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Why invest in this Fund?

The fund seeks total return (consisting of capital appreciation and income). To pursue its investment objective, the fund uses an actively-managed multi-asset strategy to produce absolute or real returns with less volatility than major equity markets over a complete market cycle, typically a period of five years. Rather than managing to track a benchmark index, the fund seeks to provide returns that are largely independent of market moves.

Min. Class Investment
$1,000
Class Inception Date
05/12/10
Fund Assets
$863,362,388  As of  09/23/25
Class Assets
$27,684,898  As of  09/23/25
Portfolio Turnover Rate
77.47% As of fiscal year end  10/31/24
Morningstar Category
Tactical Allocation
Benchmark
SOFR 1-Month Compounded USD
Morningstar Overall Rating
Fund Holdings
107 As of 08/31/25

Morningstar Rating™ as of August 31, 2025 for the Class A class shares; other classes may have different performance characteristics. Overall rating for the Tactical Allocation category. Fund ratings are out of 5 Stars: Overall 3 Stars (226 funds rated); 3 Yrs. 2 Stars (226 funds rated); 5 Yrs. 2 Stars (200 funds rated); 10 Yrs. 3 Stars (132 funds rated).

Portfolio Managers

  • Ella Hoxha

    Ella Hoxha

    Portfolio Manager, Newton Investment Management

    Managing Fund Since May 2025

    Joined Firm in 2023

    Joined Industry in 2003

  • Nick  Pope

    Nick Pope

    Portfolio Manager, Newton Investment Management

    Managing Fund Since May 2025

    Joined Firm in 2011

    Joined Industry in 2005

  • Aron Pataki

    Aron Pataki

    Portfolio Manager, Newton

    Managing Fund Since 2015

    Joined Firm in 2006

    Joined Industry in 2002


Total Returns

Click here to see SALES CHARGE  Max Sales Charge:  5.75%  Front End Load
Average Annual
As of 08/31/25
Name 3 MO
08/31/25
YTD
08/31/25
1 YR 3 YRS 5 YRS 10 YRS Since Inception
BNY Mellon Global Real Return Fund
DRRAX
4.07 5.44 6.68 4.88 3.53 4.06 4.12
SOFR 1-Month Compounded USD
1.07 2.87 4.53 4.70 2.89 - -
Average Annual
As of 06/30/25
Name 3 MO
06/30/25
YTD
06/30/25
1 YR 3 YRS 5 YRS 10 YRS Since Inception
BNY Mellon Global Real Return Fund
DRRAX
3.05 4.00 6.50 4.31 4.50 3.89 4.07
SOFR 1-Month Compounded USD
1.06 2.13 4.70 4.54 2.75 - -

The performance data quotes represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Yield, share price and investment return fluctuate and an investor's shares may be worth more or less than original cost upon redemption. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Click above for month-end returns.

The SOFR Index measures the cumulative impact of compounding the SOFR on a unit of investment over time, with the initial value set to 1.00000000 on April 2, 2018, the first value date of the SOFR. The SOFR Index value reflects the effect of compounding the SOFR each business day and allows the calculation of compounded SOFR averages over custom time periods. Investors cannot invest directly in any index.


Investors should consider, when deciding whether to purchase a particular class of shares, the investment amount, anticipated holding period and other relevant factors.

Growth of $10,000 Investment

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Historical Performance

     

    Yearly Total Return


    Prospectus Fee Table Expense Ratios

    As of  02/28/25 Fee Description Expense Ratio (%)
    Management Fee 0.75%
    Service Fee 0.25%
    Other Expenses 0.18%
    Acquired Fund Fees & Expenses 0.03%
    Sub-Accounting/Omnibus Plan 0.03%
    Total Expenses 1.24%
    Expenses Reimbursed 0.06%
    Net Expenses 1.18%
    Total Expenses is the total annual operating expense ratio for the fund, before any fee waivers or expense reimbursements. Net Expenses is the total annual operating expense ratio for the fund, after any applicable fee waivers or expense reimbursements. The Total Expenses, or Net Expenses (if including fee waivers or expense reimbursements) is the actual fund expense ratio applicable to investors.
    The fund's investment adviser, BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc., has contractually agreed, for so long as the fund invests in the subsidiary, to waive the management fee it receives from the fund in the amount equal to the management fee paid to BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. by the subsidiary. In addition, BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. has contractually agreed, until February 28, 2026, to waive receipt of its fees and/or assume the direct expenses of the fund so that the direct expenses of none of the fund's share classes (excluding Rule 12b-1 fees, shareholder services fees, taxes, interest expense, brokerage commissions, commitment fees on borrowings and extraordinary expenses) exceed .90%. On or after February 28, 2026, BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. may terminate this expense limitation agreement at any time. Because "acquired fund fees and expenses" are incurred indirectly by the fund, as a result of its investments in underlying funds, such fees and expenses are not included in the expense limitation.

    Sales Charge


    Portfolio Manager/Sub-Investment Adviser

    The fund's investment adviser is BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (BNYIA). BNYIA has engaged its affiliate, Newton Investment Management Limited (NIM), to serve as the fund's sub-adviser. NIM has entered into a sub-sub-investment advisory agreement with its affiliate, Newton Investment Management North America, LLC (NIMNA), to enable NIMNA to provide certain advisory services to NIM for the benefit of the fund.
    Aron Pataki, Ella Hoxha and Nick Pope are the fund's primary portfolio managers. Mr. Pataki has been a portfolio manager of the fund since December 2015. Ms. Hoxha and Mr. Pope have been primary portfolio managers of the fund since May 2025. Mr. Pataki is a global investment manager and member of the real return team at NIM. Ms. Hoxha is lead portfolio manager across several Absolute Return Mandates at NIM. Mr. Pope is a portfolio manager on the Sustainable Equity strategy at NIM.

    Top Holdings

    As of 08/31/25

    Asset Allocation


        Daily Statistics

        As of 09/23/25 Name NAV Change 12/06/24  12 Month 
        High Nav
        04/07/25  12 Month 
        Low Nav
        YTD Return
        DRRAX
        $16.46
        -$0.03
        -0.18%
        $16.56 $14.23 7.79%

        Performance Metrics

        Overall Morningstar Rating


        MORNINGSTAR CATEGORY Tactical Allocation


        Morningstar Rating™ as of 08/31/25 for the Class A shares; other classes may have different performance characteristics. Overall rating for the Tactical Allocation. Fund ratings are out of 5 Stars: Overall 3 Stars (226 funds rated); 3 Yrs. 2 Stars (226 funds rated); 5 Yrs. 2 Stars (200 funds rated); 10 Yrs. 3 Stars (132 funds rated).
        The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or "star rating", is calculated for managed products with at least a 3-year history. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product's monthly excess performance (not including the effects of sales charges, loads and redemption fees if applicable), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. Managed products; including open-end mutual funds, closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds; are considered a single population for comparative purposes. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5-,and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. © Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete, or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The fund represents a single portfolio with multiple share classes that have different expense structures. Other share classes may have achieved different results.

        Lipper Rankings

        • 1 Year
          45 out of 93
        • 3 Year
          59 out of 88
        • 5 Year
          59 out of 86
        • 10 Year
          23 out of 56

        LIPPER CLASSIFICATION Absolute Return Funds


        Lipper Category returns and rankings as of 08/31/25, are calculated by Lipper Inc., a Reuters Company, which is a nationally recognized organization that compares the performance of mutual funds with similar investment objectives. The Category returns represent the average performance of included funds, while rankings compare an individual fund's returns to those of the other funds in its category. Both are based on total return performance, with capital gains and dividends reinvested, with annual operating expenses deducted, but without including front or back-end sales charges. Rankings begin with the actual share class inception. Rankings are relative to a peer group and do not necessarily mean that the fund had high total returns. Rankings do not reflect sales loads

        Main Risks

        Equities are subject to market, market sector, market liquidity, issuer, and investment style risks to varying degrees.
        Small and midsized company stocks tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks as these companies are less established and have more volatile earnings histories.
        Bonds are subject to interest rate, credit, liquidity, call and market risks, to varying degrees. Generally, all other factors being equal, bond prices are inversely related to interest-rate changes and rate increases can cause price declines.
        Investing in foreign denominated and/or domiciled securities involves special risks, including changes in currency exchange rates, political, economic, and social instability, limited company information, differing auditing and legal standards, and less market liquidity. These risks generally are greater with emerging market countries.
        Short sales involve selling a security the portfolio does not own in anticipation that the security's price will decline. Short sales may involve risk and leverage, and expose the portfolio to the risk that it will be required to buy the security sold short at a time when the security has appreciated in value, thus resulting in a loss.
        The use of derivatives involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in the underlying assets. Derivatives can be highly volatile, illiquid, and difficult to value and there is the risk that changes in the value of a derivative held by the portfolio will not correlate with the underlying instruments or the portfolio's other investments.

        Risk Metrics

        As of  08/31/25  3-Year Trailing Standard Deviation Alpha Beta R-Squared Sharpe Ratio
        DRRAX
        6.38 -2.79 0.48 69.23 0.01

        All risk metrics are provided by Morningstar. The index used in the calculations are determined by Morningstar which may not be the funds primary benchmark. The index Morningstar used for this analysis is Morningstar Moderate Target Risk Index.


        Alpha - Alpha is a measure of a security's or portfolio's excess return.

        Beta - Beta is a measure of a security’s or portfolio’s volatility, or systematic risk.

        R-Squared - R-squared is a statistical measure that represents the percentage of a fund’s or security’s movements that are explained by movements in a benchmark index.

        Sharpe Ratio - Sharpe ratio is a risk-adjusted measure that measures reward per unit of risk. The higher the Sharpe ratio, the better.

        Standard Deviation - Standard deviation is a statistical measure of the degree to which an individual portfolio return tends to vary from the mean, based on the entire population. The greater the degree of dispersion, the greater the degree of risk. In mutual funds, the standard deviation tells us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns.


        Dividend Schedule

        Declared
        Annually
        Distributed
        Annually
        Paid
        Annually
        Fiscal Year End
        Oct 31
        Annualized Distribution Rate
        %
        As of 
        Year Dividend ($) Capital Gains ($)
        2024 0.7767 0.0000
        2022 1.3535 0.0000
        2021 0.2575 0.0000
        2020 0.1992 0.0000
        2019 0.3289 0.0000
        2018 0.4730 0.0000
        2017 0.0628 0.0000
        2016 0.3858 0.0000
        2015 0.5700 0.0000
        2014 0.6830 0.0085

        Distributions History

        Record Date Ex-Dividend Date Payable Date Ordinary 
        Non-Qualified 
        Dividends
        Qualified 
        Dividends
        Non-Qualified 
        Short-Term 
        Capital Gain
        Qualified 
        Short-Term 
        Capital Gain
        Long-Term 
        Capital Gain
        Total 
        Distribution
        12/27/24 12/30/24 12/30/24 0.6308 0.1459 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.7767
        Record Date Ex-Dividend Date Payable Date Ordinary 
        Non-Qualified 
        Dividends
        Qualified 
        Dividends
        Non-Qualified 
        Short-Term 
        Capital Gain
        Qualified 
        Short-Term 
        Capital Gain
        Long-Term 
        Capital Gain
        Total 
        Distribution
        12/28/22 12/29/22 12/29/22 1.1525 0.2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.3535
        12/29/21 12/30/21 12/30/21 0.1197 0.1378 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2575
        12/29/20 12/30/20 12/30/20 0.0989 0.1003 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1992
        12/27/19 12/30/19 12/30/19 0.2781 0.0508 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.3289
        12/27/18 12/28/18 12/28/18 0.3176 0.1554 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.4730
        12/27/17 12/28/17 12/28/17 0.0000 0.0628 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0628
        12/28/16 12/29/16 12/29/16 0.2476 0.1382 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.3858
        12/29/15 12/30/15 12/30/15 0.3662 0.2038 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.5700
        12/29/14 12/30/14 12/30/14 0.4231 0.2599 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.6830
        03/28/14 03/31/14 03/31/14 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0085 0.0085
        12/27/13 12/30/13 12/30/13 0.0000 0.0360 0.0000 0.1004 0.0243 0.1607
        12/27/12 12/28/12 12/28/12 0.0000 0.0670 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0670
        12/28/11 12/29/11 12/29/11 0.0000 0.0671 0.0000 0.0381 0.0351 0.1403
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        PRODUCT MATERIALS

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