FPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund
Investor Class: QRSVX
Advisor Class: QRSAX
Institutional Class: QRSIX
Summary Prospectus September 30, 2023
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the FPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund (the "Fund") and its risks. You can find the Fund's Statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information and other information about the Fund online at https://fpa.com/funds/overview/fpa-queens-road-small-cap-value-fund. You may also obtain this information at no cost by calling (800) 982-4372, except from Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands (where you may call collect (310) 473-0225) or by sending an e-mail request to FPAFunds@umb.com. The Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated September 30, 2023, as each may be amended or supplemented, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The Fund seeks long-term capital growth.
FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
The Fund is the successor of the FPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund, formerly a series of Bragg Capital Trust (the "Predecessor Fund"), resulting from a reorganization of the Predecessor Fund with and into the Fund on July 28, 2023.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
Investor Class |
Advisor Class |
Institutional Class |
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering price) |
None |
None |
None |
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a % of the lower of purchase price or redemption proceeds) |
None |
None |
None |
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and other Distributions |
None |
None |
None |
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Exchange Fee |
None |
None |
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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Management Fees |
0.66 |
% |
0.66 |
% |
0.66 |
% |
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Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
None |
None |
None |
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Other Expenses(1)​ |
0.30 |
% |
0.24 |
% |
0.13 |
% |
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.96 |
% |
0.90 |
% |
0.79 |
% |
(1)​ "Other Expenses" are estimates based on the expenses the Fund expects to incur for the current fiscal year; actual expenses may vary.
EXAMPLE
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the operating expenses of the Fund remain same. The one-year figure and three-year figure are each based on total annual operating expenses of the Fund after expense reimbursement. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon these assumptions your costs would be:
1 Year |
3 Years |
5 Years |
10 Years |
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Investor Class |
$ |
98 |
$ |
306 |
$ |
531 |
$ |
1,178 |
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Advisor Class |
$ |
92 |
$ |
287 |
$ |
498 |
$ |
1,108 |
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Institutional Class |
$ |
81 |
$ |
252 |
$ |
439 |
$ |
978 |
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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 may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023, the Predecessor Fund's (defined below) portfolio turnover was 13% of the average value of its portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in the equity securities (common stocks, preferred stocks and convertible securities) of small capitalization U.S. companies. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets (for the purpose of this requirement, net assets include net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of companies with small market capitalization. The Fund currently defines a small capitalization (small cap) company as one whose market capitalization, at the time of purchase, is no greater than the largest market capitalization of any company included in the Russell 2000 Index.
The Fund's sub-adviser, Bragg Financial Advisors, Inc., invests the Fund's assets by pursuing a value-oriented strategy. The sub-adviser's strategy begins with a screening process that seeks to identify small cap companies whose stocks sell at discounted price-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to- cash flow (P/CF) multiples. The sub-adviser favors companies that maintain strong balance sheets and have experienced management. Generally, the sub-adviser attempts to identify situations where stock prices are undervalued by the market. The sub-adviser generally sells securities when it believes they are trading for more than their intrinsic value, to generate tax losses to offset taxable gains, or if additional cash is needed to fund redemptions.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS
As with all mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Fund. Many factors affect the Fund's net asset value and performance.
Equity Risk
The prices of equity securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, industries or the securities market as a whole.
Stock Market Volatility
Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market or economic developments.
Small Cap Securities
The prices of securities of small capitalization companies generally are more volatile, less liquid, and more likely to be adversely affected by poor economic or market conditions than securities of larger companies. Small companies may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources, and they may be dependent upon a limited management group.
Risks Associated with Value Investing
Value securities, including those selected by the portfolio manager for the Fund, are subject to the risks that their intrinsic value may never be realized by the market and that their prices may go down. In addition, value style investing may fall out of favor and underperform growth or other styles of investing during given periods. The Fund's value discipline may result in a portfolio of stocks that differs materially from its illustrative index.
Issuer-Specific Changes
The value of an individual security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently than the value of the market as a whole.
Management Risk
The Fund is subject to management risk as an actively managed investment portfolio. The sub- adviser's skill in choosing appropriate investments for the Fund will determine, in part, the Fund's ability to achieve its investment objective. The portfolio manager will apply investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there can be no guarantee that these will produce the desired results. The portfolio manager's opinion about the intrinsic worth or creditworthiness of a company or security may be incorrect, the portfolio manager may not make timely purchases or sales of securities for the Fund, the Fund's investment objective may not be achieved, or the market may continue to undervalue the Fund's securities. In
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addition, the Fund may not be able to quickly dispose of certain securities holdings. The frequency of trading within the Fund impacts portfolio turnover rates, which are shown in the financial highlights table. A higher rate of portfolio turnover could produce higher trading costs and taxable distributions, which would detract from the Fund's performance. Moreover, there can be no assurance that all of the sub-adviser's personnel will continue to be associated with the sub-adviser for any length of time. The loss of services of one or more key employees of the sub-adviser, including the Fund's portfolio manager, could have an adverse impact on the Fund's ability to achieve its investment objective. Certain securities or other instruments in which the Fund seeks to invest may not be available in the quantities desired. In such circumstances, the portfolio manager may determine to purchase other securities or instruments as substitutes. Such substitute securities or instruments may not perform as intended, which could result in losses to the Fund.
Market Risk
The market price of investments owned by the Fund may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Fund investments may decline in value due to factors affecting the overall markets, or particular industries or sectors. The value of a holding may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular issuer, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for an issuer's financial condition, national or international political events, war, acts of terrorism, public health emergencies, such as the spread of infectious illness or disease, natural disasters, changes in interest or currency rates, inflation, domestic or international monetary policy or adverse investor sentiment generally. The value of a holding may also decline due to factors that affect a particular industry or industries, such as competitive conditions within an industry or government regulations. The Fund may experience heavy redemptions that could cause the Fund to liquidate its assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value, which could cause the value of an investment in the Fund to unexpectedly decline. In addition, the Fund may rely on various third-party sources to calculate its net asset value. Errors or systems failures and other technological issues may adversely impact the Fund's calculation of its net asset value, and such net asset value calculation issues may result in inaccurately calculated net asset values, delays in net asset value calculation and/or the inability to calculate net asset values over extended periods. The Fund may be unable to recover any losses associated with such failures.
Large Investor Risk
Ownership of shares of the Fund may be concentrated in one or a few large investors. Such investors may redeem shares in large quantities or on a frequent basis. Redemptions by a large investor may affect the performance of the Fund, may increase realized capital gains, may accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders and may increase transaction costs.
Recent Market Events
Periods of market volatility may occur in response to market events and other economic, political, and global macro factors. For example, in recent years the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These and other similar events could be prolonged and could adversely affect the value and liquidity of the Fund's investments, impair the Fund's ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the Fund's performance.
Cybersecurity Risk
Cybersecurity incidents may allow an unauthorized party to gain access to Fund assets, customer data (including private shareholder information), or proprietary information, or cause the Fund, the Adviser, the sub-adviser and/or other service providers (including custodians, sub-custodians, transfer agents and financial intermediaries) to suffer data breaches, data corruption or loss of operational functionality. In an extreme case, a shareholder's ability to exchange or redeem Fund shares may be affected. Issuers of securities in which the Fund invests are also subject to cybersecurity risks, and the value of those securities could decline if the issuers experience cybersecurity incidents.
Who May Want to Invest in the Fund?
The FPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund is designed for investors who:
• seek an aggressive stock fund with the long-term goal of growth of capital
• seek a fund to complement a portfolio of more conservative investments
• are willing to accept significant changes (up or down) in the value of an investment
The Fund is NOT appropriate for investors who:
• want to avoid high volatility or possible losses
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• want an investment that pursues market trends or focuses on particular sectors or industries
• are pursuing a short term goal or investing emergency reserve money
• are seeking regular income or preservation of capital
PERFORMANCE
The Fund acquired all of the assets and liabilities of the Predecessor Fund following the reorganization of the Predecessor Fund on July 28, 2023. As a result of the acquisition, the Fund is the accounting successor of the Predecessor Fund. Performance results shown in the bar chart and the performance table below for periods prior to July 28, 2023 reflect the performance of the Predecessor Fund.
The bar chart and Average Annual Total Returns table below provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Predecessor Fund by showing changes in the Predecessor Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Predecessor Fund's average annual returns for the 1, 5 and 10 calendar year periods compare with those of a broad-based securities market index. The past performance information shown below is for Investor Class shares of the Predecessor Fund. Although Investor Class shares would have similar annual returns to the Predecessor Fund's other share classes (i.e., Advisor Class and Institutional Class shares) because all of the classes are invested in the same portfolio of securities, the returns for each class of shares will vary because of the different expenses paid by each class of shares, as described in the table labeled "Fees and Expenses of the Fund" above. The chart and table reflect the reinvestment of dividends and distributions. In addition, the Predecessor Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
To obtain updated monthly performance information, please visit the Fund's website at www.fpa.com/funds or call (800) 982-4372.
Performance Bar Chart of the Predecessor FundInvestor Class
Calendar Years Ended December 31
The total return for the Predecessor Fund's Investor Class shares from January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023 was 4.93%.
The Predecessor Fund's highest/lowest quarterly results during this time period were:
Highest 24.75% (Quarter ended 12/31/2020)
Lowest -21.84% (Quarter ended 03/31/2020)
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Average Annual Total Returns Predecessor Fund Investor Class (for the periods ended December 31, 2022) |
One Year |
Five Years |
Ten Years |
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Investor Class Return Before Taxes |
(9.16 |
)% |
7.56 |
% |
9.22 |
% |
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Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions(1)​ |
(9.61 |
)% |
6.63 |
% |
8.41 |
% |
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Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares(1)​ |
(5.12 |
)% |
5.74 |
% |
7.37 |
% |
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Advisor Class(2)​ Return Before Taxes |
(9.17 |
)% |
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|
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Institutional Class(2)​ Return Before Taxes |
(9.03 |
)% |
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|
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Benchmark: Russell 2000 Value Index |
(14.48 |
)% |
4.13 |
% |
8.48 |
% |
(1)​ After-tax returns are shown only for Investor Class shares; after-tax returns for other share classes will vary. After-tax returns are calculated using the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rate and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on a shareholder's tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns are not relevant if you hold your Fund shares in tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts ("IRA").
(2)​ The Advisor Class and Institutional Class shares commenced operations on December 1, 2020.
INVESTMENT ADVISOR
First Pacific Advisors, LP ("FPA" or the "Adviser") is the Fund's investment adviser.
SUB-ADVISOR
Bragg Financial Advisors, Inc. is the Fund's investment sub-adviser.
PORTFOLIO MANAGER
Steve Scruggs, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager of the sub-adviser, has served the Fund as portfolio manager since its inception in July 2023, and as portfolio manager for the Predecessor Fund since June 2002.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES
The minimum initial investment in Investor Class, Advisor Class, and Institutional Class shares is $1,500, $1,500, and $100,000, respectively, for regular accounts. Each subsequent investment must be at least $100. However, as described herein, the Fund has established different initial investment and subsequent investment minimums for retirement accounts and accounts established with a pre-authorized investment plan. You may purchase and redeem shares of the Fund on any day that the New York Stock Exchange is open. Redemption requests may be made in writing, by telephone, or through a financial intermediary and will be paid by check or wire transfer.
Notice to Non-U.S. Resident Individual Shareholders. The Fund and its shares are only registered in the United States and its territories ("United States"). Regulations outside of the United States may restrict the sale of shares to certain non-U.S. residents or subject certain shareholder accounts to additional regulatory requirements. As a result, individuals residing outside the United States are generally not eligible to invest in the Fund. The Fund reserves the right, however, to sell shares to certain other non-U.S. investors in compliance with applicable law. If a current shareholder of the Fund provides a non-U.S. address, this will be deemed a representation and warranty from such investor that he/she is not a U.S. resident and will continue to be a non-U.S. resident unless and until the Fund is notified of a change in the investor's resident status. Any current shareholder that has a resident address outside of the United States may be restricted from purchasing additional shares.
TAX INFORMATION
Dividends and capital gain distributions you receive from the Fund, whether you reinvest your distributions in additional Fund shares or receive them in cash, are taxable to you at either ordinary income or capital gains tax rates unless you are investing through a tax-deferred plan such as an IRA or 401(k) plan.
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INFORMATION REGARDING TRANSACTIONS THROUGH FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Shareholders may be required to pay a commission directly to their broker or other financial intermediary when buying or selling shares of the Fund. Shareholders and potential investors may wish to contact their broker or other financial intermediary for information regarding applicable commissions, transaction fees or other charges associated with transactions in shares of the Fund.
In addition, brokers, dealers, banks, trust companies and other financial representatives may receive compensation from the Fund or its service providers for providing a variety of services, which may include recordkeeping, transaction processing for shareholders' accounts and certain shareholder services not currently offered to shareholders that deal directly with the Fund. 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.
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