portfolios to assist
clients in meeting their market exposure, risk management, tax management and return objectives. The firm’s direct, sole owner is Morgan Stanley
Capital Management, LLC, a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. Parametric is a part of the asset management division of Morgan Stanley,
Morgan Stanley Investment Management, with approximately $1.6 trillion in assets under management. As of September 30, 2024, Parametric had total firm assets under management of approximately $572.1 billion. Parametric uses a team approach to manage any assigned portion of the Defensive Market Strategies Fund. The team includes Jennifer Mihara, Managing Director, Centralized Portfolio Management, James Reber, Managing Director, Portfolio Management, and Thomas Seto, Head of Investment Management (retiring effective on or about December 31, 2024). Ms. Mihara and Messrs. Reber and Seto have each been with Parametric for more than five years.
Under the heading “Sub-Advisers” for the Impact Bond Fund, on page 218, the disclosure for
Parametric is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC
(“Parametric”), 800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2800, Seattle, Washington 98104: Parametric offers systematic alpha strategies that seek to outperform designated benchmarks on a risk-adjusted basis by applying systematic, rules-based asset class exposure. The firm’s customized exposure management solutions use individual securities, ETFs, futures, options and other derivative instruments to construct and manage portfolios to assist clients in meeting their market exposure, risk management, tax management and return objectives. The firm’s direct, sole owner is Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC, a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. Parametric is a part of the asset management division of Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, with approximately $1.6 trillion in assets under management. As of September 30, 2024, Parametric had total firm assets under management of approximately $572.1 billion. Parametric uses a team approach to manage an assigned portion of the Impact Bond Fund. The team includes Richard Fong, CFA, Director of Investment Strategy, and Zach Olsen, CFA, Portfolio Manager. Messrs. Fong and Olsen have each been with Parametric for five or more years.
Under the heading
“Sub-Advisers” for the Impact Equity Fund, on page 218, the disclosure for Parametric is deleted in its entirety and replaced with
the following:
Parametric
Portfolio Associates LLC (“Parametric”), 800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2800, Seattle, Washington 98104: Parametric offers systematic alpha strategies that seek to outperform designated benchmarks on a risk-adjusted basis by applying systematic, rules-based asset class exposure. The firm’s customized exposure management solutions use individual securities, ETFs, futures, options and other derivative instruments to construct and manage portfolios to assist clients in meeting their market exposure, risk management, tax management and return objectives. The firm’s direct, sole owner is Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC, a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. Parametric is a part of the asset management division of Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, with approximately $1.6 trillion in assets under management. As of September 30, 2024, Parametric had total firm assets under management of approximately $572.1 billion. Parametric uses a team approach to manage any assigned portion of the Impact Equity Fund. The team includes Xiaozhen Li, Ph.D., Director, Private Client Direct Group, James Reber, Managing Director, Portfolio Management, Thomas Seto, Head of Investment Management (retiring effective on or about December 31, 2024), and Gordon Wotherspoon, Managing Director, Advisor Channel Portfolio Management. Dr. Li and Messrs. Reber, Seto and Wotherspoon have each been with Parametric for more than five years.
Under the heading “Sub-Advisers” for the Value Equity Fund, on page 220, the disclosure for Parametric is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (“Parametric”), 800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2800, Seattle, Washington
98104: Parametric offers systematic alpha strategies
that seek to outperform designated benchmarks on a risk-adjusted basis by applying systematic, rules-based asset class exposure. The firm’s
customized exposure management solutions use individual securities, ETFs, futures, options and other derivative instruments to construct and manage portfolios to assist clients in meeting their market exposure, risk management, tax management and return objectives. The firm’s direct, sole owner is Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC, a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. Parametric is a part of the asset management division of Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, with approximately $1.6 trillion in assets under management. As of September 30, 2024, Parametric