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ASTORIA INTERNATIONAL QUALITY GROWTH KINGS ETF Ticker Symbol: IQGR Listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | SUMMARY PROSPECTUS August 6, 2026 https://astoriaetfs.com |
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Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), which contain more information about the Fund and its risks. The current Prospectus and SAI, each dated September 30, 2025, as supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. You can find the Fund’s Prospectus, reports to shareholders, and other information about the Fund, as well as recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, online at https://astoriaetfs.com/iqgr/. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 215-330-4476. |
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The Astoria International Quality Growth Kings ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.
FEES AND EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the table or example.
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| Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
Management Fee | 0.58 | % |
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | None |
Other Expenses1 | 0.00 | % |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 0.58 | % |
1 Other Expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year.
EXAMPLE
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and then hold or sell all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain the same. You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the example. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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| One Year: | Three Years: | |
| $59 | $186 | |
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
The Fund may pay transaction costs, including 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 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. As of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and portfolio turnover data therefore is not available.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in common stock and depositary receipts of issuers outside the United States that the Fund’s sub-adviser, Astoria Portfolio Advisors, LLC dba Astoria Investment Management (the “Sub-Adviser”), believes have the potential for growth. The Fund’s investments may include both U.S. dollar denominated and non-U.S. dollar denominated securities.
The Fund seeks to invest in companies that exhibit robust quality and growth characteristics across sectors and countries. As a result, the companies held by the Fund typically have a higher-than-median return on equity, return on assets, return on invested capital, price/earnings, price/sales, or earnings growth than their sector and country peers (i.e., companies operating within the same sector from the same country). In addition, the Sub-Adviser generally favors companies that demonstrate strong growth potential through development of new products, technologies, and/or have a strong industry or market position. The Fund is not managed to mirror a particular securities index or securities benchmark. Rather, the Sub-Adviser uses a quantitative and systematic approach to select securities for the Fund.
The Sub-Adviser constructs the Fund’s portfolio by evaluating all of the securities in an investment universe comprised of the common stock (including depositary receipts associated with such common stocks) of publicly traded large- and mid-
capitalization companies (defined by the Sub-Adviser as companies with a market capitalization of at least $5 billion) located in developed markets that satisfy the Sub-Adviser’s liquidity and growth criteria.
Proprietary quantitative screens developed by the Sub-Adviser are used to rank such stocks according to their quality and growth metrics relative to the median of their sector and country peers. The Sub-Adviser uses a variety of metrics in its discretion to evaluate each stock for each of these factors, including return on equity, return on investment capital, price-to-earnings-growth ratio, estimate revisions, projected growth estimates, and earnings momentum. In addition, the Sub-Adviser believes positive revisions to earnings estimates are generally a sign of potential attractive growth. Momentum investing aims to capitalize on the continuance of an existing market trend (e.g., positive and accelerating growth of earnings). The metrics used to evaluate each factor vary by sector based on the Sub-Adviser’s assessment of which metric(s) have historically provided the best measure of that factor. A weighted average rank across each factor is then calculated and up to 250 of the top ranked stocks are selected for the Fund. The number of stocks selected will vary based on the Sub-Adviser’s decision to overweight or underweight sectors and countries in accordance with its assessment of the markets at the time of screening and to maintain diversification in the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund does not have a policy to invest in a certain number of developed countries, but it will maintain exposure to at least three different countries at all times, except during periods where it has taken a temporary defensive position. In addition, the Fund is not required to allocate its investments in set percentages to particular countries.
All stocks in the portfolio are monitored regularly by the Sub-Adviser. In addition, the Sub-Adviser’s quantitative screens are typically reviewed on a quarterly basis to monitor the ranking of the stocks according to their quality and growth metrics. The Fund will sell or reduce positions according to changes in the Sub-Adviser’s proprietary rankings. The screens may be reapplied more frequently if there are material changes to earnings, valuations, or economic trends (i.e., an accelerating economy) believed by the Sub-Adviser to likely have an impact on the Fund’s portfolio. While it is anticipated that the Fund will invest across a range of industries, certain sectors or countries may be overweighted relative to its benchmark because the Sub-Adviser seeks the best investment opportunities regardless of sector and country in its discretion based on its assessment of the markets.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in companies with quality and growth characteristics. The Fund defines companies with quality and growth characteristics based on their earnings-to-price, book-to-market, return on assets, and gross profits-to-assets ratios.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS
An investment in the Fund involves risk, including those described below. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. An investor may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency. More complete risk descriptions are set forth below under the heading “Additional Information About the Funds’ Principal Investment Risks.”
Quality Stocks Risk. Stocks included in the Fund are deemed by the Sub-Adviser to be quality stocks, but there is no guarantee that the past performance of these stocks will continue. Companies that issue these stocks may experience a decline in value, as well as increased leverage, resulting in lower than expected or negative returns to Fund shareholders. Many factors can affect a stock’s quality and performance, and the impact of these factors on a stock or its price can be difficult to predict.
Growth Investing Risk. The Fund invests in growth securities, which may be more volatile than other types of investments, may perform differently than the market as a whole and may underperform when compared to securities with different investment parameters. Under certain market conditions, growth securities have performed better during the later stages of economic recovery (although there is no guarantee that they will continue to do so). Therefore, growth securities may go in and out of favor over time.
Foreign Investment Risk. Returns on investments in foreign securities could be more volatile than, or trail the returns on, investments in U.S. securities. Investments in or exposures to foreign securities are subject to special risks, including risks associated with foreign securities generally, including differences in information available about issuers of securities and investor protection standards applicable in other jurisdictions; capital controls risks, including the risk of a foreign jurisdiction imposing restrictions on the ability to repatriate or transfer currency or other assets; currency risks; political, diplomatic and economic risks; regulatory risks; and foreign market and trading risks, including the costs of trading and risks of settlement in foreign jurisdictions.
Depositary Receipts Risk. The risks of investments in depositary receipts are substantially similar to Foreign Investment Risk. In addition, depositary receipts may not track the price of the underlying foreign securities, and their value may change materially at times when the U.S. markets are not open for trading.
Risk of Investing in Developed Countries. The Fund’s investment in developed country issuers may subject the Fund to legal, regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have experienced security concerns, such as war, terrorism and strained international relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s investments. In addition, developed countries may be adversely impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt burdens and the price or availability of certain commodities.
Currency Risk. Because the Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”) is determined in U.S. dollars, the Fund’s NAV could decline if a currency of a non-U.S. market in which the Fund has exposure to depreciates against the U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on repatriation of such currency. Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably. As a result, the Fund’s NAV may change quickly and without warning.
Large-Capitalization Stock Risk. Large-capitalization stocks may trail the returns of the overall stock market. Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better — or worse — than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for as long as several years.
Mid-Capitalization Stock Risk. Investing in stocks of mid-capitalization companies involves greater risk than customarily is associated with investing in larger, more established companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies. Often mid-capitalization companies and the industries in which they focus are still evolving and, as a result, they may be more sensitive to changing market conditions.
Investment Risk. When you sell your Shares, they could be worth less than what you paid for them. The Fund could lose money due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market downturns. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular asset classes or industries represented in the markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions, economic trends or events that are not specifically related to the issuer of the security. Geopolitical and other risks, including war, terrorism, trade disputes, political or economic dysfunction within some nations, public health crises, and environmental disasters such as earthquakes, fire, and floods, may add to instability in world economies and volatility in markets generally. Changes in trade policies and international trade agreements could affect the economies of many countries in unpredictable ways. The value of a security may also decline due to factors that affect a particular industry or group of industries. During a general downturn in the securities markets, multiple asset classes may be negatively affected. Therefore, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.
Equity Investing Risk. An investment in the Fund involves risks similar to those of investing in any fund holding equity securities, such as market fluctuations, changes in interest rates and perceived trends in stock prices. The values of equity securities could decline generally or could underperform other investments. In addition, securities may decline in value due to factors affecting a specific issuer, market or securities markets generally.
Quantitative Security Selection Risk. Data for some companies may be less available and/or less current than data for companies in other markets. The Sub-Adviser uses quantitative analysis, and its processes could be adversely affected if erroneous or outdated data is utilized. In addition, the quantitative investment process relies on proper maintenance of the Sub-Adviser’s computer systems and, if such systems are not properly maintained the investment analysis may be flawed. The securities selected using quantitative analysis could perform differently from the financial markets as a whole as a result of the characteristics used in the analysis, the weight placed on each characteristic and changes in the characteristic’s historical trends. In addition, the investment analysis used in making investment decisions may not adequately consider certain factors, or may contain design flaws or faulty assumptions, any of which may result in a decline in the value of an investment in the Fund.
ETF Risks.
•Authorized Participants, Market Makers and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk. The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants (“APs”). In addition, there may be a limited number of market makers and/or liquidity providers in the marketplace. To the extent either of the following events occur, Shares may trade at a material discount to NAV and possibly face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become unable to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step forward to perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity providers exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities and no other entities step forward to perform their functions.
•Premium-Discount Risk. The Shares may trade above or below their net asset value (“NAV”). The market prices of Shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV as well as the relative supply of, and demand for, Shares on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Exchange”) or other securities exchanges. The trading price of Shares may deviate significantly from NAV during periods of market volatility or limited trading activity in Shares. In addition, you may incur the cost of the “spread,” that is, any difference between the bid price and the ask price of the Shares. In addition, because securities held by the Fund may trade on foreign exchanges that are closed when its primary listing exchange is open, the Fund is likely to experience premiums and discounts greater than those of domestic ETFs.
•Cost of Trading Risk. Investors buying or selling Shares in the secondary market will pay brokerage commissions or other charges imposed by brokers as determined by that broker. Brokerage commissions are often a fixed amount and may be a significant proportional cost for investors seeking to buy or sell relatively small amounts of Shares.
•Trading Risk. Although the Shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active or liquid trading market for them will develop or be maintained. In addition, trading in Shares on the Exchange may be halted. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of its underlying portfolio holdings, which can be less liquid than Shares, potentially causing the market price of Shares to deviate from its NAV. The spread varies over time for Shares of the Fund based on the Fund’s trading volume and market liquidity and is generally lower if the Fund has high trading volume and market liquidity, and higher if the Fund has little trading volume and market liquidity (which is often the case for funds that are newly launched or small in size).
Sector Risk. To the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy, its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those sectors and the performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting such sectors.
Management Risk. The Fund is actively managed and may not meet its investment objective based on the Adviser’s or Sub-Adviser’s success or failure to implement investment strategies for the Fund.
New Fund Risk. The Fund is a recently organized investment company with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors have no track record or history on which to base their investment decision. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size.
PERFORMANCE
Performance information is not provided below because the Fund has not yet been in operation for one full calendar year. When provided, the information will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns compare with a broad measure of market performance. Past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information will be available at https://astoriaetfs.com.
INVESTMENT ADVISER & INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISER
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| Investment Adviser: | Empowered Funds, LLC dba EA Advisers (the “Adviser”) |
| Investment Sub-Adviser: | Astoria Portfolio Advisors, LLC dba Astoria Investment Management (the “Sub-Adviser”) |
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
John Davi, the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of the Sub-Adviser, and Nick Cerbone, Vice President and Quantitative Strategist of the Sub-Adviser, are the Fund’s portfolio managers and have been primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund since its inception.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES
Individual Shares are listed on a national securities exchange and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at a market price. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (at a “premium”) or less than NAV (at a “discount”). An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying and selling Shares in the secondary market (the “bid/ask spread”).
TAX INFORMATION
The Fund’s distributions generally are taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gain, or some combination of both, unless your investment is made through an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or other tax-advantaged account. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax-advantaged account may be subject to U.S. federal income tax. You should consult your own tax advisor about your specific tax situation.
PURCHASES THROUGH BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
If you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of 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 Shares over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.