Investment objective & strategy
As of May 1, 2025 · prospectusObjective. The sections of the Summary Prospectus titled "Investment Objective" and of the Prospectus titled "Fund SummaryInvestment Objective" will be deleted in their entirety and replaced with the following: The Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio (the "Fund") seeks total return through capital appreciation and current income.
Strategy. The sections of the Summary Prospectus titled "Principal Investment Strategies" and of the Prospectus titled "Fund SummaryPrincipal Investment Strategies" will be deleted in their entirety and replaced with the following: The Fund's Adviser seeks to achieve the Fund's investment objective by investing in inflation-sensitive securities, such as inflation-sensitive global equities (such as energy and materials), commodities (such as gold and other precious metals and industrial metals) and inflation-linked bonds (collectively, "Core Real Assets"). The Adviser may also opportunistically allocate assets to infrastructure, real estate, and other real asset equities with inflation-hedging characteristics. The Fund may opportunistically take directional and nondirectional (or hedged) positions across multiple asset classes globally with attractive real return potential. To implement this approach, the Adviser may … The sections of the Summary Prospectus titled "Principal Investment Strategies" and of the Prospectus titled "Fund SummaryPrincipal Investment Strategies" will be deleted in their entirety and replaced with the following: The Fund's Adviser seeks to achieve the Fund's investment objective by investing in inflation-sensitive securities, such as inflation-sensitive global equities (such as energy and materials), commodities (such as gold and other precious metals and industrial metals) and inflation-linked bonds (collectively, "Core Real Assets"). The Adviser may also opportunistically allocate assets to infrastructure, real estate, and other real asset equities with inflation-hedging characteristics. The Fund may opportunistically take directional and nondirectional (or hedged) positions across multiple asset classes globally with attractive real return potential. To implement this approach, the Adviser may take positions in a range of securities, other instruments and asset classes. The Adviser may implement these positions either directly by purchasing securities or through the use of derivatives. The Adviser will actively manage the Fund by: (1) periodically adjusting allocations to Core Real Assets; (2) varying weights of subcategories within Core Real Assets and (3) opportunistically adding directional and non-directional positions with inflation-hedging and/or real return characteristics. In selecting investments for the Fund, the Adviser uses a top-down macro-driven discretionary fundamental approach. Investment decisions will be based on an assessment of factors including macroeconomic and structural trends (e.g. economic growth, interest rates, political cycles and inflation), with a particular focus on inflation, asset valuations and investor sentiment/positioning. The Fund may invest in real estate investment trusts and similar entities established outside the United States. In addition, the Fund may invest in fixed-income securities issued or guaranteed by foreign governments or supranational organizations or any of their instrumentalities, including debt obligations of governmental issuers located in emerging markets or developing countries and sovereign debt, as well as fixed-income securities that are rated below "investment grade" or are not rated (commonly referred to as "junk bonds" or "high yield/high risk securities") but are determined by the Adviser to be of equivalent quality. The Fund may invest in asset-backed securities. The Fund may also invest in privately placed and restricted securities. The mortgage-backed securities in which the Fund may invest include mortgage pass-through securities which represent a participation interest in a pool of mortgage loans originated by U.S. governmental or private lenders, such as banks. The Fund may also invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") (including those which may be managed by the Adviser or its affiliates). The Fund will use derivative instruments for a variety of purposes, including hedging, risk management, portfolio management or income earning purposes. The Fund's use of derivatives may involve engaging in futures, options, swaps, structured investments (including commodity-linked notes) and other related derivative instruments and techniques. The Fund may also invest in currency derivatives, including, but not limited to, foreign currency forward exchange contracts, and currency and currency index futures and options contracts for hedging and non-hedging purposes. The use of these currency derivatives may allow the Fund to obtain exposure to selected currencies. At times, the Fund may enter into "cross-currency" transactions involving currencies other than those in which securities held or proposed to be purchased are denominated. Derivative instruments used by the Fund will be counted toward the Fund's exposure in the types of securities listed above to the extent they have economic characteristics similar to such securities. The Fund may, consistent with its principal investment strategies, invest up to 25% of its total assets in a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized as a company under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the "Subsidiary"). The Subsidiary may invest, directly or indirectly through the use of derivatives, in securities, commodities, commodity-related instruments and other investments, primarily futures, swaps and notes. The Subsidiary is advised by the Adviser. Investments in the Subsidiary are intended to provide the Fund with exposure to commodities markets while meeting the federal tax requirements that apply to regulated investment companies, like the Fund. The Subsidiary primarily obtains its commodity exposure by investing in commodity-linked derivative instruments, which may include, but are not limited to, total return swaps, commodity (U.S. or foreign) futures and commodity-linked notes. The Subsidiary may also invest in other instruments, including fixed-income securities, either as investments or to serve as margin or collateral for its swap positions, and foreign currency transactions (including forward contracts). Please retain this supplement for future reference.
Top holdings
As of June 30, 2025 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Indexed Notes | TII | $5.38M | 62.38% |
| MSILF Treasury Portfolio, Class Institutional | MISXX | $1.46M | 16.89% |
| EXXON MOBIL CORP | — | $94.65K | 1.10% |
| LINDE PLC | — | $61.93K | 0.72% |
| NEWMONT CORP | — | $55.87K | 0.65% |
| CHEVRON CORP | — | $49.54K | 0.57% |
| SHELL PLC | — | $44.00K | 0.51% |
| BHP GROUP LTD | — | $33.49K | 0.39% |
| AGNICO EAGLE MINES LTD | — | $33.06K | 0.38% |
| L'Air Liquide, societe anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des procedes Georges Claude | AIQUF | $32.58K | 0.38% |
Portfolio moves
Mar 31, 2025 → Jun 30, 2025How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.
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| Firm | Role |
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| Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. | Adviser |
Footnotes
- Expense ratio as of April 30, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
- Net assets and holdings count as of June 30, 2025, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
- Total return for calendar year 2024, before tax and after fund expenses. As reported in the fund's prospectus performance bar chart.
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