Guinness AtkinsonTM Funds
(Institutional Class: GINNX)
(Investor Class: IWIRX)
Supplement dated July 1, 2026, to the Prospectus, Summary Prospectus
and Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) each dated April 30, 2026
Reduction of Management Fee
Effective immediately, Guinness AtkinsonTM Asset Management, Inc. (the “Adviser”) has lowered its management fee from 0.75% to 0.65% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Accordingly, the Fund’s Summary Prospectus, Prospectus and SAI for the mutual fund share classes are supplemented by replacing the “Fees and Expenses” table and the “Example” with the following:
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Global Innovators Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and example below.
| Investor Class | Institutional Class | |
each year as a percentage of the value of your investments) | ||||
| Management Fees: | ||||
| Distribution (12b-1) Fees: | ||||
| Other Expenses: | ||||
| Shareholder Servicing Plan Fees | ||||
| Interest and Tax Expense | ||||
| All Other Expenses | ||||
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses: | ||||
| Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement:(3) | ( | ( | ||
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement:(3) | ||||
| (1) |
| (2) |
| (3) |
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Global Innovators 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 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 on these assumptions your costs would be:
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
| Investor Class | $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
| Institutional Class | $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
Additionally, the table under the section “Management of the Funds – Investment Adviser” is replaced with the following:
|
Effective Advisory Fee Rate Paid During 2025 | |
| Alternative Energy Fund | 0.02% |
| Asia Focus Fund | 0.65% |
| China & Hong Kong Fund | 1.00% |
| Global Energy Fund | 0.00% |
| Global Innovators Fund(1) | 0.64% |
| (1) | Effective July 1, 2026, the Adviser charges the Fund the following breakpoint fee schedule as a percentage 0.65% for the first $250 million; and 0.50% on assets in excess of $250 million. |
Effective July 1, 2026, all references to the Fund’s annual management fee in the Fund’s Summary Prospectus, Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for the mutual fund share classes are revised as indicated above.
Please file this Supplement with your records.