1. Net expense ratio represents the total annual operating expenses that shareholders pay (after the effect of fee waivers). Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC (“Manager”) has contractually undertaken to waive and/or reimburse certain fees and expenses of the Fund so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes including any expenses relating to tax reclaims, dividend and interest expenses relating to short sales, and extraordinary expenses, if any) (“Operating Expenses”) of the Fund are limited to 0.59% of average net assets. This undertaking lasts until 10/31/2028 and may not be terminated during its term without the consent of the Board of Trustees. The Fund has agreed that it will repay the Manager for fees and expenses waived or reimbursed for the Fund, including those fees and expenses waived or reimbursed for the Institutional Class Shares of the Predecessor Fund, provided that repayment does not cause annual Operating Expenses to exceed 0.59% of the Fund’s average net assets. Any such repayment must be made within three years after the year in which the Manager incurred the expense. Information as of most recent prospectus dated July 1, 2025, as amended and supplemented.
IMPORTANT RISK DISCLOSURE
An investor should consider the Fund's investment objectives, risks and fees and expenses carefully before investing. This and other important information can be found in the Fund’s prospectus, and if available the summary prospectus, which you can obtain by calling 877.628.2583. Please read the prospectus, and if available the summary prospectus, carefully before making an investment. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost.
The JPM EMBI Global Diversified Index (EMBIGD) is a benchmark that tracks the performance of liquid, US dollar-denominated debt instruments, specifically fixed and floating-rate bonds, issued by sovereign and quasi-sovereign entities in emerging market countries. It includes only easily tradable (liquid) USD denominated bonds from eligible emerging market countries. The index limits the weights of countries with larger debt stocks by including only a specified portion of their eligible outstanding debt, resulting in more balanced country representation and preventing domination by large issuers. Bonds must meet eligibility criteria such as a minimum outstanding face value (typically $500 million) and a minimum maturity, and convertible or inflation-linked bonds are excluded. This index is widely used by investors and fund managers as a benchmark for measuring and comparing the performance of emerging market sovereign and quasi-sovereign external debt, and for constructing or replicating portfolios. Please note that indices do not take into account any fees and expenses of investing in the individual securities that they track, and that individuals cannot invest directly in any index. Data about the performance of this index are prepared or obtained by the Manager and reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The Fund may invest in many securities not included in the above-described index.
Performance data shown represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Information (including holdings and portfolio characteristics is as of the end of the period indicated in the document title and is subject to change without notice. There can be no guarantee that the Portfolio Managers will be successful in their attempts to manage the risk exposure of the Fund or will appropriately evaluate or weigh the multiple factors involved in investment decisions, including issuer, market and/or instrument-specific analysis, valuation and financially material environmental, social and governance factors.
Information (including holdings and portfolio characteristics) is as of the date indicated and is subject to change without notice.
All ETF products are subject to risk, including possible loss of principal. Stock prices fluctuate, sometimes rapidly and dramatically, due to factors affecting individual companies, particular industries or sectors, or general market conditions, including adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, economic or other developments that may cause broad changes in market value, public perceptions concerning these developments, and adverse investor sentiment. An individual security may be more volatile, and may perform differently, than the market as a whole.
Unlike mutual funds, ETF shares are purchased and sold in secondary market transactions at negotiated market prices rather than at net asset value (“NAV”) and as such ETFs may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV. As a result, shareholders of the Fund may pay more than NAV when purchasing shares and receive less than NAV when selling Fund shares. ETF shares may only be redeemed at NAV by authorized participants in large creation units. There can be no guarantee that an active trading market for shares will develop or be maintained or that the Fund’s shares will continue to be listed. The trading of shares may incur brokerage commissions. The Fund has a limited number of Authorized Participants. 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 of the Fund may be more likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts or delisting.
Unexpected episodes of illiquidity, including due to market factors, instrument or issuer-specific factors and/or unanticipated outflows, could have a significant negative impact on the Fund’s NAV, liquidity, and brokerage costs. To the extent the Fund’s investments trade in markets that are closed when the Fund is open, premiums or discounts to NAV may develop in share prices.
Shares in the Fund may fluctuate, sometimes significantly, based on interest rates, market conditions, credit quality and other factors. Generally, bond values will decline as interest rates rise. Typically, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt security, the greater the effect a change in interest rates could have on the security’s price. The market’s behavior is unpredictable and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its goal.
Lower rated debt securities (also known as “junk bonds”) involve greater risks and may fluctuate more widely in price and yield, and carry a greater risk of default, than investment grade debt securities. They may fall in price during times when the economy is weak or is expected to become weak.
Foreign securities, including those issued by foreign governments, involve risks in addition to those associated with comparable U.S. securities. Additional risks include exposure to less developed or less efficient trading markets; social, political, diplomatic, or economic instability; trade barriers and other protectionist trade policies (including those of the U.S.); imposition of economic sanctions against a particular country or countries, organizations, companies, entities and/or individuals; significant government involvement in an economy and/or market structure; fluctuations in foreign currencies or currency redenomination; potential for default on sovereign debt; nationalization or expropriation of assets; settlement, custodial or other operational risks; higher transaction costs; confiscatory withholding or other taxes; and less stringent auditing, corporate disclosure, governance, and legal standards. These risks may be more pronounced for emerging market securities and frontier market securities, which involve additional risks and may be more volatile and less liquid than foreign securities tied to more developed economies. Frontier markets, which are foreign countries in the earliest stages of development, involve risks in addition to and greater than foreign and emerging markets. Frontier market securities are subject to extreme volatility and extended periods of illiquidity. In addition, the currencies of frontier market countries may exhibit erratic movements.
The Fund’s performance could be affected if borrowers pay back principal on certain debt securities before or after the market anticipates such payments, shortening or lengthening their duration and could magnify the effect of the rate increase on such security’s price.
Sovereign debt securities are subject to the risk that a governmental entity may delay or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt, due, for example, to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, the relative size of the governmental entity’s debt position in relation to the economy, its policy toward international lenders or the failure to put in place economic reforms required by multilateral agencies. If a governmental entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans.
Non-U.S. currency forward contracts, options, swaps, or other derivatives contracts on non-U.S. currencies involve a risk of loss if currency exchange rates move against the Fund. Forward contracts are not guaranteed by an exchange or clearinghouse and a default by the counterparty may result in a loss to the Fund.
Leverage amplifies changes in the Fund’s net asset value. Derivative instruments that the Fund uses can create leverage and can result in losses to the Fund that exceed the amount originally invested. Derivatives can be highly complex, can create investment leverage and may be highly volatile, and the Fund could lose more than the amount it invests. Derivatives may be difficult to value and may at times be highly illiquid, and the Fund may not be able to close out or sell a derivative position at a particular time or at an anticipated price. The Fund’s investments in derivatives create counterparty risk.
An inability to sell a portfolio position can adversely affect the Fund’s value or prevent the Fund from being able to take advantage of other investment opportunities. Unexpected episodes of illiquidity, including due to market or political factors, instrument or issuer-specific factors and/or unanticipated outflows, may limit the Fund’s ability to pay redemption proceeds within the allowable time period. The Fund normally executes an above-average amount of fixed-income trading and has a high portfolio turnover rate, which may increase the Fund’s transaction costs and may adversely affect the Fund’s performance.
These and other risks are discussed in more detail in the Fund's prospectus. Please refer to the Fund's prospectus for a complete discussion of the Fund's principal risks.
This material is general in nature and is not directed to any category of investors and should not be regarded as individualized, a recommendation, investment advice or a suggestion to engage in or refrain from any investment-related course of action. Neuberger Berman is not providing this material in a fiduciary capacity and has a financial interest in the sale of its products and services. Investment decisions and the appropriateness of this material should be made based on an investor's individual objectives and circumstances and in consultation with his or her advisors.
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