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      id="ixv-11">&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Supplement dated June 12, 2026 (&#x201c;Supplement&#x201d;) 
to the Summary Prospectus, Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (&#x201c;SAI&#x201d;) dated February 
28, 2026, as supplemented&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Important Notice Regarding Changes to Name and Investment Policies&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:center; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Capitalized 
terms and certain other terms used in this Supplement, unless otherwise defined in this Supplement, have 
the meanings assigned to them in the Summary Prospectus, Prospectus and SAI.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;At 
a meeting held on June 9-10, 2026, the Board of Trustees (&#x201c;Board&#x201d;) of New York Life Investments Funds 
Trust (&#x201c;Trust&#x201d;) considered and approved, among other related proposals: (i) appointing Candriam as 
the Fund&#x2019;s subadvisor and the related subadvisory agreement, subject to shareholder approval; (ii) 
changing the Fund&#x2019;s name and modifying the Fund&#x2019;s principal investment strategies, investment process 
and principal risks; (iii) adopting a non-fundamental investment policy pursuant to Rule 35d-1 (the &#x201c;Names 
Rule&#x201d;) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (iv) reducing the management fee; (v) adopting 
a new expense limitation for Class I shares; (vi) allowing New York Life Investment Management LLC (&#x201c;New 
York Life Investment Management&#x201d;), under certain circumstances, to enter into and/or materially amend 
agreements with affiliated and unaffiliated subadvisors on behalf of the Fund without obtaining shareholder 
approval (referred to as a &#x201c;manager-of-managers&#x201d; structure), subject to shareholder approval; and 
(vii) filing proxy materials.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;These changes are expected to become effective on or about 
October 2, 2026, if shareholders of the Fund approve item (i) above (&#x201c;Proposal 1&#x201d;) and item (vi) 
above (&#x201c;Proposal 2&#x201d;) prior to that date. If shareholders approve Proposal 1 but do not approve Proposal 
2, the changes discussed above are expected to be effective on or about October 2, 2026, except for the 
changes discussed in item (vi) above. If shareholders do not approve Proposal 2, the Fund will continue 
to operate pursuant to the scope of the &#x201c;manager-of-managers&#x201d; structure described in the Prospectus.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none; font-style:italic;"&gt;As a result, effective on or about October 2, 2026, the following changes will be 
made if shareholders approve Proposal 1 prior to that date:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;1.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:11.0pt;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Name 
Change.&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The name of the Fund is changed to NYLIM Candriam International Core Equity Fund.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;2.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:11.0pt;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Fees and Expenses of the Fund and Example. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The Fund&#x2019;s fees and 
expenses table is updated to reflect the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:11.0pt;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt; 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; text-indent:-18.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:90.0pt; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;a.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The 
contractual management fee rate is revised to read as follows: 0.70% on assets up to $5 billion; 0.675% 
on assets from $5 billion to $7.5 billion; and 0.65% on assets over $7.5 billion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; text-indent:-18.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:90.0pt; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;b.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;New York Life Investment Management LLC ("New York Life Investment 
Management") has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses so that Total Annual Fund 
Operating Expenses (excluding taxes, interest, litigation, extraordinary expenses, Trustee expenses, 
brokerage and other transaction expenses relating to the purchase or sale of portfolio investments, and 
acquired (underlying) fund fees and expenses) for Class I shares do not exceed 0.85% of its average daily 
net assets. This agreement will remain in effect until February 28, 2028, and thereafter shall renew 
automatically for one-year terms unless New York Life Investment Management provides written notice of 
termination prior to the start of the next term or, at any time, upon approval of the Board of Trustees 
of the Fund.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; text-indent:-36.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;3.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:19.0pt;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Principal 
Investment Strategies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&#160;The section of the Summary Prospectus and Prospectus entitled &#x201c;Principal Investment 
Strategies&#x201d; is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The 
Fund will, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;under normal circumstances, invest at least 80% of its assets (net assets plus 
any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;  Equity securities represent an ownership 
interest, or the right to acquire an ownership interest, in an issuer, and include equity related securities. 
 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Candriam, the Fund&#x2019;s subadvisor (the &#x201c;Subadvisor&#x201d;), seeks to achieve the 
Fund&#x2019;s investment objective by investing in a portfolio of international securities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Under normal circumstances, 
the Fund invests at least 80% of its assets (net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes) 
in equity securities or equity-related securities of foreign companies, including securities of emerging 
market country issuers.  An issuer of a security is considered to be a U.S. or foreign issuer based on 
the issuer&#x2019;s &#x201c;country of risk&#x201d; (or similar designation) as determined by a third-party such as 
Bloomberg.  The Fund&#x2019;s Subadvisor defines emerging market countries as those countries that are included 
in the MSCI Emerging + Frontier Markets Index.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The Fund may also make 
use of derivative financial instruments for the purpose of hedging or exposure, such as futures, options, 
swaps, and forwards.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;To the extent that the Fund utilizes derivatives that provide investment exposure 
to the investments listed above or to one or more market risk factors associated with such investments, 
the notional value of such derivatives will be counted towards the Fund&#x2019;s 80% investment policy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Investment Process:  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The Subadvisor&#x2019;s quantitative equity 
investment team evaluates every stock through a proprietary screening process using fundamental and financial 
market data across five factors: (i) Value; (ii) Quality; (iii) Growth; (iv) Sentiment; and (v) Volatility. 
In practice, that means the stock selection framework draws on metrics such as forward earnings yield, 
return on invested capital, expected earnings per share growth, earnings revisions and momentum, and 
stock-specific volatility. These signals are then translated into a single score through a proprietary 
framework that incorporates systematic factor risk, expected return, and correlations using Candriam's 
proprietary factor risk model, combining Candriam&#x2019;s model insights with market information to build 
a balanced and consistent assessment. In addition to the factor considerations, the screening platform 
considers environmental, social and governance risks by limiting exposure to industries such as thermal 
coal extraction, tobacco production and armament.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The 
Subadvisor seeks positive returns across economic business cycles through stock selection and by maintaining 
a diversified portfolio, while maintaining a balanced and benchmark aware exposure to countries and sectors&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The Subadvisor may sell or reduce a position in a security 
when it believes its investment objectives have been met or when the security is deemed less attractive 
relative to another security on a return/risk basis. The Subadvisor may also sell or reduce a position 
in a security if it sees the investment thesis failing to materialize.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; text-indent:-36.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;4.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:19.0pt;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Principal Risks.&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The section of the Summary Prospectus and 
Prospectus entitled&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&#x201c;Principal Risks&#x201d;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;is revised as follows:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; text-indent:-36.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:19.0pt;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;a.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:19.0pt;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The 
&#x201c;Focused Portfolio Risk,&#x201d; &#x201c;Exchange-traded Fund Risk,&#x201d; and &#x201c;Convertible Securities Risk&#x201d; 
are deleted in their entirety.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; text-indent:-36.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:19.0pt;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;b.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:19.0pt;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The 
&#x201c;Portfolio Management Risk&#x201d; is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; text-indent:-36.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:19.0pt;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Portfolio Management Risk: 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The 
investment strategies, practices and risk analyses used by the Subadvisor may not produce the desired 
results or expected returns. The quantitative screening performed by the Subadvisor, and the securities 
selected based on the screening, may not perform as expected. The quantitative screening may adversely 
affect the Fund's performance. There may also be technical issues with the construction and implementation 
of quantitative models (for example, software or other technology malfunctions, or programming inaccuracies). 
In addition, the Fund's performance will reflect, in part, the Subadvisor's ability to make active &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; text-decoration:none;"&gt;qualitative decisions. The Subadvisor may give consideration 
to certain ESG criteria when evaluating an investment opportunity. The application of ESG criteria may 
result in the Fund (i) having exposure to certain securities or industry sectors that are different than 
the composition of the Fund's benchmark; and (ii) performing differently than other funds and strategies 
in its peer group that do not take into account ESG criteria or the Fund's benchmark.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; text-indent:-36.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:19.0pt;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;c.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:19.0pt;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The 
following risk is added:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Derivatives Risk:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt; Derivatives are investments 
whose value depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying instrument, such as a security, 
asset, reference rate or index. Derivative strategies may be riskier than investing directly in the underlying 
instrument and often involve leverage, which may exaggerate a loss, potentially causing the Fund to lose 
more money than it originally invested and would have lost had it invested directly in the underlying 
instrument. For example, if the Fund is the seller of credit protection in a credit default swap, the 
Fund effectively adds leverage to its portfolio and is subject to the credit exposure on the full notional 
value of the swap. Derivatives may be difficult to sell, unwind and/or value. Derivatives may also be 
subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the counterparty (the party on the other side of 
the transaction) on a derivative transaction will be unable or unwilling to honor its contractual obligations 
to the Fund. Futures and other derivatives may be more volatile than direct investments in the instrument 
underlying the contract, and may not correlate perfectly to the underlying instrument. Futures and other 
derivatives also may involve a small initial investment relative to the risk assumed, which could result 
in losses greater than if they had not been used. Due to fluctuations in the price of the underlying 
instrument, the Fund may not be able to profitably exercise an option and may lose its entire investment 
in an option. To the extent that the Fund writes or sells an option, if the decline in the value of the 
underlying instrument is significantly below the exercise price in the case of a written put option or 
increase above the exercise price in the case of a written call option, the Fund could experience a substantial 
loss. Forward commitments entail the risk that the instrument may be worth less when it is issued or 
received than the price the Fund agreed to pay when it made the commitment. The use of foreign currency 
forwards may result in currency exchange losses due to fluctuations in currency exchange rates or an 
imperfect correlation between portfolio holdings denominated in a particular currency and the forward 
contracts entered into by the Fund. Swaps may be subject to counterparty credit, correlation, valuation, 
liquidity and leveraging risks. Swap transactions tend to shift a Fund&#x2019;s investment exposure from one 
type of investment to another and may entail the risk that a party will default on its payment obligations 
to the Fund. Additionally, applicable regulators have adopted rules imposing certain margin requirements, 
including minimums on uncleared swaps, which may result in the Fund and its counterparties posting higher 
margin amounts for uncleared swaps. Certain standardized swaps are subject to mandatory central clearing 
and exchange trading. Central clearing, which interposes a central clearinghouse to each participant&#x2019;s 
swap, and exchange trading are intended to reduce counterparty credit risk and increase liquidity but 
neither makes swap transactions risk-free. Derivatives may also increase the expenses of the Fund. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:revert; margin-bottom:revert; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; text-indent:-36.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:19.0pt;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;In addition, the selection 
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Information About Risks&#x201d;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt; section of the Prospectus is changed to an &#x201c;X&#x201d; reflecting 
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