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31/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 31/07/2024 19:39

Summary Prospectus by Investment Company - Form 497K

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Summary prospectus

Global / international equity mutual fund

Delaware Ivy International Core Equity Fund

Nasdaq ticker symbols

Class A

IVIAX

Class C

IVIFX

Class I

ICEIX

Class R6

IINCX

Class R

IYITX

Class Y

IVVYX

July 31, 2024

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's statutory prospectus (and any supplements thereto), which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's statutory prospectus and other information about the Fund, including its statement of additional information and most recent reports to shareholders, online at delawarefunds.com/literature. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800 523-1918. The Fund's statutory prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated July 31, 2024 (and any supplements thereto), are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus.

Summary prospectus
Delaware Ivy International Core Equity Fund, a series of Ivy Funds

(to be renamed Macquarie International Core Equity Fund on or about December 31, 2024)

What is the Fund's investment objective?

Delaware Ivy International Core Equity Fund seeks to provide capital growth and appreciation.

What are the Fund's fees and expenses?

The table below 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 if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Delaware Funds by Macquarie​® (to be renamed Macquarie Funds on or about December 31, 2024). More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary, in the Fund's Prospectus under the section entitled "About your account," and in the Fund's statement of additional information (SAI) under the section entitled "Purchasing Shares."

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Class

A

C

I

R6

R

Y

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases as a percentage of offering price

5.75%

none

none

none

none

none

Maximum contingent deferred sales charge (load) as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption price, whichever is lower

none

​1

1.00%

​1

none

none

none

none

Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Class

A

C

I

R6

R

Y

Management fees

0.85%

0.85%

0.85%

0.85%

0.85%

0.85%

Distribution and service (12b-1) fees

0.25%

1.00%

none

none

0.50%

0.25%

Other expenses

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

0.08%

​2

0.16%

0.16%

Total annual fund operating expenses

1.26%

2.01%

1.01%

0.93%

1.51%

1.26%

Fee waivers and expense reimbursements

(0.24%)

​3

(0.24%)

​3

(0.24%)

​3

(0.28%)

​3

(0.24%)

​3

(0.24%)

​3

Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waivers and expense reimbursements

1.02%

1.77%

0.77%

0.65%

1.27%

1.02%

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For Class A shares, a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) is only imposed on certain Class A shares that are purchased at net asset value (NAV) for $1 million or more that are subsequently redeemed within 18 months of purchase. For Class C shares, a 1% CDSC applies to redemptions within 12 months of purchase.

2

"Other expenses" account for Class R6 shares not being subject to certain expenses as described further in the section of the Prospectus entitled "Choosing a share class."

2

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The Fund's investment manager, Delaware Management Company (Manager), has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its investment advisory fees and/or pay/reimburse expenses (excluding any 12b-1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, short sale dividend and interest expenses, brokerage fees, certain insurance costs, and nonroutine expenses or costs, including, but not limited to, those relating to reorganizations, litigation, conducting shareholder meetings, and liquidations) in order to prevent total annual fund operating expenses from exceeding 0.77% of the Fund's average daily net assets for all share classes other than Class R6, and 0.65% of the Fund's Class R6 shares' average daily net assets, from May 3, 2024 through July 30, 2025. These waivers and reimbursements may only be terminated by agreement of the Manager and the Fund.

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 redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. In addition, the example shows expenses for Class C shares, assuming those shares were not redeemed at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and reflects the Manager's expense waivers and reimbursements for the 1-year contractual period and the total operating expenses without waivers for years 2 through 10. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Class

A

(if not
redeemed)
C

C

I

R6

R

Y

1 year

$673

$180

$280

$79

$66

$129

$104

3 years

$929

$607

$607

$298

$268

$454

$376

5 years

$1,205

$1,061

$1,061

$535

$487

$801

$669

10 years

$1,990

$2,318

$2,318

$1,214

$1,117

$1,781

$1,502

Portfolio turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as 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 the 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 42% of the average value of its portfolio.

What are the Fund's principal investment strategies?

Delaware Ivy International Core Equity Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities. The Fund will invest primarily in common stocks of non-U.S. companies, which may include companies located or operating in developed or emerging markets. The Fund's investment in emerging market companies will not exceed the greater of (a) 35% of the Fund's net assets or (b) the weight of emerging markets in the Fund's benchmark index, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The Fund also may invest in depositary receipts of foreign issuers.

The Manager believes that there are often dislocations and valuation discrepancies in the international financial markets and, therefore, it seeks to find and invest in what it believes are mispriced countries,

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sectors, currencies, and, ultimately, stocks with attractive valuations relative to their potential and to their global peer group. The Manager uses a disciplined approach while looking for investment opportunities around the world, preferring companies that it believes to have strong and growing competitive positions and reasonable valuations.

The Manager begins its investment process through bottom-up fundamental analysis with a global perspective which is built by constantly assessing developments in the global landscape, business and product cycles, relative valuations and an awareness of politics around the world. The Manager follows a bottom-up approach to its stock selection and evaluates individual companies based on various factors, including: free cash flow, sales growth, financial leverage, and return on invested capital along with various valuation metrics. The Manager uses various data and screening services as part of its stock-selection process, primarily to assess return on invested capital and relative valuation.

Although the Fund primarily invests in securities issued by large-capitalization companies (typically, companies with capitalizations of at least $10 billion at the time of acquisition), it may invest in securities issued by companies of any size. The Fund may invest up to 100% of its total assets in foreign securities. In an effort to manage foreign currency exposure, the Fund may use forward contracts to either increase or decrease exposure to a given currency.

Generally, in determining whether to sell a security, the Manager uses the same type of analysis that it uses in buying securities of that type. For example, the Manager may sell a security if it believes the security no longer offers significant return potential, if there exists political or economic instability in the issuer's country, if it believes the security is showing signs of deteriorating fundamentals, if there is weak cash flow to support shareholder returns, and/or if there is a change in the Manager's macroeconomic perspective. The Manager also may sell a security to reduce the Fund's holding in that security, to take advantage of what it believes are more attractive investment opportunities or to raise cash.

The Manager may permit its affiliate, Macquarie Investment Management Global Limited (MIMGL), to execute Fund security trades on behalf of the Manager. The Manager may also seek quantitative support from MIMGL.

What are the principal risks of investing in the Fund?

Investing in any mutual fund involves the risk that you may lose part or all of the money you invest. Over time, the value of your investment in the Fund will increase and decrease according to changes in the value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio. An investment in the Fund may not be appropriate for all investors. The Fund's principal risks include:

Market risk - The risk that all or a majority of the securities in a certain market - such as the stock or bond market - will decline in value because of factors such as adverse political or economic conditions, future expectations, investor confidence, or heavy institutional selling.

Foreign risk - The risk that foreign securities (particularly in emerging markets) may be adverselyaffected by political instability, changes in currency exchange rates, inefficient markets and higher transaction costs, foreign economic conditions, the imposition of economic or trade sanctions, or inadequate or different regulatory and accounting standards.

Currency risk - The risk that fluctuations in exchange rates between the US dollar and foreign currencies and between various foreign currencies may cause the value of an investment to decline.

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Emerging markets risk - The risk associated with international investing will be greater in emerging markets than in more developed foreign markets because, among other things, emerging markets may have less stable political and economic environments. In addition, there often is substantially less publicly available information about issuers and such information tends to be of a lesser quality. Economic markets and structures tend to be less mature and diverse and the securities markets may also be smaller, less liquid, and subject to greater price volatility.

Geographic focus risk - The risk that local political and economic conditions could adversely affect the performance of a fund investing a substantial amount of assets in securities of issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries.

Value stock risk - The risk that the value of a security believed by the Manager to be undervalued may never reach what is believed to be its full value; such security's value may decrease or such security may be appropriately priced. Value stocks are stocks of companies that may have experienced adverse business or industry developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the stocks to be out of favor and, in the opinion of the Manager, undervalued.

Large-capitalization company risk - Large-capitalization companies tend to be less volatile than companies with smaller market capitalizations. This potentially lower risk means that the Fund's share price may not rise as much as the share prices of funds that focus on smaller-capitalization companies.

Foreign currency exchange transactions and forward foreign currency contracts risk - The risk that a fund's use of foreign currency exchange transactions and forward foreign currency contracts to hedge certain market risks (such as interest rates, currency exchange rates and broad or specific market movement) may increase the possibility of default by the counterparty to the transaction and, to the extent the Manager's judgment as to certain market movements is incorrect, the risk of losses that are greater than if the investment technique had not been used.

Liquidity risk - The possibility that investments cannot be readily sold within seven calendar days at approximately the price at which a fund has valued them.

Derivatives risk - Derivatives contracts, such as futures, forward foreign currency contracts, options, and swaps, may involve additional expenses (such as the payment of premiums) and are subject to significant loss if a security, index, reference rate, or other asset or market factor to which a derivatives contract is associated, moves in the opposite direction from what the Manager anticipated. When used for hedging, the change in value of the derivatives instrument may also not correlate specifically with the currency, rate, or other risk being hedged, in which case a fund may not realize the intended benefits. Derivatives contracts are also subject to the risk that the counterparty may fail to perform its obligations under the contract due to, among other reasons, financial difficulties (such as a bankruptcy or reorganization).

Active management and selection risk - The risk that the securities selected by a fund's management will underperform the markets, the relevant indices, or the securities selected by other funds with similar investment objectives and investment strategies. The securities and sectors selected may vary from the securities and sectors included in the relevant index.

None of the entities noted in this document is an authorized deposit-taking institution for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 (Commonwealth of Australia) and the obligations of these entities do not represent deposits or other liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 (Macquarie Bank).

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Macquarie Bank does not guarantee or otherwise provide assurance in respect of the obligations of these entities. In addition, if this document relates to an investment (a) each investor is subject to investment risk including possible delays in repayment and loss of income and principal invested and (b) none of Macquarie Bank or any other Macquarie Group company guarantees any particular rate of return on or the performance of the investment, nor do they guarantee repayment of capital in respect of the investment.

How has Delaware Ivy International Core Equity Fund performed?

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual total returns for the 1-, 5-, and 10-year or lifetime periods compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. On April 30, 2021, the Fund became part of Delaware Funds by Macquarie​® and Delaware Management Company became the Fund's investment manager. The returns shown from before April 30, 2021 are from the Fund's prior investment manager. Effective November 15, 2021, the Fund changed its investment strategy. Performance prior to November 15, 2021 reflects the Fund's former strategy; its performance may have differed if the Fund's current strategy had been in place. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how it will perform in the future. The returns reflect any expense caps in effect during these periods. The returns would be lower without the expense caps. You may obtain the Fund's most recently available month-end performance by calling 800 523-1918 or by visiting our website at delawarefunds.com/performance.

Calendar year-by-year total return (Class A)

As of June 30, 2024, the Fund's Class A shares had a calendar year-to-date return of 5.85%. During the periods illustrated in this bar chart, Class A's highest quarterly return was 18.28% for the quarter ended December 31, 2022, and its lowest quarterly return was -24.49% for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. The maximum Class A sales charge of 5.75%, which is normally deducted when you purchase shares, is not reflected in the highest/lowest quarterly returns or in the bar chart. If this fee were included, the returns would be less than those shown. The average annual total returns in the table below do include the sales charge.

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Average annual total returns for periods ended December 31, 2023

1 year

5 years

10 years or lifetime

Class A return before taxes

10.03%

6.13%

3.22%

Class A return after taxes on distributions

9.09%

5.55%

2.36%

Class A return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares

6.12%

4.65%

2.31%

Class C return before taxes

14.86%

6.64%

3.28%

Class I return before taxes

17.02%

7.81%

4.22%

Class R6 return before taxes (lifetime: 7/31/14-12/31/23)

17.11%

7.83%

3.88%

Class R return before taxes

16.41%

7.08%

3.55%

Class Y return before taxes

16.74%

7.44%

3.90%

MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA Index (net) (reflects no deduction for fees or expenses but reflects the deduction of foreign withholding taxes on dividends)

15.61%

7.08%

3.83%

MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA Index (gross) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or foreign withholding taxes on dividends)

16.21%

7.60%

4.32%

After-tax performance is presented only for Class A shares of the Fund. The after-tax returns for other Fund classes may vary. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor's individual tax situation and may differ from the returns shown. After-tax returns are not relevant for shares held in tax-advantaged investment vehicles such as employer-sponsored 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs). The after-tax returns shown are calculated using the highest individual federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the periods presented and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.

Who manages the Fund?

Investment manager

Delaware Management Company, a series of Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust (a Delaware statutory trust)

Portfolio managers

Title with Delaware Management Company

Start date on the Fund

Aditya Kapoor, CFA

Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager

November 2021

Charles John, CFA

Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager

November 2021

Charles (Trey) Schorgl

Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager

July 2023

Sub-advisor

Macquarie Investment Management Global Limited

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Purchase and redemption of Fund shares

You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any day that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open for business (Business Day). Shares may be purchased or redeemed: through your financial intermediary; through the Fund's website at delawarefunds.com/account-access; by calling 800 523-1918; by regular mail (c/o Delaware Funds by Macquarie​®, P.O. Box 534437, Pittsburgh, PA 15253-4437); by overnight courier service (c/o Delaware Funds by Macquarie Service Center, Attention: 534437, 500 Ross Street, 154-0520, Pittsburgh, PA 15262); or by wire.

For Class A and Class C shares, the minimum initial investment is generally $1,000 and subsequent investments can be made for as little as $100. The minimum initial investment for IRAs, Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minors Act accounts, direct deposit purchase plans, and automatic investment plans is $250 and through Coverdell Education Savings Accounts is $500, and subsequent investments in these accounts can be made for as little as $25. For Class R, Class I, Class Y, and Class R6 shares (except those shares purchased through an automatic investment plan), there is no minimum initial purchase requirement, but certain eligibility requirements must be met. The eligibility requirements are described in this Prospectus under "Choosing a share class" and on the Fund's website. We may reduce or waive the minimums or eligibility requirements in certain cases.

Please refer to the Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information for more details regarding the purchase and sale of Fund shares.

Tax information

The Fund's distributions generally are taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or some combination of both, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA, in which case your distributions may be taxed as ordinary income when withdrawn from the tax-advantaged account.

Payments to broker/dealers and other financial intermediaries

If you purchase shares of 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 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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