Multi-Manager High Yield Opportunity

Summary

The Multi-Manager High Yield Opportunity Fund is designed to provide competitive performance in a broad range of market environments. Our approach blends high yield strategies that are differentiated by investment approach, performance profile, and portfolio characteristics in an effort to achieve an attractive risk-return profile. This highly diversified, opportunistic Fund can invest in high yield corporate securities as well as other asset classes such as investment grade corporate debt, bank loans, and convertible bonds. With this opportunity set the Fund seeks investments that offer comparable return potential to high yield bonds with the added benefit of diversification. The Fund's current allocations include a traditional high yield with a relative value approach, a concentrated strategy with a focus on middle market debt and bank loans, and a diversified strategy incorporating top down views that offers attractive up capture.

Fund Objective

The Fund seeks total return consisting of a combination of income and capital appreciation.

Fund Strategy

• Total return approach to high yield investing that is implemented by combining a complementary set of investment managers designed to achieve an attractive risk-return profile.
• Opportunistic strategy that seeks to emphasize the most attractive areas of the market from a quality and sector perspective, while maintaining a diversified investment approach.
• The Fund will also invest in asset classes outside of traditional high yield, particularly bank loans, which can offer comparable return potential with the added benefit of diversification.

Investor Profile

If you're looking for a total-return-oriented high yield fund that's designed to provide competitive performance in a broad range of market environments, you may want to consider the Multi-Manager High Yield Opportunity Fund. This well diversified, opportunistic Fund will invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in bonds and other fixed income securities that are rated below investment grade. It can invest in high yield corporate securities as well as other asset classes such as investment grade corporate debt, bank loans, and convertible bonds. With this opportunity set the Fund seeks investments that offer comparable return potential to high yield bonds with the added benefit of diversification. The multi-manager approach allows for diversification across investment styles while the broad opportunity set enhances the ability to offer competitive returns in a variety of market environments.

Redemption Fee

2% on shares sold or exchanged within 30 days of purchase.

Risk/Reward Potential

Overall Morningstar Rating ^TM

Among 628 high yield bond funds derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3-, 5- and 10-year risk-adjusted returns as of 8/31/23.

Northern Multi-Manager High Yield Opportunity received 4 stars for the 3-year rating among 628 high yield bond funds, 3 stars for the 5-year rating among 585 funds and 4 stars for the 10-year rating among 419 funds.

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Not FDIC insured | May lose value | No bank guarantee

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