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Why invest in this Fund?

The fund seeks to maximize current income exempt from federal income tax to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital. To pursue its goal, the fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in municipal bonds that provide income exempt from federal personal income tax. Typically, the fund invests substantially all of its assets in such municipal bonds.

The fund invests at least 70% of its net assets in municipal bonds rated, at the time of purchase, investment grade (i.e., Baa/BBB or higher) or the unrated equivalent as determined by Insight North America LLC, the fund's sub-adviser. For additional yield, the fund may invest up to 30% of its net assets in municipal bonds rated, at the time of purchase, below investment grade ("high yield" or "junk" bonds) or the unrated equivalent as determined by the fund's sub-adviser.
Min. Class Investment
$1,000
Class Inception Date
11/26/86
Fund Assets
$419,333,276  As of  08/25/25
Class Assets
$119,941,976  As of  08/25/25
Portfolio Turnover Rate
18.17% As of fiscal year end  04/30/25
Morningstar Category
Municipal National Long
Benchmark
Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Bond Index
Morningstar Overall Rating
Fund Holdings
241 As of 07/31/25
AVERAGE EFFECTIVE MATURITY
17.66 yr(s).  As of  07/31/25
AVERAGE EFFECTIVE DURATION
7.84 yr(s).  As of 07/31/25
Yield To Worst
4.81% As of 07/31/25

Morningstar Rating™ as of July 31, 2025 for the Class A class shares; other classes may have different performance characteristics. Overall rating for the Municipal National Long category. Fund ratings are out of 5 Stars: Overall 3 Stars (165 funds rated); 3 Yrs. 3 Stars (165 funds rated); 5 Yrs. 3 Stars (157 funds rated); 10 Yrs. 3 Stars (115 funds rated).

Yields and Expense Ratio

SUBSIDIZED
as of 08/25/25
UNSUBSIDIZED
as of 08/25/25
ANNUALIZED DISTRIBUTION RATE
as of 07/31/25
TAXABLE EQUIVALENT DISTRIBUTION *
as of
07/31/25
PROSPECTUS FEE TABLE EXPENSE RATIO (%)
as of 08/30/24
CONTRACTUAL
FEE WAIVER END DATE
30-DAY SEC YIELD TAXABLE EQUIVALENT YIELD * 30-DAY SEC YIELD TAXABLE EQUIVALENT YIELD * Net Gross
3.73 6.30 3.73 6.30 3.37 5.69 0.76 0.76 -

Yield fluctuates and past performance is no guarantee of future results.

The SEC 30-day Yield is calculated by dividing the net investment income per share earned during the period (calculated in accordance with regulatory guidelines) by the maximum offering price per share on the last day of the period.

Unsubsidized yield displays what the fund's 30-Day SEC Yield would have been had no fee waiver or expense reimbursement been in place during the period.

The taxable-equivalent yield is the return that a taxable bond fund needs to possess for its yield to equal the yield on a comparable tax-exempt bond fund, such as a municipal bond fund.

Tax rates are subject to change; please consult with your financial or tax professional for information concerning your specific situation.

* Based on maximum combined federal and Medicare tax of 40.80%. Other taxes not included.

Portfolio Turnover Rate - It is a measure of how quickly securities in a fund are either bought or sold by the fund's managers, over a given period of time.

Average Effective Maturity (AEM) - is a measure of maturity that takes into account the possibility that a bond might be called back by the issuer. For a portfolio of bonds, average effective maturity is the weighted average of the maturities of the underlying bonds.

Average Effective Duration - It is used to measure the market price sensitivity of the fund’s portfolio holdings to changes in interest-rates. Duration is not a complete measure of bond risk and may not be successful.

Yield To Worst - The holding-weighted average rate of return for a portfolio equal to the discount rate of interest and principal cash flows where the principal is returned at the earliest allowable date. If the earliest return of principal is at the stated maturity the Yield to Maturity % will be the same as the Yield to Worst %.

Portfolio Managers

  • Jeffrey  Burger

    Jeffrey Burger, CFA

    Senior Portfolio Manager, Insight North America, LLC

    Managing Fund Since 2014

    Joined Firm in 2009

    Joined Industry in 2000

  • Daniel Rabasco

    Daniel Rabasco, CFA

    Head of Municipal Bonds, Insight North America LLC

    Managing Fund Since 2012

    Joined Firm in 1998

    Joined Industry in 1987


Total Returns

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Average Annual
As of 07/31/25
Name 3 MO
07/31/25
YTD
07/31/25
1 YR 3 YRS 5 YRS 10 YRS Since Inception
BNY Mellon Opportunistic Municipal Securities Fund
PTEBX
-5.26 -6.79 -6.20 -0.38 -0.91 1.41 4.33
Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Bond Index
0.48 -0.55 0.00 1.54 0.13 2.11 -
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 Opportunistic Municipal Securities Fund
PTEBX
-5.52 -6.11 -4.89 0.68 -0.40 1.57 4.36
Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Bond Index
-0.12 -0.35 1.11 2.50 0.51 2.20 -

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 Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Bond Index covers the U.S. dollar-denominated long-term tax-exempt bond market. Investors cannot invest directly in any index.

 

When applicable, returns reflect a contractual expense reduction, without which returns would have been lower. Please see contractual expense reduction information, if any, in the Prospectus Fee Table below.

Growth of $10,000 Investment

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Historical Performance

     

    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

    Investment return fluctuates and past performance is no guarantee of future results.


    Prospectus Fee Table Expense Ratios

    As of  08/30/24 Fee Description Expense Ratio (%)
    Management Fee 0.35%
    Service Fee 0.25%
    Other Expenses 0.16%
    Total Expenses 0.76%
    Net Expenses 0.76%
    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.

    Sales Charge

    There is a 1% CDSC for purchases of $1,000,000 and over if redeemed within one year of purchase.


    Portfolio Manager/Sub-Investment Adviser

    The fund's investment adviser is BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (BNYIA). BNYIA has engaged its affiliate, Insight North America LLC (INA), to serve as the fund's sub-adviser. Jeffrey Burger, CFA and Daniel Rabasco, CFA are the fund's primary portfolio managers, positions they have held since May 2014 and February 2012, respectively. Mr. Burger is a senior portfolio manager for tax-sensitive strategies at INA. Mr. Rabasco is the head of municipal bond strategies at INA.

    Asset Allocation


        Daily Statistics

        As of 08/25/25 Name NAV Change 10/01/24  12 Month 
        High Nav
        04/09/25  12 Month 
        Low Nav
        YTD Return
        PTEBX
        $11.64
        $0.00
        0.00%
        $12.39 $11.46 -1.75%

        Yield fluctuates and past performance is no guarantee of future results.

        The SEC 30-day Yield is calculated by dividing the net investment income per share earned during the period (calculated in accordance with regulatory guidelines) by the maximum offering price per share on the last day of the period.

        Unsubsidized yield displays what the fund's 30-Day SEC Yield would have been had no fee waiver or expense reimbursement been in place during the period.

        Performance Metrics

        Overall Morningstar Rating


        MORNINGSTAR CATEGORY Municipal National Long


        Morningstar Rating™ as of 07/31/25 for the Class A shares; other classes may have different performance characteristics. Overall rating for the Municipal National Long. Fund ratings are out of 5 Stars: Overall 3 Stars (165 funds rated); 3 Yrs. 3 Stars (165 funds rated); 5 Yrs. 3 Stars (157 funds rated); 10 Yrs. 3 Stars (115 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
          218 out of 298
        • 3 Year
          177 out of 287
        • 5 Year
          133 out of 270
        • 10 Year
          104 out of 198

        LIPPER CLASSIFICATION General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds


        Lipper Category returns and rankings as of 07/31/25, 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

        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.
        Municipal income may be subject to state and local taxes. Some income may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax for certain investors. Capital gains, if any, are taxable.
        High yield bonds involve increased credit and liquidity risk than higher rated bonds and are considered speculative in terms of the issuer's ability to pay interest and repay principal on a timely basis.

        Risk Metrics

        As of  07/31/25  3-Year Trailing Standard Deviation Alpha Beta R-Squared Sharpe Ratio
        PTEBX
        6.93 -0.39 1.00 97.60 -0.50

        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 Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Bond 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
        Daily
        Distributed
        Monthly
        Paid
        Monthly
        Fiscal Year End
        Apr 30

        Annualized distribution rate is based upon dividends per share from net investment income paid during the period, divided by the period ended maximum offering price per share, adjusted for capital gains (IF ANY) distributed during the period, and annualized based upon the number of days in the distribution period.

        Month/Year Dividend ($)
        07/2025 0.034786621
        06/2025 0.031639134
        05/2025 0.035431797
        04/2025 0.032997218
        03/2025 0.031635747
        02/2025 0.030572240
        01/2025 0.035025642
        12/2024 0.033501242
        11/2024 0.033034509
        10/2024 0.032710350
        09/2024 0.029624072
        08/2024 0.034696063

        All figures as of month-end. Dividend history does not reflect any capital gains that may have been paid

        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
        12/22/22 12/23/22 12/23/22 0.0000 0.0000 0.0009 0.0000 0.0293 0.0302
        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
        12/22/21 12/23/21 12/23/21 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0573 0.0573
        12/22/20 12/23/20 12/23/20 0.0000 0.0000 0.0007 0.0000 0.0266 0.0273
        12/27/18 12/28/18 12/28/18 0.0000 0.0000 0.0051 0.0000 0.0000 0.0051
        12/18/13 12/19/13 12/19/13 0.0000 0.0000 0.0038 0.0000 0.0000 0.0038
        12/12/12 12/13/12 12/13/12 0.0000 0.0000 0.0068 0.0000 0.0000 0.0068
        12/07/99 12/08/99 12/08/99 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1603
        12/07/98 12/08/98 12/08/98 0.0000 0.0000 0.0198 0.0000 0.0000 0.2067
        12/03/97 12/04/97 12/04/97 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0841
        12/04/96 12/05/96 12/05/96 0.0000 0.0000 0.0075 0.0000 0.0000 0.0075
        12/02/93 12/03/93 12/06/93 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0496
        11/24/92 11/25/92 11/30/92 0.0000 0.0000 0.0849 0.0000 0.0000 0.2119

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