund invests, or the counterparty to a derivative contract the Fund entered into, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services, or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to meet its financial obligations. Asset-backed (including mortgage-backed) securities that are not issued by U.S. government agencies may have a greater risk of default because they are not guaranteed by either the U.S. government or an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government. The credit quality of typical asset-backed securities depends primarily on the credit quality of the underlying assets and the structural support (if any) provided to the securities.
Credit Default Swaps: The Fund may enter into credit default swaps, either as a buyer or a seller of the swap. A buyer of a credit default swap is generally obligated to pay the seller an upfront or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract until a credit event, such as a default, on a reference obligation has occurred. If a credit event occurs, the seller generally must pay the buyer the “par value” (full notional value) of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity described in the swap, or the seller may be required to deliver the related net cash amount if the swap is cash settled. As a seller of a credit default swap, the Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the full notional value of the swap. Credit default swaps are particularly subject to counterparty, credit, valuation, liquidity, and leveraging risks, and the risk that the swap may not correlate with its reference obligation as expected. Certain standardized credit default swaps are subject to mandatory central clearing. Central clearing is expected to reduce counterparty credit risk and increase liquidity; however, there is no assurance that it will achieve that result, and in the meantime, central clearing and related requirements expose the Fund to different kinds of costs and risks. In addition, credit default swaps expose the Fund to the risk of improper valuation.
Currency: To the extent that the Fund invests directly or indirectly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by the Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions.
Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates, liquidity risk, valuation risk, and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by the Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on the Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the asset, reference rate, or index being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Fixed Income): The Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for the Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. The Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors in respect of obligations of an issuer may rely on third-party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be invested in obligations of issuers that the Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may choose not to invest in obligations of issuers that compare favorably to obligations of other issuers on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to obligations of certain issuers due to the Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by the Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
Floating Rate Loans: In the event a borrower fails to pay scheduled interest or principal payments on a floating rate loan (which can include certain bank loans), the Fund will experience a reduction in its income and a decline in the market value of such floating rate loan. If a floating rate loan is held by the Fund through another financial institution, or the Fund relies upon another financial institution to administer the loan, the receipt of scheduled interest or principal payments may be subject to the credit risk of such financial institution. Investors in floating rate loans may not be afforded the protections of the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, because loans may not be considered “securities” under such laws. Additionally, the value of collateral, if any, securing a floating rate loan can decline or may be insufficient to meet the borrower’s obligations under the loan, and such collateral may be difficult to liquidate. No active trading market may exist for many floating rate loans and many floating rate loans are subject to restrictions
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on resale. Transactions in loans typically settle on a delayed basis and may take longer than 7 days to settle. As a result, the Fund may not receive the proceeds from a sale of a floating rate loan for a significant period of time. Delay in the receipts of settlement proceeds may impair the ability of the Fund to meet its redemption obligations, and may limit the ability of the Fund to repay debt, pay dividends, or to take advantage of new investment opportunities.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments: Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies due, in part, to: smaller markets; differing reporting, accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices; nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation; foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or replacement; potential for default on sovereign debt; and political changes or diplomatic developments, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions (or the threat of new or modified sanctions) or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country or region.
High-Yield Securities: Lower-quality securities (including securities that are or have fallen below investment grade and are classified as “junk bonds” or “high-yield securities”) have greater credit risk and liquidity risk than higher-quality (investment grade) securities, and their issuers' long-term ability to make payments is considered speculative. Prices of lower-quality bonds or other debt instruments are also more volatile, are more sensitive to negative news about the economy or the issuer, and have greater liquidity risk and price volatility.
Interest in Loans: The value and the income streams of interests in loans (including participation interests in lease financings and assignments in secured variable or floating rate loans) will decline if borrowers delay payments or fail to pay altogether. A significant rise in market interest rates could increase this risk. Although loans may be fully collateralized when purchased, such collateral may become illiquid or decline in value.
Interest Rate: A rise in market interest rates generally results in a fall in the value of bonds and other debt instruments; conversely, values generally rise as market interest rates fall. Interest rate risk is generally greater for debt instruments than floating-rate instruments. The higher the credit quality of the instrument, and the longer its maturity or duration, the more sensitive it is to changes in market interest rates. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a debt instrument to a change in interest rate. As of the date of this Prospectus, the U.S. has recently experienced a rising market interest rate environment, which may increase the Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising market interest rates. Rising market interest rates have unpredictable effects on the markets and may expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility. To the extent that the Fund invests in debt instruments, an increase in market interest rates may lead to increased redemptions and increased portfolio turnover, which could reduce liquidity for certain investments, adversely affect values, and increase costs. Increased redemptions may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so and may lower returns. If dealer capacity in debt markets is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in debt markets. Further, recent and potential future changes in government policy may affect interest rates. Negative or very low interest rates could magnify the risks associated with changes in interest rates. In general, changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, could have unpredictable effects on markets and may expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility. Changes to monetary policy by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board or other regulatory actions could expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility, interest rate sensitivity, and reduced liquidity, which may impact the Fund’s operations and return potential.
Investment Model: The Sub-Adviser’s proprietary investment model may not adequately take into account existing or unforeseen market factors or the interplay, including changes in the interplay, between such factors, and there is no guarantee that the use of a proprietary investment model will result in effective investment decisions for the Fund. Funds that are actively managed, in whole or in part, according to a quantitative investment model (including models that utilize forms of artificial intelligence, such as machine learning) can perform differently from the market, based on the investment model and the factors used in the analysis, the weight placed on each factor, and changes from the factors’ historical trends. Mistakes in the construction and implementation of the investment models (including, for example, data problems and/or software issues) may create errors or limitations that might go undetected or are discovered only after the errors or limitations have negatively impacted performance.
Liquidity: If a security is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, exposing the Fund to the risk that the prices at which it sells illiquid securities will be less than the prices at which they were valued when held by the Fund, which could cause the Fund to lose money. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile than more liquid securities, and the risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress. Certain securities that are liquid when purchased may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress or due to geopolitical events such as sanctions, trading halts, or wars.
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Market: The market values of securities will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions, governmental actions or intervention, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, and other factors. Prices of equity securities tend to rise and fall more dramatically than those of debt instruments. Additionally, legislative, regulatory or tax policies or developments may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs, and impair the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
Market Capitalization: Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories: large, mid, and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. If valuations of large-capitalization companies appear to be greatly out of proportion to the valuations of mid- or small-capitalization companies, investors may migrate to the stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies causing a fund that invests in these companies to increase in value more rapidly than a fund that invests in large-capitalization companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be subject to special risks associated with narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, smaller management groups, more limited publicly available information, and a more limited trading market for their stocks as compared with large-capitalization companies. As a result, stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies may be more volatile and may decline significantly in market downturns.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical: The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events that have led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S. and global economies and markets, generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant market volatility, exchange suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, supply chain disruptions, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. The economic impacts of COVID-19 have created a unique challenge for real estate markets. Many businesses have either partially or fully transitioned to a remote-working environment and this transition may negatively impact the occupancy rates of commercial real estate over time. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine has, and may continue to, adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of the Fund’s investments, including beyond the Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. A number of U.S. domestic banks and foreign (non-U.S.) banks have recently experienced financial difficulties and, in some cases, failures. There can be no certainty that the actions taken by regulators to limit the effect of those financial difficulties and failures on other banks or other financial institutions or on the U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) economies generally will be successful. It is possible that more banks or other financial institutions will experience financial difficulties or fail, which may affect adversely other U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) financial institutions and economies. These events as well as other changes in foreign (non-U.S.) and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
Mortgage- and/or Asset-Backed Securities: Defaults on, or low credit quality or liquidity of, the underlying assets of the asset-backed (including mortgage-backed) securities may impair the value of these securities and result in losses. There may be limitations on the enforceability of any security interest or collateral granted with respect to those underlying assets, and the value of collateral may not satisfy the obligation upon default. These securities also present a higher degree of prepayment and extension risk and interest rate risk than do other types of debt instruments.
Municipal Obligations: The municipal securities market is volatile and can be affected significantly by adverse tax, legislative, or political changes and the financial condition of the issuers of municipal securities. Among other risks, investments in municipal securities are subject to the risk that an issuer may delay payment, restructure its debt, or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its debt.
Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, is the risk that the value of an investment company’s underlying investments might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the Fund’s expenses. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of the Fund; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which the Fund is typically subject. In addition, shares of ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and
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are subject to secondary market trading risks. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads, and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and authorized participants may step away from making a market in an ETF’s shares, which could cause a material decline in the ETF’s net asset value.
Portfolio Turnover: The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to carry out its investment strategies, which may result in high portfolio turnover. A high portfolio turnover rate may increase transaction costs, which may lower the Fund’s performance and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
Preferred Stocks: Preferred stock generally has preference over common stock but is generally subordinate to debt instruments with respect to dividends and liquidation. Preferred stocks are subject to the risks associated with other types of equity securities, as well as greater credit or other risks than senior debt instruments. In addition, preferred stocks are subject to other risks, such as risks related to deferred and omitted distributions, limited voting rights, liquidity, interest rate, regulatory changes and special redemption rights.
Prepayment and Extension: Many types of debt instruments are subject to prepayment and extension risk. Prepayment risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt instrument will pay back the principal earlier than expected. This risk is heightened in a falling market interest rate environment. Prepayment may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. Also, if a debt instrument subject to prepayment has been purchased at a premium, the value of the premium would be lost in the event of prepayment. Extension risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt instrument will pay back the principal later than expected. This risk is heightened in a rising market interest rate environment. This may negatively affect performance, as the value of the debt instrument decreases when principal payments are made later than expected. Additionally, the Fund may be prevented from investing proceeds it would have received at a given time at the higher prevailing interest rates.
Restricted Securities: Securities that are legally restricted as to resale ( such as those issued in private placements), including securities governed by Rule 144A and Regulation S, and securities that are offered in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are referred to as “ restricted securities. ” Restricted securities may be sold in private placement transactions between issuers and their purchasers and may be neither listed on an exchange nor traded in other established markets. Due to the absence of a public trading market, restricted securities may be more volatile, less liquid, and more difficult to value than publicly-traded securities. The price realized from the sale of these securities could be less than the amount originally paid or less than their fair value if they are resold in privately negotiated transactions. In addition, these securities may not be subject to disclosure and other investment protection requirements that are afforded to publicly-traded securities. Certain restricted securities represent investments in smaller, less seasoned issuers, which may involve greater risk.
Securities Lending: Securities lending involves two primary risks: “ investment risk ” and “ borrower default risk. ” When lending securities, the Fund will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing the Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks.
Sovereign Debt: Sovereign debt is issued or guaranteed by foreign (non-U.S.) government entities. Investments in sovereign debt are subject to the risk that a government entity may delay payment, restructure its debt, or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt due to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, social changes, the relative size of its debt position to its economy, or its failure to put in place economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or other multilateral agencies. If a government entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans. There is no legal process for collecting amounts owed on sovereign debt, such as bankruptcy proceedings, that a government does not pay.
U.S. Government Securities and Obligations: U.S. government securities are obligations of, or guaranteed by, the U.S. government, its agencies, or government-sponsored enterprises. U.S. government securities are subject to market risk and interest rate risk, and may be subject to varying degrees of credit risk.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows the changes in the Fund's performance from year to year, and the table compares the Fund's performance to the performance of a broad-based securities market index/indices with investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund for the same period. The Fund's performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the period presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. The bar chart
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shows the performance of the Fund's Class A shares. Sales charges are not reflected in the bar chart. If they were, returns would be less than those shown. However, the table includes all applicable fees and sales charges. Performance for other share classes would differ to the extent they have differences in their fees and expenses. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. For the most recent performance figures, go to https://individuals.voya.com/literature or call 1-800-992-0180.
Calendar Year Total Returns Class A 
(as of December 31 of each year)
Best quarter:
2nd Quarter 2020
4.00%
Worst quarter:
1st Quarter 2022
-2.75%
Year-to-date total return:
June 30, 2024
1.51%
Average Annual Total Returns %
(for the periods ended December 31, 2023)

 
 
1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class A before taxes
%
2.36
0.97
0.98
N/A
12/19/2012
After tax on distributions
%
0.82
0.07
0.17
N/A
After tax on distributions with sale
%
1.38
0.36
0.39
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Government/Credit Bond Index2
%
4.61
1.51
1.27
N/A
Class C before taxes
%
3.25
0.75
0.62
N/A
12/19/2012
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Government/Credit Bond Index2
%
4.61
1.51
1.27
N/A
Class I before taxes
%
5.43
1.81
1.53
N/A
12/19/2012
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Government/Credit Bond Index2
%
4.61
1.51
1.27
N/A
Class R before taxes
%
4.88
1.32
N/A
1.03
7/31/2014
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
N/A
1.53
Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Government/Credit Bond Index2
%
4.61
1.51
N/A
1.30
Class R6 before taxes
%
5.48
1.86
1.57
N/A
7/31/2013
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Government/Credit Bond Index2
%
4.61
1.51
1.27
N/A
Class W before taxes
%
5.28
1.76
1.51
N/A
12/19/2012
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Government/Credit Bond Index2
%
4.61
1.51
1.27
N/A
1
Effective commencing with shareholder reports filed and transmitted to shareholders after July 24, 2024, the Investment Adviser changed the primary benchmark from the Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Government/Credit Bond Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index in accordance with recent changes to regulatory disclosure requirements. The Fund continues to use the Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Government/Credit Bond Index as an additional benchmark that the Investment Adviser believes more closely reflects the Fund's principal investment strategies.
2
The index returns do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). In some cases the after-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. After-tax returns for other classes will vary.
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Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
Sub-Adviser
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Portfolio Managers
 
Sean Banai, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 07/21)
David Goodson
Portfolio Manager (since 04/17)
Randall Parrish, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 04/17)
 
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Shares of the Fund may be purchased or sold on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock Exchange opens for regular trading). You can buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary; by visiting our website at www.voyainvestments.com; by writing to us at Voya Investment Management, 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034; or by calling us at 1-800-992-0180.
Minimum Initial Investment $ by share class
Class
A, C
I
R
R6
W
Non-retirement accounts
$
1,000
250,000
None
1,000,000
1,000
Retirement accounts
$
250
250,000
None
None
1,000
Certain omnibus accounts
$
250
None
None
None
None
Pre-authorized investment plan
$
1,000
250,000
None
None
1,000
There are no minimums for additional investments except that the pre-authorized investment plan requires a monthly investment of at least $100. For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; or (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts.
Tax Information
The Fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that arrangement.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Investment Objective
The Fund seeks a high level of current income with lower volatility than the broader high yield market.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Voya mutual funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in the discussion in the Sales Charges section of the Prospectus (page 89), in Appendix A to the Prospectus, or the Purchase, Exchange, and Redemption of Shares section of the Statement of Additional Information (page 92).
Shareholder Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment
Class
Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of
offering price imposed on purchases
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of
purchase or sales price, whichever is less
A
2.50
None1
C
None
1.00
I
None
None
R6
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment
Class
 
A
C
I
R6
Management Fees
%
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
%
0.25
1.00
None
None
Other Expenses
%
0.24
0.24
0.26
0.23
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
%
0.97
1.72
0.74
0.71
Waivers and Reimbursements2
%
(0.12)
(0.12)
(0.14)
(0.11)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Waivers and
Reimbursements
%
0.85
1.60
0.60
0.60
1
A contingent deferred sales charge of 0.50% is assessed on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 12 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $500,000 or more.
2
Voya Investments, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 0.85%, 1.60%, 0.60%, and 0.60% for Class A, Class C, Class I, and Class R6 shares, respectively, through August 1, 2025. The limitation does not extend to interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. This limitation is subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser within 36 months of the waiver or reimbursement. The amount of the recoupment is limited to the lesser of the amounts that would be recoupable under: (i) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of recoupment. Termination or modification of this obligation requires approval by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).
Expense Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example shows costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Example also assumes that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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If you sold your shares
 
 
 
If you held your shares
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
 
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
A
$
335
540
761
1,399
A
$
335
540
761
1,399
C
$
263
530
922
2,020
C
$
163
530
922
2,020
I
$
61
222
398
905
I
$
61
222
398
905
R6
$
61
216
384
872
R6
$
61
216
384
872
The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends (and other distributions). If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Expense Example, affect the Fund's performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 55% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund principally invests in high-yield securities (as defined below) and bank loans, seeking to generate investment income while protecting from adverse market conditions and prioritizing capital preservation. The Fund will maintain an average duration of less than three years.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in debt securities issued by public and private companies, which, at the time of purchase, are rated below investment grade (rated Ba or below by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or BB or below by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”)) or, if unrated, determined by the sub-adviser (the “Sub-Adviser”) to be of comparable quality (sometimes referred to as “high-yield securities” or “junk bonds”), and in derivatives and other synthetic instruments that have economic characteristics similar to such debt securities. The Fund will provide shareholders with at least 60 days’ prior notice of any change in this investment policy. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in securities rated CCC or below (or the equivalent) by S&P, Moody’s, or Fitch, or in unrated securities determined by the Sub-Adviser to be of comparable quality. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in bank loans and floating rate secured loans, which may be included among the Fund’s high-yield securities for purposes of the 80% policy described above. The Fund may also invest in U.S. Treasury securities, in securities issued by other agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government, and in preferred stocks.
The Sub-Adviser applies a disciplined investment approach, making use of fundamental research, to construct the Fund’s portfolio. The Sub-Adviser’s fundamental research process includes: analysis of a company and its growth by division and region, including revenue model analysis; profit margin analysis; evaluation of the experience and quality of a company’s management team; industry dynamics and competitive analysis; distribution channel and supply chain analysis; and analysis of the macroeconomic climate. In selecting specific debt instruments for investment, the Sub-Adviser may consider such factors as the issuer’s creditworthiness, the investment’s yield in relation to its credit quality and the investment’s relative value in relation to the high yield market. The Sub-Adviser seeks to construct a portfolio with lower volatility than the broader high yield market in part through the Fund’s approach to duration and credit quality.
Duration is a commonly used measure of risk in debt instruments as it incorporates multiple features of debt instruments (e.g., yield, coupon, maturity, etc.) into one number. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a debt instrument to a change in interest rates. Duration is a weighted average of the times that interest payments and the final return of principal are received. The weights are the amounts of the payments discounted by the yield-to-maturity of the debt instrument. Duration is expressed as a number of years. The bigger the duration number, the greater the interest rate risk or reward for the debt instrument prices. For example, the price of a bond with an average duration of 5 years would be expected to fall approximately 5% if market interest rates rose by 1%. Conversely, the price of a bond with an average duration of 5 years would be expected to rise approximately 5% if market interest rates dropped by 1%.
The derivatives in which the Fund may invest include, without limitation, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, and futures contracts. The Fund would typically expect to use derivatives to hedge against interest rate or credit risk, as a substitute for direct investments in securities or other instruments, or to otherwise enhance return. Derivatives transactions may have the effect of either magnifying or limiting the Fund’s gains and losses.
The Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in foreign (non-U.S.) securities, which will typically be U.S. dollar-denominated but may include securities denominated in foreign currencies.
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The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and under the terms of applicable no-action relief or exemptive orders granted thereunder.
In evaluating investments for the Fund, the Sub-Adviser takes into account a wide variety of factors and considerations to determine whether any or all of those factors or considerations might have a material effect on the value, risks, or prospects of an investment. Among the factors considered, the Sub-Adviser may take into account environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors to determine whether one or more factors may have a material effect. In considering ESG factors, the Sub-Adviser intends to rely primarily on research and on third-party evaluations of an issuer's ESG standing. ESG factors will be only one of many considerations in the Sub-Adviser's evaluation of any potential investment; the extent to which ESG factors will affect the Sub-Adviser's decision to invest in an issuer, if at all, will depend on the analysis and judgment of the Sub-Adviser.
The Sub-Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising.
The Fund may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 13% of its total assets.
Principal Risks
You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate readability, and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur or have a greater adverse impact than another risk.
Bank Instruments: Bank instruments include certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits, bankers’ acceptances, and other debt and deposit-type obligations issued by banks. Changes in economic, regulatory, or political conditions, or other events that affect the banking industry may have an adverse effect on bank instruments or banking institutions that serve as counterparties in transactions with the Fund. In the event of a bank insolvency or failure, the Fund may be considered a general creditor of the bank, and it might lose some or all of the funds deposited with the bank. Even where it is recognized that a bank might be in danger of insolvency or failure, the Fund might not be able to withdraw or transfer its money from the bank in time to avoid any adverse effects of the insolvency or failure. Volatility in the banking system may impact the viability of banking and financial services institutions. In the event of failure of any of the financial institutions where the Fund maintains its cash and cash equivalents, there can be no assurance that the Fund would be able to access uninsured funds in a timely manner or at all and the Fund may incur losses. Any such event could adversely affect the business, liquidity, financial position and performance of the Fund.
Collateralized Loan Obligations and Other Collateralized Obligations: A collateralized loan obligation ( “ CLO ” ) is an obligation of a trust or other special purpose vehicle typically collateralized by a pool of loans, which may include senior secured and unsecured loans and subordinate corporate loans, including loans that may be rated below investment grade, or equivalent unrated loans. CLOs may incur management fees and administration fees. The risks of investing in a CLO depend largely on the type of the collateral held in the CLO portfolio and the tranche of securities in which the Fund may invest, and can generally be summarized as a combination of economic risks of the underlying loans combined with the risks associated with the CLO structure governing the priority of payments, and include interest rate risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, prepayment and extension risk, and the risk of default of the underlying asset, among others.
Company: The price of a company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons, including, among others, poor management, financial problems, reduced demand for the company’s goods or services, regulatory fines and judgments, or business challenges. If a company is unable to meet its financial obligations, declares bankruptcy, or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.
Covenant-Lite Loans: Loans in which the Fund may invest or to which the Fund may gain exposure indirectly through its investments in collateralized debt obligations, CLOs or other types of structured securities may be considered “covenant-lite” loans. Covenant-lite refers to loans which do not incorporate traditional performance-based financial maintenance covenants. Covenant-lite does not refer to a loan’s seniority in a borrower’s capital structure nor to a lack of the benefit from a legal pledge of the borrower’s assets and does not necessarily correlate to the overall credit quality of the borrower. Covenant-lite loans generally do not include terms which allow a lender to take action based on a borrower’s performance relative to its covenants. Such actions may include the ability to renegotiate and/or re-set the credit spread on the loan with a borrower, and even to declare a default or force the borrower into bankruptcy restructuring if certain criteria are breached. Covenant-lite loans typically still provide lenders with other covenants that restrict a borrower from incurring additional debt or engaging in certain actions. Such covenants can only be breached by an affirmative action of the borrower, rather than by a deterioration in the borrower’s financial condition. Accordingly, the Fund may have fewer rights against a borrower when it invests in, or has exposure to, covenant-lite loans and, accordingly, may have a greater risk of loss on such investments as compared to investments in, or exposure to, loans with additional or more conventional covenants.
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Credit: The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument in which the Fund invests, or the counterparty to a derivative contract the Fund entered into, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services, or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to meet its financial obligations.
Credit Default Swaps: The Fund may enter into credit default swaps, either as a buyer or a seller of the swap. A buyer of a credit default swap is generally obligated to pay the seller an upfront or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract until a credit event, such as a default, on a reference obligation has occurred. If a credit event occurs, the seller generally must pay the buyer the “par value” (full notional value) of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity described in the swap, or the seller may be required to deliver the related net cash amount if the swap is cash settled. As a seller of a credit default swap, the Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the full notional value of the swap. Credit default swaps are particularly subject to counterparty, credit, valuation, liquidity, and leveraging risks, and the risk that the swap may not correlate with its reference obligation as expected. Certain standardized credit default swaps are subject to mandatory central clearing. Central clearing is expected to reduce counterparty credit risk and increase liquidity; however, there is no assurance that it will achieve that result, and in the meantime, central clearing and related requirements expose the Fund to different kinds of costs and risks. In addition, credit default swaps expose the Fund to the risk of improper valuation.
Currency: To the extent that the Fund invests directly or indirectly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by the Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions.
Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates, liquidity risk, valuation risk, and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by the Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on the Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the asset, reference rate, or index being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Fixed Income): The Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for the Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. The Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors in respect of obligations of an issuer may rely on third-party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be invested in obligations of issuers that the Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may choose not to invest in obligations of issuers that compare favorably to obligations of other issuers on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to obligations of certain issuers due to the Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by the Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
Floating Rate Loans: In the event a borrower fails to pay scheduled interest or principal payments on a floating rate loan (which can include certain bank loans), the Fund will experience a reduction in its income and a decline in the market value of such floating rate loan. If a floating rate loan is held by the Fund through another financial institution, or the Fund relies upon another financial institution to administer the loan, the receipt of scheduled interest or principal payments may be subject to the credit risk of such financial institution. Investors in floating rate loans may not be afforded the protections of the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, because loans may not be considered “securities” under such laws. Additionally, the value of collateral, if any, securing a floating rate loan can decline or may be insufficient to meet the borrower’s obligations under the loan, and such collateral may be difficult to liquidate. No active trading market may exist for many floating rate loans and many floating rate loans are subject to restrictions on resale. Transactions in loans typically settle on a delayed basis and may take longer than 7 days to settle. As a result, the Fund may not receive the proceeds from a sale of a floating rate loan for a significant period of time. Delay in the receipts of settlement proceeds may impair the ability of the Fund to meet its redemption obligations, and may limit the ability of the Fund to repay debt, pay dividends, or to take advantage of new investment opportunities.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments: Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies due, in part, to: smaller markets; differing reporting, accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices; nationalization, expropriation, or
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confiscatory taxation; foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or replacement; potential for default on sovereign debt; and political changes or diplomatic developments, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions (or the threat of new or modified sanctions) or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country or region.
High-Yield Securities: Lower-quality securities (including securities that are or have fallen below investment grade and are classified as “junk bonds” or “high-yield securities”) have greater credit risk and liquidity risk than higher-quality (investment grade) securities, and their issuers' long-term ability to make payments is considered speculative. Prices of lower-quality bonds or other debt instruments are also more volatile, are more sensitive to negative news about the economy or the issuer, and have greater liquidity risk and price volatility.
Interest in Loans: The value and the income streams of interests in loans (including participation interests in lease financings and assignments in secured variable or floating rate loans) will decline if borrowers delay payments or fail to pay altogether. A significant rise in market interest rates could increase this risk. Although loans may be fully collateralized when purchased, such collateral may become illiquid or decline in value.
Interest Rate: A rise in market interest rates generally results in a fall in the value of bonds and other debt instruments; conversely, values generally rise as market interest rates fall. Interest rate risk is generally greater for debt instruments than floating-rate instruments. The higher the credit quality of the instrument, and the longer its maturity or duration, the more sensitive it is to changes in market interest rates. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a debt instrument to a change in interest rate. As of the date of this Prospectus, the U.S. has recently experienced a rising market interest rate environment, which may increase the Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising market interest rates. Rising market interest rates have unpredictable effects on the markets and may expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility. To the extent that the Fund invests in debt instruments, an increase in market interest rates may lead to increased redemptions and increased portfolio turnover, which could reduce liquidity for certain investments, adversely affect values, and increase costs. Increased redemptions may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so and may lower returns. If dealer capacity in debt markets is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in debt markets. Further, recent and potential future changes in government policy may affect interest rates. Negative or very low interest rates could magnify the risks associated with changes in interest rates. In general, changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, could have unpredictable effects on markets and may expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility. Changes to monetary policy by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board or other regulatory actions could expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility, interest rate sensitivity, and reduced liquidity, which may impact the Fund’s operations and return potential.
Investment Model: The Sub-Adviser’s proprietary investment model may not adequately take into account existing or unforeseen market factors or the interplay, including changes in the interplay, between such factors, and there is no guarantee that the use of a proprietary investment model will result in effective investment decisions for the Fund. Funds that are actively managed, in whole or in part, according to a quantitative investment model (including models that utilize forms of artificial intelligence, such as machine learning) can perform differently from the market, based on the investment model and the factors used in the analysis, the weight placed on each factor, and changes from the factors’ historical trends. Mistakes in the construction and implementation of the investment models (including, for example, data problems and/or software issues) may create errors or limitations that might go undetected or are discovered only after the errors or limitations have negatively impacted performance. Volatility management techniques may not always be successful in reducing volatility, may not protect against market declines, and may limit the Fund’s participation in market gains, negatively impacting performance even during periods when the market is rising. During sudden or significant market rallies, such underperformance may be significant. Moreover, volatility management strategies may increase portfolio transaction costs, which may increase losses or reduce gains. The Fund’s volatility may not be lower than that of the Fund’s Index during all market cycles due to market factors.
Large Shareholder Risk: To the extent a large number of shares of the Fund are held by a single shareholder or a group of shareholders with a common investment strategy, the Fund is subject to the risk that a redemption by such shareholder(s) of all or a large portion of their Fund shares will adversely affect the Fund’s performance by forcing the Fund to sell investments at disadvantageous prices to raise the cash needed to satisfy the redemption request or to sell investments when it would not otherwise have done so.
Liquidity: If a security is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, exposing the Fund to the risk that the prices at which it sells illiquid securities will be less than the prices at which they were valued when held by the Fund, which could cause the Fund to lose money. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile
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than more liquid securities, and the risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress. Certain securities that are liquid when purchased may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress or due to geopolitical events such as sanctions, trading halts, or wars.
Market: The market values of securities will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions, governmental actions or intervention, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, and other factors. Prices of equity securities tend to rise and fall more dramatically than those of debt instruments. Additionally, legislative, regulatory or tax policies or developments may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs, and impair the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical: The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events that have led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S. and global economies and markets, generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant market volatility, exchange suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, supply chain disruptions, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. The economic impacts of COVID-19 have created a unique challenge for real estate markets. Many businesses have either partially or fully transitioned to a remote-working environment and this transition may negatively impact the occupancy rates of commercial real estate over time. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine has, and may continue to, adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of the Fund’s investments, including beyond the Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. A number of U.S. domestic banks and foreign (non-U.S.) banks have recently experienced financial difficulties and, in some cases, failures. There can be no certainty that the actions taken by regulators to limit the effect of those financial difficulties and failures on other banks or other financial institutions or on the U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) economies generally will be successful. It is possible that more banks or other financial institutions will experience financial difficulties or fail, which may affect adversely other U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) financial institutions and economies. These events as well as other changes in foreign (non-U.S.) and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, is the risk that the value of an investment company’s underlying investments might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the Fund’s expenses. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of the Fund; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which the Fund is typically subject. In addition, shares of ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and are subject to secondary market trading risks. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads, and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and authorized participants may step away from making a market in an ETF’s shares, which could cause a material decline in the ETF’s net asset value.
Portfolio Turnover: The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to carry out its investment strategies, which may result in high portfolio turnover. A high portfolio turnover rate may increase transaction costs, which may lower the Fund’s performance and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
Preferred Stocks: Preferred stock generally has preference over common stock but is generally subordinate to debt instruments with respect to dividends and liquidation. Preferred stocks are subject to the risks associated with other types of equity securities, as well as greater credit or other risks than senior debt instruments. In addition, preferred stocks are subject to other risks, such as risks related to deferred and omitted distributions, limited voting rights, liquidity, interest rate, regulatory changes and special redemption rights.
Prepayment and Extension: Many types of debt instruments are subject to prepayment and extension risk. Prepayment risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt instrument will pay back the principal earlier than expected. This risk is heightened in a falling market interest rate environment. Prepayment may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. Also, if a debt instrument subject to prepayment has been purchased at a premium, the value of the premium would be lost in the event of prepayment. Extension risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt instrument will pay back the principal
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later than expected. This risk is heightened in a rising market interest rate environment. This may negatively affect performance, as the value of the debt instrument decreases when principal payments are made later than expected. Additionally, the Fund may be prevented from investing proceeds it would have received at a given time at the higher prevailing interest rates.
Securities Lending: Securities lending involves two primary risks: “ investment risk ” and “ borrower default risk. ” When lending securities, the Fund will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing the Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks.
U.S. Government Securities and Obligations: U.S. government securities are obligations of, or guaranteed by, the U.S. government, its agencies, or government-sponsored enterprises. U.S. government securities are subject to market risk and interest rate risk, and may be subject to varying degrees of credit risk.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
Performance Information
Because the Fund did not have a full calendar year of operations as of December 31, 2023, there is no annual performance information included.
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
Sub-Adviser
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Portfolio Managers
 
James Dudnick, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 02/23)
Steven Gish, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 02/23)
Justin Kass, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 02/23)
 
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Shares of the Fund may be purchased or sold on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock Exchange opens for regular trading). You can buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary; by visiting our website at www.voyainvestments.com; by writing to us at Voya Investment Management, 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034; or by calling us at 1-800-992-0180.
Minimum Initial Investment $ by share class
Class
A
C
I
R6
Non-retirement accounts
$
1,000
1,000
250,000
1,000,000
Retirement accounts
$
250
250
250,000
None
Certain omnibus accounts
$
250
250
None
None
Pre-authorized investment plan
$
1,000
1,000
250,000
None
There are no minimums for additional investments except that the pre-authorized investment plan requires a monthly investment of at least $100. For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; or (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts.
Tax Information
The Fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that arrangement.
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Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Voya Strategic Income Opportunities Fund
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks total return through income and capital appreciation through all market cycles.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Voya mutual funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in the discussion in the Sales Charges section of the Prospectus (page 89), in Appendix A to the Prospectus, or the Purchase, Exchange, and Redemption of Shares section of the Statement of Additional Information (page 92).
Shareholder Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment
Class
Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of
offering price imposed on purchases
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of
purchase or sales price, whichever is less
A
2.50
None1
C
None
1.00
I
None
None
R
None
None
R6
None
None
W
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment
Class
 
A
C
I
R
R6
W
Management Fees
%
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
%
0.25
1.00
None
0.50
None
None
Other Expenses
%
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.06
0.13
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
%
0.88
1.63
0.63
1.13
0.56
0.63
Waivers and Reimbursements3
%
None
None
None
None
None
None
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Waivers and
Reimbursements
%
0.88
1.63
0.63
1.13
0.56
0.63
1
A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 12 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $500,000 or more.
2
Expense information has been restated to reflect current contractual rates.
3
Voya Investments, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 1.15%, 1.90%, 0.72%, 1.40%, 0.60%, and 0.90% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R, Class R6, and Class W shares, respectively, through August 1, 2025. The limitation does not extend to interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. This limitation is subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser within 36 months of the waiver or reimbursement. The amount of the recoupment is limited to the lesser of the amounts that would be recoupable under: (i) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time of recoupment. Termination or modification of these obligations requires approval by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).
Expense Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example shows costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Example also assumes that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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If you sold your shares
 
 
 
If you held your shares
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
 
Number of years you own your shares
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
 
 
 
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
A
$
338
524
725
1,307
A
$
338
524
725
1,307
C
$
266
514
887
1,933
C
$
166
514
887
1,933
I
$
64
202
351
786
I
$
64
202
351
786
R
$
115
359
622
1,375
R
$
115
359
622
1,375
R6
$
57
179
313
701
R6
$
57
179
313
701
W
$
64
202
351
786
W
$
64
202
351
786
The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends (and other distributions). If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Expense Example, affect the Fund's performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 303% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests in debt instruments, including investment grade securities and below investment grade securities, commonly referred to as “junk bonds.” The Fund may invest in below investment grade securities without limit. Investment grade securities, at the time of purchase, are rated at least Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, BBB- by Fitch Ratings, or have an equivalent rating by a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization, or, if unrated, are determined by the sub-adviser (the “Sub-Adviser”) to be of comparable quality. The Fund may also invest in floating rate loans, and other floating rate debt instruments.
The Fund is not managed relative to an index and instead seeks to produce positive returns across varying market conditions. To seek this goal, the Fund has flexibility to invest across a broad range of debt instruments and derivatives. The Fund generally maintains a dollar-weighted average duration profile between -2 and 6 years. Duration is a commonly used measure of risk in debt instruments as it incorporates multiple features of debt instruments (e.g., yield, coupon, maturity, etc.) into one number. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a debt instrument to a change in interest rates. Duration is a weighted average of the times that interest payments and the final return of principal are received. The weights are the amounts of the payments discounted by the yield-to-maturity of the debt instrument. Duration is expressed as a number of years. The bigger the duration number, the greater the interest rate risk or reward for the debt instrument prices. For example, the price of a bond with an average duration of 5 years would be expected to fall approximately 5% if market interest rates rose by 1%. Conversely, the price of a bond with an average duration of 5 years would be expected to rise approximately 5% if market interest rates dropped by 1%.
Debt instruments may include, without limitation, instruments issued by various U.S. and foreign (non-U.S.) (including those located in emerging market countries) public- or private-sector entities, bonds, debentures, notes, convertible securities, commercial paper, loans and related assignments and participations, corporate debt, asset- and mortgage-backed securities, preferred stock, bank certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits, bankers' acceptances and money market instruments, including money market funds denominated in U.S. dollars or foreign (non-U.S.) currencies. Floating rate loans and other floating rate debt instruments include floating rate bonds, floating rate notes, floating rate debentures, and tranches of floating rate asset-backed securities, including structured notes, made to, or issued by, U.S. and foreign (non-U.S.) corporations or other business entities. The Fund may also invest in inflation-indexed bonds of varying maturities issued by the U.S. and foreign (non-U.S.) governments, their agencies and instrumentalities, and U.S. and foreign (non-U.S.) corporations.
The Fund may also invest in derivatives, including options, futures, swaps (including interest rate swaps, total return swaps, and credit default swaps), and currency forwards, as a substitute for taking a position in an underlying asset, to make tactical asset allocations, to seek to minimize risk, to enhance returns, and/or assist in managing cash.
In evaluating investments for the Fund, the Sub-Adviser takes into account a wide variety of factors and considerations to determine whether any or all of those factors or considerations might have a material effect on the value, risks, or prospects of an investment. Among the factors considered, the Sub-Adviser expects typically to take into account environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors to determine whether one or more factors may have a material effect. In considering ESG factors, the Sub-Adviser intends to rely primarily on factors identified through its proprietary empirical research and on third-party
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evaluations of an issuer’s ESG standing. ESG factors will be only one of many considerations in the Sub-Adviser’s evaluation of any potential investment; the extent to which ESG factors will affect the Sub-Adviser’s decision to invest in an issuer, if at all, will depend on the analysis and judgment of the Sub-Adviser.
The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and under the terms of applicable no-action relief or exemptive orders granted thereunder.
The Sub-Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising, among others.
The Fund may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 13% of its total assets.
Principal Risks
You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate readability, and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur or have a greater adverse impact than another risk.
Bank Instruments: Bank instruments include certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits, bankers’ acceptances, and other debt and deposit-type obligations issued by banks. Changes in economic, regulatory, or political conditions, or other events that affect the banking industry may have an adverse effect on bank instruments or banking institutions that serve as counterparties in transactions with the Fund. In the event of a bank insolvency or failure, the Fund may be considered a general creditor of the bank, and it might lose some or all of the funds deposited with the bank. Even where it is recognized that a bank might be in danger of insolvency or failure, the Fund might not be able to withdraw or transfer its money from the bank in time to avoid any adverse effects of the insolvency or failure. Volatility in the banking system may impact the viability of banking and financial services institutions. In the event of failure of any of the financial institutions where the Fund maintains its cash and cash equivalents, there can be no assurance that the Fund would be able to access uninsured funds in a timely manner or at all and the Fund may incur losses. Any such event could adversely affect the business, liquidity, financial position and performance of the Fund.
Company: The price of a company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons, including, among others, poor management, financial problems, reduced demand for the company’s goods or services, regulatory fines and judgments, or business challenges. If a company is unable to meet its financial obligations, declares bankruptcy, or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.
Convertible Securities: Convertible securities are securities that are convertible into or exercisable for common stocks at a stated price or rate. Convertible securities are subject to the usual risks associated with debt instruments, such as interest rate risk and credit risk. In addition, because convertible securities react to changes in the value of the underlying stock, they are subject to market risk.
Credit: The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument in which the Fund invests, or the counterparty to a derivative contract the Fund entered into, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services, or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to meet its financial obligations. Asset-backed (including mortgage-backed) securities that are not issued by U.S. government agencies may have a greater risk of default because they are not guaranteed by either the U.S. government or an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government. The credit quality of typical asset-backed securities depends primarily on the credit quality of the underlying assets and the structural support (if any) provided to the securities.
Credit Default Swaps: The Fund may enter into credit default swaps, either as a buyer or a seller of the swap. A buyer of a credit default swap is generally obligated to pay the seller an upfront or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract until a credit event, such as a default, on a reference obligation has occurred. If a credit event occurs, the seller generally must pay the buyer the “par value” (full notional value) of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity described in the swap, or the seller may be required to deliver the related net cash amount if the swap is cash settled. As a seller of a credit default swap, the Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the full notional value of the swap. Credit default swaps are particularly subject to counterparty, credit, valuation, liquidity, and leveraging risks, and the risk that the swap may not correlate with its reference obligation as expected. Certain standardized credit default swaps are subject to mandatory central clearing. Central clearing is expected to reduce counterparty credit risk and increase liquidity; however, there is no assurance that it will achieve that result, and in the meantime, central clearing and related requirements expose the Fund to different kinds of costs and risks. In addition, credit default swaps expose the Fund to the risk of improper valuation.
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Currency: To the extent that the Fund invests directly or indirectly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by the Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions. The manager may use a model to guide currency risk taking. The manager has discretion as to whether to use the model. There is no guarantee that the use of the model will result in effective investment decisions for the Fund.
Deflation: Deflation occurs when prices throughout the economy decline over time — the opposite of inflation. Unless repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed, when there is deflation, the principal and income of an inflation-protected bond will decline and could result in losses.
Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates, liquidity risk, valuation risk, and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by the Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on the Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the asset, reference rate, or index being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Fixed Income): The Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for the Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. The Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors in respect of obligations of an issuer may rely on third-party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will be invested in obligations of issuers that the Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may choose not to invest in obligations of issuers that compare favorably to obligations of other issuers on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that the Fund will have less exposure to obligations of certain issuers due to the Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by the Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
Floating Rate Loans: In the event a borrower fails to pay scheduled interest or principal payments on a floating rate loan (which can include certain bank loans), the Fund will experience a reduction in its income and a decline in the market value of such floating rate loan. If a floating rate loan is held by the Fund through another financial institution, or the Fund relies upon another financial institution to administer the loan, the receipt of scheduled interest or principal payments may be subject to the credit risk of such financial institution. Investors in floating rate loans may not be afforded the protections of the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, because loans may not be considered “securities” under such laws. Additionally, the value of collateral, if any, securing a floating rate loan can decline or may be insufficient to meet the borrower’s obligations under the loan, and such collateral may be difficult to liquidate. No active trading market may exist for many floating rate loans and many floating rate loans are subject to restrictions on resale. Transactions in loans typically settle on a delayed basis and may take longer than 7 days to settle. As a result, the Fund may not receive the proceeds from a sale of a floating rate loan for a significant period of time. Delay in the receipts of settlement proceeds may impair the ability of the Fund to meet its redemption obligations, and may limit the ability of the Fund to repay debt, pay dividends, or to take advantage of new investment opportunities.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments/Developing and Emerging Markets: Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies due, in part, to: smaller markets; differing reporting, accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices; nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation; foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or replacement; potential for default on sovereign debt; and political changes or diplomatic developments, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions (or the threat of new or modified sanctions) or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country or region. Foreign (non-U.S.) investment risks may be greater in developing and emerging markets than in developed markets.
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High-Yield Securities: Lower-quality securities (including securities that are or have fallen below investment grade and are classified as “junk bonds” or “high-yield securities”) have greater credit risk and liquidity risk than higher-quality (investment grade) securities, and their issuers' long-term ability to make payments is considered speculative. Prices of lower-quality bonds or other debt instruments are also more volatile, are more sensitive to negative news about the economy or the issuer, and have greater liquidity risk and price volatility.
Inflation-Indexed Bonds: If the index measuring inflation falls, the principal value of inflation-indexed bonds will be adjusted downward, and consequently, the interest payable on these bonds (calculated with respect to a smaller principal amount) will be reduced. In addition, inflation-indexed bonds are subject to the usual risks associated with debt instruments, such as interest rate and credit risk. Repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed in the case of U.S. Treasury inflation-indexed bonds. For bonds that do not provide a similar guarantee, the adjusted principal value of the bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal.
Interest in Loans: The value and the income streams of interests in loans (including participation interests in lease financings and assignments in secured variable or floating rate loans) will decline if borrowers delay payments or fail to pay altogether. A significant rise in market interest rates could increase this risk. Although loans may be fully collateralized when purchased, such collateral may become illiquid or decline in value.
Interest Rate: A rise in market interest rates generally results in a fall in the value of bonds and other debt instruments; conversely, values generally rise as market interest rates fall. Interest rate risk is generally greater for debt instruments than floating-rate instruments. The higher the credit quality of the instrument, and the longer its maturity or duration, the more sensitive it is to changes in market interest rates. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a debt instrument to a change in interest rate. As of the date of this Prospectus, the U.S. has recently experienced a rising market interest rate environment, which may increase the Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising market interest rates. Rising market interest rates have unpredictable effects on the markets and may expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility. To the extent that the Fund invests in debt instruments, an increase in market interest rates may lead to increased redemptions and increased portfolio turnover, which could reduce liquidity for certain investments, adversely affect values, and increase costs. Increased redemptions may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so and may lower returns. If dealer capacity in debt markets is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in debt markets. Further, recent and potential future changes in government policy may affect interest rates. Negative or very low interest rates could magnify the risks associated with changes in interest rates. In general, changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, could have unpredictable effects on markets and may expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility. Changes to monetary policy by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board or other regulatory actions could expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility, interest rate sensitivity, and reduced liquidity, which may impact the Fund’s operations and return potential.
Liquidity: If a security is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, exposing the Fund to the risk that the prices at which it sells illiquid securities will be less than the prices at which they were valued when held by the Fund, which could cause the Fund to lose money. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile than more liquid securities, and the risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress. Certain securities that are liquid when purchased may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress or due to geopolitical events such as sanctions, trading halts, or wars.
Market: The market values of securities will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions, governmental actions or intervention, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, and other factors. Prices of equity securities tend to rise and fall more dramatically than those of debt instruments. Additionally, legislative, regulatory or tax policies or developments may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs, and impair the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
Market Capitalization: Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories: large, mid, and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. If valuations of large-capitalization companies appear to be greatly out of proportion to the valuations of mid- or small-capitalization companies, investors may migrate to the stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies causing a fund that invests in these companies to increase in value more rapidly than a fund that invests in large-capitalization companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be subject to special risks associated with narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, smaller management groups, more limited publicly available information, and a more limited trading market for their stocks as compared with large-capitalization companies. As a result, stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies may be more volatile and may decline significantly in market downturns.
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Market Disruption and Geopolitical: The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events that have led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S. and global economies and markets, generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant market volatility, exchange suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, supply chain disruptions, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. The economic impacts of COVID-19 have created a unique challenge for real estate markets. Many businesses have either partially or fully transitioned to a remote-working environment and this transition may negatively impact the occupancy rates of commercial real estate over time. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine has, and may continue to, adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of the Fund’s investments, including beyond the Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. A number of U.S. domestic banks and foreign (non-U.S.) banks have recently experienced financial difficulties and, in some cases, failures. There can be no certainty that the actions taken by regulators to limit the effect of those financial difficulties and failures on other banks or other financial institutions or on the U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) economies generally will be successful. It is possible that more banks or other financial institutions will experience financial difficulties or fail, which may affect adversely other U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) financial institutions and economies. These events as well as other changes in foreign (non-U.S.) and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
Mortgage- and/or Asset-Backed Securities: Defaults on, or low credit quality or liquidity of, the underlying assets of the asset-backed (including mortgage-backed) securities may impair the value of these securities and result in losses. There may be limitations on the enforceability of any security interest or collateral granted with respect to those underlying assets, and the value of collateral may not satisfy the obligation upon default. These securities also present a higher degree of prepayment and extension risk and interest rate risk than do other types of debt instruments.
Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, is the risk that the value of an investment company’s underlying investments might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the Fund’s expenses. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of the Fund; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which the Fund is typically subject. In addition, shares of ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and are subject to secondary market trading risks. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads, and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and authorized participants may step away from making a market in an ETF’s shares, which could cause a material decline in the ETF’s net asset value.
Portfolio Turnover: The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to carry out its investment strategies, which may result in high portfolio turnover. A high portfolio turnover rate may increase transaction costs, which may lower the Fund’s performance and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
Preferred Stocks: Preferred stock generally has preference over common stock but is generally subordinate to debt instruments with respect to dividends and liquidation. Preferred stocks are subject to the risks associated with other types of equity securities, as well as greater credit or other risks than senior debt instruments. In addition, preferred stocks are subject to other risks, such as risks related to deferred and omitted distributions, limited voting rights, liquidity, interest rate, regulatory changes and special redemption rights.
Prepayment and Extension: Many types of debt instruments are subject to prepayment and extension risk. Prepayment risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt instrument will pay back the principal earlier than expected. This risk is heightened in a falling market interest rate environment. Prepayment may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. Also, if a debt instrument subject to prepayment has been purchased at a premium, the value of the premium would be lost in the event of prepayment. Extension risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt instrument will pay back the principal later than expected. This risk is heightened in a rising market interest rate environment. This may negatively affect performance, as the value of the debt instrument decreases when principal payments are made later than expected. Additionally, the Fund may be prevented from investing proceeds it would have received at a given time at the higher prevailing interest rates.
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Securities Lending: Securities lending involves two primary risks: “ investment risk ” and “ borrower default risk. ” When lending securities, the Fund will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing the Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks.
Sovereign Debt: Sovereign debt is issued or guaranteed by foreign (non-U.S.) government entities. Investments in sovereign debt are subject to the risk that a government entity may delay payment, restructure its debt, or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt due to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, social changes, the relative size of its debt position to its economy, or its failure to put in place economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or other multilateral agencies. If a government entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans. There is no legal process for collecting amounts owed on sovereign debt, such as bankruptcy proceedings, that a government does not pay.
U.S. Government Securities and Obligations: U.S. government securities are obligations of, or guaranteed by, the U.S. government, its agencies, or government-sponsored enterprises. U.S. government securities are subject to market risk and interest rate risk, and may be subject to varying degrees of credit risk.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows the changes in the Fund's performance from year to year, and the table compares the Fund's performance to the performance of a broad-based securities market index/indices with investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund for the same period. The Fund's performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the period presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund's Class A shares. Sales charges are not reflected in the bar chart. If they were, returns would be less than those shown. However, the table includes all applicable fees and sales charges. Performance for other share classes would differ to the extent they have differences in their fees and expenses. The Class R6 shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class I shares without adjustment for any differences in expenses between the two classes. If adjusted for such differences, returns would be different.
The Fund’s performance prior to May 1, 2016 reflects returns achieved pursuant to different principal investment strategies. If the Fund’s current strategies had been in place for the prior period, the performance information shown would have been different. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. For the most recent performance figures, go to https://individuals.voya.com/literature or call 1-800-992-0180.
Calendar Year Total Returns Class A 
(as of December 31 of each year)
Best quarter:
2nd Quarter 2020
6.57%
Worst quarter:
1st Quarter 2020
-10.68%
Year-to-date total return:
June 30, 2024
2.95%
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Average Annual Total Returns %
(for the periods ended December 31, 2023)

 
 
1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class A before taxes
%
5.11
1.65
2.61
N/A
11/2/2012
After tax on distributions
%
3.04
0.09
1.16
N/A
After tax on distributions with sale
%
2.98
0.59
1.36
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
MSCI ACWI1,2
%
22.20
11.72
7.93
N/A
ICE BofA U.S. Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index2
%
5.12
2.02
1.44
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. Universal Bond Index2
%
6.17
1.44
2.08
N/A
Class C before taxes
%
6.07
1.38
2.24
N/A
11/2/2012
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
MSCI ACWI1,2
%
22.20
11.72
7.93
N/A
ICE BofA U.S. Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index2
%
5.12
2.02
1.44
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. Universal Bond Index2
%
6.17
1.44
2.08
N/A
Class I before taxes
%
8.08
2.38
3.19
N/A
11/2/2012
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
MSCI ACWI1,2
%
22.20
11.72
7.93
N/A
ICE BofA U.S. Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index2
%
5.12
2.02
1.44
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. Universal Bond Index2
%
6.17
1.44
2.08
N/A
Class R before taxes
%
7.58
1.88
2.57
N/A
11/2/2012
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
MSCI ACWI1,2
%
22.20
11.72
7.93
N/A
ICE BofA U.S. Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index2
%
5.12
2.02
1.44
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. Universal Bond Index2
%
6.17
1.44
2.08
N/A
Class R6 before taxes
%
8.16
2.44
3.21
N/A
10/23/2015
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
MSCI ACWI1,2
%
22.20
11.72
7.93
N/A
ICE BofA U.S. Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index2
%
5.12
2.02
1.44
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. Universal Bond Index2
%
6.17
1.44
2.08
N/A
Class W before taxes
%
8.10
2.38
3.05
N/A
11/2/2012
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2
%
5.53
1.10
1.81
N/A
MSCI ACWI1,2
%
22.20
11.72
7.93
N/A
ICE BofA U.S. Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index2
%
5.12
2.02
1.44
N/A
Bloomberg U.S. Universal Bond Index2
%
6.17
1.44
2.08
N/A
1
Effective commencing with shareholder reports filed and transmitted to shareholders after July 24, 2024, the Investment Adviser changed the primary benchmark from the ICE BofA U.S. Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and the MSCI All Country World IndexSM (MSCI ACWI) in accordance with recent changes to regulatory disclosure requirements. The Fund continues to use the ICE BofA U.S. Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index as an additional benchmark that the Investment Adviser believes more closely reflects the Fund's principal investment strategies.
2
The index returns do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). In some cases the after-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. After-tax returns for other classes will vary.
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Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
Sub-Adviser
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Portfolio Managers
 
Sean Banai, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 04/17)
Eric Stein, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 05/24)
Brian Timberlake, Ph.D., CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 04/17)
 
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Shares of the Fund may be purchased or sold on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock Exchange opens for regular trading). You can buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary; by visiting our website at www.voyainvestments.com; by writing to us at Voya Investment Management, 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034; or by calling us at 1-800-992-0180.
Minimum Initial Investment $ by share class
Class
A, C
I
R
R6
W
Non-retirement accounts
$
1,000
250,000
None
1,000,000
1,000
Retirement accounts
$
250
250,000
None
None
1,000
Certain omnibus accounts
$
250
None
None
None
None
Pre-authorized investment plan
$
1,000
250,000
None
None
1,000
There are no minimums for additional investments except that the pre-authorized investment plan requires a monthly investment of at least $100. For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; or (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts.
Tax Information
The Fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that arrangement.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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KEY FUND INFORMATION

This Prospectus contains information about each Fund and is designed to provide you with important information to help you with your investment decisions. Please read it carefully and keep it for future reference.
Each Fund's Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”) is incorporated by reference into (legally made a part of) this Prospectus. It identifies investment restrictions, more detailed risk descriptions, a description of how the bond rating system works, and other information that may be helpful to you in your decision to invest. You may obtain a copy, without charge, from each Fund.
Neither this Prospectus, nor the related SAI, nor other communications to shareholders, such as proxy statements, is intended, or should be read, to be or give rise to an agreement or contract between Voya Funds Trust (the “Trust”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), or each Fund and any investor, or to give rise to any rights to any shareholder or other person other than any rights under U.S. federal or state law.
Other Voya mutual funds may also be offered to the public that have similar names, investment objectives, and principal investment strategies as those of a Fund. You should be aware that each Fund is likely to differ from these other Voya mutual funds in size and cash flow pattern, as well as other factors. Accordingly, the performance of each Fund can be expected to vary from the performance of other Voya mutual funds.
Other mutual funds and/or funds-of-funds may invest in a Fund. So long as a Fund accepts investments by other investment companies, it will not purchase securities of other investment companies, except to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and under the terms of applicable no-action relief or exemptive orders granted thereunder (the “1940 Act”).
Each Fund is a series of the Trust, a Delaware statutory trust. Each Fund is managed by Voya Investments, LLC (“Voya Investments” or the “Investment Adviser”).
Fund shares may be classified into different classes of shares. The classes of shares of a Fund would be substantially the same except for different expenses, certain related rights, and certain shareholder services. All share classes of a Fund have a common investment objective and investment portfolio.
Fundamental Investment Policies
Fundamental investment policies contained in the SAI may not be changed without shareholder approval. Other policies and investment strategies may be changed without a shareholder vote.
Non-Fundamental Investment Policies
Unless otherwise indicated, each Fund’s investment objective, policies, investment strategies, and practices are non-fundamental. In addition, certain Funds have adopted non-fundamental investment policies to invest the Fund's assets in securities that are consistent with the Fund's name. Non-fundamental policies may be changed by a vote of a Fund's Board and without shareholder vote. For more information about each Fund’s non-fundamental investment policies, please consult the SAI.
Fund Diversification
Each Fund is diversified, as such term is defined in the 1940 Act. A diversified fund may not, as to 75% of its total assets, invest more than 5% of its total assets in any one issuer and may not purchase more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer (other than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or other investment companies). A non-diversified fund is not limited by the 1940 Act in the percentage of its assets that it may invest in the obligations of a single issuer.
Investor Diversification
Although each Fund is designed to serve as a component of a diversified investment portfolio of securities, no single mutual fund can provide an appropriate investment program for all investors. You should evaluate a Fund in the context of your personal financial situation, investment objectives, and other investments.
Temporary Defensive Positions
When the Investment Adviser or the sub-adviser (the “Sub-Adviser”) anticipates adverse or unusual market, economic, political, or other conditions, a Fund may temporarily depart from its principal investment strategies as a defensive measure. In such circumstances, a Fund may make investments believed to present less risk, such as cash, cash equivalents, money market fund shares and other money market instruments, higher quality debt instruments, more
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liquid securities, or others. While a Fund invests defensively, it may not achieve its investment objective. A Fund's defensive investment position may not be effective in protecting its value. It is impossible to predict accurately how long such defensive position may be utilized.
Percentage and Rating Limitations
The percentage and rating limitations on Fund investments listed in this Prospectus apply at the time of investment. If such a limitation is complied with at the time of an investment, any subsequent change in percentage resulting from a change in values or assets or a change in market capitalization of a company, or any subsequent change in rating, will generally not constitute a violation of that limitation.
Investment Not Guaranteed
Please note your investment is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other government agency.
Shareholder Reports
Each Fund's fiscal year ends March 31. Effective July 24, 2024, shareholders receive revised forms of annual and semi-annual shareholder reports in accordance with recently adopted SEC rule and form amendments requiring each Fund to transmit streamlined annual and semi-annual shareholder reports that highlight key information to shareholders. These annual and semi-annual shareholder reports are sent to shareholders directly by mail. Other information, including financial statements, is available on the Voya funds’ website (https://individuals.voya.com/literature), delivered free of charge upon request, and filed with the SEC on a semi-annual basis on Form N-CSR. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from a fund electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by calling 1-800-992-0180 or by sending an e-mail request to [email protected].
Escheatment
Many states have unclaimed property rules that provide for transfer to the state (also known as “escheatment”) of unclaimed property under various circumstances. These circumstances include inactivity (e.g., no owner-initiated contact for a certain period), returned mail (e.g., when mail sent to a shareholder is returned by the post office as undeliverable), or a combination of both inactivity and returned mail. Unclaimed or inactive accounts may be subject to escheatment laws, and the Funds, the transfer agent and the distributor will not be liable to shareholders or their representatives for good faith compliance with state unclaimed property laws.
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Additional Information About the Investment Objective
Each Fund's investment objective is non-fundamental and may be changed by a vote of the Board, without shareholder approval. A Fund will provide 60 days' prior written notice of any change in a non-fundamental investment objective. There is no guarantee a Fund will achieve its investment objective.
Additional Information About Principal Investment Strategies
For a complete description of each Fund's principal investment strategies, please see the Fund's summary prospectus or the Fund’s summary section in this Prospectus.
Additional Information About Voya Floating Rate Fund
The SEC has recently proposed amendments to certain rules under the 1940 Act that, if adopted, would cause more investments to be treated as illiquid, which could prevent the Fund from investing in securities that the Investment Adviser or Sub-Adviser believes are attractive investment opportunities. If the amendments are adopted as proposed, if may not be possible for the Fund to continue to pursue its current investment strategies, and the Investment Adviser, Sub-Adviser, and the Board may determine that it would be in the best interest of Fund shareholders to change those strategies.
Fundamental Diversification Policies
Industry Diversification. The Fund may invest in any industry. The Fund may not invest more than 25% of its total assets, measured at the time of investment, in any single industry.
Borrower Diversification. As a diversified investment company, the Fund may not make investments in any one issuer (other than the U.S. government and securities of other investment companies) if, immediately after such purchase or acquisition, more than 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets would be invested in such issuer, or the Fund would own more than 25% of any outstanding issuer. The Fund will consider the borrower on a loan, including a loan participation, to be the issuer of such loan.
These fundamental diversification policies may only be changed with approval by shareholders.
Additional Information About the Principal Risks
All mutual funds involve risk—some more than others—and there is always the chance that you could lose money or not earn as much as you hope. Each Fund's risk profile is largely a factor of the principal securities in which it invests and investment techniques that it uses. Below is a discussion of the principal risks associated with certain types of the investments in which a Fund may invest and certain of the investment practices that a Fund may use. The discussion below expands on the risks included in each Fund's summary section of the Prospectus. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate readability, and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur or have a greater adverse impact than another risk.
Many of the investment techniques and strategies discussed in this Prospectus and in the SAI are discretionary, which means that the Investment Adviser or Sub-Adviser, as the case may be, can decide whether to use them. A Fund may invest in these securities or use these techniques as part of its principal investment strategies. However, the Investment Adviser or Sub-Adviser may also use these investment techniques or make investments in securities that are not a part of a Fund’s principal investment strategies.
For more information about these and other types of securities and investment techniques that may be used by each Fund, see the SAI.
Asset-Backed Securities: Defaults on, or low credit quality or liquidity of, the underlying assets of the asset-backed securities may impair the value of these securities and result in losses. There may be limitations on the enforceability of any security interest or collateral granted with respect to those underlying assets, and the value of collateral may not satisfy the obligation upon default. These securities also present a higher degree of prepayment and extension risk and interest rate risk than do other types of debt instruments. Small movements in interest rates (both increases and decreases) may quickly and significantly reduce the value of certain asset-backed securities. The value of longer-term securities generally changes more in response to changes in market interest rates than shorter-term securities.
These securities may be affected significantly by government regulation, market interest rates, market perception of the creditworthiness of an issuer servicer, and loan-to-value ratio of the underlying assets. During an economic downturn, the mortgages, commercial or consumer loans, trade or credit card receivables, installment purchase obligations,
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leases, or other debt obligations underlying an asset-backed security may experience an increase in defaults as borrowers experience difficulties in repaying their loans which may cause the valuation of such securities to be more volatile and may reduce the value of such securities. These risks are particularly heightened for investments in asset-backed securities that contain sub-prime loans, which are loans made to borrowers with weakened credit histories and often have higher default rates. In addition, certain types of real estate may be adversely affected by changing usage trends, such as office buildings as a result of work-from-home practices and commercial facilities as a result of an increase in online shopping, which could in turn result in defaults and declines in value of mortgage-backed securities secured by such properties.
Bank Instruments: Bank instruments include certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits, bankers’ acceptances, and other debt and deposit-type obligations issued by banks. Changes in economic, regulatory, or political conditions, or other events that affect the banking industry may have an adverse effect on bank instruments or banking institutions that serve as counterparties in transactions with a Fund. In the event of a bank insolvency or failure, a Fund may be considered a general creditor of the bank, and it might lose some or all of the funds deposited with the bank. Even where it is recognized that a bank might be in danger of insolvency or failure, a Fund might not be able to withdraw or transfer its money from the bank in time to avoid any adverse effects of the insolvency or failure. Volatility in the banking system may impact the viability of banking and financial services institutions. In the event of failure of any of the financial institutions where the Fund maintains its cash and cash equivalents, there can be no assurance that the Fund would be able to access uninsured funds in a timely manner or at all and the Fund may incur losses. Any such event could adversely affect the business, liquidity, financial position and performance of the Fund.
Cash/Cash Equivalents: Investments in cash or cash equivalents may lower returns and result in potential lost opportunities to participate in market appreciation which could negatively impact a Fund’s performance and ability to achieve its investment objective.
Collateralized Loan Obligations and Other Collateralized Obligations: A collateralized loan obligation ( “ CLO ” ) is an obligation of a trust or other special purpose vehicle typically collateralized by a pool of loans, which may include senior secured and unsecured loans and subordinate corporate loans, including loans that may be rated below investment grade, or equivalent unrated loans. CLOs may incur management fees and administration fees. The risks of investing in a CLO depend largely on the type of the collateral held in the CLO portfolio and the tranche of securities in which a Fund may invest, and can generally be summarized as a combination of economic risks of the underlying loans combined with the risks associated with the CLO structure governing the priority of payments, and include interest rate risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, prepayment and extension risk, and the risk of default of the underlying asset, among others.
Company: The price of a company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons, including, among others, poor management, financial problems, reduced demand for the company’s goods or services, regulatory fines and judgments, or business challenges. If a company is unable to meet its financial obligations, declares bankruptcy, or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.
Convertible Securities: Convertible securities are securities that are convertible into or exercisable for common stocks at a stated price or rate. Convertible securities are subject to the usual risks associated with debt instruments, such as interest rate risk and credit risk. In addition, because convertible securities react to changes in the value of the underlying stock, they are subject to market risk. The value of a convertible security will normally fluctuate in some proportion to changes in the value of the underlying stock because of the conversion or exercise feature. However, the value of a convertible security may not increase or decrease as rapidly as the underlying stock. Convertible securities may be rated below investment grade and therefore may be subject to greater levels of credit risk and liquidity risk. In the event the issuer of a convertible security is unable to meet its financial obligations, declares bankruptcy, or becomes insolvent, a Fund could lose money; such events may also have the effect of reducing a Fund's distributable income. There is a risk that a Fund may convert a convertible security at an inopportune time, which may decrease the Fund’s returns.
Covenant-Lite Loans: Loans in which a Fund may invest or to which a Fund may gain exposure indirectly through its investments in collateralized debt obligations, CLOs or other types of structured securities may be considered “covenant-lite” loans. Covenant-lite refers to loans which do not incorporate traditional performance-based financial maintenance covenants. Covenant-lite does not refer to a loan’s seniority in a borrower’s capital structure nor to a lack of the benefit from a legal pledge of the borrower’s assets and does not necessarily correlate to the overall credit quality of
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the borrower. Covenant-lite loans generally do not include terms which allow a lender to take action based on a borrower’s performance relative to its covenants. Such actions may include the ability to renegotiate and/or re-set the credit spread on the loan with a borrower, and even to declare a default or force the borrower into bankruptcy restructuring if certain criteria are breached. Covenant-lite loans typically still provide lenders with other covenants that restrict a borrower from incurring additional debt or engaging in certain actions. Such covenants can only be breached by an affirmative action of the borrower, rather than by a deterioration in the borrower’s financial condition. Accordingly, a Fund may have fewer rights against a borrower when it invests in, or has exposure to, covenant-lite loans and, accordingly, may have a greater risk of loss on such investments as compared to investments in, or exposure to, loans with additional or more conventional covenants.
Credit: A Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument in which the Fund invests, or the counterparty to a derivative contract the Fund entered into, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services, or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to meet its financial obligations. Asset-backed (including mortgage-backed) securities that are not issued by U.S. government agencies may have a greater risk of default because they are not guaranteed by either the U.S. government or an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government. The credit quality of typical asset-backed securities depends primarily on the credit quality of the underlying assets and the structural support (if any) provided to the securities.
Credit (Loans): The value of a Fund’s shares and the Fund’s ability to pay dividends is dependent upon the performance of the assets in its portfolio. Prices of a Fund’s investments are likely to fall if the actual or perceived financial health of the borrowers on, or issuers of, such investments deteriorate, whether because of broad economic or issuer-specific reasons, or if the borrower or issuer is late (or defaults) in paying interest or principal.
A Fund generally invests in loans that are senior in the capital structure of the borrower or issuer, hold an equal ranking with other senior debt, or have characteristics (such as a senior position secured by liens on a borrower’s assets) that the manager believes justify treatment as senior debt. Loans that are senior and secured generally involve less risk than unsecured or subordinated debt and equity instruments of the same borrower because the payment of principal and interest on senior loans is an obligation of the borrower that, in most instances, takes precedence over the payment of dividends, the return of capital to the borrower’s shareholders, and payments to bond holders. Loans that are senior and secured also may have collateral supporting the repayment of the debt instrument. However, the value of the collateral may not equal a Fund’s investment when the debt instrument is acquired or may decline below the principal amount of the debt instrument subsequent to the Fund’s investment. Also, to the extent that collateral consists of stocks of the borrower, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, a Fund bears the risk that the stocks may decline in value, be relatively illiquid, or may lose all or substantially all of their value, causing the Fund’s investment to be undercollateralized. Therefore, the liquidation of the collateral underlying a loan in which a Fund has invested may not satisfy the borrower’s obligation to the Fund in the event of non-payment of scheduled interest or principal, and the collateral may not be able to be readily liquidated. In addition, it is possible that disputes as to the nature or identity of the collateral securing a loan may delay a Fund’s ability to realize on the collateral or, if the dispute is resolved adversely to the Fund, may prevent the Fund from realizing on assets it had considered to constitute collateral.
In the event of the bankruptcy of a borrower or issuer, a Fund could experience delays and limitations on its ability to realize the benefits of the collateral securing the investment. Among the risks involved in a bankruptcy are assertions that the pledge of collateral to secure a loan constitutes a fraudulent conveyance or preferential transfer that would have the effect of nullifying or subordinating a Fund’s rights to the collateral.
The loans in which a Fund invests are generally rated lower than investment grade credit quality, i.e., rated lower than Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or BBB- by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), or have been made to borrowers who have issued debt instruments that are rated lower than investment grade in quality or, if unrated, would be rated lower than investment grade credit quality. A Fund’s investments in lower than investment grade loans will generally be rated at the time of purchase between B3 and Ba1 by Moody’s, B- and BB+ by S&P or, if not rated, would be of similar credit quality.
Lower quality securities (including securities that are or have fallen below investment grade and are classified as “junk bonds” or “high-yield securities”) have greater credit risk and liquidity risk than higher quality (investment grade) securities, and their issuers’ long-term ability to make payments is considered speculative. Prices of lower quality bonds or other debt instruments are also more volatile, are more sensitive to negative news about the economy or the issuer, and have greater liquidity risk and price volatility. Investment decisions are based largely on the credit
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analysis performed by the manager, and not on rating agency evaluation. This analysis may be difficult to perform. Information about a loan and its borrower generally is not in the public domain. Investors in loans may not be afforded the protections of the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, because loans may not be considered “securities” under such laws. In addition, many borrowers have not issued securities to the public and are not subject to reporting requirements under U.S. federal securities laws. Generally, however, borrowers are required to provide financial information to lenders and information may be available from other loan market participants or agents that originate or administer loans.
Credit Default Swaps: A Fund may enter into credit default swaps, either as a buyer or a seller of the swap. A buyer of a credit default swap is generally obligated to pay the seller an upfront or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract until a credit event, such as a default, on a reference obligation has occurred. If a credit event occurs, the seller generally must pay the buyer the “par value” (full notional value) of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity described in the swap, or the seller may be required to deliver the related net cash amount if the swap is cash settled. As a seller of a credit default swap, a Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the full notional value of the swap. Credit default swaps are particularly subject to counterparty, credit, valuation, liquidity, and leveraging risks, and the risk that the swap may not correlate with its reference obligation as expected. Certain standardized credit default swaps are subject to mandatory central clearing. Central clearing is expected to reduce counterparty credit risk and increase liquidity; however, there is no assurance that it will achieve that result, and in the meantime, central clearing and related requirements expose a Fund to different kinds of costs and risks. In addition, credit default swaps expose a Fund to the risk of improper valuation.
Currency: To the extent that a Fund invests directly or indirectly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by the Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions. Currency rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency rates may be affected by changes in market interest rates, intervention (or the failure to intervene) by the U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) governments, central banks or supranational entities such as the International Monetary Fund, by the imposition of currency controls, or other political or economic developments in the U.S. or abroad. A manager may use a model to guide currency risk taking. A manager has discretion as to whether to use the model. There is no guarantee that the use of the model will result in effective investment decisions for the Fund.
Deflation: Deflation occurs when prices throughout the economy decline over time — the opposite of inflation. Unless repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed, when there is deflation, the principal and income of an inflation-protected bond will decline and could result in losses.
Demand for Loans: An increase in demand for loans may benefit a Fund by providing increased liquidity for such loans and higher sales prices, but it may also adversely affect the rate of interest payable on such loans and the rights provided to the Fund under the terms of the applicable loan agreement, and may increase the price of loans in the secondary market. A decrease in the demand for loans may adversely affect the price of loans in a Fund’s portfolio, which could cause the Fund’s net asset value to decline and reduce the liquidity of the Fund’s loan holdings.
Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates, liquidity risk, valuation risk, and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by a Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on a Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so a Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the asset, reference rate, or index being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment. Generally, derivatives are sophisticated financial instruments whose performance is derived, at least in part, from the performance of an underlying asset, reference rate, or index. Derivatives include, among other things, swap agreements, options, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, and futures. Certain derivatives in which a Fund may invest may be negotiated over-the-counter with a single counterparty and as a result are subject to credit risks related to the counterparty’s ability or willingness to perform its obligations; any deterioration in the counterparty’s creditworthiness could adversely affect the value
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of the derivative. In addition, derivatives and their underlying instruments may experience periods of illiquidity which could cause a Fund to hold a position it might otherwise sell, or to sell a position it otherwise might hold at an inopportune time or price. A manager might imperfectly judge the direction of the market. For instance, if a derivative is used as a hedge to offset investment risk in another security, the hedge might not correlate to the market’s movements and may have unexpected or undesired results such as a loss or a reduction in gains. The U.S. government has enacted legislation that provides for regulation of the derivatives market, including clearing, margin, reporting, and registration requirements. The European Union (and other jurisdictions outside of the European Union, including the United Kingdom) has implemented or is in the process of implementing similar requirements, which may affect a Fund when it enters into a derivatives transaction with a counterparty organized in that jurisdiction or otherwise subject to that jurisdiction’s derivatives regulations. Because these requirements are relatively new and evolving (and some of the rules are not yet final), their ultimate impact remains unclear. Central clearing is expected to reduce counterparty credit risk and increase liquidity; however, there is no assurance that it will achieve that result, and, in the meantime, central clearing and related requirements expose a Fund to different kinds of costs and risks.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (Fixed Income): The Sub-Adviser’s consideration of ESG factors in selecting investments for a Fund is based on information that is not standardized, some of which can be qualitative and subjective by nature. The Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors in respect of obligations of an issuer may rely on third-party data that might be incorrect or based on incomplete or inaccurate information. There is no minimum percentage of a Fund’s assets that will be invested in obligations of issuers that the Sub-Adviser views favorably in light of ESG factors, and the Sub-Adviser may choose not to invest in obligations of issuers that compare favorably to obligations of other issuers on the basis of ESG factors. It is possible that a Fund will have less exposure to obligations of certain issuers due to the Sub-Adviser’s assessment of ESG factors than other comparable mutual funds. There can be no assurance that an investment selected by the Sub-Adviser, which includes its consideration of ESG factors, will provide more favorable investment performance than another potential investment, and such an investment may, in fact, underperform other potential investments.
Equity Securities Incidental to Investments in Loans: Investments in equity securities incidental to investments in loans entail certain risks in addition to those associated with investments in loans. The value of such equity securities may change more rapidly, and to a greater extent, than debt instruments issued by the same issuer in response to company-specific developments and general market conditions. A Fund’s holdings of equity securities may increase fluctuations in the Fund’s net asset value. A Fund may frequently possess material non-public information about a borrower as a result of its ownership of a loan of such borrower. Because of prohibitions on trading in securities of issuers while in possession of such information, a Fund might be unable to enter into a transaction in a security of such a borrower when it would otherwise be advantageous to do so.
Floating Rate Loans: In the event a borrower fails to pay scheduled interest or principal payments on a floating rate loan (which can include certain bank loans), a Fund will experience a reduction in its income and a decline in the market value of such floating rate loan. If a floating rate loan is held by a Fund through another financial institution, or the Fund relies upon another financial institution to administer the loan, the receipt of scheduled interest or principal payments may be subject to the credit risk of such financial institution. Investors in floating rate loans may not be afforded the protections of the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, because loans may not be considered “securities” under such laws. Additionally, the value of collateral, if any, securing a floating rate loan can decline or may be insufficient to meet the borrower’s obligations under the loan, and such collateral may be difficult to liquidate. No active trading market may exist for many floating rate loans and many floating rate loans are subject to restrictions on resale. Transactions in loans typically settle on a delayed basis and may take longer than 7 days to settle. As a result, a Fund may not receive the proceeds from a sale of a floating rate loan for a significant period of time. Delay in the receipts of settlement proceeds may impair the ability of a Fund to meet its redemption obligations, and may limit the ability of the Fund to repay debt, pay dividends, or to take advantage of new investment opportunities.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments for Floating Rate Loans: To the extent a Fund invests in debt instruments of borrowers in markets outside the U.S., its share price may be more volatile than if it invested in debt instruments of borrowers in the U.S. market due to, among other things, the following factors: comparatively unstable political, social and economic conditions and limited or ineffectual judicial systems; wars; comparatively small market sizes, making loans less liquid and loan prices more sensitive to the movements of large investors and more vulnerable to manipulation; governmental policies or actions, such as high taxes, restrictions on currency movements, replacement of currency, potential for
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default on sovereign debt, trade or diplomatic disputes, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions (or the threat of new or modified sanctions) or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations, creation of monopolies, and seizure of private property through confiscatory taxation and expropriation or nationalization of company assets; incomplete, outdated, or unreliable information about borrowers due to less stringent market regulation and accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices; comparatively undeveloped markets and weak banking and financial systems; market inefficiencies, such as higher transaction costs, and administrative difficulties, such as delays in processing transactions; and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, which could reduce gains or widen losses. Economic or other sanctions imposed on a foreign (non-U.S.) country or borrower by the U.S., or on the U.S. by a foreign (non-U.S.) country, could impair a Fund’s ability to buy, sell, hold, receive, deliver, or otherwise transact in certain debt instruments. In addition, foreign withholding or other taxes could reduce the income available to distribute to shareholders, and special U.S. tax considerations could apply to foreign (non-U.S.) investments. Depositary receipts are subject to risks of foreign (non-U.S.) investments and might not always track the price of the underlying foreign (non-U.S.) security. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country or region.
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments/Developing and Emerging Markets: To the extent a Fund invests in securities of issuers in markets outside the U.S., its share price may be more volatile than if it invested in securities of issuers in the U.S. market due to, among other things, the following factors: comparatively unstable political, social and economic conditions and limited or ineffectual judicial systems; wars; comparatively small market sizes, making securities less liquid and securities prices more sensitive to the movements of large investors and more vulnerable to manipulation; governmental policies or actions, such as high taxes, restrictions on currency movements, replacement of currency, potential for default on sovereign debt, trade or diplomatic disputes, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions (or the threat of new or modified sanctions) or other measures by the U.S. or other governments and supranational organizations, creation of monopolies, and seizure of private property through confiscatory taxation and expropriation or nationalization of company assets; incomplete, outdated, or unreliable information about securities issuers due to less stringent market regulation and accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices; comparatively undeveloped markets and weak banking and financial systems; market inefficiencies, such as higher transaction costs, and administrative difficulties, such as delays in processing transactions; and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, which could reduce gains or widen losses.
Economic or other sanctions imposed on a foreign (non-U.S.) country or issuer by the U.S. or on the U.S. by a foreign (non-U.S.) country, could impair a Fund's ability to buy, sell, hold, receive, deliver, or otherwise transact in certain securities. In addition, foreign withholding or other taxes could reduce the income available to distribute to shareholders, and special U.S. tax considerations could apply to foreign (non-U.S.) investments. Depositary receipts are subject to risks of foreign (non-U.S.) investments and might not always track the price of the underlying foreign (non-U.S.) security. Markets and economies throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions or events in one market, country or region may adversely impact investments or issuers in another market, country or region.
The United Kingdom (the “UK”) left the European Union (the “EU”) on January 31, 2020 (commonly known as “Brexit”) and entered into an 11-month transition period during which the UK remained part of the EU single market and customs union, the laws of which govern the economic, trade, and security relations between the UK and EU. The transition period concluded on December 31, 2020 and the UK left the EU single market and customs union under the terms of a new trade agreement. The agreement governs the relationship between the UK and the EU with respect to trading goods and services, but critical aspects of the relationship remain unresolved and subject to further negotiation and agreement. Brexit has resulted in volatility in European and global markets and could have negative long-term impacts on financial markets in the UK and throughout Europe. There is considerable uncertainty about the potential consequences of Brexit and how the financial markets will be affected. As this process unfolds, markets may be further disrupted. Given the size and importance of the UK’s economy, uncertainty about its legal, political, and economic relationship with the remaining member states of the EU may continue to be a source of instability.
Foreign (non-U.S.) investment risks may be greater in developing and emerging markets than in developed markets, for such reasons as social or political unrest, heavy economic dependence on international aid, agriculture or exports (particularly commodities), undeveloped or overburdened infrastructures and legal systems, vulnerability to natural disasters, significant and unpredictable government intervention in markets or the economy, volatile currency exchange rates, currency devaluations, runaway inflation, business practices that depart from norms for developed countries,
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and generally less developed or liquid markets. In certain emerging market countries, governments participate to a significant degree, through ownership or regulation, in their respective economies. Action by these governments could have a significant adverse effect on market prices of securities and payments of dividends. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which regulates auditors of U.S. public companies, is unable to inspect audit work papers in certain foreign (non-U.S.) countries. Investors in foreign (non-U.S.) countries often have limited rights and few practical remedies to pursue shareholder claims, including class actions or fraud claims, and the ability of the SEC, the U.S. Department of Justice and other authorities to bring and enforce actions against foreign (non-U.S.) issuers or persons is limited. Settlement and asset custody practices for transactions in emerging markets may differ from those in developed markets. Such differences may include possible delays in settlement and certain settlement practices, such as delivery of securities prior to receipt of payment, which increases the likelihood of a “failed settlement.” Failed settlements can result in losses.
In addition, the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (the “HFCAA”) could cause securities of a foreign (non-U.S.) company, including American Depositary Receipts, to be delisted from U.S. stock exchanges if the company does not allow the U.S. government to oversee the auditing of its financial information. Although the requirements of the HFCAA apply to securities of all foreign (non-U.S.) issuers, the SEC has thus far limited its enforcement efforts to securities of Chinese companies. If securities are delisted, a Fund’s ability to transact in such securities will be impaired, and the liquidity and market price of the securities may decline. A Fund may also need to seek other markets in which to transact in such securities, which could increase the Fund’s costs.
High-Yield Securities: Lower-quality securities (including securities that are or have fallen below investment grade and are classified as “junk bonds” or “high-yield securities”) have greater credit risk and liquidity risk than higher-quality (investment grade) securities, and their issuers' long-term ability to make payments is considered speculative. Prices of lower-quality bonds or other debt instruments are also more volatile, are more sensitive to negative news about the economy or the issuer, and have greater liquidity risk and price volatility.
Inflation-Indexed Bonds: If the index measuring inflation falls, the principal value of inflation-indexed bonds will be adjusted downward, and consequently, the interest payable on these bonds (calculated with respect to a smaller principal amount) will be reduced. In addition, inflation-indexed bonds are subject to the usual risks associated with debt instruments, such as interest rate and credit risk. Repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed in the case of U.S. Treasury inflation-indexed bonds. For bonds that do not provide a similar guarantee, the adjusted principal value of the bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal.
Interest in Loans: The value and the income streams of interests in loans (including participation interests in lease financings and assignments in secured variable or floating rate loans) will decline if borrowers delay payments or fail to pay altogether. A significant rise in market interest rates could increase this risk. Although loans may be fully collateralized when purchased, such collateral may become illiquid or decline in value.
Interest Rate: A rise in market interest rates generally results in a fall in the value of bonds and other debt instruments; conversely, values generally rise as market interest rates fall. Interest rate risk is generally greater for debt instruments than floating-rate instruments. The higher the credit quality of the instrument, and the longer its maturity or duration, the more sensitive it is to changes in market interest rates. Duration is a measure of sensitivity of the price of a debt instrument to a change in interest rate. As of the date of this Prospectus, the U.S. has recently experienced a rising market interest rate environment, which may increase a Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising market interest rates. Rising market interest rates have unpredictable effects on the markets and may expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility. To the extent that a Fund invests in debt instruments, an increase in market interest rates may lead to increased redemptions and increased portfolio turnover, which could reduce liquidity for certain investments, adversely affect values, and increase costs. Increased redemptions may cause a Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so and may lower returns. If dealer capacity in debt markets is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in debt markets. Further, recent and potential future changes in government policy may affect interest rates. Negative or very low interest rates could magnify the risks associated with changes in interest rates. In general, changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, could have unpredictable effects on markets and may expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility. Changes to monetary policy by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board or other regulatory actions could expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility, interest rate sensitivity, and reduced liquidity, which may impact a Fund’s operations and return potential.
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Interest Rate for Floating Rate Loans: Changes in short-term market interest rates will directly affect the yield on investments in floating rate loans. If short-term market interest rates fall, the yield on a Fund’s shares will also fall. To the extent that the interest rate spreads on loans in a Fund’s portfolio experience a general decline, the yield on the Fund’s shares will fall and the value of the Fund’s assets may decrease, which will cause the Fund’s net asset value to decrease. Conversely, when short-term market interest rates rise, because of the lag between changes in such short-term rates and the resetting of the floating rates on assets in a Fund’s portfolio, the impact of rising rates will be delayed to the extent of such lag. The impact of market interest rate changes on a Fund’s yield will also be affected by whether, and the extent to which, the floating rate loans in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to floors on the secured overnight funding rate (“SOFR”) base rate on which interest is calculated for such loans (a “benchmark floor”). So long as the base rate for a loan remains under the applicable benchmark floor, changes in short-term market interest rates will not affect the yield on such loans. In addition, to the extent that changes in market interest rates are reflected not in a change to a base rate such as SOFR but in a change in the spread over the base rate which is payable on the floating rate loans of the type and quality in which a Fund invests, the Fund’s net asset value could also be adversely affected. With respect to investments in fixed rate instruments, a rise in market interest rates generally causes values of such instruments to fall. The values of fixed rate instruments with longer maturities or duration are more sensitive to changes in market interest rates. As of the date of this Prospectus, the U.S has recently experienced a rising market interest rate environment, which may increase a Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising market interest rates. Rising market interest rates have unpredictable effects on the markets and may expose debt and related markets to heightened volatility, which could reduce liquidity for certain investments, adversely affect values, and increase costs. Increased redemptions may cause a Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so and may lower returns. If dealer capacity in debt and related markets is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in the debt and related markets. Further, recent and potential future changes in government policy may affect interest rates.
Investment Model: The Sub-Adviser’s proprietary investment model may not adequately take into account existing or unforeseen market factors or the interplay, including changes in the interplay, between such factors, and there is no guarantee that the use of a proprietary investment model will result in effective investment decisions for a Fund. Proprietary investment models used by the Sub-Adviser to evaluate securities or securities markets are based on the Sub-Adviser’s understanding of the interplay of market factors and do not assure successful investment. The markets, or the price of individual securities, may be affected by factors not foreseen in the construction of the proprietary investment models. Funds that are actively managed, in whole or in part, according to a quantitative investment model (including models that utilize forms of artificial intelligence, such as machine learning) can perform differently from the market, based on the investment model and the factors used in the analysis, the weight placed on each factor, and changes from the factors’ historical trends. Mistakes in the construction and implementation of the investment models (including, for example, data problems and/or software issues) may create errors or limitations that might go undetected or are discovered only after the errors or limitations have negatively impacted performance. Volatility management techniques may not always be successful in reducing volatility, may not protect against market declines, and may limit a Fund’s participation in market gains, negatively impacting performance even during periods when the market is rising. During sudden or significant market rallies, such underperformance may be significant. Moreover, volatility management strategies may increase portfolio transaction costs, which may increase losses or reduce gains. A Fund’s volatility may not be lower than that of the Fund’s Index during all market cycles due to market factors.
Large Shareholder Risk: To the extent a large number of shares of a Fund are held by a single shareholder or a group of shareholders with a common investment strategy, a Fund is subject to the risk that a redemption by such shareholder(s) of all or a large portion of their Fund shares will adversely affect a Fund’s performance by forcing a Fund to sell investments at disadvantageous prices to raise the cash needed to satisfy the redemption request or to sell investments when it would not otherwise have done so. Redemptions of a large number of shares also may increase transaction costs or, by necessitating a sale of portfolio securities, have adverse tax consequences for Fund shareholders not exempt from taxation. In some cases, a redemption of a large number of shares could disrupt a Fund’s operations or force a Fund’s liquidation. Further, from time to time a Fund may trade in anticipation of a purchase order or redemption request that ultimately is not received or differs in size from the actual order, leading to temporary underexposure or overexposure to a Fund’s intended investment program. In addition, redemptions and purchases of shares by a large shareholder or group of shareholders could limit the use of any capital losses (including capital loss carryforwards) to offset realized capital gains (if any) and other losses that would otherwise reduce distributable net investment
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income (if any). In addition, large shareholders may limit or prevent a Fund’s use or equalization for U.S. federal tax purposes.
LIBOR Transition and Reference Benchmarks: The London Interbank Offered Rate ( “ LIBOR ” ) was the offered rate for short-term Eurodollar deposits between major international banks. The terms of investments, financings or other transactions (including certain derivatives transactions) to which a Fund may be a party have historically been tied to LIBOR. In connection with the global transition away from LIBOR led by regulators and market participants, LIBOR was last published on a representative basis at the end of June 2023. Alternative reference rates to LIBOR have been established in most major currencies and markets in these new rates are continuing to develop. The transition away from LIBOR to the use of replacement rates has gone relatively smoothly but the full impact of the transition on a Fund or the financial instruments in which the Fund invests cannot yet be fully determined.
In addition, interest rates or other types of rates and indices which are classed as “benchmarks” have been the subject of ongoing national and international regulatory reform, including under the European Union regulation on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts (known as the “Benchmarks Regulation”). The Benchmarks Regulation has been enacted into United Kingdom law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended), subject to amendments made by the Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/657) and other statutory instruments. Following the implementation of these reforms, the manner of administration of benchmarks has changed and may further change in the future, with the result that relevant benchmarks may perform differently than in the past, the use of benchmarks that are not compliant with the new standards by certain supervised entities may be restricted, and certain benchmarks may be eliminated entirely. Such changes could cause increased market volatility and disruptions in liquidity for instruments that rely on or are impacted by such benchmarks. Additionally, there could be other consequences which cannot be predicted.
Limited Secondary Market for Floating Rate Loans: Although the re-sale, or secondary market, for floating rate loans has grown substantially in recent years, both in overall size and number of market participants, there is no organized exchange or board of trade on which floating rate loans are traded. Instead, the secondary market for floating rate loans is a private, unregulated inter-dealer or inter-bank re-sale market. Transactions in loans typically settle on a delayed basis and typically take longer than 7 days to settle. As a result a Fund may not receive the proceeds from a sale of a floating rate loan for a significant period of time. Delay in the receipts of settlement proceeds may impair the ability of a Fund to meet its redemption obligations and may increase amounts the Fund may be required to borrow. It may also limit the ability of a Fund to repay debt, pay dividends, or take advantage of new investment opportunities.
Floating rate loans usually trade in large denominations. Trades can be infrequent, and the market for floating rate loans may experience substantial volatility. In addition, the market for floating rate loans has limited transparency so that information about actual trades may be difficult to obtain. Accordingly, some of the floating rate loans will be relatively illiquid.
In addition, the floating rate loans may require the consent of the borrower and/or the agent prior to sale or assignment. These consent requirements can delay or impede a Fund’s ability to sell floating rate loans and can adversely affect the price that can be obtained.
These considerations may cause a Fund to sell floating rate loans at lower prices than it would otherwise consider to meet cash needs or cause the Fund to maintain a greater portion of its assets in money market instruments than it would otherwise, which could negatively impact performance. A Fund may seek to avoid the necessity of selling assets to meet redemption requests or liquidity needs by the use of borrowings. Such borrowings, even though they are for the purpose of satisfying redemptions or meeting liquidity needs and not to generate leveraged returns, nevertheless would produce leverage and the risks that are inherent in leverage. However, there can be no assurance that sales of floating rate loans at such lower prices can be avoided.
From time to time, the occurrence of one or more of the considerations described above may create a cascading effect where the market for debt instruments (including the market for floating rate loans) first experiences volatility and then decreased liquidity. Such conditions, or other similar conditions, may then adversely affect the value of floating rate loans and other instruments, widening spreads against higher-quality debt instruments, and making it harder to sell floating rate loans at prices at which they have historically or recently traded, thereby further reducing liquidity.
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For example, during the global financial crisis in the second half of 2008, the average price of loans in the Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index declined by 32% (which included a decline of 3.06% on a single day). Additionally, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the same index declined by 12.37% in March 2020 (which included a decline of 3.74% on a single day).
Declines in net asset value or other market developments (which could be more severe than these prior declines) may lead to increased redemptions, which could cause a Fund to have to sell floating rate loans and other instruments at disadvantageous prices and inhibit the ability of the Fund to retain its assets in the hope of greater stabilization in the secondary markets. In addition, these or similar circumstances could cause a Fund to sell its highest quality and most liquid floating rate loans and other investments in order to satisfy an initial wave of redemptions while leaving the Fund with a remaining portfolio of lower-quality and less liquid investments. In anticipation of such circumstances, a Fund may also need to maintain a larger portion of its assets in liquid instruments than usual. However, there can be no assurance that a Fund will foresee the need to maintain greater liquidity or that actual efforts to maintain a larger portion of assets in liquid investments would successfully mitigate the foregoing risks.
As of the date of this Prospectus, Voya Floating Rate Fund has entered into a line of credit under which it may borrow money from time to time. The amount of available borrowing under the line of credit reflects such factors as, among other things, the Investment Adviser’s expectations as to the liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio and settlement times for the loans held by the Fund, as well as anticipated growth in the size of the Fund. The cost of maintaining the line of credit will reduce the Fund’s investment return.
Liquidity: If a security is illiquid, a Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, exposing a Fund to the risk that the prices at which it sells illiquid securities will be less than the prices at which they were valued when held by a Fund, which could cause the Fund to lose money. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile than more liquid securities, and the risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress. Certain securities that are liquid when purchased may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress or due to geopolitical events such as sanctions, trading halts, or wars.
Liquidity for Floating Rate Loans: If a loan is illiquid, a Fund might be unable to sell the loan at a time when the manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid loans, exposing a Fund to the risk that the price at which it sells loans will be less than the price at which they were valued when held by the Fund. The risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress. A Fund could lose money if it cannot sell a loan at the time and price that would be most beneficial to the Fund. The SEC has proposed amendments to Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act and Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act that, if adopted, would, among other things, cause more investments to be treated as illiquid, which could prevent a Fund from investing in securities that the Investment Adviser or Sub-Adviser believes are attractive investment opportunities.
Market: The market values of securities will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions, governmental actions or intervention, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, and other factors. Prices of equity securities tend to rise and fall more dramatically than those of debt instruments. Additionally, legislative, regulatory or tax policies or developments may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs, and impair the ability of a Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
Market Capitalization: Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories: large, mid, and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. If valuations of large-capitalization companies appear to be greatly out of proportion to the valuations of mid- or small-capitalization companies, investors may migrate to the stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies causing a fund that invests in these companies to increase in value more rapidly than a fund that invests in large-capitalization companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be subject to special risks associated with narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, smaller management groups, more limited publicly available information, and a more limited trading market for their stocks as compared with large-capitalization companies. As a result, stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies may be more volatile and may decline significantly in market downturns.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical: A Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics,
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and other geopolitical events that have led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S. and global economies and markets, generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant market volatility, exchange suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, supply chain disruptions, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. The economic impacts of COVID-19 have created a unique challenge for real estate markets. Many businesses have either partially or fully transitioned to a remote-working environment and this transition may negatively impact the occupancy rates of commercial real estate over time. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine has, and may continue to, adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of a Fund’s investments, including beyond the Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. A number of U.S. domestic banks and foreign (non-U.S.) banks have recently experienced financial difficulties and, in some cases, failures. There can be no certainty that the actions taken by regulators to limit the effect of those financial difficulties and failures on other banks or other financial institutions or on the U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) economies generally will be successful. It is possible that more banks or other financial institutions will experience financial difficulties or fail, which may affect adversely other U.S. or foreign (non-U.S.) financial institutions and economies. These events as well as other changes in foreign (non-U.S.) and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of a Fund’s investments. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of a Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
Mortgage- and/or Asset-Backed Securities: Defaults on, or low credit quality or liquidity of, the underlying assets of the asset-backed (including mortgage-backed) securities may impair the value of these securities and result in losses. There may be limitations on the enforceability of any security interest or collateral granted with respect to those underlying assets, and the value of collateral may not satisfy the obligation upon default. These securities also present a higher degree of prepayment and extension risk and interest rate risk than do other types of debt instruments. Small movements in interest rates (both increases and decreases) may quickly and significantly reduce the value of certain asset-backed securities. The value of longer-term securities generally changes more in response to changes in market interest rates than shorter-term securities.
These securities may be affected significantly by government regulation, market interest rates, market perception of the creditworthiness of an issuer servicer, and loan-to-value ratio of the underlying assets. During an economic downturn, the mortgages, commercial or consumer loans, trade or credit card receivables, installment purchase obligations, leases, or other debt obligations underlying an asset-backed security may experience an increase in defaults as borrowers experience difficulties in repaying their loans which may cause the valuation of such securities to be more volatile and may reduce the value of such securities. These risks are particularly heightened for investments in asset-backed securities that contain sub-prime loans, which are loans made to borrowers with weakened credit histories and often have higher default rates. In addition, certain types of real estate may be adversely affected by changing usage trends, such as office buildings as a result of work-from-home practices and commercial facilities as a result of an increase in online shopping, which could in turn result in defaults and declines in value of mortgage-backed securities secured by such properties.
Municipal Obligations: The municipal securities market is volatile and can be affected significantly by adverse tax, legislative, or political changes and the financial condition of the issuers of municipal securities. Among other risks, investments in municipal securities are subject to the risk that an issuer may delay payment, restructure its debt, or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its debt. Municipal revenue obligations may be backed by the revenues generated from a specific project or facility and include industrial development bonds and private activity bonds. Private activity and industrial development bonds are dependent on the ability of the facility’s user to meet its financial obligations and the value of any real or personal property pledged as security for such payment. Many municipal securities are issued to finance projects relating to education, health care, transportation, and utilities. Conditions in those sectors may affect the overall municipal securities market. In addition, municipal securities backed by current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific asset may be adversely affected by the discontinuance of the taxation supporting the project or asset or the inability to collect revenues from the project or asset. If an issuer of a municipal security does not comply with applicable tax requirements for tax-exempt status, interest from the security may become taxable, and the security could decline in value.
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Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, is the risk that the value of an investment company’s underlying investments might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to a Fund’s expenses. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of a Fund; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which a Fund is typically subject.
ETFs are exchange-traded investment companies that are, in many cases, designed to provide investment results corresponding to an index. Additional risks of investments in ETFs include that: (i) an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained; or (ii) trading may be halted if the listing exchanges’ officials deem such action appropriate, the shares are delisted from an exchange, or the activation of market-wide “circuit breakers” (which are tied to large decreases in stock prices) halts trading of an ETF’s shares. Other investment companies include Holding Company Depositary Receipts (“HOLDRs”). Because HOLDRs concentrate in the stocks of a particular industry, trends in that industry may have a dramatic impact on their value. In addition, shares of ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and are subject to secondary market trading risks. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads, and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and authorized participants may step away from making a market in an ETF’s shares, which could cause a material decline in the ETF’s net asset value.
Portfolio Turnover: A Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to carry out its investment strategies, which may result in high portfolio turnover. A high portfolio turnover rate may increase transaction costs, which may lower a Fund’s performance and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
Preferred Stocks: Preferred stocks represent an equity interest in a company that generally entitles the holder to receive, in preference to the holders of other securities such as common stocks, dividends, and a fixed share of the proceeds resulting from a liquidation of the company. Some preferred stocks also entitle their holders to receive additional liquidation proceeds on the same basis as holders of a company’s common stock, and thus also represent an ownership interest in that company.
Preferred stock may pay fixed or adjustable rates of return. Preferred stock is subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. In addition, a company’s preferred stock generally pays dividends only after the company makes required payments to holders of its bonds and other debt. For this reason, the value of preferred stock will usually react more strongly than bonds and other debt to actual or perceived changes in the company’s financial condition or prospects.
Preferred stock of smaller companies may be more vulnerable to adverse developments than preferred stock of larger companies.
Preferred stock includes certain hybrid securities and other types of preferred stock with different features from those of traditional preferred stock described above. Preferred stocks that are hybrid securities possess various features of both debt and traditional preferred stock and as such, they may constitute senior debt, junior debt, or preferred shares in an issuer’s capital structure. Therefore, unlike traditional preferred stock, hybrid securities may not be subordinate to a company’s debt instruments.
Preferred stock may include features permitting or requiring the issuer to defer or omit distributions. Among other things, such deferral or omission may result in adverse tax consequences for a Fund. Preferred stock generally does not have voting rights with respect to the issuer unless dividends have been in arrears for certain specified periods of time. Preferred stock may be less liquid than other securities. As a result, preferred stock is subject to the risk that they may be unable to be sold at the time desired by a Fund or at prices approximating the values at which the Fund is carrying the stock on its books. In addition, over longer periods of time, certain types of preferred stock may become more scarce or less liquid as a result of legislative changes. Such events may negatively affect the prices of stock held by a Fund, which may result in losses to the Fund. In addition, an issuer of preferred stock may redeem the stock prior to a specified date, which may occur due to changes in tax or securities laws or corporate actions. A redemption by the issuer may negatively impact the return of the preferred stock.
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Prepayment and Extension: Many types of debt instruments are subject to prepayment and extension risk. Prepayment risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt instrument will pay back the principal earlier than expected. This risk is heightened in a falling market interest rate environment. Prepayment may expose a Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. Also, if a debt instrument subject to prepayment has been purchased at a premium, the value of the premium would be lost in the event of prepayment. Extension risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt instrument will pay back the principal later than expected. This risk is heightened in a rising market interest rate environment. This may negatively affect performance, as the value of the debt instrument decreases when principal payments are made later than expected. Additionally, a Fund may be prevented from investing proceeds it would have received at a given time at the higher prevailing interest rates. Loans typically have a 6-12 month call protection and may be prepaid partially or in full after the call protection period without penalty.
Repurchase Agreements: In the event that the other party to a repurchase agreement defaults on its obligations, a Fund would generally seek to sell the underlying security serving as collateral for the repurchase agreement. However, the value of collateral may be insufficient to satisfy the counterparty's obligation and/or a Fund may encounter delay and incur costs before being able to sell the security. Such a delay may involve loss of interest or a decline in price of the security, which could result in a loss. In addition, if a Fund is characterized by a court as an unsecured creditor, it would be at risk of losing some or all of the principal and interest involved in the transaction.
Restricted Securities: Securities that are legally restricted as to resale ( such as those issued in private placements), including securities governed by Rule 144A and Regulation S, and securities that are offered in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are referred to as “ restricted securities. ” Restricted securities may be sold in private placement transactions between issuers and their purchasers and may be neither listed on an exchange nor traded in other established markets. Due to the absence of a public trading market, restricted securities may be more volatile, less liquid, and more difficult to value than publicly-traded securities. The price realized from the sale of these securities could be less than the amount originally paid or less than their fair value if they are resold in privately negotiated transactions. In addition, these securities may not be subject to disclosure and other investment protection requirements that are afforded to publicly-traded securities. Certain restricted securities represent investments in smaller, less seasoned issuers, which may involve greater risk.
Securities Lending: Securities lending involves two primary risks: “ investment risk ” and “ borrower default risk. ” When lending securities, a Fund will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that a Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that a Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing a Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of a Fund’s other risks.
A Fund seeks to minimize investment risk by limiting the investment of cash collateral to high-quality instruments of short maturity. In the event of a borrower default, a Fund will be protected to the extent the Fund is able to exercise its rights in the collateral promptly and the value of such collateral is sufficient to purchase replacement securities. A Fund is protected by its securities lending agent, which has agreed to indemnify the Fund from losses resulting from borrower default.
Sovereign Debt: Sovereign debt is issued or guaranteed by foreign (non-U.S.) government entities. Investments in sovereign debt are subject to the risk that a government entity may delay payment, restructure its debt, or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt due to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, social changes, the relative size of its debt position to its economy, or its failure to put in place economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or other multilateral agencies. If a government entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans. There is no legal process for collecting amounts owed on sovereign debt, such as bankruptcy proceedings, that a government does not pay.
U.S. Government Securities and Obligations: U.S. government securities are obligations of, or guaranteed by, the U.S. government, its agencies, or government-sponsored enterprises. U.S. government securities are subject to market risk and interest rate risk, and may be subject to varying degrees of credit risk. Some U.S. government securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government and are guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the U.S. Treasury. These include direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury such as U.S. Treasury notes, bills, and bonds, as well as indirect obligations including certain securities of the Government National Mortgage Association, the Small
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Business Administration, and the Farmers Home Administration, among others. Other U.S. government securities are not direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury, but rather are backed by the ability to borrow directly from the U.S. Treasury, including certain securities of the Federal Financing Bank, the Federal Home Loan Bank, and the U.S. Postal Service. Other U.S. government securities are backed solely by the credit of the agency or instrumentality itself and are neither guaranteed nor insured by the U.S. government and, therefore, involve greater risk. These include securities issued by the Federal Home Loan Bank, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the Federal Farm Credit Bank, among others. Consequently, the investor must look principally to the agency issuing or guaranteeing the obligation for ultimate repayment. No assurance can be given that the U.S. government would provide financial support to such agencies if it is not obligated to do so by law. The impact of greater governmental scrutiny into the operations of certain agencies and government-sponsored enterprises may adversely affect the value of securities issued by these entities. U.S. government securities may be subject to price declines due to changing market interest rates. From time to time, uncertainty regarding the status of negotiations in the U.S. government to increase the statutory debt ceiling could increase the risk that the U.S. government may default on payments on certain U.S. government securities, cause the credit rating of the U.S. government to be downgraded, increase volatility in the stock and bond markets, result in higher interest rates, reduce prices of U.S. Treasury securities, and/or increase the costs of various kinds of debt. If a U.S. government-sponsored entity is negatively impacted by legislative or regulatory action (or lack thereof), is unable to meet its obligations, or its creditworthiness declines, the performance of a Fund that holds securities of the entity will be adversely impacted.
Valuation of Loans: A Fund values its assets every day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. However, because the secondary market for floating rate loans is limited, it may be difficult to value loans, exposing a Fund to the risk that the price at which it sells loans will be less than the price at which they were valued when held by the Fund. Reliable market value quotations may not be readily available for some loans, and determining the fair valuation of such loans may require more research than for securities that trade in a more active secondary market. In addition, elements of judgment may play a greater role in the valuation of loans than for more securities that trade in a more developed secondary market because there is less reliable, objective market value data available. If a Fund purchases a relatively large portion of a loan, the limitations of the secondary market may inhibit the Fund from selling a portion of the loan and reducing its exposure to a borrower when the manager deems it advisable to do so. Even if a Fund itself does not own a relatively large portion of a particular loan, the Fund, in combination with other similar accounts under management by the same portfolio managers, may own large portions of loans. The aggregate amount of holdings could create similar risks if and when the portfolio managers decide to sell those loans. These risks could include, for example, the risk that the sale of an initial portion of the loan could be at a price lower than the price at which the loan was valued by a Fund, the risk that the initial sale could adversely impact the price at which additional portions of the loan are sold, and the risk that the foregoing events could warrant a reduced valuation being assigned to the remaining portion of the loan still owned by the Fund.
When-Issued, Delayed Delivery, and Forward Commitment Transactions: When-issued, delayed delivery, and forward commitment transactions involve the risk that the security a Fund buys will lose value prior to its delivery. These transactions may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing a Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of a Fund’s other risks. There also is the risk that the security will not be issued or that the other party will not meet its obligation. If this occurs, a Fund loses both the investment opportunity for the assets it set aside to pay for the security and any gain in the security’s price.
Zero-Coupon Bonds and Pay-in-Kind Securities: Zero-coupon bonds and pay-in-kind securities may be subject to greater fluctuations in price due to market interest rate changes than conventional interest-bearing securities. A Fund may have to pay out the imputed income on zero-coupon bonds without receiving the actual cash currency, resulting in a loss.
Further Information About Principal Risks
The following provides additional information about certain aspects of the principal risks described above.
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Counterparty: The entity with which a Fund conducts portfolio-related business (such as trading or securities lending), or that underwrites, distributes or guarantees investments or agreements that the Fund owns or is otherwise exposed to, may refuse or may become unable to honor its obligations under the terms of a transaction or agreement. As a result, the Fund may sustain losses and be less likely to achieve its investment objective. These risks may be greater when engaging in over-the-counter transactions or when a Fund conducts business with a limited number of counterparties.
Duration: One measure of risk for debt instruments is duration. Duration measures the sensitivity of a bond’s price to market interest rate movements and is one of the tools used by a portfolio manager in selecting debt instruments. Duration measures the average life of a bond on a present value basis by incorporating into one measure a bond’s yield, coupons, final maturity and call features. As a point of reference, the duration of a non-callable 7% coupon bond with a remaining maturity of 5 years is approximately 4.5 years and the duration of a non-callable 7% coupon bond with a remaining maturity of 10 years is approximately 8 years. Material changes in market interest rates may impact the duration calculation. For example, the price of a bond with an average duration of 5 years would be expected to fall approximately 5% if market interest rates rose by 1%. Conversely, the price of a bond with an average duration of 5 years would be expected to rise approximately 5% if market interest rates dropped by 1%.
Inflation: Inflation risk is the risk that the value of assets or income from a Fund's investments will be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of payments at future dates. As inflation increases, the value of a Fund could decline. Inflation rates may change frequently and drastically as a result of various factors and a Fund's investments may not keep pace with inflation, which may result in losses to the Fund’s investors or adversely affect the value of shareholders' investments in the Fund.
Investment by Other Funds: Certain funds-of-funds, including some Voya funds, may invest in a Fund. If investments by these other funds result in large inflows or outflows of cash from a Fund, a Fund could be required to sell securities or invest cash at times, or in ways, that could, among other things, negatively impact its performance, speed the realization of capital gains, increase its portfolio turnover, affect the liquidity of its portfolio, or increase transaction costs. The manager will monitor transactions by such funds-of-funds and will attempt to minimize any adverse effects these transactions may have on a Fund. If shares of a Fund are purchased by another fund in reliance on Section 12(d)(1)(G) of the 1940 Act or Rule 12d1-4 thereunder and the Fund purchases shares of other investment companies in reliance on Rule 12d1-4, the Fund will not be able to make new investments in other funds, including private funds, if, as a result of such investment, more than 10% of the Fund’s assets would be invested in other funds or private funds, subject to certain exceptions.
Leverage: Certain transactions and investment strategies may give rise to leverage. Such transactions and investment strategies include, but are not limited to: borrowing, dollar rolls, reverse repurchase agreements, loans of portfolio securities, short sales, and the use of when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment transactions. The use of certain derivatives may also increase leveraging risk and, in some cases, adverse changes in the value or level of a derivative’s underlying asset, rate, or index may result in potentially unlimited losses. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing a Fund to be more volatile than if the Fund had not been leveraged. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of a Fund’s other risks. The use of leverage may cause a Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so to satisfy its obligations or to meet regulatory requirements resulting in increased volatility of returns. There can be no guarantee that a leveraging strategy will be successful.
Manager: A Fund is subject to manager risk because it is an actively managed investment portfolio. The Investment Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, or each individual portfolio manager will make judgments and apply investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions, but there can be no guarantee that these decisions will produce the desired results. A Fund’s portfolio may fail to produce the intended results, and a Fund’s portfolio may underperform other comparable funds because of portfolio management decisions related to, among other things, the selection of investments, portfolio construction, risk assessments, and/or the outlook on market trends and opportunities.
Operational: A Fund, its service providers, and other market participants increasingly depend on complex information technology and communications systems to conduct business functions. These systems are subject to a number of different threats or risks that could adversely affect a Fund and its shareholders, despite the efforts of a Fund and its service providers to adopt technologies, processes, and practices intended to mitigate these risks. Cyber-attacks, disruptions, or failures that affect a Fund’s service providers, counterparties, market participants, or issuers of securities held by a Fund may adversely affect a Fund and its shareholders, including by causing losses or impairing the Fund’s
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operations. Information relating to a Fund’s investments has been and will in the future be delivered electronically, which can give rise to a number of risks, including, but not limited to, the risks that such communications may not be secure and may contain computer viruses or other defects, may not be accurately replicated on other systems, or may be intercepted, deleted or interfered with, without the knowledge of the sender or the intended recipient.
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PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

A description of each Fund's policies and procedures regarding the release of portfolio holdings information is available in the SAI. Portfolio holdings information can be reviewed online at https://individuals.voya.com/product/mutual-fund/prospectuses-reports.
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Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, an Arizona limited liability company, is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser. Voya Investments serves as the investment adviser to, and has overall responsibility for the management of, each Fund. Voya Investments oversees all investment advisory and portfolio management services and assists in managing and supervising all aspects of the general day-to-day business activities and operations of each Fund, including, but not limited to, the following: custodial, transfer agency, dividend disbursing, accounting, auditing, compliance, and related services.
Voya Investments began business as an investment adviser in 1994 and currently serves as investment adviser to certain registered investment companies, consisting of open- and closed-end registered investment companies and collateralized loan obligations. Voya Investments is an indirect subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc. Voya Financial, Inc. is a U.S.-based financial institution whose subsidiaries operate in the retirement, investment, and insurance industries.
Voya Investments' principal business address is 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258.
Management Fee
The Investment Adviser receives an annual fee for its services to each Fund. The fee is payable in monthly installments based on the average daily net assets of each Fund.
The Investment Adviser is responsible for all of its own costs, including costs of the personnel required to carry out its duties.
The following table shows the aggregate annual management fee paid by each Fund for the most recent fiscal year as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
 
Management Fees
Voya Floating Rate Fund
0.65%
Voya GNMA Income Fund
0.45%
Voya High Yield Bond Fund
0.61%
Voya Intermediate Bond Fund
0.27%
Voya Short Duration Bond Fund
0.25%
Voya Short Duration High Income Fund
0.48%
Voya Strategic Income Opportunities Fund
0.50%
For information regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the investment advisory and investment sub-advisory relationships, please refer to the Funds' annual shareholder report, which covers the one-year period ended March 31, 2024.
Sub-Adviser
The Investment Adviser has engaged a sub-adviser to provide the day-to-day management of each Fund's portfolio. The Sub-Adviser is an affiliate of the Investment Adviser.
The Investment Adviser acts as a “manager-of-managers” for each Fund. The Investment Adviser has ultimate responsibility, subject to the oversight of each Fund’s Board, to oversee any sub-advisers and to recommend the hiring, termination, or replacement of sub-advisers. Each Fund and the Investment Adviser have received exemptive relief from the SEC which permits the Investment Adviser, with the approval of the Board but without obtaining shareholder approval, to enter into or materially amend a sub-advisory agreement with sub-advisers that are not affiliated with the Investment Adviser (“non-affiliated sub-advisers”) as well as sub-advisers that are indirect or direct, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Investment Adviser or of another company that indirectly or directly wholly owns the Investment Adviser (“wholly-owned sub-advisers”).
Consistent with the “manager-of-managers” structure, the Investment Adviser delegates to the Sub-Adviser(s) of each Fund the responsibility for day-to-day investment management, subject to the Investment Adviser’s oversight. The Investment Adviser is responsible for, among other things, monitoring the investment program and performance of the Sub-Adviser(s). Pursuant to the exemptive relief, the Investment Adviser, with the approval of the Board, has the discretion to terminate any sub-adviser (including terminating a non-affiliated sub-adviser and replacing it with a wholly-owned sub-adviser), and to allocate and reallocate a Fund’s assets among other sub-advisers.
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The Investment Adviser’s selection of sub-advisers presents conflicts of interest. The Investment Adviser will have an economic incentive to select sub-advisers that charge the lowest sub-advisory fees, to select sub-advisers affiliated with it, or to manage a portion of a Fund itself. The Investment Adviser may retain an affiliated sub-adviser (or delay terminating an affiliated sub-adviser) in order to help that sub-adviser achieve or maintain scale in an investment strategy or increase its assets under management. The Investment Adviser may select or retain an affiliated sub-adviser even in cases where another potential sub-adviser or an existing sub-adviser might charge a lower fee or have more favorable historical investment performance.
In the event that the Investment Adviser exercises its discretion to replace a sub-adviser or appoint a new sub-adviser, a Fund will provide shareholders with information about the new sub-adviser and the new sub-advisory agreement within 90 days. The replacement of an existing sub-adviser or appointment of a new sub-adviser may be accompanied by a change to a Fund’s name and/or investment strategies.
A sub-advisory agreement can be terminated by the Investment Adviser, a Fund’s Board, or the Sub-Adviser, provided that the conditions of such termination, as set forth in the agreement, are met. In addition, a sub-advisory agreement may be terminated by a Fund’s shareholders. In the event a sub-advisory agreement is terminated, the Sub-Adviser(s) may be replaced, subject to any regulatory requirements, or the Investment Adviser may assume day-to-day investment management of the Fund.
The “manager-of-managers” structure and reliance on the exemptive relief has been approved by each Fund’s shareholders.
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM” or the “Sub-Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, was founded in 1972 and is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser. Voya IM has acted as an investment adviser or sub-adviser to mutual funds since 1994 and has managed institutional accounts since 1972. Voya IM is an indirect subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc. and is an affiliate of the Investment Adviser. Voya IM's principal business address is 230 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10169.
Portfolio Management
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the noted Funds.
Portfolio Manager
Sub-Adviser
Fund
Recent Professional Experience
Sean Banai, CFA
Voya IM
Voya Intermediate Bond Fund
Voya Short Duration Bond Fund
Voya Strategic Income
Opportunities Fund
Mr. Banai, Portfolio Manager and head of portfolio
management for the fixed-income platform, joined
Voya IM in 1999. Previously, he was a senior
portfolio manager and head of quantitative research
for proprietary fixed-income. Prior to that, Mr. Banai
was a partner in a private sector company.
Mohamed Basma, CFA
Voya IM
Voya Floating Rate Fund
Voya High Yield Bond Fund
Mr. Basma, Portfolio Manager, Managing Director,
and head of leveraged credit at Voya IM also chairs
the leveraged credit investment committee. Mr.
Basma is currently a member of the board of
directors of the Loan Syndications and Trading
Association. Previously at Voya IM, he served as
head of senior loans and global CLOs for leveraged
credit where he was responsible for all aspects of
the team's senior loan and global CLO business and
the team's CLO investing strategies. Prior to that, Mr.
Basma was a senior auditor and consultant in the
audit and business advisory group with Arthur
Andersen, LLP where he was responsible for
executing corporate audits and financial consulting
engagements.
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Portfolio Manager
Sub-Adviser
Fund
Recent Professional Experience
James Dudnick, CFA
Voya IM
Voya Short Duration High Income
Fund
Mr. Dudnick, Senior Vice President, Portfolio
Manager, is a lead portfolio manager for income and
growth at Voya IM. He joined the firm as part of
Voya's acquisition of Allianz Global Investors U.S.,
where he was a portfolio manager and director with
portfolio management and research responsibilities
for the short duration high income team. Prior to
joining Allianz Global Investors U.S., Mr.
Dudnick was a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch,
working with both individual and institutional clients.
Prior to that, he worked at Goldman Sachs as a
financial analyst in the investment management
division, where he conducted research and executed
trades.
Jeff Dutra, CFA
Voya IM
Voya GNMA Income Fund
Mr. Dutra, Portfolio Manager, has been with Voya IM
since 2000 and is a senior portfolio manager for the
residential mortgage-backed securities portfolios.
Previously he managed the operations
and accounting groups and was responsible for
financial and mortgage derivatives. Prior to joining
Voya IM, he was with Metropolitan Life Insurance
(1996-2000) and Salomon Brothers (1994-1996).
Steven Gish, CFA
Voya IM
Voya Short Duration High Income
Fund
Mr. Gish, Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager, is
a lead portfolio manager for income and growth at
Voya IM. He joined the firm as part of Voya's
acquisition of Allianz Global Investors U.S., where he
was a portfolio manager and director with portfolio
management and research responsibilities on the
short duration high income team. Prior to joining
Allianz Global Investors U.S., Mr. Gish was a senior
research analyst with Roth Capital Partners. Prior to
that, he worked in credit at a division of Deutsche
Bank Group.
David Goodson
Voya IM
Voya Intermediate Bond Fund
Voya Short Duration Bond Fund
Mr. Goodson, Senior Portfolio Manager for
mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed
securities strategies, is head of securitized
fixed-income at Voya IM. Prior to joining Voya IM in
2002, he was a principal at an independent
investment bank focused on asset-backed
commercial paper transactions. Mr. Goodson began
his career as a vice-president in Wachovia
Securities’ asset-backed finance group, marketing
and executing securitizations for the bank’s
corporate clients.
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Portfolio Manager
Sub-Adviser
Fund
Recent Professional Experience
Justin Kass, CFA
Voya IM
Voya Short Duration High Income
Fund
Mr. Kass, Senior Managing Director, Portfolio
Manager, is chief investment officer, co-head of
income and growth at Voya IM. He joined the firm as
part of Voya's acquisition of Allianz Global Investors
U.S., where he was a portfolio manager, managing
director, CIO, and co-head of the U.S. income and
growth strategies team with portfolio management,
research and trading responsibilities for the income
and strategies team. Prior to that at Allianz Global
Investors U.S., Mr. Kass held portfolio manager
responsibilities for the U.S. convertible strategy and
was a lead portfolio manager for the income and
growth strategy since its inception and was also
responsible for managing multiple closed- and
open-end mutual funds.
Justin McWhorter, CFA
Voya IM
Voya GNMA Income Fund
Mr. McWhorter, Portfolio Manager, has been with
Voya IM since 2001 and is currently a portfolio
manager for the residential mortgage-backed
securities portfolios. He also has experience in
investment accounting. Prior to joining Voya IM, Mr.
McWhorter was with Arthur Andersen LLP
(1999-2001).
Randall Parrish, CFA
Voya IM
Voya Floating Rate Fund
Voya High Yield Bond Fund
Voya Intermediate Bond Fund
Voya Short Duration Bond Fund
Mr. Parrish, CFA, is a managing director and head of
public credit at Voya IM, overseeing the investment
grade, emerging market and leveraged credit teams.
Previously at Voya IM, Randy was head of high yield
and served as a portfolio manager and analyst on
the high yield team. Prior to joining Voya IM, he was
a corporate banker in leveraged finance with
SunTrust Bank and predecessors to Bank of
America. Randy earned a BBA in business
administration from the University of Georgia and is
a CFA® Charterholder.
Eric Stein, CFA
Voya IM
Voya Intermediate Bond Fund
Voya Strategic Income
Opportunities Fund
Mr. Stein, Head of Investments and Chief Investment
Officer of fixed income at Voya IM, leads teams of
investment professionals across fixed income,
multi-asset strategies and solutions, income and
growth and equities. He is directly responsible for
portfolio management and oversight of the fixed
income platform and servers as the chair of the
Fixed Income Asset Allocation Committee, a group
that formulates the fixed income platform's strategic
investment themes that informs strategy and risk
budgeting across public fixed income portfolios.
Prior to joining Voya IM, Mr. Stein was chief
investment officer for fixed income at Eaton Vance
and Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Prior
to that, he worked on the Markets Desk at the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS (continued)

Portfolio Manager
Sub-Adviser
Fund
Recent Professional Experience
Brian Timberlake, Ph.D.,
CFA
Voya IM
Voya Strategic Income
Opportunities Fund
Dr. Timberlake, Portfolio Manager and Head of
Fixed-Income Research, joined Voya IM in 2003.
Previously at Voya IM, he was Head of Quantitative
Research and before that, a Senior Quantitative
Analyst.
Performance of Other Accounts for Voya Short Duration High Income Fund
Voya Short Duration High Income Fund (the “Voya Fund”) commenced operations on February 9, 2023 and full calendar year performance is not yet available. Voya IM's short duration high income strategy (the “Strategy”) was previously implemented by Allianz Global Investors U.S. (“AllianzGI”). In July 2022, AllianzGI transferred certain assets and teams comprising the substantial majority of its U.S. business to Voya IM. Presented below is historical performance information for all of the investment accounts managed by AllianzGI during the periods shown that had investment objectives, policies, strategies, and investment restrictions that are substantially similar to those of the Voya Fund (the “Short Duration Composite”). The number of accounts in the Short Duration Composite ranged from two to four over the periods, including the Virtus Fund described below.
Prior to joining Voya IM in July 2022, James Dudnick, CFA and Steven Gish, CFA, portfolio managers for the Voya Fund, were employed by AllianzGI, where they served as portfolio managers for the Strategy. Messrs. Dudnick and Gish have represented to the Voya Fund that they became portfolio managers of the Strategy during January 2014 and that, for the period from that time through July 22, 2022, they were portfolio managers for all of the accounts in the Short Duration Composite, including the Virtus Fund described below for the period April 1, 2014 through July 22, 2022.
The Short Duration Composite performance data is provided to illustrate the past performance of the Strategy during the periods shown as measured against specified broad-based securities market indices.
The performance of the Short Duration Composite was calculated in accordance with recognized industry standards, consistently applied to all time periods. All returns presented were calculated on a total return basis, including accrued income, realized and unrealized gains or losses, and reinvestment of all dividends and interest, and are net of all brokerage commissions and execution costs. In addition, with the exception of the Virtus Fund described below, the accounts comprising the Short Duration Composite were not subject to the diversification requirements, tax restrictions, and investment limitations imposed on the Voya Fund by the 1940 Act or Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). As a result, the investment portfolio of the Voya Fund, if it had been in operation during the periods shown, would likely have differed to some extent from those of the institutional private accounts and the unregistered funds included in the Short Duration Composite. No leverage was used in the accounts included in the Short Duration Composite.
The performance results shown have been calculated by reducing the Short Duration Composite gross return by the estimated net expenses of each class of the Voya Fund for its first year. The returns in the Short Duration Composite have not been adjusted to reflect the effect of U.S. federal or state income taxes. The effect of taxes on any investor will depend on such person's tax status and other factors.
The Short Duration Composite includes performance of Virtus AllianzGI Short Duration High Income Fund, a series of Virtus Strategy Trust (the “Virtus Fund”), an investment company registered with the SEC under the 1940 Act, for the period from April 1, 2014 to July 22, 2022 (the “Virtus Fund Performance Period”). AllianzGI acted as investment sub-adviser to the Virtus Fund from February 1, 2021 through July 22, 2022, and as investment adviser to the Virtus Fund until January 31, 2021. (Prior to February 1, 2021, the Virtus Fund was known as the AllianzGI Short Duration High Income Fund; it is now known as Virtus Newfleet Short Duration High Income Fund.) Messrs. Dudnick and Gish have represented to the Voya Fund that, for the Virtus Fund Performance Period, they were the portfolio managers primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Virtus Fund and that no other person played a significant role in managing the Virtus Fund’s portfolio.
Additional information regarding the Short Duration Composite and the related policies for valuing the portfolios that comprise the Short Duration Composite, calculating performance, and preparing compliant presentations are available upon request. The SEC uses a methodology different from that used below to calculate performance which could result in different performance results.
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MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS (continued)

The tables below show average annual total returns for the periods shown ending December 31, 2021 and calendar year total returns through calendar year 2021, along with returns for two broad-based market indices for corresponding periods. This information has not been audited. The performance data presented below for the Short Duration Composite does not represent the historical performance of the Voya Fund and should not be interpreted as being indicative of the past or future performance of the Voya Fund.
Average Annual Total Returns
(as of December 31, 2021)
 
Short
Duration
Composite
for Class
A Shares
(At Max
Sales
Charge)1
Short
Duration
Composite
for Class
A Shares
(With No
Sales
Charge)
Short
Duration
Composite
for Class
C Shares
(At
Max Sales
Charge)2
Short
Duration
Composite
for Class
C Shares
(With
No Sales
Charge)
Short
Duration
Composite
for Class
I Shares
(With No
Sales
Charge)
Short
Duration
Composite
for Class
R6 Shares
(With No
Sales
Charge)
ICE BofA
1-3 Year
BB U.S.
Cash Pay
High Yield
Index3
ICE BofA
1-3 Year
US
Treasury
Index3
One Year
2.43%
5.06%
3.24%
4.28%
5.32%
5.32%
3.24%
-0.55%
Three Years
5.28%
6.17%
5.03%
5.38%
6.44%
6.44%
5.77%
2.02%
Five Years
3.89%
4.42%
3.43%
3.64%
4.68%
4.68%
4.44%
1.61%
Period beginning 02/01/14
3.85%
4.18%
3.27%
3.40%
4.44%
4.44%
4.22%
1.25%
Annual Total Returns
(as of December 31 of each year through December 31, 2021)
 
Short
Duration
Composite
for Class
A Shares
(At Max
Sales
Charge)1
Short
Duration
Composite
for Class
A Shares
(With No
Sales
Charge)
Short
Duration
Composite
for Class
C Shares
(At
Max Sales
Charge)2
Short
Duration
Composite
for Class
C Shares
(With
No Sales
Charge)
Short
Duration
Composite
for Class
I Shares
(With No
Sales
Charge)
Short
Duration
Composite
for Class
R6 Shares
(With No
Sales
Charge)
ICE BofA
1-3 Year
BB U.S.
Cash Pay
High Yield
Index3
ICE BofA
1-3 Year
US
Treasury
Index3
2021
2.43%
5.06%
3.24%
4.28%
5.32%
5.32%
3.24%
-0.55%
2020
3.61%
6.27%
4.43%
5.48%
6.53%
6.53%
5.44%
3.10%
2019
4.52%
7.20%
5.35%
6.41%
7.47%
7.47%
8.69%
3.55%
2018
-2.78%
-0.29%
-2.02%
-1.03%
-0.04%
-0.04%
1.34%
1.58%
2017
1.40%
4.00%
2.20%
3.23%
4.26%
4.26%
3.64%
0.42%
2016
7.09%
9.84%
7.94%
9.03%
10.11%
10.11%
8.46%
0.89%
2015
-2.80%
-0.31%
-2.05%
-1.06%
-0.06%
-0.06%
1.20%
0.54%
1
Reflects a deduction of the maximum applicable Class A sales charge of 2.50%.
2
Reflects the deduction of a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are sold within one year from the date of purchase.
3
The index returns do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes.
The table below shows the performance of Class A, Class C, Institutional Class (“Class I”), and Class R6 shares of the Virtus Fund during the Virtus Fund Performance Period. The returns shown in the table reflect the different expenses of the share classes. The returns shown for Class A shares reflect the deduction of an initial 2.25% sales charge, and the returns shown for Class C shares reflect the deduction of maximum sales charges and full redemption at the end of periods shown. Class A shares were subject to the highest expenses, followed by Class C shares, Class I shares and Class R6 shares. A share class with a relatively high expense ratio would be expected to experience less favorable performance than a share class with a lower expense ratio. The performance data presented below for the Virtus Fund does not represent the historical performance of the Voya Fund and should not be interpreted as being indicative of the past or future performance of the Voya Fund.
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Average Annual Total Returns %
(for the periods ended December 31, 2021)
 
 
1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since
Inception1
Inception
Date1
Class A before taxes
%
2.75%
3.83%
N/A
4.03%
04/01/14
ICE BofA 1-3 Year BB U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Index2
%
3.24%
4.44%
N/A
4.20%
ICE BofA 1-3 Year US Treasury Index2
%
-0.55%
1.61%
N/A
1.28%
Class C before taxes
%
4.84%
4.03%
N/A
3.76%
04/01/14
ICE BofA 1-3 Year BB U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Index2
%
3.24%
4.44%
N/A
4.20%
ICE BofA 1-3 Year US Treasury Index2
%
-0.55%
1.61%
N/A
1.28%
Class I before taxes
%
5.35%
4.56%
N/A
4.30%
04/01/14
ICE BofA 1-3 Year BB U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Index2
%
3.24%
4.44%
N/A
4.20%
ICE BofA 1-3 Year US Treasury Index2
%
-0.55%
1.61%
N/A
1.28%
Class R6 before taxes
%
5.45%
N/A
N/A
4.58%
02/01/17
ICE BofA 1-3 Year BB U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Index2
%
3.24%
4.44%
N/A
4.44%
ICE BofA 1-3 Year US Treasury Index2
%
-0.55%
1.61%
N/A
1.61%
1
The inception date is April 1, 2014, the commencement of the Virtus Fund Performance Period for Class A, Class C, and Class I shares, and February 1, 2017 for Class R6 shares.
2
The index returns do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes.
Additional Information Regarding the Portfolio Managers
The SAI provides additional information about each portfolio manager’s compensation, other accounts managed by each portfolio manager, and the securities each portfolio manager owns in the Fund(s) the portfolio manager manages.
Distributor
Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (the “Distributor”), a Delaware limited liability company, is the principal underwriter and distributor of each Fund. The Distributor is an indirect subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc. and is an affiliate of the Investment Adviser. The Distributor’s principal business address is 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258. See “Principal Underwriter” in the SAI.
The Distributor is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). To obtain information about FINRA member firms and their associated persons, you may contact FINRA at www.finra.org or the Public Disclosure Hotline at 800-289-9999.
Contractual Arrangements
Each Fund has contractual arrangements with various service providers, which may include, among others, investment advisers, distributors, custodians and fund accounting agents, shareholder service providers, and transfer agents, who provide services to each Fund. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended (“third-party”) beneficiaries of, any of those contractual arrangements, and those contractual arrangements are not intended to create in any individual shareholder or group of shareholders any right to enforce them against the service providers or to seek any remedy under them against the service providers, either directly or on behalf of a Fund. This paragraph is not intended to limit any rights granted to shareholders under federal or state securities laws.
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CLASSES OF SHARES

Choosing a Share Class
When choosing between classes, you should carefully consider: (1) how long you plan to hold shares of a Fund; (2) the amount of your investment; (3) the expenses you will pay for each class, including ongoing annual expenses along with the initial sales charge or the contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”); and (4) whether you qualify for any sales charge discounts. Please review the disclosure about all of the available share classes carefully. Before investing, you should discuss with your financial intermediary which share class may be right for you.
The table below summarizes the features of the classes of shares available through this Prospectus. Fund charges may vary so you should review each Fund's fee table included in the summary section of this Prospectus as well as the section entitled “Sales Charges” in this Prospectus.
Summary of primary differences among share classes:
Class A
 
Initial Sales Charge
Up to 2.50% (reduced for purchases of $100,000 or more and
eliminated for purchases of $500,000 or more)
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
None (except that with respect to purchases of $500,000 or
more for which the initial sales charge was waived, a charge of
1.00% applies to redemptions made within 12 months for all
Funds except Voya Short Duration Bond Fund and Voya Short
Duration High Income Fund. For Voya Short Duration Bond Fund
and Voya Short Duration High Income Fund, a charge of 0.50%
applies to redemptions made within 12 months)1
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
0.25% annually
Purchase Maximum
None
Minimum Initial Purchase/Minimum Account Size
$1,000 ($250 for IRAs)/$1,000 ($250 for IRAs)
Minimum Subsequent Purchases
None (At least $100/month for pre-authorized investment plan)
Minimum Initial Account Balance for Systematic Exchange
Privilege
$5,000
Conversion
None
Class C
 
Initial Sales Charge
None
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
1.00% if the shares are sold within one year from the date of
purchase
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
1.00% annually
Purchase Maximum
$1,000,000
Minimum Initial Purchase/Minimum Account Size
$1,000 ($250 for IRAs)/$1,000 ($250 for IRAs)
Minimum Subsequent Purchases
None (At least $100/month for pre-authorized investment plan)
Minimum Initial Account Balance for Systematic Exchange
Privilege
$5,000
Conversion
Automatic conversion to Class A shares at net asset value
(without the imposition of a sales charge) after 8 years
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CLASSES OF SHARES (continued)

Class I
 
Initial Sales Charge
None
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
None
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
None
Purchase Maximum
None
Minimum Initial Purchase2/Minimum Account Size
$250,000/$250,000
Minimum Subsequent Purchases
None (At least $100/month for pre-authorized investment plan)
Minimum Initial Account Balance for Systematic Exchange
Privilege
None
Conversion
None
Class R
 
Initial Sales Charge
None
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
None
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
0.50% annually
Purchase Maximum
None
Minimum Initial Purchase/Minimum Account Size
None/None
Minimum Subsequent Purchases
None
Minimum Initial Account Balance for Systematic Exchange
Privilege
None
Conversion
None
Class R6
 
Initial Sales Charge
None
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
None
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
None
Purchase Maximum
None
Minimum Initial Purchase3/Minimum Account Size
$1,000,000/$1,000,000
Minimum Subsequent Purchases
None
Minimum Initial Account Balance for Systematic Exchange
Privilege
None
Conversion
None
Class W
 
Initial Sales Charge
None
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
None
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees
None
Purchase Maximum
None
Minimum Initial Purchase/Minimum Account Size
$1,000/$1,000
Minimum Subsequent Purchases
None (At least $100/month for pre-authorized investment plan)
Minimum Initial Account Balance for Systematic Exchange
Privilege
None
Conversion
None
1
A contingent deferred sales charge applies to shares purchased without an initial sales charge, as part of an investment of $500,000 or more, and redeemed within 12 months of purchase.
2
For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya IM who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; or (iii)
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CLASSES OF SHARES (continued)

(a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the Distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts.
3
For Class R6 shares, the minimum initial investment requirement is $1,000,000 for non-retirement accounts. There is no minimum initial investment requirement for retirement accounts, certain omnibus accounts, and pre-authorized investment plans.
Please refer to the “Minimum Investments” table on page 95 for additional information.
The relative impact of the initial sales charge, if applicable, and ongoing annual expenses will depend on the length of time a share is held. Higher distribution fees mean a higher expense ratio, so Class C shares and Class R shares pay correspondingly lower dividends and may have a lower net asset value (“NAV”) than Class A shares.
Because a Fund may not be able to identify an individual investor's trading activities when investing through omnibus account arrangements, you and/or your financial intermediary are responsible for ensuring that your investment in Class C shares does not exceed $1,000,000. A Fund cannot ensure that it will identify purchase orders that would cause your investment in Class C shares to exceed the maximum allowed amount. When investing through such arrangements, you and/or your financial intermediary should be diligent in determining that you have selected the appropriate share class for you.
You and/or your financial intermediary should also take care to assure that you are receiving any sales charge reductions or other benefits to which you may be entitled. As an example, as is discussed below, you may be able to reduce a Class A sales charge payable by aggregating purchases to achieve breakpoint discounts. Each Fund uses the net amount invested when determining whether a shareholder has reached the required investment amount in order to be eligible for a breakpoint discount. In order to ensure that you are receiving any applicable sales charge reduction, it may be necessary for you to inform the Fund or your financial intermediary of the existence of other accounts that may be eligible to be aggregated. The SAI discusses specific classes of investors who may be eligible for a reduced sales charge. In addition, investors investing in a Fund through an intermediary should consult Appendix A to this Prospectus, which includes information regarding financial intermediary specific sales charges and related discount policies that apply to purchases through certain specified intermediaries. Before investing you should discuss which share class may be right for you with your financial intermediary.
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
Certain Funds may pay a fee to the Distributor on an ongoing basis as compensation for the services the Distributor provides and the expenses it bears in connection with the sale and distribution of Fund shares (“distribution fee”) and/or in connection with personal services rendered to Fund shareholders and the maintenance of shareholder accounts (“shareholder service fee”). These payments are made pursuant to distribution and/or shareholder service plans adopted by a Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act (each, a “Rule 12b-1 Plan”). Because these distribution and shareholder service fees are paid on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.
The table below reflects the maximum annual rates at which the distribution and/or shareholder service fees may be paid under a Rule 12b-1 Plan (calculated as a percentage of each applicable Fund's average daily net assets attributable to the particular class of shares). “N/A” in the table below means the Fund and/or share class does not pay distribution and/or shareholder service fees or the Fund does not currently offer that share class.
Fund
Class A
Class C
Class I
Class R
Class R6
Class W
Voya Floating Rate Fund
0.25%
1.00%
N/A
0.50%
N/A
N/A
Voya GNMA Income Fund
0.25%
1.00%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Voya High Yield Bond Fund
0.25%
1.00%
N/A
0.50%
N/A
N/A
Voya Intermediate Bond Fund
0.25%
1.00%
N/A
0.50%
N/A
N/A
Voya Short Duration Bond Fund
0.25%
1.00%
N/A
0.50%
N/A
N/A
Voya Short Duration High Income Fund
0.25%
1.00%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Voya Strategic Income Opportunities Fund
0.25%
1.00%
N/A
0.50%
N/A
N/A
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SALES CHARGES

Each Fund makes available in a clear and prominent format, free of charge, on its website, (https://individuals.voya.com/product/share-classes-and-expenses), information regarding applicable sales loads, reduced sales charges (i.e., breakpoint discounts), sales load waivers, eligibility minimums and purchases of a Fund's shares. The website includes hyperlinks that facilitate access to the information.
Class A Shares
This section includes important information about sales charges and sales charge reduction programs available to investors in a Fund's Class A shares and describes the information or records you may need to provide to the Distributor or your financial intermediary in order to be eligible for sales charge reduction programs.
Unless you are eligible for a waiver, the public offering price you pay when you buy Class A shares is the NAV of the shares at the time of purchase, plus an initial sales charge. The initial sales charge varies depending on the size of your purchase, as set forth in the following tables. No sales charge is imposed when Class A shares are issued to you pursuant to the automatic reinvestment of income dividends or capital gains distributions. For investors investing in Class A shares through a financial intermediary, it is the responsibility of the financial intermediary to ensure that the investor obtains the proper breakpoint discount, if any.
Because the offering price is calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward rounding was required during the calculation process.
Class A shares are sold subject to the following sales charge:
Your Investment
As a % of
the offering price
As a % of net
asset value
Less than $100,000
2.50
2.56
$100,000 - $499,999
2.00
2.04
$500,000 or more1
N/A
N/A
1
See “CDSC - Class A Shares” below.
Former Class C or Class O shareholders that were converted to Class A shares are not subject to a sales charge for the life of their account on purchases made directly with a Fund.
Shareholders that exchanged Class O shares for Class A shares of a Fund are not subject to sales charges for additional purchases of Class A shares of that Fund for the life of their account.
CDSC - Class A Shares
Investments of $500,000 or More. There is no front-end sales charge if you purchase Class A shares in an amount of $500,000 or more. However, for all Funds except Voya Short Duration Bond Fund and Voya Short Duration High Income Fund, these shares will be subject to a 1.00% CDSC if they are redeemed within 12 months of purchase. For Voya Short Duration Bond Fund and Voya Short Duration High Income Fund, these shares will be subject to a 0.50% CDSC if they are redeemed within 12 months of purchase. Shareholders whose Class C shares were automatically converted to Class A shares are not subject to a CDSC for the life of their account on purchases made directly with a Fund.
Class C Shares
Unless you are eligible for a waiver, if you sell your Class C shares within the time periods specified below, you will pay a CDSC according to the following schedules. It is the responsibility of your financial intermediary to ensure that you are credited with the proper holding period for the shares redeemed.
Class C shares are offered at their NAV per share without any initial sales charge. However, you may be charged a CDSC on shares that you sell within a certain period of time after you bought them. The amount of the CDSC is based on the lesser of the NAV of the shares at the time of purchase or redemption. The CDSCs are as follows:
Years after purchase
CDSC on shares being sold
1st year
1.00%
After 1st year
None
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SALES CHARGES (continued)

To keep your CDSC as low as possible, each time you place a request to redeem shares, a Fund will first redeem shares in your account that are not subject to a CDSC and then will redeem shares that have the lowest CDSC.
There is no CDSC on shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions.
CDSC on Exchange into Voya Credit Income Fund
You are not required to pay an applicable CDSC upon an exchange from a Fund described in this Prospectus into Voya Credit Income Fund. However, if you exchange into Voya Credit Income Fund and subsequently offer your common shares for repurchase by Voya Credit Income Fund, a Fund's CDSC will apply. After an exchange into Voya Credit Income Fund, the time period for application of the CDSC will be calculated based on the first date you acquired your shares.
Reduced or Waived Front-End Sales Charges or CDSC
The sales charge and CDSC waiver categories described in this section do not apply to customers purchasing shares of a Fund through any of the financial intermediaries specified in Appendix A to this Prospectus (each a “Specified Intermediary”). In all instances, it is the investor’s responsibility to notify a Fund or the investor’s financial intermediary at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts qualifying the purchaser for sales charge waivers or discounts.
Different financial intermediaries may apply different sales charge or CDSC waivers. Please refer to Appendix A for the sales charge or CDSC waivers that are applicable to each Specified Intermediary.
Investors in a Fund could reduce or eliminate sales charges applicable to the purchase of Class A shares through utilization of the Letter of Intent, Rights of Accumulation, or Combination Privilege. These programs are summarized below and are described in greater detail in the SAI.
You may reduce the initial sales charge on a purchase of Class A shares of a Fund by combining multiple purchases to take advantage of the breakpoints in the sales charge schedules. You may do this by:
Letter of Intent—Lets you purchase shares over a 13-month period and pay the same sales charge as if the shares had all been purchased at once;
Rights of Accumulation—Lets you add the value of shares of any open-end Voya mutual fund (excluding Voya Government Money Market Fund) you already own to the amount of your next purchase for purposes of calculating the sales charge; or
Combination Privilege—Shares held by investors in the Voya mutual funds which impose a CDSC may be combined with Class A shares for a reduced sales charge.
In addition, certain investors may be eligible for special purchases of Class A shares at NAV. This may be done by:
Reinstatement Privilege—If you sell Class A shares of a Fund (or shares of other Voya mutual funds managed by the Investment Adviser) and reinvest any of the proceeds in Class A shares of another Voya mutual fund within 90 days. For additional information regarding the reinstatement privilege, contact a Shareholder Services Representative or see the SAI; or
Purchases by Certain Accounts—Class A shares may be purchased at NAV by certain fee-based programs offered through selected registered investment advisers, broker-dealers, and other financial intermediaries. Class A shares may also be purchased at NAV by shareholders that purchase a Fund through a financial intermediary that offers our Class A shares uniformly on a “no load” (or reduced load) basis to you and all similarly situated customers of the intermediary in accordance with the intermediary's prescribed fee schedule for purchases of fund shares, including by shareholders that purchase shares through a financial intermediary that has entered into an agreement with the Distributor to offer shares to self-directed investment brokerage accounts that may or may not charge a transaction fee to its customers.
See the Account Application or the SAI for additional information regarding the reduction of Class A shares' charges, or contact your financial intermediary or a Shareholder Services Representative for more information.
Required Shareholder Information and Records. In order for investors in Class A shares of a Fund to take advantage of sales charge reductions, an investor or his/her financial intermediary must notify the Distributor that the investor qualifies for such reduction. If the Distributor is not notified that the investor is eligible for these reductions, the Distributor will be unable to ensure that the reduction is applied to the investor's account. An investor may have to provide certain information or records, including account statements, to his/her financial intermediary or to the Distributor to verify the investor's eligibility for breakpoint privileges or other sales charge waivers.
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CDSC Waivers. If you notify a Fund's transfer agent, BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (the “Transfer Agent”), at the time of redemption, the CDSC for Class A and Class C shares will be waived in the following cases:
Redemptions following the death or permanent disability of a shareholder if made within one year of death or the initial determination of permanent disability. The waiver is available only for shares held at the time of death or initial determination of permanent disability.
Redemptions for Class C shares, pursuant to a Systematic Withdrawal Plan, up to a maximum of 12% per year of a shareholder's account value based on the value of the account at the time the plan is established and annually thereafter.
Mandatory distributions from “employee benefit plans” or an IRA.
Reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions.
In addition, the CDSC will be waived on the redemption of shares held through an intermediary if the intermediary has entered into an agreement with the Distributor to waive the CDSC. If you think you may be eligible for a CDSC waiver, contact your financial intermediary or a Shareholder Services Representative.
Reinstatement Privilege. If you sell Class A or Class C shares of a Fund you may be eligible for a full or prorated credit of the CDSC paid on the sale when you make an investment up to the amount redeemed in the same share class within 90 days of the eligible sale. Reinstated Class C shares will retain their original cost and purchase date for purposes of the CDSC. This privilege can be used only once per calendar year. If you want to use the Reinstatement Privilege, contact your financial intermediary or a Shareholder Services Representative, or see the SAI for more information. An investor may be asked to provide information or records, including account statements, regarding shares of a Fund held in all of the investor's accounts held directly with the Trust or through a financial intermediary; any account of the investor at another financial intermediary; and accounts of related parties of the investor, such as members of the same family or household, at any financial intermediary.
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HOW SHARES ARE PRICED

Each Fund is open for business every day the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) opens for regular trading (each such day, a “Business Day”). The net asset value (the “NAV”) per share for each class of each Fund is determined each Business Day as of the close of the regular trading session (“Market Close”), as determined by the Consolidated Tape Association (the “CTA”), the central distributor of transaction prices for exchange-traded securities (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time unless otherwise designated by the CTA). The NAV per share of each class of each Fund is calculated by taking the value of the Fund’s assets attributable to that class, subtracting the Fund’s liabilities attributable to that class, and dividing by the number of shares of that class that are outstanding. On days when a Fund is closed for business, Fund shares will not be priced, and the Fund will not process purchase or redemption orders. To the extent a Fund’s assets are traded in other markets on days when the Fund does not price its shares, the value of the Fund’s assets will likely change and you will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Portfolio holdings for which market quotations are readily available are valued at market value. Investments in open-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end-of-day NAV per share. The prospectuses of the open-end registered investment companies in which each Fund may invest explain the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing. Foreign (non-U.S.) securities’ prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of Market Close.
When a market quotation for a portfolio security is not readily available or is deemed unreliable (for example, when trading has been halted or there are unexpected market closures or other material events that would suggest that the market quotation is unreliable) and for purposes of determining the value of other portfolio holdings, the portfolio holding is priced at its fair value. The Board has designated the Investment Adviser, as the valuation designee, to make fair value determinations in good faith. In determining the fair value of a Fund’s portfolio holdings, the Investment Adviser, pursuant to its fair valuation policy, may consider inputs from pricing service providers, broker-dealers, or a Fund’s Sub-Adviser(s). Issuer specific events, transaction price, position size, nature and duration of restrictions on disposition of the security, market trends, bid/ask quotes of brokers, and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of the fair value of a portfolio holding. Because trading hours for certain foreign (non-U.S.) securities end before Market Close, closing market quotations may become unreliable. The prices of foreign (non-U.S.) securities will generally be adjusted based on inputs from a third-party pricing service that are intended to reflect valuation changes through Market Close. Because of the inherent uncertainties of fair valuation, the values used to determine each Fund’s NAV may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments. Thus, fair valuation may have an unintended dilutive or accretive effect on the value of shareholders’ investments in each Fund.
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Customer Identification
To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person that opens an account, and to determine whether such person’s name appears on government lists of known or suspected terrorists and terrorist organizations.
What this means for you: a Fund, the Distributor, or a third-party selling you a Fund, must obtain the following information for each person that opens an account:
Name;
Date of birth (for individuals);
Physical residential address (although post office boxes are still permitted for mailing); and
Social Security number, taxpayer identification number, or other identifying number.
You may also be asked to show your driver’s license, passport, or other identifying documents in order to verify your identity. In addition, it may be necessary to verify your identity by cross-referencing your identification information with a consumer report or other electronic database. Additional information may be required to open accounts for corporations and other non-natural persons.
Federal law prohibits a Fund, the Distributor, and other financial institutions from opening accounts unless they receive the minimum identifying information listed above. They also may be required to close your account if they are unable to verify your identity within a reasonable time.
Each Fund and the Distributor reserve the right to reject any purchase order. Please note that cash, traveler's checks, third-party checks, money orders, and checks drawn on non-U.S. banks (even if payment may be effected through a U.S. bank) generally will not be accepted. Each Fund and the Distributor reserve the right to waive minimum investment amounts. Waiver of the minimum investment amount can increase operating expenses of a Fund. Each Fund and the Distributor reserve the right to liquidate sufficient shares to recover annual transfer agent fees or to close your account and redeem your shares should you fail to maintain your account value minimum.
Each Fund reserves the right to suspend the offering of shares.
Class A and Class C Shares
Class A and Class C shares may be purchased and sold by contacting any financial intermediary (who may impose transaction charges in addition to those described in this Prospectus) authorized to sell Fund shares. You may purchase additional shares in various ways, including through your financial adviser and by mail, telephone, online, and bank wire.
A shareholder’s Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares at net asset value (without the imposition of a sales charge) on the second calendar day of the following month in which the 8th anniversary of the issuance of the Class C shares occurs, together with a pro rata portion of all Class C shares representing dividends and other distributions paid in additional Class C shares.
Class I Shares
Class I shares may be purchased without a sales charge by: (1) qualified retirement plans such as 401(a), 401(k), or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans; (2) 529 college savings plans; (3) insurance companies and foundations investing for their own account; (4) wrap programs offered by broker-dealers and financial institutions; (5) accounts of, or managed by, trust departments; (6) individuals whose accounts are managed by an investment adviser representative; (7) employees of Voya IM who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; (8) retirement plans affiliated with Voya Financial, Inc.; (9) Voya Financial, Inc. affiliates for purposes of corporate cash management; (10) other registered investment companies; and (11) (a) investors purchasing Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the Distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts. An investor transacting in Class I shares on such brokerage platforms may be required to pay a commission and/or other forms of compensation to the broker.
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Class R Shares
Class R shares may be purchased without a sales charge. Class R shares of a Fund are continuously offered to qualified retirement plans (“Retirement Plans”) including, but not limited to, 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer sponsored 403(b) plans, IRAs, Simplified Employee Pension Plans (“SEPs”), and other accounts or plans whereby Class R shares are held on the books of a Fund through omnibus accounts (either at the plan level or the level of the plan administrator). Purchases and redemptions of shares may be made only by eligible Retirement Plans for the purpose of funding qualified retirement plans. Please refer to the plan document for information on how to direct investments in, or redemptions from, an investment option corresponding to a Fund and any fees that may apply.
The administrator of a Retirement Plan or employee benefits office can provide participants with detailed information on how to participate in the plan and how to elect a Fund as an investment option, alter the amounts contributed to the plan, or reallocate contributions. Eligible Retirement Plans generally may open an account and purchase Class R shares by contacting any broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (“Financial Service Firm”) authorized to sell Class R shares of a Fund. Additional shares may be purchased through a Retirement Plan's administrator or recordkeeper. Financial Service Firms may provide or arrange for the provision of some or all of the shareholder servicing and account maintenance services required by Retirement Plan accounts and their plan participants including, without limitation, transfers of registration and dividend payee changes. Financial Service Firms may also perform other functions, including generating confirmation statements, and may arrange with plan administrators for other investment or administrative services.
Financial Service Firms may independently establish and charge Retirement Plans and plan participants transaction fees and/or other additional amounts for such services, which may change over time. Similarly, Retirement Plans may charge plan participants for certain expenses. These fees and additional amounts could reduce the investment return in Class R shares of a Fund.
Class R6 Shares
Class R6 shares may be purchased without a sales charge. Class R6 shares are offered to the following investors, provided that these investors do not require a Fund or an affiliate of a Fund (including the Investment Adviser and any affiliate of the Investment Adviser) to make, and a Fund or affiliate does not pay, any type of servicing, administrative, or revenue sharing payments with respect to Class R6 shares: (1) qualified retirement plans, including, but not limited to 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer sponsored 403(b) plans, defined benefit plans and other accounts or plans whereby Class R6 shares are held on the books of each Fund through omnibus accounts (either at the plan level or the level of the plan administrator); (2) non-qualified deferred compensation plans; (3) other registered investment companies; (4) Health Savings Accounts (“HSAs”) within plan level or omnibus accounts that are held on the books of a Fund; (5) other institutional investors (including, for example, endowment funds and foundations) that: (a) meet a $1,000,000 minimum initial investment requirement and (b) hold interests in a Fund through a single plan level account held directly through the Fund and not traded through an intermediary; and (6) wrap programs offered by broker-dealers and financial institutions that have entered into an agreement with the Distributor to offer Class R6 shares and invest through an omnibus account. Such availability will be subject to management's determination of the appropriateness of investment in Class R6 shares. Notwithstanding the above, affiliates of Voya, including affiliates that are intermediaries that sell Class R6 shares of a Fund, may benefit financially from the revenue Voya receives for the services it provides to Class R6 shares of a Fund.
Class R6 shares are not available to traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SARSEPs, SIMPLE IRAs and 529 college savings plans. Class R6 shares also are not available to adviser-sold donor-advised funds.
In addition to the above investors, certain existing Class I shareholders of each Fund may exchange all of their Class I shares for Class R6 shares of the Fund provided: (1) the shareholder meets the requirements for investment in Class R6 shares as stated above; and (2) the shareholder does not require the Fund or an affiliate of the Fund to make, and the Fund or affiliate (including the Investment Adviser and any affiliate of the Investment Adviser) does not pay, any type of servicing, administrative, or revenue sharing payments with respect to Class R6 shares. All exchanges within a Fund are subject to the discretion of the Distributor to permit or reject such exchanges.
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Class W Shares
Class W shares may be purchased without a sales charge by: (1) qualified retirement plans such as 401(a), 401(k), or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans; (2) insurance companies and foundations investing for their own account; (3) wrap programs offered by broker-dealers and financial institutions; (4) accounts of, or managed by, trust departments; (5) individuals whose accounts are managed by an investment adviser representative; (6) retirement plans affiliated with Voya Financial, Inc.; (7) Voya Financial, Inc. affiliates for purposes of corporate cash management; and (8) by other Voya mutual funds in the Voya family of funds.
In addition, Class W shares are available to the following persons through direct investment (not through broker-dealers that are not approved by Voya) into a Voya mutual fund or through a Voya approved broker-dealer (currently, Voya Financial Advisors, Inc.): (1) current and retired officers and directors/trustees of the Voya mutual funds; (2) current and retired officers, directors, and full-time employees of Voya Investments, LLC, Directed Services LLC; any Voya mutual fund's sub-adviser; Voya Investments Distributor, LLC; and any of their affiliates; (3) family members of the foregoing persons (defined as current spouse, children, parents, grandparents, grandchildren, uncles, aunts, siblings, nephews, nieces, step-relations, relations at-law, and cousins); (4) any trust, pension, profit-sharing, or other benefit plan for such persons (including family members); (5) discretionary advisory accounts of Voya Investments, LLC, Directed Services LLC, any Voya mutual fund's sub-adviser, or Voya Investments Distributor, LLC; and (6) qualifying investments made through Voya promotional programs as determined by Voya Investments Distributor, LLC.
Retirement Plans
Each Fund has available prototype qualified retirement plans for corporations and self-employed individuals. Each Fund also has available prototype IRA, Roth IRA and Simple IRA plans (for both individuals and employers), Simplified Employee Pension Plans and Pension and Profit Sharing Plans. BNY Mellon Investment Servicing Trust Company acts as the custodian under these plans. For further information, contact a Shareholder Services Representative at 1-800-992-0180. BNY Mellon Investment Servicing Trust Company currently receives a $12 custodial fee annually for the maintenance of each such account.
Make your investment using the purchase minimum guidelines in the following table.
Minimum Investments
Class
Initial Purchase
Subsequent Purchases
Non-retirement accounts
A/C/W
I1

R
R6
$1,000
$250,000
No minimum
$1,000,000
No minimum
Retirement accounts
A/C
I1

R/R6
W
$250
$250,000
No minimum
$1,000
No minimum
Pre-authorized investment plan
A/C/W
I1
$1,000
$250,000
At least $100/month
Certain omnibus accounts
A/C
R
$250
No minimum
No minimum
1
For Class I shares, there is no minimum initial investment requirement for: (i) qualified retirement plans or other defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans that invest in the Voya funds through omnibus arrangements; (ii) employees of Voya IM who are eligible to participate in “notional” bonus programs sponsored by Voya IM; or (iii) (a) investors transacting in Class I shares through brokerage platforms that invest in the Voya funds’ Class I shares through omnibus accounts and have agreements with the Distributor to offer such shares and (b) such brokerage platforms’ omnibus accounts.
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Make your investment using the methods outlined in the following table. If you are a participant in a qualified retirement plan, you should make purchases through your plan administrator or sponsor, who is responsible for transmitting orders.
Buying Shares
Opening an Account
Adding to an Account
By Contacting Your Financial
Intermediary
A financial intermediary with an authorized
firm can help you establish and maintain your
account.
Contact your financial intermediary.
By Mail
Make your check payable to Voya Investment
Management and mail it with a completed
Account Application. Please indicate your
financial intermediary on the New Account
Application.
Fill out the Account Additions form at the
bottom of your account statement and mail it
along with your check payable to Voya
Investment Management to the address on
the account statement. Please write your
account number on the check.
By Wire
Call Shareholder Services at
1-800-992-0180 to obtain an account
number and indicate your financial
intermediary on the account.
Instruct your bank to wire funds to the Fund
in the care of:
Bank of New York Mellon
ABA # 011001234
credit to: BNY Mellon Investment Servicing
(US) Inc. as Agent for Voya mutual funds
A/C #0000733938; for further credit to
Shareholder A/C #      
(A/C # you received over the telephone)
Shareholder Name:
       (Your Name Here)
After wiring funds you must complete the
Account Application and send it to:
Voya Investment Management
P.O. Box 534480
Pittsburgh, PA
15253-4480
Wire the funds in the same manner described
under “Opening an Account.”
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Execution of Purchase Orders
Purchase orders are executed at the next NAV determined after the order is received in proper form by the Transfer Agent or the Distributor. A purchase order will be deemed to be in proper form when all of the required steps set forth under “How to Buy Shares” have been completed. If you purchase by wire, however, the order will be deemed to be in proper form after the federal funds wire has been received. If you are opening a new account and you purchase by wire, you must submit an application form prior to Market Close. If an order or payment by wire is received after Market Close, your order will not be executed until the next NAV is determined. For your transaction to be counted on the day you place your order with your broker-dealer or other financial institution, your broker-dealer or financial institution must receive your order in proper form before Market Close and transmit the order to the Transfer Agent or the Distributor in a timely manner.
You will receive a confirmation of each new transaction in your account, which also will show you the number of shares you own including the number of shares being held in safekeeping by the Transfer Agent for your account. You may rely on these confirmations in lieu of certificates as evidence of your ownership.
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You may sell shares by using the methods outlined in the following table. Under unusual circumstances, a Fund may suspend the right of redemption as allowed by the SEC or federal securities laws.
If you are a participant in a qualified retirement plan, you should make redemptions through your plan administrator or sponsor, who is responsible for transmitting orders.
Selling Shares
To Sell Some or All of Your Shares
By Contacting Your Financial
Intermediary
You may sell shares by contacting your financial intermediary. Financial intermediaries may
charge for their services in connection with your redemption request but neither the Fund nor
the Distributor imposes any such charge.
By Mail
Send a written request specifying the Fund name and share class, your account number, the
name(s) in which the account is registered, and the dollar value or number of shares you wish
to redeem to:
Voya Investment Management
P.O. Box 534480
Pittsburgh, PA 15253-4480
If certificated shares have been issued, the certificate must accompany the written request.
Corporate investors and other associations must have an appropriate certification on file
authorizing redemptions. A suggested form of such certification is provided on the Account
Application. A signature guarantee may be required.
By Telephone - Expedited Redemption
You may sell shares by telephone on all accounts, other than retirement accounts, unless you
check the box on the Account Application which signifies that you do not wish to use telephone
redemptions. To redeem by telephone, call a Shareholder Services Representative at
1-800-992-0180.
Receiving Proceeds By Check:
You may have redemption proceeds (up to a maximum of $10,000,000) mailed to an address
which has been on record with Voya Investment Management for at least 30 days.
Receiving Proceeds By Wire:
You may have redemption proceeds (up to a maximum of $10,000,000) wired to your
pre-designated bank account. You will not be able to receive redemption proceeds by wire
unless you check the box on the Account Application which signifies that you wish to receive
redemption proceeds by wire and attach a voided check. Under normal circumstances,
proceeds will be transmitted to your bank on the Business Day following receipt of your
instructions, provided redemptions may be made. In the event that share certificates have been
issued, you may not request a wire redemption by telephone.
Systematic Withdrawal Plan (available only for those share classes referenced below)
You may elect to make periodic withdrawals from your account on a regular basis.
 Class A and Class C
Your account must have a current value of at least $10,000.
Minimum withdrawal amount is $100.
You may choose from monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual payments.
 Class I and Class W
Your account must have a current value of at least $250,000 or $1,000 for Class I and Class W shares, respectively.
Minimum withdrawal amount is $1,000.
You may choose from monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual payments.
For additional information, contact a Shareholder Services Representative or refer to the Account Application or the SAI.
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Execution of Sale Requests
Sale requests are executed at the next NAV determined after the order is received in proper form by the Transfer Agent or the Distributor. For your transaction to be counted on the day you place your sale request with your broker-dealer or other financial institution, your broker-dealer or financial institution must receive your sale request in proper form before Market Close and transmit the sale request to the Transfer Agent or the Distributor in a timely manner.
You will receive a confirmation of each new transaction in your account, which also will show you the number of shares you own including the number of shares being held in safekeeping by the Transfer Agent for your account. You may rely on these confirmations in lieu of certificates as evidence of your ownership.
Payments
Normally, payment for shares redeemed will typically be made within one business day after receipt by the Transfer Agent of a request in good order. Each Fund can delay payment of the redemption proceeds for up to 7 days and may suspend redemptions and/or further postpone payment proceeds when the NYSE is closed (other than weekends or holidays) or when trading thereon is restricted or during emergency or other circumstances, including as determined by the SEC. When you place a request to redeem shares for which the purchase money has not yet been collected, the request will be executed at the next determined NAV, but a Fund will not release the proceeds until your purchase payment clears. This may take up to 30 days. A redemption request made within 30 calendar days after submission of a change of address is permitted only if the request is in writing and is accompanied by a medallion signature guarantee. Redemption requests of an amount of $10 million or more must be submitted in writing by an authorized person.
A medallion signature guarantee may be required in certain circumstances. A request to change the bank designated to receive wire redemption proceeds must be received in writing, signed by an authorized person, and accompanied by a medallion signature guarantee from any eligible guarantor institution. In addition, if you wish to have your redemption proceeds transferred by wire to an account other than your designated bank account, paid to someone other than the shareholder of record, or sent somewhere other than the shareholder’s address of record, you must provide a medallion signature guarantee with your written redemption instructions. Please see the SAI for more details on the medallion signature guarantee program.
Each Fund will typically pay redemption proceeds in cash using cash held by each Fund, with cash generated by each Fund through the sale of cash equivalents and other Fund assets or by borrowing cash pursuant to each Fund’s line of credit. A Fund may, however, determine in its absolute discretion to distribute non-cash assets in kind in complete or partial satisfaction of its obligation to pay redemption proceeds to a shareholder. In such a case, a Fund could elect to make payment in securities or other assets for redemptions that exceed the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of its net assets during any 90-day period for any one record shareholder. Non-cash assets distributed by a Fund likely will not represent a pro rata distribution of assets held in the Fund’s portfolio. A shareholder's receipt of non-cash redemption proceeds may be less favorable to the shareholder than receipt of cash proceeds for a number of reasons, including, without limitation, costs and potential delays relating to the sale of the non-cash assets, potential illiquidity of the non-cash assets, and the potential inability of the shareholder to realize on the sale of the non-cash assets cash proceeds equal to the cash proceeds it would have received from a Fund. A Fund has no obligation to distribute non-cash assets, including in circumstances when doing so may benefit a redeeming shareholder or may reduce or eliminate transaction costs and/or the realization of capital gains that may need to be distributed to shareholders, which such distributions will be taxable to shareholders that hold their shares in a taxable account.
Telephone Orders
Neither a Fund nor the Transfer Agent will be responsible for the authenticity of phone instructions or losses, if any, resulting from unauthorized shareholder transactions if they reasonably believe that such instructions were genuine. Each Fund and the Transfer Agent have established reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions communicated by telephone are genuine. These procedures include recording telephone instructions for exchanges and expedited redemptions, requiring the caller to give certain specific identifying information, and providing written confirmation to shareholders of record not later than 5 days following any such telephone transactions. If a Fund or the Transfer Agent do not employ these procedures, they may be liable for any losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent telephone instructions.
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Small Accounts
Due to the relatively high cost of handling small investments, a Fund reserves the right, upon 30 days’ prior written notice, to redeem at NAV  (less any applicable deferred sales charge), the shares of any shareholder whose account (except for IRAs) has a total value that is less than a Fund's minimum. Before a Fund redeems such shares and sends the proceeds to the shareholder, it will notify the shareholder that the value of the shares in the account is less than the minimum amount allowed and will allow the shareholder 30 days to make an additional investment in an amount that will increase the value of the account to the minimum before the redemption is processed. Your account will not be closed if its drop in value is due to Fund performance.
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Exchanges Between Voya Mutual Funds
You may exchange shares of a Fund for shares of the same class of any other Voya mutual fund, except for Voya Corporate Leaders® Trust Fund (Voya GNMA Income Fund may also exchange shares for the same class of shares of Voya Corporate Leaders® Trust Fund), without paying any additional sales charge, if you otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of the class of shares of the Voya mutual fund to be received in the exchange. If you purchase Class A shares of Voya Government Money Market Fund and did not pay a sales charge, you must pay the applicable sales charge on an exchange into Class A shares of another Voya mutual fund.
If you exchange shares of a Fund that are subject to a CDSC into shares of another Voya mutual fund that are subject to a CDSC, the CDSC will continue to apply to your new shares at the same CDSC rate that was applicable to your original shares. Your new shares will continue to age for CDSC purposes from the date that the original shares were purchased.
Exchanges Between Classes of a Fund
You may exchange Class C and Class W shares for Class I shares within a Fund, or you may exchange Class A shares and Class I shares for any other class within a Fund, if you otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of the class of shares to be received in the exchange, or you may exchange Class C shares for Class A shares within a Fund, except that: (1) you may not exchange shares that are subject to a CDSC until the CDSC period has expired, unless the Distributor approves the exchange and determines that no CDSC is payable in connection with the exchange; (2) you may not exchange Class A shares for Class W shares unless you acquired the Class A shares through a Voya approved broker-dealer (currently, Voya Financial Advisors, Inc.); and (3) you may not exchange Class C shares for Class A shares unless your intermediary has agreed to waive its right to receive the front-end sales charge that otherwise would be applicable to the Class A shares. Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund after they have been held for 8 years.
Certain existing Class I shareholders of a Fund may exchange their Class I shares for Class R6 shares of the Fund provided: (1) the shareholder meets the requirements for investment in Class R6 shares as stated in the section of this Prospectus entitled “How to Buy Shares”; and (2) the shareholder does not require the Fund or an affiliate (including the Investment Adviser and any affiliate of the Investment Adviser) of the Fund to make, and the Fund or affiliate does not pay, any type of servicing, administrative, or revenue sharing payments with respect to Class R6 shares.
All exchanges within a Fund are subject to the discretion of the Distributor to permit or reject such exchanges. Shareholders generally should not recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes from an exchange between classes of shares within a Fund provided that the transaction is undertaken and processed, with respect to any shareholder, as a direct exchange transaction. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors as to the U.S. federal, state and local, and non-U.S. tax consequences of an exchange between classes of shares within a Fund.
Exchanges between classes of shares within a Fund are not subject to the frequent trading and market timing policies of Voya mutual funds.
Additional Information About Exchanges
Fees and expenses differ among Voya mutual funds and among share classes of the same fund. Please read the prospectus for the Voya mutual fund and share class you are interested in prior to exchanging into that Voya mutual fund or share class. Contact your financial intermediary or consult your plan documents for additional information.
An exchange of shares of a Fund for shares of another Voya mutual fund is treated as a sale and purchase of shares and may result in the recognition of a gain or loss for U.S. federal and state income tax purposes. For exchanges between Voya mutual funds, you should consult your own tax advisor for advice about the particular U.S. federal, state and local, and non-U.S. tax consequences to you of the exchange. The total value of shares being exchanged must at least equal the minimum investment requirement of the Voya mutual fund into which they are being exchanged.
If you exchange into Voya Credit Income Fund, your ability to sell or liquidate your investment will be limited. Voya Credit Income Fund is a closed-end interval fund and does not redeem its shares on a daily basis. It is not expected that a secondary market for Voya Credit Income Fund's shares will develop, so you will not be able to sell them through a broker or other investment professional. To provide a measure of liquidity, Voya Credit Income Fund will normally make monthly repurchase offers for not less than 5% of its outstanding common shares. If more than 5% of Voya Credit Income Fund's common shares are tendered, you may not be able to completely liquidate your holdings in any one month. You also would not have liquidity between these monthly repurchase dates. Investors exercising the exchange
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privilege into Voya Credit Income Fund should carefully review the prospectus of that fund. Investors may obtain a copy of the Voya Credit Income Fund prospectus or any other Voya mutual fund prospectus by calling 1-800-992-0180 or by going to http://individuals.voya.com/product/mutual-fund/prospectuses-reports.
In addition to each Fund available in this Prospectus, the Distributor offers many other funds. Shareholders exercising the exchange privilege with any other Voya mutual fund should carefully review the prospectus of that fund before exchanging their shares. Investors may obtain a copy of a prospectus of any Voya mutual fund not discussed in this Prospectus by calling 1-800-992-0180 or by going to http://individuals.voya.com/product/mutual-fund/prospectuses-reports.
You will automatically have the ability to request an exchange between Voya mutual funds by calling a Shareholder Services Representative unless you mark the box on the Account Application that indicates that you do not wish to have the telephone exchange privilege. Each Fund may change or cancel its exchange policies at any time, upon 60 days’ prior notice to shareholders.
Systematic Exchange Privilege
Subject to the information and limitations outlined above, you may elect to have a specified dollar amount of shares systematically exchanged, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually from your account to an identically registered account in the same class of any other open-end Voya mutual fund, except for Voya Corporate Leaders® Trust Fund. This exchange privilege may be modified at any time or terminated upon 60 days' prior written notice to shareholders.
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FREQUENT TRADING - MARKET TIMING

Each Fund is intended for long-term investment and not as a short-term trading vehicle. Accordingly, organizations or individuals that use market timing investment strategies should not purchase shares of a Fund. Each Fund reserves the right, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, to reject, restrict, or refuse purchase orders whether directly or by exchange, including purchase orders that have been accepted by a shareholder's or retirement plan participant's intermediary, that the Fund determines not to be in the best interest of the Fund. Such action may include, but not be limited to: rejecting additional purchase orders, whether directly or by exchange; extending settlement of a redemption up to 7 days; rejecting all purchase orders from broker-dealers or their registered representatives suspected of violating the Fund's frequent trading policy; or termination of the selling group agreement or other agreement with broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries associated with frequent trading. A Fund will not be liable for any loss resulting from rejected orders or other actions as described above.
Each Fund believes that market timing or frequent, short-term trading in any account, including a retirement plan account, is not in the best interest of the Fund or its shareholders. Due to the disruptive nature of this activity, it can adversely affect the ability of the Investment Adviser or Sub-Adviser (if applicable) to invest assets in an orderly, efficient manner. Frequent trading can raise Fund expenses through: increased trading and transaction costs; increased administrative costs; and lost opportunity costs. This in turn can have an adverse effect on Fund performance.
Funds that invest in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may present greater opportunities for market timers and thus be at a greater risk for excessive trading. If an event occurring after the close of a foreign market, but before the time a Fund computes its current NAV, causes a change in the price of the foreign (non-U.S.) security and such price is not reflected in its current NAV, investors may attempt to take advantage of anticipated price movements in securities held by a Fund based on such pricing discrepancies. This is often referred to as “price arbitrage.” Such price arbitrage opportunities may also occur in funds which do not invest in foreign (non-U.S.) securities. For example, if trading in a security held by a Fund is halted and does not resume prior to the time it calculates its NAV such “stale pricing” presents an opportunity for investors to take advantage of the pricing discrepancy. Similarly, funds that hold thinly-traded securities, such as certain small-capitalization securities, may be exposed to varying levels of pricing arbitrage. Each Fund has adopted fair valuation policies and procedures intended to reduce its exposure to price arbitrage, stale pricing and other potential pricing discrepancies. However, to the extent that a Fund does not immediately reflect these changes in market conditions, short-term trading may dilute the value of the Fund’s shares which negatively affects long-term shareholders.
The Board has adopted policies and procedures designed to deter frequent, short-term trading in shares of each Fund. In general, shareholders may make exchanges among their accounts with Voya mutual funds once every 30 calendar days. However, each Fund prohibits frequent trading. Each Fund has defined frequent trading as follows:
Any shareholder or intermediary-initiated exchanges among any of their accounts with a Fund within 30 calendar days of a previous exchange. All exchanges occurring on the same day for all accounts (individual, IRA, 401(k), etc.) beneficially owned by the same shareholder will be treated as a single transaction for purposes of this policy;
Trading deemed harmful or excessive by a Fund (including but not limited to patterns of purchases and redemptions) by a Fund’s Investment Adviser, on behalf of a Fund, in its sole discretion; and
Trades initiated by intermediaries, among multiple shareholder accounts, that in the aggregate are deemed harmful or excessive by a Fund’s Investment Adviser, on behalf of a Fund, in its sole discretion.
The following transactions are excluded when determining whether trading activity is frequent:
Purchases and sales of Fund shares in the amount of $5,000 or less;
Transfers associated with systematic purchases or redemptions;
Rebalancing to facilitate fund-of-fund arrangements or a Fund's systematic exchange privileges;
Purchases and sales of money market funds and purchases and sales of Funds that affirmatively permit short-term trading (an exchange between a money market fund and a Fund other than a money market fund or purchases and exchanges between a Fund that permits short-term trading and another Fund would not be exempt from this policy);
Purchases or sales initiated by a Fund; and
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FREQUENT TRADING - MARKET TIMING (continued)

Transactions subject to the trading policy of an intermediary that a Fund’s Investment Adviser, on behalf of a Fund, deems materially similar to the Fund's policy.
If a violation of the policy is identified, the following action shall be taken:
The shareholder and/or broker of record on the account(s) is notified of the violation.
Upon the first violation of this policy in a calendar year, purchase and exchange privileges shall be suspended for 90 calendar days from the date of the first trade. For example, if a trade occurs on February 1st, and another trade occurs on February 15th, purchase and exchange privileges would be suspended for 90 calendar days from February 1st.
Upon a second violation of the policy in a calendar year, purchase and exchange privileges shall be suspended for 180 calendar days from the trade date of the second violation.
Purchase and exchange blocks shall be placed on the account and all related accounts bearing the same tax identification number or equivalent identifier.
On the Business Day following the end of a 90- or 180-calendar day suspension, any trading restrictions placed on the account(s) shall be removed.
Each Fund reserves the right to modify this policy at any time without prior notice.
Although the restrictions described above are designed to discourage frequent, short-term trading, none of them alone, nor all of them taken together, can eliminate the possibility that frequent, short-term trading activity in a Fund will occur. Moreover, in enforcing such restrictions, a Fund is often required to make decisions that are inherently subjective. Each Fund strives to make these decisions to the best of its abilities in a manner that it believes is in the best interest of shareholders.
Shareholders may invest in a Fund through omnibus account arrangements with financial intermediaries. Omnibus accounts permit intermediaries to aggregate their clients' transactions and in these circumstances, the identity of the shareholder is often unknown. Such intermediaries include broker-dealers, banks, investment advisers, record keepers, retirement plans, and fee-based accounts such as wrap fee programs. Omnibus accounts generally do not identify customers' trading activity on an individual basis. The Investment Adviser or its affiliated entities have agreements in place with intermediaries which require such intermediaries to provide detailed account information, including trading history, upon request of a Fund. There is no assurance that the Investment Adviser or its affiliated entities will request such information with sufficient frequency to detect or deter excessive trading or that review of such information will be sufficient to detect or deter excessive trading in omnibus accounts effectively.
In some cases, a Fund will rely on the intermediaries' excessive trading policies and such policies shall define the trading activity in which the shareholder may engage. This shall be the case where a Fund is used in certain retirement plans offered by affiliates. With trading information received as a result of the agreements, a Fund may make a determination that certain trading activity is harmful to the Fund and its shareholders even if such activity is not strictly prohibited by the intermediaries' excessive trading policy. As a result, a shareholder investing directly or indirectly in a Fund may have their trading privileges suspended without violating the stated excessive trading policy of the intermediary.
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PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

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

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

Dividends and Distributions
Each Fund generally distributes most or all of its net earnings in the form of dividends, consisting of ordinary income and capital gains distributions, if any. Each Fund distributes capital gains, if any, annually. Each Fund also declares dividends daily and pays dividends consisting of ordinary income, if any, monthly.
From time to time a portion of a Fund’s distributions may constitute a return of capital. To comply with U.S. federal tax regulations, each Fund may also pay an additional capital gains distribution.
Dividend Reinvestment
Unless you instruct a Fund to pay you dividends in cash, dividends and distributions paid by the Fund will be reinvested in additional shares of the Fund. You may, upon written request or by completing the appropriate section of the Account Application, elect to have all dividends and other distributions paid on shares of a Fund invested in another Voya mutual fund that offers the same class of shares.
Tax Consequences
The tax discussion in this Prospectus is only a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax issues generally affecting each Fund and its shareholders. The following assumes that each Fund's shares will be capital assets in the hands of a shareholder. The Investment Adviser is not obligated to consider the tax consequences related to its management of a Fund's investments or other activities. It is possible that the actions taken by a Fund or the Investment Adviser on the Fund’s behalf could be disadvantageous to shareholders that hold shares through a taxable account. However, such actions likely will have no tax effect to shareholders that invest through a tax-advantaged account. Circumstances among investors may vary, so you are encouraged to discuss an investment in a Fund with your tax advisor.
Distributions. Each Fund will distribute all, or substantially all, of its net investment income and net capital gains (i.e., the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses, in each case determined with reference to any loss carryforwards) to its shareholders each year. Although a Fund will not be taxed on amounts it distributes, most shareholders will be taxed on amounts they receive.
Distributions, whether received as cash or reinvested in additional shares, may be subject to U.S. federal income taxes and may also be subject to state, local or non-U.S. taxes. Dividends from net investment income (other than qualified dividend income and capital gain dividends) and distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income under U.S. federal income tax laws whether paid in cash or in additional shares. Distributions properly reported as capital gain dividends are taxable as long term capital gains regardless of the length of time you have held the shares and whether you were paid in cash or additional shares. Distributions made to a non-corporate shareholder out of “qualified dividend income,” if any, received by a Fund will be subject to tax at the lower rates applicable to net capital gains, provided that the shareholder meets certain holding period and other requirements with respect to its shares.
You will be notified annually of the amount of income, dividends and net capital gains distributed by a Fund. If you purchase shares of a Fund through a financial intermediary, that entity will provide this information to you.
Sales, Redemptions and Exchanges. Selling or exchanging your Fund shares is a taxable event and may result in capital gain or loss. A capital gain or capital loss may be realized from redemption of shares or an exchange of shares between two mutual funds. Any such capital gain or loss will generally be long term if the shares sold or exchanged were held for more than one year; otherwise, such gain or loss will be short term. Any capital loss incurred on the sale or exchange of Fund shares held for six months or less will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of capital gain dividends received with respect to such shares. Additionally, any loss realized on a sale, redemption or exchange of Fund shares may be disallowed under “wash sale” rules to the extent the shares disposed of are replaced with other shares of that same Fund within a period of 61 days beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the shares are disposed of, such as pursuant to a dividend reinvestment in shares of the Fund. If disallowed, the loss will be reflected in an adjustment to the tax basis of the shares acquired. You are responsible for any tax liabilities generated by your transactions.
Tax Status of a Fund. Each Fund intends to qualify and be eligible for treatment each year as a regulated investment company (“RIC”). A RIC generally is not subject to tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are timely distributed to its shareholders. However, a Fund’s failure to qualify as a RIC would result in fund level taxation and therefore a reduction in income available for distribution.
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DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES (continued)

Net Investment Income Tax. An additional 3.8% Medicare tax is imposed on certain net investment income (including ordinary dividends and capital gain distributions received from a Fund and net gains from redemptions or other taxable dispositions of Fund shares) of U.S. individuals, estates and trusts to the extent their income exceeds certain threshold amounts.
Backup Withholding. Each Fund is required to withhold a portion of all taxable dividends, distributions, and redemption proceeds payable to any noncorporate shareholder that does not provide the Fund with the shareholder's correct taxpayer identification number or certification that the shareholder is not subject to backup withholding. This is not an additional tax but can be credited against your U.S. federal income tax liability.
Tax-Advantaged Accounts. Shareholders that invest in a Fund through a tax-advantaged account, such as a qualified retirement plan, generally will not have to pay tax on dividends or gains from the sale or exchange of Fund shares until they are distributed from the account. These accounts are subject to complex tax rules, and you should consult your tax advisor about investing through such an account.
Buying a Dividend. Unless your investment is in a tax-advantaged account, you may want to avoid buying shares shortly before a Fund makes a distribution as doing so can increase your tax liability. If you buy shares when a Fund has declared but not distributed a dividend of ordinary income or capital gains, you will pay the full price for the shares and later receive a portion of the price back in the form of a taxable dividend. This is known as “buying a dividend.” To avoid buying a dividend, you may want to consult your tax advisor or check a Fund's distribution schedule before you invest.
Foreign Shareholders. Foreign shareholders invested in a Fund should consult with their tax advisors as to if and how the U.S. federal income tax law and its withholding requirements apply to them. Generally, a Fund will withhold 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate) on distributions to foreign shareholders.
Foreign Taxes. Investment income and proceeds received by a Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign withholding or other taxes. The United States has entered into tax treaties with many foreign countries which may entitle a Fund to a reduced rate of such taxes or an exemption from taxes on such income or proceeds. It is impossible to determine the effective rate of foreign tax for a Fund in advance since the amount of the assets to be invested within various countries is not known.
Cost Basis Reporting. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service requires mutual fund companies and brokers to report on Form 1099-B the cost basis on the sale or exchange of Fund shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012 (“covered shares”). If you acquire and hold shares directly through a Fund and not through a financial intermediary, the Fund will use an average cost single category methodology for tracking and reporting your cost basis on covered shares, unless you request, in writing, another cost basis reporting methodology.
Please see the SAI for further information regarding tax matters.
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ACCOUNT POLICIES

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

The Bloomberg GNMA Index is comprised of all fixed securities mortgage pools by GNMA, including GNMA Graduated Payment Mortgages.
The Bloomberg High Yield Bond - 2% Issuer Constrained Composite Index measures the performance of fixed-income securities. The index provides a general measure of the USD-denominated, high yield, fixed-rate corporate bond market. The index limits the exposure of the index to any one issue to 2% of the total market value of the index components.
The Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Government/Credit Bond Index measures the performance of publicly issued investment grade fixed rate debt issues, including treasuries, agencies, and credit securities with a maturity of at least one year and less than three years.
The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade, US dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market. The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index includes U.S. Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, fixed-rate agency mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities (agency and non-agency).
The Bloomberg U.S. Universal Bond Index represents the union of the U.S. Aggregate Index, U.S. Corporate High Yield Index, Investment Grade 144A Index, Eurodollar Index, U.S. Emerging Markets Index, and the non-ERISA eligible portion of the CMBS Index. The index covers USD-denominated, taxable bonds that are rated either investment grade or high-yield.
The ICE BofA 1-3 Year BB US Cash Pay High Yield Index is a subset of ICE BofA US Cash Pay High Yield Index including all securities with a remaining term to final maturity of less than 3 years and rated BB1 through BB3, inclusive. The index tracks the performance of US dollar denominated below investment grade corporate debt, currently in a coupon paying period, that is publicly issued in US domestic market.
The ICE BofA 1-3 Year US Treasury Index is an unmanaged index that tracks the performance of the direct sovereign debt of the U.S. Government having a maturity of at least one year and less than three years.
The ICE BofA U.S. Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index tracks the performance of a synthetic asset paying a deposit offered rate to the stated maturity. The index is based on the assumed purchase at par of a synthetic instrument having exactly its stated maturity and with a coupon equal to that day’s fixing rate. That issue is assumed to be sold the following business day (priced at a yield equal to the current day fixing rate) and rolled into a new instrument.
The MSCI All Country World IndexSM (“MSCI ACWI”) is a free-float adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global developed and emerging markets.
The Morningstar® LSTA® US Leveraged Loan Index (“Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index”) tracks the current outstanding balance and spread over LIBOR for fully funded term loans. The facilities included represent a broad cross section of leveraged loans syndicated in the U.S., including dollar-denominated loans to overseas issuers.
Bloomberg Index Data Source: Bloomberg Index Services Limited. BLOOMBERG® is a trademark and service mark of Bloomberg Finance L.P. and its affiliates (collectively “Bloomberg”). Bloomberg or its licensors own all proprietary rights in the Bloomberg Indices. Bloomberg does not approve or endorse this material, or guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information herein, or make any warranty, express or implied, as to the results to be obtained.
SOURCE ICE DATA INDICES, LLC (“ICE DATA”), IS USED WITH PERMISSION. ICE® IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF ICE DATA OR ITS AFFILIATES AND BOFA® IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION LICENSED BY BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION AND ITS AFFILIATES (“BOFA”) AND MAY NOT BE USED WITHOUT BOFA'S PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL. ICE DATA, ITS AFFILIATES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESS AND/OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE, INCLUDING THE INDICES, INDEX DATA AND ANY DATA INCLUDED IN, RELATED TO, OR DERIVED THEREFROM. NEITHER ICE DATA, ITS AFFILIATES NOR THEIR RESPECTIVE THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO ANY DAMAGES OR LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE ADEQUACY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INDICES OR THE INDEX DATA OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF, AND THE INDICES AND INDEX DATA AND ALL COMPONENTS THEREOF ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS AND YOUR USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. ICE DATA, ITS AFFILIATES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS DO NOT SPONSOR, ENDORSE, OR RECOMMEND THE INVESTMENT ADVISER, ITS AFFILIATES, OR ANY OF THEIR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
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INDEX DESCRIPTIONS (continued)

MSCI Index Data Source: MSCI. Neither MSCI nor any other party involved in or related to compiling, computing or creating the MSCI data makes any express or implied warranties or representations with respect to such data (or the results to be obtained by the use thereof), and all such parties hereby expressly disclaim all warranties of originality, accuracy, completeness, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to any of such data. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall MSCI, any of its affiliates or any third party involved in or related to compiling, computing or creating the data have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, consequential or any other damages (including lost profits) even if notified of the possibility of such damages. No further distribution or dissemination of the MSCI data is permitted without MSCI’s express written consent.
Voya Floating Rate Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Morningstar, Inc. (“Morningstar”), any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, any of its direct or indirect information providers or any other third party involved in, or related to, compiling, computing or creating any Morningstar Index (collectively, “Morningstar Parties”). The Morningstar Indexes are the exclusive property of Morningstar. Morningstar and the Morningstar Index names are service marks or trademarks of Morningstar and have been licensed for certain purposes by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates. None of the Morningstar Parties make any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of Voya Floating Rate Fund or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in Voya Floating Rate Fund or the ability of any Morningstar Index to track corresponding market performance. Morningstar is the licensor of the Morningstar Indexes which are determined, composed and calculated by Morningstar without regard to the Investment Adviser and its Affiliates or Voya Floating Rate Fund. None of the Morningstar Parties has any obligation to take the needs of the Investment Adviser and its Affiliates or the owners of Voya Floating Rate Fund into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Morningstar Indexes. None of the Morningstar Parties are responsible for or has participated in the determination of the prices and amount of Voya Floating Rate Fund or the timing of the issuance or sale of Voya Floating Rate Fund or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which Voya Floating Rate Fund is converted into cash. None of the Morningstar Parties have any obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of Voya Floating Rate Fund. THE MORNINGSTAR PARTIES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY AROUND THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND/OR TIMELINESS OF THE MORNINGSTAR INDEXES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN AND SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR INTERRUPTIONS THEREIN. THE MORNINGSTAR PARTIES MAKE NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE INVESTMENT ADVISER, ITS AFFILIATES, OWNERS OR USERS OF Voya Floating Rate Fund, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE MORNINGSTAR INDEXES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE MORNINGSTAR PARTIES MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO THE MORNINGSTAR INDEXES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE MORNINGSTAR PARTIES HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand a Fund's financial performance for the periods shown. Certain information reflects the financial results for a single share. The total returns in the table represent the rate of return that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in a Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and/or distributions). The information has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, whose report, along with a Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s Annual Report, which is available upon request.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.
 
 
Income (loss)
from
investment
operations
 
Less distributions
 
 
 
 
Ratios to average net assets
Supplemental
data
 
Net asset value, beginning
of year or period
Net investment income (loss)
Net realized and unrealized
gain (loss)
Total from investment
operations
From net investment income
From net realized gains
From return of capital
Total distributions
Payment from affiliate
Net asset value, end of year or period
Total Return(1)
Expenses before
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Expenses net of fee waivers
and/or recoupments, if any(2)(3)
Expenses net of all
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Net investment income
(loss)(2)(3)
Net assets, end of year or period
Portfolio turnover rate
Year or Period ended
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
($000's)
(%)
Voya Floating Rate Fund
Class A
03-31-24
8.29
0.74
0.04
0.78
0.77
0.77
8.30
9.87
1.17
0.99
0.99
8.97
34,474
72
03-31-23
8.94
0.55
(0.68)
(0.13)
0.52
0.52
8.29
(1.28)
1.26
1.06
1.06
6.48
33,686
38
03-31-22
9.04
0.30
(0.11)
0.19
0.29
0.29
8.94
2.15
1.20
1.02
1.02
3.37
41,990
89
03-31-21
8.00
0.29
1.03
1.32
0.28
0.28
9.04
16.69
1.34
1.13
1.13
3.35
39,518
60
03-31-20
9.59
0.46
(1.58)
(1.12)
0.47
0.47
8.00
(12.34)
1.18
1.10
1.10
4.83
52,014
52
Class C
03-31-24
8.28
0.68
0.05
0.73
0.71
0.71
8.30
9.19
1.92
1.74
1.74
8.23
5,633
72
03-31-23
8.93
0.48
(0.67)
(0.19)
0.46
0.46
8.28
(2.03)
2.01
1.81
1.81
5.69
6,743
38
03-31-22
9.04
0.23
(0.11)
0.12
0.23
0.23
8.93
1.27
1.95
1.77
1.77
2.59
9,658
89
03-31-21
8.00
0.23
1.03
1.26
0.22
0.22
9.04
15.83
2.09
1.88
1.88
2.59
14,914
60
03-31-20
9.59
0.38
(1.58)
(1.20)
0.39
0.39
8.00
(13.00)
1.93
1.85
1.85
4.12
20,446
52
Class I
03-31-24
8.29
0.77
0.04
0.81
0.79
0.79
8.31
10.27
0.92
0.74
0.74
9.24
99,303
72
03-31-23
8.94
0.55
(0.65)
(0.10)
0.55
0.55
8.29
(1.03)
0.92
0.81
0.81
6.50
116,954
38
03-31-22
9.04
0.33
(0.11)
0.22
0.32
0.32
8.94
2.41
0.85
0.77
0.77
3.60
225,339
89
03-31-21
8.00
0.31
1.03
1.34
0.30
0.30
9.04
16.97
1.00
0.88
0.88
3.61
235,804
60
03-31-20
9.59
0.48
(1.58)
(1.10)
0.49
0.49
8.00
(12.12)
0.88
0.85
0.85
5.15
427,504
52
Class R
03-31-24
8.27
0.72
0.05
0.77
0.75
0.75
8.29
9.75
1.42
1.24
1.24
8.72
81,838
72
03-31-23
8.92
0.53
(0.68)
(0.15)
0.50
0.50
8.27
(1.53)
1.51
1.31
1.31
6.26
88,959
38
03-31-22
9.03
0.28
(0.12)
0.16
0.27
0.27
8.92
1.78
1.45
1.27
1.27
3.12
109,837
89
03-31-21
7.99
0.27
1.03
1.30
0.26
0.26
9.03
16.42
1.59
1.38
1.38
3.08
91,934
60
03-31-20
9.58
0.43
(1.58)
(1.15)
0.44
0.44
7.99
(12.57)
1.43
1.35
1.35
4.60
99,774
52
Class W
03-31-24
8.30
0.77
0.04
0.81
0.79
0.79
8.32
10.26
0.92
0.74
0.74
9.26
6,273
72
03-31-23
8.95
0.57
(0.67)
(0.10)
0.55
0.55
8.30
(1.04)
1.01
0.81
0.81
6.76
10,747
38
03-31-22
9.06
0.33
(0.12)
0.21
0.32
0.32
8.95
2.29
0.95
0.77
0.77
3.62
12,984
89
03-31-21
8.01
0.32
1.03
1.35
0.30
0.30
9.06
17.08
1.09
0.88
0.88
3.69
11,426
60
03-31-20
9.60
0.48
(1.58)
(1.10)
0.49
0.49
8.01
(12.10)
0.93
0.85
0.85
5.11
35,543
52
Voya GNMA Income Fund
Class A
03-31-24
7.47
0.23
(0.15)
0.08
0.25
0.25
7.30
1.20
0.86
0.84
0.84
3.23
317,375
495
03-31-23
8.03
0.16
(0.53)
(0.37)
0.19
0.19
7.47
(4.53)
0.83
0.84
0.84
2.17
389,829
353
03-31-22
8.50
0.04
(0.40)
(0.36)
0.10
0.01
0.11
8.03
(4.36)
0.84
0.84
0.84
0.45
464,615
539
03-31-21
8.58
0.07
0.02
0.09
0.14
0.03
0.17
8.50
1.08
0.85
0.84
0.84
0.82
591,762
419
03-31-20
8.36
0.18
0.27
0.45
0.23
0.23
8.58
5.43
0.93
0.92
0.92
2.12
493,737
421
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113


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.
 
 
Income (loss)
from
investment
operations
 
Less distributions
 
 
 
 
Ratios to average net assets
Supplemental
data
 
Net asset value, beginning
of year or period
Net investment income (loss)
Net realized and unrealized
gain (loss)
Total from investment
operations
From net investment income
From net realized gains
From return of capital
Total distributions
Payment from affiliate
Net asset value, end of year or period
Total Return(1)
Expenses before
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Expenses net of fee waivers
and/or recoupments, if any(2)(3)
Expenses net of all
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Net investment income
(loss)(2)(3)
Net assets, end of year or period
Portfolio turnover rate
Year or Period ended
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
($000's)
(%)
Class C
03-31-24
7.43
0.18
(0.15)
0.03
0.20
0.20
7.26
0.44
1.61
1.59
1.59
2.48
10,785
495
03-31-23
7.99
0.10
(0.52)
(0.42)
0.14
0.14
7.43
(5.28)
1.58
1.59
1.59
1.39
17,679
353
03-31-22
8.46
(0.03)
(0.40)
(0.43)
0.03
0.01
0.04
7.99
(5.10)
1.59
1.59
1.59
(0.32)
26,837
539
03-31-21
8.53
0.01
0.03
0.04
0.08
0.03
0.11
8.46
0.44
1.60
1.59
1.59
0.09
48,911
419
03-31-20
8.31
0.12
0.26
0.38
0.16
0.16
8.53
4.66
1.68
1.67
1.67
1.37
47,577
421
Class I
03-31-24
7.49
0.26
(0.16)
0.10
0.28
0.28
7.31
1.39
0.59
0.54
0.54
3.53
861,582
495
03-31-23
8.04
0.19
(0.52)
(0.33)
0.22
0.22
7.49
(4.11)
0.56
0.54
0.54
2.48
822,846
353
03-31-22
8.52
0.06
(0.41)
(0.35)
0.12
0.01
0.13
8.04
(4.18)
0.56
0.54
0.54
0.74
834,623
539
03-31-21
8.59
0.09
0.04
0.13
0.17
0.03
0.20
8.52
1.50
0.57
0.54
0.54
1.10
968,367
419
03-31-20
8.37
0.21
0.26
0.47
0.25
0.25
8.59
5.75
0.67
0.62
0.62
2.42
604,194
421
Class R6
03-31-24
7.49
0.26
(0.16)
0.10
0.28
0.28
7.31
1.44
0.50
0.50
0.50
3.58
28,497
495
03-31-23
8.05
0.19
(0.53)
(0.34)
0.22
0.22
7.49
(4.21)
0.49
0.49
0.49
2.57
29,707
353
03-31-22
8.52
0.07
(0.41)
(0.34)
0.12
0.01
0.13
8.05
(4.06)
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.81
23,951
539
07-31-2020(4) -
03-31-21
8.58
0.04
0.02
0.06
0.09
0.03
0.12
8.52
0.64
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.62
41,739
419
Class W
03-31-24
7.50
0.25
(0.16)
0.09
0.27
0.27
7.32
1.34
0.61
0.59
0.59
3.48
48,555
495
03-31-23
8.05
0.18
(0.52)
(0.34)
0.21
0.21
7.50
(4.15)
0.58
0.59
0.59
2.36
66,562
353
03-31-22
8.53
0.06
(0.41)
(0.35)
0.12
0.01
0.13
8.05
(4.22)
0.59
0.59
0.59
0.70
110,824
539
03-31-21
8.60
0.09
0.04
0.13
0.17
0.03
0.20
8.53
1.45
0.60
0.59
0.59
1.02
179,530
419
03-31-20
8.38
0.20
0.27
0.47
0.25
0.25
8.60
5.69
0.68
0.67
0.67
2.38
155,915
421
Voya High Yield Bond Fund
Class A
03-31-24
6.73
0.42
0.16
0.58
0.43
0.43
6.88
8.89
1.09
1.04
1.04
6.24
35,358
62
03-31-23
7.58
0.37
(0.77)
(0.40)
0.36
0.09
0.45
6.73
(5.07)
1.08
1.07
1.07
5.46
38,546
70
03-31-22
7.99
0.36
(0.40)
(0.04)
0.37
0.00*
0.37
7.58
(0.62)
1.04
1.04
1.04
4.55
45,842
63
03-31-21
7.02
0.38
0.99
1.37
0.38
0.02
0.40
7.99
19.76
1.04
1.04
1.04
4.86
49,805
78
03-31-20
7.86
0.39
(0.81)
(0.42)
0.42
0.42
7.02
(5.76)
1.10
1.10
1.10
4.97
44,060
57
Class C
03-31-24
6.72
0.37
0.16
0.53
0.38
0.38
6.87
8.08
1.84
1.79
1.79
5.49
5,982
62
03-31-23
7.58
0.32
(0.77)
(0.45)
0.32
0.09
0.41
6.72
(5.87)
1.83
1.82
1.82
4.69
6,562
70
03-31-22
7.99
0.30
(0.40)
(0.10)
0.31
0.00*
0.31
7.58
(1.37)
1.79
1.79
1.79
3.80
9,496
63
03-31-21
7.02
0.32
0.99
1.31
0.32
0.02
0.34
7.99
18.88
1.79
1.79
1.79
4.12
10,150
78
03-31-20
7.86
0.34
(0.82)
(0.48)
0.36
0.36
7.02
(6.47)
1.85
1.85
1.85
4.23
11,215
57
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114


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.
 
 
Income (loss)
from
investment
operations
 
Less distributions
 
 
 
 
Ratios to average net assets
Supplemental
data
 
Net asset value, beginning
of year or period
Net investment income (loss)
Net realized and unrealized
gain (loss)
Total from investment
operations
From net investment income
From net realized gains
From return of capital
Total distributions
Payment from affiliate
Net asset value, end of year or period
Total Return(1)
Expenses before
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Expenses net of fee waivers
and/or recoupments, if any(2)(3)
Expenses net of all
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Net investment income
(loss)(2)(3)
Net assets, end of year or period
Portfolio turnover rate
Year or Period ended
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
($000's)
(%)
Class I
03-31-24
6.71
0.44
0.16
0.60
0.45
0.45
6.86
9.28
0.75
0.70
0.70
6.59
193,044
62
03-31-23
7.57
0.40
(0.78)
(0.38)
0.39
0.09
0.48
6.71
(4.83)
0.73
0.72
0.72
5.82
188,736
70
03-31-22
7.98
0.39
(0.40)
(0.01)
0.40
0.00*
0.40
7.57
(0.28)
0.69
0.69
0.69
4.90
193,357
63
03-31-21
7.01
0.40
0.99
1.39
0.40
0.02
0.42
7.98
20.19
0.69
0.69
0.69
5.18
171,058
78
03-31-20
7.85
0.42
(0.81)
(0.39)
0.45
0.45
7.01
(5.45)
0.75
0.75
0.75
5.32
68,214
57
Class R
03-31-24
6.73
0.40
0.16
0.56
0.41
0.41
6.88
8.62
1.34
1.29
1.29
6.00
297
62
03-31-23
7.59
0.36
(0.78)
(0.42)
0.35
0.09
0.44
6.73
(5.38)
1.33
1.32
1.32
5.26
256
70
03-31-22
8.00
0.34
(0.40)
(0.06)
0.35
0.00*
0.35
7.59
(0.87)
1.29
1.29
1.29
4.29
182
63
03-31-21
7.03
0.36
0.99
1.35
0.36
0.02
0.38
8.00
19.44
1.29
1.29
1.29
4.61
547
78
03-31-20
7.87
0.37
(0.81)
(0.44)
0.40
0.40
7.03
(5.99)
1.35
1.35
1.35
4.72
684
57
Class R6
03-31-24
6.73
0.45
0.15
0.60
0.45
0.45
6.88
9.34
0.68
0.63
0.63
6.69
197,092
62
03-31-23
7.59
0.40
(0.77)
(0.37)
0.40
0.09
0.49
6.73
(4.74)
0.67
0.66
0.66
5.94
93,175
70
03-31-22
8.00
0.40
(0.41)
(0.01)
0.40
0.00*
0.40
7.59
(0.21)
0.63
0.63
0.63
4.91
44,338
63
03-31-21
7.02
0.41
1.00
1.41
0.41
0.02
0.43
8.00
20.39
0.63
0.63
0.63
5.26
242,749
78
03-31-20
7.87
0.43
(0.82)
(0.39)
0.46
0.46
7.02
(5.49)
0.69
0.69
0.69
5.44
125,036
57
Class W
03-31-24
6.74
0.44
0.15
0.59
0.44
0.44
6.89
9.16
0.84
0.79
0.79
6.46
43,846
62
03-31-23
7.60
0.39
(0.77)
(0.38)
0.39
0.09
0.48
6.74
(4.88)
0.83
0.82
0.82
5.70
57,159
70
03-31-22
8.00
0.38
(0.39)
(0.01)
0.39
0.00*
0.39
7.60
(0.24)
0.79
0.79
0.79
4.79
84,428
63
03-31-21
7.03
0.40
0.99
1.39
0.40
0.02
0.42
8.00
20.03
0.79
0.79
0.79
5.09
145,963
78
03-31-20
7.87
0.41
(0.81)
(0.40)
0.44
0.44
7.03
(5.51)
0.85
0.85
0.85
5.22
138,971
57
Voya Intermediate Bond Fund
Class A
03-31-24
8.74
0.33
(0.06)
0.27
0.34
0.34
8.67
3.17
0.72
0.72
0.72
3.82
223,398
277(5)
03-31-23
9.55
0.26
(0.82)
(0.56)
0.25
0.25
8.74
(5.82)
0.72
0.72
0.72
2.93
245,387
247(5)
03-31-22
10.25
0.20
(0.66)
(0.46)
0.22
0.02
0.24
9.55
(4.70)
0.69
0.69
0.69
1.97
364,121
222(5)
03-31-21
10.11
0.25
0.38
0.63
0.29
0.17
0.03
0.49
10.25
6.12
0.70
0.70
0.70
2.35
459,960
159(5)
03-31-20
10.02
0.30
0.13
0.43
0.33
0.01
0.34
10.11
4.29
0.69
0.69
0.69
2.88
451,338
253(5)
Class C
03-31-24
8.72
0.26
(0.05)
0.21
0.27
0.27
8.66
2.52
1.47
1.47
1.47
3.06
7,103
277(5)
03-31-23
9.53
0.19
(0.81)
(0.62)
0.19
0.19
8.72
(6.54)
1.47
1.47
1.47
2.17
9,687
247(5)
03-31-22
10.23
0.12
(0.66)
(0.54)
0.14
0.02
0.16
9.53
(5.43)
1.44
1.44
1.44
1.22
15,564
222(5)
03-31-21
10.09
0.17
0.38
0.55
0.21
0.17
0.03
0.41
10.23
5.34
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.62
22,702
159(5)
03-31-20
10.01
0.21
0.14
0.35
0.26
0.01
0.27
10.09
3.41
1.44
1.44
1.44
2.06
25,556
253(5)
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115


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.
 
 
Income (loss)
from
investment
operations
 
Less distributions
 
 
 
 
Ratios to average net assets
Supplemental
data
 
Net asset value, beginning
of year or period
Net investment income (loss)
Net realized and unrealized
gain (loss)
Total from investment
operations
From net investment income
From net realized gains
From return of capital
Total distributions
Payment from affiliate
Net asset value, end of year or period
Total Return(1)
Expenses before
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Expenses net of fee waivers
and/or recoupments, if any(2)(3)
Expenses net of all
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Net investment income
(loss)(2)(3)
Net assets, end of year or period
Portfolio turnover rate
Year or Period ended
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
($000's)
(%)
Class I
03-31-24
8.74
0.36
(0.05)
0.31
0.37
0.37
8.68
3.66
0.34
0.34
0.34
4.21
5,613,853
277(5)
03-31-23
9.55
0.29
(0.82)
(0.53)
0.28
0.28
8.74
(5.51)
0.36
0.36
0.36
3.29
4,938,036
247(5)
03-31-22
10.25
0.24
(0.67)
(0.43)
0.25
0.02
0.27
9.55
(4.39)
0.35
0.35
0.35
2.32
6,092,396
222(5)
03-31-21
10.10
0.29
0.38
0.67
0.32
0.17
0.03
0.52
10.25
6.57
0.34
0.34
0.34
2.70
6,175,479
159(5)
03-31-20
10.02
0.32
0.14
0.46
0.37
0.01
0.38
10.10
4.53
0.36
0.36
0.36
3.13
4,988,317
253(5)
Class R
03-31-24
8.75
0.31
(0.06)
0.25
0.32
0.32
8.68
2.92
0.97
0.97
0.97
3.57
112,487
277(5)
03-31-23
9.56
0.24
(0.82)
(0.58)
0.23
0.23
8.75
(6.04)
0.97
0.97
0.97
2.70
115,639
247(5)
03-31-22
10.26
0.18
(0.67)
(0.49)
0.19
0.02
0.21
9.56
(4.93)
0.94
0.94
0.94
1.72
143,085
222(5)
03-31-21
10.12
0.22
0.38
0.60
0.26
0.17
0.03
0.46
10.26
5.86
0.95
0.95
0.95
2.11
175,289
159(5)
03-31-20
10.03
0.26
0.15
0.41
0.31
0.01
0.32
10.12
4.03
0.94
0.94
0.94
2.56
186,915
253(5)
Class R6
03-31-24
8.75
0.36
(0.06)
0.30
0.37
0.37
8.68
3.60
0.29
0.29
0.29
4.25
2,440,996
277(5)
03-31-23
9.56
0.30
(0.83)
(0.53)
0.28
0.28
8.75
(5.46)
0.30
0.30
0.30
3.37
2,302,998
247(5)
03-31-22
10.25
0.24
(0.66)
(0.42)
0.25
0.02
0.27
9.56
(4.25)
0.29
0.29
0.29
2.37
2,563,038
222(5)
03-31-21
10.11
0.29
0.38
0.67
0.33
0.17
0.03
0.53
10.25
6.50
0.30
0.30
0.30
2.74
2,861,963
159(5)
03-31-20
10.02
0.33
0.14
0.47
0.37
0.01
0.38
10.11
4.67
0.30
0.30
0.30
3.19
2,306,857
253(5)
Class W
03-31-24
8.73
0.35
(0.05)
0.30
0.36
0.36
8.67
3.55
0.47
0.47
0.47
4.10
103,015
277(5)
03-31-23
9.54
0.28
(0.82)
(0.54)
0.27
0.27
8.73
(5.59)
0.47
0.47
0.47
3.11
62,837
247(5)
03-31-22
10.24
0.23
(0.67)
(0.44)
0.24
0.02
0.26
9.54
(4.47)
0.44
0.44
0.44
2.22
174,769
222(5)
03-31-21
10.10
0.27
0.38
0.65
0.31
0.17
0.03
0.51
10.24
6.39
0.45
0.45
0.45
2.59
268,634
159(5)
03-31-20
10.01
0.32
0.14
0.46
0.36
0.01
0.37
10.10
4.56
0.44
0.44
0.44
3.05
249,060
253(5)
Voya Short Duration Bond Fund
Class A
03-31-24
9.29
0.36
(0.01)
0.35
0.37
0.37
9.27
3.89
0.64
0.63
0.63
3.93
4,124
348
03-31-23
9.58
0.21
(0.29)
(0.08)
0.21
0.21
9.29
(0.83)
0.64
0.62
0.62
2.26
9,054
225
03-31-22
9.98
0.09
(0.36)
(0.27)
0.10
0.03
0.13
9.58
(2.81)
0.64
0.63
0.63
0.93
15,351
250
03-31-21
9.55
0.16
0.46
0.62
0.17
0.02
0.19
9.98
6.48
0.68
0.60
0.60
1.62
19,499
145
03-31-20
9.77
0.22
(0.23)
(0.01)
0.21
0.21
9.55
(0.14)
0.72
0.65
0.65
2.19
6,907
192
Class C
03-31-24
9.30
0.30
(0.02)
0.28
0.30
0.30
9.28
3.11
1.39
1.38
1.38
3.19
82
348
03-31-23
9.58
0.13
(0.27)
(0.14)
0.14
0.14
9.30
(1.47)
1.39
1.37
1.37
1.34
149
225
03-31-22
9.98
0.02
(0.37)
(0.35)
0.02
0.03
0.05
9.58
(3.54)
1.39
1.38
1.38
0.18
442
250
03-31-21
9.55
0.09
0.45
0.54
0.09
0.02
0.11
9.98
5.69
1.43
1.35
1.35
0.89
548
145
03-31-20
9.76
0.14
(0.21)
(0.07)
0.14
0.14
9.55
(0.78)
1.47
1.40
1.40
1.41
335
192
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.
 
 
Income (loss)
from
investment
operations
 
Less distributions
 
 
 
 
Ratios to average net assets
Supplemental
data
 
Net asset value, beginning
of year or period
Net investment income (loss)
Net realized and unrealized
gain (loss)
Total from investment
operations
From net investment income
From net realized gains
From return of capital
Total distributions
Payment from affiliate
Net asset value, end of year or period
Total Return(1)
Expenses before
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Expenses net of fee waivers
and/or recoupments, if any(2)(3)
Expenses net of all
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Net investment income
(loss)(2)(3)
Net assets, end of year or period
Portfolio turnover rate
Year or Period ended
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
($000's)
(%)
Class I
03-31-24
9.28
0.40
(0.02)
0.38
0.40
0.40
9.26
4.17
0.38
0.35
0.35
4.29
34,484
348
03-31-23
9.57
0.25
(0.30)
(0.05)
0.24
0.24
9.28
(0.54)
0.40
0.35
0.35
2.67
31,011
225
03-31-22
9.97
0.12
(0.36)
(0.24)
0.13
0.03
0.16
9.57
(2.52)
0.40
0.35
0.35
1.19
31,691
250
03-31-21
9.54
0.19
0.46
0.65
0.20
0.02
0.22
9.97
6.81
0.48
0.35
0.35
1.91
16,762
145
03-31-20
9.76
0.24
(0.22)
0.02
0.24
0.24
9.54
0.16
0.57
0.40
0.40
2.43
11,925
192
Class R
03-31-24
9.33
0.35
(0.03)
0.32
0.35
0.35
9.30
3.52
0.89
0.88
0.88
3.78
34
348
03-31-23
9.61
0.20
(0.29)
(0.09)
0.19
0.19
9.33
(0.96)
0.89
0.87
0.87
2.14
23
225
03-31-22
10.01
0.07
(0.37)
(0.30)
0.07
0.03
0.10
9.61
(3.04)
0.89
0.88
0.88
0.66
17
250
03-31-21
9.57
0.14
0.46
0.60
0.14
0.02
0.16
10.01
6.32
0.93
0.85
0.85
1.39
8
145
03-31-20
9.77
0.19
(0.20)
(0.01)
0.19
0.19
9.57
(0.18)
0.97
0.90
0.90
1.93
3
192
Class R6
03-31-24
9.29
0.40
(0.02)
0.38
0.40
0.40
9.27
4.22
0.31
0.30
0.30
4.35
503,455
348
03-31-23
9.58
0.25
(0.30)
(0.05)
0.24
0.24
9.29
(0.50)
0.32
0.30
0.30
2.63
338,437
225
03-31-22
9.98
0.12
(0.36)
(0.24)
0.13
0.03
0.16
9.58
(2.49)
0.31
0.30
0.30
1.18
372,853
250
03-31-21
9.55
0.20
0.45
0.65
0.20
0.02
0.22
9.98
6.83
0.38
0.30
0.30
2.01
51,298
145
03-31-20
9.76
0.24
(0.21)
0.03
0.24
0.24
9.55
0.29
0.42
0.35
0.35
2.47
98,380
192
Class W
03-31-24
9.32
0.39
(0.01)
0.38
0.40
0.40
9.30
4.15
0.39
0.38
0.38
4.22
10,083
348
03-31-23
9.60
0.23
(0.28)
(0.05)
0.23
0.23
9.32
(0.47)
0.39
0.37
0.37
2.47
12,660
225
03-31-22
10.01
0.12
(0.38)
(0.26)
0.12
0.03
0.15
9.60
(2.65)
0.39
0.38
0.38
1.18
19,721
250
03-31-21
9.57
0.18
0.47
0.65
0.19
0.02
0.21
10.01
6.84
0.43
0.35
0.35
1.85
21,981
145
03-31-20
9.79
0.24
(0.22)
0.02
0.24
0.24
9.57
0.12
0.47
0.40
0.40
2.41
97
192
Voya Short Duration High Income Fund
Class A
03-31-24
9.88
0.77
0.27
1.04
0.78
0.78
10.14
10.91
1.12
0.85
0.85
7.74
13,674
55
02-09-2023(4) -
03-31-23
10.00
0.10
(0.12)
(0.02)
0.10
0.10
9.88
(0.21)
1.22
0.85
0.85
7.35
8,605
1
Class C
04-20-23(4) - 03-31-24
10.00
0.68
0.25
0.93
0.68
0.68
10.25
9.66
1.87
1.60
1.60
7.06
349
55
Class I
03-31-24
9.88
0.79
0.27
1.06
0.80
0.80
10.14
11.19
0.89
0.60
0.60
7.89
94,349
55
02-09-2023(4) -
03-31-23
10.00
0.10
(0.12)
(0.02)
0.10
0.10
9.88
(0.17)
0.97
0.60
0.60
7.61
8,805
1
Class R6
03-31-24
9.88
0.79
0.27
1.06
0.81
0.81
10.13
11.12
0.86
0.60
0.60
7.90
26,931
55
02-09-2023(4) -
03-31-23
10.00
0.10
(0.12)
(0.02)
0.10
0.10
9.88
(0.17)
0.97
0.60
0.60
7.59
8,321
1
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117


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.
 
 
Income (loss)
from
investment
operations
 
Less distributions
 
 
 
 
Ratios to average net assets
Supplemental
data
 
Net asset value, beginning
of year or period
Net investment income (loss)
Net realized and unrealized
gain (loss)
Total from investment
operations
From net investment income
From net realized gains
From return of capital
Total distributions
Payment from affiliate
Net asset value, end of year or period
Total Return(1)
Expenses before
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Expenses net of fee waivers
and/or recoupments, if any(2)(3)
Expenses net of all
reductions/additions(2)(3)
Net investment income
(loss)(2)(3)
Net assets, end of year or period
Portfolio turnover rate
Year or Period ended
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
($)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
($000's)
(%)
Voya Strategic Income Opportunities Fund
Class A
03-31-24
8.98
0.49
0.15
0.64
0.47
0.47
9.15
7.29
0.86
0.86
0.86
5.39
62,536
303
03-31-23
9.59
0.35
(0.63)
(0.28)
0.33
0.33
8.98
(2.94)
0.85
0.85
0.85
3.81
72,353
110
03-31-22
10.12
0.28
(0.52)
(0.24)
0.23
0.06
0.29
9.59
(2.47)
0.85
0.85
0.85
2.81
104,975
76
03-31-21
9.12
0.32
1.03
1.35
0.30
0.05
0.35
10.12
14.99
0.88
0.88
0.88
3.26
147,463
45
03-31-20
10.15
0.35
(0.97)
(0.62)
0.41
0.41
9.12
(6.48)
0.86
0.86
0.86
3.45
146,080
167
Class C
03-31-24
8.84
0.41
0.16
0.57
0.39
0.39
9.02
6.64
1.61
1.61
1.61
4.65
33,296
303
03-31-23
9.45
0.28
(0.64)
(0.36)
0.25
0.25
8.84
(3.78)
1.60
1.60
1.60
3.06
36,708
110
03-31-22
9.97
0.20
(0.51)
(0.31)
0.15
0.06
0.21
9.45
(3.18)
1.60
1.60
1.60
2.07
49,839
76
03-31-21
8.98
0.24
1.02
1.26
0.22
0.05
0.27
9.97
14.20
1.63
1.63
1.63
2.51
53,646
45
03-31-20
10.00
0.27
(0.96)
(0.69)
0.33
0.33
8.98
(7.24)
1.61
1.61
1.61
2.68
53,333
167
Class I
03-31-24
8.98
0.51
0.16
0.67
0.49
0.49
9.16
7.66
0.63
0.63
0.63
5.63
1,477,280
303
03-31-23
9.61
0.37
(0.65)
(0.28)
0.35
0.35
8.98
(2.84)
0.61
0.61
0.61
4.05
1,546,189
110
03-31-22
10.15
0.31
(0.53)
(0.22)
0.26
0.06
0.32
9.61
(2.22)
0.62
0.62
0.62
3.06
2,096,038
76
03-31-21
9.15
0.34
1.04
1.38
0.33
0.05
0.38
10.15
15.35
0.63
0.63
0.63
3.51
2,029,154
45
03-31-20
10.20
0.38
(0.98)
(0.60)
0.45
0.45
9.15
(6.30)
0.60
0.60
0.60
3.68
2,046,289
167
Class R
03-31-24
8.90
0.46
0.16
0.62
0.44
0.44
9.08
7.16
1.11
1.11
1.11
5.15
16,377
303
03-31-23
9.51
0.33
(0.64)
(0.31)
0.30
0.30
8.90
(3.25)
1.10
1.10
1.10
3.59
18,607
110
03-31-22
10.04
0.26
(0.53)
(0.27)
0.20
0.06
0.26
9.51
(2.76)
1.10
1.10
1.10
2.58
20,854
76
03-31-21
9.04
0.29
1.03
1.32
0.27
0.05
0.32
10.04
14.81
1.13
1.13
1.13
3.00
22,403
45
03-31-20
10.07
0.32
(0.97)
(0.65)
0.38
0.38
9.04
(6.80)
1.11
1.11
1.11
3.20
18,459
167
Class R6
03-31-24
8.96
0.52
0.14
0.66
0.49
0.49
9.13
7.63
0.56
0.56
0.56
5.72
243,077
303
03-31-23
9.58
0.38
(0.64)
(0.26)
0.36
0.36
8.96
(2.69)
0.54
0.54
0.54
4.19
167,243
110
03-31-22
10.12
0.31
(0.52)
(0.21)
0.27
0.06
0.33
9.58
(2.17)
0.54
0.54
0.54
3.14
159,175
76
03-31-21
9.12
0.35
1.04
1.39
0.34
0.05
0.39
10.12
15.46
0.57
0.57
0.57
3.59
154,515
45
03-31-20
10.17
0.38
(0.98)
(0.60)
0.45
0.45
9.12
(6.28)
0.55
0.55
0.55
3.75
229,913
167
Class W
03-31-24
8.95
0.51
0.16
0.67
0.49
0.49
9.13
7.68
0.61
0.61
0.61
5.64
16,672
303
03-31-23
9.57
0.37
(0.64)
(0.27)
0.35
0.35
8.95
(2.83)
0.60
0.60
0.60
3.99
18,980
110
03-31-22
10.10
0.31
(0.53)
(0.22)
0.25
0.06
0.31
9.57
(2.24)
0.60
0.60
0.60
3.06
36,224
76
03-31-21
9.09
0.34
1.04
1.38
0.32
0.05
0.37
10.10
15.42
0.63
0.63
0.63
3.53
48,958
45
03-31-20
10.13
0.38
(0.99)
(0.61)
0.43
0.43
9.09
(6.37)
0.61
0.61
0.61
3.69
69,522
167
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118


ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(1)
Total return is calculated assuming reinvestment of all dividends, capital gain distributions, and return of capital distributions, if any, at net asset value and excluding the deduction of sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable. Total return for periods less than one year is not annualized.
(2)
Annualized for periods less than one year.
(3)
Ratios reflect operating expenses of a Fund. Expenses before reductions/additions do not reflect amounts reimbursed or recouped by the Investment Adviser and/or the Distributor or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by a Fund during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the Investment Adviser and/or the Distributor or recoupment of previously reimbursed fees by the Investment Adviser, but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions/additions represent the net expenses paid by a Fund. Net investment income (loss) is net of all such additions or reductions.
(4)
Commencement of operations.
(5)
The Fund’s use of treasury securities and “to be announced” (“TBA”) securities contribute significantly to the portfolio turnover rate. Excluding all purchase and sale transactions involving treasury securities and TBAs, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 45% for the year ended March 31, 2024 and 36%, 33%, 39%, and 40% for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively. The Fund’s strategies involving treasury securities and TBA securities are employed to increase liquidity and to manage interest rate risk while not changing the economic exposure to treasury and mortgage-backed securities. The Fund invests in treasury securities and may purchase and sell treasury securities to manage the duration of the Fund and for hedging purposes when selling or buying corporate bonds. In addition, the Fund commonly employs an investment strategy involving the purchase of the most recently issued treasury security with a particular time to maturity while selling its position in a previously issued treasury security with a substantially similar time to maturity. This strategy is employed in order for the Fund to own the most liquid treasury security available for a given time to maturity. The Fund also invests in TBA securities whereby the actual identity of the securities to be delivered at settlement is not specified, but rather the general characteristics of the securities are agreed to (i.e. issuer, mortgage type, maturity, coupon and month of settlement). The Fund may engage in rolling strategies with TBAs whereby the Fund seeks to extend the expiration or maturity of a TBA position by closing out the position before expiration and simultaneously opening a new position that has substantially similar terms except for a later expiration date. Such rolls enable the Fund to maintain continuous investment exposure to an underlying asset beyond the expiration of the initial position without delivery of the underlying asset.
Calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout the year or period.
*
Amount is less than $0.005 or 0.005% or more than $(0.005) or (0.005)%.
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Financial Intermediary Specific Sales Charge Waiver and Related Discount Policy Information
As described in this Prospectus, Class A shares may be subject to an initial sales charge and both Class A and Class C shares may charge a CDSC. Certain financial intermediaries may impose different initial sales charges or waive the initial sales charge or CDSC in certain circumstances. This Appendix details the variations in sales charge waivers by financial intermediary. You should consult your financial representative for assistance in determining whether you may qualify for a particular sales charge waiver.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers Available at Ameriprise Financial:
The following information applies to Class A shares purchases if you have an account with or otherwise purchase Fund shares through Ameriprise Financial:
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial brokerage account are eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Prospectus or the SAI:
Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the same fund family).
Shares exchanged from Class C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 7-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this Prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to such shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will apply.
Employees and registered representatives of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
Shares purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson, granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.
Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (i.e. Rights of Reinstatement).
ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INC. (“BAIRD”)
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through a Baird platform or account will only be eligible for the following sales charge waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and CDSC waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Prospectus or the SAI.
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers on Class A Shares Available at Baird
Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund.
Shares purchased by employees and registered representatives of Baird or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Baird.
Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions from another Voya fund, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same accounts, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales charge (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
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A shareholder in the Fund’s Class C shares will have their shares converted at net asset value to Class A shares of the Fund if the shares are no longer subject to CDSC and the conversion is in line with the policies and procedures of Baird.
Employer-sponsored retirement plans or charitable accounts in a transactional brokerage account at Baird, including 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares Available at Baird
Shares sold due to death or disability of the shareholder.
Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in this Prospectus.
Shares bought due to returns of excess contributions from an IRA.
Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 72 as described in this Prospectus.
Shares sold to pay Baird fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Baird.
Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.
Front-End Sales Charge Discounts Available at Baird: Breakpoints and/or Rights of Accumulation (“ROA”)
Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus.
ROA which entitles shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Baird. Eligible Fund assets not held at Baird may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
Letters of Intent (“LOI”) allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases of Fund shares through Baird, over a 13-month period of time.
D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. (“D.A. DAVIDSON”)
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares, including existing Fund shareholders, through a D.A. Davidson platform or account, or through an introducing broker-dealer or independent registered investment advisor for which D.A. Davidson provides trade execution, clearance, and/or custody services, will be eligible for the following sales charge waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Prospectus or the SAI.
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers on Class A Shares Available at D.A. Davidson
Shares purchased within the same fund family through a systematic reinvestment of capital gains and dividend distributions.
Employees and registered representatives of D.A. Davidson or its affiliates and their family members as designated by D.A. Davidson.
Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales charge (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
A shareholder in the Fund’s Class C shares will have their shares converted at net asset value to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the Fund after 6 years from the date of first purchase of the Class C shares and if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the conversion is consistent with D.A. Davidson’s policies and procedures.
CDSC Waivers on Class A and Class C Shares Available at D.A. Davidson
Death or disability of the shareholder.
Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in this Prospectus.
Return of excess contributions from an IRA.
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Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA or other qualifying retirement accounts pursuant to the Code.
Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.
Front-End Sales Charge Discounts Available at D.A. Davidson: Breakpoints, ROA and/or LOI
Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus.
ROA which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at D.A. Davidson. Eligible fund family assets not held at D.A. Davidson may be included in the calculation of ROA only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
LOI which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, over a 13-month time period. Eligible fund family assets not held at D.A. Davidson may be included in the calculation of LOI only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
EDWARD D. JONES & CO., L.P. (“EDWARD JONES”)
Policies Regarding Transactions Through Edward Jones
The following information has been provided by Edward Jones:
The following information supersedes prior information with respect to transactions and positions held in Fund shares through an Edward Jones system. Clients of Edward Jones (also referred to as “shareholders”) purchasing Fund shares on the Edward Jones commission and fee-based platforms are eligible only for the following sales charge discounts (also referred to as “breakpoints”) and waivers, which can differ from discounts and waivers described elsewhere in this Prospectus or the SAI or through another broker-dealer. In all instances, it is the shareholder's responsibility to inform Edward Jones at the time of purchase of any relationship, holdings of Voya funds and Voya 529 Plans, or other facts qualifying the purchaser for discounts or waivers. Edward Jones can ask for documentation of such circumstance. Shareholders should contact Edward Jones if they have questions regarding their eligibility for these discounts and waivers.
Breakpoints
Breakpoint pricing, otherwise known as volume pricing, at dollar thresholds as described in this Prospectus.
ROA
The applicable sales charge on a purchase of Class A shares is determined by taking into account all share classes (except certain money market funds and any assets held in group retirement plans) of the Voya funds and Voya 529 Plans held by the shareholder or in an account grouped by Edward Jones with other accounts for the purpose of providing certain pricing considerations (“pricing groups”). If grouping assets as a shareholder, this includes all share classes held on the Edward Jones platform and/or held on another platform. The inclusion of eligible fund family assets in the ROA calculation is dependent on the shareholder notifying Edward Jones of such assets at the time of calculation. Money market funds are included only if such shares were sold with a sales charge at the time of purchase or acquired in exchange for shares purchased with a sales charge.
The employer maintaining a SEP IRA plan and/or SIMPLE IRA plan may elect to establish or change ROA for the IRAs associated with the plan to a plan-level grouping as opposed to including all share classes at a shareholder or pricing group level.
ROA is determined by calculating the higher of cost minus redemptions or market value (current shares x NAV).
LOI
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Through a LOI, shareholders can receive the sales charge and breakpoint discounts for purchases shareholders intend to make over a 13-month period from the date Edward Jones receives the LOI. The LOI is determined by calculating the higher of cost or market value of qualifying holdings at LOI initiation in combination with the value that the shareholder intends to buy over a 13-month period to calculate the front-end sales charge and any breakpoint discounts. Each purchase the shareholder makes during that 13-month period will receive the sales charge and breakpoint discount that applies to the total amount. The inclusion of eligible fund family assets in the LOI calculation is dependent on the shareholder notifying Edward Jones of such assets at the time of calculation. Purchases made before the LOI is received by Edward Jones are not adjusted under the LOI and will not reduce the sales charge previously paid. Sales charges will be adjusted if LOI is not met.
If the employer maintaining a SEP IRA plan and/or SIMPLE IRA plan has elected to establish or change ROA for the IRAs associated with the plan to a plan-level grouping, LOIs will also be at the plan-level and may only be established by the employer.
Sales Charge Waivers
Sales charges are waived for the following shareholders and in the following situations:
Associates of Edward Jones and its affiliates and other accounts in the same pricing group (as determined by Edward Jones under its policies and procedures) as the associate. This waiver will continue for the remainder of the associate's life if the associate retires from Edward Jones in good-standing and remains in good standing pursuant to Edward Jones' policies and procedures.
Shares purchased in an Edward Jones fee-based program.
Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment. Shares purchased from the proceeds of redeemed shares of the same fund family so long as the following conditions are met: the proceeds are from the sale of shares within 60 days of the purchase, the sale and purchase are made from a share class that charges a front-end sales charge and one of the following:
The redemption and repurchase occur in the same account.
The redemption proceeds are used to process an: IRA contribution, excess contributions, conversion, recharacterizing of contributions, or distribution, and the repurchase is done in an account within the same Edward Jones grouping for ROA.
Shares exchanged into Class A shares from another share class so long as the exchange is into the same fund and was initiated at the discretion of Edward Jones. Edward Jones is responsible for any remaining CDSC due to the fund company, if applicable. Any future purchases are subject to the applicable sales charge as disclosed in the prospectus.
Exchanges from Class C shares to Class A shares of the same fund, generally, in the 84th month following the anniversary of the purchase date or earlier at the discretion of Edward Jones.
Purchases of Class 529-A shares through a rollover from either another education savings plan or a security used for qualified distributions.
Purchases of Class 529 shares made for recontribution of refunded amounts.
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) Waivers
If the shareholder purchases shares that are subject to a CDSC and those shares are redeemed before the CDSC is expired, the shareholder is responsible to pay the CDSC except in the following conditions:
The death or disability of the shareholder.
Systematic withdrawals with up to 10% per year of the account value.
Return of excess contributions from an IRA.
Shares redeemed as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts if the redemption is taken in or after the year the shareholder reaches qualified age based on applicable U.S. Treasury regulations.
Shares redeemed to pay Edward Jones fees or costs in such cases where the transaction is initiated by Edward Jones.
Shares exchanged in an Edward Jones fee-based program.
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Shares acquired through NAV reinstatement.
Shares redeemed at the discretion of Edward Jones for Minimums Balances, as described below.
Other Important Information Regarding Transactions Through Edward Jones
Minimum Purchase Amounts
Initial purchase minimum: $250
Subsequent purchase minimum: none
Minimum Balances
Edward Jones has the right to redeem at its discretion Fund holdings with a balance of $250 or less. The following are examples of accounts that are not included in this policy:
A fee-based account held on an Edward Jones platform
A 529 account held on an Edward Jones platform
An account with an active systematic investment plan or LOI
Exchanging Share Classes
At any time it deems necessary, Edward Jones has the authority to exchange at NAV a shareholder's holdings in a Fund to Class A shares of the same Fund.
E*TRADE FRONT-END SALES CHARGE WAIVER
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through an E*TRADE brokerage account will be eligible for a waiver of the front-end sales charge with respect to Class A shares (or the equivalent). This includes shares purchased through the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions.
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC (“Janney”)
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through a Janney account will be eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and CDSC, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Prospectus or the SAI.
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers on Class A Shares Available at Janney
Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family).
Shares purchased by employees and registered representatives of Janney or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Janney.
Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within ninety (90) days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (i.e., right of reinstatement).
Class C shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same Fund pursuant to Janney’s policies and procedures.
Sales Charge Waivers on Class A and C Shares Available at Janney
Shares sold upon the death or disability of the shareholder.
Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in this Prospectus.
Shares purchased in connection with a return of excess contributions from an IRA.
Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½ as described in this Prospectus.
Shares sold to pay Janney fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Janney.
Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.
Front-End Load Discounts Available at Janney: Breakpoints, and/or Rights of Accumulation
Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus.
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ROA, which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts, will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Janney. Eligible fund family assets not held at Janney may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC (“JPMorgan”)
If you purchase or hold Fund shares through an applicable JPMorgan brokerage account, you will be eligible for the following sales charge waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and CDSC, or back-end sales charge, waivers), share class conversion policy and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Prospectus or the SAI.
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers on Class A Shares Available at JPMorgan
Shares exchanged from Class C (i.e., level-load) shares that are no longer subject to a CDSC and are exchanged into Class A shares of the same Fund pursuant to JPMorgan’s share class exchange policy.
Qualified employer-sponsored defined contribution and defined benefit retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, other employee benefit plans and trusts used to fund those plans. For purposes of this provision, such plans do not include SEP IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs, SAR-SEPs or 501(c)(3) accounts.
Shares of Funds purchased through JPMorgan Self-Directed Investing accounts.
Shares purchased through rights of reinstatement.
Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the fund family).
Shares purchased by employees and registered representatives of JPMorgan or its affiliates and their spouse or financial dependent as defined by JPMorgan.
Class C to Class A Share Conversion
A shareholder in the Fund’s Class C shares will have their shares converted to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the same Fund if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the conversion is consistent with JPMorgan’s policies and procedures.
CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares Available at JPMorgan
Shares sold upon the death or disability of the shareholder.
Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in this Prospectus.
Shares purchased in connection with a return of excess contributions from an IRA.
Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts pursuant to the Code.
Shares acquired through a Right of Reinstatement.
Front-End Load Discounts Available at JPMorgan: Breakpoints, ROA & LOI
Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus.
ROA which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts as described in this Prospectus will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at JPMorgan. Eligible fund family assets not held at JPMorgan (including 529 program holdings, where applicable) may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies their financial advisor about such assets.
LOI which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, through JPMorgan, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable).
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MERRILL LYNCH (“Merrill”)
Purchases or sales of front-end (i.e. Class A) or level-load (i.e., Class C) mutual fund shares through a Merrill platform or account will be eligible only for the following sales load waivers (front-end, contingent deferred, or back-end waivers) and discounts, which differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund’s Prospectus. Purchasers will have to buy mutual fund shares directly from the mutual fund company or through another intermediary to be eligible for waivers or discounts not listed below.
It is the shareholder’s responsibility to notify Merrill at the time of purchase or sale of any relationship or other facts that qualify the transaction for a waiver or discount. A Merrill representative may ask for reasonable documentation of such facts and Merrill may condition the granting of a waiver or discount on the timely receipt of such documentation.
Additional information on waivers and discounts is available in the Merrill Sales Load Waiver and Discounts Supplement (the “Merrill SLWD Supplement”) and in the Mutual Fund Investing at Merrill pamphlet at ml.com/funds. Shareholders are encouraged to review these documents and speak with their financial advisor to determine whether a transaction is eligible for a waiver or discount.
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers on Class A Shares Available at Merrill
Employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans provided that the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include Simplified Employee Pension IRAs (“SEP IRA”), Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.
Shares purchased through a Merrill investment advisory program.
Brokerage class shares exchanged from advisory class shares due to the holdings moving from a Merrill investment advisory program to a Merrill brokerage account.
Shares of Funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform.
Shares purchased through the systematic reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same mutual fund in the same account.
Shares exchanged from level-load shares to front-end sales charge shares of the same Fund in accordance with the description in the Merrill SLWD Supplement.
Shares purchased by eligible employees of Merrill or its affiliates and their family members who purchase shares in accounts within the employee’s Merrill Household (as defined in the Merrill SLWD Supplement).
Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Investment Adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this Prospectus.
Shares purchased from the proceeds of the Fund’s redemption in front-end sales charge shares provided: (1) the repurchase is in a mutual fund within the same fund family; (2) the repurchase occurs within 90 calendar days from the redemption trade date, and (3) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account (known as Rights of Reinstatement). Automated transactions (i.e. systematic purchases and withdrawals) and purchases made after shares are automatically sold to pay Merrill’s account maintenance fees are not eligible for Rights of Reinstatement.
CDSC Waivers on Class A and Class C Shares Available at Merrill
Shares sold due to shareholder’s death or disability (as defined by Code Section 22(e)(3)).
Shares sold pursuant to a systematic withdrawal program subject to Merrill’s maximum systematic withdrawal limits as described in the Merrill SLWD Supplement.
Shares sold due to return of excess contributions from an IRA.
Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the investor reaching the qualified age based on applicable U.S. Treasury regulation.
Front-end or level-load shares held in commission-based, non-taxable retirement brokerage accounts (e.g. traditional, Roth, rollover, SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans) that are transferred to fee-based accounts or platforms and exchanged for a lower cost share class of the same Fund.
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Front-End Load Discounts Available at Merrill: Breakpoints, ROA & LOI
Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus, where the sales charge is at or below the maximum sales charge that Merrill permits to be assessed to a front-end load purchase, as described in the Merrill SLWD Supplement.
ROA, as described in the Merrill SLWD Supplement, which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts based on the aggregated holdings of mutual fund family assets held in accounts in their Merrill Household.
LOI: which allow for breakpoint discounts on eligible new purchases based on anticipated future eligible purchases within a fund family at Merrill, in accounts within your Merrill Household, as further described in the Merrill SLWD Supplement.
MORGAN STANLEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT (“Morgan Stanley”)
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management transactional brokerage account will be eligible only for the following front-end sales charge waivers with respect to Class A shares, which may differ from and may be more limited than those disclosed elsewhere in this Prospectus or the SAI.
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers on Class A Shares Available at Morgan Stanley
Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.
Morgan Stanley employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules.
Shares purchased through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same Fund.
Shares purchased through a Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account.
Class C (i.e., level-load) shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same Fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program – shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to a frontend or deferred sales charge.
OPPENHEIMER & CO. (“OPCO”)
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through an OPCO platform or account are eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Prospectus or the SAI.
Front-End Sales Load Waivers on Class A Shares Available at OPCO
Employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan.
Shares purchased by or through a 529 Plan.
Shares purchased through an OPCO affiliated investment advisory program.
Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the fund family).
Shares purchased form the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same amount, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as “Rights of Restatement”).
A shareholder in the Fund’s Class C shares will have their shares converted at net asset value to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the Fund after 5 years from the date of first purchase of the Class C shares and if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the conversion is in line with the policies and procedures of OPCO.
Employees and registered representatives of OPCO or its affiliates and their family members.
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Directors or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this Prospectus.
CDSC Waivers on A and C Shares Available at OPCO
Death or disability of the shareholder
Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in this Prospectus
Return of excess contributions from an IRA.
Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½ as described in this Prospectus
Shares sold to pay OPCO fees but only if the transaction is initiated by OPCO
Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement
Front-End Load Discounts Available at OPCO: Breakpoints, ROA & LOI
Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus
ROA which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser's household at OPCO. Eligible fund family assets not held at OPCO may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC., RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. and each entity’s affiliates (“RAYMOND JAMES”)
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through a Raymond James platform or account, or through an introducing broker-dealer or independent registered investment adviser for which Raymond James provides trade execution, clearance, and/or custody services, will be eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Prospectus or the SAI.
Front-End Sales Load Waivers on Class A Shares Available at Raymond James
Shares purchased in an investment advisory program.
Shares purchased within the same fund family through a systematic reinvestment of capital gains and dividend distributions.
Employees and registered representatives of Raymond James or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Raymond James.
Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
A shareholder in the Fund’s Class C shares will have their shares converted at net asset value to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the Fund if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the conversion is in line with the policies and procedures of Raymond James.
CDSC Waivers on Classes A and C Shares Available at Raymond James
Death or disability of the shareholder.
Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in this Prospectus.
Return of excess contributions from an IRA.
Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½.
Shares sold to pay Raymond James fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Raymond James.
Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.
Front-End Load Discounts Available at Raymond James: Breakpoints, ROA, and /or LOI
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Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus.
ROA which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Raymond James. Eligible fund family assets not held at Raymond James may be included in the calculation of ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
LOI which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, over a 13-month time period. Eligible fund family assets not held at Raymond James may be included in the calculation of LOI only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED (“STIFEL”)
The following information applies to shareholders purchasing Class C shares of the Fund through a Stifel platform or account or who own Class C shares for which Stifel or an affiliate is the broker-dealer of record. This information may differ from information about Class C shares disclosed elsewhere in this Prospectus or the SAI.
Class C Conversion to Class A; Class A Shares Front-End Sales Waiver Available at Stifel:
A Class C shareholder of the Fund will have such shareholder’s Class C shares converted at net asset value to Class A shares of that Fund in accordance with Stifel’s policies and procedures. Stifel has informed the Fund that its policies and procedures currently provide for such a conversion following the seventh (7th) anniversary of the shareholder’s purchase of the Class C shares.
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TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION
You will find more information about the Funds in our:
ANNUAL/SEMI-ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER REPORTS
In the Funds’ annual shareholder reports, you will find a discussion of the recent market conditions and principal investment strategies that significantly affected the Funds’ performance during the applicable reporting period, the Funds’ financial statements and the independent registered public accounting firm's reports.
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The SAI contains additional information about the Funds. The SAI is legally part of this Prospectus (it is incorporated by reference). A copy has been filed with the SEC.
Please write, call, or visit our website for a free copy of the current annual/semi-annual shareholder reports, the SAI, or other Fund information.
To make shareholder inquiries contact:
Voya Investment Management
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034
1-800-992-0180
or visit our website at www.voyainvestments.com
Reports and other information about the Funds are available on the EDGAR Database on the SEC's Internet website at https://www.sec.gov, and copies of this information may be obtained, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address:[email protected].
When contacting the SEC, you will want to refer to the Funds’ SEC file number. The file number is as follows:
Voya Funds Trust
811-08895
Voya Floating Rate Fund
Voya GNMA Income Fund
Voya High Yield Bond Fund
Voya Intermediate Bond Fund
Voya Short Duration Bond Fund
Voya Short Duration High Income Fund
Voya Strategic Income Opportunities Fund
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