Registration Nos. 333-124214
                                    811-21757

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

Form N-1A
 
 
  
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
[X]
 
  
Pre-Effective Amendment No.     
  
 
 
  
Post Effective Amendment No. 80
  
[X]
 
and/or
 
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
  
[X]
   
Amendment No. 74
  
[X]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
 

American Independence Funds Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
230 PARK AVENUE, SUITE 534
NEW YORK, NY 10169
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (646) 747-3477

ERIC RUBIN, PRESIDENT

AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC
230 PARK AVENUE, SUITE 534
NEW YORK, NY 10169
 
COPIES TO:
JON RAND
DECHERT LLP
1095 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10036-6797
 
It is proposed that this filing will become effective immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The Registrant has registered an indefinite amount of its shares of beneficial interest under the Securities Act of 1933, pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. In reliance upon Rule 24f-2, no filing fee is being paid at this time.
 
 
 

 
 
Explanatory Note: This Post-Effective Amendment (“PEA”) No. 74 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of the American Independence Funds Trust (the “Trust”) hereby incorporates Parts A, B and C from the Trust’s PEA No. 74 on Form N-1A filed February 29, 2012. This PEA No. 80 is filed for the sole purpose of submitting the XBRL exhibits for the risk/return summary first provided in PEA No. 74 to the Trust’s Registration Statement.
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the 15th day of March 2012.
 
 
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE FUNDS TRUST
     
 
By:
/s/ Eric Rubin
   
Eric Rubin
   
President
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
 
Signature 
 
Title 
 
Date 
/s/ Eric Rubin 
 
President 
 
March 15, 2012 
Eric Rubin 
       
 
/s/ Jeffrey Haas* 
 
Trustee 
 
March 15, 2012  
Jeffrey Haas 
       
 
/s/ Joseph Hankin* 
 
Chairman of the Board and Trustee 
 
March 15, 2012 
Joseph Hankin 
       
 
/s/ Terry L. Carter* 
 
Trustee 
 
March 15, 2012 
Terry L. Carter 
       
 
/s/ Thomas F. Kice* 
 
Trustee 
 
March 15, 2012 
Thomas F. Kice 
       
 
/s/ George Mileusnic* 
 
Trustee 
 
March 15, 2012 
George Mileusnic 
       
 
/s/ John J. Pileggi* 
 
Trustee 
 
March 15, 2012 
John J. Pileggi 
       
 
/s/ Peter L. Ochs* 
 
Trustee 
 
March 15, 2012 
Peter L. Ochs 
       
 
*By: /s/ Eric Rubin
 
Eric Rubin, Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to Power of Attorney Previously Filed
 
 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
Exhibit
EX-101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase