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Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund - Advisor Shares
(Closed to new investors)
Investment Objective
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Principal Investment Strategies
In selecting investments for the Fund, the Fund’s adviser seeks to identify securities of companies that it believes offer the potential for capital appreciation, based on novel, superior or niche products or services, operating characteristics, quality of management, an entrepreneurial management team, their having gone public in recent years, opportunities provided by mergers, divestitures or new management, or other factors.
Under current market conditions, the Fund expects to invest primarily in equity securities of companies in the United States that have market capitalizations of $2.2 billion or less measured at the time of investment, including equity securities of companies with market capitalizations of $500 million or less (sometimes referred to as ‘‘micro-cap’’ companies). However, the Fund may invest any portion of its assets in equity securities of larger companies. The Fund may also invest in securities of companies outside the United States, although the Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities of companies the Fund’s adviser considers to be located in the United States. The Fund will consider an issuer located in the United States if it is organized under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States, or is domiciled or has its principal place of business located in the United States, or if the Fund’s adviser determines that the issuer has more than 50% of its assets in or derives more than 50% of its revenues from the United States. The Fund generally sells securities when the Fund’s adviser believes they are fully priced or when more attractive investment candidates become available.
The Fund may use options for hedging purposes, or to gain exposure to securities or market sectors as a substitute for cash investments (not for leverage) or pending the sale of securities by the Fund and reinvestment of the proceeds. Any use of derivatives strategies entails the risks of investing directly in the securities or instruments underlying the derivatives strategies, as well as the risks of using derivatives generally, described in this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information.
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Management
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Jenny B. Jones
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund — Since 2003
Ms. Jones is the Head of U.S. Small and Mid Cap Equities of Schroders. She has been an employee of Schroders since 2003. Formerly, portfolio manager and Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc.
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| Fund Facts |
| As of Jul 2, 2009 |
| Ticker Symbol | |
SCUVX |
| CUSIP | |
808088694 |
| Inception Date | |
May 15, 2006 |
| Fund Assets1 | |
$152 million |
| Minimum Investment | |
$2500 |
| Min. Subsequent Inv | |
$1,000 |
| Load | |
No Load |
| Expense Ratio2,3 | |
1.55% |
| Distribution Fee | |
0.25% |
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| Daily Performance |
| As of Jul 2, 2009 |
| Share Price/NAV |
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$15.97 |
| Change |
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-$0.52 |
Monthly Performance Quarterly Performance
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1 Represents all share classes.
2 The Net Expenses shown for the Fund reflects the effect of contractually imposed fee waivers and/or expense limitations, in effect through February 28, 2009. Please see the prospectus for further details.
3 As of the most recent Annual/Semi-Annual report.
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund also offers Investor Shares. The following link, Investor Shares, provides a description of the Investor Shares, including related expense information.
Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
Performance data does not reflect a 2.00% redemption fee on shares redeemed two months or less from their date of purchase, which applies to the Schroder International Alpha Fund, and Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund; if this redemption fee were reflected, one-month performance for these funds would be lower than that shown. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.
For performance data current to the most recent month end and to access Fund prospectuses, which contain this and other information, click the following link for prospectuses. To obtain further information, please call Schroder Mutual Funds at 800-464-3108 for Individual Investors or 800-730-2932 for Intermediaries/Financial Consultants. Read the prospectus for a Fund and carefully consider the Fund's investment objectives, risks and charges and expenses before investing.
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