The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it can invest a
greater percentage of its assets in any one issuer than a diversified fund.
Principal Risks
There is the risk that you may lose money on your investment. All
investments carry a certain amount of risk, and the Fund cannot guarantee that it will achieve its investment objective. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit or obligation of any bank, is not endorsed or guaranteed by any bank, and is not
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency. Below are some of the risks of investing in the Fund. The risks are described in alphabetical order and not in the order of importance or
potential exposure.
Focused Investment Risk
—a greater percentage of the Fund’s holdings may be focused in a smaller number of securities which may place the Fund at greater risk than a more diversified fund.
Liquidity
Risk
—particular investments, such as illiquid securities, may not be able to be sold at the price the Fund would like or the Fund may have to sell them at a loss.
Management
Risk
—because the Fund is an actively-managed investment portfolio, security selection or focus on securities in a particular style, market sector or group of companies may cause the Fund to underperform
relevant benchmarks or other funds with a similar investment objective. There can be no guarantee that the Subadvisor’s investment techniques and risk analysis will produce the desired result.
Market
Risk
—market prices of securities held by the Fund may fall rapidly or unpredictably due to a variety of factors, including changing economic, political, or market conditions.
Non-Diversified Fund Risk
—the Fund is non-diversified and therefore a greater percentage of holdings may be concentrated in a small number of issuers or a single issuer, which can place the Fund at greater risk.
Small-Capitalization Stock Risk
—the stocks of small-capitalization companies often have greater price volatility, lower trading volume, and less liquidity than the stocks of larger, more established companies.
Value Stock
Risk
—value stocks may perform differently from the market as a whole and may be undervalued by the market for a long period of time.
Performance
The following performance information illustrates 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 performance compares to that of a broad-based securities market index. As always, past performance of the Fund (before and
after taxes) is not an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
The performance information shown for the Fund is
that of the Predecessor Fund, which was reorganized into the Fund on March 31, 2014, and was managed by SouthernSun with the same investment objective and substantially similar investment strategies as those of the Fund.
The performance information shown assumes that all
dividend and capital gain distributions have been reinvested for the Fund and, where applicable, for the index shown in the table. The information in the bar chart is for Investor Class shares of the Fund. Institutional Class shares would have
similar annual returns as Investor Class shares because both classes are invested in the same portfolio of securities. However, because Institutional Class shares are subject to different expenses than Investor Class shares, Institutional Class
share performance varies. The performance information also reflects the impact of the Fund’s previous contractual expense limitation. If the Predecessor Fund’s investment manager had not agreed to limit expenses, returns would have been
lower.
To obtain updated performance
information please visit or call 800.835.3879.
Calendar
Year Total Returns as of 12/31/13 (Investor Class)
Best Quarter: 31.94%
(2nd Quarter 2009)
Worst Quarter: -25.97% (4th Quarter 2008)
Average
Annual Total Returns as of 12/31/13
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AMG
SouthernSun Small Cap Fund
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1
Year
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5
Years
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10
Years
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Since
Inception
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Investor
Class
Return Before Taxes
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41.98%
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28.50%
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13.18%
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14.33%
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Investor
Class
Return After Taxes on Distributions
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40.19%
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27.67%
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12.62%
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13.77%
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Investor
Class
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
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25.19%
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23.70%
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11.00%
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12.05%
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Russell
2000® Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
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38.82%
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20.08%
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9.07%
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10.01%
1
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Institutional
Class
Return Before Taxes
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42.34%
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-
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-
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27.95%
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Russell
2000® Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
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38.82%
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20.08%
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9.07%
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18.26%
2
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1
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Index
performance shown reflects the performance of the Index since the inception date of the Fund’s Investor Class.
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2
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Index
performance shown reflects the performance of the Index since the inception date of the Fund’s Institutional Class.
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