Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's full prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's full prospectus and other information about the Fund, including its statement of additional information (SAI) and most recent reports to shareholders, online at www.schroderfunds.com. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800-464-3108 or by sending an email request to schroderfunds@us.schroders.com. This Summary Prospectus incorporates by reference the Fund's entire prospectus and SAI, each dated June 25, 2013, as supplemented or revised, and the financial statements included in the Fund's annual report to shareholders, dated October 31, 2012.
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks to provide a return of capital growth and income.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The tables below describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
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Investor Shares
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Advisor Shares
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Redemption Fee on Shares Held Two Months or Less (as a % of amount redeemed)
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None
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None
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Investor Shares
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Advisor Shares
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Management Fees
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0.75
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%
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0.75
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%
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Distribution (12b-1) Fees
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None
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0.25
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%
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Other Expenses
(1)
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0.63
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%
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0.63
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%
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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1.38
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%
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1.63
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%
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Less: Expense Reimbursement
(2)
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(0.48
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)%
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(0.48
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Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.90
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%
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1.15
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%
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(1) Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
(2) In order to limit the Fund's expenses, the Fund's adviser has contractually agreed through February 28, 2015 to pay or reimburse the Fund to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (other than Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, other indirect acquired fund expenses, interest, taxes, and extraordinary expenses), for the Fund's Investor Shares, exceed 0.90% of Investor Shares' average daily net assets and, for the Fund's Advisor Shares, exceed 1.15% of Advisor Shares' average daily net assets. If there are Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, other indirect acquired fund expenses, interest, taxes, or extraordinary expenses other than estimated amounts included in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses above, the Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses of the Fund will be higher than shown. The expense limitation may only be terminated during its term by the Board of Trustees.
Example.
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the noted class of shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated, your investment has a 5% return each year, and the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, the Example shows what your costs would be based on these assumptions. The Example is based, for the first year, on the Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses and, for all other periods, on Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
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1 year
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3 years
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Investor Shares (whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$
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92
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$
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352
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Advisor Shares (whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$
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117
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$
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430
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes for you if your Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of the value of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in bonds of issuers located in emerging market countries. Bonds in which the Fund may invest may be obligations of governments or government agencies or instrumentalities, supra-national issuers, or corporate issuers. They may pay fixed, variable, or floating interest rates and may include government securities, debt securities of corporations, asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, zero-coupon securities, convertible securities, inflation-indexed bonds, structured notes, including credit-linked notes and hybrid or "indexed" securities, event-linked bonds, and loan participations, delayed funding loans and revolving credit facilities, and short-term investments. The notional value of the Fund's investments in derivatives or other synthetic instruments described below that provide exposure comparable, in the judgment of the sub-adviser, to investments in bonds may be counted toward satisfaction of the 80% policy described above.
The Fund's adviser will allocate the Fund's assets actively among sectors within the fixed-income market based on its assessments of their relative values and the risks and rewards they present. Asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities will not exceed 20% of the net assets of the Fund. In selecting investments for the Fund, the Fund's adviser seeks to identify bonds that offer what it considers the best possible risk/reward profile. Securities may be denominated in emerging market currencies, in the US dollar, or in other developed-market currencies, depending on the adviser's views of the relative values and risks of investments in the various currencies. The Fund may invest in securities rated in any rating category and in unrated securities, and it may invest any portion of its assets in securities rated below investment grade or in unrated securities considered by the Fund's adviser to be of comparable quality (so-called "junk bonds"). The adviser's investment process may result in frequent trading of the Fund's portfolio securities.
Emerging market countries include countries that the Fund's adviser considers to be emerging market countries based on its evaluation of their level of economic development or their size and experience of their securities markets. Countries considered by the Fund's adviser not to be emerging market countries include: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and all countries within the Euro zone. The Fund will consider an issuer to be located in a country if it is organized under the laws of that country, if it is domiciled in that country, if it is principally traded in that country, or if the adviser determines that the issuer has more than 50% of its assets in or derives more than 50% of its revenues from that country.
The Fund may enter into exchange-traded or over-the-counter derivatives transactions that generally consist of futures contracts, options on futures, and swap contracts (including interest rate swaps, total return swaps, and credit default swaps). The Fund also may enter into exchange-traded or over-the-counter foreign currency exchange transactions including currency futures, forwards, and option transactions. The Fund generally expects to enter into any of these transactions to hedge various risks such as credit risk, interest rate risk, currency risk, and liquidity risk; take a net long or short position in certain investments or markets; provide liquidity in the Fund; equitize cash; minimize transaction costs; generate income; adjust the Fund's sensitivity to interest rate risk, currency risk, or other risk; replicate certain direct investments; and for asset and sector allocation purposes. The Fund may invest in warrants or options to purchase debt securities, equity securities, or commodities.
Principal Risks
It is possible to lose money on an investment in the Fund.
The Fund will be affected by the investment decisions, techniques and risk analyses of the Fund's investment team and there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. The values of investments held by the Fund may fluctuate in response to actual or perceived issuer, political, market, and economic factors influencing the financial markets generally, or relevant industries or sectors within them. Fluctuations may be more pronounced if the Fund invests substantially in one country or group of countries or in companies with smaller market capitalizations. Other principal risks of investing in the Fund include:
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Emerging Markets Securities Risk:
compared to foreign developed markets, investing in emerging markets may involve heightened volatility, greater political, regulatory, legal and economic uncertainties, less liquidity, dependence on particular commodities or international aid, high levels of inflation, and certain special risks associated with smaller companies;
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Foreign Securities/Currencies Risk:
investments in non-U.S. issuers, directly or through use of depositary receipts, may be affected by adverse political, regulatory, economic, market or other developments affecting issuers located in foreign countries, currency exchange rates or regulations, or foreign withholding taxes;
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Interest Rate Risk:
fixed income, or debt, securities may decline in value due to changes in interest rates, extended duration of principal payments at below-market interest rate, or prepayment;
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Credit/High-Yield Risk:
the ability, or perceived ability, of the issuer of a debt security to make timely payments of interest and principal will affect the security's value, especially for speculative securities below investment grade ("high-yield bonds" or "junk bonds");
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Valuation Risk:
certain securities may be difficult to value, and to the extent the Fund sells a security at a price lower than that used to value the security, its net asset value will be adversely affected;
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Inflation/Deflation Risk:
the value of the Fund's investments may decline as inflation reduces the value of money; conversely, if deflation reduces prices throughout the economy there may be an adverse effect on the creditworthiness of issuers in whose securities the Fund invests;
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Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities Risk:
investing in mortgage- and asset-backed securities involves interest rate, credit, valuation, extension and liquidity risks and the risk that payments on the underlying assets are delayed, prepaid, subordinated or defaulted on;
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Convertible Securities Risk:
debt securities that are convertible into preferred or common stocks are subject to the risks of both debt and equity securities;
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Liquidity Risk:
illiquid securities may be highly volatile, difficult to value, and difficult to sell or close out at favorable prices or times. Investments in foreign securities, including emerging market securities, tend to have greater exposure to liquidity risk;
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Derivatives Risk:
investing in derivative instruments may be considered speculative and involves leverage, liquidity, and valuation risks and the risk of losing more than the principal amount invested;
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Portfolio Turnover Risk:
if the Fund frequently trades its securities, this will increase transaction costs, may result in taxable capital gains, and may lower investment performance;
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Limited Operating History Risk:
the risk that a newly formed fund has no or a limited operating history to evaluate and may not attract sufficient assets to achieve or maximize investment and operational efficiencies; and
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Warrants Risk:
warrants involve the market risk related to the underlying securities, the counterparty risk with respect to the issuing broker, and risk of illiquidity within the trading market for warrants.
Please see "Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds" in the Fund's full prospectus for a more detailed description of the Fund's risks. An investment in the fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The Fund has not yet commenced operations and does not yet have a calendar year of investment performance.
Management of the Fund
Investment Adviser
– Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. ("Schroders")
Portfolio Managers
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Jim Barrineau
, Portfolio Manager, has managed the Fund since its inception in 2013.
Fernando Grisales
, Portfolio Manager, has managed the Fund since its inception in 2013.
Alexander Moseley
, Portfolio Manager, has managed the Fund since its inception in 2013.
Christopher Tackney
, Portfolio Manager, has managed the Fund since its inception in 2013.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Advisor Shares are intended primarily for purchase through accounts that you hold through a financial intermediary, such as a bank, trust company, broker-dealer, fund network, or other financial organization that has an agreement in place to sell
the Fund's shares. Advisor Shares may also be purchased directly from the Fund. The minimum initial investment in the Fund for Advisor Shares is $2,500 and the minimum subsequent investment is $1,000. Investor Shares are intended primarily for purchase directly from the Fund. Investor Shares may also be sold through certain fund networks or other financial intermediaries that have arrangements with Schroders or the Fund's distributor to sell shares, subject to the minimums of such fund networks or financial intermediaries. The minimum initial investment in the Fund for Investor Shares is $250,000 and the minimum subsequent investment is $1,000. Minimums may be waived or modified under certain circumstances by Schroders or by Schroders' arrangement with your financial intermediary. Please consult your financial intermediary for more information. You may also purchase shares by completing an account application and sending payment by check or wire as described in the application. An application to purchase shares of the Fund may be obtained by calling the Fund's transfer agent, Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. ("BFDS") at 800-464-3108 (617-483-5000 from outside the United States) or going to www.schroderfunds.com. You may sell (redeem) your shares on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open by contacting your financial intermediary, by sending a letter of instruction to Schroder Mutual Funds (P.O. Box 8507, Boston, MA 02266) or by calling BFDS. If your shares are held in the name of a financial intermediary, they may only be sold through that financial intermediary. Generally, purchase and redemption requests received in good order will be processed at the net asset value (NAV) next calculated after the request is received.
Tax Information
The Fund's distributions are generally currently taxable to you as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Taxes on distributions of capital gains are determined by how long the Fund owned the investment that generated the gains, rather than how long you have owned your shares.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund, its distributor or their affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.
