AQR Core Equity Fund
Fund Summary – January 29, 2014
Ticker: Class L/QCELX – Class N/QCENX
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 and other information about the Fund, including the statement of additional information and most recent shareholder report, online at www.aqrfunds.com/FundDocumentsDownloads . You can also get this information at no cost by calling (866) 290-2688 or by sending an email to info@aqrfunds.com. The Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, each dated January 29, 2014, as amended and supplemented from time to time, and the Fund’s most recent shareholder report, dated September 30, 2013, are all incorporated by reference to this summary prospectus.
Investment Objective
The AQR Core Equity Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term capital appreciation.
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.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
    
  Class L   Class N
Management Fee 0.30%   0.30%
Distribution (12b-1) Fee None   0.25%
Other Expenses 1.50%   3.75%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.04%   0.04%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.84%   4.34%
Less: Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements 1 1.26%   3.51%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements 0.58%   0.83%

1 The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its management fee and/or to reimburse expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to maintain the total annual fund operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, dividends on short sales, borrowing costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense relating to short sales and extraordinary expenses) at no more than 0.54% for Class L Shares and 0.79% for Class N Shares (the “Fee Waiver Agreement”). This arrangement will continue at least through April 30, 2015. The Fee Waiver Agreement may only be terminated with the consent of the Board of Trustees , including a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act . Under the Fee Waiver Agreement, the Adviser is entitled to recapture the fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed, only to the extent that the recapture can be made during the thirty-six months following the applicable period during which the Adviser waived fees or reimbursed expenses. In no case will the Adviser recapture any amount that would cause the aggregate operating expenses of the Fund attributable to a share class during a year in which a repayment is made to exceed the applicable limits described above during such year.
Example: This Example is intended to help you compare the cost 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 and takes into account the effect of the Fee Waiver Agreement through April 30, 2015, as discussed in Footnote No. 1 to the Fee Table. 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
Class L Shares $59 $423 $ 846 $2,027
Class N Shares $85 $908 $1,838 $4,218



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 may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when 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 period of March 26, 2013 through September 30, 2013, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 233% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (including borrowings for investment purposes) in equity or equity-related securities (including, but not limited to, exchange-traded funds, equity index futures, equity index swaps and depositary receipts).
In managing the Fund, the Adviser seeks to invest in attractively valued companies with positive momentum and a stable business. Companies are considered to be good value investments if they appear cheap based on multiple fundamental measures, including price-to-book and price-to-earnings ratios relative to other securities in its relevant universe at the time of purchase. In assessing positive momentum , the Adviser favors securities with strong medium-term performance relative to other securities in its relevant universe at the time of purchase. Further, the Adviser favors stable companies in good business health, including those with strong profitability and stable earnings. The Adviser may add to or modify the economic factors employed in selecting securities. There is no guarantee that the Fund’s objective will be met.
The Fund generally invests in large- and mid-cap U.S. companies and the Adviser generally considers large- and mid-cap U.S. companies to be those companies with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000 ® Index at the time of purchase.
The Adviser determines the weight of each security in the portfolio using a combination of the float-adjusted market capitalization of the security and the Adviser’s assessment of attractiveness of the security based on each factor described above. Float adjusted market capitalization is a method of calculating the market capitalization of a security under which only the shares of the security that are readily available for purchase on open markets (as opposed to the total shares of the security outstanding) are included in the calculation of the security’s market capitalization. As a result, securities with less float ( i.e. , less liquidity) are underweighted comparative to securities with greater float ( i.e. , greater liquidity). The Adviser utilizes portfolio optimization techniques to determine the frequency of trading, taking into account the transaction costs associated with trading each equity instrument.
The Fund invests primarily in common stocks. The Fund may also invest in or use financial futures contracts and other types of equity-linked derivative instruments such as equity swaps and equity index swaps, as well as exchange-traded funds and similar pooled investment vehicles, for hedging purposes, to gain exposure to the equity market and to maintain liquidity to pay for redemptions. A portion of the Fund’s assets may be held in cash or cash-equivalent investments, including, but not limited to short-term investment funds.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
Risk is inherent in all investing. The value of your investment in the Fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly from day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the Fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The Fund is not a complete investment program and should be considered only as one part of an investment portfolio. The Fund is more appropriate for long-term investors who can bear the risk of short-term NAV fluctuations, which at times, may be significant and rapid. The following is a summary description of certain risks of investing in the Fund.
Common Stock Risk: Common stocks are subject to greater fluctuations in market value than certain other asset classes as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic conditions.
Counterparty Risk: The Fund may enter into various types of derivative contracts.  These derivative contracts may be privately negotiated in the over-the-counter market.  These contracts also involve exposure to credit risk, since contract performance depends in part on the financial condition of the counterparty. If a privately negotiated over-the-counter contract calls for payments by the Fund, the Fund must be prepared to make such payments when due. In addition, if a counterparty’s creditworthiness declines, the Fund may not receive payments owed under the contract, or such payments may be delayed under such circumstances and the value of agreements with such counterparty can be expected to decline, potentially resulting in losses by the Fund.
Derivatives Risk: In general, a derivative contract typically involves leverage, i.e. , it provides exposure to potential gain or loss from a change in the level of the market price of the underlying security, currency or commodity (or a basket or index) in a notional amount that exceeds the amount of cash or assets required to establish or maintain the derivative contract. Adverse changes in the value or level of the underlying asset or index can result in a loss to the Fund substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative itself. The use of derivative instruments also exposes the Fund to additional risks and transaction costs. These instruments come in many varieties and have a wide range of potential risks and rewards, and may include futures contracts and swaps. A risk of the Fund’s use of derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values may not correlate perfectly with the overall securities markets.
High Portfolio Turnover Risk: To the extent that the Fund makes invesments on a shorter-term basis, the Fund may as a result trade more frequently and incur higher levels of brokerage fees and commissions, and may cause higher levels of current tax liability to shareholders in the Fund.
Investment in Other Investment Companies Risk: As with other investments, investments in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), are subject to market and selection risk. In addition, if the Fund acquires shares of investment companies, shareholders bear both their proportionate share of expenses in the Fund (including management and advisory fees) and,

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indirectly, the expenses of the investment companies. The Fund may invest in money market mutual funds . An investment in a money market mutual fund is not insured or guaranteed by a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although such funds seek to preserve the value of the Fund’s investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in a money market mutual fund .
Manager Risk: If the Fund’s portfolio managers make poor investment decisions, it will negatively affect the Fund’s investment performance.
Market Risk: Market risk is the risk that the markets on which the Fund’s investments trade will increase or decrease in value. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, your investment in the Fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests.
Mid Cap Securities Risk: The prices of securities of mid cap companies generally are more volatile than those of large capitalization companies and are more likely to be adversely affected than large cap companies by changes in earnings results and investor expectations or poor economic or market conditions, including those experienced during a recession.
Model and Data Risk: Given the complexity of the investments and strategies of the Fund, the Adviser relies heavily on quantitative models (both proprietary models developed by the Adviser , and those supplied by third parties) and information and data supplied by third parties (“Models and Data”). Models and Data are used to construct sets of transactions and investments, to provide risk management insights, and to assist in hedging the Fund’s investments.
When Models and Data prove to be incorrect or incomplete, any decisions made in reliance thereon expose the Fund to potential risks. Similarly, any hedging based on faulty Models and Data may prove to be unsuccessful. Some of the models used by the Adviser for the Fund are predictive in nature. The use of predictive models has inherent risks. Because predictive models are usually constructed based on historical data supplied by third parties, the success of relying on such models may depend heavily on the accuracy and reliability of the supplied historical data.
All models rely on correct market data inputs. If incorrect market data is entered into even a well-founded model, the resulting information will be incorrect. However, even if market data is input correctly, “model prices” will often differ substantially from market prices, especially for instruments with complex characteristics, such as derivative instruments.
Momentum Style Risk: Investing in or having exposure to securities with positive momentum entails investing in securities that have had above-average recent returns. These securities may be more volatile than a broad cross-section of securities. In addition, there may be periods when the momentum style is out of favor, and during which the investment performance of a Fund using a momentum strategy may suffer.
New Fund Risk: The Fund is newly-formed. Accordingly, investors in a Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy, and may not employ a successful investment strategy, any of which could result in the Fund being liquidated at any time without shareholder approval and at a time that may not be favorable for all shareholders. Such a liquidation could have negative tax consequences for shareholders.
Value Style Risk: Investing in or having exposure to “value” stocks presents the risk that the stocks may never reach what the Adviser believes are their full market values, either because the market fails to recognize what the Adviser considers to be the companies’ true business values or because the Adviser misjudged those values. In addition, value stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform growth stocks during given periods.
Performance Information
Performance history will be available for the Fund after it has been in operation for a full calendar year. Updated information on the Fund’s performance, including its current NAV per share, can be obtained by visiting http://www.aqrfunds.com.
Investment Manager
The Fund’s investment manager is AQR Capital Management, LLC.
Portfolio Managers
    
Name Portfolio Manager
of the Fund Since
Title
Clifford S. Asness, Ph.D., M.B.A. March 26, 2013 Managing and Founding Principal of the Adviser
Jacques A. Friedman, M.S. March 26, 2013 Principal of the Adviser
Ronen Israel, M.A. March 26, 2013 Principal of the Adviser
Andrea Frazzini, Ph.D., M.S. March 26, 2013 Vice President of the Adviser


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Important Additional Information
PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
You may purchase or redeem Class L Shares and Class N Shares of the Fund each day the NYSE is open. To purchase or redeem shares you should contact your financial intermediary, or, if you hold your shares through the Fund, you should contact the Fund by phone at (866) 290-2688, by mail (c/o AQR Funds, P.O. Box 2248, Denver, CO 80201-2248), or by the Internet at http://www.aqrfunds.com. The Fund’s initial and subsequent investment minimums for Class L Shares and Class N Shares generally are as follows.
    
  Class L Shares Class N Shares
Minimum Initial Investment $5,000,000 $1,000,000
Minimum Subsequent Investment None None

TAX INFORMATION
The Fund’s dividends and distributions may be subject to federal income taxes and may be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are a tax-exempt investor or are investing through a retirement plan, in which case you may be subject to federal income tax upon withdrawal from such tax deferred arrangements.
PAYMENTS TO BROKER/DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Fund and the Adviser , or its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and other services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary and your individual financial professional to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your individual financial professional or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

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