Form 497K ADVISORONE FUNDS

CLS SHELTER FUND

Class N Shares: CLSHX

Summary Prospectus September 1, 2020

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. The Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated September 1, 2020, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. You can obtain these documents and other information about the Fund online at www.advisoronefunds.com/prospectuses. You can also obtain these documents at no cost by completing a document request form on our web-site, www.advisoronefunds.com or by calling 1-866-811-0225 or by sending an email request to [email protected].

 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website at www.advisoronefunds.com, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

 

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by following the instructions included with paper Fund documents that have been mailed to you. You may also elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge.

 

Investment Objective:

The Fund’s primary investment objective is limiting the impact of large equity market declines. The Fund’s secondary investment objective is growth of capital.

 

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 N
Management Fees		0.75%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees		None
Other Expenses Shareholder Servicing Expenses Remaining Other Expenses	0.25% 0.19%	0.44%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (Underlying Funds)(1)		0.28%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		1.47%

(1)

This number represents the combined total fees and operating expenses of the Underlying Funds owned by the Fund. Since this number does not represent a direct operating expense of the Fund, the operating expenses set forth in the Fund’s financial highlights do not include this figure.

 

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 hold or redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Year	Class N
1	$149
3	$464
5	$801
10	$1,754

 

Portfolio Turnover: The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 257% of the average value of the portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund:

The Fund invests primarily in U.S. Treasury bills, individual equity securities, money market funds, exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), open-end mutual funds and closed-end funds that each invest primarily in equity securities (common stock and securities convertible into common stock). This group of ETFs and funds is referred to as “Underlying Funds.” Equity securities, whether purchased directly or indirectly through Underlying Funds, are not restricted by issuer capitalization or country. The Fund’s investment adviser, CLS Investments, LLC (“CLS”), seeks to achieve the Fund’s investment objectives by using a variety of strategies. CLS will seek to “shelter” the Fund’s portfolio from large equity market declines by investing a portion of the Fund’s assets for protection in low and minimum volatility equity ETFs, money market funds, and U.S. Treasury bills. Low and minimum volatility investments are ones that tend not to appreciate or depreciate significantly over short periods of time. As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its goal. CLS will use the following principal investment strategies:

• Using a tactical allocation model to determine what portion of the Fund’s portfolio should be invested for growth of capital and what portion of the Fund’s portfolio should be sheltered by investing for protection.
• Investing the protection portion of the Fund’s portfolio in low and minimum volatility equity ETFs, money market funds, and U.S. Treasury bills in order to reduce the impact of large equity market declines.
• Investing the growth of capital portion of the Fund’s portfolio in (i) Underlying Funds that seek capital growth or appreciation by investing primarily in common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for common stock (such as convertible preferred stock, convertible debentures or warrants), including the stock of foreign issuers, or (ii) individual securities that may provide capital appreciation. CLS actively manages the growth of capital portion of the Fund’s portfolio by increasing or decreasing the Fund’s investment in particular equity asset classes, sectors, regions and countries, or in a particular security, based on its assessment of the opportunities using fundamental and technical analysis.

 

Allocation of Fund assets between growth of capital and protection is influenced by the current market prices of the Fund’s investments. As prices decline, the Fund is more likely to invest in assets for protection. Likewise, as prices increase, the Fund is more likely to invest in assets for growth of capital.

 

CLS projects that the Fund’s risk will be similar to a globally diversified equity portfolio composed of 80% U.S. stocks and 20% international stocks. CLS may engage in frequent buying and selling of securities to achieve the Fund’s objectives.

 

The execution of the Fund’s strategy may involve frequent trading.

 

Principal Risks of the Fund:

Many factors affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s share price changes daily based on changes in market conditions in response to economic, political and financial developments. The direction and extent of those price changes will be affected by the financial condition, industry and economic sector, and geographic location of the securities in which the Fund invests. The Fund is not federally insured or guaranteed by any government agency. YOU MAY LOSE MONEY BY INVESTING IN THE FUND.

 

Foreign Securities Risk: Foreign securities may be riskier than U.S. investments because of factors such as unstable international political and economic conditions, currency fluctuations, foreign controls on investment and currency exchange, withholding taxes, a lack of adequate company information, less liquid and more volatile markets, and a lack of governmental regulation. Foreign companies generally are not subject to accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards comparable to those applicable to U.S. companies. Transaction costs and costs associated with custody services are generally higher for foreign securities than they are for U.S. securities. Additionally, the risks of investing in foreign securities are greater for investments in emerging markets. Emerging-market countries may experience higher inflation, interest rates, and unemployment, as well as greater social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties than more developed countries.

 

Government Securities Risk: The Fund invests in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities (such as securities issued by the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)). U.S. government securities are subject to market risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. Securities, such as those issued or guaranteed by Ginnie Mae or the U.S. Treasury, that are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States are guaranteed only as to the timely payment of interest and principal when held to maturity and the market prices for such securities will fluctuate. Notwithstanding that these securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, circumstances could arise that would prevent the payment of interest or principal. This would result in losses to the Fund. Securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government-related organizations, such as Fannie Mae and

Freddie Mac, are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government and no assurance can be given that the U.S. government will provide financial support. Therefore, U.S. government-related organizations may not have the funds to meet their payment obligations in the future. U.S. government securities include zero-coupon securities, which tend to be subject to greater market risk than interest-paying securities of similar maturities.

 

Low Volatility Risk: The Fund invests in low and minimum volatility equity securities. Such securities tend not to appreciate or depreciate significantly over short periods of time. However, such securities may not necessarily protect against significant market declines and they may limit participation in significant market gains.

 

Management Risk: The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the allocation of the Fund’s assets. The risk level of the Fund will vary significantly with moves between the growth of capital and protection portfolios. CLS may allocate the Fund’s investments so as to under-emphasize or over-emphasize investments under the wrong market conditions, in which case the Fund’s value may be adversely affected. The risk level of the Fund will vary significantly with moves between the growth and protection portfolios. Additionally, in seeking lower volatility ETFs, CLS’ selection may prove to be incorrect and the ETFs selected may not provide the lower volatility sought.

 

Market and Geopolitical Risk: The increasing interconnectivity between global economies and financial markets increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. Securities in the Fund’s portfolio may underperform due to inflation (or expectations for inflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, natural disasters, pandemics, epidemics, terrorism, regulatory events and governmental or quasi-governmental actions. The occurrence of global events similar to those in recent years may result in market volatility and may have long term effects on both the U.S. and global financial markets. The current novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic and the aggressive responses taken by many governments, including closing borders, restricting international and domestic travel, and the imposition of prolonged quarantines or similar restrictions, as well as the forced or voluntary closure of, or operational changes to, many retail and other businesses, has had negative impacts, and in many cases severe negative impacts, on markets worldwide. It is not known how long such impacts, or any future impacts of other significant events described above, will or would last, but there could be a prolonged period of global economic slowdown, which may impact your Fund investment.

 

Portfolio Turnover Risk: The risk that a high portfolio turnover rate has the potential to result in the realization by the Fund and distribution to shareholders of a greater amount of gains than if the Fund had a low portfolio turnover rate, which may lead to a higher tax liability (and indirectly and adversely affect Fund performance). In addition, higher turnover rates mean increased fund expenses, which can reduce the Fund’s overall performance.

 

Small and Medium Issuer Risk: Investments in Underlying Funds that own small and medium capitalization companies and direct investments in individual small and medium capitalization companies may be more vulnerable than larger, more established organizations to adverse business or economic developments.

 

Underlying Funds Risk: You will indirectly pay fees and expenses charged by the Underlying Funds in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses. As a result, the cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in Underlying Fund shares and may be higher than other mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. Each Underlying Fund is subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the Underlying Fund. These risks could include sector risk (increased risk from a focus on one or more sector of the market), as well as risks associated with fixed income securities, real estate investments, and commodities. ETFs are listed on national stock exchanges and are traded like stocks listed on an exchange. ETF shares may trade at a discount to or a premium above net asset value if there is a limited market in such shares. ETFs are also subject to brokerage and other trading costs, which could result in greater expenses to the Fund. Because the value of ETF shares depends on the demand in the market, CLS may not be able to liquidate the Fund’s holdings at the most optimal time, adversely affecting performance.

 

Performance:

The following bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the performance of Class N Shares of the Fund from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for one year, five years and over the life of the Fund compared with those of a broad measure of market performance as well as a customized risk-based benchmark. The Fund’s allocation varies based on the market environment. The risk-based benchmark may vary significantly with the Fund’s allocation at any given time. The risk-based benchmark shows how the Fund’s performance compares to a custom composite with similar expected risk levels as the Fund over longer periods of time. The risk-based benchmark consists of (i) 75% of a blended benchmark consisting of 80% of the Morningstar U.S. Market Index and 20% of the Morningstar Global Market ex US Lg-Mid Index, and (ii) 25% of the Morningstar Cash index. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available at no cost by visiting www.advisoronefunds.com or by calling 1-866-811-0225.

 

Class N Shares Total Return for Years Ended December 31

During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was 8.91% (quarter ended December 31, 2013) and the lowest return for a quarter was -11.76% (quarter ended December 31, 2018). The year to date return for the period ended June 30, 2020 was -15.54%.

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN

(for the periods ended December 31, 2019)

 

	1 Year	5 Year	10 Year
CLS Shelter Fund Class N
return before taxes	19.75%	7.36%	6.51%
return after taxes on distributions(1)	19.45%	5.30%	5.42%
return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares(1)	11.90%	5.22%	4.94%
MSCI ACWI Index(2) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)	26.60%	8.41%	8.79%
Risk Based Benchmark (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)	22.10%	8.11%	9.20%

(1)

After-tax returns are based on the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes; actual after-tax returns depend on an individual investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. If you own shares of the Fund in a tax-deferred account, such as an individual retirement account or a 401(k) plan, this information is not applicable to your investment. A higher after-tax return results when a capital loss occurs upon redemption and translates into an assumed tax deduction that benefits the shareholder.

(2)

The MSCI ACWI Index captures all sources of equity returns in 23 developed and 26 emerging markets.

 

Investment Adviser:

CLS Investments, LLC

 

Portfolio Manager:

CLS utilizes a team approach for management of the Fund and from the team, the Fund is assigned co-portfolio managers who are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio. Rusty Vanneman, CFA, Chief Investment Officer of Orion, Jackson Lee, CFA, Portfolio Manager of CLS, and Michael Hadden, Associate Portfolio Manager of CLS share primarily responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio. Mr. Vanneman has served as Co-Portfolio manager of the Fund since February 2018. Mr. Lee has served as Co-Portfolio Manager of the Fund since February 2018. Mr. Hadden has served as Co-Portfolio Manager of the Fund since September 2020.

 

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares:

You may purchase and redeem shares of the Fund on any day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading, subject to certain restrictions described under the section titled “How Shares Are Priced” of the Fund’s Prospectus. Purchases and redemptions may be made by mailing an application or redemption request to AdvisorOne Funds c/o Gemini Fund Services, LLC, 4221 North 203rd Street, Suite 100, Elkhorn, NE 68022 or by calling 1-866-811-0225. You also may purchase and redeem shares through a financial intermediary. The minimum initial investment in the Fund is $2,500. The minimum subsequent investment is $250.

 

Tax Information:

Dividends and capital gain distributions, you receive from the Fund are taxable to you as either ordinary income or capital gains tax rates unless you are investing through a tax deferred account.

 

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries:

If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s web site for more information.

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