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BRANDES SEPARATELY MANAGED ACCOUNT RESERVE TRUST
 
Summary Prospectus

Ticker Symbol: SMARX
                                                                    January 31, 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, Statement of Additional Information and other information about the Fund online at http://www.brandesinstitutionalfunds.com/smarx/downloads.html.  You may also obtain this information at no cost by calling (800) 395-3807.  The Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated January 31, 2013, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

Investment Objective
The Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust (the “Fund”) seeks to maximize long-term total return.

 
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

 
Shareholder Fees ( fees paid directly from your investment )
 
None
     
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(fees paid from Fund assets)
   
Management Fees (1)(3)
 
0.55%
Other Expenses (2)(3)
 
0.32%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (3)
 
0.87%
Less Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (3)
 
-0.87%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
 
0.00%
 
(1)
The Fund does not pay any management fees, advisory fees or expenses to the Advisor or affiliates of the Advisor.  The amount under “Management fees” reflects the estimated amount of fees that would be attributable to advisory services if the Advisor charged the Fund for its services.
 
(2)
The Fund does not pay any other ordinary expenses.  The amount under “Other expenses” reflects the estimated amount of operating expenses of the Fund which would be paid if the fees were not paid by the Advisor.
 
(3)
Investors in the Fund must be clients of “wrap account” programs sponsored by broker-dealers which have an agreement with the Advisor, or certain other persons or entities.  The Advisor has agreed to pay or reimburse all expenses of the Fund other than extraordinary expenses.  See “Shareholder Information.”
 
Example
This Example illustrates the amount of expenses you could incur if the Advisor charged the Fund for its services.  This Example is intended to help you compare the costs 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 that 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:

1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$89
$278
$482
$1,073
 
 
 
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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 when 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 the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 27.44% of the average value of its portfolio.

 
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of debt securities. These include debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government and foreign governments and their agencies and instrumentalities, debt securities issued by U.S. and foreign companies, collateralized mortgage obligations, and U.S. and foreign mortgage-backed and asset-backed debt securities.  The Fund may invest up to 60% of its total assets in non-U.S. dollar securities, and may engage in currency hedging.  Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., the investment advisor to the Fund (the “Advisor”), generally uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select debt securities for the Fund’s investment portfolio.  As part of this process, the Advisor reviews such measures as the issuer’s free cash flow, debt-to-equity ratio, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”)-to-interest ratio, debt-to-EBITDA ratio, or other measures of credit worthiness in evaluating the securities of a particular issuer.

The Fund may invest in debt instruments of any maturity or with no maturity and it may invest in both investment-grade securities and non-investment grade securities (also known as “high-yield bonds” or “junk bonds”).  (Up to 60% of the Fund’s total debt securities may be in junk bonds.)  The Fund invests in debt securities that can be purchased at prices or yield premiums over U.S. Treasury securities (or other relatively risk free securities) which the Advisor believes to be attractive based on the Advisor’s assessment of each security’s intrinsic value.  The Advisor will typically sell a security from the Fund’s portfolio when the Advisor’s research process identifies a significantly better investment opportunity.  The Advisor may also sell certain portfolio securities from time to time in order to adjust the average maturity, duration or yield of the Fund’s portfolio or to meet requirements for redemption of Fund shares.

Principal Investment Risks
Because the values of the Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, so will the value of your investment in the Fund.  You could lose money on your investment in the Fund, or the Fund could underperform other investments.  Principal risks of the Fund are as follows:

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Credit Risk – Fixed income securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in credit ratings.  The value of an issuer’s securities held by the Fund may decline in response to adverse developments with respect to the issuer.

·  
Currency Risks – Because the Fund invests in securities denominated in foreign currencies, the U.S. dollar values of its investments fluctuate as a result of changes in foreign exchange rates.  Such changes will also affect the Fund’s income.

·  
Interest Rate Risk – As with most fixed income funds, the income on and value of your shares in the Fund will fluctuate along with interest rates.  When interest rates rise, the market prices of the debt securities the Fund owns usually decline.  When interest rates fall, the prices of these securities usually increase.

·  
Foreign and Emerging Markets Securities Risk – Investing in foreign securities poses additional risks.  The performance of foreign securities can be adversely affected by the different political, regulatory and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the issuers of these securities are located.  Emerging markets countries involve greater risk and volatility than more developed markets.  Some emerging markets countries may have fixed or managed currencies that are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar.  Certain of these currencies may experience substantial fluctuations or steady devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar.

·  
Liquidity Risk – Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell.  The Fund’s investments in illiquid securities may reduce the return of the Fund because it may be unable to sell such illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price.  Illiquid securities may also be difficult to value.
 
 
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Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk – Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates.  When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest that money at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

·  
Non-Investment Grade (Junk Bond) Securities Risk – Below investment grade debt securities (commonly known as “high yield bonds” or “junk bonds”) are speculative and involve a greater risk of default and price change due to changes in the issuer’s creditworthiness.  The market prices of these debt securities may fluctuate more than the market prices of investment grade debt securities and may decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty.

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Portfolio Turnover Risk – The Fund is actively managed, which means that the Advisor may frequently buy and sell securities.  Frequent trading increases a Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and may increase transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions and taxes.  Increased transaction costs could detract from the Fund’s performance.

Performance
The following information shows you how the Fund has performed and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how its performance has varied from year to year.  The bar chart shows changes in the yearly performance of the Fund since its inception.  The table below compares the Fund’s total return over time to broad-based indices.  The chart and table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Of course, past performance, before and after taxes, does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.  Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.brandesinstitutionalfunds.com.

Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust
Year-by-Year Total Returns as of December 31, 2012
PERFORMANCE BAR CHART
Best Quarter
Q2
2009
20.91%
Worst Quarter
Q3
2008
-16.44%

 
 
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Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust
Average Annual Total Returns
For periods ending December 31, 2012

Separately Managed Account Reserve Trust
1 Year
5 Years
Since Inception
(October 3, 2005)
Return Before Taxes
14.88%
7.27%
6.54%
Return After Taxes on Distributions
12.55%
4.43%
3.73%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
9.59%
4.42%
3.84%
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
4.21%
5.95%
5.78%
Barclays Capital U.S. Intermediate Credit Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
8.10%
6.71%
6.10%
 
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, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Management
Investment Advisor . Brandes Investment Partners, L.P.

Portfolio Managers
Position with Advisor
Managed the
Fund Since:
Charles S. Gramling, CFA
Director of Fixed Income and
Fixed Income Investment Committee Member
2007
David J. Gilson, CFA
Associate Portfolio Manager/Analyst and
Fixed Income Investment Committee Member
2007
Timothy M. Doyle, CFA
Fixed Income Associate Portfolio Manager/Analyst
Fixed Income Investment Committee Member
2012

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
In most cases, purchase and redemption orders are effected based on instructions from the wrap program advisor (in its capacity as investment advisor or sub-advisor to the applicable wrap account) to the broker-dealer who executes trades for the account.  The sponsor or broker-dealer acting on behalf of an eligible client must submit a purchase or redemption order to the Transfer Agent, by telephone at (800) 395-3807, either directly or through an appropriate clearing agency.  The Fund has no maximum or minimum initial investment requirements.

Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions are taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.  Distributions on investments made through tax deferred vehicles, such as 401(k) plans or IRAs, may be taxed later upon withdrawal of assets from those accounts.

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 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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