Principal Funds Inc.

08/02/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/02/2021 10:21

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DIVERSIFIED REAL ASSET FUND
Class A Inst. R-3 R-4 R-5 R-6
Ticker Symbol(s) PRDAX PDRDX PGDRX PGDSX PGDTX PDARX
Principal Funds, Inc. Summary Prospectus December 31, 2020 as amended May 10, 2021 and August 2, 2021
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus, statement of additional information, reports to shareholders, and other information about the Fund online at www.principalfunds.com/prospectuses. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1‑800-222-5852 or by sending an email request to [email protected].
The Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated December 31, 2020, as may be amended or supplemented, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus.
Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund's annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the report from the Fund or your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report. If you already elected to receive such reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you do not need to take any action. If you have not previously elected electronic delivery, you may elect to receive reports and other communications from the Fund electronically by visiting our website at www.principalfunds.com/edelivery for instructions on enrolling in eDelivery or calling 1-800-222-5852. If you own these shares through a financial intermediary, you may contact your financial intermediary. You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your reports, you can inform the Fund by calling 1-800-222-5852. If you own these shares through a financial intermediary, you may contact your financial intermediary or follow instructions included with this disclosure to elect to continue to receive paper copies of reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds with the Fund complex or to the shares you own through your financial intermediary.
Objective: The Fund seeks a long-term total return in excess of inflation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Class A shares of Principal Funds, Inc. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in 'Choosing a Share Class and The Costs of Investing' beginning on page 112 of the Fund's prospectus, Appendix C to the prospectus titled 'Intermediary-Specific Sales Charge Waivers and Reductions', and 'Multiple Class Structure' beginning on page 4 of the Fund's Statement of Additional Information.
If you purchase Institutional Class or Class R-6 shares through certain programs offered by certain financial intermediaries, you may be required to pay a commission and/or other forms of compensation to the broker, or to your Financial Professional or other financial intermediary.
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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Share Class
A Inst. R-3 R-4 R-5 R-6
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 3.75% None None None None None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the offering price or NAV at the time Sales Load is paid, whichever is less) 1.00% None None None None None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Share Class
A Inst. R-3 R-4 R-5 R-6
Management Fees 0.81% 0.81% 0.81% 0.81% 0.81% 0.81%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% None 0.25% 0.10% None None
Other Expenses 0.24% 0.12% 0.33% 0.29% 0.27% 0.03%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.31% 0.94% 1.40% 1.21% 1.09% 0.85%
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement (1)(2)
(0.10)% (0.10)% (0.05)% (0.05)% (0.05)% (0.06)%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement 1.21% 0.84% 1.35% 1.16% 1.04% 0.79%
(1) Principal Global Investors, LLC ('PGI'), the investment advisor, has contractually agreed to limit the Fund's Management Fees through the period ending December 30, 2021. The fee waiver will reduce the Fund's Management Fees by 0.05% (expressed as a percent of average net assets on an annualized basis). It is expected that the fee waiver will continue through the period disclosed; however, Principal Funds, Inc. and PGI, the parties to the agreement, may mutually agree to terminate the fee waiver prior to the end of the period.
(2) Principal Global Investors, LLC ('PGI'), the investment advisor, has contractually agreed to limit the Fund's expenses by paying, if necessary, expenses normally payable by the Fund, (excluding interest expense, expenses related to fund investments, acquired fund fees and expenses, and other extraordinary expenses) to maintain a total level of operating expenses (expressed as a percent of average net assets on an annualized basis) not to exceed 1.20% for Class A and 0.83% for Institutional Class shares. In addition, for Class R-6, the expense limit will maintain 'Other Expenses' (expressed as a percent of average net assets on an annualized basis) not to exceed 0.02%, (excluding interest expense, expenses related to fund investments, acquired fund fees and expenses, and other extraordinary expenses). It is expected that these expense limits will continue through the period ending December 30, 2021; however, Principal Funds, Inc. and PGI, the parties to the agreement, may mutually agree to terminate the expense limits prior to the end of the period. Subject to applicable expense limits, the Fund may reimburse PGI for expenses incurred during the current fiscal year.
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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. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The calculation of costs takes into account any applicable contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements for the period noted in the table above. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Class A $494 $765 $1,057 $1,886
Institutional Class 86 290 510 1,146
Class R-3 137 438 761 1,675
Class R-4 118 379 660 1,462
Class R-5 106 342 596 1,324
Class R-6 81 265 465 1,043
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 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 85.4% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in investments related to real assets and real asset companies. The Fund allocates its assets among general investment categories related to real assets, which include tangible assets and investments that are expected to perform well in periods of rising or high inflation, such as the following: infrastructure, natural resources and timber, commodities, real estate, inflation-indexed bonds, and floating rate debt. In pursuing these strategies, the Fund invests in equity securities, including growth and value securities, of any market capitalization size (small, medium, large); fixed-income securities, which are not managed to any particular maturity or duration; U.S. and foreign securities; and derivative instruments, such as forwards, futures, swaps, and options. A derivative is a financial arrangement, the value of which is derived from, or based on, a traditional security, asset, or market index. The Fund concentrates its investments (invests more than 25% of its net assets) in securities of one or more of the following industries: real estate, energy, natural resources, and infrastructure.
In managing the Fund, Principal Global Investors, LLC ('PGI'), the Fund's investment advisor, determines the Fund's strategic asset allocation among actively-managed and passively-managed (index) strategies that are executed by PGI and multiple sub-advisors. PGI has considerable latitude in allocating the Fund's assets. The Fund uses strategies and sub-advisors to varying degrees and may change allocations, add new or eliminate existing strategies and sub-advisors, and temporarily or permanently reduce allocations from time to time such that the Fund would have little or no assets allocated to a particular strategy or sub-advisor.
Infrastructure. The Fund invests in companies that own or operate infrastructure assets related to the transportation, communications, water, electricity transmission and distribution, and oil and gas storage, processing and transportation industries. The Fund invests in master limited partnerships ('MLPs'), and in particular, MLPs involved with pipelines used for natural resources such as natural gas, crude oil, and refined petroleum products.
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Natural Resources and Timber. The Fund invests in securities of companies that primarily own, explore, mine, process or otherwise develop natural resources, timber and wood products, or agricultural commodities and products, or that supply goods and services to such companies. These include companies contributing to and/or profiting from, these sectors, especially those active in production, processing and supply chain services. Natural resources generally include precious metals, such as gold, silver and platinum, ferrous and nonferrous metals, such as iron, aluminum and copper, strategic metals such as uranium and titanium, hydrocarbons such as coal, oil and natural gas, timberland, and undeveloped real property.
Commodities. Commodities are assets that have tangible properties, such as oil, coal, natural gas, agricultural products, industrial metals, livestock and precious metals. To gain exposure to the commodities markets without investing directly in physical commodities, the Fund invests in commodity index-linked notes, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the 'Cayman Subsidiary'), and fixed-income securities (primarily short-term U.S. Treasury and Agency notes and bonds). Commodity index-linked notes, also referred to as 'structured notes,' are derivative debt instruments with principal and/or coupon payments linked to the performance of commodity indices. In order to gain exposure to the commodity markets within the limitations of certain federal tax law requirements, the Cayman Subsidiary invests in commodity-linked derivatives, including commodity-linked swaps, commodity futures contracts and/or options on commodities, as well as instruments such as fixed-income securities (cash, cash equivalents and/or U.S. Treasury and Agency notes and bonds), either as investments or to serve as margin or collateral for the Cayman Subsidiary's derivatives positions.
Real Estate. The Fund invests in equity securities of companies that have at least 50% of its assets, income or profits derived from products or services related to the real estate industry ('real estate companies'). Real estate companies include real estate investment trusts ('REITs'), REIT-like entities, and companies with substantial real estate holdings such as paper, lumber, hotel and entertainment companies as well as building supply manufacturers, mortgage lenders, and mortgage servicing companies.
Inflation-Indexed Bonds. The Fund invests in inflation-indexed bonds issued by the U.S. and non-U.S. governments, their agencies or instrumentalities and by U.S. and non-U.S. corporations. Inflation-indexed bonds are fixed-income securities that are structured to provide protection against inflation. The value of the bond's principal or the interest income paid on the bond is adjusted to track changes in an official inflation measure.
Floating Rate Debt. The Fund invests in below-investment-grade (sometimes called 'junk') or comparable unrated floating rate debt (also known as bank loans, syndicated loans, leveraged loans or senior floating rate interests). Floating rate debt has a variable coupon that resets periodically, with interest payments determined by a representative interest rate index (e.g. LIBOR or the federal funds rate) plus a fixed spread. As a result, the coupon payments vary, or 'float' with prevailing market interest rates.
Principal Risks
The value of your investment in the Fund changes with the value of the Fund's investments. Many factors affect that value, and it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are listed below in alphabetical order and not in order of significance.
Asset Allocation Risk. A fund's selection and weighting of asset classes and allocation among sub-advisors may cause it to underperform other funds with a similar investment objective.
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Bank Loans Risk. Changes in economic conditions are likely to cause issuers of bank loans (also known as senior floating rate interests) to be unable to meet their obligations. In addition, the value of the collateral securing the loan (if any) may decline, causing a loan to be substantially unsecured. Underlying credit agreements governing the bank loans, reliance on market makers, priority of repayment and overall market volatility may harm the liquidity of loans.
Cayman Subsidiary Risk. A fund is subject to the particular risks associated with the investments of the Fund's wholly-owned Cayman Subsidiary, namely Commodity-Related Investments Risk, Counterparty Risk and Derivatives Risk. The Cayman Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act and is not subject to all the investor protections of the Investment Company Act. The laws of the Cayman Islands and/or the United States (including the IRS position on income earned from wholly-owned subsidiaries described in past IRS private letter rulings) may change, resulting in the inability of the fund and/or the Cayman Subsidiary to operate as described in this Prospectus.
Commodity-Related Investments Risk. The value of commodities investments will generally be affected by overall market movements and factors specific to a particular industry or commodity, which may include weather, embargoes, tariffs, and economic health, political, international regulatory and other developments. Exposure to the commodities markets may subject the fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities.
Counterparty Risk. Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to a contract or other obligation will be unable or unwilling to honor its obligations.
Derivatives Risk. Derivatives may not move in the direction anticipated by the portfolio manager. Transactions in derivatives may increase volatility, cause the liquidation of portfolio positions when not advantageous to do so and result in disproportionate losses that may be substantially greater than a fund's initial investment.
•Commodity Index-Linked Notes. Commodity index-linked notes expose the fund to movements in commodity prices. They are also subject to credit, counterparty, and interest rate risk. Commodity index-linked notes are often leveraged. At the maturity of the note, the fund may receive more or less principal than it originally invested. The fund may also receive interest payments on the note that are less than the stated coupon interest payments.
•Forward Contracts, Futures and Swaps. Forward contracts, futures, and swaps involve specific risks, including: the imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the instruments held by the fund and the price of the forward contract, future or swap; possible lack of a liquid secondary market for a forward contract, future or swap and the resulting inability to close a forward contract, future or swap when desired; counterparty risk; and if the fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities from its portfolio to meet daily variation margin requirements.
•Options. Options involve specific risks, including: imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the instruments held by the fund and the price of the options, counterparty risk, difference in trading hours for the options markets and the markets for the underlying securities (rate movements can take place in the underlying markets that cannot be reflected in the options markets), and an insufficient liquid secondary market for particular options.
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Equity Securities Risk. A variety of factors can negatively impact the value of equity securities held by a fund, including a decline in the issuer's financial condition, unfavorable performance of the issuer's sector or industry, or changes in response to overall market and economic conditions. A fund's principal market segment(s) (such as market capitalization or style) may underperform other market segments or the equity markets as a whole.
•Growth Style Risk. Growth investing entails the risk that if growth companies do not increase their earnings at a rate expected by investors, the market price of their stock may decline significantly, even if earnings show an absolute increase. Growth company stocks also typically lack the dividend yield that can lessen price declines in market downturns.
•Smaller Companies Risk. Investments in smaller companies may involve greater risk and price volatility than investments in larger, more mature companies.
•Value Style Risk. Value investing entails the risk that value stocks may continue to be undervalued by the market for extended periods, including the entire period during which the stock is held by a fund, or the events that appears would cause the stock price to increase may not occur as anticipated or at all. Moreover, a stock that appears to be undervalued actually may be appropriately priced at a low level and therefore would not be profitable for the fund.
Fixed-Income Securities Risk. Fixed-income securities are subject to interest rate, credit quality, and liquidity risks. The market value of fixed-income securities generally declines when interest rates rise and generally increases when interest rates fall. Higher interest rates may adversely affect the liquidity of certain fixed-income securities. Moreover, an issuer of fixed-income securities could default on its payment obligations due to increased interest rates or for other reasons.
Foreign Currency Risk. Risks of investing in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies include changes in foreign exchange rates and foreign exchange restrictions.
Foreign Securities Risk. The risks of foreign securities include loss of value as a result of: political or economic instability; nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation; settlement delays; and limited government regulation (including less stringent reporting, accounting, and disclosure standards than are required of U.S. companies).
High Yield Securities Risk. High yield fixed-income securities (commonly referred to as 'junk bonds') are subject to greater credit quality risk than higher rated fixed-income securities and should be considered speculative.
Industry Concentration Risk. A fund that concentrates investments in a particular industry or group of industries has greater exposure than other funds to market, economic and other factors affecting that industry or group of industries.
•Energy/Natural Resources. A fund concentrating in energy/natural resource companies may be affected by numerous factors, including events occurring in nature, inflationary pressures, international politics, the success of exploration projects, commodity prices, energy conservation, taxes and other government regulations. In addition, interest rates and general economic conditions may affect the demand for energy/natural resources. For example, events occurring in nature (such as earthquakes or fires in prime energy/natural resource areas) and political events (such as coups, military confrontations or acts of terrorism) can affect overall supply of energy/natural resources and the value of companies involved in energy/natural resources.
•Infrastructure. A fund concentrating in infrastructure related assets is subject to numerous related risks, including the following: supply and demand for services from and access to infrastructure; operational and technical risks; government and political involvement, including changes in laws and regulations; environmental claims; changes in energy prices; natural disasters, terrorist events, under-insured or uninsurable losses; and complex legal agreements and claims. Moreover, it may be difficult for the Fund to dispose of an infrastructure investment at an attractive price or at the appropriate time or in response to changing market conditions, or the Fund may otherwise be unable to complete a favorable exit strategy.
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•Real Estate. A fund concentrating in the real estate industry is subject to the risks associated with direct ownership of real estate, securities of companies in the real estate industry, and/or real estate investment trusts.
Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain types of transactions or investments may impair the fund's liquidity, cause it to liquidate positions at an unfavorable time, increase volatility of the fund's net asset value, or diminish the fund's performance.
Master Limited Partnership ('MLP') Risk. MLPs are publicly-traded limited partnership interests or units. An MLP that invests in a particular industry (e.g., oil and gas) will be harmed by detrimental economic events within that industry. As partnerships, MLPs may be subject to less regulation (and less protection for investors) under state laws than corporations. In addition, MLPs may be subject to state taxation in certain jurisdictions, which may reduce the amount of income an MLP pays to its investors.
Portfolio Duration Risk. Portfolio duration is a measure of the expected life of a fixed-income security and its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The longer a fund's average portfolio duration, the more sensitive the fund will be to changes in interest rates, which means funds with longer average portfolio durations may be more volatile than those with shorter durations.
Real Estate Investment Trusts ('REITs') Risk. In addition to risks associated with investing in real estate securities, REITs are dependent upon management skills, are not diversified, and are subject to heavy cash flow dependency, risks of default by borrowers, and self-liquidation. Investment in REITs also involves risks similar to risks of investing in small market capitalization companies, such as limited financial resources, less frequent and limited volume trading, and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than larger company securities. A REIT could fail to qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under the Internal Revenue Code. Fund shareholders will indirectly bear their proportionate share of the expenses of REITs in which the fund invests.
Real Estate Securities Risk. Investing in real estate securities subjects the fund to the risks associated with the real estate market (which are similar to the risks associated with direct ownership in real estate), including declines in real estate values, loss due to casualty or condemnation, property taxes, interest rate changes, increased expenses, cash flow of underlying real estate assets, regulatory changes (including zoning, land use and rents), and environmental problems, as well as to the risks related to the management skill and creditworthiness of the issuer.
Redemption and Large Transaction Risk. Ownership of the fund's shares may be concentrated in one or a few large investors (such as funds of funds, institutional investors, and asset allocation programs) that may redeem or purchase shares in large quantities. These transactions may cause the fund to sell securities to meet redemptions or to invest additional cash at times it would not otherwise do so, which may result in increased transaction costs, increased expenses, changes to expense ratios, and adverse effects to fund performance. Such transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income if sales of portfolio securities result in gains. Moreover, reallocations by large shareholders among share classes of a fund may result in changes to the expense ratios of affected classes, which may increase the expenses paid by shareholders of the class that experienced the redemption.
U.S. Government Securities Risk. Yields available from U.S. government securities are generally lower than yields from many other fixed-income securities.
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Performance
The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. You may get updated performance information online at www.principalfunds.com.
The bar chart shows the investment returns of the Fund's Class A shares for each full calendar year of operations for 10 years (or, if shorter, the life of the Fund). These annual returns do not reflect sales charges on Class A shares; if they did, results would be lower. The table shows for the last one, five, and ten calendar year periods (or, if shorter, the life of the Fund), how the Fund's average annual total returns compare with those of one or more broad measures of market performance.
Life of Fund returns are measured from the date the Fund's shares were first sold (March 16, 2010).
For periods prior to the inception date of Class R-6 shares (December 31, 2014), and Classes R-3, R-4, and R-5 shares (March 29, 2016), the performance shown in the table for these newer classes is that of the Fund's Institutional Class shares, adjusted to reflect the respective fees and expenses of each class. However, where this adjustment for fees and expenses results in performance for a newer class that is higher than the historical performance of the Institutional Class shares, the historical performance of the Institutional Class shares is used. These adjustments result in performance for such periods that is no higher than the historical performance of the Institutional Class shares, which were first sold March 16, 2010.
Total Returns as of December 31 (1)
Highest return for a quarter during the period of the bar chart above: Q1 2019 8.59%
Lowest return for a quarter during the period of the bar chart above: Q3 2015 (10.42)%
(1) The year-to-date return as of September 30, 2020 was (6.51)% for Class A shares.
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Average Annual Total Returns
For the periods ended December 31, 2019
1 Year 5 Years Life of Fund
Class A Return Before Taxes 10.40% 0.45% 3.20%
Class A Return After Taxes on Distributions 9.81% (0.18)% 2.61%
Class A Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 6.36% 0.13% 2.36%
Institutional Class Return Before Taxes 15.01% 1.59% 4.01%
Class R-3 Return Before Taxes 14.49% 1.08% 3.48%
Class R-4 Return Before Taxes 14.75% 1.30% 3.69%
Class R-5 Return Before Taxes 14.83% 1.43% 3.81%
Class R-6 Return Before Taxes 15.07% 1.64% 4.02%
Diversified Real Asset Strategic Index (except as noted for the below indexes, reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
14.86% 3.12% 3.27%
Bloomberg Barclays US Treasury TIPS Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 8.43% 2.62% 3.32%
S&P Global Infrastructure Index NTR (reflects withholding taxes on foreign dividends, but no deduction for fees, expenses, or other taxes)
26.99% 6.57% 7.94%
S&P Global Natural Resources Index NTR (reflects withholding taxes on foreign dividends, but no deduction for fees, expenses, or other taxes)
17.20% 4.79% 1.83%
Bloomberg Commodity Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 7.69% (3.92)% (4.38)%
FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Index NTR (reflects withholding taxes on foreign dividends, but no deduction for fees, expenses, or other taxes)
23.06% 6.53% 9.08%
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 an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only and would be different for the other share classes.
Performance of a blended index shows how the Fund's performance compares to a blend of indices with similar investment objectives. Performance of the components of the blended index are also shown. The weightings of the Diversified Real Asset Strategic Index are as follows: 35% Bloomberg Barclays US Treasury TIPS Index, 20% S&P Global Infrastructure Index NTR, 20% S&P Global Natural Resources Index NTR, 15% Bloomberg Commodity Index, and 10% FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Index NTR. The blended index returns reflect the allocation described in the preceding sentence.
Investment Advisor and Portfolio Managers
Principal Global Investors, LLC
•Jessica S. Bush (since 2014), Portfolio Manager
•Marcus W. Dummer (since 2014), Portfolio Manager
•Kelly A. Grossman (since 2010), Portfolio Manager
•Benjamin E. Rotenberg (since 2014), Portfolio Manager
•May Tong (since 2021), Portfolio Manager
Sub-Advisors
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
ClearBridge Investments (North America) Pty Limited
Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC
Delaware Investments Fund Advisers
Mellon Investments Corporation (remove on or about August 31, 2021)
Newton Investment Management North America LLC (add on or about August 31, 2021)
Nuveen Asset Management LLC
Pictet Asset Management SA
Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC
Sub-Sub-Advisor
BlackRock International Limited
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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Share Class Investment Type
Purchase Minimum
Per Fund
A Initial Investment
$1,000(1)
A Initial Investment for accounts with an Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) $100
A Subsequent Investments
$100(1)(2)
Institutional, R-3, R-4, R-5, and R-6 There are no minimum initial or subsequent investment requirements for eligible purchasers. N/A
(1) Some exceptions apply; see 'Purchase of Fund Shares - Minimum Investments' for more information
(2) For accounts with an AIP, the subsequent automatic investments must total $1,200 annually if the initial $1,000 minimum has not been met.
You may purchase or redeem shares on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading) through your plan, intermediary, or Financial Professional; by sending a written request to Principal Funds at P.O. Box 219971, Kansas City, MO 64121-9971 (regular mail) or 430 W. 7th Street, Ste. 219971, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407 (overnight mail); calling us at 1-800-222-5852; or accessing our website (www.principalfunds.com).
Tax Information
The Fund's distributions you receive are generally subject to federal income tax as ordinary income or capital gain and may also be subject to state and local taxes, unless you are tax-exempt or your account is tax-deferred in which case your distributions would be taxed when withdrawn from the tax-deferred account.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank, insurance company, investment adviser, etc.), 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, or to recommend one share class of the Fund over another share class. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.
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