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09/25/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/25/2025 10:56
Summary Prospectus by Investment Company (Form 497K)
RJ Eagle Vertical Income ETF
SUMMARY PROSPECTUS | 9.12. 2025 (as supplemented 9.19. 2025)
| Ticker RJVI | ||||||
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 ("SAI"), shareholder reports and other information about the fund online at https://funddocs.filepoint.com/RJETFs. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800.421.4184 or by sending an email to [email protected], or by asking any financial intermediary that offers shares of the fund. The fund's Prospectus, dated September 12, 2025, as supplemented September 19, 2025, and SAI, dated September 12, 2025, as each may be supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
Investment objective | The RJ Eagle Vertical Income ETF ("Vertical Income ETF" or the "fund") seeks current income, with long-term capital appreciation as a secondary investment objective.
Fees and expenses of the fund | The table that follows describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Vertical Income ETF. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and examples below.
| Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment): | ||
| Management Fees | 0.50% | |
| Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees (a) | 0.00% | |
| Other Expenses (b) | 0.05% | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 0.55% | |
(a) Pursuant to a Distribution Plan, the fund may bear a Rule 12b-1 fee not to exceed 0.25% per year of the fund's average daily net assets. However, no such fee is currently paid by the fund, and the Board of Trustees has not currently approved the commencement of any payments under the Distribution Plan.
(b) Other Expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year.
Expense example | This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other 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, except that the example reflects the fee waiver/expense reimbursement arrangement through May 1, 2027. Your costs would be the same whether you sold your shares or continued to hold them at the end of the period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
| Year 1 | Year 3 | |||
| $56 | $176 |
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. The fund's portfolio turnover rate for the fund's most recent fiscal year is not provided because the fund had not commenced operations prior to the date of this Prospectus.
Principal investment strategies | The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund. The fund aims to maximize an investor's yield potential by utilizing a capital-structure agnostic approach that provides flexibility to invest in any level of a company's vertical capital structure, including a company's bonds, preferred stock and common stock. The fund primarily invests in investment-grade corporate bonds issued by companies included in the Bloomberg US Corporate Index. However, the fund will opportunistically invest in a company's common stock and preferred securities, rather than its debt securities, if Eagle Asset Management, Inc. (the "Subadviser") determines that the common stock or preferred securities may provide greater risk-adjusted income potential.
The Subadviser begins its portfolio construction with a top-down consideration of the macroeconomic environment. Thereafter, the Subadviser performs a bottom-up analysis of the credit quality of potential investments, including their operating stability and growth prospects, and considers the optimal sector allocation and diversification for the fund. In performing this analysis, the Subadviser utilizes a quantitative screen and a risk management overlay to determine the risk-adjusted relative yield potential of different parts of an issuer's capital structure. The Subadviser generally will invest in the highest yielding securities - bonds, common stocks, preferred securities - in a company's capital structure, consistent with the Subadviser's risk management considerations. The Subadviser believes that, rather than being beholden to a particular asset class or style box, the capital structure-agnostic investment approach may provide the fund with an optimal mix of securities to provide high levels of income.
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RJ Eagle Vertical Income ETF
SUMMARY PROSPECTUS | 9.12. 2025 (as supplemented 9.19. 2025)
Although the Subadviser does not target a specific allocation, the Subadviser expects the fund's portfolio generally to be comprised at least 50% of corporate bonds, with no more than 30% of the portfolio allocated to either common stock or preferred securities. The preferred securities in which the fund may invest may include convertible preferred securities, and the fund may invest corporate bonds and preferred securities with fixed or variable (i.e., floating) interest rates. The fund typically will invest in approximately 50-100 large-capitalization companies, including real estate investment trusts ("REITs"), and to a lesser extent in mid- and small-capitalization companies. The Subadviser considers large-capitalization companies to be companies that, at the time of initial purchase, have capitalizations within the range of the S&P 500 Index (which was approximately $5.84 billion to $3.79 trillion as of December 31, 2024). The fund is not required to sell common stock when market values appreciate or depreciate outside the fund's market capitalization range. The fund invests primarily in investment grade fixed-income securities but may also invest to a more limited extent in below-investment grade fixed-income securities, also known as high yield securities or "junk bonds." If an investment held by the fund is downgraded below investment grade, the fund may either sell or may continue to hold the security. Investment grade securities include securities rated in one of the four highest rating categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, such as BBB- or higher by Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC ("S&P®"). The Subadviser also may purchase corporate bonds and preferred securities in private transactions that qualify under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act"). Additionally, the Subadviser may purchase securities that are not registered under the 1933 Act including Section 4(a)(2) securities and Rule 144A securities, which are subject to restrictions on resale. The Subadviser typically does not emphasize investment in any particular investment sector or industry. The fund's sell discipline leads the team to consider selling a security if: there is a change in interest rate outlook and/or economic environment that requires re-positioning the portfolio; a deterioration in underlying credit conditions or fundamental equity market conditions; or, if the fund identifies another issuer, sector, or security that is relatively more attractive.
The fund may also invest in real estate investment trusts ("REITs"). The fund also may hold some cash, U.S. Treasury securities, money market funds, exchange-traded funds, or other high-quality investments for cash management purposes, and may also hold cash in a money market deposit account at U.S. Bank, N.A., the fund's custodian. The fund may lend its securities to broker-dealers and other financial institutions to earn additional income.
Principal risks | The greatest risk of investing in the fund is that you could lose money. The fund invests primarily in securities whose values may increase and decrease in response to the activities of the companies that issued such securities, general market conditions and/or economic conditions. As a result, the fund's net asset value ("NAV") may also increase and decrease. An investment in the fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Investments in the fund are subject to the following primary risks. The most significant risks of investing in the fund as of the date of this Prospectus are listed first below, followed by the remaining risks in alphabetical order. Each risk summarized below is considered a "principal risk" of investing in the fund, regardless of the order in which it appears. Different risks may be more significant at different times depending on market conditions or other factors.
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Interest rate risk is the risk that the value of investments, such as fixed-income securities or income-oriented equity securities that pay dividends, will move in the opposite direction to movements in interest rates. Generally, the value of investments with interest rate risk will fall when interest rates rise. Factors including central bank monetary policy, rising inflation rates, and changes in general economic conditions may cause interest rates to rise, perhaps significantly and/or rapidly, potentially resulting in substantial losses to a fund. It is difficult to accurately predict the pace at which interest rates might increase or decrease, or the timing, frequency, or magnitude of such changes. The effect of increasing interest rates is more pronounced for any intermediate-or longer-term fixed income obligations owned by the fund. For example, if a bond has a duration of eight years, a 1% increase in interest rates could be expected to result in an 8% decrease in the value of the bond. Interest rates may rise, perhaps significantly and/ or rapidly, potentially resulting in substantial losses to the fund due to, among other factors, a decline in the value of the fund's fixed income securities, reduction in companies' profitability and their ability to pay dividends, heightened volatility in the fixed income markets and the reduced liquidity of certain fixed income investments. Conversely, during periods of very low or negative interest rates, the fund may be unable to maintain positive returns or pay dividends to fund shareholders; |
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Issuer risk is the risk that the value of a security may decline for a reason directly related to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer's goods or services; |
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Market risk is the risk that markets may at times be volatile, and the values of the fund's holdings may decline, sometimes significantly and/or rapidly, because of adverse issuer-specific conditions or general market conditions, including a broad stock market decline, which are not specifically related to a particular issuer. Geopolitical and other events, including war, terrorism, economic uncertainty, trade disputes, pandemics, public health crises, natural disasters and related events have led, and in the future may continue to lead, to instability in world economies and markets generally and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and fixed-income markets, which may disrupt economies and markets and adversely affect the value of your investment. The imposition by the U.S. of tariffs on goods imported from foreign countries and reciprocal tariffs levied on U.S. goods by those countries also may lead to volatility and instability in domestic and foreign markets. Policy changes by the U.S. government and/or Federal Reserve and political events within the U.S. and abroad, such as changes in the U.S. presidential administration and Congress, the U.S. government's inability at times to agree on a long-term budget and deficit reduction plan, the threat or occurrence of a federal government shutdown and threats or the occurrence of a failure to increase the federal government's debt limit, which could result in a default on the government's obligations, may affect investor and consumer confidence and may adversely impact financial markets and the broader economy, perhaps suddenly and to a significant degree. These and other conditions may cause broad changes in market value, the general outlook for corporate earnings, public perceptions concerning these developments or adverse investment sentiment generally. Changes in the financial condition of a single issuer, industry or market segment also can impact the market as a whole. In addition, adverse market events may |
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RJ Eagle Vertical Income ETF
SUMMARY PROSPECTUS | 9.12. 2025 (as supplemented 9.19. 2025)
| lead to increased redemptions, which could cause the fund to experience a loss when selling securities to meet redemption requests by shareholders. Adverse market conditions may be prolonged and may not have the same impact on all types of securities. Conversely, it is also possible that, during a general downturn in the securities markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value simultaneously. Changes in value may be temporary or may last for extended periods. The financial markets generally move in cycles, with periods of rising prices followed by periods of declining prices. The value of your investment may reflect these fluctuations. |
Recent market events risk includes risks arising from current and recent circumstances impacting markets. Both U.S. and international markets have experienced significant volatility in recent months and years. As a result of such volatility, investment returns may fluctuate significantly.
Moreover, the risks discussed herein associated with an investment in the fund may be increased. Both U.S. and international markets have experienced significant volatility in recent years. As a result of such volatility, investment returns may fluctuate significantly. National economies are substantially interconnected, as are global financial markets, which creates the possibility that conditions in one country or region might adversely impact issuers in a different country or region. However, the interconnectedness of economies and/or markets may be changing, which may impact such economies and markets in ways that cannot be foreseen at this time.
Some countries, including the U.S., have adopted more protectionist trade policies, including trade tariffs and other trade barriers, which is a trend that appears to be continuing globally. Slowing global economic growth, the rise in protectionist trade policies, inflationary pressures, changes to some major international trade agreements, risks associated with trade agreements between countries and regions, including the U.S. and other foreign nations, political or economic dysfunction within some countries or regions, including the U.S., and dramatic changes in consumer sentiment and commodity and currency prices could affect the economies and markets of many nations, including the U.S., in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time and may create significant market volatility. In addition, these policies, including the impact on the U.S. dollar, may decrease foreign demand for U.S. assets, which could have a negative impact on certain issuers and/or industries.
Although interest rates were unusually low in recent years in the U.S. and abroad, in 2022, the Federal Reserve and certain foreign central banks began to raise interest rates as part of their efforts to address rising inflation. The Federal Reserve and certain foreign central banks subsequently started to lower interest rates in September 2024, though economic or other factors, such as inflation, could lead to the Federal Reserve stopping or reversing these changes. It is difficult to accurately predict the pace at which interest rates might change, the timing, frequency or magnitude of any such changes in interest rates, or when such changes might stop or again reverse course. Additionally, various economic and political factors could cause the Federal Reserve or another foreign central bank to change their approach in the future and such actions may result in an economic slowdown in the U.S. and abroad. Unexpected changes in interest rates could lead to significant market volatility or reduce liquidity in certain sectors of the market.
Deteriorating economic fundamentals may, in turn, increase the risk of default or insolvency of particular issuers, negatively impact market value, cause credit spreads to widen, and reduce bank balance sheets. Any of these could cause an increase in market volatility, reduce liquidity across various markets or decrease confidence in the markets.
Tensions, war, or open conflict between nations, such as between Russia and Ukraine, in the Middle East or in eastern Asia could affect the economies of many nations, including the United States. The duration of ongoing hostilities in the Middle East and between Russia and Ukraine, and any sanctions and related events cannot be predicted. Those events present material uncertainty and risk with respect to markets globally and the performance of the fund and its investments or operations could be negatively impacted.
Regulators in the U.S. have adopted a number of changes to regulations involving the markets and issuers, some of which apply to the fund. The full effect of various newly-adopted regulations is not currently known. Due to the broad scope of the regulations being adopted, certain of these changes to regulations could limit the fund's ability to pursue its investment strategies or make certain investments, or may make it more costly for the fund to operate, which may impact performance. Additionally, it is possible that recently adopted regulations could be further revised or rescinded, which creates material uncertainty regarding their impact to the fund.
Advancements in technology, including advanced development and increased regulation of artificial intelligence, may adversely impact market movements and liquidity. As artificial intelligence is used more widely, the profitability and growth of certain issuers and industries may be negatively impacted in ways that cannot be foreseen and could adversely impact its performance.
High public debt in the U.S. and other countries creates ongoing systemic and market risks and policymaking uncertainty. There is no assurance that the U.S. Congress will act to raise the nation's debt ceiling; a failure to do so could cause market turmoil and substantial investment risks that cannot now be fully predicted. Unexpected political, regulatory and diplomatic events within the U.S. and abroad may affect investor and consumer confidence and may adversely impact financial markets and the broader economy.
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RJ Eagle Vertical Income ETF
SUMMARY PROSPECTUS | 9.12. 2025 (as supplemented 9.19. 2025)
Global climate change can have potential effects on property and security values. Certain issuers, industries and regions may be adversely affected by the impacts of climate change in ways that cannot be foreseen. The impact of legislation, regulation and international accords related to climate change, including any direct or indirect consequences, may negatively impact certain issuers, industries and regions;
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Asset class risk. Securities and other assets in the fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general financial markets, a particular financial market, or other asset classes; |
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Callable securities risk arises from the fact that the fund may invest in fixed-income securities with call features. A call feature allows the issuer of the security to redeem or call the security prior to its stated maturity date. In periods of falling interest rates, issuers may be more likely to call in securities that are paying higher coupon rates than prevailing interest rates. In the event of a call, the fund would lose the income that would have been earned to maturity on that security, and the proceeds received by the fund may be invested in securities paying lower coupon rates and may not benefit from any increase in value that might otherwise result from declining interest rates; |
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Counterparty risk is the risk that a party or participant to a transaction, such as a broker or a derivative counterparty, will be unwilling or unable to satisfy its obligation to make timely principal, interest or settlement payments or to otherwise honor its obligations to the fund; |
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Credit risk arises if an issuer is unable or unwilling, or is perceived as unable or unwilling, to meet its financial obligations or goes bankrupt; |
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Cybersecurity and technology risk. The fund, its service providers, market makers, listing exchange, Authorized Participants, third-party fund distribution platforms and other market participants increasingly depend on complex information technology and communications systems, which are subject to a number of different threats and risks that could adversely affect the fund and its shareholders. Cybersecurity and other operational and technology issues may result in financial losses to the fund and its shareholders; |
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Equity securities are subject to market risk. In general, the values of stocks and other equity securities fluctuate, sometimes widely, in response to changes in a company's financial condition as well as general market, economic and political conditions and other factors. The fund may invest in the following equity securities, which may expose the fund to the following additional risks: |
Common stocks. The value of a company's common stock may fall as a result of factors affecting the company, companies in the same industry or sector, or the financial markets overall. Common stock generally is subordinate to preferred stock upon the liquidation or bankruptcy of the issuing company;
Convertible securities. Convertible securities are subject to the risk that the credit standing of the issuer may have an effect on the convertible securities' investment value. Convertible securities also are sensitive to movements in interest rates. Generally , a convertible security is subject to the market risks of stocks when the price of the underlying stock is high relative to the conversion price, and is subject to the market risks of debt securities when the underlying stock's price is low relative to the conversion price;
Dividend-paying stocks. Securities of companies that have historically paid a high dividend yield may reduce or discontinue their dividends, reducing the yield of the fund. Low priced securities in the fund may be more susceptible to these risks. Past dividend payments are not a guarantee of future dividend payments. Also, the market return of high dividend yield securities, in certain market conditions, may perform worse than other investment strategies or the overall stock market;
Preferred securities. Preferred securities, including convertible preferred securities, are subject to issuer-specific risks and are sensitive to movements in interest rates. Preferred securities may be less liquid than common stocks and, unlike common stocks, participation in the growth of an issuer may be limit ed. Distributions on preferred securities that are not income-paying preferred securities generally are payable at the discretion of an issuer and after required payments to bond holders. Preferred securities may also be subject to credit risk, which is the risk that an issuer may be unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations;
REITs. Investments in REITs are subject to the risks associated with investing in the real estate industry, such as adverse developments affecting the real estate industry and real property values, and are dependent upon the skills of their managers. REITs may not be diversified geographically or by property or tenant type. REITs typically incur fees that are separate from those incurred by the fund, meaning the fund, as a shareholder, will indirectly bear a proportionate share of a REIT's operating expenses;
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Exchange-traded funds, such as the fund, are subject to the following risks: |
Authorized participants concentration risk. The fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as authorized participants (i.e., large institutions that have entered into agreements with the distributor of the fund's shares and are authorized to transact in Creation Units (described below) with the fund) ("Authorized Participants"). Only an Authorized Participant may transact in Creation Units directly with the fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent they exit the business or are otherwise unable to proceed in creation and redemption transactions with the fund and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to create or redeem shares, then shares of the fund may be more likely to trade at a premium or discount to net asset value ("NAV") and possibly face trading halts or delisting. Authorized Participant concentration risk may be heightened for ETFs that invest in securities or instruments that have lower trading volumes;
Cash transactions risk. Like other ETFs, the fund sells and redeems its shares primarily in large blocks called "Creation Units" and only to Authorized Participants. Unlike many other ETFs, however, the fund expects to effect its creations and redemptions at least partially or fully for cash, rather than in-kind securities. Thus, an investment in the fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in other ETFs as the fund may recognize a capital gain that it could have avoided by making redemptions in-kind. As a result, the fund may pay out higher capital gains distributions than ETFs that redeem in-kind. Further, paying redemption proceeds in cash rather than through in-kind delivery of portfolio securities may require the fund to dispose of or sell portfolio investments to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds at an inopportune time;
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RJ Eagle Vertical Income ETF
SUMMARY PROSPECTUS | 9.12. 2025 (as supplemented 9.19. 2025)
Premium/discount risk. There may be times when the market price of the fund's shares is more than its NAV (at a premium) or less than its NAV (at a discount). As a result, shareholders of the fund may pay more than NAV when purchasing shares and receive less than NAV when selling fund shares. This risk is heightened in times of market volatility or periods of steep market declines. In such market conditions, market or stop loss orders to sell fund shares may be executed at prices well below NAV;
Secondary market trading risk. Investors buying or selling shares in the secondary market will normally pay brokerage commissions, which are often a fixed amount and may be a significant proportional cost for investors buying or selling relatively small amounts of shares. In addition, such investors may incur the cost of the "spread" also known as the bid-ask spread, which is the difference between what investors are willing to pay for fund shares (the "bid" price) and the price at which they are willing to sell fund shares (the "ask" price). The bid-ask spread varies over time based on, among other things, trading volume, market liquidity and market volatility. Due to the fund's active trading strategy, it may be more difficult for market participants making a market in the fund's shares to hedge their exposure to fund shares, which may lead to wider bid-ask spreads. Trading in fund shares may be halted by the Exchange (as defined below) because of market conditions or other reasons. If a trading halt occurs, a shareholder may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell shares of the fund. In addition, although the fund's shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for shares will develop or be maintained or that the fund's shares will continue to be listed;
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High-yield security risk results from investments in below investment grade bonds, which have a greater risk of loss, are susceptible to rising interest rates and have greater volatility, especially when the economy is weak or expected to become weak. Investments in high-yield securities (commonly referred to as "junk bonds") are inherently speculative and carry a greater risk that the issuer will default on the timely payment of principal and interest. These securities may be subject to greater price volatility due to such factors as specific corporate developments, interest rate sensitivity, negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally and less secondary market liquidity. High yield securities carry greater levels of call risk, credit risk and liquidity risk; |
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Inflation risk. Inflation risk is the risk that the value of assets or income from investments will be less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the present value of the fund's assets and distributions may decline; |
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In-Kind Contribution Tax Risk. At the start of operations, the fund may acquire a material amount of assets through one or more in-kind contributions that are intended to qualify as tax-deferred transactions governed by Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code. If one or more of the in-kind contributions were to fail to qualify for tax-deferred treatment, then the fund would not take a carryover tax basis in the applicable contributed assets and would not benefit from a tacked holding period in those assets. This could cause the fund to incorrectly calculate and report to shareholders the amount of gain or loss recognized and/or the character of gain or loss (e.g., as long-term or short-term) on the subsequent disposition of such assets. This also could result in the fund's failure to distribute all of its gains during an applicable year and, in some circumstances, pose a risk that the fund would lose its qualification as a regulated investment company. |
The failure of a contribution to satisfy the requirements of Section 351 would cause the contribution to be treated as a taxable event and the contributing shareholder would recognize an immediate gain or loss on the contributed assets. If such failure is not discovered until a later time, this could also cause the contributing shareholder to incorrectly calculate and report gain or loss on its disposition of its fund shares.
The fund makes no representations as to whether any of such in-kind contributions qualify for Section 351 treatment, or as to any ancillary tax consequences. Investors making in-kind contributions to the fund are urged to consult their own tax advisors;
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Investing in other investment companies, including money market funds and ETFs carries with it the risk that, by investing in another investment company, the fund will be exposed to the risks of the types of investments in which the investment company invests. The fund and its shareholders will indirectly bear the fund's proportionate share of the fees and expenses paid by shareholders of the other investment company, in addition to the fees and expenses fund shareholders directly bear in connection with the fund's own operations. ETF shares may trade at a premium or discount to their net asset value. An ETF that tracks an index may not precisely replicate the returns of its benchmark index; |
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Large cap company risk arises because large-cap companies may be less responsive to competitive challenges and opportunities, and may be unable to attain high growth rates, relative to smaller companies; |
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Large shareholder risk is the risk that certain large shareholders, including the investment adviser, a subadviser or an affiliate of either, other funds or accounts advised by the investment adviser or a subadviser or an affiliate of either, or Authorized Participants, may from time to time own a substantial amount of the fund's shares. In addition, a third party investor, the investment adviser or a subadviser, an Authorized Participant, a lead market maker, or another entity may invest in the fund and hold its investment for a limited time solely to facilitate the commencement of the fund's operations or the fund's achieving a specified size or scale. There is no requirement that these shareholders maintain their investment in the fund, and there can be no assurance that any large shareholder would not redeem its investment, that the size of the fund would be maintained at such levels or that the fund would continue to meet applicable listing requirements. There is a risk that such large shareholders or that the fund's shareholders generally may redeem all or a substantial portion of their investments in the fund in a short period of time, which could have a significant negative impact on the fund's NAV, liquidity, brokerage costs, and expenses. Large redemptions could also result in tax consequences to shareholders and impact the fund's ability to implement its investment strategy, and there is no guarantee that the fund could maintain sufficient assets to continue operations, in which case the fund may be liquidated. To the extent these large shareholders transact in shares on the secondary market, such transactions may account for a large percentage of the trading volume on the listing exchange and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market price of the shares. |
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RJ Eagle Vertical Income ETF
SUMMARY PROSPECTUS | 9.12. 2025 (as supplemented 9.19. 2025)
In addition, the fund may be a constituent of one or more adviser asset allocation models. Being a component of such a model may greatly affect the trading activity of the fund, the size of the fund, and the market volatility of the fund's shares. Inclusion in a model could increase demand for the fund and removal from a model could result in outsized selling activity in a relatively short period of time. As a result, the fund's NAV could be negatively impacted, and the fund's market price may be below the fund's NAV during certain periods. In addition, model rebalances may potentially result in increased trading activity.
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Liquidity risk is the possibility that trading activity in certain securities may, at times, be significantly hampered. The fund could lose money if it cannot sell a security at the time and price that would be most beneficial to the fund. During times of market turmoil, there may be no buyers or sellers for securities in certain asset classes. The fund may be required to dispose of investments at unfavorable times or prices to satisfy obligations, which may result in losses or may be costly to the fund. Market prices for such securities may be volatile. The fund may invest in liquid investments that become illiquid due to financial distress, or geopolitical events such as sanctions, trading halts or wars; |
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Management and strategy risk is the risk that the value of your investment depends on the judgment of the fund's subadviser about the quality, relative yield or value of, or market trends affecting, a particular security, industry, sector, region or market segment, or about the economy or interest rates generally. This judgment may prove to be incorrect or otherwise may not produce the intended results, which may result in losses to the fund. Investment strategies employed by the fund's subadviser in selecting investments for the fund may not result in an increase in the value of your investment or in overall performance equal to other investments; |
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Mid-cap company risk arises because mid-cap companies may have narrower commercial markets, limited managerial and financial resources, more volatile performance, and less liquid stock, compared to larger, more established companies. Stocks of these companies often trade less frequently and in limited volume and their prices may fluctuate more than stocks of large-capitalization companies. As a result, it may be relatively more difficult for the fund to buy and sell securities of mid-capitalization companies; |
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New adviser risk. The adviser and subadviser have each only recently begun serving as an investment adviser to ETFs. As a result, investors do not have a long-term track record of managing an ETF from which to judge the adviser or the subadviser, and the adviser and subadviser may not achieve the intended result in managing the fund; |
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New fund risk is the risk that the current performance of a new fund may not represent how such fund is expected to, or may, perform in the long term if and when it becomes larger and has fully implemented its investment strategies. Investment positions may have a disproportionate impact (negative or positive) on performance in a new fund. New funds may also require a period of time before they are invested in securities that meet their investment objectives and policies and they achieve a representative portfolio composition. Fund performance may be lower or higher during this "ramp up" period and also may be more volatile. As a new ETF, the fund may experience low trading volume and wide bid-ask spreads; |
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Prepayment and extension risk. Prepayment and extension risk is the risk that a bond or other fixed-income security or investment might, in the case of prepayment risk, be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity and, in the case of extension risk, might not be prepaid as expected. Due to a decline in interest rates or excess cash flow into the issuer, a debt security may be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity. If this occurs, no additional interest will be paid on the investment. The fund may have to reinvest the proceeds in another investment at a lower rate, may not benefit from an increase in value that may result from declining interest rate s, and may lose any premium it paid to acquire the security, any of which could result in a reduced yield to the fund. The rate of prepayments tends to increase as interest rates fall, which could cause the average maturity of the portfolio to shorten. Conversely, extension risk is the risk that a decrease in prepayments may, as a result of higher interest rates or other factors, result in the extension of a security's effective maturity, increase the risk of default or delayed payment, heighten interest rate risk and increase the potential for a decline in its price. In addition, as a consequence of a decrease in prepayments, the amount of principal available to the fund for investment would be reduced. Extensions of obligations could cause the fund to exhibit additional volatility and hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of interest, which could hurt the fund's performance; |
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Quantitative strategy risk is the risk that the success of the fund's investment strategy may depend in part on the effectiveness of the subadviser's quantitative tools for screening securities. These strategies may incorporate factors that may not be predictive of a security's value. The subadviser's stock selection can be adversely affected if it relies on insufficient, erroneous or outdated data or flawed models or computer systems. The increased use of artificial intelligence or other evolving or emerging technologies presents significant risks and may exacerbate the aforementioned risks; |
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Restricted securities risk is the risk that securities not registered in the U.S. under the 1933 Act, or in non-U.S. markets pursuant to similar regulations, including "Section 4(a)(2)" securities and "Rule 144A" securities, are restricted as to their resale. Such securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. Before they are registered, such securities may be sold only in a privately negotiated transaction or pursuant to an exemption from registration. As a result of the absence of a public trading market, the prices of these securities may be more difficult to determine than publicly traded securities and these securities may involve heightened risk as compared to investments in securities of publicly traded companies. They also may be more difficult to purchase or sell at an advantageous time or price. The fund may not be able to sell a restricted security when the subadviser considers it desirable to do so and/or may have to sell the security at a lower price than the fund believes is its fair market value. In addition, transaction costs may be higher and the fund may receive only limited information regarding the issuer of a restricted security. The fund may have to bear the expense of registering restricted securities for resale and the risk of substantial delays in effecting the registration; |
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Securities lending risk is the risk that, if the fund lends its portfolio securities and receives collateral in the form of cash that is reinvested in securities, those securities may not perform sufficiently to cover the return collateral payments owed to borrowers. In addition, delays may occur in the recovery of securities from borrowers, which could interfere with the fund's ability to vote proxies or to settle transactions and there may be a loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower fail financially; |
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SUMMARY PROSPECTUS | 9.12. 2025 (as supplemented 9.19. 2025)
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Small-cap company risk arises because small-cap companies involve greater risks than investing in large- capitalization companies. Small-cap companies generally have lower volume of shares traded daily, less liquid stock, a more volatile share price, a limited product or service base, narrower commercial markets and more limited access to capital, compared to larger, more established companies. These factors increase risks and make these companies more likely to fail than companies with larger market capitalizations, and could increase the volatility of a fund's portfolio and performance. Generally, the smaller the company size, the greater these risks; |
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U.S. Treasury obligations risk is the risk that the market value of U.S. Treasury obligations may vary due to fluctuations in interest rates. In addition, changes to the financial condition or credit rating of the U.S. Government may cause the market value of the fund's investments in obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury to decline. Certain political events in the U.S., such as a prolonged government shutdown or potential default on the national debt, may also cause investors to lose confidence in the U.S. Government and may cause the market value of U. S. Treasury obligations to decline; |
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Valuation risk arises because the securities held by the fund may be priced by an independent pricing service and may also be priced using dealer quotes or fair valuation methodologies in accordance with valuation procedures adopted by the fund's Board. The prices provided by the independent pricing service or dealers or the fair valuations may be different from the prices used by other mutual funds or from the prices at which securities are actually bought and sold; and |
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Variable and floating rate securities risk. The market prices of securities with variable and floating interest rates are generally less sensitive to interest rate changes than are the market prices of securities with fixed interest rates. As short-term interest rates decline, the coupons on variable and floating-rate securities typically decrease. Alternatively, during periods of rising short-term interest rates, the coupons on variable and floating-rate securities typically increase. Changes in the coupons of variable and floating-rate securities may lag behind changes in market rates or may have limits on the maximum increases in the coupon rates. The value of variable and floating-rate securities may decline if their coupons do not rise as much, or as quickly, as interest rates in general. Conversely, variable and floating rate securities will not generally increase in value if interest rates decline. Certain types of variable and floating rate instruments may be subject to greater liquidity risk than other debt securities. |
Performance | Performance information for the fund is not provided because the fund had not commenced operations prior to the date of this Prospectus. Performance information will be available in the prospectus after the fund has been in operation for one full calendar year. When available, performance for the fund can be accessed on the fund's website at rjetfs.com. The fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the fund will perform in the future.
Investment Adviser | Carillon Tower Advisers, Inc. is the fund's investment adviser.
Subadviser | Eagle Asset Management, Inc. ("Eagle") serves as the subadviser to the fund.
Portfolio Managers | James Camp, CFA®, Brad Erwin, CFA®, and John Lagowski, CFA®, of Eagle, have served as Portfolio Managers of the fund since its inception in September 2025, and are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund.
Purchase and sale of fund shares | The fund is an exchange-traded fund. Individual fund shares may only be purchased and sold on a national securities exchange through a broker-dealer and may not be purchased or redeemed directly with the fund. Shares of the fund are listed for trading on NYSE Arca, Inc. ("Exchange"). Shares may be purchased and redeemed from the fund only in Creation Units of 50,000 shares, or multiples thereof. As a practical matter, only institutions and large investors, such as market makers or other large broker-dealers, purchase or redeem Creation Units. Most investors will buy and sell shares of the fund on the Exchange. Individual shares can be bought and sold throughout the trading day like other publicly traded securities through a broker-dealer on the Exchange. These transactions do not involve the fund. The price of an individual fund share is based on market prices, which may be different from its NAV. As a result, the fund's shares may trade at a price greater than the NAV (at a premium) or less than the NAV (at a discount). An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the fund ("bid") and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the fund ("ask") when buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the "bid-ask spread"). Most investors will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges when buying or selling shares of the fund through a broker-dealer.
Recent information regarding the fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, are available on the fund's website at rjetfs.com.
Tax information | The dividends you receive from the fund will be taxed as ordinary income or net capital gain (i.e., the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA, in which case you may be subject to federal income tax on withdrawals from the arrangement.
Payments to broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries | If you purchase shares of 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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