Mutual Fund Summary Prospectus (497k)
January 29 2013 - 6:03AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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Institutional
Class: LSSAX
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Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund
Summary Prospectus at February 1, 2013
Before you invest, you may
want to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s Prospectus and other information about the Fund online at www.loomissayles.com/Prospectus. You can also get this
information at no cost by calling 800-633-3330 or by sending an e-mail request to FundInformation@loomissayles.com. The Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), each dated February 1, 2013 are incorporated
by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
Investment Objective
The Fund’s investment objective is to seek a high level of current income consistent
with capital preservation.
Fund Fees & Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares of the Fund.*
The Fund does not impose a sales charge, a redemption fee
or an exchange fee.
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(expenses that you pay each year as a
percentage of the value of your investment)
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Institutional Class
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Management fees
1
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0.21%
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Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees
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0.00%
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Other expenses
1
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0.07%
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Total annual fund operating expenses
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0.28%
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Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement
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0.28%
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Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement
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0.00%
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*
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The table shows net fees and expenses of the Fund as 0%, reflecting the fact that the Fund does not pay any advisory, administration or distribution and service fees, and that Loomis, Sayles &
Company, L.P. (“Loomis Sayles” or the “Adviser”) has agreed to pay certain expenses of the Fund. You should be aware, however, that shares of the Fund are available only to institutional investment advisory clients of Loomis
Sayles and NGAM Advisors, L.P. (“NGAM Advisors”) and to participants in certain approved “wrap fee” programs sponsored by broker-dealers and investment advisers that may be affiliated or unaffiliated with the Fund, Loomis
Sayles or NGAM Advisors. The institutional investment advisory clients of Loomis Sayles and NGAM Advisors pay Loomis Sayles or NGAM Advisors a fee for their investment advisory services, while participants in “wrap fee” programs pay a
“wrap” fee to the program’s sponsor. The “wrap fee” program sponsors in turn pay fees to NGAM Advisors. “Wrap fee” program participants should read carefully the wrap fee brochure provided to them by their
program’s sponsor. The brochure is required to include information about the fees charged by the “wrap fee” program sponsor and the fees paid by such sponsor to NGAM Advisors. Investors pay no additional fees or expenses to
purchase shares of the Fund. Investors will, however, indirectly pay a proportionate share of those costs, such as brokerage commissions, taxes and extraordinary expenses that are borne by the Fund through a reduction in their net asset value. See
the section “Management” in the Statutory Prospectus.
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1
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The amount under Management Fees reflects the approximate amount that would be required to compensate Loomis Sayles for providing investment advisory services to the Fund (not the advisory fees charged
for the entire “wrap fee” program or for the investor’s separate account with Loomis Sayles), and the amount under Other Expenses reflects the amount of operating expenses of the Fund which are paid for by Loomis Sayles or its
affiliates. See Note (*) above.
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Example
The 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 the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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1 year
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3 years
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5 years
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10 years
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Institutional Class
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$0
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$0
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$0
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$0
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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 rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes for you if your 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. During its most recently ended fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 230% of the average value of its portfolio.
Investments, Risks and Performance
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus
any borrowings made for investment purposes) in a diversified portfolio of securitized assets, such as mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities. Although under normal circumstances the Fund’s investments are expected to consist
primarily of mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities similar to those in the Barclays U.S. Securitized Bond Index (the “Index”), the Fund may invest in any type of asset-backed security. In addition to residential and
commercial asset-backed securities, the Fund may invest in asset-backed securities related to automobiles, credit cards, home equity loans, manufactured housing, utilities, and other miscellaneous asset-backed securities. The Fund may only buy
securities that are rated investment-grade at the time of purchase by at least one of the three major rating agencies (Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), Fitch Investor Services, Inc. (“Fitch”) or
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group (“S&P”)) or, if unrated, are determined by Loomis Sayles to be of comparable quality. It is expected that a majority of the Fund’s securities will be rated AAA or Aaa by at least one of
the rating agencies at the time of purchase. The Fund may continue to hold securities that are downgraded in credit rating subsequent to their purchase if Loomis Sayles believes it would be advantageous to do so.
The Fund may, without limitation, seek to obtain market exposure to the securities in which
it primarily invests by entering into a series of purchase and sale contracts (including on a “to be announced” basis) or by using investment techniques such as buybacks and dollar rolls.
Loomis Sayles uses a bottom-up, fundamental research process to select individual
securities for the Fund. The decision to buy or sell a particular security is largely driven by Loomis Sayles’ view of the fundamentals of the issue compared to the prevailing market valuation, which may be higher (suggesting a potential sell
decision) or lower (suggesting a potential buy decision). Loomis Sayles also may seek to construct a portfolio with risk characteristics similar, but not identical to, certain of the securities in the Index. Examples of typical risk characteristics
that Loomis Sayles might consider include average life, credit quality, effective duration, yield curve exposure and sector exposure. The portfolio will not necessarily exhibit similarities with the Index for some or all risk characteristics. It is
currently anticipated that the Fund’s effective duration will be within +/- 1 year of the effective duration of the Index.
In deciding which securities to buy and sell, Loomis Sayles will consider, among other
things, the financial strength of the issuer, current interest rates, current valuations, Loomis Sayles’ expectations regarding future changes in interest rates and comparisons of the level of risk associated with particular investments with
Loomis Sayles’ expectations concerning the potential return of those investments.
The Fund’s investments may also include, among other things, the following: fixed and
floating-rate instruments, mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government, collateralized mortgage obligations, commercial mortgage-backed securities, mortgage-related asset-backed
securities, other collateralized asset-backed securities, U.S. government securities, corporate debt securities, zero-coupon securities, step coupon securities, commercial paper, structured notes, other mortgage-related securities (including
adjustable rate mortgage securities, stripped mortgage-backed securities and mortgage dollar rolls), when-issued securities and repurchase agreements. The Fund may also invest in options, futures, swaps (including credit default swaps, in which one
party agrees to make periodic payments to a counterparty in exchange for the right to receive a payment in the event of a default of the underlying reference security).
The Fund may also engage in active and frequent trading of securities. Frequent trading may
produce a high level of taxable gains, as well as increased trading costs, which may lower the Fund’s return.
Principal Risks
The principal risks of investing in the Fund are summarized below. The Fund does not
represent a complete investment program. You may lose money by investing in the Fund.
Credit Risk
is the risk that the issuer or guarantor of a fixed-income
security in which the Fund invests, or the counterparty to a derivatives or other transaction will fail financially or otherwise be unwilling or unable to meet their obligations to the Fund.
Currency Risk
is the risk that the value of the Fund’s investments
will fall as a result of changes in exchange rates.
Derivatives
Risk
is the risk that the value of the Fund’s derivative investments such as structured notes, options and futures transactions and swap transactions will fall, for example, because of changes in the value of the underlying reference
instruments, pricing difficulties or lack of correlation with the underlying investments. There is also the risk that the Fund may be unable to terminate or sell a derivatives position at an advantageous time or price. Moreover, a number of
broker-dealers and other financial institutions have recently experienced extreme financial difficulty, sometimes resulting in bankruptcy of the institution. There can be no assurance that the Fund’s derivative counterparties will not
experience similar financial difficulties, possibly resulting in losses to the Fund. This risk is greater for swaps and other over-the-counter traded derivatives. Investing in derivatives gives rise to other risks, such as leverage risk, liquidity
risk, credit risk, counterparty risk, interest rate risk and market risk. The use of derivatives may cause the Fund to incur losses greater than those which would have occurred had derivatives not been used. The use of derivatives for other than
hedging purposes may be considered a speculative activity, and involves greater risks than are involved in hedging.
Extension Risk
is the risk that an unexpected rise in interest rates will
extend the life of a mortgage- or asset-backed security beyond the expected prepayment time, typically reducing the security’s value.
Inflation/Deflation Risk
is the risk that the value of assets or income
from investments will be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the present value of future payments. Deflation risk is the risk that prices throughout the economy decline over time - the opposite of inflation. Deflation may have an adverse
effect on the creditworthiness of issuers and may make issuer default more likely, which may result in a decline in the value of the Fund’s portfolio.
Interest Rate Risk
is the risk that the value of the Fund’s
investments will fall if interest rates rise. Interest rate risk generally is greater for funds that invest in fixed-income securities with relatively longer durations than for funds that invest in fixed-income securities with shorter durations. The
value of zero-coupon securities and securities with longer maturities are generally more sensitive to fluctuations in interest rates than other fixed-income securities. In addition, an economic downturn or period of rising interest rates could
adversely affect the market of these securities and reduce the Fund’s ability to sell them.
Issuer Risk
is the risk that the value of securities may decline due to a
number of reasons relating to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods and services.
Leverage Risk
is the risk associated with securities or practices (e.g.,
borrowing and the use of certain derivatives) and investment in certain types of derivatives that multiply small index, market or asset price movements into larger changes in value. Use of derivative instruments may involve leverage. When a
derivative is used as a hedge against an offsetting position that the Fund also holds, any loss generated by the derivative should be substantially offset by gains on the hedged instrument, and vice versa. To the extent that the Fund uses a
derivative for purposes other than as a hedge, or if the Fund hedges imperfectly, the Fund is directly exposed to the risks of that derivative and any loss generated by the derivative will not be offset by a gain. Futures are derivatives and may be
subject to this type of risk.
Liquidity Risk
is the risk that
the Fund may be unable to find a buyer for its investments when it seeks to sell them or to receive the price it expects. Securities acquired in a private placement, such as Rule 144A securities, generally are subject to strict restrictions on
resale and there may be no liquid secondary market or ready purchaser for such securities. Therefore, the Fund may be unable to dispose of such securities when it desires to do so, or at the most advantageous time or price. Liquidity issues may also
make it difficult to value the Fund’s investments.
Management
Risk
is the risk that Loomis Sayles’ investment techniques will be unsuccessful and cause the Fund to incur losses.
Market Risk
is the risk that the market value of a security will move up
and down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, based upon a change in an issuer’s financial condition, as well as overall market and economic conditions.
Mortgage-Related and Asset-Backed Securities Risk
is the risk that the
securities may be prepaid and result in the reinvestment of the prepaid amounts in securities with lower yields than the prepaid obligations. Conversely, there is a risk that an unexpected rise in interest rates will extend the life of a
mortgage-related or asset-backed security beyond the expected prepayment time, typically reducing the security’s value. The Fund may also incur a loss when there is a prepayment of securities that were purchased at a premium. It also includes
risks associated with investing in the mortgages underlying the mortgage-backed securities. The market for mortgage-backed securities (and other asset-backed securities) has experienced high volatility and a lack of liquidity. As a
result, the value of many of these securities has significantly declined. The
Fund’s investments in other asset-backed securities are subject to risks similar to those associated with mortgage-related securities, as well as additional risks associated with the nature of the assets and the servicing of those
assets.
Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table
The following bar chart and table give an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund
by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for the one-year, five-year and life-of-fund periods compared to those of a broad measure of market performance. The
Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available online at www.loomissayles.com and/or by calling the Fund toll-free at
800-633-3330.
Total Returns for Institutional Class
Shares
The Fund’s best quarter was 8.33%, (third
quarter of 2009), and the Fund’s worst quarter was -6.12%, (fourth quarter of 2008).
Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended December 31, 2012
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One
Year
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Five
Years
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Life-of-Fund
(03/02/06)
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Return Before Taxes
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8.53%
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8.52%
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7.68%
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Return After Taxes on Distributions
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6.43%
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6.31%
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5.58%
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Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
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5.73%
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6.01%
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5.35%
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Barclays U.S. Securitized Bond Index
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3.01%
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5.62%
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5.80%
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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal
income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their
shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans, qualified plans, education savings accounts, such as 529 plans, or individual retirement accounts. Index performance reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes.
Management
Investment Adviser
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.
Portfolio Managers
Ian Anderson, Vice President of Loomis Sayles, has served as portfolio manager of the Fund
since 2013.
Alessandro Pagani, CFA, Vice President of Loomis Sayles, has served
as portfolio manager of the Fund since 2010.
Clifton V. Rowe, CFA, Vice
President of Loomis Sayles, has served as portfolio manager of the Fund since 2006.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
The following chart shows the investment minimum for the Fund:
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Minimum Initial Investment
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Minimum Subsequent Investment
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Institutional Class
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No Minimum
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No Minimum
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The Fund reserves the right to create investment minimums at its sole discretion.
Shares of the Fund are offered exclusively to investors in “wrap fee”
programs approved by NGAM Advisors and/or Loomis Sayles and to institutional advisory clients of Loomis Sayles or NGAM Advisors that, in each case, meet the Fund’s policies as established by Loomis Sayles.
Shares normally can be redeemed only through the shareholder’s wrap program sponsor
for shareholders owning shares through wrap accounts or, with respect to shareholders which are institutional advisory clients of Loomis Sayles or NGAM Advisors, by contacting Loomis Sayles by telephone at 800-633-3330 or by writing to Loomis Sayles
Funds, P.O. Box 219594, Kansas City, MO 64121-9594.
Tax
Information
Fund distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gain, except for distributions to retirement plans and other investors that qualify for tax-exempt treatment under U.S. federal income tax law generally. Investments in such tax-advantaged plans will generally be taxed only upon
withdrawal of monies from the tax-exempt arrangement.
PAYMENTS TO
BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
If you purchase the Fund
through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of the Fund shares and related services. 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 website for more information.
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