ASTON Dynamic Allocation Fund

Investment Style

The ASTON Dynamic Allocation Fund uses a proprietary mathematical process to select ETFs across a wide variety of asset classes--including equities, fixed-income, international, and commodities. The goal is to create an optimal portfolio designed to produce returns in excess of its blended market benchmark with an equal or lesser amount of risk.

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Objective

The Fund seeks to provide longterm capital appreciation.

Risk Considerations

The Fund invests in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) which are securities of other investment companies.  An ETF seeks to track the performance of an index by holding all or a sampling of the securities on that index.  An ETF may not be able to replicate an index exactly since returns may be reduced by transaction costs, expenses and other factors while the index has none.  The Fund invests in many different areas of the market, each of which may involve its own element of risk. Use of aggressive ETF investment techniques such as futures contracts, options on futures contracts and forward contracts may expose an underlying fund to potentially dramatic changes (losses) in the value of its portfolio.  Credit risk or default risk could negatively affect the Fund’s share price.  Inverse or ‘short’ ETFs seek to profit from falling market prices and will lose money if the market benchmark index goes up in value.  Leveraged ETFs seek to provide returns that are a multiple of a benchmark and can increase risk exposure relative to the amount invested and can lead to significantly greater losses than a comparable unleveraged portfolio.