Investment Strategy |
Jun. 30, 2026 |
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| AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Strategy [Heading] | Principal Investment Strategies |
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing in securities that the Fund’s sub-advisor, Hartford Investment Management Company (“HIMCO” or the “Sub-Advisor”), considers to be attractive, based on current and historical yield and total return. The Fund has an investment policy whereby at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) will be invested, under normal circumstances, in fixed income instruments. This policy may be changed by the Board of Trustees without shareholder approval. The Fund normally invests at least 65% of its total assets in “investment grade” securities. The Fund may invest up to 35% of its total assets in non-investment grade securities (often called “junk bonds”), including non-investment grade bank loans and non-investment grade loan participation interests. “Investment grade” quality securities and instruments refer to securities or other instruments that are rated at the time of purchase within the four highest categories assigned by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) (“Aaa”, “Aa”, “A” or “Baa”), Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) (“AAA”, “AA”, “A” or “BBB”) or Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”) (“AAA”, “AA”, “A” or “BBB”) or are unrated securities or other instruments that are judged by the Sub-Advisor to be of comparable credit quality to securities rated within these four highest categories. In the case of “split-rated” securities or loans (i.e., securities or loans assigned non-equivalent credit quality ratings, such as Baa by Moody’s but BB by S&P or Aa by Moody’s and AA by S&P but B by Fitch), the Sub-Advisor will determine whether a particular security or loan is considered investment grade or below-investment grade for the Fund as follows: (a) if all three credit rating agencies have rated a security or loan, the median credit rating will be used for this determination; (b) if only two credit rating agencies have rated a security, the lower (e.g., most conservative) credit rating will be used; and (c) if only one credit rating agency has rated a security that agency’s rating is used. The Fund will normally maintain a dollar weighted average duration and an average maturity (as measured by a weighted average life calculation) of less than 3 years. The weighted average life of the Fund is the average time to receipt of principal of each security weighted by such security’s respective contribution to the total market value of the Fund, including principal and accrued interest. The Fund’s permitted investments include, but are not limited to, corporate securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, mortgage related securities, collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”), sovereign debt securities, emerging market securities, municipal securities, and securities issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities. The Fund may also invest up to 25% of its total assets in the securities of foreign issuers and may trade securities actively. The Fund’s investments will be U.S. dollar denominated. The Fund may make significant investments in certain sectors or group of sectors from time to time. The Fund may utilize derivatives, such as swaps, futures and options for hedging purposes. In selecting securities for the Fund’s portfolio, the Sub-Advisor uses a top-down, bottom-up approach, combining macro analysis of market and economic trends and individual security analysis. |
| Rule 35d-1 Eighty Percent Investment Policy [Text Block] | The Fund has an investment policy whereby at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) will be invested, under normal circumstances, in fixed income instruments. |
| AAM/Insight Select Income Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Strategy [Heading] | Principal Investment Strategies |
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund invests in a diversified basket of debt securities designed to generate a high rate of current income. The Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in bonds such as: • U.S. corporate debt obligations, • Non-U.S. corporate and sovereign debt obligations (including emerging markets), • Residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, • Asset-backed securities, • U.S. Government securities (securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities), and • Convertible bonds. The Fund primarily invests in bonds rated investment grade (that is, securities rated in the “Baa”/“BBB” categories or above by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable credit quality by the Fund’s advisor or sub-advisor) at the time of purchase. However, the Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in lower rated fixed-income securities (also called “high yield bonds” or “junk bonds”) or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable credit quality by the Fund’s advisor or sub-advisor. The Fund may invest in domestic master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) and real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). MLPs are publicly traded companies organized as limited partnerships or limited liability companies and treated as partnerships for federal income tax purposes. REITs are pooled investment vehicles that invest primarily in income producing real estate or real estate related loans or interests. For the purposes of achieving the Fund’s investment objective and hedging risk, the Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and in derivative instruments, including futures and options on futures (including those relating to securities, foreign currencies, indices and interest rates), swaps (including total return, equity, currency, interest rate and credit default swaps), forward contracts (including foreign currency forward contracts) and to be announced (“TBA”) securities. The Fund may invest in preferred stocks which may be convertible into or may be accompanied by warrants or other equity securities. Any such securities may be of lower quality and may not be rated by any NRSRO. All warrants remaining after sale of the securities to which they were attached and common stocks acquired on conversion or exercise of warrants are considered to comprise this part of the Fund’s portfolio. Any such warrants or common stocks may be held until a long-term holding period has been established for tax purposes, after which they ordinarily will be sold. The Fund’s sub-advisor focuses on a relative value strategy. The sub-advisor seeks to identify opportunities to purchase securities with high risk-adjusted yields across various fixed income sectors in order to maintain and increase income, and therefore the Fund’s dividend payment to its investors. From time to time, the Fund may invest a larger percentage of its net assets in one or more sectors, including the financial sector. The sub-advisor expects that the Fund’s duration will remain between four and eight years; however, the Fund’s duration may be lengthened or shortened depending on market conditions. Duration is a measure of the expected life of a debt security that is used to determine the sensitivity of the security’s price to changes in interest rates. Generally, the longer the Fund’s duration, the more sensitive the Fund will be to changes in interest rates. |
| Rule 35d-1 Eighty Percent Investment Policy [Text Block] | The Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in bonds such as: |