CREDIT SUISSE FUNDS

Prospectus

Class A, C and I Shares

February 28, 2023

CREDIT SUISSE FUNDS

 

A

 

C

 

I

 

CREDIT SUISSE COMMODITY RETURN STRATEGY FUND

 

CRSAX

 

CRSCX

 

CRSOX

 

CREDIT SUISSE FLOATING RATE HIGH INCOME FUND

 

CHIAX

 

CHICX

 

CSHIX

 

CREDIT SUISSE STRATEGIC INCOME FUND

 

CSOAX

 

CSOCX

 

CSOIX

 

CREDIT SUISSE MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

 

CSAAX

 

CSACX

 

CSAIX

 

CREDIT SUISSE MULTIALTERNATIVE STRATEGY FUND

 

CSQAX

 

 

CSQIX

 

As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have not approved these funds, nor have they passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this Prospectus. It is a criminal offense to state otherwise.

Credit Suisse Funds are advised by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC

 

 

 

CONTENTS

FUND SUMMARIES

   

4

   

CREDIT SUISSE COMMODITY RETURN STRATEGY FUND

   

4

   

CREDIT SUISSE FLOATING RATE HIGH INCOME FUND

   

11

   

CREDIT SUISSE STRATEGIC INCOME FUND

   

17

   

CREDIT SUISSE MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

   

24

   

CREDIT SUISSE MULTIALTERNATIVE STRATEGY FUND

   

32

   

SUMMARY OF OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING FUND SHARES

   

41

   

THE FUNDS IN DETAIL

   

42

   

Goals and Strategies

   

42

   

Risk Factors

   

49

   

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

   

59

   

MEET THE MANAGERS

   

74

   

MORE ABOUT THE FUNDS

   

76

   

The Management Firms

   

76

   

Share Valuation

   

78

   

Distributions

   

79

   

Taxes

   

79

   

Statements and Reports

   

81

   

CHOOSING A CLASS OF SHARES

   

82

   

BUYING AND SELLING SHARES

   

84

   

SHAREHOLDERS SERVICES

   

89

   

OTHER POLICIES

   

90

   

OTHER SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION

   

92

   

OTHER INFORMATION

   

96

   

About the Distributor

   

96

   

INTERMEDIARY-SPECIFIC SALES CHARGE WAIVER POLICIES

   

97

   

FOR MORE INFORMATION

   

back cover

 

 

 

 

 


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CREDIT SUISSE COMMODITY RETURN STRATEGY FUND – SUMMARY

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The fund seeks total return.

FEES AND FUND EXPENSES

The accompanying tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund.

You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Credit Suisse Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial representative and in this Prospectus on page 92 under the heading "Other Shareholder Information – Classes of Shares and Sales Charges" and on page 97 under the heading "Intermediary-Specific Sales Charge Waiver Policies," and in the fund's Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") on page 73 under the heading "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information." You may pay other fees on purchases and sales of Class I shares of the fund, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries which are not reflected in the table and examples below.

   

CLASS A

 

CLASS C

 

CLASS I

 
Shareholder fees
(paid directly from your investment)
 

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

   

4.75

%

   

NONE

     

NONE

   
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of original purchase
price or redemption proceeds, as applicable)
   

NONE

1

   

1.00

%2

   

NONE

   

Maximum sales charge (load) on reinvested distributions (as a percentage of offering price)

   

NONE

     

NONE

     

NONE

   
Annual fund operating expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 

Management fee

   

0.59

%

   

0.59

%

   

0.59

%

 

Distribution and service (12b-1) fee

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

NONE

   

Other expenses3

   

0.22

%

   

0.22

%

   

0.22

%

 

Total annual fund operating expenses

   

1.06

%

   

1.81

%

   

0.81

%

 

Less: amount of fee limitations/expense reimbursements4

   

0.01

%

   

0.01

%

   

0.01

%

 

Total annual fund operating expenses after fee limitations/expense reimbursements

   

1.05

%

   

1.80

%

   

0.80

%

 

  1  Purchases of shares of $1 million or more may be subject to a 0.50% deferred sales charge on redemptions within 12 months of purchase.

  2  1.00% during the first year.

  3  The fund invests in Credit Suisse Cayman Commodity Fund I, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the "Subsidiary"). "Other expenses" include expenses of both the fund and the Subsidiary.

  4  Credit Suisse Commodity Strategy Funds (the "Trust") and Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC ("Credit Suisse") have entered into a written contract limiting operating expenses to 1.05% of the fund's average daily net assets for Class A shares, 1.80% of the fund's average daily net assets for Class C shares and 0.80% of the fund's average daily net assets for Class I shares at least through February 28, 2024. This limit excludes certain expenses, including interest charges on fund borrowings, taxes, brokerage commissions, dealer spreads and other transaction charges, expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, acquired fund fees and expenses, short sale dividends, and extraordinary expenses (e.g., litigation and indemnification and any other costs and expenses that may be approved by the Board of Trustees).The Trust is authorized to reimburse Credit Suisse for management fees previously limited and/or for expenses previously paid by Credit Suisse, provided, however, that any reimbursements must be paid at a date not more than thirty-six months following the applicable month during which such fees were limited or expenses were reimbursed by Credit Suisse and the reimbursements do not cause the Fund to exceed the applicable expense limitation in the contract at the time the fees are recouped. This contract may not be terminated before February 28, 2024.

 


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EXAMPLE

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

Assume you invest $10,000, the fund returns 5% annually, expense ratios remain the same and you close your account at the end of each of the time periods shown. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your cost would be:

    ONE
YEAR
  THREE
YEARS
  FIVE
YEARS
  TEN
YEARS
 
CLASS A (with or without redemption)  

$

577

   

$

795

   

$

1,031

   

$

1,707

   
CLASS C (redemption at end of period)  

$

283

   

$

568

   

$

979

   

$

2,126

   
CLASS C (no redemption)  

$

183

   

$

568

   

$

979

   

$

2,126

   
CLASS I (with or without redemption)  

$

82

   

$

258

   

$

449

   

$

1,001

   

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The computation of the fund's portfolio turnover rate for regulatory purposes excludes trades of derivatives and instruments with a maturity of one year or less. However, the fund expects to engage in frequent trading of derivatives, which could have tax consequences that impact shareholders, such as the realization of taxable short-term capital gains. In addition, the fund could incur transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities and other instruments. Transaction costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year ended October 31, 2022, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 68% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The fund is designed to achieve positive total return relative to the performance of the Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return ("BCOM Index"). The fund intends to invest its assets in a combination of commodity linked-derivative instruments and fixed income securities. The fund gains exposure to commodities markets by investing through the Subsidiary and in structured notes linked to the BCOM Index, other commodity indices, or the value of a particular commodity or commodity futures contract or subset of commodities or commodity futures contracts. The value of these investments will rise or fall in response to changes in the underlying index or commodity.

The fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Credit Suisse Cayman Commodity Fund I, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The fund will invest in the Subsidiary primarily to gain exposure to the commodities markets within the limitations of the federal tax laws, rules and regulations that apply to regulated investment companies. Generally, the Subsidiary will invest in commodity-linked derivative instruments, but it will also invest in fixed income instruments, including U.S. government securities, U.S. government agency securities, corporate bonds, debentures and notes, mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities, event-linked bonds, loan participations, bank certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits, bankers' acceptances, commercial paper and other short-term fixed income securities. The primary purpose of the fixed income instruments held by the Subsidiary will be to serve as collateral for the Subsidiary's derivative positions; however, these instruments are also expected to earn income for the Subsidiary.

The fund invests in a portfolio of fixed income securities normally having an average duration of one year or less, and emphasizes investment-grade fixed income securities.

 


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PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND

A WORD ABOUT RISK

All investments involve some level of risk. Simply defined, risk is the possibility that you will lose money or not make money.

Principal risk factors for the fund are discussed below. Before you invest, please make sure you understand the risks that apply to the fund. As with any mutual fund, you could lose money over any period of time.

The fund is not a complete investment program and should only form a small part of a diversified portfolio. At any time, the risk of loss associated with a particular instrument in the fund's portfolio may be significantly higher than 50% of the value of the investment. Investors in the fund should be willing to assume the greater risks of potentially significant short-term share price fluctuations.

Investments in the fund are not bank deposits and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

COMMODITY EXPOSURE RISKS

The fund's and the Subsidiary's investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments may subject the fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, particularly if the instruments involve leverage. The value of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments.

Use of leveraged commodity-linked derivatives creates an opportunity for increased return but, at the same time, creates the possibility for greater loss (including the likelihood of greater volatility of the fund's net asset value), and there can be no assurance that the fund's use of leverage will be successful.

CORRELATION RISK

Changes in the value of a hedging instrument may not match those of the investment being hedged. In addition, certain of the fund's commodity-linked derivative investments may result in the fund's performance diverging from the BCOM Index, perhaps materially. For example, a structured note can be structured to limit the loss or the gain on the investment, which would result in the fund not participating in declines or increases in the BCOM Index that exceed the limits.

CREDIT RISK

The issuer of a debt instrument or the counterparty to a contract, including derivatives contracts, may default or otherwise become unable to honor a financial obligation. Changes in an issuer's credit rating or the market's perception of an issuer's creditworthiness also may affect the value of the fund's investment in that issuer.

DERIVATIVES RISK

Derivatives are financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. The fund typically uses derivatives as a substitute for taking a position in the underlying asset and/or as part of a strategy designed to reduce exposure to other risks, such as interest rate or currency risk. The fund also may use derivatives for leverage. The fund's use of derivative instruments, particularly commodity-linked derivatives, involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Derivatives are subject to a number of risks described elsewhere in this Prospectus, such as commodity exposure risks, correlation risk, credit risk, illiquidity risk, interest rate risk, leveraging risk, market risk and regulatory risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances and there can be no assurance that the fund will engage in these transactions to reduce exposure to other risks when that would be beneficial.

EXPOSURE RISK

The risk associated with investments (such as derivatives) or practices (such as short selling) that increase the amount of money the fund could gain or lose on an investment.

  Hedged Exposure risk could multiply losses generated by a derivative or practice used for hedging purposes. Such losses should be substantially offset by gains on the hedged investment. However, while hedging can reduce or eliminate losses, it can also reduce or eliminate gains.

 


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  Speculative To the extent that a derivative or practice is not used as a hedge, the fund is directly exposed to its risks. Gains or losses from speculative positions in a derivative may be much greater than the derivative's original cost. For example, potential losses from commodity-linked notes or swap agreements, from writing uncovered call options and from speculative short sales are unlimited.

FIXED INCOME RISK

The market value of fixed income investments will change in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as changes in the effective maturities and credit ratings of fixed income investments. During periods of falling interest rates, the values of outstanding fixed income securities and related financial instruments generally rise. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, the values of such securities and related financial instruments generally decline. Fixed income investments are also subject to credit risk.

FOCUS RISK

The fund will be exposed to the performance of commodities in the BCOM Index, which may from time to time have a small number of commodity sectors (e.g., energy, metals or agricultural) representing a large portion of the index. As a result, the fund may be subject to greater volatility than if the index were more broadly diversified among commodity sectors. If the fund is exposed to a significant extent to a particular commodity or subset of commodities, the fund will be more exposed to the specific risks relating to such commodity or commodities and will be subject to greater volatility than if it were more broadly diversified among commodity sectors.

FUTURES CONTRACTS RISK

The risks associated with the fund's use of futures contracts and swaps and structured notes that reference the price of futures contracts include the risk that: (i) changes in the price of a futures contract may not always track the changes in market value of the underlying reference asset; (ii) trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange, and government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts; and (iii) if the fund has insufficient cash to meet margin requirements, the fund may need to sell other investments, including at disadvantageous times.

ILLIQUIDITY RISK

Certain fund holdings, such as commodity-linked notes and swaps, may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that the fund would like. The fund may have to lower the price, sell other holdings instead or forgo an investment opportunity. Any of these could have a negative effect on portfolio management or performance. Liquid investments may become illiquid after purchase by the fund, particularly during periods of market turmoil. There can be no assurance that a security or instrument that is deemed to be liquid when purchased will continue to be liquid for as long as it is held by the fund.

INTEREST RATE RISK

Changes in interest rates may cause a decline in the market value of an investment. With bonds and other fixed income instruments, a rise in interest rates typically causes a fall in values, while a fall in interest rates typically causes a rise in values. Although governmental financial regulators, including the Federal Reserve, maintained historically low interest rates since early 2020, interest rates have been rising and are expected to continue to increase in the near future, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fund investments. Generally, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater the impact of a change in interest on the instrument's value. In periods of market volatility, the market values of fixed income securities may be more sensitive to changes in interest rates.

LEVERAGING RISK

The fund may invest in certain derivatives that provide leveraged exposure. The fund's investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may cause the fund to lose more than the amount it invested in those instruments. The net asset value of the fund when employing leverage will be more volatile and sensitive to market movements. Leverage may involve the creation of a liability that requires the portfolio to pay interest.

MARKET RISK

The market value of an instrument may fluctuate, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. These fluctuations, which are often referred to as "volatility," may cause an instrument to be worth less than it was worth at an earlier time. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, commodity, sector of the economy, or the market as a whole. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, natural disasters,

 


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recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the fund and its investments. Market risk is common to most investments – including stocks, bonds and commodities – and the mutual funds that invest in them. The performance of "value" stocks and "growth" stocks may rise or decline under varying market conditions – for example, value stocks may perform well under circumstances in which growth stocks in general have fallen.

Bonds and other fixed income securities generally involve less market risk than stocks and commodities. However, the risk of bonds can vary significantly depending upon factors such as the issuer's creditworthiness and a bond's maturity. The bonds of some companies may be riskier than the stocks of others.

NON-DIVERSIFIED STATUS

The fund is considered a non-diversified investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and is permitted to invest a greater proportion of its assets in the securities of a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, the fund may be subject to greater volatility with respect to its portfolio securities than a fund that is diversified.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK

The fund expects to engage in frequent trading of derivatives. Active and frequent trading may lead to the realization and distribution to shareholders of higher short-term capital gains, which would increase their tax liability. Frequent trading also increases transaction costs, which could detract from the fund's performance.

STRUCTURED NOTE RISK

The value of a structured note will be influenced by time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the type of note, interest rate and market volatility, changes in the issuer's credit rating, and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that affect the reference asset. In addition, there may be a lag between a change in the value of the underlying reference asset and the value of the structured note.

SUBSIDIARY RISK

By investing in the Subsidiary, the fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary's investments. The derivatives and other investments held by the Subsidiary are generally similar to those that are permitted to be held by the fund and are subject to the same risks that apply to similar investments if held directly by the fund. These risks are described elsewhere in this Prospectus.

The Subsidiary is not registered under the 1940 Act, and, unless otherwise noted in this Prospectus, is not subject to all the investor protections of the 1940 Act. However, the fund wholly owns and controls the Subsidiary, and the fund and the Subsidiary are both managed by Credit Suisse, making it unlikely that the Subsidiary will take action contrary to the interests of the fund and its shareholders. The fund's Board of Trustees has oversight responsibility for the investment activities of the fund, including its investment in the Subsidiary, and the fund's role as sole shareholder of the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary will be subject to the same investment restrictions and limitations, and follow the same compliance policies and procedures, as the fund.

Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands could result in the inability of the fund and/or the Subsidiary to continue to operate as it does currently and could adversely affect the fund.

SWAP AGREEMENTS RISK

Swap agreements involve the risk that the party with whom the fund has entered into the swap will default on its obligation to pay the fund and the risk that the fund will not be able to meet its obligations to pay the other party to the agreement.

TAX RISK

In order to qualify as a Regulated Investment Company (a "RIC") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the fund must meet certain requirements regarding the source of its income, the diversification of its assets and the distribution of its income. The Internal Revenue Service has issued a ruling that income realized directly from certain types of commodity-linked derivatives would not be qualifying income. As a result, the fund's ability to realize income from direct investments in such commodity-linked derivatives as part of its investment strategy would be limited to a maximum of 10% of its gross income. To comply with the ruling, the fund seeks to gain exposure to the commodity markets primarily through investments in the Subsidiary, which invests in commodity-linked swaps, commodity futures and other derivatives, and directly through investments in commodity-linked notes. If the fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the fund will be subject to federal income tax on its net income at regular corporate rates (without reduction for

 


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distributions to shareholders). When distributed, that income also would be taxable to shareholders as an ordinary dividend to the extent attributable to the fund's earnings and profits. If the fund were to fail to qualify as a RIC and became subject to federal income tax, shareholders of the fund would be subject to diminished returns. The fund anticipates treating income and gain from the Subsidiary and from commodity-linked notes as qualifying income.

U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES RISK

Obligations of U.S. government agencies and authorities are supported by varying degrees of credit but generally are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. No assurance can be given that the U.S. government will provide financial support to its agencies and authorities if it is not obligated by law to do so.

PERFORMANCE

The accompanying bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows you how performance of the fund's Class A shares has varied from year to year for up to 10 years. The table compares the fund's performance (before and after taxes) over time to that of a broad-based securities market index. The table also compares the fund's performance to the BCOM Index, which is currently composed of futures contracts on 24 physical commodities. The after-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. The after-tax returns of other classes will vary. As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future performance.

The fund makes updated performance available at the fund's website (www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds) or by calling Credit Suisse Funds at 877-870-2874.

Sales charges are not reflected in the accompanying bar chart, and if those charges were included, returns would be less than those shown.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

PERIOD ENDED 12/31/22:

  ONE YEAR
2022
  FIVE YEARS
2018-2022
  TEN YEARS
2013-2022
 

CLASS A RETURN BEFORE TAXES

   

10.54

%

   

5.60

%

   

-1.83

%

 

CLASS A RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS

   

3.90

%

   

1.55

%

   

-3.83

%

 

CLASS A RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

   

6.26

%

   

2.54

%

   

-2.19

%

 

CLASS C RETURN BEFORE TAXES

   

14.23

%

   

5.82

%

   

-2.07

%

 

CLASS I RETURN BEFORE TAXES

   

16.36

%

   

6.87

%

   

-1.10

%

 
BLOOMBERG COMMODITY INDEX TOTAL RETURN (REFLECTS NO DEDUCTIONS FOR
FEES, EXPENSES OR TAXES)
   

16.09

%

   

6.44

%

   

-1.28

%

 

  After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts ("IRA").

 


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PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Investment manager: Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC

Portfolio managers: The Credit Suisse Commodities Management Team is responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund. Christopher Burton, Senior Portfolio Manager and Managing Director, and Scott Ikuss, Portfolio Manager and Vice President, are the portfolio managers of the team and have been managing the fund since 2005 and 2023, respectively.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING FUND SHARES

For important information about purchase and sale of fund shares, tax information, and payments to broker-dealers and other financial representatives, please see the "Summary of Other Important Information Regarding Fund Shares" section on page 41 of this Prospectus.

 


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CREDIT SUISSE FLOATING RATE HIGH INCOME FUND – SUMMARY

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The fund seeks high current income and, secondarily, capital appreciation.

FEES AND FUND EXPENSES

The accompanying tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund.

You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Credit Suisse Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial representative and in this Prospectus on page 92 under the heading "Other Shareholder Information – Classes of Shares and Sales Charges" and on page 97 under the heading "Intermediary-Specific Sales Charge Waiver Policies," and in the fund's Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") on page 73 under the heading "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information." You may pay other fees on purchases and sales of Class I shares of the fund, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries which are not reflected in the table and examples below.

   

CLASS A

 

CLASS C

 

CLASS I

 
Shareholder fees
(paid directly from your investment)
 

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

   

4.75

%

   

none

     

none

   
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of original purchase
price or redemption proceeds, as applicable)
   

none

1

   

1.00

%2

   

none

   

Maximum sales charge (load) on reinvested distributions (as a percentage of offering price)

   

none

     

none

     

none

   
Annual fund operating expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 

Management fee

   

0.60

%

   

0.60

%

   

0.60

%

 

Distribution and service (12b-1) fee

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

none

   

Other expenses

   

0.20

%

   

0.20

%

   

0.20

%

 

Total annual fund operating expenses

   

1.05

%

   

1.80

%

   

0.80

%

 

Less: amount of fee limitations/expense reimbursements3

   

0.09

%

   

0.09

%

   

0.09

%

 

Total annual fund operating expenses after fee limitations/expense reimbursements

   

0.96

%

   

1.71

%

   

0.71

%

 

  1  Purchases of shares of $1 million or more may be subject to a 0.50% deferred sales charge on redemptions within 12 months of purchase.

  2  1.00% during the first year.

  3  Credit Suisse Opportunity Funds (the "Trust") and Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC ("Credit Suisse") have entered into a written contract limiting operating expenses to 0.95% of the fund's average daily net assets for Class A shares, 1.70% of the fund's average daily net assets for Class C shares and 0.70% of the fund's average daily net assets for Class I shares at least through February 28, 2024. This limit excludes certain expenses, including interest charges on fund borrowings, taxes, brokerage commissions, dealer spreads and other transaction charges, expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, acquired fund fees and expenses, short sale dividends, and extraordinary expenses (e.g., litigation and indemnification and any other costs and expenses that may be approved by the Board of Trustees).The Trust is authorized to reimburse Credit Suisse for management fees previously limited and/or for expenses previously paid by Credit Suisse, provided, however, that any reimbursements must be paid at a date not more than thirty-six months following the applicable month during which such fees were limited or expenses were reimbursed by Credit Suisse and the reimbursements do not cause the Fund to exceed the applicable expense limitation in the contract at the time the fees are recouped. This contract may not be terminated before February 28, 2024.

 


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EXAMPLE

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

Assume you invest $10,000, the fund returns 5% annually, expense ratios remain the same and you close your account at the end of each of the time periods shown. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your cost would be:

    ONE
YEAR
  THREE
YEARS
  FIVE
YEARS
  TEN
YEARS
 
CLASS A (with or without redemption)  

$

568

   

$

785

   

$

1,019

   

$

1,689

   
CLASS C (redemption at end of period)  

$

274

   

$

558

   

$

966

   

$

2,108

   
CLASS C (no redemption)  

$

174

   

$

558

   

$

966

   

$

2,108

   
CLASS I (with or without redemption)  

$

73

   

$

246

   

$

435

   

$

981

   

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 may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year ended October 31, 2022, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 47% 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 any borrowings for investment purposes, in high yield, fixed income securities (commonly referred to as "junk bonds"). The high yield, fixed income securities in which the fund will invest for purposes of this 80% policy will consist entirely of senior secured floating rate loans ("Senior Loans") issued by non-investment grade companies. Senior Loans typically are secured by specific collateral of the issuer and hold the most senior position in the issuer's capital structure. The interest rate on Senior Loans is adjusted periodically to a recognized base rate, such as the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") or the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"). While these characteristics may reduce interest rate risk and mitigate losses in the event of borrower default, the Senior Loans in which the fund invests have below investment grade credit ratings and thereby are considered speculative because of the significant credit risk of their issuers. The fund may invest up to 30% of its total assets in securities of non-U.S. issuers. The fund seeks to moderate risk by investing in a diversified portfolio of issuers across a variety of industry sectors. Investments are selected for the fund based on an analysis of individual issuers and the general business conditions affecting them. The fund generally will not invest in instruments rated at the time of investment in the lowest rating categories (Ca or below by Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") and CC or below by S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc. ("S&P")) but may continue to hold securities which are subsequently downgraded.

PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND

A WORD ABOUT RISK

All investments involve some level of risk. Simply defined, risk is the possibility that you will lose money or not make money.

Principal risk factors for the fund are discussed below. Before you invest, please make sure you understand the risks that apply to the fund. As with any mutual fund, you could lose money over any period of time.

Investments in the fund are not bank deposits and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

 


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BELOW INVESTMENT GRADE SECURITIES RISK

Below investment grade securities (commonly referred to as "junk bonds") are regarded as being predominantly speculative as to the issuer's ability to make payments of principal and interest. Investment in such securities involves substantial risk. Issuers of below investment grade securities may be highly leveraged and may not have available to them more traditional methods of financing. Therefore, the risks associated with acquiring the securities of such issuers generally are greater than is the case with higher-rated securities.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST RISK

Affiliates of Credit Suisse may participate in the primary and secondary market for loans. Because of limitations imposed by applicable law, the presence of Credit Suisse's affiliates in the loans market may restrict the fund's ability to acquire some loans or affect the timing or price of such acquisitions.

CREDIT RISK

The issuer of a security, the borrower of a loan or the counterparty to a contract may default or otherwise become unable to honor a financial obligation. Changes in an issuer's credit rating or the market's perception of an issuer's creditworthiness also may affect the value of the fund's investment in that issuer. Non-investment grade securities carry a higher risk of default and should be considered speculative.

FOREIGN SECURITIES RISK

Investing outside the U.S. carries additional risks that include:

  Currency Risk Fluctuations in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may negatively affect an investment. Adverse changes in exchange rates may erode or reverse any gains produced by foreign-currency denominated investments and may widen any losses. The fund may, but is not required to, seek to reduce currency risk by hedging part or all of its exposure to various foreign currencies.

  Information Risk Key information about an issuer, security or market may be inaccurate or unavailable.

  Political Risk Foreign governments may expropriate assets, impose capital or currency controls and/or sanctions, impose punitive taxes, or nationalize a company or industry. Any of these actions could have a severe effect on security prices and impair the fund's ability to bring its capital or income back to the United States. Other political risks include economic policy changes, social and political instability, military action and war, such as the war between Russia and Ukraine that began in February 2022.

ILLIQUIDITY RISK

Due to restrictions on transfers in loan agreements and the nature of the private syndication of Senior Loans including, for example, the lack of publicly available information, some Senior Loans are not as easily purchased or sold as publicly traded securities. No active trading market may exist for certain Senior Loans and other fixed income instruments and some Senior Loans may be subject to restrictions on resale. Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity and wide bid/ask spreads. This may impair the ability of the fund to sell or realize the full value of its Senior Loans or other fixed income instruments in the event of a need to liquidate such assets.

Transactions in Senior Loans may settle on a delayed basis, resulting in the proceeds from the sale of Senior Loans not being readily available to make additional investments or to meet the fund's redemption obligations. To the extent the extended settlement process gives rise to short-term liquidity needs, the fund may hold cash, sell investments or temporarily borrow from banks or other lenders.

INTEREST RATE RISK

Changes in interest rates may cause a decline in the market value of an investment. With loans, bonds and other fixed income securities, a rise in interest rates typically causes a fall in values, while a fall in interest rates typically causes a rise in values. Although governmental financial regulators, including the Federal Reserve, maintained historically low interest rates since early 2020, interest rates have been rising and are expected to continue to increase in the near future, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fund investments. Generally, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater the impact of a change in interest on the instrument's value. In periods of market volatility, the market values of fixed income securities may be more sensitive to changes in interest rates. The impact of interest rate changes on floating rate instruments is typically mitigated by the periodic interest rate adjustments of the instruments.

 


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LIBOR RISK

Many financial instruments may be tied to the London Interbank Offered Rate, or "LIBOR," to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies, or investment value. LIBOR is the offered rate for short-term Eurodollar deposits between major international banks. The United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of LIBOR such that after June 30, 2023, the overnight, 1-month, 3-month, 6-month and 12-month U.S. dollar LIBOR settings will cease to be published or will no longer be representative. All other LIBOR settings and certain other interbank offered rates, such as the Euro Overnight Index Average ("EONIA"), ceased to be published after December 31, 2021. It is possible that a subset of LIBOR settings will be published after these dates on a "synthetic" basis, but any such publications would be considered nonrepresentative of the underlying market. The Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or "SOFR," is a broad measure of the cost of borrowing cash overnight collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities in the repurchase agreement ("repo") market and has been used increasingly on a voluntary basis in new instruments and transactions. On March 15, 2022, the Adjustable Interest Rate Act was signed into law, providing a statutory fallback mechanism to replace LIBOR with a benchmark rate that is selected by the Federal Reserve Board and based on SOFR for certain contracts that reference LIBOR without adequate fallback provisions. On December 16, 2022, the Federal Reserve Board adopted regulations implementing the Adjustable Interest Rate Act by identifying benchmark rates based on SOFR that will replace LIBOR in different categories of financial contracts after June 30, 2023. These regulations apply only to contracts governed by U.S. law, among other limitations. Neither the effect of the LIBOR transition process nor its ultimate success can yet be known. Not all existing LIBOR-based instruments may have alternative rate-setting provisions and there remains uncertainty regarding the willingness and ability of issuers to add alternative rate-setting provisions in certain existing instruments. Parties to contracts, securities or other instruments using LIBOR may disagree on transition rates or the application of applicable transition regulation, potentially resulting in uncertainty of performance and the possibility of litigation. The fund may have instruments linked to other interbank offered rates that may also cease to be published in the future.

MARKET RISK

The market value of an instrument may fluctuate, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. These fluctuations, which are often referred to as "volatility," may cause an instrument to be worth less than it was worth at an earlier time. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, commodity, sector of the economy, or the market as a whole. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, natural disasters, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the fund and its investments. Market risk is common to most investments – including stocks, bonds and commodities – and the mutual funds that invest in them. The performance of "value" stocks and "growth" stocks may rise or decline under varying market conditions – for example, value stocks may perform well under circumstances in which growth stocks in general have fallen.

Bonds and other fixed income securities generally involve less market risk than stocks and commodities. However, the risk of bonds can vary significantly depending upon factors such as the issuer's creditworthiness and a bond's maturity. The bonds of some companies may be riskier than the stocks of others.

PREPAYMENT RISK

In a declining interest rate environment, prepayment of loans and other fixed income instruments with high stated interest rates may increase. In such circumstances, the fund may have to reinvest the prepayment proceeds at lower yields.

SENIOR LOANS RISKS

Senior Loans are subject to the risk that a court could subordinate a Senior Loan, which typically holds the most senior position in the issuer's capital structure, to presently existing or future indebtedness or take other action detrimental to the holders of Senior Loans. Senior Loans are also subject to heightened prepayment risk, as they usually have mandatory and optional prepayment provisions. Senior Loans are subject to the risk that the value of the collateral, if any, securing a loan may decline, be insufficient to meet the obligations of the borrower, or be difficult to liquidate.

VALUATION RISK

The lack of an active trading market may make it difficult to obtain an accurate price for an instrument held by the fund.

 


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PERFORMANCE

The accompanying bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows you how performance of the fund's Class A shares has varied from year to year for up to 10 years. The table compares the fund's performance (before and after taxes) over time to that of a broad-based securities market index. The after-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. The after-tax returns of other classes will vary. As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future performance.

The fund makes updated performance available at the fund's website (www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds) or by calling Credit Suisse Funds at 877-870-2874.

Sales charges are not reflected in the accompanying bar chart, and if those charges were included, returns would be less than those shown.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

PERIOD ENDED 12/31/22:

  ONE YEAR
2022
  FIVE YEARS
2018-2022
  TEN YEARS
2013-2022
 

CLASS A RETURN BEFORE TAXES

   

-6.53

%

   

1.34

%

   

2.67

%

 

CLASS A RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS

   

-8.45

%

   

-0.47

%

   

0.86

%

 

CLASS A RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

   

-3.87

%

   

0.25

%

   

1.22

%

 

CLASS C RETURN BEFORE TAXES

   

-3.54

%

   

1.56

%

   

2.41

%

 

CLASS I RETURN BEFORE TAXES

   

-1.68

%

   

2.59

%

   

3.44

%

 
CREDIT SUISSE LEVERAGED LOAN INDEX TOTAL RETURN (REFLECTS NO DEDUCTION
FOR FEES, EXPENSES OR TAXES)
   

-1.06

%

   

3.24

%

   

3.78

%

 

  After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts ("IRA").

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Investment manager: Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC

Portfolio managers: The Credit Suisse Credit Investments Group is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the fund. The current team members are John G. Popp, a Managing Director of Credit Suisse, Thomas J. Flannery, a Managing Director of Credit Suisse, Louis I. Farano, a Managing Director of Credit Suisse, David J. Mechlin, a Managing Director of Credit Suisse, Joshua Shedroff, a Managing Director of Credit Suisse, and Wing Chan, a Managing Director of Credit Suisse. Messrs. Popp, Flannery, Farano, Mechlin and Shedroff and Ms. Chan have been members of the Credit Suisse Credit Investments Group since 1997, 1998, 2006, 2006, 2008 and 2005, respectively.

 


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OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING FUND SHARES

For important information about purchase and sale of fund shares, tax information, and payments to broker-dealers and other financial representatives, please see the "Summary of Other Important Information Regarding Fund Shares" section on page 41 of this Prospectus.

 


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CREDIT SUISSE STRATEGIC INCOME FUND – SUMMARY

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The fund seeks total return.

FEES AND FUND EXPENSES

The accompanying tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund.

You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Credit Suisse Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial representative and in this Prospectus on page 92 under the heading "Other Shareholder Information – Classes of Shares and Sales Charges" and on page 97 under the heading "Intermediary-Specific Sales Charge Waiver Policies," and in the fund's Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") on page 73 under the heading "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information." You may pay other fees on purchases and sales of Class I shares of the fund, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries which are not reflected in the table and examples below.

   

CLASS A

 

CLASS C

 

CLASS I

 
Shareholder fees
(paid directly from your investment)
 

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

   

4.75

%

   

none

     

none

   
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of original purchase
price or redemption proceeds, as applicable)
   

none

1

   

1.00

%2

   

none

   

Maximum sales charge (load) on reinvested distributions (as a percentage of offering price)

   

none

     

none

     

none

   
Annual fund operating expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 

Management fee

   

0.84

%

   

0.84

%

   

0.84

%

 

Distribution and service (12b-1) fee

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

none

   

Other expenses

   

0.25

%

   

0.25

%

   

0.25

%

 

Total annual fund operating expenses

   

1.34

%

   

2.09

%

   

1.09

%

 

Less: amount of fee limitations/expense reimbursements3

   

0.29

%

   

0.29

%

   

0.29

%

 

Total annual fund operating expenses after fee limitations/expense reimbursements

   

1.05

%

   

1.80

%

   

0.80

%

 

  1  Purchases of shares of $1 million or more may be subject to a 0.50% deferred sales charge on redemptions within 12 months of purchase.

  2  1.00% during the first year.

  3  Credit Suisse Opportunity Funds (the "Trust") and Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC ("Credit Suisse") have entered into a written contract limiting operating expenses to 1.04% of the fund's average daily net assets for Class A shares, 1.79% of the fund's average daily net assets for Class C shares and 0.79% of the fund's average daily net assets for Class I shares at least through February 28, 2024. This limit excludes certain expenses, including interest charges on fund borrowings, taxes, brokerage commissions, dealer spreads and other transaction charges, expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, acquired fund fees and expenses, short sale dividends, and extraordinary expenses (e.g., litigation and indemnification and any other costs and expenses that may be approved by the Board of Trustees).The Trust is authorized to reimburse Credit Suisse for management fees previously limited and/or for expenses previously paid by Credit Suisse, provided, however, that any reimbursements must be paid at a date not more than thirty-six months following the applicable month during which such fees were limited or expenses were reimbursed by Credit Suisse and the reimbursements do not cause the Fund to exceed the applicable expense limitation in the contract at the time the fees are recouped. This contract may not be terminated before February 28, 2024.

 


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EXAMPLE

This example may help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

Assume you invest $10,000, the fund returns 5% annually, expense ratios remain the same and you close your account at the end of each of the time periods shown. Based on these assumptions, your cost would be:

    ONE
YEAR
  THREE
YEARS
  FIVE
YEARS
  TEN
YEARS
 
CLASS A (with or without redemption)  

$

577

   

$

852

   

$

1,148

   

$

1,987

   
CLASS C (redemption at end of period)  

$

283

   

$

627

   

$

1,097

   

$

2,398

   
CLASS C (no redemption)  

$

183

   

$

627

   

$

1,097

   

$

2,398

   
CLASS I (with or without redemption)  

$

82

   

$

318

   

$

573

   

$

1,303

   

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 may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year ended October 31, 2022, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 56% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The fund pursues its investment objective of total return by investing in a portfolio of debt instruments. "Strategic" in the fund's name means that the fund seeks both current income and capital appreciation as elements of total return. While the fund may invest strategically in a number of types of debt instruments, as set forth below, the fund currently primarily invests in the following:

  bonds and other debt instruments issued by domestic and foreign companies of any size (including below investment grade debt securities (commonly known as "junk bonds"));

  senior secured floating rate loans ("Senior Loans"); and

  mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities and collateralized loan obligations ("CLOs").

The fund also may invest in other debt instruments based on the portfolio managers' assessment of the opportunities for total return they present including the following:

  convertible debt securities;

  obligations issued by foreign governments; and

  obligations issued by the U.S. government and its agencies or instrumentalities (such as U.S. Treasury securities or Treasury inflation protected securities).

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the fund may adjust its portfolio's exposure among the various types of debt instruments based on market conditions and outlook. At any given time, the fund may have a substantial weighting in any one asset class. Accordingly, the fund will, at times, be invested in debt instruments of various credit qualities and maturities, while at other times, the fund may emphasize one particular credit quality or maturity.

The fund's investment manager and sub-adviser emphasize bottom-up fundamental credit analysis and top-down macroeconomic analysis, combined with a focused relative value approach, and are not constrained by any particular duration or credit quality targets. The fund's allocation among various debt instruments will be made on the basis of the portfolio managers' assessment of opportunities for total return relative to the risk of each type of investment. The fund may also take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term bonds from time to time.

The fund invests significantly in below investment grade debt securities and is authorized to invest without limit in these securities. Below investment grade debt securities are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services (Ba or lower by Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") and BB or lower by S&P Global Ratings, a

 


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division of S&P Global Inc. ("S&P")), or, if unrated, are deemed by the fund's investment manager or sub-adviser to be of comparable quality.

The fund may invest in non-U.S. dollar denominated debt instruments. The fund may utilize foreign currency transactions, including currency options and forward foreign currency contracts, to hedge non-U.S. dollar investments or to establish or adjust exposure to particular foreign securities, markets or currencies, but it is not required to do so.

The fund may take short positions in securities or indices and generally will do so either by borrowing a security and selling the security short or by using swaps or futures. For example, in a short sale, the fund may sell a borrowed security and it has a corresponding obligation to return to the lender the identical security it has borrowed at the market price of that security at the time of replacement. The fund will have a profit or loss depending on whether the price of the security decreases or increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the fund purchases the security it has sold in order to replace the security it has borrowed from the lender. Alternatively, the fund may enter into a futures contract pursuant to which it agrees to sell an asset (that it does not currently own) at a specified price at a specified point in the future. This gives the fund a short position with respect to that asset. The fund will benefit to the extent the asset decreases in value (and will be harmed to the extent the asset increases in value) between the time it enters into the futures contract and the agreed date of sale.

PRINCIPAL RISKS OF THE FUND

A WORD ABOUT RISK

All investments involve some level of risk. Simply defined, risk is the possibility that you will lose money or not make money.

Principal risk factors for the fund are discussed below. Before you invest, please make sure you understand the risks that apply to the fund. As with any mutual fund, you could lose money over any period of time.

Investments in the fund are not bank deposits and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

BELOW INVESTMENT GRADE SECURITIES RISK

Below investment grade securities (commonly referred to as "junk bonds") are regarded as being predominantly speculative as to the issuer's ability to make payments of principal and interest. Investment in such securities involves substantial risk. Issuers of below investment grade securities may be highly leveraged and may not have available to them more traditional methods of financing. Therefore, the risks associated with acquiring the securities of such issuers generally are greater than is the case with higher-rated securities.

COLLATERALIZED LOAN OBLIGATIONS RISK

CLOs are subject to the risk of substantial losses due to actual defaults, decrease of market value due to collateral defaults and disappearance of subordinate tranches, market anticipation of defaults, and investor aversion to CLO securities as a class. The risks of CLOs depend largely on the type of the underlying loans and the tranche of CLOs in which the fund invests. In addition, CLOs carry risks including interest rate risk and credit risk.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST RISK

Affiliates of Credit Suisse may act as underwriter, lead agent or administrative agent for loans and participate in the secondary market for loans. Because of limitations imposed by applicable law, the presence of Credit Suisse's affiliates in the primary and secondary markets for loans may restrict the fund's ability to acquire some loans or affect the timing or price of such acquisitions.

CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES RISK

The market value of a convertible security performs like that of a regular debt security; that is, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security usually falls. In addition, convertible securities are subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and their market value may change based on changes in the issuer's credit rating or the market's perception of the issuer's creditworthiness. Since it derives a portion of its value from the common stock into which it may be converted, a convertible security is also subject to the same types of

 


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market and issuer risks that apply to the underlying common stock. The fund, as a holder of convertible bonds, may at times be allocated phantom taxable income from bond issuers, potentially retroactively or otherwise without notice.

CREDIT RISK

The issuer of a security, the borrower of a loan or the counterparty to a contract, including derivatives contracts, may default or otherwise become unable to honor a financial obligation. Changes in an issuer's credit rating or the market's perception of an issuer's creditworthiness also may affect the value of the fund's investment in that issuer. Non-investment grade securities carry a higher risk of default and should be considered speculative.

DERIVATIVES RISK

Derivatives are financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, instrument or index. The fund may use derivatives as part of a strategy designed to reduce exposure to certain risks, such as currency risk. Derivatives are subject to a number of risks described elsewhere in this Prospectus, such as illiquidity risk, interest rate risk, market risk and regulatory risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances and there can be no assurance that the fund will engage in these transactions to reduce exposure to other risks when that would be beneficial.

EXTENSION RISK

An unexpected rise in interest rates may extend the life of a mortgage-backed security beyond the expected prepayment time, typically reducing the security's value.

FOREIGN SECURITIES RISK

Investing outside the U.S. carries additional risks that include:

  Currency Risk Fluctuations in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may negatively affect an investment. Adverse changes in exchange rates may erode or reverse any gains produced by foreign-currency-denominated investments and may widen any losses. The fund may, but is not required to, seek to reduce currency risk by hedging part or all of its exposure to various foreign currencies.

  Information Risk Key information about an issuer, security or market may be inaccurate or unavailable.

  Political Risk Foreign governments may expropriate assets, impose capital or currency controls, and/or sanctions impose punitive taxes, or nationalize a company or industry. Any of these actions could have a severe effect on security prices and impair the fund's ability to bring its capital or income back to the U.S. Other political risks include economic policy changes, social and political instability, military action and war, such as the war between Russia and Ukraine that began in February 2022.

FUTURES CONTRACTS RISK

The risks associated with the fund's use of futures contracts include the risk that: (i) changes in the price of a futures contract may not always track the changes in market value of the underlying reference asset; (ii) trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange, and government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts; and (iii) if the fund has insufficient cash to meet margin requirements, the fund may need to sell other investments, including at disadvantageous times.

HEDGED EXPOSURE RISK

The fund's hedging activities could multiply losses generated by a derivative used for hedging purposes. Such losses should be substantially offset by gains on the hedged investment. However, while hedging can reduce or eliminate losses, it can also reduce or eliminate gains.

ILLIQUIDITY RISK

Certain portfolio holdings may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that the fund would like. The fund may have to lower the price, sell other holdings instead or forgo an investment opportunity. Any of these could have a negative effect on portfolio management or performance. Liquid investments may become illiquid after purchase by the fund, particularly during periods of market turmoil. There can be no assurance that a security or instrument that is deemed to be liquid when purchased will continue to be liquid for as long as it is held by the fund.

 


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INTEREST RATE RISK

Changes in interest rates may cause a decline in the market value of an investment. With bonds and other debt instruments, a rise in interest rates typically causes a fall in values, while a fall in interest rates typically causes a rise in values. Although governmental financial regulators, including the Federal Reserve, maintained historically low interest rates since early 2020, interest rates have been rising and are expected to continue to increase in the near future, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fund investments. Generally, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater the impact of a change in interest rates on the instrument's value. In periods of market volatility, the market values of fixed income securities may be more sensitive to changes in interest rates.

MARKET RISK

The market value of an instrument may fluctuate, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. These fluctuations, which are often referred to as "volatility," may cause an instrument to be worth less than it was worth at an earlier time. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, commodity, sector of the economy, or the market as a whole. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, natural disasters, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the fund and its investments. Market risk is common to most investments – including stocks, bonds and commodities – and the mutual funds that invest in them. The performance of "value" stocks and "growth" stocks may rise or decline under varying market conditions – for example, value stocks may perform well under circumstances in which growth stocks in general have fallen.

Bonds and other fixed income securities generally involve less market risk than stocks and commodities. However, the risk of bonds can vary significantly depending upon factors such as the issuer's creditworthiness and a bond's maturity. The bonds of some companies may be riskier than the stocks of others.

MORTGAGE- AND ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES RISKS

The value of the fund's mortgage-backed securities can fall if the owners of the underlying mortgages pay off their mortgages sooner than expected, which could happen when interest rates fall, or later than expected, which could happen when interest rates rise. If the underlying mortgages are paid off sooner than expected, the fund may have to reinvest this money in mortgage-backed or other securities that have lower yields.

Payment of interest and repayment of principal may be impacted by the cash flows generated by the assets backing asset-backed securities. The value of the fund's asset-backed securities may also be affected by changes in interest rates, the availability of information concerning the interests in and structure of the pools of purchase contracts, financing leases or sales agreements that are represented by these securities, the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the pool, the originator of the loans or receivables, or the entities that provide any supporting letters of credit, surety bonds, or other credit enhancements.

PREPAYMENT RISK

In a declining interest rate environment, prepayment of loans and other fixed income instruments with high stated interest rates may increase. In such circumstances, the fund may have to reinvest the prepayment proceeds at lower yields.

SENIOR LOANS RISKS

Senior Loans are subject to the risk that a court could subordinate a Senior Loan, which typically holds the most senior position in the issuer's capital structure, to presently existing or future indebtedness or take other action detrimental to the holders of Senior Loans. Senior Loans are also subject to heightened prepayment risk, as they usually have mandatory and optional prepayment provisions. Senior Loans are subject to the risk that the value of the collateral, if any, securing a loan may decline, be insufficient to meet the obligations of the borrower, or be difficult to liquidate.

SHORT POSITION RISK

The fund may enter into a short position through a futures contract or swap agreement or by selling a security short. Taking short positions involves leverage of the fund's assets and presents various risks. If the price of the asset, instrument or market on which the fund has taken a short position increases, then the fund will incur a loss equal to the increase in price from the time that the short position was entered into plus any premiums and interest paid to a third party in connection with the short sale. Therefore, taking short positions involves the risk that losses may be exaggerated, potentially losing more money than the actual cost of the investment. The fund's loss on a short sale could theoretically be unlimited in a case where the fund is unable, for whatever reason, to close out its short position.

 


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U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES RISK

Obligations of U.S. government agencies and authorities are supported by varying degrees of credit but generally are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. No assurance can be given that the U.S. government will provide financial support to its agencies and authorities if it is not obligated by law to do so.

VALUATION RISK

The lack of an active trading market may make it difficult to obtain an accurate price for an instrument held by the fund. Many derivative instruments are not actively traded.

PERFORMANCE

The accompanying bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows you how performance of the fund's Class A shares has varied from year to year for up to 10 years (if applicable). The table compares the fund's performance (before and after taxes) over time to that of a broad-based securities market index. The after-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. The after-tax returns of other classes will vary. As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future performance.

The fund makes updated performance available at the fund's website (www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds) or by calling Credit Suisse Funds at 877-870-2874.

Sales charges are not reflected in the accompanying bar chart, and if those charges were included, returns would be less than those shown.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

PERIOD ENDED 12/31/22:

  ONE YEAR
2022
  FIVE YEARS
2018-2022
  TEN YEARS
2013-2022
 

CLASS A RETURN BEFORE TAXES

   

-10.53

%

   

1.34

%

   

4.06

%

 

CLASS A RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS

   

-12.49

%

   

-0.63

%

   

1.64

%

 
CLASS A RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS AND SALE
OF FUND SHARES
   

-6.23

%

   

0.19

%

   

2.03

%

 

CLASS C RETURN BEFORE TAXES

   

-7.60

%

   

1.58

%

   

3.81

%

 

CLASS I RETURN BEFORE TAXES

   

-5.87

%

   

2.59

%

   

4.84

%

 
ICE BOFA US 3-MONTH TREASURY BILL INDEX (REFLECTS NO DEDUCTION FOR FEES,
EXPENSES OR TAXES)
   

1.45

%

   

1.26

%

   

0.76

%

 

  After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts ("IRA").

 


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PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Investment manager: Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC

Subadviser: Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited ("Credit Suisse UK")

Portfolio managers: The Credit Suisse Credit Investments Group is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the fund. The current team members are John G. Popp, a Managing Director of Credit Suisse, Andrew H. Marshak, a Managing Director of Credit Suisse UK, Thomas J. Flannery, a Managing Director of Credit Suisse, Louis I. Farano, a Managing Director of Credit Suisse, David J. Mechlin, a Managing Director of Credit Suisse, Joshua Shedroff, a Managing Director of Credit Suisse and Wing Chan, a Managing Director of Credit Suisse. Messrs. Popp, Marshak, Flannery, Farano, Mechlin and Shedroff and Ms. Chan have been members of the Credit Suisse Credit Investments Group since 1997, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2006, 2008 and 2005, respectively, and portfolio managers of the fund since inception except for Mr. Shedroff who has been a portfolio manager of the fund since 2021.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING FUND SHARES

For important information about purchase and sale of fund shares, tax information, and payments to broker-dealers and other financial representatives, please see the "Summary of Other Important Information Regarding Fund Shares" section on page 41 of this Prospectus.

 


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CREDIT SUISSE MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND – SUMMARY

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The fund seeks to achieve investment results that correspond generally to the risk and return patterns of managed futures funds.

FEES AND FUND EXPENSES

The accompanying tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund.

You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Credit Suisse Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial representative and in this Prospectus on page 92 under the heading "Other Shareholder Information – Classes of Shares and Sales Charges" and on page 97 under the heading "Intermediary-Specific Sales Charge Waiver Policies," and in the fund's Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") on page 73 under the heading "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information." You may pay other fees on purchases and sales of Class I shares of the fund, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries which are not reflected in the table and examples below.

   

CLASS A

 

CLASS C

 

CLASS I

 
Shareholder fees
(paid directly from your investment)
 

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

   

5.25

%

   

none

     

none

   
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of original purchase
price or redemption proceeds, as applicable)
   

none

1

   

1.00

%2

   

none

   

Maximum sales charge (load) on reinvested distributions (as a percentage of offering price)

   

none

     

none

     

none

   
Annual fund operating expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 

Management fee

   

1.04

%

   

1.04

%

   

1.04

%

 

Distribution and service (12b-1) fee

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

none

   

Other expenses3

   

0.26

%

   

0.26

%

   

0.26

%

 

Acquired fund fees and expenses4

   

0.04

%

   

0.04

%

   

0.04

%

 

Total annual fund operating expenses

   

1.59

%

   

2.34

%

   

1.34

%

 

Less: amount of fee limitations/expense reimbursements5

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

 

Total annual fund operating expenses after fee limitations/expense reimbursements

   

1.59

%

   

2.34

%

   

1.34

%

 

  1  Purchases of shares of $1 million or more may be subject to a 1% deferred sales charge on redemptions within 12 months of purchase.

  2  1.00% during the first year.

  3  The fund invests in Credit Suisse Cayman Managed Futures Strategy Fund, Ltd. (the "Subsidiary"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. "Other expenses" include expenses of both the fund and the Subsidiary.

  4  Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses reflect the expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund as a result of the Fund's investments in underlying money market mutual funds, exchange-traded funds or other pooled investment vehicles.

  5  Credit Suisse Opportunity Funds (the "Trust") and Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC ("Credit Suisse") have entered into a written contract limiting operating expenses to 1.55% of the fund's average daily net assets for Class A shares, 2.30% of the fund's average daily net assets for Class C shares and 1.30% of the fund's average daily net assets for Class I shares at least through February 28, 2024. This limit excludes certain expenses, including interest charges on fund borrowings, taxes, brokerage commissions, dealer spreads and other transaction charges, expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, acquired fund fees and expenses, short sale dividends, and extraordinary expenses (e.g., litigation and indemnification and any other costs and expenses that may be approved by the Board of Trustees). The Trust is authorized to reimburse Credit Suisse for management fees previously limited and/or for expenses previously paid by Credit Suisse, provided, however, that any reimbursements must be paid at a date not more than thirty-six months following the applicable month during which such fees were limited or expenses were reimbursed by Credit Suisse and the reimbursements do not cause the Fund to exceed the applicable expense limitation in the contract at the time the fees are recouped. This contract may not be terminated before February 28, 2024.

 


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EXAMPLE

This example may help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

Assume you invest $10,000, the fund returns 5% annually, expense ratios remain the same and you close your account at the end of each of the time periods shown. Based on these assumptions, your cost would be:

    ONE
YEAR
  THREE
YEARS
  FIVE
YEARS
  TEN
YEARS
 
CLASS A (with or without redemption)  

$

678

   

$

1,001

   

$

1,345

   

$

2,315

   
CLASS C (redemption at end of period)  

$

337

   

$

730

   

$

1,250

   

$

2,676

   
CLASS C (no redemption)  

$

237

   

$

730

   

$

1,250

   

$

2,676

   
CLASS I (with or without redemption)  

$

136

   

$

425

   

$

734

   

$

1,613

   

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The computation of the fund's portfolio turnover rate for regulatory purposes excludes trades of derivatives and instruments with a maturity of one year or less. However, the fund expects to engage in frequent trading of derivatives, which could have tax consequences that impact shareholders, such as the realization of taxable short-term capital gains. In addition, the fund could incur transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities and other instruments. Transaction costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year ended October 31, 2022, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 0% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund seeks diverse exposure to significant price trends, both up and down, across asset classes, geographies and time horizons. It aims to capture the aggregate risk-return characteristics of the managed futures industry without the cost and complexity of a multi-manager approach. The fund may take long and/or short positions in these asset classes, and dynamically adjusts its exposure to individual asset classes based on a trend-following approach. The fund may also aim to obtain exposure to other strategies commonly used by managed futures funds. As a component of its overall investment process, Credit Suisse may utilize certain quantitative models and methodologies to guide its investment approach or security selection although the use of such models and methodologies may vary based on market factors and economic trends as determined by Credit Suisse.

The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing directly and/or indirectly through the Subsidiary (as described below) in securities and derivative instruments including, but not limited to, equity index futures and options, swaps on equity index futures, equity swaps, interest rate futures and options, fixed income futures and options, swaps on fixed income futures, commodity and commodity index-linked futures and options, swaps on commodity and commodity index-linked futures, currency futures and options, swaps on currency futures, currency forwards and equity-, fixed income-, and commodity-notes. There are no geographic limits on the fund's holdings and the fund will have exposure to U.S. and non-U.S. securities and currencies. In addition, the fund may have exposure to issuers of any size or credit quality. The fund also invests a significant portion of its assets in investment grade money market instruments, which may include, but are not limited to, U.S. government securities, U.S. government agency securities, short-term fixed income securities, repurchase agreements, money market mutual fund shares, and cash and cash equivalents. The fund's money market instrument holdings may serve as collateral for the fund's derivative positions and may also earn income for the fund. The fund's return is expected to be derived principally from changes in the value of securities and its portfolio is expected to consist principally of securities.

The fund's use of futures, forwards, swaps and certain other financial instruments will have the economic effect of financial leverage. Financial leverage magnifies the exposure to the swings in prices of an asset class underlying a financial instrument and results in increased volatility, which means that the fund will have the potential for greater gains, as well as the potential for greater losses, than if the fund does not use financial instruments that have a leveraging effect. Leveraging tends to magnify, sometimes significantly, the effect of any increase or decrease in the fund's exposure to an asset class and may cause the fund's net asset value ("NAV") to be volatile. A decline in the

 


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fund's assets due to losses magnified by the financial instruments providing leveraged exposure may require the fund to liquidate portfolio positions to satisfy its obligations, to meet redemption requests or to meet the applicable requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and the rules thereunder when it may not be advantageous to do so.

The fund will enter into short positions, and may use futures and swaps or may sell a security short to do so. For example, the fund may enter into a futures contract pursuant to which it agrees to sell an asset (that it does not currently own) at a specified price at a specified point in the future. This gives the fund a short position with respect to the asset. At times, the fund may have significant short positions.

The fund intends to make investments through the Credit Suisse Cayman Managed Futures Strategy Fund, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. The fund will invest in the Subsidiary primarily to gain exposure to the commodities markets within the limitations of the federal tax laws, rules and regulations that apply to regulated investment companies. Generally, the Subsidiary will invest in (long and short) commodity-linked futures and swaps, but it may also invest in other types of futures, swaps and options, as well as certain money market instruments, including U.S. government securities, money market fund shares, repurchase agreements and other high-quality, short-term fixed income instruments. The primary purpose of the money market instruments held by the Subsidiary will be to serve as collateral for the Subsidiary's derivative positions; however, these instruments may also earn income for the Subsidiary.

The fund is actively managed by Credit Suisse based on Credit Suisse's view of the prevailing trends in the market. The percentage of the fund's portfolio exposed to each asset class and to any particular strategy will vary from time to time.

For defensive purposes, due to abnormal market conditions or economic situations as determined by Credit Suisse, the fund's investment manager, the fund may invest up to 100% of its total assets in cash or certain short-term securities. Although intended to avoid losses in adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, defensive tactics might be inconsistent with the fund's principal investment strategies and might prevent the fund from achieving its goal.

The fund is "non-diversified," meaning that a relatively high percentage of its assets may be invested in a limited number of issuers of securities.

PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND

A WORD ABOUT RISK

All investments involve some level of risk. Simply defined, risk is the possibility that you will lose money or not make money.

Principal risk factors for the fund are discussed below. Before you invest, please make sure you understand the risks that apply to the fund. As with any mutual fund, you could lose money over any period of time.

The fund is not a complete investment program and should only form a part of a diversified portfolio. Investors in the fund should be willing to assume the risks of potentially significant short-term share price fluctuations.

Investments in the fund are not bank deposits and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

COMMODITY EXPOSURE RISKS

The fund's and the Subsidiary's investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments may subject the fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, particularly if the investments involve leverage. The value of commodity-linked derivatives instruments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or sectors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments.

Use of leveraged commodity-linked derivatives creates an opportunity for increased return but, at the same time, creates the possibility for greater loss (including the likelihood of greater volatility of the fund's net asset value), and there can be no assurance that the fund's use of leverage will be successful.

 


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CORRELATION RISK

Changes in the value of a hedging instrument may not match those of the investment being hedged. In addition, certain of the fund's commodity-linked derivative investments may result in the fund's performance diverging from the BCOM Index, perhaps materially. For example, a structured note can be structured to limit the loss or the gain on the investment, which would result in the fund not participating in declines or increases in the BCOM Index that exceed the limits.

COUNTERPARTY RISK

A fund will be exposed to the credit of the counterparties to OTC derivative contracts and repurchase agreements and their ability to satisfy the terms of the agreements, which exposes the fund to the risk that the counterparties may default on their obligations to perform under the agreements. In the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of a counterparty, the fund could experience delays in liquidating the positions and significant losses, including declines in the value of its investment during the period in which the fund seeks to enforce its rights, inability to realize any gains on its investment during such period, loss of collateral and fees and expenses incurred in enforcing its rights.

CREDIT RISK

The issuer of a debt instrument, the borrower of a loan or the counterparty to a contract, including derivatives contracts, may default or otherwise become unable to honor a financial obligation. Changes in an issuer's credit rating or the market's perception of an issuer's creditworthiness also may affect the value of the fund's investment in that issuer.

CURRENCY RISK

Currency risk is the risk that changes in currency exchange rates will negatively affect securities or instruments denominated in, and/or payments received in, foreign currencies. Adverse changes in currency exchange rates (relative to the U.S. dollar) may erode or reverse any potential gains from the fund's investments in financial instruments with underlying securities or instruments denominated in a foreign currency or may widen existing losses.

DERIVATIVES RISK

Derivatives are financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. The fund typically uses derivatives as a substitute for taking a position in the underlying asset. The fund also may use derivatives for leverage. The fund's use of derivative instruments, particularly commodity-linked derivatives, involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Derivatives are subject to a number of risks described elsewhere in this Prospectus, such as commodity exposure risks, correlation risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, currency risk, equity exposure risk, fixed income risk, illiquidity risk, interest rate risk, leveraging risk, market risk and regulatory risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances.

EQUITY EXPOSURE RISK

The fund may obtain exposure to equity securities. Equity security prices have historically risen and fallen in periodic cycles. U.S. and foreign equity markets have experienced periods of substantial price volatility in the past and may do so again in the future.

FIXED INCOME RISK

The market value of fixed income investments, and financial instruments related to those fixed income investments, will change in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as changes in the effective maturities and credit ratings of fixed income investments. During periods of falling interest rates, the values of outstanding fixed income securities and related financial instruments generally rise. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, the values of such securities and related financial instruments generally decline. Fixed income investments are also subject to credit risk.

FOREIGN SECURITIES RISK

Investing outside the U.S. carries additional risks that include:

  Currency Risk See "Currency Risk" above.

  Information Risk Key information about an issuer, security or market may be inaccurate or unavailable.

 


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  Political Risk Foreign governments may expropriate assets, impose capital or currency controls, and/or sanctions impose punitive taxes, or nationalize a company or industry. Any of these actions could have a severe effect on security prices and impair the fund's ability to bring its capital or income back to the U.S. Other political risks include economic policy changes, social and political instability, military action and war, such as the war between Russia and Ukraine that began in February 2022.

FORWARDS RISK

Forwards are not exchange-traded and therefore no clearinghouse or exchange stands ready to meet the obligations of the contracts. Thus, the fund faces the risk that its counterparties may not perform their obligations. Forward contracts are not regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") and therefore, the fund will not receive any benefit of CFTC regulation when trading forwards.

FUTURES CONTRACTS RISK

The risks associated with the fund's use of futures contracts and swaps and structured notes that reference the price of futures contracts include the risk that: (i) changes in the price of a futures contract may not always track the changes in market value of the underlying reference asset; (ii) trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange, and government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts; and (iii) if the fund has insufficient cash to meet margin requirements, the fund may need to sell other investments, including at disadvantageous times.

INTEREST RATE RISK

Changes in interest rates may cause a decline in the market value of an investment. With bonds and other debt instruments, a rise in interest rates typically causes a fall in values, while a fall in interest rates typically causes a rise in values. Although governmental financial regulators, including the Federal Reserve, maintained historically low interest rates since early 2020, interest rates have been rising and are expected to continue to increase in the near future, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fund investments. Generally, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater the impact of a change in interest rates on the instrument's value. In periods of market volatility, the market values of fixed income securities may be more sensitive to changes in interest rates.

LEVERAGING RISK

The fund may invest in certain derivatives that provide leveraged exposure. The fund's investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may cause the fund to lose more than the amount it invested in those instruments. The net asset value of the fund when employing leverage will be more volatile and sensitive to market movements. Leverage may involve the creation of a liability that requires the portfolio to pay interest.

MANAGER/MODEL RISK

If a fund's portfolio managers make poor investment decisions, it will negatively affect the fund's performance. The fund also bears the risk that the proprietary model used by the portfolio managers will not be successful in identifying investments that will help the fund achieve its investment objective, causing the fund to underperform its benchmark or other funds with a similar investment objective.

MARKET RISK

The market value of an instrument may fluctuate, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. These fluctuations, which are often referred to as "volatility," may cause an instrument to be worth less than it was worth at an earlier time. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, commodity, sector of the economy, or the market as a whole. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, natural disasters, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the fund and its investments. Market risk is common to most investments – including stocks, bonds and commodities – and the mutual funds that invest in them. The performance of "value" stocks and "growth" stocks may rise or decline under varying market conditions – for example, value stocks may perform well under circumstances in which growth stocks in general have fallen.

Bonds and other fixed income securities generally involve less market risk than stocks and commodities. However, the risk of bonds can vary significantly depending upon factors such as the issuer's creditworthiness and a bond's maturity. The bonds of some companies may be riskier than the stocks of others.

 


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MODEL AND STYLE RISK

Certain funds bear the risk that the underlying index's proprietary quantitative methodology will not be successful in identifying price trends in each of the asset classes to which its underlying index provides exposure. Further, the index's proprietary quantitative methodology may incorrectly identify price trends and these misidentified opportunities may lead to substantial losses. In addition, there may be periods when investing based on price trends is out of favor, and during which the investment performance of a fund or index using a trend strategy may underperform funds or indices using other investment approaches.

NON-DIVERSIFIED STATUS

The fund is considered a non-diversified investment company under the 1940 Act, and is permitted to invest a greater proportion of its assets in the securities of a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, the fund may be subject to greater volatility with respect to its portfolio securities than a fund that is diversified.

OPTIONS RISK

A decision as to whether, when and how to use options involves the exercise of skill and judgment, and even a well-conceived and well-executed options program may be adversely affected by market behavior or unexpected events. Successful options strategies may require the anticipation of future movements in securities prices, interest rates and other economic factors. No assurances can be given that Credit Suisse's judgment in this respect will be correct. When the fund purchases options, it risks losing all or part of the cash paid for the options. Because option premiums paid or received by the fund indirectly are small in relation to the market value of the investments underlying the options, buying and selling put and call options can be more speculative than investing directly in securities.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK

The fund expects to engage in frequent trading of derivatives. Active and frequent trading may lead to the realization and distribution to shareholders of higher short-term capital gains, which would increase their tax liability. Frequent trading also increases transaction costs, which could detract from the fund's performance.

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS RISK

Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the seller, including losses and possible delays or restrictions upon the fund's ability to dispose of the underlying securities. To the extent that, in the meantime, the value of the securities that the fund has purchased has decreased, the fund could experience a loss. The fund will be exposed to the credit of the counterparties to repurchase agreements and their ability to satisfy the terms of the agreements, which exposes the fund to the risk that the counterparties may default on their obligations to perform under the agreements.

SHORT POSITION RISK

The fund or the Subsidiary may enter into a short position through a futures contract or swap agreement or by selling a security short. Taking short positions involves leverage of the fund's or the Subsidiary's assets and presents various risks. If the price of the asset, instrument or market on which the fund or the Subsidiary has taken a short position increases, then the fund or the Subsidiary will incur a loss equal to the increase in price from the time that the short position was entered into plus any premiums and interest paid to a third party in connection with the short sale. Therefore, taking short positions involves the risk that losses may be exaggerated, potentially losing more money than the actual cost of the investment. The fund's or the Subsidiary's loss on a short sale could theoretically be unlimited in a case where the fund or the Subsidiary, as the case may be, is unable, for whatever reason, to close out its short position. The fund's risk of loss with respect to short sales may be significant, as the fund may have a substantial amount of short positions in its portfolio.

SPECULATIVE EXPOSURE RISK

Gains or losses from speculative positions in a derivative may be much greater than the derivative's original cost. For example, potential losses from swaps and speculative short sales are unlimited.

SUBSIDIARY RISK

By investing in the Subsidiary, the fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary's investments. The derivatives and other investments held by the Subsidiary are generally similar to those that are permitted to be held by the fund and are subject to the same risks that apply to similar investments if held directly by

 


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the fund. These risks are described elsewhere in this Prospectus. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of the Subsidiary will be achieved.

The Subsidiary is not registered under the 1940 Act, and, unless otherwise noted in this Prospectus, is not subject to all the investor protections of the 1940 Act. However, the fund wholly owns and controls the Subsidiary, and the fund and the Subsidiary are both managed by Credit Suisse, making it unlikely that the Subsidiary will take action contrary to the interests of the fund and its shareholders. The fund's Board of Trustees has oversight responsibility for the investment activities of the fund, including its investment in the Subsidiary, and the fund's role as sole shareholder of the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary will be subject to the same investment restrictions and limitations, and follow the same compliance policies and procedures as the fund.

Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands could result in the inability of the fund and/or the Subsidiary to continue to operate as it does currently and could adversely affect the fund.

SWAP AGREEMENTS RISK

Swap agreements involve the risk that the party with whom the fund has entered into the swap will default on its obligation to pay the fund and the risk that the fund will not be able to meet its obligations to pay the other party to the agreement.

TAX RISK

In order to qualify as a Regulated Investment Company (a "RIC") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the fund must meet certain requirements regarding the source of its income, the diversification of its assets and the distribution of its income. The Internal Revenue Service has issued a ruling that income realized directly from certain types of commodity-linked derivatives would not be qualifying income. As a result, the fund's ability to realize income from direct investments in such commodity-linked derivatives as part of its investment strategy would be limited to a maximum of 10% of its gross income. To comply with the ruling, the fund seeks to gain exposure to the commodity markets primarily through investments in the Subsidiary, which invests in commodity-linked swaps, commodity futures and other derivatives, and directly through investments in commodity-linked notes. If the fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the fund will be subject to federal income tax on its net income at regular corporate rates (without reduction for distributions to shareholders). When distributed, that income also would be taxable to shareholders as an ordinary dividend to the extent attributable to the fund's earnings and profits. If the fund were to fail to qualify as a RIC and became subject to federal income tax, shareholders of the fund would be subject to diminished returns. The fund anticipates treating income and gain from the Subsidiary and from commodity-linked notes as qualifying income.

U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES RISK

Obligations of U.S. government agencies and authorities are supported by varying degrees of credit but generally are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. No assurance can be given that the U.S. government will provide financial support to its agencies and authorities if it is not obligated by law to do so.

PERFORMANCE

The accompanying bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows you how performance of the fund's Class A shares has varied from year to year for up to 10 years (if applicable). The table compares the fund's performance (before and after taxes) over time to that of a broad-based securities market index. The after-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. The after-tax returns of other classes will vary. As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future performance.

The fund makes updated performance available at the fund's website (www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds) or by calling Credit Suisse Funds at 877-870-2874.

 


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Sales charges are not reflected in the accompanying bar chart, and if those charges were included, returns would be less than those shown.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

PERIOD ENDED 12/31/22:

  ONE YEAR
2022
  FIVE YEARS
2018-2022
  TEN YEARS
2013-2022
 

CLASS A RETURN BEFORE TAXES

   

14.74

%

   

2.66

%

   

4.05

%

 

CLASS A RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS

   

8.75

%

   

0.78

%

   

2.44

%

 
CLASS A RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS AND SALE
OF FUND SHARES
   

10.16

%

   

1.37

%

   

2.59

%

 

CLASS C RETURN BEFORE TAXES

   

19.05

%

   

3.00

%

   

3.81

%

 

CLASS I RETURN BEFORE TAXES

   

21.38

%

   

4.05

%

   

4.86

%

 
CREDIT SUISSE MANAGED FUTURES LIQUID INDEX (REFLECTS NO DEDUCTION FOR FEES,
EXPENSES OR TAXES)
   

22.19

%

   

4.04

%

   

4.81

%

 

  After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts ("IRA").

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Investment manager: Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC

Portfolio managers: The Quantitative Investment Strategies group ("QIS") is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Yung-Shin Kung, a Managing Director of Credit Suisse, is the lead portfolio manager of the team and has been managing the Fund since November 2015.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING FUND SHARES

For important information about purchase and sale of fund shares, tax information, and payments to broker-dealers and other financial representatives, please see the "Summary of Other Important Information Regarding Fund Shares" section on page 41 of this Prospectus.

 


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CREDIT SUISSE MULTIALTERNATIVE STRATEGY FUND – SUMMARY

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The fund seeks positive absolute returns.

FEES AND FUND EXPENSES

The accompanying tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund.

You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Credit Suisse Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial representative and in this Prospectus on page 92 under the heading "Other Shareholder Information – Classes of Shares and Sales Charges" and on page 97 under the heading "Intermediary-Specific Sales Charge Waiver Policies," and in the fund's Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") on page 73 under the heading "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information." You may pay other fees on purchases and sales of Class I shares of the fund, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries which are not reflected in the table and examples below.

   

CLASS A

 

CLASS I

 
Shareholder fees
(paid directly from your investment)
 

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

   

5.25

%

   

none

   
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of original purchase
price or redemption proceeds, as applicable)
   

none

1

   

none

   

Maximum sales charge (load) on reinvested distributions (as a percentage of offering price)

   

none

     

none

   
Annual fund operating expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 

Management fee

   

1.04

%

   

1.04

%

 

Distribution and service (12b-1) fee

   

0.25

%

   

none

   

Other expenses2

   

0.39

%    

0.39

%

 

Acquired fund fees and expenses4

   

0.06

%    

0.06

%

 

Total annual fund operating expenses3

   

1.74

%    

1.49

%

 

Less: amount of fee limitations/expense reimbursements5

   

0.58

%    

0.58

%

 

Total annual fund operating expenses after fee limitations/expense reimbursements

   

1.16

%    

0.91

%

 

  1  Purchases of shares of $1 million or more may be subject to a 1% deferred sales charge on redemptions within 12 months of purchase.

  2  The fund may invest in Credit Suisse Cayman Multialternative Strategy Fund, Ltd. (the "Subsidiary"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. "Other expenses" include expenses of both the fund and the Subsidiary.

  3  The "Total annual fund operating expenses" in the table above do not correlate to the ratio of expenses to average net assets found within the Financial Highlights section of this Prospectus, which reflects the operating expenses of the fund and does not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.

  4  Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses reflect the expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund as a result of the Fund's investments in underlying money market mutual funds, exchange-traded funds or other pooled investment vehicles.

  5  Credit Suisse Opportunity Funds (the "Trust") and Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC ("Credit Suisse") have entered into a written contract limiting operating expenses to 1.10% of the fund's average daily net assets for Class A shares and 0.85% of the fund's average daily net assets for Class I shares at least through February 28, 2024. This limit excludes certain expenses, including interest charges on fund borrowings, taxes, brokerage commissions, dealer spreads and other transaction charges, expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, acquired fund fees and expenses, short sale dividends, and extraordinary expenses (e.g., litigation and indemnification and any other costs and expenses that may be approved by the Board of Trustees). The Trust is authorized to reimburse Credit Suisse for management fees previously limited and/or for expenses previously paid by Credit Suisse, provided, however, that any reimbursements must be paid at a date not more than thirty-six months following the applicable month during which such fees were limited or expenses were reimbursed by Credit Suisse and the reimbursements do not cause the Fund to exceed the applicable expense limitation in the contract at the time the fees are recouped. This contract may not be terminated before February 28, 2024.

 


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EXAMPLE

This example may help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

Assume you invest $10,000, the fund returns 5% annually, expense ratios remain the same and you close your account at the end of each of the time periods shown. Based on these assumptions, your cost would be:

    ONE
YEAR
  THREE
YEARS
  FIVE
YEARS
  TEN
YEARS
 
CLASS A (with or without redemption)  

$

637

   

$

991

   

$

1,368

   

$

2,423

   
CLASS I (with or without redemption)  

$

93

   

$

414

   

$

758

   

$

1,730

   

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The computation of the fund's portfolio turnover rate for regulatory purposes excludes trades of derivatives and instruments with a maturity of one year or less. However, the fund expects to engage in frequent trading of derivatives, which could have tax consequences that impact shareholders, such as the realization of taxable short-term capital gains. In addition, the fund could incur transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities and other instruments. Transaction costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 482% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The fund seeks positive absolute returns. It pursues its investment objective by utilizing a macro-aware investment process to allocate capital across a range of investment strategies. The fund primarily, but not exclusively, allocates to directional and/or relative value strategies that take long and/or short positions in instruments across all major asset groups.

As a component of its overall investment process, Credit Suisse may utilize certain quantitative models and methodologies to guide its investment approach or security selection although the use of such models and methodologies may vary, on a discretionary basis, based on market environments and economic trends as determined by Credit Suisse.

The fund may invest globally (including in emerging markets) and there are no geographic limits on the fund's holdings. The instruments in which the fund may invest may be U.S. dollar or non-U.S. dollar denominated. The fund may have exposure to issuers of any size or credit quality. The fund intends to engage in active and frequent trading.

The percentage of the fund's portfolio exposed to each asset class and geographic region will vary from time to time. The fund may invest in a broad range of instruments, including equities, American Depositary Receipts and Global Depositary Receipts, other mutual funds, exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), warrants, bonds (both investment grade and below investment grade (commonly referred to as "junk bonds")), currencies, commodities, futures, exchange-traded and over-the-counter put and call options (both covered and uncovered) and total return and excess return swaps, either by investing directly in these instruments or, in the case of commodities and certain commodity-linked instruments, indirectly, by investing in the Subsidiary (as described below) that invests in such commodities and commodity-linked instruments. The fund also may invest in cash and cash equivalents. As a result of the fund's use of derivatives, the fund may hold significant amounts of high-quality, short-term securities, including U.S. Treasuries, shares of money market funds and repurchase agreements. The fund may also invest in high-yield securities to earn income, as well as to achieve its investment objective.The fund may invest in bonds of any maturity or duration.

The fund primarily will gain exposure to commodities and commodity-linked instruments through investments in the Credit Suisse Cayman Multialternative Strategy Fund, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The Subsidiary will invest in (long and short) commodity-linked futures and swaps, as well as certain money market instruments, including U.S. government securities, money market fund shares, repurchase agreements and other high-quality, short-term fixed income instruments. The primary purpose of the money market instruments held by the Subsidiary will be to serve as collateral for the Subsidiary's derivative positions; however, these instruments may also earn income for the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary is managed by Credit Suisse and has the same

 


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investment objective as the fund. The fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. Investment in the Subsidiary is expected to provide the fund with commodity exposure within the limitations of the federal tax requirements that apply to the fund. Investments in other Credit Suisse Funds may provide the fund with exposure to other securities and financial instruments in addition to commodities and commodity-linked instruments.

For defensive purposes, due to abnormal market conditions or economic situations as determined by Credit Suisse, the fund may invest up to 100% of its total assets in cash or certain short-term securities. Although intended to avoid losses in adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, defensive tactics might be inconsistent with the fund's principal investment strategies and might prevent the fund from achieving its goal.

The fund is "non-diversified," meaning that a relatively high percentage of its assets may be invested in a limited number of issuers of securities.

PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND

A WORD ABOUT RISK

All investments involve some level of risk. Simply defined, risk is the possibility that you will lose money or not make money.

Principal risk factors for the fund are discussed below. Before you invest, please make sure you understand the risks that apply to the fund. As with any mutual fund, you could lose money over any period of time.

Investments in the fund are not bank deposits and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

ARBITRAGE OR FUNDAMENTAL RISK

Employing arbitrage and alternative strategies has the risk that anticipated opportunities do not play out as planned, resulting in potentially reduced returns or losses to the fund as it unwinds failed trades.

BELOW INVESTMENT GRADE SECURITIES RISK

Below investment grade securities (commonly referred to as "junk bonds") are regarded as being predominantly speculative as to the issuer's ability to make payments of principal and interest. Investment in such securities involves substantial risk. Issuers of below investment grade securities may be highly leveraged and may not have available to them more traditional methods of financing. Therefore, the risks associated with acquiring the securities of such issuers generally are greater than is the case with higher-rated securities.

COMMODITY EXPOSURE RISKS

The fund's and the Subsidiary's investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments may subject the fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, particularly if the investments involve leverage. The value of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments.

Use of leveraged commodity-linked derivatives creates an opportunity for increased return but, at the same time, creates the possibility for greater loss (including the likelihood of greater volatility of the fund's net asset value), and there can be no assurance that the fund's use of leverage will be successful.

CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES RISK

The market value of a convertible security performs like that of a regular debt security; that is, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security usually falls. In addition, convertible securities are subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and their market value may change based on changes in the issuer's credit rating or the market's perception of the issuer's creditworthiness. Since it derives a portion of its value from the common stock into which it may be converted, a convertible security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer risks that apply to the underlying common stock. The fund, as a holder of convertible bonds, may at times be allocated phantom taxable income from bond issuers, potentially retroactively or otherwise without notice.

 


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CORRELATION RISK

Changes in the value of a hedging instrument may not match those of the investment being hedged. In addition, certain of the fund's commodity-linked derivative investments may result in the fund's performance diverging from the BCOM Index, perhaps materially. For example, a structured note can be structured to limit the loss or the gain on the investment, which would result in the fund not participating in declines or increases in the BCOM Index that exceed the limits.

COUNTERPARTY RISK

A fund will be exposed to the credit of the counterparties to OTC derivative contracts and repurchase agreements and their ability to satisfy the terms of the agreements, which exposes the fund to the risk that the counterparties may default on their obligations to perform under the agreements. In the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of a counterparty, the fund could experience delays in liquidating the positions and significant losses, including declines in the value of its investment during the period in which the fund seeks to enforce its rights, inability to realize any gains on its investment during such period, loss of collateral and fees and expenses incurred in enforcing its rights.

CREDIT RISK

The issuer of a security or the counterparty to a contract, including derivatives contracts, may default or otherwise become unable to honor a financial obligation. Changes in an issuer's credit rating or the market's perception of an issuer's creditworthiness also may affect the value of the fund's investment in that issuer. Non-investment grade securities carry a higher risk of default and should be considered speculative.

DERIVATIVES RISK

Derivatives are financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. The fund typically uses derivatives as a substitute for taking a position in the underlying asset and/or as part of a strategy designed to reduce exposure to other risks, such as interest rate or currency risk. The fund also may use derivatives for leverage. The fund's use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Derivatives are subject to a number of risks described elsewhere in this Prospectus, such as commodity exposure risks, correlation risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, illiquidity risk, interest rate risk, leveraging risk, market risk and regulatory risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances and there can be no assurance that the fund will engage in these transactions to reduce exposure to other risks when that would be beneficial.

EQUITY EXPOSURE RISK

The fund may obtain exposure to equity securities. Equity security prices have historically risen and fallen in periodic cycles. U.S. and foreign equity markets have experienced periods of substantial price volatility in the past and may do so again in the future.

FIXED INCOME RISK

The market value of fixed income investments, and financial instruments related to those fixed income investments, will change in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as changes in the effective maturities and credit ratings of fixed income investments. During periods of falling interest rates, the values of outstanding fixed income securities and related financial instruments generally rise. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, the values of such securities and related financial instruments generally decline. Fixed income investments are also subject to credit risk.

FOREIGN SECURITIES RISK

Investing outside the U.S. carries additional risks that include:

  Currency Risk Fluctuations in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may negatively affect an investment. Adverse changes in exchange rates may erode or reverse any gains produced by foreign-currency-denominated investments and may widen any losses. The fund may, but is not required to, seek to reduce currency risk by hedging part or all of its exposure to various foreign currencies.

  Emerging Markets Risk The risks of investing in foreign securities are increased in connection with investments in emerging markets. Emerging markets are countries generally considered to be relatively less developed or industrialized. Emerging markets often face economic problems that could subject the fund to increased volatility or

 


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substantial declines in value, and emerging markets may experience periods of market illiquidity. Deficiencies in regulatory oversight, market infrastructure, shareholder protections and company laws and differences in regulatory, accounting, auditing, and financial reporting and recordkeeping standards could expose the fund to risks beyond those generally encountered in developed countries. In addition, profound social changes and business practices that depart from norms in developed countries' economies have hindered the orderly growth of emerging economies and their markets in the past and have caused instability. High levels of debt tend to make emerging economies heavily reliant on foreign capital and vulnerable to capital flight. Countries in emerging markets are also more likely to experience high levels of inflation, deflation, currency devaluation or unemployment, which could hurt their economies and securities markets. For these and other reasons, investments in emerging markets are often considered speculative.

  Information Risk Key information about an issuer, security or market may be inaccurate or unavailable.

  Political Risk Foreign governments may expropriate assets, impose capital or currency controls, and/or sanctions impose punitive taxes, or nationalize a company or industry. Any of these actions could have a severe effect on security prices and impair the fund's ability to bring its capital or income back to the U.S. Other political risks include economic policy changes, social and political instability, military action and war, such as the war between Russia and Ukraine that began in February 2022.

FORWARDS RISK

Forwards are not exchange-traded and therefore no clearinghouse or exchange stands ready to meet the obligations of the contracts. Thus, the fund faces the risk that its counterparties may not perform their obligations. Forward contracts also are not regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") and therefore the fund will not receive any benefit of CFTC regulation when trading forwards.

FUTURES CONTRACTS RISK

The risks associated with the fund's use of futures contracts include the risk that: (i) changes in the price of a futures contract may not always track the changes in market value of the underlying reference asset; (ii) trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange, and government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts; and (iii) if the fund has insufficient cash to meet margin requirements, the fund may need to sell other investments, including at disadvantageous times.

HEDGED EXPOSURE RISK

A fund's hedging activities could multiply losses generated by a derivative used for hedging purposes. Such losses should be substantially offset by gains on the hedged investment. However, while hedging can reduce or eliminate losses, it can also reduce or eliminate gains.

INTEREST RATE RISK

Changes in interest rates may cause a decline in the market value of an investment. With bonds and other fixed income securities, a rise in interest rates typically causes a fall in values, while a fall in interest rates typically causes a rise in values. Although governmental financial regulators, including the Federal Reserve, maintained historically low interest rates since early 2020, interest rates have been rising and are expected to continue to increase in the near future, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fund investments. Generally, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater the impact of a change in interest rates on the instrument's value. In periods of market volatility, the market values of fixed income securities may be more sensitive to changes in interest rates.

LEVERAGING RISK

The fund may invest in certain derivatives that provide leveraged exposure. The fund's investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may cause the fund to lose more than the amount it invested in those instruments. The net asset value of the fund when employing leverage will be more volatile and sensitive to market movements. Leverage may involve the creation of a liability that requires the portfolio to pay interest.

MANAGER/MODEL RISK

If a fund's portfolio managers make poor investment decisions, it will negatively affect the fund's performance. The fund also bears the risk that the proprietary model used by the portfolio managers will not be successful in identifying

 


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investments that will help the fund achieve its investment objective, causing the fund to underperform its benchmark or other funds with a similar investment objective.

MARKET RISK

The market value of an instrument may fluctuate, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. These fluctuations, which are often referred to as "volatility," may cause an instrument to be worth less than it was worth at an earlier time. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, commodity, sector of the economy, or the market as a whole. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, natural disasters, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the fund and its investments. Market risk is common to most investments – including stocks, bonds and commodities – and the mutual funds that invest in them. The performance of "value" stocks and "growth" stocks may rise or decline under varying market conditions – for example, value stocks may perform well under circumstances in which growth stocks in general have fallen.

Bonds and other fixed income securities generally involve less market risk than stocks and commodities. However, the risk of bonds can vary significantly depending upon factors such as the issuer's creditworthiness and a bond's maturity. The bonds of some companies may be riskier than the stocks of others.

NON-DIVERSIFIED STATUS

The fund is considered a non-diversified investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and is permitted to invest a greater proportion of its assets in the securities of a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, the fund may be subject to greater volatility with respect to its portfolio securities than a fund that is diversified.

OPTIONS RISK

A decision as to whether, when and how to use options involves the exercise of skill and judgment, and even a well-conceived and well-executed options program may be adversely affected by market behavior or unexpected events. Successful options strategies may require the anticipation of future movements in securities prices, interest rates and other economic factors. No assurances can be given that Credit Suisse's judgment in this respect will be correct. When the fund purchases options, it risks losing all or part of the cash paid for the options. Because option premiums paid or received by the fund indirectly are small in relation to the market value of the investments underlying the options, buying and selling put and call options can be more speculative than investing directly in securities.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK

Active and frequent trading may lead to the realization and distribution to shareholders of higher short-term capital gains, which would increase their tax liability. Frequent trading also increases transaction costs, which could detract from the fund's performance.

RISKS OF INVESTING IN OTHER FUNDS

Other mutual funds and ETFs are subject to investment advisory and other expenses. If the fund invests in other mutual funds or ETFs, the cost of investing in the fund may be higher than other funds that invest only directly in individual securities. Shareholders will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the other mutual funds and ETFs in addition to the fund's direct fees and expenses. Other mutual funds and ETFs are subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the mutual fund or ETF.

Most ETFs are investment companies whose shares are purchased and sold on a securities exchange. An ETF represents a portfolio of securities designed to track a particular market segment or index. An investment in an ETF generally presents the same primary risks as an investment in a conventional fund (i.e., one that is not exchange-traded) that has the same investment objectives, strategies and policies. In addition, an ETF may fail to accurately track the market segment or index that underlies its investment objective. The price of an ETF can fluctuate, and the fund could lose money investing in an ETF.

Credit Suisse serves as the adviser to other mutual funds in which the fund may invest. It is possible that a conflict of interest among the fund and the other Credit Suisse Funds could affect how Credit Suisse fulfills its fiduciary duties to the fund and the other Credit Suisse Funds.

SHORT POSITION RISK

The fund may enter into a short position through a futures contract or swap agreement or by selling a security short. Taking short positions involves leverage of the fund's assets and presents various risks. If the price of the asset,

 


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instrument or market on which the fund has taken a short position increases, then the fund will incur a loss equal to the increase in price from the time that the short position was entered into plus any premiums and interest paid to a third party in connection with the short sale. Therefore, taking short positions involves the risk that losses may be exaggerated, potentially losing more money than the actual cost of the investment. The fund's loss on a short sale could theoretically be unlimited in a case where the fund is unable, for whatever reason, to close out its short position.

SMALL- AND MID-CAP STOCK RISK

The fund may invest in small- and mid-cap stocks. Stocks of small-cap companies, and to a lesser extent, mid-cap companies, may be more volatile than, and not as readily marketable as, those of larger companies.

SPECULATIVE EXPOSURE RISK

Gains or losses from speculative positions in a derivative may be much greater than the derivative's original cost. For example, potential losses from commodity-linked swap agreements and from writing uncovered call options are unlimited.

SUBSIDIARY RISK

By investing in the Subsidiary, the fund is exposed indirectly to the risks associated with the Subsidiary's investments. The derivatives and other investments held by the Subsidiary are generally similar to those that are permitted to be held by the fund and are subject to the same risks that apply to similar investments if held directly by the fund. These risks are described elsewhere in this Prospectus. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of the Subsidiary will be achieved.

The Subsidiary is not registered under the 1940 Act, and, unless otherwise noted in this Prospectus, is not subject to all the investor protections of the 1940 Act. However, the fund wholly owns and controls the Subsidiary, and the fund and the Subsidiary are both managed by Credit Suisse, making it unlikely that the Subsidiary will take action contrary to the interests of the fund and its shareholders. The fund's Board of Trustees has oversight responsibility for the investment activities of the fund, including its investment in the Subsidiary, and the fund's role as sole shareholder of the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary will be subject to the same investment restrictions and limitations, and follow the same compliance policies and procedures, as the fund.

Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands could result in the inability of the fund and/or the Subsidiary to continue to operate as it does currently and could adversely affect the fund.

SWAP AGREEMENTS RISK

Swap agreements involve the risk that the party with whom the fund has entered into the swap will default on its obligation to pay the fund and the risk that the fund will not be able to meet its obligations to pay the other party to the agreement.

TAX RISK

In order to qualify as a Regulated Investment Company (a "RIC") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the fund must meet certain requirements regarding the source of its income, the diversification of its assets and the distribution of its income. The Internal Revenue Service has issued a ruling that income realized directly from certain types of commodity-linked derivatives would not be qualifying income. As a result, the fund's ability to realize income from investments in such commodity-linked derivatives as part of its investment strategy would be limited to a maximum of 10% of its gross income. To comply with the ruling, the fund seeks to gain exposure to the commodity markets primarily through investments in the Subsidiary, which invests in commodity-linked swaps, commodity futures and other derivatives, and directly through investments in commodity-linked notes. If the fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the fund will be subject to federal income tax on its net income at regular corporate rates (without reduction for distributions to shareholders). When distributed, that income also would be taxable to shareholders as an ordinary dividend to the extent attributable to the fund's earnings and profits. If the fund were to fail to qualify as a RIC and became subject to federal income tax, shareholders of the fund would be subject to diminished returns. The fund anticipates treating income and gain from the Subsidiary and from commodity-linked notes as qualifying income.

 


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PERFORMANCE

The accompanying bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows you how performance of the fund's Class A shares has varied from year to year for up to 10 years (if applicable). The fund's total returns prior to February 28, 2020, as reflected in the bar chart and the table, are the returns of the fund when it followed a different investment objective and different investment strategies. The table compares the fund's performance (before and after taxes) over time to that of a broad-based securities market index. Effective February 28, 2020, the ICE BofA US 3-Month Treasury Bill Index replaced the Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index as the broad-based securities market index against which the fund measures its performance. Credit Suisse believes the ICE BofA US 3-Month Treasury Bill Index is more relevant to the fund's new investment objective and principal investment strategies. The after-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. The after-tax returns of other classes will vary. As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future performance.

The fund makes updated performance available at the fund's website (www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds) or by calling Credit Suisse Funds at 877-870-2874.

Sales charges are not reflected in the accompanying bar chart, and if those charges were included, returns would be less than those shown.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

PERIOD ENDED 12/31/22:

  ONE YEAR
2022
  FIVE YEARS
2018-2022
  TEN YEARS
2013-2022
 

CLASS A RETURN BEFORE TAXES

   

-0.04

%

   

2.81

%

   

2.81

%

 

  

CLASS A RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS

   

-0.98

%

   

0.42

%

   

1.11

%

 
CLASS A RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS AND SALE
OF FUND SHARES
   

0.06

%

   

1.10

%

   

1.42

%

 

CLASS I RETURN BEFORE TAXES

   

5.81

%

   

4.21

%

   

3.62

%

 
ICE BOFA US 3-MONTH TREASURY BILL INDEX (REFLECTS NO DEDUCTION
FOR FEES, EXPENSES OR TAXES)
   

1.45

%

   

1.26

%

   

0.76

%

 

  After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts ("IRA").

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Investment manager: Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC

Portfolio managers: The Quantitative Investment Strategies group ("QIS") is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Yung-Shin Kung, a Managing Director of Credit Suisse, is the lead portfolio manager of the team and has been managing the Fund since November 2015.

 


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OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING FUND SHARES

For important information about purchase and sale of fund shares, tax information, and payments to broker-dealers and other financial representatives, please see the "Summary of Other Important Information Regarding Fund Shares" section on page 41 of this Prospectus.

 


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SUMMARY OF OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
REGARDING FUND SHARES

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

Eligible investors may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of a fund each day the New York Stock Exchange is open, at the fund's net asset value determined after receipt of your request in proper form, subject to any applicable sales charge.

Each fund's initial investment minimums for Class A and Class C generally are as follows:

General

  $2,500  

IRAs

  $500  

Retirement plan programs

 

None

 

Each fund's subsequent investment minimums for Class A and Class C generally are as follows:

General

  $100  

IRAs

 

$100 ($50 for electronic transfers (ACH))

 

Retirement plan programs

 

None

 

Each fund's initial investment minimum for Class I generally is $250,000.

Each fund's subsequent investment minimum for Class I generally is $100,000.

If you invest through a financial representative, your financial representative may impose different investment minimum amount requirements.

For more information about how to purchase, redeem or exchange shares, and to learn which classes of shares are available to you, you should contact your financial representative or contact the funds by phone (Credit Suisse Funds at 877-870-2874).

TAX INFORMATION

Each fund's distributions are taxable as ordinary income or capital gain, except when your investment is through an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged account, in which case your withdrawals from such account may be taxed as ordinary income.

PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL REPRESENTATIVES

If you purchase a fund through a broker-dealer or other financial representative (such as a bank), the fund and its related companies may pay the representative for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other representative and your salesperson to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial representative's website for more information.

 


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THE FUNDS IN DETAIL

g   GOALS AND STRATEGIES

COMMODITY RETURN STRATEGY FUND

The fund seeks total return. To pursue this goal, it invests in a combination of commodity-linked derivative instruments and fixed income securities.

The fund invests in commodity-linked derivative instruments, such as commodity-linked notes, that provide exposure to the investment returns of the commodities markets without investing directly in physical commodities. The fund intends to gain exposure to commodities markets by investing in the Credit Suisse Cayman Commodity Fund I, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the "Subsidiary"), which in turn invests in commodity-linked swap agreements and other commodity-linked derivative instruments, and by investing directly in commodity-linked structured notes. These investments will be linked to the Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return ("BCOM Index"), other commodity indices or the value of a particular commodity or commodity futures contract or subset of commodities or commodity futures contracts. The principal value of commodity-linked investments held by the fund is expected to equal between 0% and 50% of the fund's net assets at the time of investment. The percentage may be higher or lower as the value of the BCOM Index changes. The remainder of the fund's assets (other than amounts invested in commodity-linked investments) is expected to consist predominantly of fixed income instruments.

The fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary is advised by Credit Suisse. The Subsidiary (unlike the fund) may invest without limitation in commodity-linked swap agreements and other commodity-linked derivative instruments, including futures contracts on individual commodities or a subset of commodities and options on them. However, the Subsidiary is otherwise subject to the same fundamental, non-fundamental and certain other investment restrictions as the fund.

The BCOM Index is a broadly diversified futures index currently composed of futures contracts on 24 physical commodities. The index is weighted among commodity sectors using dollar-adjusted liquidity and production data. Currently, six energy commodities, two precious metals commodities, five industrial metals commodities, two livestock commodities, and nine agricultural commodities are represented in the index. The BCOM Index is rebalanced as of the beginning of each calendar year so that as of that time no single commodity constitutes less than 2%, as liquidity allows, or more than 15% of the index, and each related group of commodities (e.g., energy, precious metals, industrial metals, livestock or agriculture) represented in the index is limited to 33%. However, following this rebalancing and for the remainder of the calendar year these percentages may change so that a single commodity may constitute a lesser or greater percentage of the index at the beginning of the year and different sectors may represent different proportions of the index. (A more detailed description of the BCOM Index is found in the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI").) The fund does not intend to invest in commodities directly or in instruments linked to individual commodity sectors.

The prices of commodity-linked instruments may move in different directions than investments in traditional equity and debt securities in periods of rising inflation. Of course, there can be no guarantee that the fund's commodity-linked investments would not be correlated with traditional financial assets under any particular market conditions. In addition, while the primary driver of the fund's returns is expected to be the change in value of the BCOM Index, the fund is not an index fund and may be exposed to particular commodities or subset of commodities to a greater or lesser extent than reflected in the BCOM Index. However, the fund is designed to generally achieve positive performance relative to that of the BCOM Index, although there can be no guarantee that this positive performance will be achieved.

The fund will not invest 25% or more of its total assets in instruments issued by companies in any one industry. However, 25% or more of its total assets may be indirectly exposed to industries in one or more of the three commodity sectors (currently, the energy, metal, and agricultural sectors) of the BCOM Index. In addition, the fund can invest more than 25% of its total assets in instruments (such as structured notes) issued by companies in the financial services sector (which includes the banking, brokerage and insurance industries). In that case the fund's share values will fluctuate in response to events affecting issues in those sectors.

Under normal market conditions:

  at least 90% of the fund's fixed income securities (excluding structured notes) will be investment grade

  the fund will maintain an average duration of the fixed income portion of the portfolio (excluding structured notes) of one year or less

 


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In determining the credit quality of a security, Credit Suisse will use the highest rating assigned to it. While structured notes are not typically rated, the fund does not intend to enter into structured notes with issuers that do not have debt ratings of investment grade.

Duration is a measure of the expected life of a fixed income security that is used to determine the sensitivity of a security's price to changes in interest rates. The longer a security's duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. Similarly, a fund with a longer average portfolio duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a fund with a shorter average portfolio duration.

PRINCIPAL PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

The fund intends to gain exposure to commodity markets primarily by investing up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary invests primarily in commodity-linked derivative instruments, including swap agreements, commodity options, futures and options on futures. Although the fund may enter into these commodity-linked derivative instruments directly, the fund likely will gain exposure to these derivative instruments indirectly by investing in the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary also will invest in fixed income instruments, some of which are intended to serve as margin or collateral for the Subsidiary's derivatives position.

The derivative instruments in which the fund and the Subsidiary primarily intend to invest are instruments linked to certain commodity indices. Additionally, the fund or the Subsidiary may invest in derivative instruments linked to the value of a particular commodity or commodity futures contract, or a subset of commodities or commodity futures contracts, including swaps on commodity futures. The fund's or the Subsidiary's investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments may specify exposure to commodity futures with different roll dates, reset dates or contract months than those specified by a particular commodity index. As a result, the commodity-linked derivatives component of the fund's portfolio may deviate from the returns of any particular commodity index. The fund or the Subsidiary may also over-weight or under-weight its exposure to a particular commodity index, or a subset of commodities, such that the fund has greater or lesser exposure to that index than the value of the fund's net assets, or greater or lesser exposure to a subset of commodities than is represented by a particular commodity index. Such deviations will frequently be the result of temporary market fluctuations, and under normal circumstances the fund will seek to maintain net notional exposure to one or more commodity indices within 5% (plus or minus) of the value of the fund's net assets. The portion of the fund's or Subsidiary's assets exposed to any particular commodity or commodity sector will vary based on market conditions, but from time to time the portion could be substantial. To the extent that the fund invests in the Subsidiary, it may be subject to the risks associated with those derivative instruments and other securities, which are discussed elsewhere in this Prospectus.

The Subsidiary is managed by Credit Suisse. With respect to its investments, the Subsidiary generally will be subject to the same fundamental, non-fundamental and certain other investment restrictions as the fund; however, the Subsidiary (unlike the fund) may invest without limitation in commodity-linked instruments that may otherwise be limited if purchased by the fund due to federal tax requirements, as discussed above. The fund and the Subsidiary may test for compliance with certain investment restrictions on a consolidated basis.

The structured notes in which the fund may invest may be issued by U.S. and foreign banks, brokerage firms, insurance companies and other corporations. These notes are debt securities of the issuer and so, in addition to fluctuating in response to changes in the underlying commodity index, will be subject to credit and interest rate risks that typically affect debt securities.

The fixed income securities the fund may invest in include:

  corporate bonds, debentures and notes

  government and agency securities

  mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities

  structured notes, including hybrid or "indexed" securities, event-linked bonds and loan participations

  bank certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits and bankers' acceptances

  commercial paper

OTHER PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

In addition to investing in the Subsidiary and commodity-linked instruments, the fund may engage in other investment practices that include the use of options, futures and other derivative securities. The fund will attempt to take advantage of pricing inefficiencies in these securities. For example, the fund may write (i.e., sell) put and call

 


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options. The fund would receive premium income when it writes an option, which will increase the fund's return in the event the option expires unexercised or is closed out at a profit. Upon the exercise of a put or call option written by the fund, the fund may suffer an economic loss equal to the difference between the price at which the fund is required to purchase, in the case of a put, or sell, in the case of a call, the underlying security or instrument and the option exercise price, less the premium received for writing the option. The fund may engage in derivative transactions involving a variety of underlying instruments, including, in addition to structured notes, swaps, equity and debt securities, securities indexes and futures.

The fund also may invest in common and preferred stock as well as convertible securities of issuers in commodity-related industries. To a limited extent, the fund may also engage in other investment practices.

The fund may, from time to time, place some or all of its assets in investments such as money-market obligations and investment-grade debt securities for defensive purposes. Although intended to avoid losses in adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, defensive tactics might be inconsistent with the fund's principal investment strategies and might prevent the fund from achieving its goal.

The fund's investment objective may be changed by the Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.

FLOATING RATE HIGH INCOME FUND

The fund's primary investment objective is to provide a high level of current income and its secondary objective is capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in fixed income securities that are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services (Ba or lower by Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") and BB or lower by S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc. ("S&P")), or, if unrated, are deemed by Credit Suisse to be of comparable quality. Securities rated Ba or lower by Moody's and BB or lower by S&P are commonly considered the equivalent of "junk bonds". The high yield, fixed income securities in which the fund will invest for purposes of this 80% policy will consist entirely of senior secured floating rate loans ("Senior Loans") issued by non-investment grade companies. Senior Loans typically are secured by specific collateral of the issuer and hold the most senior position in the issuer's capital structure. The interest rate on Senior Loans is adjusted periodically to a recognized base rate, such as the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") or the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"). While these characteristics may reduce interest rate risk and mitigate losses in the event of borrower default, the Senior Loans in which the fund invests have below investment grade credit ratings and thereby are considered speculative because of the significant credit risk of their issuers. The fund may invest up to 30% of its total assets in securities of non-U.S. issuers. The fund may invest in other mutual funds (including other Credit Suisse Funds). The fund seeks to moderate risk by investing in a diversified portfolio of issuers across a variety of industry sectors. Investments are selected for the fund based on an analysis of individual issuers and the general business conditions affecting them. The fund will generally not invest in instruments rated at the time of investment in the lowest rating categories (Ca or below for Moody's and CC or below for S&P) but may continue to hold securities which are subsequently downgraded. However, it has authority to invest in securities rated as low as C and D by Moody's and S&P, respectively.

The fund may purchase Senior Loans by assignment from a participant in the original syndicate of lenders or from subsequent assignees of such interests, or can buy a participation in a loan. Loan participations typically represent indirect participations in a loan to a corporate borrower, and generally are offered by banks or other financial institutions or lending syndicates.

In choosing investments, the portfolio managers:

  continually analyze individual companies, including their financial condition, cash flow and borrowing requirements, value of assets in relation to cost, strength of management, responsiveness to business conditions, credit standing and anticipated results of operations

  analyze business conditions affecting investments, including:

  changes in economic activity and interest rates

  availability of new investment opportunities

  economic outlook for specific industries

  seek to moderate risk by investing among a variety of industry sectors and issuers

The portfolio managers may sell investments for a variety of reasons, such as to realize profits, limit losses or take advantage of better investment opportunities.

 


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The fund's investment objective may be changed by the Board of Trustees without shareholder approval. The fund's 80% investment policies may be changed by the Board of Trustees on 60 days' notice to shareholders.

PRINCIPAL PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

The instruments in which the fund invests are:

  floating rate loans and notes

  high yield corporate bonds and notes

  convertible bonds and preferred stocks

  equity securities when acquired as a unit with fixed income securities or in a restructuring of fixed income securities

The fund may invest:

  without limit in floating rate debt securities, including their unrated equivalents

  up to 30% of total assets in securities of non-U.S. issuers

To a limited extent the fund may also engage in other investment practices.

STRATEGIC INCOME FUND

The fund pursues its investment objective of total return by investing in a broad range of debt instruments. "Strategic" in the fund's name means that the fund seeks both current income and capital appreciation as elements of total return. The debt instruments in which the fund may invest include:

  bonds and other debt instruments issued by domestic and foreign companies of any size (including below investment grade debt securities (commonly known as "junk bonds"));

  Senior Loans;

  mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities and collateralized loan obligations ("CLOs");

  convertible debt securities;

  obligations issued by foreign governments (including emerging market countries); and

  obligations issued by the U.S. government and its agencies or instrumentalities (such as U.S. Treasury securities or Treasury inflation protected securities).

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the fund adjusts its portfolio's exposure amongst the various types of debt instruments based on market conditions and outlook. At any given time, the fund may have a substantial weighting in any one asset class. Accordingly, the fund will, at times, be invested in debt instruments of various credit qualities and maturities, while at other times, the fund may emphasize one particular credit quality or maturity.

Credit Suisse, the fund's investment manager, and Credit Suisse UK, the fund's sub-adviser (together, the "Adviser"), emphasize bottom-up fundamental credit analysis and top-down macroeconomic analysis, combined with a focused relative value approach, and are not constrained by any particular duration or credit quality targets. The fund's allocation among various debt instruments will be made on the basis of the portfolio managers' assessment of opportunities for total return relative to the risk of each type of investment. The fund may also take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term bonds from time to time.

The fund may invest significantly in below investment grade debt securities and is authorized to invest without limit in these securities. Below investment grade debt securities are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services (Ba or lower by Moody's and BB or lower by S&P), or, if unrated, are deemed by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. The fund may invest in securities rated C or lower and which have limited capacity to pay principal and interest on their obligations. The fund is not required to dispose of debt instruments that are downgraded or go into default.

The fund may invest in non-U.S. dollar denominated debt instruments and debt instruments of emerging market issuers and is authorized to invest without limit in these instruments. The fund may utilize foreign currency transactions, including currency options and forward foreign currency contracts, to hedge non-U.S. dollar investments or to establish or adjust exposure to particular foreign securities, markets or currencies, but it is not required to do so.

 


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The fund may also invest in other derivatives, regardless of whether the fund may own the asset, instrument or components of the index underlying the derivative. The fund typically uses derivatives as a substitute for taking a position in the underlying asset, instrument or index and/or as part of a strategy designed to reduce exposure to other risks, such as currency risk. The fund's derivative investments may include equity puts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, and futures contracts on securities and indexes.

The fund may take short positions in securities or indices and generally will do so either by borrowing a security and selling the security short or by using swaps or futures. For example, in a short sale, the fund may sell a borrowed security and it has a corresponding obligation to return to the lender the identical security it has borrowed at the market price of that security at the time of replacement. The fund will have a profit or loss depending on whether the price of the security decreases or increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the fund purchases the security it has sold in order to replace the security it has borrowed from the lender. Alternatively, the fund may enter into a futures contract pursuant to which it agrees to sell an asset (that it does not currently own) at a specified price at a specified point in the future. This gives the fund a short position with respect to that asset. The fund will benefit to the extent the asset decreases in value (and will be harmed to the extent the asset increases in value) between the time it enters into the futures contract and the agreed date of sale.

To a limited extent the fund may also engage in other investment practices, including, but not limited to purchasing both dividend and non-dividend paying equity securities.

The fund's investment objective may be changed by the Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.

MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

The Fund seeks diverse exposure to significant price trends, both up and down, across asset classes, geographies and time horizons. It aims to capture the aggregate risk-return characteristics of the managed futures industry without the cost and complexity of a multi-manager approach. The fund may take long and/or short positions in these asset classes, and dynamically adjusts its exposure to individual asset classes based on a trend-following approach. The fund may also aim to obtain exposure to other strategies commonly used by managed futures funds. As a component of its overall investment process, Credit Suisse may utilize certain quantitative models and methodologies to guide its investment approach or security selection although the use of such models and methodologies may vary based on market factors and economic trends as determined by Credit Suisse.

The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing directly and/or indirectly through the Subsidiary (as described below) in securities and derivative instruments including, but not limited to, equity index futures and options, swaps on equity index futures, equity swaps, interest rate futures and options, fixed income futures and options, swaps on fixed income futures, commodity and commodity index-linked futures and options, swaps on commodity and commodity index-linked futures, currency futures and options, swaps on currency futures, currency forwards and equity-, fixed income-, and commodity-notes. There are no geographic limits on the fund's holdings and the fund will have exposure to U.S. and non-U.S. securities and currencies. In addition, the fund may have exposure to issuers of any size or credit quality. The fund also invests a significant portion of its assets in investment grade money market instruments, which may include, but are not limited to, U.S. government securities, U.S. government agency securities, short-term fixed income securities, repurchase agreements, money market mutual fund shares, and cash and cash equivalents. The fund's money market instrument holdings may serve as collateral for the fund's derivative positions and may also earn income for the fund. The fund's return is expected to be derived principally from changes in the value of securities and its portfolio is expected to consist principally of securities.

Futures, forwards and swaps are contractual agreements that involve the right to receive, or obligation to deliver, assets or money depending on the performance of one or more underlying assets or currencies, or a market or economic index. The fund's use of futures, forwards, swaps and certain other financial instruments will have the economic effect of financial leverage. Financial leverage magnifies the exposure to the swings in prices of an asset class underlying a financial instrument and results in increased volatility, which means that the fund will have the potential for greater gains, as well as the potential for greater losses, than if the fund does not use financial instruments that have a leveraging effect. Leveraging tends to magnify, sometimes significantly, the effect of any increase or decrease in the fund's exposure to an asset class and may cause the fund's net asset value ("NAV") to be volatile. A decline in the fund's assets due to losses magnified by the financial instruments providing leveraged exposure may require the fund to liquidate portfolio positions to satisfy its obligations, to meet redemption requests or to meet the applicable requirements of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder when it may not be advantageous to do so.

 


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As a result of the fund's strategy, the fund may have highly leveraged exposure to one or more asset classes at times. The 1940 Act and the rules and interpretations thereunder impose certain limitations on the fund's ability to use leverage; however, the fund is not subject to any additional limitations on its exposures. For example, the fund could hold instruments that provide long or short exposure equal to three or more times the value of the fund's net assets, and could maintain net short exposure equal to three or more times the value of the fund's net assets. Generally, however, Credit Suisse expects not to have net long exposure exceeding 300% of the value of the fund's net assets or net short exposure exceeding 150% of the value of the fund's net assets.

The fund will enter into short positions, and may use futures and swaps or may sell a security short to do so. For example, the fund may enter into a futures contract pursuant to which it agrees to sell an asset (that it does not currently own) at a specified price at a specified point in the future. This gives the fund a short position with respect to the asset. At times, the fund may have significant short positions.

The fund intends to make investments through the Credit Suisse Cayman Managed Futures Strategy Fund, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the "Subsidiary"), and may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. The fund will invest in the Subsidiary primarily to gain exposure to the commodities markets within the limitations of the federal tax laws, rules and regulations that apply to regulated investment companies. Generally, the Subsidiary will invest in long and short commodity-linked futures and swaps, but it may also invest in other types of futures, swaps and options, as well as certain money market instruments, including U.S. government securities, money market fund shares, repurchase agreements and other high-quality, short-term fixed income instruments. The primary purpose of the money market instruments held by the Subsidiary will be to serve as collateral for the Subsidiary's derivative positions; however, these instruments may also earn income for the Subsidiary.

The Subsidiary is managed by Credit Suisse. With respect to its investments, the Subsidiary generally will be subject to the same fundamental, non-fundamental and certain other investment restrictions as the fund; however, the Subsidiary (unlike the fund) may invest without limitation in commodity-linked instruments that may otherwise be limited if purchased by the fund due to federal tax requirements, as discussed above. The fund and Subsidiary may test for compliance with certain investment restrictions on a consolidated basis.

The fund is actively managed by Credit Suisse based on Credit Suisse's view of the prevailing trends in the market. The percentage of the fund's portfolio exposed to each asset class and to any particular strategy will vary from time to time.

For defensive purposes, due to abnormal market conditions or economic situations as determined by Credit Suisse, the fund's investment manager, the fund may invest up to 100% of its total assets in cash or certain short-term securities. Although intended to avoid losses in adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, defensive tactics might be inconsistent with the fund's principal investment strategies and might prevent the fund from achieving its goal.

The fund is "non-diversified," meaning that a relatively high percentage of its assets may be invested in a limited number of issuers of securities.

The fund's investment objective may be changed by the Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.

MULTIALTERNATIVE STRATEGY FUND

The fund seeks positive absolute returns. It pursues its investment objective by utilizing a macro-aware investment process to allocate capital across a range of investment strategies. The fund primarily, but not exclusively, allocates to directional and/or relative value strategies that take long and/or short positions in instruments across all major asset groups.

As a component of its overall investment process, Credit Suisse may utilize certain quantitative models and methodologies to guide its investment approach or security selection although the use of such models and methodologies may vary, on a discretionary basis, based on market factors environments and economic trends as determined by Credit Suisse.

The fund may invest globally (including in emerging markets) and there are no geographic limits on the fund's holdings. The instruments in which the fund may invest may be U.S. dollar- or non-U.S. dollar denominated. The fund may have exposure to issuers of any size or credit quality. The fund intends to engage in active and frequent trading.

The percentage of the fund's portfolio exposed to each asset class and geographic region will vary from time to time. The fund may invest in a broad range of instruments, including equities, American Depositary Receipts and Global Depositary Receipts, other mutual funds, ETFs, warrants, bonds (both investment grade and below

 


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investment grade (commonly referred to as "junk bonds")), currencies, commodities, futures, exchange-traded and over-the-counter put and call options (both covered and uncovered) and total return and excess return swaps, either by investing directly in these instruments or, in the case of commodities and certain commodity-linked instruments, indirectly, by investing in the Subsidiary that invests in such commodity-linked instruments. The fund also may invest in cash and cash equivalents. As a result of the fund's use of derivatives, the fund may hold significant amounts of high-quality securities, including U.S. Treasuries, shares of money market funds and repurchase agreements. The fund also may invest in high-yield securities to earn income, as well as to achieve its investment objective. For defensive purposes, due to abnormal market conditions or economic situations as determined by Credit Suisse, the fund may invest up to 100% of its total assets in cash or certain short-term securities. Although intended to avoid losses in adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, defensive tactics might be inconsistent with the fund's principal investment strategies and might prevent the fund from achieving its goal. The fund may also engage in other investment practices in seeking to achieve its investment objective. The fund may invest in bonds of any maturity or duration.

The fund primarily will gain exposure to commodities and certain commodity-linked instruments through investments in the Credit Suisse Cayman Multialternative Strategy Fund, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the "Subsidiary"). The Subsidiary will invest in (long and short) commodity-linked futures and swaps, as well as certain money market instruments, including U.S. government securities, money market fund shares, repurchase agreements and other high-quality, short-term fixed income instruments. The primary purpose of the money market instruments held by the Subsidiary will be to serve as collateral for the Subsidiary's derivative positions; however, these instruments may also earn income for the Subsidiary.

The Subsidiary is managed by Credit Suisse and has the same investment objective as the fund. With respect to its investments, the Subsidiary generally will be subject to the same fundamental, non-fundamental and certain other investment restrictions as the fund; however, the Subsidiary (unlike the fund) may invest without limitation in commodity-linked instruments that may otherwise be limited if purchased by the fund due to federal tax requirements relating to qualifying income, as discussed above.

For defensive purposes, due to abnormal market conditions or economic situations as determined by Credit Suisse, the fund may invest up to 100% of its total assets in cash or certain short-term securities. Although intended to avoid losses in adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, defensive tactics might be inconsistent with the fund's principal investment strategies and might prevent the fund from achieving its goal.

The fund is "non-diversified," meaning that a relatively high percentage of its assets may be invested in a limited number of issuers of securities.

The fund's investment objective may be changed by the Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.

 


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g   RISK FACTORS

The funds may use certain investment practices that have higher risks associated with them. However, the funds have limitations and policies designed to reduce many of the risks. The principal risks of each fund are identified in the Summary sections and are described in this section. The table below indicates the principal risks and non-principal risks applicable to each fund.

X Principal Risk
* Non-Principal Risk
  Credit
Suisse
Commodity
Return
Strategy
Fund
  Credit
Suisse
Floating
Rate High
Income
Fund
  Credit
Suisse
Strategic
Income
Fund
  Credit
Suisse
Managed
Futures
Strategy
Fund
  Credit
Suisse
Multialternative
Strategy
Fund
 

Arbitrage or Fundamental Risk

                                   

X

   

Below Investment Grade Securities Risk

           

X

     

X

             

X

   

Collateralized Loan Obligations Risk

           

*

     

X

                   

Commodity Exposure Risks

   

X

                     

X

     

X

   

Conflict of Interest Risk

           

X

     

X

                   

Convertible Securities Risk

                   

X

             

X

   

Correlation Risk

   

X

     

*

             

X

     

X

   

Counterparty Risk

   

*

                     

X

     

X

   

Credit Risk

   

X

     

X

     

X

     

X

     

X

   

Currency Risk

           

X

     

X

     

X

     

X

   

Cybersecurity Risk

   

*

     

*

     

*

     

*

     

*

   

Derivatives Risk

   

X

     

*

     

X

     

X

     

X

   

Emerging Markets Risk

                   

*

             

X

   

Equity Exposure Risk

                   

*

     

X

     

X

   

Extension Risk

   

*

     

*

     

X

                   

Fixed Income Risk

   

X

   

  

           

X

     

X

   

Focus Risk

   

X

                                   

Foreign Securities Risk

           

X

     

X

     

X

     

X

   

Forwards Risk

                           

X

     

X

   

Futures Contracts Risk

   

X

             

X

     

X

     

X

   

Hedged Exposure Risk

   

X

     

*

     

X

             

X

   

Illiquidity Risk

   

X

     

X

     

X

     

*

     

*

   

Index/Tracking Error Risk

               

*

       

Interest Rate Risk

   

X

     

X

     

X

     

X

     

X

   

Leveraging Risk

   

X

                     

X

     

X

   

LIBOR Risk

           

X

                     

*

   

Manager/Model Risk

                           

X

     

X

   

Market Risk

   

X

     

X

     

X

     

X

     

X

   

Model and Style Risk

                           

X

           

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risks

                   

X

                   

Non-Diversified Status

   

X

                     

X

     

X

   

Options Risk

                           

*

     

X

   

Portfolio Turnover Risk

   

X

                     

X

     

X

   

Prepayment Risk

   

*

     

X

     

X

                   

Repurchase Agreements Risk

                           

X

     

*

   

Risks of Investing in Other Funds

   

*

     

*

     

*

     

*

     

X

   

Senior Loans Risks

       

X

     

X

                   

Short Position Risk

                   

X

     

X

     

X

   

Small- and Mid-Cap Stock Risk

                                   

X

   

Speculative Exposure Risk

   

X

     

*

     

*

     

X

     

X

   

Structured Note Risk

   

X

                               

             

 


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X Principal Risk
* Non-Principal Risk
  Credit
Suisse
Commodity
Return
Strategy
Fund
  Credit
Suisse
Floating
Rate High
Income
Fund
  Credit
Suisse
Strategic
Income
Fund
  Credit
Suisse
Managed
Futures
Strategy
Fund
  Credit
Suisse
Multialternative
Strategy
Fund
 

Subsidiary Risk

   

X

                     

X

     

X

   

Swap Agreements Risk

   

X

             

*

     

X

     

X

   

Tax Risk

   

X

                     

X

     

X

   

U.S. Government Securities Risk

   

X

             

X

     

X

     

*

   

Valuation Risk

   

*

     

X

     

X

     

*

     

*

   

             

RISK FACTORS

Arbitrage or Fundamental Risk Employing arbitrage and alternative strategies has the risk that anticipated opportunities do not play out as planned, resulting in potentially reduced returns or losses to a fund as it unwinds failed trades. For example, with respect to the merger arbitrage strategy, the merger deal may terminate prior to closing, thereby imposing losses to the fund. Arbitrage or fundamental risk exists for other strategies employed by the fund such as convertible arbitrage.

Below Investment Grade Securities Risk Below investment grade securities (commonly referred to as "junk bonds") are regarded as being predominantly speculative as to the issuer's ability to make payments of principal and interest. Investment in such securities involves substantial risk. Issuers of below investment grade securities may be highly leveraged and may not have available to them more traditional methods of financing. Therefore, the risks associated with acquiring the securities of such issuers generally are greater than is the case with higher-rated securities. For example, during an economic downturn or a sustained period of rising interest rates, issuers of below investment grade securities may be more likely to experience financial stress, especially if such issuers are highly leveraged. During periods of economic downturn, such issuers may not have sufficient revenues to meet their interest payment obligations. The issuer's ability to service its debt obligations also may be adversely affected by specific issuer developments, the issuer's inability to meet specific projected business forecasts or the unavailability of additional financing. The risk of loss due to default by the issuer is significantly greater for the holders of below investment grade securities because such securities may be unsecured and may be subordinate to other creditors of the issuer.

Collateralized Loan Obligations Risk CLOs are trusts or other special purpose entities that are backed by a pool of loans. Such loans may include domestic and foreign senior secured loans, senior unsecured loans and subordinate corporate loans, some of which may be below investment grade or equivalent unrated loans.

CLOs issue classes or "tranches" that vary in risk and yield, and may experience substantial losses due to actual defaults, decrease of market value due to collateral defaults and disappearance of subordinate tranches, market anticipation of defaults, and investor aversion to CLO securities as a class. The risks of CLOs depend largely on the type of the underlying loans and the tranche of CLOs in which the fund invests. In addition, CLOs carry risks including interest rate risk and credit risk.

Commodity Exposure Risks A fund's investment in commodity-linked derivative instruments may subject the fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, particularly if the investments involve leverage. The value of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments.

Use of leveraged commodity-linked derivatives creates an opportunity for increased return but, at the same time, creates the possibility for greater loss (including the likelihood of greater volatility of the fund's net asset value), and there can be no assurance that the fund's use of leverage will be successful.

Conflict of Interest Risk Affiliates of Credit Suisse may participate in the primary and secondary market for loans. Because of limitations imposed by applicable law, the presence of Credit Suisse's affiliates in the loans market may restrict a fund's ability to acquire some loans or affect the timing or price of such acquisitions.

Convertible Securities Risk The market value of a convertible security performs like that of a regular debt security; that is, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security usually falls. In addition, convertible securities are subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and their market value may change based on changes in the issuer's credit rating or the market's perception of the issuer's

 


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creditworthiness. Since it derives a portion of its value from the common stock into which it may be converted, a convertible security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer risks that apply to the underlying common stock. A fund, as a holder of convertible bonds, may at times be allocated phantom taxable income from bond issuers, potentially retroactively or otherwise without notice.

Correlation Risk Changes in the value of a hedging instrument may not match those of the investment being hedged. In addition, certain of the Commodity Return Strategy Fund's commodity-linked derivative instruments may result in the fund's performance diverging from the BCOM Index, perhaps materially. For example, a note can be structured to limit the loss or the gain on the investment, which would result in the fund not participating in declines or increases in the BCOM Index that exceed the limits.

Counterparty Risk A fund will be exposed to the credit of the counterparties to OTC derivative contracts and repurchase agreements and their ability to satisfy the terms of the agreements, which exposes the fund to the risk that the counterparties may default on their obligations to perform under the agreements. In the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of a counterparty, the fund could experience delays in liquidating the positions and significant losses, including declines in the value of its investment during the period in which the fund seeks to enforce its rights, inability to realize any gains on its investment during such period, loss of collateral and fees and expenses incurred in enforcing its rights.

Credit Risk The issuer of a security, the borrower of a loan or the counterparty to a contract, including derivatives contracts, may default or otherwise become unable to honor a financial obligation. Changes in an issuer's credit rating or the market's perception of an issuer's creditworthiness also may affect the value of a fund's investment in that issuer. Non-investment grade securities carry a higher risk of default and should be considered speculative.

Currency Risk Currency risk is the risk that changes in currency exchange rates will negatively affect securities or instruments denominated in, and/or payments received in, foreign currencies. Adverse changes in currency exchange rates (relative to the U.S. dollar) may erode or reverse any potential gains from the fund's investments in financial instruments with underlying securities or instruments denominated in a foreign currency or may widen existing losses.

Currency exchange rates may be particularly affected by the relative interest rates and rates of inflation, the balance of payments and the extent of governmental surpluses or deficits in such foreign countries and in the United States, all of which are in turn sensitive to the monetary, fiscal and trade policies pursued by the governments of such foreign countries, the United States and other countries important to international trade and finance. Intervention by central banks or the imposition of regulatory controls or taxes, among other methods, may be used by governments to affect the exchange rates of their respective currencies. They may also issue a new currency to replace an existing currency or alter the exchange rate by devaluation or revaluation of a currency. The liquidity and trading value of these foreign currencies could be affected by the actions of sovereign governments, which could alter or interfere with free market currency valuation, fluctuations in response to other market forces and the movement of currencies across borders.

Cyber Security Risk As the use of the Internet and other technologies has become more prevalent in the course of business, funds have become more susceptible to operational and financial risks associated with cyber security. Cyber security incidents can result from deliberate attacks such as gaining unauthorized access to digital systems (e.g., through "hacking" or malicious software coding) for purposes of misappropriating assets or sensitive information, corrupting data, or causing operational disruption, or from unintentional events, such as the inadvertent release of confidential information. Cyber security failures or breaches of the Fund or its service providers or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, the inability of Fund shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. While measures have been developed which are designed to reduce the risks associated with cyber security, there is no guarantee that those measures will be effective, particularly since the Fund does not directly control the cyber security defenses or plans of its service providers, financial intermediaries and companies in which it invests or with which it does business.

Derivatives Risk Derivatives are financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. A fund typically uses derivatives as a substitute for taking a position in the underlying asset and/or as part of a strategy designed to reduce exposure to other risks, such as interest rate or currency risk. A fund may also use derivatives for leverage which can magnify a fund's gains and losses. A fund's use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Derivatives are subject to a number of risks described elsewhere in this section, such as correlation risk, illiquidity risk, interest rate risk, market risk and credit risk. The use

 


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of derivatives also includes the risk of potential operational issues, including documentation issues, settlement issues, systems failures, inadequate controls, and human error, and legal risk, including insufficient documentation, insufficient capacity or authority of a counterparty or legality or enforceability of a contract. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances and there can be no assurance that a fund will engage in these transactions to reduce exposure to other risks when that would be beneficial. A fund's investments in derivatives are also subject to the risk that "speculative positions limits" imposed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") and certain futures exchanges on net long and short positions may require the fund to limit or unravel positions in certain types of investments.

In addition, swap dealers are required to post and collect variation margin from a fund and may be required by applicable regulations to collect initial margin from a fund in connection with trading of over-the-counter ("OTC") swaps with a fund. Both initial and variation margin may be comprised of cash and/or securities, subject to applicable regulatory haircuts. Shares of investment companies (other than certain money market funds) may not be posted as collateral under these regulations. Further, regulations adopted by prudential regulators that are now in effect require certain bank-regulated counterparties and certain of their affiliates to include in certain financial contracts, including many derivatives contracts, terms that delay or restrict the rights of counterparties, such as a fund, to terminate such contracts, foreclose upon collateral, exercise other default rights or restrict transfers of credit support in the event that the counterparty and/or its affiliates are subject to certain types of resolution or insolvency proceedings.

Emerging Markets Risk The risks of investing in foreign securities are increased in connection with investments in emerging markets. Emerging markets are countries generally considered to be relatively less developed or industrialized. Emerging markets often face economic problems that could subject the fund to increased volatility or substantial declines in value, and emerging markets may experience periods of market illiquidity. Deficiencies in regulatory oversight, market infrastructure, shareholder protections and company laws and differences in regulatory, accounting, auditing, and financial reporting and recordkeeping standards could expose a fund to risks beyond those generally encountered in developed countries. In addition, profound social changes and business practices that depart from norms in developed countries' economies have hindered the orderly growth of emerging economies and their markets in the past and have caused instability. High levels of debt tend to make emerging economies heavily reliant on foreign capital and vulnerable to capital flight. Countries in emerging markets are also more likely to experience high levels of inflation, deflation, currency devaluation or unemployment, which could hurt their economies and securities markets. For these and other reasons, investments in emerging markets are often considered speculative.

Equity Exposure Risk A fund may obtain exposure to equity securities. Equity security prices have historically risen and fallen in periodic cycles. U.S. and foreign equity markets have experienced periods of substantial price volatility in the past and may do so again in the future.

Extension Risk An unexpected rise in interest rates may extend the life of a mortgage-backed security beyond the expected prepayment time, typically reducing the security's value.

Fixed Income Risk The market value of fixed income investments, and financial instruments related to those fixed income investments, will change in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as changes in the effective maturities and credit ratings of fixed income investments. During periods of falling interest rates, the values of outstanding fixed income securities and related financial instruments generally rise. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, the values of such securities and related financial instruments generally decline. While securities with longer maturities tend to produce higher yields, the prices of longer maturity securities are also subject to greater market fluctuations as a result of changes in interest rates. Fixed income investments are also subject to credit risk.

Focus Risk If a fund is exposed to a significant extent to a particular commodity or subset of commodities, the fund will be more exposed to the specific risks relating to such commodity or commodities and will be subject to greater volatility than if it were more broadly diversified among commodity sectors.

The Commodity Return Strategy Fund will be exposed to the performance of commodities in the BCOM Index, which may from time to time have a small number of commodity sectors (e.g., energy, metals or agricultural) representing a large portion of the index. As a result, such fund may be subject to greater volatility than if the index were more broadly diversified among commodity sectors.

Foreign Securities Risk Investing outside the U.S. carries additional risks that include:

  Currency Risk See "Currency Risk" above.

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  Political Risk Foreign governments may expropriate assets, impose capital or currency controls, and/or sanctions impose punitive taxes, or nationalize a company or industry. Any of these actions could have a severe effect on security prices and impair a fund's ability to bring its capital or income back to the U.S. Other political risks include economic policy changes, social and political instability, military action and war, such as the war between Russia and Ukraine that began in February 2022.

  Access Risk Some countries may restrict a fund's access to investments or offer terms that are less advantageous than those for local investors. This could limit the attractive investment opportunities available to a fund.

  Operational Risk Some countries have less-developed securities markets (and related transaction, registration and custody practices) that could subject a fund to losses from fraud, negligence, delay or other actions.

Forwards Risk Forwards are not exchange-traded and therefore no clearinghouse or exchange stands ready to meet the obligations of the contracts. Thus, a fund faces the risk that its counterparties may not perform their obligations. This risk may cause some or all of the fund's gains to be lost. Please see "Counterparty Risk" above. At times, certain market makers have refused to quote prices for forward contracts, or have quoted prices with an unusually wide spread between the price at which they are prepared to buy and sell. If this occurs, Credit Suisse may be unable to effectively use its forward trading strategies, and the fund could experience significant losses. See "Illiquidity Risk" below. Forward contracts, unlike exchange-traded futures contracts, are not regulated by the CFTC. Therefore, a fund will not receive any benefit of CFTC regulation when trading forwards.

Futures Contracts Risk The price volatility of futures contracts historically has been greater than that for traditional securities such as stocks and bonds. The value of certain futures contracts may fluctuate in response to changes in interest rates, currency exchange rates, commodity prices or other changes. Therefore, the assets of a fund, and the prices of fund shares, may be subject to greater volatility, as a result of the fund's use of futures contracts. The risks associated with a fund's use of futures contracts include the risk that: (i) changes in the price of a futures contract may not always track the changes in market value of the underlying reference asset; (ii) the underlying reference asset may not perform the way Credit Suisse expected it to; (iii) trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange, and government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts; (iv) if the fund has insufficient cash to meet margin requirements, the fund may need to sell other investments, including at disadvantageous times; and (v) although a fund may generally purchase only exchange-traded futures, due to market conditions there may not always be a liquid secondary market for a futures contract and, as a result, the fund may be unable to close out its futures contracts at a time which is advantageous.

Hedged Exposure Risk A fund's hedging activities could multiply losses generated by a derivative used for hedging purposes. Such losses should be substantially offset by gains on the hedged investment. However, while hedging can reduce or eliminate losses, it can also reduce or eliminate gains.

Illiquidity Risk Certain portfolio holdings may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that a fund would like. A fund may have to lower the price, sell other securities instead or forgo an investment opportunity. Over recent years, regulatory changes have led to reduced liquidity in the marketplace, and the capacity of dealers to make markets in fixed income securities has been outpaced by the growth in size of the fixed income markets. Any of these could have a negative effect on fund management or performance. Liquid investments may become illiquid after purchase by the fund, particularly during periods of market turmoil. There can be no assurance that a security or instrument that is deemed to be liquid when purchased will continue to be liquid for as long as it is held by the fund.

Index/Tracking Error Risk As discussed under "Goal and Strategies" for certain funds, a fund's performance may not match, and may vary substantially from, that of its underlying index, if applicable, for any period of time. Although each such fund attempts to track the investment performance of its underlying index, the fund may not be able to duplicate its exact composition or return. In addition, unlike the fund, the returns of the index are not reduced by investment and other operating expenses, and therefore, the ability of the fund to match the performance of the index will be adversely affected by the costs of buying and selling investments as well as other expenses. Each such fund cannot guarantee that its performance will match its underlying index for any period of time or at all. In addition, there can be no assurance that the fund will be able to duplicate the exact composition of the index.

Interest Rate Risk Changes in interest rates may cause a decline in the market value of an investment. With loans, bonds and other debt instruments, a rise in interest rates typically causes a fall in values, while a fall in interest rates typically causes a rise in values. Although governmental financial regulators, including the Federal Reserve, maintained historically low interest rates since early 2020, interest rates have been rising and are expect to continue to increase in the near future, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fund investments. Generally, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater the impact of a change in interest rates on the

 


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instrument's value. In periods of market volatility, the market values of fixed income securities may be more sensitive to changes in interest rates.

Leveraging Risk Although a fund itself will not be leveraged, certain transactions may give rise to a form of leverage. Such transactions may include, among others, structured notes, reverse repurchase agreements, indexed and inverse floating rate securities, swap agreements, futures contracts, loans of portfolio securities, and the use of when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment transactions. The use of derivatives may also create leveraging risk. Under Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act, among other things, a fund must either use derivatives in a limited manner or comply with an outer limit on fund leverage risk based on value-at-risk. A Subsidiary will comply with these requirements to the same extent as the fund. 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 the applicable requirements of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder. Leverage, including borrowing, may cause a fund to be more volatile than if the fund had not been leveraged. This is because leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the fund's portfolio securities.

LIBOR Risk Many financial instruments may be tied to the London Interbank Offered Rate, or "LIBOR," to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies, or investment value. LIBOR is the offered rate for short-term Eurodollar deposits between major international banks. The United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of LIBOR such that after June 30, 2023, the overnight, 1-month, 3-month, 6-month and 12-month U.S. dollar LIBOR settings will cease to be published or will no longer be representative. All other LIBOR settings and certain other interbank offered rates, such as the Euro Overnight Index Average ("EONIA"), ceased to be published after December 31, 2021. It is possible that a subset of LIBOR settings will be published after these dates on a "synthetic" basis, but any such publications would be considered nonrepresentative of the underlying market. The Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or "SOFR," is a broad measure of the cost of borrowing cash overnight collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities in the repurchase agreement ("repo") market and has been used increasingly on a voluntary basis in new instruments and transactions. On March 15, 2022, the Adjustable Interest Rate Act was signed into law, providing a statutory fallback mechanism to replace LIBOR with a benchmark rate that is selected by the Federal Reserve Board and based on SOFR for certain contracts that reference LIBOR without adequate fallback provisions. On December 16, 2022, the Federal Reserve Board adopted regulations implementing the Adjustable Interest Rate Act by identifying benchmark rates based on SOFR that will replace LIBOR in different categories of financial contracts after June 30, 2023. These regulations apply only to contracts governed by U.S. law, among other limitations. The regulations include provisions that (i) provide a safe harbor for selection or use of a replacement benchmark rate selected by the Federal Reserve Board; (ii) clarify who may choose the replacement benchmark rate selected by the Federal Reserve Board; and (iii) ensure that contracts adopting a replacement benchmark rate selected by the Federal Reserve Board will not be interrupted or terminated following the replacement of LIBOR.

Neither the effect of the LIBOR transition process nor its ultimate success can yet be known. Not all existing LIBOR-based instruments may have alternative rate-setting provisions and there remains uncertainty regarding the willingness and ability of issuers to add alternative rate-setting provisions in certain existing instruments. Parties to contracts, securities or other instruments using LIBOR may disagree on transition rates or the application of applicable transition regulation, potentially resulting in uncertainty of performance and the possibility of litigation. The fund may have instruments linked to other interbank offered rates that may also cease to be published in the future.

Manager/Model Risk If a fund's portfolio managers make poor investment decisions, it will negatively affect the fund's performance. The fund also bears the risk that the proprietary model used by the portfolio managers will not be successful in identifying investments that will help the fund achieve its investment objective, causing the fund to underperform its benchmark or other funds with a similar investment objective.

Market Risk The market value of an instrument may fluctuate, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. These fluctuations, which are often referred to as "volatility," may cause an instrument to be worth less than it was worth at an earlier time. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, commodity, sector of the economy, or the market as a whole. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, natural disasters, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on a fund and its investments. Market risk is common to most investments – including stocks, bonds and commodities – and the mutual funds that invest in them. The performance of "value" stocks and "growth" stocks may rise or decline under varying market conditions – for example, value stocks may perform well under circumstances in which growth stocks in general have fallen.

Bonds and other fixed income securities generally involve less market risk than stocks and commodities. However, the risk of bonds can vary significantly depending upon factors such as the issuer's creditworthiness and a bond's maturity. The bonds of some companies may be riskier than the stocks of others.

 


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An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (sometimes referred to as "COVID-19") that was first detected in China in December 2019 developed into a global pandemic. This pandemic has resulted in closed borders, enhanced health screenings, disruption of, and delays in, the provision of healthcare services, quarantines, cancellations of events and product orders, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The pandemic, and other pandemics and epidemics that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. In addition, the effect of infectious diseases in developing or emerging market countries may be greater due to less established health care systems. Health crises caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks in certain countries. As a result, the extent to which the pandemic may negatively affect a fund's performance or the duration of any potential business disruption is uncertain. Although vaccines for COVID-19 are more widely available, the full impacts of a pandemic or disease outbreaks are unknown and the pace of recovery may vary from market to market. The effects of the pandemic may last for an extended period of time.

Model and Style Risk Certain funds bear the risk that the underlying index's proprietary quantitative methodology will not be successful in identifying price trends in each of the asset classes to which its underlying index provides exposure. Further, the index's proprietary quantitative methodology may incorrectly identify price trends and these misidentified opportunities may lead to substantial losses. In addition, there may be periods when investing based on price trends is out of favor, and during which the investment performance of a fund or index using a trend strategy may underperform funds or indices using other investment approaches.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risks The value of a fund's mortgage-backed securities can fall if the owners of the underlying mortgages pay off their mortgages sooner than expected, which could happen when interest rates fall, or later than expected, which could happen when interest rates rise. If the underlying mortgages are paid off sooner than expected, a fund may have to reinvest this money in mortgage-backed or other securities that have lower yields. Mortgage-backed securities are most commonly issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities ("Agencies"), but may also be issued or guaranteed by other private issuers. Although obligations of Agencies are not debts of the U.S. Treasury, in some cases, payment of interest and principal on such obligations is guaranteed by the U.S. government. There is no guarantee that the U.S. government will support securities not backed by its full faith and credit. Accordingly, although these securities historically have involved little risk of loss of principal if held to maturity, they may involve more risk than securities backed by the U.S. government's full faith and credit. Mortgage-backed securities issued by private issuers, whether or not such obligations are subject to guarantees by the private issuer, may entail greater risk than obligations directly or indirectly guaranteed by the U.S. government.

Payment of interest and repayment of principal may be impacted by the cash flows generated by the assets backing asset-backed securities. The value of a fund's asset-backed securities may also be affected by changes in interest rates, the availability of information concerning the interests in and structure of the pools of purchase contracts, financing leases or sales agreements that are represented by these securities, the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the pool, the originator of the loans or receivables, or the entities that provide any supporting letters of credit, surety bonds, or other credit enhancements.

Non-Diversified Status A fund that is considered a non-diversified investment company under the 1940 Act is permitted to invest a greater proportion of its assets in the securities of a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, a non-diversified fund may be subject to greater volatility with respect to its portfolio securities than a fund that is diversified.

Options Risk A decision as to whether, when and how to use options involves the exercise of skill and judgment, and even a well-conceived and well-executed options program may be adversely affected by market behavior or unexpected events. Successful options strategies may require the anticipation of future movements in securities prices, interest rates and other economic factors. No assurances can be given that Credit Suisse's judgment in this respect will be correct. When the fund purchases options, it risks losing all or part of the cash paid for the options. Because option premiums paid or received by the fund indirectly are small in relation to the market value of the investments underlying the options, buying and selling put and call options can be more speculative than investing directly in securities.

Portfolio Turnover Risk Active and frequent trading may lead to the realization and distribution to shareholders of higher short-term capital gains, which would increase their tax liability. Frequent trading also increases transaction costs, which could detract from a fund's performance.

 


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Prepayment Risk Securities with high stated interest rates may be prepaid prior to maturity. During periods of falling interest rates, a fund would generally have to reinvest the proceeds at lower rates.

Repurchase Agreements Risk Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the seller, including losses and possible delays or restrictions upon a fund's ability to dispose of the underlying securities. To the extent that, in the meantime, the value of the securities that the fund has purchased has decreased, the fund could experience a loss. The fund will be exposed to the credit of the counterparties to repurchase agreements and their ability to satisfy the terms of the agreements, which exposes the fund to the risk that the counterparties may default on their obligations to perform under the agreements. If the seller under the repurchase agreement defaults, the fund may incur a loss if the value of the collateral securing the repurchase agreements has declined and may incur disposition costs in connection with liquidating the collateral. In addition, if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the fund may be delayed or limited. For more information, please see "Counterparty Risk" above.

A fund's repurchase agreements will generally be collateralized by obligations of the U.S. government or its agencies. See "U.S. Government Securities Risk."

Risks of Investing in Other Funds Other mutual funds and ETFs are subject to investment advisory and other expenses. If a fund invests in other mutual funds or ETFs, the cost of investing in the fund may be higher than other funds that invest only directly in individual securities. Shareholders will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the other mutual funds and ETFs in addition to the fund's direct fees and expenses. Other mutual funds and ETFs are subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the mutual fund or ETF.

Most ETFs are investment companies whose shares are purchased and sold on a securities exchange. An ETF represents a portfolio of securities designed to track a particular market segment or index. An investment in an ETF generally presents the same primary risks as an investment in a conventional fund (i.e., one that is not exchange-traded) that has the same investment objectives, strategies and policies. In addition, an ETF may fail to accurately track the market segment or index that underlies its investment objective. The price of an ETF can fluctuate, and a fund could lose money investing in an ETF.

Credit Suisse serves as the adviser to other mutual funds in which a fund may invest. It is possible that a conflict of interest among a fund and the other Credit Suisse Funds could affect how Credit Suisse fulfills its fiduciary duties to the fund and the other Credit Suisse Funds.

Senior Loans Risks Senior Loans are subject to the risk that a court could subordinate a Senior Loan, which typically holds the most senior position in the issuer's capital structure, to presently existing or future indebtedness or take other action detrimental to the holders of Senior Loans. Senior Loans are also subject to heightened prepayment risk, as they usually have mandatory and optional prepayment provisions.

Senior Loans are subject to the risk that the value of the collateral, if any, securing a loan may decline, be insufficient to meet the obligations of the borrower, or be difficult to liquidate. In the event of a default, a fund may have difficulty collecting on any collateral. In addition, any collateral may be found invalid or may be used to pay other outstanding obligations of the borrower. A fund's access to collateral, if any, may be limited by bankruptcy, other insolvency laws, or by the type of loan the fund has purchased. As a result, a collateralized Senior Loan may not be fully collateralized and can decline significantly in value. Where a fund is a participant in a loan, it does not have any direct claim on the loan or any rights of set-off against the borrower and may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan. As a result, the fund is subject to the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the participation. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling a participation, the fund may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any set-off between the lender and the borrower.

Short Position Risk Certain funds and their Subsidiaries, if applicable, may enter into a short position through a futures contract or swap agreement or by selling a security short. Taking short positions involves leverage of the fund's or the Subsidiary's assets and presents various risks. If the price of the asset, instrument or market on which the fund or the Subsidiary has taken a short position increases, then the fund or the Subsidiary will incur a loss equal to the increase in price from the time that the short position was entered into plus any premiums and interest paid to a third party in connection with the short sale. Therefore, taking short positions involves the risk that losses may be exaggerated, potentially losing more money than the actual cost of the investment. The fund's or the Subsidiary's loss on a short sale could theoretically be unlimited in a case where the fund or the Subsidiary, as the case may be, is unable, for whatever reason, to close out its short position. Also, there is the risk that the counterparty to a short sale may fail to honor its contractual terms, causing a loss to the fund. The fund's and the Subsidiary's risk of loss with respect to short sales may be significant, as the fund and/or the Subsidiary may have a substantial amount of short positions in its portfolio.

 


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Small- and Mid-Cap Stock Risk Companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be at early stages of development with limited product lines, market access for products, financial resources, access to new capital, or depth in management. It may be difficult to obtain reliable information and financial data about these companies. Consequently, the securities of smaller companies may not be as readily marketable and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements. Mid-cap companies will be subject to these risks to a lesser extent.

Speculative Exposure Risk Gains or losses from speculative positions in a derivative may be much greater than the derivative's original cost. For example, potential losses from swaps, writing uncovered call options and speculative short sales are unlimited.

Structured Note Risk A fund may seek investment exposure to commodity sectors through structured notes that may be exchange-traded or trade in the over-the-counter market. These notes are typically issued by banks or brokerage firms, and have interest and/or principal payments which are linked to changes in the price level of certain assets or to the price performance of certain indices. The value of a structured note will be influenced by time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the type of note, interest rate and market volatility, changes in the issuer's credit rating, and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that affect the reference asset. In addition, there may be a lag between a change in the value of the underlying reference asset and the value of the structured note. A fund may also be exposed to increased transaction costs when it seeks to sell such notes in the secondary market.

Certain structured notes issued by European issuers may subject a fund that purchases them to the imposition of "resolution measures" required under the European Union Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive. Such measures include the power to (i) write down, including to zero, any payment on the notes; (ii) convert the notes into ordinary shares or certain other equity instruments; and/or (iii) apply any other resolution measure, including, but not limited to, any transfer of the notes to another entity, the amendment of the terms and conditions of the notes or the cancellation of the notes. If a resolution measure becomes applicable to the structured notes held by a fund, the fund could lose some or all of its investment.

Subsidiary Risk As discussed in the applicable fund's Summary, certain funds make investments through a wholly-owned subsidiary of such fund, which subsidiary is organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (each, a "Subsidiary"). By investing in the Subsidiary, the fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary's investments. The derivatives and other investments held by a Subsidiary are generally similar to those that are permitted to be held by the applicable fund and are subject to the same risks that apply to similar investments if held directly by the fund. These risks are described elsewhere in this Prospectus. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of the Subsidiary will be achieved. Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands could result in the inability of a fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as described in this prospectus and the SAI and could adversely affect the fund. For example, the Cayman Islands does not currently impose any income, corporate or capital gains tax, estate duty, inheritance tax, gift tax or withholding tax on the Subsidiary. If Cayman Islands law changes such that the Subsidiary must pay Cayman Islands taxes, fund shareholders would likely suffer decreased investment returns.

Each Subsidiary is not registered under the 1940 Act, and, unless otherwise noted in this Prospectus, is not subject to all the investor protections of the 1940 Act. However, a fund wholly owns and controls its Subsidiary, and the fund and the Subsidiary are both managed by Credit Suisse, making it unlikely that the Subsidiary will take action contrary to the interests of the fund and its shareholders. A fund's Board of Trustees has oversight responsibility for the investment activities of the fund, including its investment in the Subsidiary, and the fund's role as sole shareholder of the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary will be subject to the same investment restrictions and limitations, and follow the same compliance policies and procedures, as the applicable fund.

Swap Agreements Risk Swap agreements involve the risk that the party with whom a fund has entered into the swap will default on its obligation to pay the fund and the risk that the fund will not be able to meet its obligations to pay the other party to the agreement.

Tax Risk In order to qualify as a regulated investment company (a "RIC") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), a fund must meet certain requirements regarding the source of its income, the diversification of its assets and the distribution of its income. The IRS has issued a ruling that income realized directly from certain types of commodity-linked derivatives would not be qualifying income. As a result, a fund's ability to realize income from investments in such commodity-linked derivatives as part of its investment strategy would be limited to a maximum of 10% of its gross income. To comply with the ruling, certain funds seek to gain exposure to the commodity markets primarily through investments in a Subsidiary, which invests in commodity-linked swaps, commodity futures and other derivatives, and directly through investments in commodity index-linked notes. If a fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the fund will be subject to federal income tax on its net income at regular corporate rates

 


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(without reduction for distributions to shareholders). When distributed, that income also would be taxable to shareholders as an ordinary dividend to the extent attributable to the fund's earnings and profits. If a fund were to fail to qualify as a RIC and became subject to federal income tax, shareholders of the fund would be subject to diminished returns. The funds anticipate treating income and gain from a Subsidiary and from commodity-linked notes as qualifying income.

U.S. Governments Securities Risk Obligations of U.S. government agencies and authorities are supported by varying degrees of credit but generally are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. No assurance can be given that the U.S. government will provide financial support to its agencies and authorities if it is not obligated by law to do so. Certain U.S. government agency securities are backed only by the credit of the government agency and not by full faith and credit of the United States.

Valuation Risk The lack of an active trading market may make it difficult to obtain an accurate price for an instrument held by a fund. Many derivative instruments are not actively traded.

 


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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The financial highlights tables show each fund's audited financial performance for five years. Certain information in the tables reflect results for a single fund share. Total return in the tables represents how much you would have earned or lost on an investment in the fund, assuming you had reinvested all dividend and capital gain distributions.

The figures below for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2020, 2021 and 2022 have been audited by the funds' independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, whose report on each fund's financial statements is included in such fund's Annual Report. The figures below for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2018 and 2019 have been audited by the funds' former independent registered public accounting firm. The Annual Report includes the independent registered public accounting firm's report, along with the fund's financial statements. It is available free upon request through the methods described on the back cover of this Prospectus.

 


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COMMODITY RETURN STRATEGY FUND
CLASS I
FOR THE YEAR ENDED:
 

10/22

 

10/211

 

10/201

 

10/191

 

10/181

 

Per share data

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

36.29

   

$

25.32

   

$

27.24

   

$

28.50

   

$

30.24

   

Investment Operations

 

Net investment income (loss)2

   

0.12

     

(0.19

)

   

0.06

     

0.42

     

0.30

   
Net gain (loss) from investments, futures contracts and swap contracts
(both realized and unrealized)
   

2.79

     

11.16