03/04/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/04/2026 12:30
| PAYDEN EQUITY INCOME FUND | Summary Prospectus | |
| SI Class PYVSX | February 28, 2026 | |
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 online at www.payden.com/prospectus. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800-572-9336, or by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. The Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated February 28, 2026, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus.
The Fund seeks growth of capital and some current income.
| FEES AND EXPENSES: |
The following table shows the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
None | |||
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
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Management Fee |
0.50 | % | ||
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Other Expenses |
0.26 | % | ||
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.76 | % | ||
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Fee Waiver or Expense Reimbursement 1 |
0.11 | % | ||
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver or Expense Reimbursement |
0.65 | % | ||
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Payden & Rygel ("Payden" or the "Adviser") has contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee or reimburse Fund expenses to the extent that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver or Expense Reimbursement (excluding Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, interest, taxes, and extraordinary expenses) exceed 0.65%. This agreement has a one-year term ending February 28, 2027; it may be renewed and may be amended by approval of a majority of the Fund's Board of Trustees. The Fund remains liable to Payden for expenses subsidized in any fiscal year up to a maximum of three years from the date of the specific waiver. |
Example of Fund Expenses: 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 (taking into account the contractual fee waiver or expense reimbursement for the first year, and the guaranteed fee waiver or expense reimbursement for the remaining periods). Although your actual expenses may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your expenses would be:
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1 Year |
3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||
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$66 |
$ | 232 | $ | 412 | $ | 932 | ||||||
Portfolio Turnover. The Fund incurs transaction costs 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 112% of the average value of its long-term holdings.
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| PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES: |
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The Fund invests primarily in large-capitalization value stocks, defined as companies with sustainable cash flows and the ability to pay and grow dividends over time. The Fund may also invest in other income-producing equity securities, including preferred stocks, real estate investment trusts, and master limited partnerships. Payden employs a disciplined investment process that combines fundamental analysis and quantitative techniques to construct a portfolio of high-quality companies with durable cash flows. The strategy seeks to generate attractive current income and long-term capital appreciation while exhibiting lower volatility than the broader equity market over a long-term investment horizon. The Fund's benchmark is the Russell 1000 Value Index, which is used for performance comparison purposes. The Fund invests in only a portion of the securities included in the benchmark and may also invest in income-producing equity securities that are not represented in the benchmark. Consistent with its investment goals of seeking to generate attractive current income and long-term capital appreciation while exhibiting lower volatility than the broad equity market, the Fund may maintain portfolio characteristics that differ from those of the benchmark. As a result, the Fund's performance may differ from that of the benchmark from time to time. |
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The Fund invests principally in U.S. securities but may invest up to 30% of its total assets in foreign securities, including securities of companies organized or headquartered in emerging markets. The Fund may invest in foreign securities directly or through American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") traded on U.S. exchanges. |
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The Fund may invest in derivatives, including futures, forwards, swaps, and options. The Fund may use derivatives for hedging purposes, including to manage currency exposure, or to gain exposure to certain markets or market sectors consistent with the Fund's investment strategies. The Fund may take long or short positions in currencies, including for hedging non-U.S. dollar-denominated securities. |
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To obtain exposure to various markets consistent with its investment strategies, the Fund may invest in exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") and other investment companies, including open-end and closed-end investment companies. |
| PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS: |
Depending on the circumstances, there is always the risk that you could lose all or a portion of your investment in the Fund. The following risks could also affect the value of your investment in the Fund.
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Equity Securities. Investing in equity securities poses certain risks, including a sudden decline in a holding's share price, or an overall decline in the stock market. The value of the Fund's investment in any such securities will fluctuate on a day-to-day basis with movements in the stock market, as well as in response to the activities of individual companies whose equity securities the Fund owns. Moreover, purchasing stocks perceived to be undervalued brings additional risks. For example, the issuing company's condition may worsen instead of improve, or the pace and extent of any improvement may be less than expected. |
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Fund versus Index Fund. The Fund is not an index fund, as indicated above, and is managed in ways that diverge from the benchmark. Thus, changes in the Fund's net asset value per share will not track changes in the general stock market or the Fund's benchmark. |
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Foreign Investments. Investing in foreign securities poses additional risks. The performance of foreign securities can be adversely affected by the different political, regulatory and economic environments in countries where the Fund invests, and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates may also adversely affect the value of foreign securities. The value of the Fund's investments may decline because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as adverse geopolitical developments (such as trade and tariff arrangements, sanctions, and cybersecurity attacks), unfavorable or unsuccessful government actions, reduction of government or central bank support and political or financial instability. Lack of information may also affect the value, volatility and liquidity of these securities. |
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Emerging Markets. The risks of foreign investing are heightened for securities of issuers in emerging market countries. Emerging market countries tend to have economic structures that are less diverse and mature, and political systems that are less stable, than those of developed countries. In addition to all of the risks of investing in foreign developed markets, emerging markets are more susceptible to governmental interference, local taxes being imposed on foreign investments, restrictions on gaining access to sales proceeds, and less liquid and efficient trading markets. |
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Derivatives. The use of derivatives can lead to losses due to: (1) adverse movements in the price or value of the asset, index, rate or instrument underlying a derivative; (2) failure of a counterparty; or (3) tax or regulatory constraints. Derivatives may create economic leverage in the Fund, which magnifies the Fund's sensitivity to market events and to the underlying instrument. Derivatives risk may |
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| be more significant when derivatives are used to enhance return or as a substitute for a cash investment position, rather than solely to hedge the risk of a position held by the Fund. When derivatives are used to gain or limit exposure to a particular market or market segment, their performance may not correlate as expected to the performance of such market thereby causing the Fund to fail to achieve its original purpose for using such derivatives. A decision as to whether, when and how to use derivatives involves the exercise of specialized skill and judgment, and a transaction may be unsuccessful in whole or in part because of market behavior or unexpected events. Derivative instruments may be difficult to value, may be illiquid, and may be subject to wide swings in valuation caused by changes in the value of the underlying instrument. If derivative's counterparty is unable to honor its commitments, the value of Fund shares may decline and the Fund could experience delays in the return of collateral or other assets held by the counterparty. The loss on derivative transactions may substantially exceed the initial investment. |
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Investment Company and Exchange-Traded Fund Risk. Investing in an investment company or ETF presents the risk that the investment company or ETF in which the Fund invests will not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategies effectively or that significant purchase or redemption activity by shareholders of such an investment company might negatively affect the value of the investment company's shares. |
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Market Events Risk. The value of the Fund's securities may increase or decrease, rapidly or unpredictably. Some factors that may affect securities markets include changes in general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, geopolitical developments (such as trade and tariff arrangements, sanctions, and cybersecurity attacks), governmental actions or intervention, threat of a U.S. government shutdown, a downgrade of the ratings of U.S. government debt obligations, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by trade disputes, labor strikes, political and social unrest, or other factors, recessions, armed conflict, investor sentiment, and the global and domestic effects of natural disasters and pandemics. Recently, there have been inflationary price movements, which have caused the fixed income securities markets to experience heightened levels of interest rate volatility and liquidity risk. In response to high inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve increased interest rates in an attempt to slow economic growth, and it may continue to raise interest rates in the future. This and other changes in monetary and fiscal policy may not work as intended, particularly if the efforts are perceived by investors as being unlikely to achieve the desired results. Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Economic, financial or political events, trading and tariff arrangements, labor disputes, public health events, terrorism, natural disasters, war, and other circumstances in one country or region could have profound impacts on global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the Fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the Fund's investments may be negatively affected. |
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Redemption Risk. The Fund may experience heavy redemptions that could cause the Fund to liquidate its assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value, particularly during periods of declining or illiquid markets. Redemption risk is greater to the extent that the Fund has investors with large shareholdings, short investment horizons, or unpredictable cash flow needs. In addition, redemption risk is heightened during periods of overall market turmoil. The redemption by one or more large shareholders of their holdings in the Fund could adversely affect the Fund's performance. If the Fund is forced to liquidate its assets under unfavorable conditions or at inopportune times, the value of the Fund's shares may decline. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments result in gains, and may also increase transaction costs. |
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Management Risk. The investment techniques and analysis used by the Fund's portfolio managers may not produce the desired results. |
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Cybersecurity Risk. Cybersecurity incidents, both intentional and unintentional, may allow an unauthorized party to gain access to Fund assets, Fund or customer data, including private shareholder information, or proprietary information, cause the Fund, the Fund's portfolio managers and/or their service providers, including, but not limited to, Fund accountants, custodians, transfer agents and financial intermediaries, to suffer data breaches, data corruption or loss of operational functionality or prevent fund investors from purchasing, redeeming or exchanging shares or receiving distributions. The rapid development and increasingly widespread use of artificial intelligence, including machine learning technology and generative artificial intelligence, could exacerbate these risks. The Fund and the Fund's portfolio managers have limited ability to prevent or mitigate cybersecurity incidents affecting third party service providers. Cybersecurity incidents may result in financial losses to the Fund and its shareholders, and substantial costs may be incurred in order to prevent any future cybersecurity incidents. |
Please note that there are other factors that could adversely affect your investment and that could prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. More information about risks appears in the Statement of Additional Information. Before investing, you should carefully consider the risks that you will assume.
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| PAST FUND PERFORMANCE: |
The information in the bar chart and table below provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year for the periods indicated and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns over time compare with those of a broad-based securities market index, the Russell 3000 Index, as well as an additional market index with characteristics that are similar to those of the Fund, the Russell 1000 Value Index.
After-tax returns for the Fund are calculated using the highest individual Federal marginal income tax rates for each year 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. They also may not be relevant to investors who hold Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. The Returns "After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares" may be higher than the other return figures because they include the effect of a tax benefit an investor may receive from the capital losses that may have been incurred by an investor in connection with the sale of Fund shares.
Updated performance information for the Fund may be found on the Fund's internet site at payden.com. Past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results.
Year by Year Total Returns
During the ten-year period, the Fund's best quarter was 1stQ 2019 (13.02%), and the worst quarter was 1stQ 2020 (-21.46%).
| Average Annual Returns Through 12/31/25 | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||
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Payden Equity Income Fund |
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Before Taxes |
11.57 | % | 9.46 | % | 9.71 | % | ||||||
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After Taxes on Distributions |
9.93 | % | 6.47 | % | 7.66 | % | ||||||
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After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
8.01 | % | 6.47 | % | 7.38 | % | ||||||
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Russell 3000 Index |
17.13 | % | 13.12 | % | 14.26 | % | ||||||
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Russell 1000 Value Index |
15.88 | % | 11.29 | % | 10.50 | % | ||||||
(The returns for the indices are before any deduction for taxes, fees or expenses.)
| MANAGEMENT: |
Investment Adviser. Payden & Rygel is the Fund's investment adviser.
Portfolio Manager. The following investment professionals, who have been employed by Payden & Rygel for the time indicated, are portfolio managers for the Fund, and they, together with a broader investment management team, manage the Fund: Alfred Giles III, Managing Director (13 years), Micheal Huynh, Senior Vice President (21 years), Natalie Trevithick, Managing Director (14 years), and James Wong, Managing Director (31 years).
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| PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES: |
The minimum initial and additional investment amounts for the SI Class of each type of account are shown below, although the Fund or the Fund's distributor may in their discretion lower or waive these amounts for certain categories of investors.
| ACCOUNT TYPE |
INITIAL INVESTMENT |
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT |
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Regular |
$ | 10,000,000 | $ | 250 | ||||
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Tax-Sheltered |
$ | 10,000,000 | $ | 250 | ||||
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Electronic Investment |
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Set schedule |
$ | 10,000,000 | $ | 250 | ||||
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No set schedule |
$ | 10,000,000 | $ | 250 | ||||
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Automatic Exchange |
NA | $ | 250 | |||||
You may redeem shares of any of the Funds by contacting the Funds in writing, at Payden Funds, P.O. Box 534496, Pittsburgh, PA 15253-4496, by calling 1-800-572-9336, via the Funds' internet site at payden.com, or through a financial intermediary. Purchases and redemptions by telephone are only permitted if you previously established these options on your account.
| TAX INFORMATION: |
The Funds' distributions are taxable, and will be 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, in which case your distributions generally will be taxed when withdrawn from the tax-deferred arrangement.
| PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES: |
If you purchase a 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 internet site for more information.
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