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GMO International Equity Allocation Fund | GMO International Equity Allocation Fund
Investment objective
Total return greater than that of its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA.
Fees and expenses
The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may bear for each class of shares if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below.
Annual Fund operating expenses (expenses that you bear each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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ETF Class
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Management fee
​ ​ ​ ​ 0.00%1 ​ ​
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees
​ ​ ​ ​ 0.00% ​ ​
Other expenses
​ ​ ​ ​ 0.19%2 ​ ​
Acquired fund fees and expenses (underlying fund expenses)
​ ​ ​ ​ 0.69%3 ​ ​
Total annual fund operating expenses
​ ​ ​ ​ 0.88% ​ ​
Expense reimbursement/waiver
​ ​ ​ ​ (0.18%)4 ​ ​
Total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursement/waiver (Fund and underlying fund expenses)
​ ​ ​ ​ 0.70% ​ ​
1 Includes both management fee and class-specific service and supplemental support fee, if any.
2 Because ETF Class shares of the Fund are new, “Other expenses” are estimated amounts for the current fiscal year based on the expenses of Class R6 shares of the Fund.
3 Because ETF Class shares of the Fund are new, “Acquired fund fees and expenses” are estimated amounts for the current fiscal year based on the expenses of Class R6 shares of the Fund.
4 Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (“GMO”) has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund for the following expenses: audit expenses, fund accounting and administration expenses, pricing service expenses, expenses of non-investment related tax services, transfer agency expenses (excluding, in the case of Class I shares, any amounts paid for sub-transfer agency, recordkeeping and other administrative services provided by financial intermediaries for the benefit of Class I shareholders), expenses of non-investment related legal services provided to the Fund by or at the direction of GMO, federal securities law filing expenses, printing expenses, state and federal registration fees, custody expenses and exchange listing fees. This reimbursement will continue through at least September 30, 2027 and may not be terminated prior to this date without the action or consent of the Trust’s Board of Trustees.
Example
This 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 in the Fund for the time periods indicated, regardless of whether or not you sell your shares at the end of such periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses with respect to ETF Class shares remain the same as those shown in the table. The one year amounts shown reflect the expense reimbursement noted in the expense table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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ETF Class ​ ​ ​ $ 72 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $ 263 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $ 470 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ $ 1,068 ​ ​ ​
Portfolio turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities. A higher portfolio turnover rate may result in higher transaction costs and, for holders of Fund shares subject to U.S. taxes, higher income taxes. These transaction costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During its fiscal year ended February 28, 2026, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate (excluding short-term investments) was 18% of the average value of its portfolio securities.
Principal investment strategies
The Fund is a fund of funds and invests primarily in equities traded in non-U.S. markets (including emerging markets) through its investment in Equity Funds and GMO-managed exchange-traded funds (collectively, the “underlying GMO Funds”) (see “Additional Information About the Funds’ Investment Strategies, Risks, and Expenses — Asset Allocation Funds”). The Fund also may invest directly in securities (including other underlying funds) and derivatives.
GMO uses its quantitative multi-year forecasts of returns among asset classes, together with its assessment of the relative risks of asset classes, to determine the asset classes in which the Fund invests and how much the Fund invests in each asset class. An important component of those forecasts is GMO’s expectation that valuations ultimately revert to their fundamental fair (or intrinsic) value over a complete market cycle. GMO changes the Fund’s asset class exposures in response to changes in GMO’s investment outlook and its assessment of market valuations and may use redemptions or purchases of Fund shares to rebalance the Fund’s investments. The factors GMO considers and investment methods GMO uses can change over time.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests (including through its investment in the underlying GMO Funds) at least 80% of its assets in equities (see “Name Policies”).
The Fund may invest in securities of companies of any market capitalization. In addition, the Fund may lend its portfolio securities.
The Fund also may invest in U.S. Treasury Fund, in money market funds unaffiliated with GMO, and directly in the types of investments typically held by money market funds.
The Fund’s ETF Class operates as an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”).
Performance
The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s annual total returns from year to year for the periods indicated and by comparing the Fund’s average annual total returns for different calendar periods with those of the Fund’s benchmark, a broad-based securities market index. The Fund’s ETF Class shares are a new class and, as of the date of this Prospectus, had not commenced operations. Returns shown are those of Class III shares of the Fund, a mutual fund class of shares of the Fund not offered in this Prospectus, and have not been adjusted to reflect the fees and expenses attributable to ETF Class shares. Class III shares would have substantially similar annual returns to ETF Class shares because the shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities, and the annual returns at NAV (assuming ETF Class shares are bought and sold without any premium or discount) would differ only to the extent that Class III shares do not have the same expenses as ETF Class shares. Share classes that bear higher expenses than the share classes shown below would have lower returns. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant if you are tax-exempt or if you hold your Fund shares through tax-advantaged arrangements (such as a 401(k) plan or individual retirement account). After-tax returns are shown for Class III shares only; after-tax returns for other classes will vary. Updated performance information for the Fund is available at https://www.gmo.com/americas/investment-capabilities/etfs/. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not an indication of future performance.
Annual Total Returns/Class III Shares1 Years Ending December 31
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1. Returns include a substantial, one-time litigation settlement recovery received on December 16, 2024. This event contributed 2.51% to 2024 annual performance.
 
2. Returns include a substantial, one-time performance impact from the sale of Russian securities on May 5, 2026. The one-time sale of these securities contributed 6.60% (1-day performance impact).
Highest Quarter: 16.30% 2Q 2020
Lowest Quarter: -24.01% 1Q 2020
Year-to-Date: 22.90% As of 6/30/20262
Average Annual Total Returns1 Periods Ending December 31, 2025
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1 Year
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5 Years
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10 Years
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Incept.
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​ ​ Class III ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
10/11/1996
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Return Before Taxes
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 40.90 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 9.96 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 9.07 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 7.39 % ​ ​ ​
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Return After Taxes on Distributions
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 38.28 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 8.22 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 7.82 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 5.89 % ​ ​ ​
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Return After Taxes on Distributions
and Sale of Fund Shares
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 25.03 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 7.35 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 7.07 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 5.78 % ​ ​ ​
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MSCI ACWI ex USA3 (Fund
benchmark) (returns reflect no
deduction for fees or expenses, but are
net of withholding tax on dividend
reinvestments)
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 32.39 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 7.91 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 8.41 % ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 5.92 % ​ ​ ​
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1 Returns include a substantial, one-time litigation settlement recovery received on December 16, 2024. This event contributed 2.51% to 2024 annual performance.
2 Returns include a substantial, one-time performance impact from the sale of Russian securities on May 5, 2026. The one-time sale of these securities contributed 3.03% (1-day performance impact).
3 MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.