would allow the lender to restructure the loan or take other action intended to help mitigate losses. As a result, an
underlying fund may experience relatively greater difficulty or delays in enforcing its rights on its holdings of covenant lite loans than its holdings of loans or securities with financial maintenance covenants, which may result in
losses to an underlying fund, especially during a downturn in the credit cycle.
High Yield Debt Securities (Junk Bond)
Risk. Investments in high yield debt securities (“junk bonds”) and other lower-rated securities will subject an underlying fund to
substantial risk of loss. These securities are considered to be speculative with respect to the issuer’s ability to pay interest and principal when due, are more susceptible to default or decline in market value and are less liquid than
investment grade debt securities. Prices of high yield debt securities tend to be very volatile.
U.S. Government Obligations Risk. Obligations of U.S. Government
agencies and authorities receive varying levels of support and may not be backed by the full faith and
credit of the U.S. Government, which could affect an underlying fund’s ability to recover should they default. 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.
Subordinated Debt
Risk. Perpetual subordinated debt is a type of hybrid instrument that has no maturity date for the return of principal and does not need to be redeemed by the issuer.
These investments typically have lower credit ratings and lower priority than other obligations of an
issuer during bankruptcy, presenting a greater risk for nonpayment. This risk increases as the priority of
the obligation becomes lower. Payments on these securities may be subordinated to all existing and future liabilities and obligations of subsidiaries and associated companies of an issuer. Additionally, some perpetual subordinated debt does
not restrict the ability of an issuer’s subsidiaries to incur further unsecured indebtedness.
Defaulted Securities
Risk. Defaulted securities pose a greater risk that principal will not be repaid than non-defaulted securities. Defaulted securities and any securities received in an
exchange for such securities may be subject to restrictions on resale.
Unrated Securities Risk. Because an
underlying fund purchases securities that are not rated by any nationally recognized statistical rating
organization, the investment adviser may internally assign ratings to those securities, after assessing
their credit quality and other factors, in categories similar to those of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. There can be no assurance, nor is it intended, that the investment adviser’s credit analysis process is consistent
or comparable with the credit analysis process used by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Unrated securities are considered “investment-grade” or “below-investment-grade” if judged by
the investment adviser to be comparable to rated investment- grade or below-investment-grade securities.
The investment adviser’s rating does not constitute a guarantee of the credit quality. In addition, some unrated securities may not have an active trading market or may trade less actively than rated securities, which means that an underlying fund might have
difficulty selling them promptly at an acceptable price.
Credit Linked Notes
Risk. Risks of credit linked notes include those risks associated with the underlying reference obligation including but not limited to market risk, interest rate risk,
credit risk, default risk and, in some cases, foreign currency risk. An investor in a credit linked note bears counterparty risk or the risk that the issuer of the credit linked note will default or become bankrupt and not make
timely payment of principal and interest of the structured security. Credit linked notes may be less liquid
than other investments and therefore harder to dispose of at the desired time and price. In addition,
credit linked notes may be leveraged and, as a result, small changes in the value of the underlying reference obligation may produce disproportionate losses to an underlying fund.
TBA Transactions
Risk. TBA transactions involve the risk of loss if the securities received are less favorable than what was anticipated by an underlying fund when entering into the TBA
transaction, or if the counterparty fails to deliver the securities. When an underlying fund enters
into a short sale of a TBA
mortgage it does not own, an underlying fund may have to purchase deliverable mortgages to settle the short sale at a higher price than anticipated, thereby causing a loss. As there is no limit on how much the price of mortgage securities can
increase, an underlying fund’s exposure is unlimited. An underlying fund may not always be able to
purchase mortgage securities to close out the short position at a particular time or at an acceptable
price. In addition, taking short positions results in a form of leverage, which could increase the volatility of an underlying fund’s share price.
Zero Coupon or Pay-In-Kind Securities
Risk. The value, interest rates, and liquidity of non-cash paying instruments, such as zero coupon and pay-in-kind securities, are subject to
greater fluctuation than other types of securities. The higher yields and interest rates on pay-in-kind
securities reflect the payment deferral and increased credit risk associated with such instruments and that
such investments may represent a higher credit risk than loans that periodically pay interest.
Dollar Roll Transactions
Risk. Dollar roll transactions occur in connection with TBA transactions and involve the risk that the market value of the securities an underlying fund is
required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon purchase price of those securities. Dollar roll
transactions add a form of leverage to an underlying fund’s portfolio, which may make the
Fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. In addition, dollar roll transactions may increase an underlying fund’s portfolio turnover, which may result in increased brokerage costs and may lower an underlying fund’s actual
return.
REIT Risk/Real Estate Risk. Investments in real estate related instruments may be adversely affected by economic, legal, cultural, environmental or technological factors that affect
property values, rents or occupancies. Shares of real estate related companies, which tend to be small- and
mid-cap companies, may be more volatile and less liquid than larger companies. If a real estate related company defaults on certain types of debt obligations, held by an underlying fund, an underlying fund may acquire real estate directly, which involves
additional risks such as environmental liabilities; difficulty in valuing and selling the real estate; and
economic or regulatory changes.
Liquidity Risk. An underlying fund may be unable to sell illiquid investments at the time or price it desires and, as a result, could
lose its entire investment in such investments. Liquid securities can become illiquid during periods of
market stress. If a significant amount of an underlying fund’s securities become illiquid, an underlying fund may not be able to timely pay redemption proceeds and may need to sell securities at significantly reduced prices.
Issuer Focus Risk. Although an underlying fund is classified as a diversified fund, it may focus its investments in a relatively small
number of issuers. The greater an underlying fund's exposure to any single investment or issuer, the
greater the losses an underlying fund may experience upon any single economic, market, business, political, regulatory, or other occurrence. As a result, there may be more fluctuation in the price of an underlying fund's shares.
Investing in Stocks Risk. The value of an underlying fund’s portfolio may be affected by changes in the stock markets. Stock markets may experience significant short-term volatility and may
fall or rise sharply at times. Adverse events in any part of the equity or fixed-income markets may have
unexpected negative effects on other market segments. Different stock markets may behave differently from each other and U.S. stock markets may move in the opposite direction from one or more foreign stock markets.
The prices of individual stocks generally do not all move in the same direction at
the same time. However, individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. A variety of factors can negatively affect the price of a particular company’s stock.
These factors may include, but are not limited to: poor earnings reports, a loss of customers, litigation against the company, general unfavorable performance of the company’s sector or industry, or changes in government regulations
affecting the company or its