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Inflation- Adjusted Securities Risk — Investments in inflation- adjusted securities are affected by <br />changes in interest and inflation rates. Interest payments on inflation- adjusted securities will <br />vary as the principal or interest is adjusted for inflation and may be more volatile than interest <br />paid on ordinary fixed income securities. Inflation- adjusted securities may not produce a steady <br />income stream, particularly during deflationary periods, and during periods of extreme <br />deflation these securities may not provide any income. <br />Indexing Risk — Unlike an actively managed strategy, an index or passively managed strategy does <br />not rely on a portfolio manager's decision making with respect to which individual securities may <br />outperform others. Securities in an index or passively managed strategy may be purchased, held, <br />and sold by such underlying funds at times when an actively managed portfolio would not do so. <br />In addition, performance of underlying funds using an index or passively managed strategy will <br />deviate from the performance of the specified index, which is known as tracking error. Tracking <br />error may be caused by: (i) fees and expenses associated with managing the underlying index <br />strategy funds (whereas the benchmark index has no management fees or transaction expenses); <br />(ii) changes to the index and the timing of the rebalancing of the underlying index strategy funds; <br />and (iii) the timing of cash flows into and out of the underlying index strategy funds. <br />Interest Rate Risk —Fixed income securities fluctuate in value as interest rates change. When <br />interest rates rise, the market prices of fixed income securities will usually decrease; when <br />interest rates fall, the market prices of fixed income securities usually will increase. Investments <br />in fixed income securities may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates due to the <br />current period of historically low rates and the effect of potential government fiscal policy <br />initiatives and resulting market reaction to those initiatives. <br />Investing in Other Investment Companies —A Fund's investment in another investment <br />company is subject to the risks associated with that investment company's portfolio securities. <br />For example, if the investment company holds common stocks, the Fund also would be exposed <br />to the risk of investing in common stocks. In addition, when a Fund purchases shares of another <br />investment company (including another fund), the Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate <br />share of the advisory fees and other operating expenses of such investment company. The fees <br />and expenses of the other investment company are in addition to the Fund's own fees and <br />expenses. <br />Large Investor Risk —A Fund or an underlying fund may experience large investments or <br />redemptions. While it is impossible to predict the overall impact of these transactions over <br />time, there could be adverse effects on portfolio management. For example, a Fund or an <br />underlying fund may be required to sell securities or invest cash at times when it would not <br />otherwise do so. These transactions can increase transactions costs. <br />Liquidity Risk— Liquidity risk exists when a particular security or other instrument is difficult to <br />trade. An investment is illiquid assets may reduce the returns of the investment because the <br />Vantage-Frust II Funds <br />Disclosure Memorandum <br />2016.01.13 <br />