Touchstone Strategic Trust

10/28/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/28/2024 13:37

Summary Prospectus by Investment Company - Form 497K

497K
Summary Prospectus
Touchstone Small Company FundOctober 28, 2024
Class A Ticker: SAGWX Class C Ticker: SSCOX Class Y Ticker: SIGWX
Institutional Class Ticker: TICSX Class R6 Ticker: SSRRX
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains information about the Fund and its risks. The Fund's prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated October 28, 2024, as amended from time to time, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus. For free paper or electronic copies of the Fund's prospectus and other information about the Fund, go to TouchstoneInvestments.com/Resources, call 1.800.543.0407, or ask any financial adviser, bank, or broker-dealer who offers shares of the Fund.
Touchstone Small Company Fund Summary
The Fund's Investment Goal
The Touchstone Small Company Fund (the "Fund") seeks to provide investors with growth of capital.
The Fund's Fees and Expenses
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay 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 tables and examples below.You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Class A shares of Touchstone equity funds and Touchstone fixed income funds if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 or $50,000, respectively, in Touchstone funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional, in the section titled "Choosing a Class of Shares" in the Fund's prospectus and Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") on pages 69 and 72, respectively, and inAppendix A-Intermediary-Specific Sales Charge Waivers and Discounts to the Fund's prospectus. An investor transacting in Class R6 shares, which do not have any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, may be required to pay a commission to a broker for effecting such transactions on an agency basis. Such commissions are not reflected in the table or in the "Example" below.
Class A
Class C
Class Y
Institutional
Class
Class R6
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
5.00%
None
None
None
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original
purchase price or the amount redeemed, whichever is less)
None
1.00%
None
None
None
Wire Redemption Fee
$15
$15
$15
$15
$15
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each
year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees
0.67%
0.67%
0.67%
0.67%
0.67%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees
0.25%
1.00%
None
None
None
Other Expenses
Liquidity Provider Expense
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
Other Operating Expenses
0.25%
0.38%
0.28%
0.26%
0.19%
Total Other Expenses
0.26%
0.39%
0.29%
0.27%
0.20%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (AFFE)
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses(1)
1.19%
2.07%
0.97%
0.95%
0.88%
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Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement(2)
0.00%
(0.10)%
(0.06)%
(0.14)%
(0.07)%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or
Expense Reimbursement(1)(2)
1.19%
1.97%
0.91%
0.81%
0.81%
(1)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses and will differ from the ratios of expenses to average net assets that are included in the Fund's Form N-CSR filing for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.
(2)
Touchstone Advisors, Inc. (the "Adviser" or "Touchstone Advisors") and Touchstone Strategic Trust (the "Trust") have entered into a contractual expense limitation agreement whereby Touchstone Advisors will waive a portion of its fees or reimburse certain Fund expenses (excluding dividend and interest expenses relating to short sales; interest; taxes; brokerage commissions and other transaction costs; portfolio transaction and investment related expenses, including expenses associated with the Fund's liquidity providers; other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles; the cost of "Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses", if any; and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of business) in order to limit annual Fund operating expenses to 1.22%, 1.95%, 0.89%, 0.79%, and 0.79% of average daily net assets for Classes A, C, Y, Institutional Class, and Class R6 shares, respectively. This contractual expense limitation is effective through October 29, 2025, but can be terminated by a vote of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the "Board") if it deems the termination to be beneficial to the Fund's shareholders. The terms of the contractual expense limitation agreement provide that Touchstone Advisors is entitled to recoup, subject to approval by the Board, such amounts waived or reimbursed for a period of up to three years from the date on which the Adviser reduced its compensation or assumed expenses for the Fund. The Fund will make repayments to the Adviser only if such repayment does not cause the annual Fund operating expenses (after the repayment is taken into account) to exceed both (1) the expense cap in place when such amounts were waived or reimbursed and (2) the Fund's current expense limitation.
Example.This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the 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, except as indicated, redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same and that all fee waivers or expense limits for the Fund will expire after one year. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Assuming Redemption at End of Period
Assuming
No Redemption
Class A
Class C
Class Y
Institutional
Class
Class R6
Class C
1 Year
$615
$300
$93
$83
$83
$200
3 Years
$859
$639
$303
$289
$274
$639
5 Years
$1,122
$1,104
$530
$512
$481
$1,104
10 Years
$1,871
$2,392
$1,184
$1,154
$1,078
$2,392
Portfolio Turnover.The Fund pays transaction costs, such as brokerage 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 Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in total annual Fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 59% of the average value of the Fund's portfolio.
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The Fund's Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in small-capitalization companies. For this purpose, small capitalization companies are companies that have market capitalizations within the range represented in the Russell 2000® Index(between approximately $11 million and $15 billion as of September 30, 2024). The market cap range of the Russell 2000® Index will change with market conditions. The Fund seeks to invest primarily in common stocks of small-capitalization companies that Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc., the Fund's sub-adviser ("Fort Washington"), believes are high quality, have superior business models, solid management teams, sustainable growth potential and are attractively valued. The Fund may invest without limitation in foreign securities, although only where the securities are trading in the U.S. or Canada and only where trading is denominated in U.S. or Canadian dollars.
Up to 25% of the Fund's assets may be invested in securities within a single industry. Although the Fund may invest in any economic sector, at times it may emphasize one or more particular sectors. At times the Fund may have less than 80% of its investments in companies within the market cap range of the Russell 2000® Index due to market appreciation.
The Fund would typically sell a security if the portfolio managers believe it is overvalued, if the original investment premise is no longer true, if the holding size exceeds the portfolio managers' company or sector weighting guidelines and/or to take advantage of a more attractive investment opportunity. The Fund may also sell a partial position in a security in order to manage the size of the position. A security may also be sold to meet redemptions.
The Fund's Principal Risks
The Fund's share price will fluctuate. You could lose money on your investment in the Fund and the Fund could also return less than other investments.Investments in the Fund are not bank guaranteed, are not deposits, and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC") or any other federal government agency.As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment goal. You can find more information about the Fund's investments and risks under the "Principal Investment Strategies and Risks" section of the Fund's prospectus. The Fund is subject to the principal risks summarized below.
Equity Securities Risk: The Fund is subject to the risk that stock prices will fall over short or extended periods of time. Individual companies may report poor results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and developments, or as a result of irregular and/or unexpected trading activity among retail investors. The prices of securities issued by these companies may decline in response to such developments, which could result in a decline in the value of the Fund's shares.
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Small-Cap Risk: Stocks of smaller companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than stocks of larger, more established companies. Small companies may have limited product lines or financial resources and may be dependent upon a small or inexperienced management group.
Management Risk: In managing the Fund's portfolio, the Adviser engages one or more sub-advisers to make investment decisions for a portion of or the entire portfolio. There is a risk that the Adviser may be unable to identify and retain sub-advisers who achieve superior investment returns relative to other similar sub-advisers.
Economic and Market Events Risk: Events in the U.S. and global financial markets, including actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks to stimulate or stabilize economic growth, may at times, and for varying periods of time, result in unusually high market volatility, which could negatively impact the Fund's performance and cause the Fund to experience illiquidity, shareholder redemptions, or other potentially adverse effects. Reduced liquidity in credit and fixed-income markets could negatively affect issuers worldwide. Financial institutions could suffer losses as interest rates rise or economic conditions deteriorate. In addition, the Fund's service providers are susceptible to operational and information or cyber security risks that could result in losses to a Fund and its shareholders.
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Foreign Securities Risk: Investing in foreign securities poses additional risks since political and economic events unique in a country or region will affect those markets and their issuers, while such events may not necessarily affect the U.S. economy or issuers located in the United States. In addition, investments in foreign securities are generally denominated in foreign currency. As a result, changes in the value of those currencies compared to the U.S. dollar may affect (positively or negatively) the value of the Fund's investments. There are also risks associated with foreign accounting standards, government regulation, market information, and clearance and settlement procedures. To the extent that the securities held by the Fund trade on foreign exchanges or in foreign markets that may be closed when the U.S. market is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current price of the securities held by the Fund and their last quoted price or the securities' quote from the closed foreign market. Foreign markets may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. markets and offer less protection to investors. To the extent a Fund focuses its investments in a single country or only a few countries in a particular geographic region, economic, political, regulatory or other conditions affecting such country or region may have a greater impact on Fund performance relative to a more geographically diversified fund.
Sector and Industry Focus Risk: The Fund may invest a high percentage of its assets in specific sectors and/or industries of the market in order to achieve a potentially greater investment return. As a result, the Fund may be more susceptible to economic, political, and regulatory developments in a particular sector or industry of the market, positive or negative, than a fund that does not invest a high percentage of its assets in specific sectors or industries.
Cybersecurity Risk: Cyber security breaches are either intentional or unintentional events that allow an unauthorized party to gain access to Fund assets, customer data, or proprietary information, or cause a Fund or Fund service provider to suffer data corruption or lose operational functionality. A cyber security breach could result in the loss or theft of customer data or funds, loss or theft of proprietary information or corporate data, physical damage to a computer or network system, or costs associated with system repairs, any of which could have a substantial impact on the Fund. Such incidents could affect issuers in which a Fund invests, thereby causing the Fund's investments to lose value. The Fund has established risk management systems reasonably designed to seek to reduce the risks associated with cyber-events. However, there is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to prevent or mitigate the impact of any or all cyber-events.
The Fund's Performance
Before the Fund commenced operations, the assets and liabilities of the Sentinel Small Company Fund (the "Predecessor Fund") were transferred to the Fund in a tax-free reorganization on October 27, 2017 (the "Reorganization"). The investment objectives, guidelines, and restrictions of the Predecessor Fund were similar to those of the Fund. The performance information included prior to the Reorganization is that of the Predecessor Fund.
The bar chart and performance table below illustrate some indication of the risks and volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the Fund's average annual total returns for one year, five years, and ten years compare with the Russell 3000®Index. The Russell 2000® Index shows how the Fund's performance compares against the returns of an index with similar investment objectives. The bar chart does not reflect any sales charges, which would reduce your return.The performance table reflects any applicable sales charges.Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. More recent performance information is available at no cost by visiting TouchstoneInvestments.com or by calling 1.800.543.0407.
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Touchstone Small Company Fund - Class A Shares Total Return as of December 31
Best Quarter:
4th Quarter 2020
35.30
%
Worst Quarter:
1st Quarter 2020
(30.77
)%
Year-To-Date:
9/30/2024
13.08
%
After-tax returns are calculated using the highest individual marginal federal income tax rates in effect on a given distribution reinvestment date and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns may differ from those shown and depend on your tax situation. The after-tax returns do not apply to shares held in an individual retirement account ("IRA"), 401(k), or other tax-advantaged account.The after-tax returns shown in the table are for Class A shares only. The after-tax returns for other classes of shares offered by the Fund will differ from the Class A shares' after-tax returns. The Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares may be greater than other returns for the same period due to a tax benefit of realizing a capital loss on the sale of Fund shares.
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Average Annual Total Returns
For the periods ended December 31, 2023
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Touchstone Small Company Fund - Class A
Return Before Taxes
10.02
%
10.57
%
8.27
%
Return After Taxes on Distributions
9.97
%
9.04
%
5.58
%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
5.96
%
8.11
%
5.79
%
Touchstone Small Company Fund - Class C
Return Before Taxes
13.98
%
10.90
%
8.18
%
Touchstone Small Company Fund - Class Y
Return Before Taxes(1)
16.19
%
12.00
%
9.16
%
Touchstone Small Company Fund - Institutional Class
Return Before Taxes(2)
16.17
%
12.09
%
9.17
%
Touchstone Small Company Fund - Class R6
Return Before Taxes(3)
16.35
%
12.11
%
9.24
%
Russell 3000® Index(4) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
25.96
%
15.16
%
11.48
%
Russell 2000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.93
%
9.97
%
7.16
%
(1)
Class Y shares of the Fund assumed the performance history of Class I shares of the Predecessor Fund.
(2)
Performance of Institutional Class shares of the Fund prior to October 30, 2017 (the inception date for Institutional Class shares) is based on the Fund's Class Y share performance.
(3)
Performance of Class R6 shares of the Predecessor Fund prior to December 23, 2014 (the inception date for Class R6 shares of the Predecessor Fund) is based on the Predecessor Fund's Class A shares performance. An investor transacting in Class R6 shares may be required to pay a commission to a broker for effecting such transactions on an agency basis. Such commissions are not reflected in the table.
(4)
The Fund has designated the Russell 3000® Index as its new broad-based securities market index in accordance with the revised definition for such an index.
The Fund's Management
Investment Adviser
Touchstone Advisors, Inc. serves as the Fund's investment adviser.
Sub-Adviser
Portfolio Manager
Investment Experience
with the Fund and the
Predecessor Fund
Primary Title with
Sub-Adviser
Fort Washington
Investment Advisors,
Inc.
Jason V. Ronovech, CFA
Since inception in
October 2017; managed
the Predecessor Fund
from 2013 to 2017
Vice President & Senior
Portfolio Manager
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Buying and Selling Fund Shares
Minimum Investment Requirements
Classes A, C, and Y
Initial
Investment
Additional
Investment
Regular Account
$2,500
$50
Retirement Account or Custodial Account under the Uniform Gifts/Transfers
to Minors Act
$1,000
$50
Investments through the Automatic Investment Plan
$100
$50
Institutional Class
Initial
Investment
Additional
Investment
Regular Account
$500,000
$50
Class R6
Initial
Investment
Additional
Investment
Regular Account
$50,000
$50
Class R6 shares held through Touchstone Securities require a $50,000 minimum initial investment and have a $50 subsequent investment minimum. Touchstone does not impose a minimum investment requirement on accounts held through a financial intermediary for Class R6 shares. However, financial intermediaries may set different minimum initial and additional investment requirements, may impose other restrictions or may charge you fees for their services.
Fund shares may be purchased and sold on days that the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading. Existing Class A, Class C and Institutional Class shareholders may purchase shares directly through Touchstone Funds via the transfer agent, BNY Mellon, or through their financial intermediary. Class Y shares are available only through financial intermediaries who have appropriate selling agreements in place with Touchstone Securities. Shares may be purchased or sold by writing to Touchstone Securities at P.O. Box 534467, Pittsburgh, PA 15253-4467, calling 1.800.543.0407, or visiting the Touchstone Funds' website: TouchstoneInvestments.com. You may only sell shares over the telephone or via the Internet if the value of the shares sold is less than or equal to $100,000. If your shares are held by a processing organization or financial intermediary you will need to follow its purchase and redemption procedures. For more information about buying and selling shares, see the "Investing with Touchstone" section of the Fund's prospectus or call 1.800.543.0407.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains except when shares are held through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. Withdrawals from a tax-advantaged account, however, may be taxable.
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Financial Intermediary Compensation
If you purchase shares in the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.
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